The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,326. .* THOMAS. Gen. Schofield’s Great Victory.. to cconpy the town as son as Hood's movements should ‘eompel us to evacuate tre place, aud finding by this re- Pulse thas we still remained in forco be dessted for tho day. On the 26th be agauo tried our lines, but found we ‘were still im force, ead remacned quiet, patiently await- mg Hood # passage of Duck river and the flanking of the position. Dur.ng the night of she 26th Hood was dis- | covered mak:pg sbe paseage of the stream, the morningef the 27th, the stores and sick and wounded were removed from Columbia io Nashville, and op the ‘28th our iroops marched out of the tewn, destroying the Swo Dridges at that pont, Gecerai Wison's cavairy covered ine reires The enemy, findivg our troopa had again escaped o'm, omptyed jueday ‘o making new as Positions for advaucing by tok ng possosa:vn Of Lhe prin- @pa! roads .eading 10 Franktin. The enemy's infantry and cavalry were al acro’e Duck river early on the mrnivg of tho 29th, and pre- pared (or ¢ vigorous pursuit of the retreating torces now under General Sevofeld. Forrest cagght up with Wil. 80's Cava.ry oear Spring Hill, or Thompson’e station, on the 29:0, and :mmediately attacked bim. Gereral Wo ‘who cow forma the rear guard of tho retiring wm aairy, nd op whom our cavalry were driven back vy Forrest, immediately went into line of battle and received ¢! @ttack which wie cavalry bad beea unable to rest: Forrest was repu.sea with hoavy loss, and tho rebel 1 faptry was called upon to drive Wood from hie position While the necessary dispositions for doing thia wore Deng made by the enemy, Wood retired and continued tho retreat towart. Fran<lin, Oa tho 30.0 Hood's infantry was found to be pressiog forward vigerousiy, and tt became evident that bat litte time was to be allowad Schofield to cross his artillery and trains over Harpetu river, ‘This stream bad to be crossed ata single bridge at Franklin, and at least a day was becessary to its accomplishment, Gen, Hood was not disposed to give us this time, but appeared bent upon striking the army ere jt could cross the river Gen, Schofield was thus compelled to turn and offer a defeace at Franklin, while bis trains crossed the stream at that point, This wus the necessity which occasioned the battle on our part, ‘That which induced Hood to aitack was the hope of crushing our army before it could cross the river, and capture all ite artiliery and trains, Had be succeeded in bis effort to break our centre, Thomas would have been irretrieviably crippled and defeated. But, ag we shail see, the rebel faiied TAY FIELD OF BATTLE, have only time to give you the sillent points of the story. There are interesting details which canuot be ool- Full Details of the Battie of Franklin and the Signal De- feat of Hood’s Army. Interesting Resums of tho Rebel Ad- _vanco on Nashville. Gallant Conduct of Our Vete- rans in the Late Battle. They Capiure Thirty Battle Flags and Numerous Other Trophies. THE SITUATION AT NASHVILLE. The Enemy Preparing to At- tack the City. Their Line of Battle Plainly Visible from Different Parts of WMashvill 4 General Engagement A ticipated To-day. Tho Cumberland River too High to Admit of Its Passage by Hood’s Army, &e., we, ue. THE BATTLE OF FRANBLIN. Our Nashville Correspondence. Nasavitte, Teon., Dec. 1, 1964. ‘The vigorous movements of the rebel General food for @ week past bave culminated ina battle of considerable ‘Magnitude, and in the sigaal repulse and do‘eat of bis ‘@rmy. This morning the people of this city are wild with @onfi‘oting rumors of our victory and defeat, of our safety @nd our capture, of triumph and disaster There are hhondreds to welcome any positive news of our defeat. ‘There are thousands who rejoice in the report of the _ Signal repulse of the enemy, but grow faint heartod at the mention of the fact—now certain—that we bave this ‘Morning adandoved the well-won field, and are retreat img on Nashville, The explanation of this retrograde movement is simple, and you will find in this brief ac. @ount which I send you the full history of why we fought, and why, wheo the victory was won, we aban- doned the 6-14. A REBEL COUNCIL AT TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, On the18:b ult, Hood and Beauregard were still at Tus @umbis, with their armies resting oa either side of the ‘Tennessee river, at Florence, awaiting the anticipated Fetreat of Sherman from Atlanta. Persons who were ‘there at the time report that on the mornioz of the 18th @f November, Hood, Beauregard and the several corps @ommanders at Tuscumbia, were in the highest spirits at the prospect of Sherman’s discomfitare. A mutual ad Muration society was formed, with Beauregard as princt pai, and each congratulated the others and themselves ou the grand success of thoir grand strategic movement. ‘The first news of Sherman's inglorious evacuation of At- Janta and disastrous retreat to Nashville was hourly ex pected. A council of war was in session at Tuscumbii tm which new plans for the destruction of Sherman aad the invasion of Kentucky wore discussed, Beau- Fegard congratulated himseif upon the fact that be was to repeat Bragg’s campaign of 1962; which be cisimed to havo planned, and ‘was Dow to conduct it a persom Hood imagined himself Jeading veteran legions to unnumbered