The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-02
LATER FROM THE NORTH,

We have received New York papers |
Of Tucsdav, the 29th instant. Cold had
gone up to o32 under the fears about
Sherman and the intelligence oi Beaure-
CARDS movements in Tennessee.
CENTRAL FfAuREaARDs Novf-!rETS ~
1E.,5Ezz zGE-IHoNAs FAILS BACh AGAIN.
A correspondent OF the New 1o16
IImn. writing from Nashville 81 the
18th. give some interesting news a5out
the movements of General BeaureEard' ;
army lie says:
On Saturday last, Bcauregard'a al
vance was at WaYnesboro', Tennessee,
a. YOU viii recorect, under General
Frank Cneatha;n, Of this city, This ad-
vance comprised one corps, lhe otncT
F! two corps. respectively commanded by
Generals Stewart and Lee, were at Flo
renee, Alabama, and Corinth, Missis-
| =ippi. Beauregard's headquarters beng
al tie latter place, and Hoods at Flo
| renee.
On Tuesday, the whole rebel army,
reinforced by Dick Taylor, with nine
thousand raan, was in. motion. Almost
| the entire Grce having reached Tennes,
see. Frank Choatham, with his corps and
about three thousand OF FORESTS ca
vrlcr. moved toward Pulaski, and were
eacanDeG on the nieht of the 22d, within
twenty miles Of that place.
This IS quito correct, and IS known at
| Nil Headquarters, II the way Of recelV
inc information, the rebel leaders have
varv lite!e advantage Of Us in this section
Of the country. as cur officers and sol
dteys know every foot Of the ground
| hereabou;g, while, in addition, we are
surfoited with news brought in by reiia-
Die Union men, who are quite numerous
in Middle Tennessee, NoT;hern Alabama
and Northern Mississippi.
The movement is Formidable one, by
tho way, and, evidently, Beaure-atd
means business He has, no doubt, !elt
| Corinth. as Hoods illness requires hl@
urescace in the field TODD is suffering
with rheunatisD. il is said, hui Ill re
mains at Florence From a multiplicity
Of sources, We learn that the rebel Gu
Ger. boast Of .triking Nashville. by
glance at the ,.eP, il will be seen ina
they menace Us 10 no lnConslGeTab!e dc
gree; aul, had our army remalnea a
: Pulaski, a flank movement on their par
: could have been easily pertormed-ou
, | line Of communication would have beel
threatened and Nashville placed in in
tninent danger. AS it IS, everything i
all right on cur side, as will be seen.
learning the movements Of the enemy
. on Tuesday night General Thomas i
: sued orders for his army to tall back 1'o'
Pulaski to Columbia, Tennessee, tn
commencement Of which took place o
" edneSdav morning; ana while "rlt'
} nearly our whole army IS this SIDE
r Duck river. which passes Columbia abo'
mile to the north. Thus, you see
draws the rebel army from its base, an
= places a great obstacle, in the. shape OF
c river. between our own and Deauregard
army.
AS most any one would naturally %
lecture, matters cannot remain TINS Wa
:, long; and. in ali probability, great oa
~ tie Will occur in short time upon II
soil Of Tennessee, the thunders OF wh'
g will echo along tho banks OF Stone rive
! and die away reverberating among Il
&c cedar forests and mountain spurs OF Il
old battle 6eld itself.
There are various opinions rI!c rcgar
re ing the enemy's intentions. Some thu
nv that Bcauregard is going to pltch rig
nc in and whip Thomas and take Nashvll
re- Others think that he is going 10 pitch rig
% in and not whip Thomas: and not Ia
De- Nashville Some think that, at this Ia
: a day, he will make an attempt, r!a Hun
vile and the Cherokee country, to cat