Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-16

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ssoks SBt ard was bos .vsisrrssiiy Asfiss! tssss.
lol WA P6suSster Of ths city and n not sohsissfsa
q mau Of extrsotdinary mind. stephen L'es ooip'
10 in Il cene and Stewart commando corps on tIe
enemy's lst stephen ID. Lees corps il composed OF
thros divisions and eWart has four. In Lses corpF,
| P Itrick Cleburne (t not kled) commands vFlon'
and so does General evepson. Ii SIewarts corps,
Diaries and Walker command divisions. hsrsi na.,
lies of this county, commands brigade IN uenersi
uao,y,s aivisiop, PAT. OlebuFne, OF Arkansas Ia
rvs nj Iceland ia one Of the most savnet aud iurspd
in the retel my, and is generally found
conducting the enemy rear upon all ertca oecasio1s'
There are macy rumors 10 regard 10 Ills oes'n. 0sp'
Gordon prisoner says that beure lie was captured
report was rife thai either onestham OF oeDane vas
ksd Cheat had lis LIE 'dqusrters at tho residence
l NJ Mr. EimuDdsoD, on the MirietsboTo pike, Tour
mills from town He can't very well be dead, OF course
Mr. Enundson WAS in the city yesterday aud says that
Frank insists that Gods destination Is NASHVILLE that
be has orders to take this city or 60 to bell Th' nfn
rebel blow, at any raIe, and may DO tie inVen.
fiona of Frank himself. Bot, many OF the prisoners
rsoort Oshurne killed, aud venture cescrpnon OF
h;s fall The story which would seem TO most earnest.
IL urge bis death s told BY cur General Kimbi, and
reiterated by his staff officers. General hlmosn says
that during the thckest par OF the frankie nght be
saw 3 rebel Geperal upon the grouna, anu .nN 10
L Fasped "Tm MORALLY wounded btfjre he could
order his removal Wagner diSi1ion gsvs way, the
line was oil angsd, aud ,hs wouadsd man removed py
rebel soldiers give you this ai near from VAIL
Gus :. u .css but will add that d not hear General
Kimbal tell the story. IL eesms pretty generally be-
Lsvsd Inv the way, that either UlsbuTn, some 9th
ar o. n.r. officer was killed la The baslI OF the 80
u Forrest ht csmHani OF the entire rebel caSsry,
and haa Two diysons upo. each HAnk. General w soD,
l,ts of the Army OF the Potomac, eomuaida all cur
cavalry ana oae OF the uosI pertuacious sosiefs 10
tbe service HE military sklll snd his bravery are
mai Oh Ter Forests cunning and mar piany.
| Ocmmadote Ptoh commands upvn sho oumperhno,
ana assists In protecting our nks to cons dsfaps
* snt. he has Que iron Glad up The ryr, above she
u.a,,lon OF our left wing aud another doNn the fVsi
nsar Htdps Ferry watchdog ths snemt upon our fshI
rnere ara also, sesssal other grphePs OF yaf'eps
shspes Ssd SIS. pA.fpiinS tae IsTsr 'f9m oaFshsse
no 40 ulsfssslle dSsA, A. che siisf paes u tor
rattd sEsil. nos unlIte tbs ocean hpnseis, frsm
n,rtLsgs 10 Osrtsylis hen, Il sill be anssi IN vs.
sss apa sh,iy iss ths rabss 20 esass ,s5 rlver Az
f.ss "a Hopa ssYaaesa sitsF lslSIus Pdak hs 1ss>
,re,sd ,Ae Tennessee snd Alabama Railroad, fsnnsne
rom this ei,y 20 Decatur. This Hplld urge Tho bee
that II Tss HE iesnliau to eh0t Cross os river aud
stlhs for AsnIucAti or iAn back seward bhaseporh
slunf the luS OF tue Chattanooga road, II he fAs 10
ttask this place. % our le quite large body OIL
our cavalry arc scruss The river but Cd enemy are
Sholiy u ION the Nashville SIDE
la describing The GIT at franklin, this correspou-
dsnt INDUCES IN little sp,cal pleading of az txhi.
r.ios character. He frat inEenIs contingency, and
,asn ,ouuds q superstition On that contingency. jas
If Hood did OF "~hip" Sch f Id and compel him to
ava his army by Agh, although no did not capture
.,ap,,re wagon traiasi" Dau lass an army that is
.b,rpadn il 'routed" 10 a "largs pordon.o Saws
| the logical correspondent:
most nut in It'll, word for tho Tines In this con
..a,Ion. Ii vas the fist newspaper III the country
~ oourae (in this osse) that had tho neWs of this
e. and my despatch was the hrst one ard the only
vs. u ant anywhere over the wires wednesday niRht
or MI, Ihad previously sent you a dssp itoh tba,
%,"aI Thomas intended 10 draw the enemy to m
IN, Subs, lently vent TO party, and wss re.