victories. Cheat- Ram imagined bimself storming tho battlements of bis wn city, and Alexander Stewart pictured himself once ‘moore strutting the halls of Lebanon Colle, The rebel Qeaders wore in the bigbest glee inagioable, when there fected and told for days to come. I send you a diagram of the field, showing the peculiar curve of the river at ‘the point selected for the defence, aud also the position assumed by General Schofield. It wiil be necessary to add to this very complete map only a tew words descrip- tive of the field of battle, ‘Standing on the pararet of the fort, on the north side of Harpeth river, you look down upon tbe town of Franklin. The little bill upoa whioh the fort was built a year ago by General Gordon Granger is not hign or abrupt; but it commands the beautiful plain inevery direction. Below it, and at Ks very feet, as [ may say, runs the river rai road and turnpike to Nasbvilie, aud the monster guns which peep, en barbette, over the parapets, command the two bridges over the stream, neitber of which te more than five hundred yards distant. Franklin lies spread Out irregularly, but not without some beauty, on the vast plata upon which you look down from the fort. The plain is not ® prairio—oot a plain in the propar sense of the term, for it ts dotted by many low bilis—mole hills you might call them—‘rom any of which you caa get a glimpse of the country in any direction, Tha country is well cultivated, the opea flelds being ver; numerous; bat the plain te dotted by small forests of grown trees, which would serve to mask a column or hide a battery. THE LINE OF BATTLt AXD HOW If WAS FORTIFIED, Genera! Schofield hastily chose his line of battle. It ‘was semi-ciroular in form, and, with each flank resting upon Harpeth river east and west of the town. seomed to complete the semi-circle described by the river. The town, in which tne trains were crowded, was covered and protected and the bridge across which they ‘were being removed, was thus compietely defended from approach. The cavalry of General Wilsoa wore on either flank, guarding the fords aboye and below the town, The infantry columos bad no sooxer beon asst, ned their Position than they hastened to ivtrench themseives as best they could under the circumstances surrcunding them and in the time allotted them. Rude brevatworks of loge and sail, covered |.ere and there by a little earth thrown up from the inside, formed a protection to the bodies which was not to bo despised. The men worked like beavers, while the ekirmisters wero sharyy engaged with the rebel cavalry, not five bunired yords | in their trout General Sehotield rode along the lows and closely inspected the positions taken, and used every energy to strenatben the line, Ali the time he was cool and caim, and evinced a clear appreciation of the situa. tion, recognizing how important it was to the safety of the army that the live remaiued intact for the approach. ing night. He conversed anxtously with Stanley and Wood; the latter, carefui and thougutfa!, running sloog | the line of bis division and imparting his courage aud indomitable spirit to bis wen aad offers, while Stiwley appeared in high gleo at the prospect of a fight before nighttall. craps’ army, and was the ‘strong right arm of Thomas.’ On this Geld bis stalwart form, as ever, led ihe van, a bis battle flug Fall bigh edvanood, Phone like @ meteor streaming to the wind. ‘The several batteries of the two corps were posted by Colonel Schofield, Chief of Ariilery of the, Army of the Ohio, and Captain Lyman, who commanded Stauley used to be called the “eyo of Rose. | ame, as bomsbells bursting in their midst, despatches from Wheeler and Cobb, at Macon, saying that Stierman (had abandoned Atlanta, indeed; but that ho was marching | Slong the line of tho rude works which we bad thrown ©0 Macon, The utmost confusion followed, and the coun. | up Was crowned with one of theso batterios, until the line ‘@it of war returned to the consideration of new p! to | looked like a vast bow of iron bent around the town, and thwart the impending disaster, But a moment before | ready strung to throw its deadly missiles at the advanc. they were jubilant over this, as yet, fryitiess success. | ing foe. Now they were in consternation at the prospect in Geor THK REPEL GENERALS INSPECT SCNOFIZLD’S POSITION. gin, 11 was understood that the council of war bad re While these preparations were gofng on the skirmish @olved that Beauregard and Dick Taylor, with the latter's | ing at the front continued, and the murketry fell on the army. should rush to the rescue of Goorgia, while Hood | ears of the laborers jike the long roll of the drum. The should push rapkily upon Thomas and crush him, as an | cavalry made no desperate efforts to drive in our skir- @fieet, morally and strategically, to Sherman's move | mishers, but continued to ment. Thesamo day Beauregard aud Dick Taylor left | while the rebel infantry, which had now pres Puscumbia for Corinth, where they answered the cry for | ed to the position, proceeded to mike dispo Beip rom Georgie; and Hood began tis preparations for | sitions for the attack. Some hours were ewployed io bis advance on Nashyiile, The baggage and transports | doing this, during which the rebol gevorals closely Sion of his army were immodiately reduced, and all the | examined Schoficid’s