Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-07

vas wounded Wills calamity tatirg Fort Harrison, new
Fcrt Burpham is received with great satisfaction oJ
the army.
THI coMNIHDSR OF THE NLw CoLoRHs ooRPa
Tbs veteran and tried Wezs hSing bean very
properly made full Maj Or General, will assume COM
mand Of the new oolOrea 0orps'
THE FIGHT AT FRANKLIN.
Ths following despatch contains additional partcu-
lars of the late 4nkss defeat at franklin, which the
whole Of YAnkeedom, with sOho6sld at lis head Is ss-
SAYING to figure into victory;
NASHVILLE, Dec. 1854.
have received full accounts OF the late battle o!
F,anklin and its aneceden.s, which was one Ct the
most brilliant in its general results Of the war. FJr
three DAYS aharp skirmishing vas kept up during the
retirement of cur army from Dack river TO Franklin,
during which time multiplicity OF exploits ana sue.
cesses resuted TO the Union arms.
G neral Ucx conduc ed the rear-gusrd, and on the
2e ult achieved splendid victory over TIE rebels at
Spf nR Hill while General Wilson's cavalry gained q
series of important successes over ForresIs advance
usder RoddJ on the p ks between Turners and SPrr
HILL
sCHoFIELD's POSITION.
During the afternoon Of the S0.h ult, the rebel
army wa sorey pressed, under jed who bad Cheat
hams aud Stewards corps and portion OF Dick Tay-
lor's cpmmand, numbering in all over twenty two
thousand men. .ng to Ooxs gallant check at Spring
Hi, portion OF the FJurth aud TEenty' corps
were enabled 20 gain Franklin early in the day, where
they threw up line OF bIeaa1Sofks ~ ehaipg ron
ore end 70 pS other of the curTs 10 the river, behind
shich gu, entire infantry command took position SEQ
map.--kd Hyatd
HKsr CHARGE oV tbs EsSSV.
Al precisely four o'eaoS ia 800 afternoon, the en-,
siro FsDs io;oe made charge, aud susossasd u Ea-
kug tsmOotsIy break IN our esntte, e3nn Lndad By
Wssnet With Characteristic impsiposiiy the God efs
aaIaPas,pg ohSslhSas eeFph Dashed into SOS 6Fsas'
aetke aud cooperating Nilh t5s sit ok'oS party o.
their lei. s.tsnbtadto snysloPsnd destroy our ngat.
la Lbe niek OF time she troops Of Wguer we're ra he'd
and throwing that Tholj iores tho rebel column,
drove back the sorning parry in great disorder ana
captured several hundred prisoners. -Four times after
wards the rebels charged on these lines, but were .
pulsed az often with great slaughter.
The rebels Numbered less two 70 our one, as nearly
half Of the Fourth and Twenty third corps were In
serve The ,,hel loss in kuled is three times ours
while tLeir lois IN wounded is at least sx tmes
q g5as oars-
Iha artillery FIRE OF the enemy made with great
precision, but thir ammunition consisted chiefly Of
shot and she'll wolfe for two hours immense quantities
OF mere murdsrcus missiles were buried Win fearful
fury iuto the rsbe lines All the attempts ef the rsbts
20 gam permanent advantage lrus rated, and Rt
dark the U ion po i!ion was unchanged, yhile the
b,I retired under cover Of the woods south Of the
O,lymbls pike.
inc reDel JOSE, 10 oeIOIo
iutdsilg thousand prisoners, unusual mum.
Der # whom eff Our loss reached total Ct
about one thousand
ARrILLEkY FIGHT AFFIR EIGHTTALL.
An arIil,ry duel was kept up TILL nearly midnight,
whom our troops commenced crossing HTpsth river,
bringing al troops aud rspherraa over in safety
bsiore esyligtt.
The army then retired 10 within four miles Of this city
at which pom our front line conffonta the enemy. The
n - ~, ~ ,ha fotn Ina
grs mme and the battle OF Franklin although Of the
mort brilliant kiod vas but minor episode OF tie
O. IN jsigu, and brought about owing TO the neoes
~ IL siag for CHECKING the rebel advance to
ea'e O eing OF the river by our troops.
mGHLY IMPORTANT TRoN wAsHIKGFOE--rHGr
B.CoMG OF HOOD II HI FOLLOWS UP THOMAS"
The following important intelligence has been dis-
sem mated in WAshir gton by a gentleman Just from
Thomls army. The gentleman fails to tell the7r,6tms
man how tao fate of Hood is to be sealed" but We
suppose ca "a sans DIRE Our readers will observe Low
precise the II iblme uAn Is 10 his despatch At the
last moment-lhat 10, at 40 40 p m"-he calmly tits
down ard dispatches the following tWAdde to Grsely
Who doubtless received it with open MOUTH:
FROM THOMAS ARMY.
WAsHISaroE Fnday Dec 2-l040P. MA gen
tleman vuo arrived here Tonight direct from GsueIs
giDg "Tbe tate of Hooi's army is eeaed he asserts
''if he CONT. uss to follow up Thomas
COMPULSORY EDUCATION IAN ADMIRABLE sTsTrM"
Toe following admirable system" of indoctrnatins
the youthful minds OF the children of Norfolk and
Portsmouth with full senss of the grandeur of "the
Uai6n" ard the glorss of "the Aag" has been ipau-
eurstsd by Butler. The extract is from the 7Tibunss
Wa hingon de'pSiches:
General Butler has completed an admirable system
Of educ9ton for Norfolk and Por smoutb, and Pos
Cspain larts Raymond is detailed as Superin
tenden. /; is MADE Obligatory upon all parents OF
children between Ave aad sixteen to cause their resu-
lar attendance at school. D..
CAPT sTMMEs AELoAT AGAIN.
The Shipping aud Mercantile G0sstts (Eagland)
says:
Our readers viii have few days since that We
announced the arrival OF large chip gged eteamer
off MADEIRA which steamer Rnsl d 40 tho L:ur,l
then in Funchal RosSs, on boa which vessel il was
k oHn that the Confederate commander Osptap
Semmes then wac and that hotlT Veslels had rut 10
sea together In q subs, qlsnt announcement Of this
fact, stated thai We had every reason. to believe
that the full rugged steamer the Sea King which
vessel had recently cleared out Of the EisIpda Dock
o tenEibly for Bombay, but in reality for Madeira
For this statement We had, as We knew, Al Aicirni
grounds and cav no reason for eonooslug with.
drawing pecs OF intelligence of very great i1terea
to the maritime and commercial community. II il vel
kUoSn that the Confederate Government would not
leaVe Captain Semnes without ship one hour longor
than could b. avoided and it has been secret tpat
tie oss Of the Alabama would, il ssble, DO supple
mented in this country.
Our statement however, of tie meeting fine Laurel
and the Ssa KDg fl Madeira had hardly appeared
~hsn t met with emphatic contradiction from q
Liverpool contemporary who "Vaa in position to state
that there foundation for the report which APP
pearsd in these columns Seen that the Sea King Is
Owned or until veIy recently has been Owned In Lv-
srpOOl out contemporaries local knowledge might be
sUppo cd have lent authority to ha prompt denial
Turns out, however, that report rePpseliI thu
Sea ng and her destination il correct in every par
tioalaI. A We sci named tho Oaabar has as arrived
in Liverpool from Madeira, and che satei that the
aIcnnnnr King nnlv ihara hnk TINT