- home ab1ut IL o'clock Wsdn I'd ly night A.
I rived ut the Sc OiOuil met 6 neral Miller, Who
;,Go.mad me ttst General Thomas had jast rtcsiyed
intSIlo.l ca Of great victory at Fankl o. went
,nto q .neral Thomas rooms, aad he permitted ne 10
sand Ibs n, VS. North.
wall speakllg about the fight at Franklin, | will
,sits,sts tina. II vas beyond doub, OF the mos,
OLlaa, ,Dtested battles and The oeanest victorJ
9.o, In an open hslc) OF the war. I'd Hoo tue
III din Whip ng us lie would hHvs Gap ured our ell
,;, s,on trslos Al rtu ed o large portion of our
INV TIE real fght lasted .st one hour and fot.y
min1tes in whicR ums SIX thousand Of The enemt
sra Laced kors dH combat while our loas falls
Mtle baloW ihOussnl. rhs dreadful chick nay b
the cs,ae of the de Ay in rebel Gem )nstratios In
front II that in, eed, is the programme. The enomy
really At snkiu, ~ least ole-tbird Stronger than
chr vn forces Til fought vs. with tNO whole corps
and mart OF auolhsr while lsss than half of both the
Paurh AID TWeptyt third Eefs engaged upon our tide
They obs ged, as IL every man wasironc'sd, four nes
sO,nst our Wcrks, and with the exception of the iri
charge, we're driven back in great disorder Que ar-
Irry. too. made prodg havoc in their rank aou.
any moving the brave men down or altering them IN
c,nIuIo, have one or two quito interesting items In
lion with this 6sb, which have omitted to mer-
tor: We lost two battle g which captured from
Wa0nars division, during the Inic which tempe rsrily
L. hndy I'D We IA atom
of eoors the 90 Oops getting the credit for twenty
tao of them aud the Corps Tor ten. Many Of lhsee
trophiss are nov to DO at Schofslds headquai-
tets. General Go,don was cap,u I'D by stalNart Eel
low o, the l6h K ;ntuoky, who grab ed him by the
GOAT COLLAR actually yanking" or "Yank sepg" him,
90 asrs OF bis feet General Stanley commanding
oorps. Was evidently target for both rebel artillery
and infantry He was actively engaged Ia rallynR
Wasn,r's division, aud the enemys pshcoters got
s'glt At hin He was twice (slighly) wounded In
ths neck while two bulSts passed through bis clio he's
cannon ball ssnL his horse to tbuudsr Is going one
vay and its rdsr tue other. General BADLY was
shot n the arm while upon the left OF the brigade,
leading bis men back TO position from which they
had wSVered Lttls tell you what it is, ils mighty
queer work sometimes fighting those fellows, espe-
oialy when they get rigns well warmed up. Their do
mopstrstIons upon certain oCoisions fssruy de.
moral eng At suob iimees gill Of fluid" is q7srt
Of coutars "eysry p,p." The ladies OF Fflukln most
AZ WI ON are rebels-Ai ID beau iill Tsbss 10 O. some
of them sre--stss.ed ca gqasts in caring for our
Souud,d.
The following Press despatch is Published;
TEE BLOCKADE AT KAsHvILLE-oUk LOSSES AT FRANKLIN
CIxoTssArI, DEC 10 -Ds1pa cass from Nashville in
die ate no material change up to noon yesterday.
fhe tIoSka c below Nashville continues. TIE rebels
have Elk batteries along thu iTsr too III for our
Vuuboa,s with their present low range.
Thirteen colored troops OF uooper's Brigade on its
Iats march from Jacksonville to 0sntrsvlllA, were
ptu-ed by gusrl'ss dawn up 10 line faces sverted
and shot,
Toe official esures of the battle ct Frsul lin show
ouF aggregate to have been Ito ofosrs and eO5s
enl sled men. "a.
The rebel Gsuersl Rsynes, reading bet esn the
picket mes In fcont of Nashville, was killed on the stb
Hs h0u,e was used by rebsl shsrpshooteIs, and wss