position, Prisoners atate that Gea. @x'ra supplies sent tothe rear. One wagon alone wae | erals Hood, Siewart and Cheatham wero psrsovally en- Bliowed to each headquarters. uly tho bost animals | gaged in fuspecting our line and in calculating the chance ‘wore ordered forward, and the army was pronounced tc | of breaking it, Hood, as ever, over savguine, deter- Be 10 splenaid condition for a rapid march. mined upon a persistent agsault of the centre, hoping to Lwe was in advance and siready across tho rivor, in the | break through the line and push in upon the town and fet te pont, protecting the poatoon bridge which spanned | reach the bridges, thus capturing the trains and cutting .t Florence, Forrest was oust of the streain, at Sa- | thearmy intwo, This result, if achieved, would have ‘vaonah, and all was to readinogs for tho movement, On | justified the moans, and such wis the argument of Hood. the 20th witimo the advance began, the robel infantry | He was right when he said to his troops, as he rode along moving rapidly forward apon Waynesboro and Law. | the line as arranged for tho agsauli:— renceburg, thus flanking our p sition at Decatur “These lines must be broken, boys, They are woak ‘and Pulaski, aod on the lino of tho Hunteville | and cannot withstand you, Proak them and you bave Ruliroad, and causing their evacuation. The tnfaniry | finished the campaign !a Tonne*see, Break them, I say, and ‘were at Waynesboro and Law eburg 00 the night of | no enemy will exiat who will dare te oppose your march November 22, while the crvalry was pressing our forces | to the Ohio.” These prisoners say that Hood repe sted at Pulasi!, On the morning of the 250 Hood coutinued to | this speech roveral times at various parts of ls line, and Press forward from Waynesboro upov Columbia, and on | that it was recoived with loud cheers from the rebels, the same day General R. W. Johoston, commanding at | now eager to advance, Pulaski, evacuated tbat position and tell back upor The rebel fice of battle conformed to our own, and Columbia, On the 294, finding he was too late to cut off | formed a som) circle stretebing from the Colambia road the forces at Putaaki, Hood went into camp nour Mout | on their left, to the river on thelr right, The right corps Pleasant, concentrating bis troops and making cow dis | was Stewart's, the loft 1 F, Cheatbam’s, formerly fa the artillory brigade of the Fourth corps. fach hill Positions, Forrest had now taken the advance of tho | dee’s, while Lee rerosined in reserve on the contre, Tho ‘army in person, and on the morning of the 24th engaged | lines were four deep on the wings, ile tho corps of Lee Onur troops, under Colonel Capron, in frout of Columoia, | massed on the centro with division front, added At the some time Hood was marching north by rows | to the depth and strengim of the Tinos on the lying west of tho Decatur aod Alabama Rajiroad, and | vital point, Tko rebel centre was expected to do the eonnecting with the raliroad near Spring Hil), work, and consequeutty was made as strong as possib'e THE FIGHT AT COLOMNIA, All was prepared by half-past three P.M. of the doun, Colonel Capron’s sural! force 19 front of Columbia was | and the order eras given to advance, Schofleld also wa Stadually forced back upon that plecd by the over. | ready. He had retiret to tho fort on the bao wheiming numbers of Forrest. He had beon driven | tha river where bo eatoblished bead Lore, fom Dack nearly into the town, when he was fortufotoly rela. | that potut direotod the hatte. forced by Con's corps (tho Twenty-third), which had boon é qite rikst 298\CLT OF THR ReDELe et forward to cover the retreat wuich was pow ren T cannot pro you.o distinct and separate ne derod necessary by the flanking operations of Hood of the several charges which wero mate, Te ot, In Geveral Cox took op position about a milo tu front of Coiunbia, and, being reinforced by Wood's disision, of Stuoloy’s corps, was enabled to hold bis own throughout tho day, and give Forrest a severe drubbing, ‘The ev omy ook up position ip the namerous houses in the viciotty, aod kept up @ brisk rkirmish during ‘he a The wext Morning the dixmountot cavalry @ Forrest made one persistent aitack, but wae foreited ‘With seyore loss, The reve! goveral waa evidentiy bere dood, give you the full details of any one of wt Tue Keveral outlines of euch an eogagemont 1s all that ono than can gather, Tho details af this cannot be colleoted Jo the confusion whick now reigns and he tune w allotted me to write this to Tho adwanies of the nesanlting columns by the Increase 1h the vinlence of iho akirmishiny, nbd tho veterans iD bine, Why wore Heed ot and know wail l@ moaning, dropped picks apd spuds and vas heralded » tho & keop them ,briskiy employed, . NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1864. CEN. SCHOFIELD’S VICTORY. Diagram of the Battle Field of Franklin, | organization of tne First army cor i Tennessee. G.W.NEELY © SCALE OF MILES 0 Fy { W.HARRISSON = || a | MATHEWS CHUAGCH\\@ ai WATER S—SOB-> | 4 ‘ ILSONS) CAV. we! grasped their muskets, The gunners stood by the guns, silently awaiting the appearance of thgenemy. From the woods in which their dispositions had been made the rebel line soon after appeared, the skirmishers appearing from our position on the fort like a vast flock of birds Tising froma