The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-12-10

FROM Tennessee we have the cheering uevs o.
another great BATH and victory on the scene oil
former conflicts IN that State. The battle took
place on wednesday evening at Frgnklir, eighteen
mica south Of Nashville, and though II joos rot
appear 10 be decisive, Il 10 ky 70 be attended with
tic most important results upon the on,re field OF
operations. /, Ia the crlminsnon Of the ntiemps
y. 10 rebels 10 roll back The tide Of inyason north
word aud win probably place General rno@As in
a p,siton to resume the offensive once more
with crushing effect. Sncc The departure Of q snc-
raj snERaAs from Atlanta with tue flower o.
the unloa army, our fcrcsJ Lave hccn necessarily
acting upon tho offensive, and have rutrcutr
slowly from point to point, gathering strength with
ach backward stop No important strategic point,
however, has lcel yielded, amt tho enemy has
gained no position that he retar except on
the improbable condition Of a defeat Of the uniJn
army II tho meantime, powerful renforccnentl
we're sent forward to General Tn'NAs WITH his
army almost cqualled General snErNsN'r euhrc
effective cnclh previous 10 tho division o. his
command. This fact alone ls most Significant and
In calculated to remove all apprehension respecting
the situation in that region. 1t exhibits the sur
pr sing resources Of the North, and affords further
conclusive evidence Of the superiority and strength
| Of our people aud government.
| On the part OF the C1n!cderatcs II appears that
the entire cotton and Mississippi St'tcs have
tocu draucd, IN order 10 concentrate available
| force to tho ground lost in General snrr-
| aAH's triumphant campaign. HooD's besen an!
| disspa,cd army was galvanized with unwilling
| consc .ipts and Doe TAYLoE's array and -1EyT
cavalry Nv eci he entire force to sornCl.in., like
| fay thousand men. TAc combined forces
we're pressed forward to tho grand o'l t-'tlc-
! grounds, by virtue OF the geographical recDas Y
that makes the dominica Of the cotton r,'los de.
PENDENT urpn the poa3, son O. The s,u,hcrn spur
| 81 tho Grcat Blue Ridge mountain range The 10
| Of Atlni, demonstrated that the rebels niu r.Lt
| In Tennessee or tho Gulf. They boldly and prob .
bly, wisely chose the former course, and 1t must
| confessed that they executed with crre' skin All
courage the difficult aud hanIaoGa task Of
transferring the war mo Tennessee once
| more. Chattanooga. Knoxville, Nashville aui
| MomlLs, were al threatened at tho sam.
time, AMI the possession Of any one Of thee,
places would imnenscly Increase the chances "
ultim9'e success. The manner Ia which Genera
THOMAS cour we'd with an ilf,ror force at first, I,
COVER htl luNsV Irt4sss Itl'Nth Aue ulEA'as sitll
upon his generslship. lilo drew the enemy grad
ally from their base nearer % his own, ant re
duced him TO the necessity of acting upon TN
offensive. wednesday, battle seems TO have hccl
commenced by the rebel Gelora', and had tor Il
object the possession oi Nashville the key to u
entire position,
We have not yet received sufficient details d
Wednesdays battle to cusble US to determine s,
precise character. But the fact chat oar force
were enabled 10 hold their own, is IN immen
success The rcbO's cannot rcuan IN tha
section without victory. Franklin, H.
scenc of the battle IL About thirty milo
eastward Of Mur,rcesborouch -- t,uderc
memorable by General RolEo1NN'' STRATEGY, AZ
the battle OF Stone River, two years ago Tie 81
uation has improved in our favor SINCE then.
powerful Union garrison holds Chsttauoogl, whic
was then in possession Of the rcbos and Mcrnph
and Knoxville strengthen our position. Furth
news Of the baltic OF Franklin will be locke
for with eager interest. The result wi
equally affect Generals SHERMAN and GpAS
General THOMAS has 10 far co-operstci with u
. former by firmly holding the rebel armies hut
4 dreds Of miles IN his rear. I; now remains for h
4 to follow UP the good work commenced at Fraul
q. lin on Wednesday, completing the rout and demo
- slzston II HOOPS army.