The New York herald., 1864-12-02
THE SITUATION.

1cW Ers0ays leo. ~ h0o4s
THE STU ATION.
splendid aod very inportant victory has been
achieved by portion Of the national army under General
Tasnss the rebel forces under Gsssra, Hood, in
Middle Rsnnesses About four O'Clock On the afternoon
pf Wednesday Of this wssk TIVE corps Of Hoods army
made heavy attack on the troops commanded BY Geas-
rsl sOhedad a Franklin twenty miles south 9 Nash.
v's rhs assault was persisently follpyed up by the
rebsh three subsequent furious charges On the Union
line Of masked baseries Bot schoHeids men were pre-
pared Tor them. and repuscd them At every point In
received. tho battle, which lasted til aQer dark, ap
pears 10 been . hoty contested and sanguiuary
anAk; but Il proved . dear experiment for hood; for
whtla according 70 General sohoneids on,ciA
osspstoa the Union casualties oily
/. little over thousand, boswsea nvs and six
thousand rebels wsrs skiiIsd, wounded and Gap.
tprsd N these shout one thousand were made
prisoners BY our army. including among the Eun.
Der bgader gsnoras. Previous TO this battle there
bad besa heavy skirmishns for several days. Union
forces gradually falling back before Hood. nrst from
Pdask ssvsn,y three mss south Of Nashville TO %
csrty from Nashville Pulaski evacuated on the 2sd
Inst. end the night Of the 2sth Saturday last.
further falling back place from Columbia TO the
vicinity q franklin twenty mitss south Of Nash
vile fighting Of dssulsory character being kept up
nsarly all the time, and the rebels still steadily
nOrih Yard tro0n AA A.
sign this retrograde movement was to eject conosa-
traton OF HIS orces In which important particular the
rebel commander had advantage Of him. both at Pu.
laski and ColumbM. But BY ths time Franklin was
reached BY the nucleus Of his entire army suacieut
Ccusolidation Elected appears, to risk general
engagement therefore that portion Of under scno
Aeld made stand, and most determined and gallant
one, dispatches show. Tho rebe General Fore
said to have been the Geld, rallyng his men. and
there q rumor that he was killed. Great panic pre-
vaQs among the people in the country around Nashville
and they fleeing TO that city In crowds for safety
mules, cattle. &e.. b. can nnd, and sending
tbsm South. On the night alter the engage
ment tho Union troops retired nom Franklin,
and took up position about three miles nth or Nash
willie, whore they formed lie Of battle sk,rmjshiue
was soisg on during ali yesterday about ave ml south
0t the latter place, and heavy cannoaadiag could be
heard In the cty One hunired and seven rebe ofcers
and oos Thousand rebel prvase sapsured in the battle
81 The previous day, arrived In NASHVILLE YESTERDAY
msrnins Another srsas battle n momsnsarly expected
hut hArA Ss +
snd usa that oaa only ress ID another Union victory
We give this morning IN ooansction with our oteresting
dssp chss Descriptive Of the stirring events il tia,
rssos, end skese % Of The pronissn: towns, : map
showing that portion Of che country u which shs two
oppesisg armies Of Thomas and Hood are now opsr-
asng. a-t<n &c.
We publish this morning her large supply o
extracts from Georgia papers up to the 25th u and
from Richmond psrs up 70 the 2o.h uIt, regarding
General Shermsn's movements While Sherman Is no |
doubt steadily advancing the state Of Georgia.
'o accordance with the programme which he prepared
for himself before leaving Atlanta. II Judgment was
formed Of his movement BY the OF these fright
very erratic His army Is omuiprssent, ana then
again is nowhere. II Is here, there and everywhere
stretching rs terrific lines State and anon has
vanished entirely. Richmond papers Of last Tuesday
that tho rebels sin occupy MA6on and that on satur
day last Sherman had not approached Augusta. Il Is |
oaimsd that Kpatrick's cavalry rspussd At the
oc0nss river on the Ais. ut. The Augusta Chronicle
says that cu the Day tho Yankees LEFT the line
u the Georgia Railroad gong southwark which
that General ssocum moving his column to
form junction. with that OF Howard sbermaus move.
menss have cut Governor Brown or from intercourse
with the portion Of tbe State and the President
Of The State Senate Mr. wreot. apparently delighted, in
respect FEAST BY this occurrence has taken sdvan
cage Of II, aad assumed, - tcio subernaoria control
Eastern Georgia, and issued from Augusta proca
naticn revokrg the Cove nors reg ardng the
militia Mr.. Wight Directs the militia to repor, 10 him.
and not to General Smith, as Brown hsd ordered Gen.
sraI Wade Hampton. from Virginia, and Bragg, from
North Carolina, are reinforcing the Georgia rebels
Tho steamship Melville CAPTAIN Wellington, from Port
Royal S. O. 9th uit. arrived this port about mid
p,st las, psbt She reports 2sth ult Gene
raj Foster issued orders all citizens tba, place
enrolled report for duty the next day. when ihey
we're TO be formed INTO companies for home protection
rns United States forces there TO immediate.
ly probably 10 create dversiol in favor OF General
BhsrnAn. Tr Melville reports that after leaving port
VI sbou, six O'Clock IN the evening, hemd heavy and
quick hrinr at Port Royal.
Our latest dispatches from In front Of Richmond show
that tho artillery nring last Tuesday, alluded to in
ysssrdays HnAID did not result In anything serious
rss snemJ opened both front the Second corps and
The porh sde Of James river, In the vicinity Of
Dutch Gap. Their shots, however, did no damage but