Geld. Our skirmishers fell Back slowly on the line, and soon became swallowed up in it. The line of rebel infaniry soon followed that of the skirmishers and sharpsbooters, and as it did sothe sharp but desul- tory fire with which our line had received the skirmishers was changed in instant to @ Tapid discharge along the whole line. From one end of the line to the other the flame of our fire flashed fora ; Moment fitfully, and then’ the white smoke of the burot Powder enveloped the plain and hid the enemy from view. It was only for a moment, It drifted away to reveal the long line of gray coats stendily advancing, pouring into our line « fire no less rapid and continuous, Dut far loss destructive than our own. They pressed ov with loud cheers to witbiu @ few bundred feet of our Ine, continuing their fire and receiving ours with much firmress; but at last humar nature gave way, and the first tine of rebels tarnod and fled behind the second, ‘bich Tua Wie ve Te Mebtng, contcced thes for balf an hour or more, when attention was directed to the contre of the fleld by the evident preparations making on the the rebols to make a sti] more deaperato ree Their fring corse form time. Amid the fre whieh our troops continued to pour upon them the rebel tre Nxed bayonete, and at the command advanced nt “charge bayoue's’’ nud made a dueh uy) Wagner's brigade of the Fourth corps, which hetd the left of that part of thearmy. Colonel Riley, commanding a brigede of the Twenty-third corps. was upon his left, and these two thas formed the centre of our He The assault of j the enemy wus made directly npon these two brigades, the rest of their troops engaging In the rapid discharge of mugkoury which sorved to attract the attention of our { wings. Thos heatham’s whole exrps, arraured in eche Joo, by diveions, ard aunported by Teo’a corps, was thrown upon (hese two small brigades’ But nobly they s1ovd to their work, The first tine was crumbled and br ken, and “leburne. their leader, was left dead on the Held. The second line of Cheatham edvaueed not less boidly, and even nearer. One of ther leaders, General Adam3, fell under the very shadow of our breaetworks. Bat iu ¥ain was the desperate struggle, Not nntil the third line—the first live of Te ad advanced to the agen 1 y. Then the charge ws 80 impetuous, the exhaustion of our meu so great, that the centre was broken. the two brigades swung wide apa ou hive geen huge gates swung open, [a this care they swung Oven to reveal Opdyke’s brigade in r. serve. It revaired but. a moment for General Sta fr, and ints gatlapt brigade pur charge to retrieve the disastor and the day. | SOpdyke, T want {hat line restored:”” eried Stantey. | {Conclude it done, General,” was the prompt reply. The rebels of Leo wero now within our works. yelling like demons, avd in the momeut of partial success some what in disorder. Wegner’s men on their jeft, and Riley’s on their right, ccatinued to pour upou their flanks an effective muzketry five, and soon after a fow pieces of artillery were bronght to bear npow them. Their confosinn was increased, and when Colouel Opdyke charged ranidiy upon them, tho rebols turned in still greater confusion and fled, leaving @ large number of wounded aud not lesa than eeven batt in Colonel . The enemy thus hurled tumultuously jon to the woods, whe: they were reforming coutinued to lives. A MAGNIFICENT PICTURR, During this time tho gana in tho fort trom which Gene- ra} Scholieid directed tbe fight, continued to fire npon the columos of the enemy. The plotur. mMmagnidcent in the exteme. The plain before ua flared with the fire of the contending lines. while the dusk of evening, which was now rapidiy eeitling upon the scene, was lighted up by the great flames which fringed the bastion from which we viewed the s ectacte. The evemy did not abandon the attack. Fis lines re- formed, soon again made their appearance and engyged us; bot for the remainder of the day the purp.ee of’ tho rebel cowmmanier did not appear to bo well defined His first failure appeared to coufound Hood, and iv pushing forward agaio to other attacks be did not appear to coucentrate Lig efforts against any part of the line, but regarded it all, as if hoping to crusn it. by main streveth, All the afternoon the battle raged” and extended tar into the ht, Mlustrated by deede of daring I cannot now relate, aud ending ¢ the complete fepuise of the enemy. Wagner aod Riley encoseded in rallying thetr brigades: aod roformipg them fa iu wervice through the re before. eight fi 1d they did admirable a from the enemy, threo of them having been tor tho troops were rallied he eis were chi by Colonel Opdyke a mn jace between pa, which ld the captured works; but #0 im- petuo are «f these galleot men that the e emy wave way, leaving eeveral hundred prisouers in our bands, Gonersl Stanloy, commanding the Fourth corpe, was woutded whilo leading Opdyko'e brigade to this charge, At one time he was mingled with the rebel troops ns if @ part of them, rnd his escape from death or capture is a mireee. His wound is Sever@—paioiui—but not danyer- ous, He commacded the corps in the retirement trom Frapklly | HOOD RUSUMES 18 FLANKING MOVEMENTS, Tho enemy, fading all atiempts to exrry our position in vain, returned to hie former mano uyros his tanking operations, General Wiiaon Hk durig the day, bad prey fron) crossing the rivar continued nk our posit t m. he talon tow boing all over t ver J weil on their way to Naabyilie, General Scho fet ' he retirement o | o'olick at night the retront to N afternoon, ag | write, tien they baye w The onemy bos lost heaviiy, Psuppoee four thonenad ] atlerst, whe wo bavo not less tha ytoon battle fags ther trophies {nuumerable, Thear of po eaptovd lory. Ovr tosses amonnt to perh fo thoueond | vindred Killed aud wounded, The biter are vow | eave ath spitals bere, There aren» Eastern t “ ig tom siv@a fow cavalrymen ¢ t cath Venveyivania cavalry revit ward thir names tomorrow. Ainong t “ grged 1 herd the names of only (he following 48 Kited aid wounded :— Brijad ere! Hradley, wound: Colovel Oblene, 3 'hwon, kihe, Lieut. Rardick, 20d Ob\o Detter sy aptain Coughlin, Cox's eta, & Captata Saoele sts Oh owe Captaio sige 12 Nlodi ny Staley neiapa, x Liewton ent ¢oiogel Staeitton, 12d fitaots, wourdod, Shy FIkacoe, 724 HiMMot, Woanded Ha AEdwne . \eonnded Diet eh bail. Wath Obi, killer Lieutenant & S. Cope, 104th Obio, wounded. Cantain Bard, 104th Ohio, killed, Col. Walters, com. 3d brig., 4th div , 4th-corps, wounded. Major Starling, Stapley’s staff, wouaded. Colonel Conrad, commanding brigade, wounded. Major Goodspeed, 181st Obio artillery, wounded. Captain Dowling, 111th Obio, wounded. Colonel Walters, 104th Iilinols, wounded, Captain Lowrey, 107tb Indiana, billed. REDFIS, Major General P. R, Cleburne, killed, igadier General Adame, killed. Major Genera! Cheatham, wounded, Brigadier General J. H. Sharp, woucded, Brigadier General Scott, wounded, THE SITUATION AT NASHVILLE. Mr. D. P. Conyngham's Despatch. Nasuvitie, Dec. 3, 1864. The enemy developed a regular line of battie abont two miles from our works, between the Franklin and Herdin Pikes. Our batteries opened abont two o'clock, The rebel lines did not advance. There baa been skirmishing all the evening, the enemy fortifying slong our front, There are Indications that there will be a fight to-morrow. Riley’s brigede, which captured elgbteen fags at | APRIVAL 0 ‘Franktin, belongs w the Fourth division of Schofeld's corps, not to the Fourth corps, as erroneously sta'ed, This brigade particularly distinguished itself in tho fight, T have seen tho fags, bloody and torn, displayed in frout of General *chofleld’s quarters, The fuliest security is felt in Nashville, The Enemy’s Line of Battle Vistbic from the City. Nasnvitix, Tenn., Dev. 4, 1864, Ko new dovelopments bave taken piace to-day, excopt thet cur army still encircles the city on the southeaa ite wings reating on the Cumberland river, The enemy’s Nines are cloarly to be seen from bigh points inthe suburbs and from the Capitol. They are intrenching themselves in @ southwestern direction, about three miles trom the city, During tho day heavy skirmishing occurred oo ovr left, and pro- gressed along the jine to tbe centre, Mayy persons wit- nessed tho cannonading* Along the right of our lines Rothicg of importance transylred to-day. ‘The general opinion ts that Huod will attack the Union forces tn front of Nastville. A Union cavalry force bas patrolied the north bavk of the river at the fords, to prevent cavalry from crossing, as Dumerons unsuccessful attempts have becn made by them to cross since the 1st tnst. Johnsonville bas been evacuated and the road has been interrupted, and part of the trains frcm there are ad- vancing to this point by laud. It is rumored bere to-day that Forrest has placed a pontoon bridge across the river above the city, and that Marmadke bus cecupted Jobneonville. Both are without foundatioa i The Orat block house om the Chattanooga road, four miles from the city, defended by negroes, commanded by Colone! Johnson of tbe colored infantry, who surrendered Dattov, Coorgia, aud was paroled, held out until this a’- ternoon, when they surrendered, Colonel Joboson and a portion of bis menescaping on atrain, The remainder wero coptured. The train was fired into, Several jumped from Whe trait into the river and escaped, Colonel Johu #00 among them, who Is in the city.to-night, A reconpoitring party sent ont on Thursday returoed to-day, having gone eighty miles up the river, They report that no rebels were seen or heard of crossing the river, and pone appear@d along the banks. A rebel deserter who came in today reports that Goveral S. D. Lee published an order to his men on Fri. day moroing, complimenting them on their bravery, devotion, &e., thanking them for the vicuory won at Frank!in, and assuring them that If true to themeelves, now In front of Nashville, they would be soon enabled to enter and take poesessian Of @ vast amount of stores con- tained there. Two prisoners wore brought in to-day—Lientonant Hickman, Ninth ‘eovessee cavalry, four miles from the city, ond ©, H. Gardy, of Ford’s Forty-elghth Georgia infantry. The water on the sho rising. is pine feet deep and still Trains Running Regularly to Nash- ville. Loviavinin, Dee 3, 1864, Major General D. S, Stanley left here by the maj! boat for bis bome at Yellow Springs, Ohio, this afternoon. His wound is rather patuful, but pot dangerous, and Col Scott, the Surgeon Generat of Kentucky, expresses the Hfwon or twenty days, Yorterday the roiling stock of the Chattanooga and Nashville Rallrond, consisting of large numbers of traine, was ordered to Louisviil@, The order was cenntermanded wd The pessenger train from Nashville has acrived, three | hours behind time, REBEL ACCOUNTS, Evacuetion of Decatur by Moreen. n {1 Examiner, Deq 2] ae further feo General. Hood ou the Naahvitte tanonga Hen hack await {iddie Toonoasce would seem to be Inevitable, rhe Our from th heard rt th The following despatch wus received yesterday, Novem. boro, 1864. 1 » Copeman General Roddy repors from Corinth, co the peck sidaiee. Fitter. pemioon hoate wor Covonet Wind, wha prewted the ¥ elowely NEWS FRC WASHINGTON. WAR GAZETTE OFFIOLAs Wasuxarom, Dec. 4, 1864. The following order io regard to the organization of the ew First corps has been issued :— CIRCULAR NO. 86. War Deraktueyt, ADJUTANT GanRRAt's Orricn, Wasminaron, Dec. 1, 1864 SAUISTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE FIRST CORPS, irt—Persons desiring and qualided to enlist in the First army corps, Genera! Hancock commanding, under Geveral Orders, No 257, current serios, from this olfice, ure hereby auiborized 'to present themselves to apy United Siatea district provost marshal, who, if the applicant or party be qualified, will fornish @ free transportation pass to Woabington, D. U , where recruits | will be duly enlisted and mustered into the service of the United States, Ihe applicant must satisfy the provost marshal thst he isan ablo bodied man, fit for military gervice, aod that be has heen honorebiy discharged afte the expiration of two years serv py exhibiting b ® disoharxe, or, in the necessary absenve of thut paver, by presentiog neo 48 the provost mareval | may roguire. on will b» forwarded ur atisfied the provost marshal that be is acts foith, with a view to eniistment, In case of doubt as t | his physics! Sin he will nor aball bave been certified lo be it by the surgeon of the Bourd of »t. which certificate shall be retained by fhe provort marshal and a copy forwarded to the Adja tant General by the provost marshal, Surgeoua of the Board of Enrolineot shal! ex«mi ¥ Applicant sent to them by the provoet marsha! and give acertiicate as to his fitness fr m y surgeon re. f ning or negle chexaminati a witt be dixmiesee’. Provost marshals will bo prepared to (ur pish qualified app icants promptly with {uformatyon and with transportation, Any person falsely representing himvelf 08 a recruit, aud ag designing ty eniist in the First army corps and faiing to olfer bimseif as such recruit, or by any means fravdutentiy procuring trans: portation, shall be deemed guilty of defrauding the gov- ernment, and will be pomished by court martial or mill tary commision ENLISTMENTS, MUSTERA AND CRYDITS. Second—Ail oviistmente and masters will be made at the rendezvous pear Wasuington by the Corps Comm sary of Mus'ers and his wesistouts, epecialty assigned to that duty, aud to accordance with the recruiting aud mustering regulations of the army. Recruits will be credited to the district in whica they or their famili are domiciled. As ovidences of place or domicile the alli- davit of the recruit will he required. If it spall be sub eequent!y ascertained that the place of domicile bas not boon orrectly given, the credit will be taken from the place to which it was erroneously assigned and trapa- ferred to the proper place of domicile of the rec’ ult. Credts will be reported us for an ariny corps in the teld and us directed io circular No, 52, current seri-s, from PRICE FOUR CENTS. WHOLESALE ARRESTS BY GEN. DIX, Sixty People Taken to the Military Heac quarters tary Surveillasce. The Arrested Parties to be Dxam- ined This Morning, &., ke de, The detective police of this city were engaged all day yesterday and Int evening in making military arrests on (he order of Major Generai Dix, Some sixty persons were arrested at the various hotels of the city who wero sup. posod to be connected iw some remote dogree with the lai@ incendiary attempt to Sre the city, or who were under suspicion from other causes, Many of the arrosta were mate because the parties s0 arrested bad wot rogis- tered their names at the beadquarters of Major Gene al Peck, an thay were previously ordered to do by the geua- ral order of the Major General commanding the depart- ment, Muny were arrested who had £0 registered, vod who bad complied with every otter regulation whivt thoy knew Ww exist relative to parties now living in the North who had ever lived in the South, Thuee tater were promptly discharged, however, on apperring bo ura | the Geveral. The order directing these wholesale arrests was placed in the hands of Superintendent Kennedy on Saturday afternoon, and that officer at ouce conierred with ciiet Jobo Young a@ to the best method of ‘conducting tho ar- Toate, The plan agreed upon was that the entire detective | force, augmented by numerous auxiliaries, should report | at the central office as early as mine o'clock A. M. yos- | terday morning, and that they should be divided into squads and sept to the respective hotela to make the arrests of such parties as were named in the orders re- ceived from the Major General commanding. Among the hotels to be visited were the New York, the St. Nichol the Irving House, the Imternat onal Hotel. the Anson House, Tremont House, Lafarge House, Wasmmaror, Deo, 4, 1884. F CONGRESSMEN—TMS PAESIDENT’S MES- #A9R, ‘Thirty-four Senators bave arrived here up to to-day at noon, and reported themselves at the Capitol, A qaorum of the flouge is also here, The President, however, will | pot cend in his Message until Tuesday, and both houses will morely meet to morrow and adjourn, Thore was a special Cabinet meoting held yesterday at which the Message was read, and some alterations and amendments wore made, which will preveat its being ready in tii ‘or delivery to-morrow. thie, ailios.. pete S Howard Houso and Lovejoy’s Wiel. At the Angon Flonse Taird—The organization of the corpd will be by suc. | Come twenty-two persons were taken and marched up cessive Ly aremeputere ‘gs, ey ee a. begin d to General Dix’s headquarters, and made to give reruind eure enter aoe icrmimenced. ac reel. | Qn account of temasiven. Some of them were exert companies. The organivation of regiments and com. | ingly indignant at having their Sunday arrange- panles must couform to tbat prescribed for the iofautry | meats 90 materially intorfered with, particularly Wee. Ur rarparecl 32 mie OE RBIS. a3 they bad registered their names before Major Fourth—Applicants for appoiutmer Hayner at Major General Peck’s beadquarters, some of by borage Adee 5 mein, nvblinetves:tn sting t the | them even having taken the oath of allegiance, or given josat two yours service wit be beceesarg, aNd the apph. | thelr parole not vo aid or abet the enemies of the United cant must give bie military history in’ fall, embrac. | States during the rebellion, At General Dix’s oftes they fog therein as follows :—Firat; dat original | hada briet examination, and as soon as it was ascer- dats of entry ito service; fourth, if-out of service, date | of the government, aud that they were able to give and canse of discharge, rank at date thereof, aud orgavi- | 9 satisfactory account of themselves, they were dis- ion mone wey ese ty 2 | Caarged rieants muse be abio to pase examination before s board | The detectives at the other hotels were leas successful pg ee Begg bl ater tg ld satel tb in their endeavors, and made fewer arrests. Some of eee ee ameibk aeneRccaneplans rartarptm niece copy oe the parties who could give Bo fact renter omters wll be Ghetgoeued Jor taon ane State | inemscives, and who were detained, will be seat to Fort By ordor of the SECRETARY UF WAR, | Lalnyette today. There are quite # number of blockade | £:D. Towsanyn, Assistant Adjutant General. runners umoog the prisoners, bat the most ofthese i claim to de British subjects, and bid with them papers \ GENERAL NEWS. to that effect. Atew areon parole, and someate under oi Reavy bonds not to cominit any lawless or vilent act against the government of the United States. It appears that the order relative to the arrests made yesterday must have been confided to some leaky vessel, imasmuch as it leaked out sufficiently to give some of the parties warning, and produced a general skedadaWing from the New York Hotel and the Howard House two days previous to its execution. Nothing has transpired rela- live to the parties now beid, other than they are sup- posed to be dangerous characters, and, as such, that they ought to be under surveil'ance of the authorities. It le stated that the, steamer Corsica, which sails to- ‘yhe city is Ollieg up very rapidly with members ot | 487 for Nassau, will be closely watched, and that aly Congress and othors drawn here by the approaching sea. | Parties who are suspicious ia charseter, who may at- sion of Congress, There were arrivals of two hundred | Yempt to get away by her, will be stopped. All the per- avd fifty at Willard’s Hotel to-day, who were comfortably | #98 detained by Major General Dix will be examined by stowed away. The other hotels are correspondingly | bim at bis headquarters’ this morning, and it is patronized. ‘The city is now fuller of members of Con. | further stated that all Southern people new im this gress than it has beon lace last July, and there bas been | city sud Williamsburg will be put under the strictest fa gonerai search for apartments for the season, and prices | "ilitary surveillance, and such asare found whe bave have corresponding'y advanced. The trains to morrow ot regiszered at Bae: General Peck’s headquarters, io will no doubt bring large additious to thelr numbers. compliance with General Order No. 80, will be arrested The fou. & 8 Cox, of Ohio, and Hon, Augustus Frank, | *24 #eut to Fort Lafayette without further notification. of New York, have arrived. Mr, Cox takes bis defeat | It may bo well to add that all persons who have left very philosophically, and announces his totentioa of re. | the South at any time during the rebellion mast appear turning to the practice o” the law after the present session, | ® Major General Peck’s tfeadquarters asd regieer their abandoning political life at least watil. after the termine. | Dames or euler the penalty of thelr neglect. | Arrests wilh tion of the war, Mr. Frank is a very laborious and val: | °°Dtaue to be made 10 ail cases where this regalation ie able membor of the House and, being a young man, hag | 20+ complied with. = a brilliant future before bim. Pire in Broauway, ‘The Hon. Reuben Fenton, Governor elect of New York. LOSS ABOUT ONE HUNDKED THOUSAND DOLLARS. arrived bere this morning, and will participate in the About four o’clock yesterday afternoon a fire was dis- proceedings of the House fur the first few days of the | covered in the dry goods bouse of Halsted, Haines & Co, session. , 376 and 818 Grondway, corner of White street, When REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS. first seen the smoke was issuing through the vault lights The only reports priuted are thoee of the Secretary Of | oF ihe sidewalk on White street, The alarm was prompt; vat ho will be able to re-enter ihe service within » M's a the Vonkeo * the Navy and the Postmaster General. That of the See- retary of the Interior will be placed im the printers’ bands to-morrow. The geports of the other departments are not yet completed. ‘THE CHIRP JUSTICRSHIP. A spirited contest is going on in reference to the Chiet Justiceship of the Supreme Court. The friends of Mr Chase have almost given up the contest, although they cite five acparate and distinct pledges of the President that be should be appointed to succeed Judge Taney, whose death was almost momentarily expected. To- night | the fesue scems to be between Judge Montgomery Blair, late Postmaster General, Judge Swain aod Judge Davis, both of the Supreme Court, From the indications Judge Binir bas the inside tract. There is little doubs shat the decision will be given against Governor Chase, THE INTERIOR DRPARTMENT. If there should be avy change io the Interior Depart. ment, it is understood that it is claimed by Indiana, and, in view of all the changes imminent, the appoiatmont of J.D. Defrees, at present Vublic Printer, 1s not at all im- probable. ARRIVAL OF TAR NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. Hob. James Speed, the new Attorney General, arrived here this morning, and i@ stopping at the Metropoli Bo will enter upon the duties of his office to morrow, NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. the Steamer Continental on the Mise ppl, &e. Carmo, Dee. 8, 1864, ‘The steamer Lima, from Mempbis on the evening of the 2d inst., bas arrived here, and reports that Colonel | Yorke’s expedition had returned to Memphis, baving | gueceeded tn capturing nino hundred stand of arms at | Qaceola, which were on the way from Seima, Alabaiow, to Genera! Price, Tho steamer Continental sank at Devi Missisaiyp! river this morning, No particulare ha received as yet. Isiand in the beon Arrival of Escaped Union Prison Knoavilte, Tean, Kvoxvitue, Deo. 3, 1864, Tho following Damed secrped prisoners have arrived Past three days:—Captaing A, Grant, nein; A. 4 Goodrich, New York cvvalry; ‘ond Dolaware artillery; A, Robbins, teuanta ©. A. Brown, First Virgin's Lowi, First New York dragoons, A hore within @ Nineteenth Wh Lewis Noteo Third Obie, Li cavairy; OB, P , Forty-eeeond ito! Gordon, Highty-‘rst Wiiuan, J, 1 Cowan, First Vitginlncrairy, J. M.Thoro } Birr; Keutucky Infantry, Sergent Moers Crow, (ne co nto? Pan ‘ 1 fren Aifercat priv qrawell he ae Wieidets! bed Me gut ty given ond the firemen wore soon at the premises ‘much difficulty was experienced in effecting an entrance to the building, and when at last the doors were forced open the place was so full of smoke that no one could tei} im what part tho fro was located. Comptroller Brennan a brother, Hon. Owen W. Brennan, were quickly ab the premises and rendered efficient eid to the firemen, after some of the smoke was 4 it the fire was found to proceed from the sub cell alt then made to prevent its whieh, after several bours’ exertions apd the fire extinguished. From an premises mde by Fire Marshal Baker, Appears to bave originated in an office ander the si walk, use by the entry clerks, and from these spread to the articles ip the sub-cellar, *bich |s wsed exclusively for packing goods, Whon wo consider the out of the wav piace in which the fro originyted mach cre ‘itis dus to the firemen for their indantigable exertions im subdainy tho flames before they did mor~ damage. ‘The lone by firs and water to Mesera. Hatated. Hains & Ye stock will probably amount to seveuty-Ave thou. sand dollars. Tuey are insured (or from four be and {ity thousand to (ive bundred thousand doit rs, bes io city Insurance companies, The adjoining store, No. 874, in the same boilding, cones temporariiy by 1 Fortupately their ngaireet, Bridiord & Lo Tock excped injury. the rt of the building is ocenpied by OliverCarponier &C0,, Importers of straw gooda They alee y the cellar beneath No. 374, and there will probably be some slight damage to their tock. ‘: Th pulling Isowned by Wiliam B, Astor This ove Of the (vest structures on Nr adway, and is bullt in the ‘al maser, The damage will be from $8,000 to $10,900. ¢ fire was, vo doubt, the work of an tneend | plain ourdan, of the S2xth precimet, with a f'l | force o! vis mea, sided by reserves from tho Fift | th [Thied, Twenty seventh ant Fuarteenth preci ory preserve escotient ordor, aud were very eilicient 1a pro tecting the property. Fire Marginal Baker wrequick'y on the spot, aud uow bas the wiatier under investixetion, Swaxeraeg Movemest Pexn—The beneft goten 1p last week at the Winter Garden in aid of the fund required for the edastructta in the Pare of an ap propriate monument to Shokspere was entirely ow ng, fn {ts inception, and mainiy ia it8 muntfoemt con. tribution, to the sponrar 9 instrumentality © | three brothers Boon, who coml twele profes. pionel: abuittics ov ¢ fon ta (he tragedy of Juliua Caste, Meet Ci scommendab@ notive ( r having checrfuiiy civen up the wight whtel bad Beare pro ously appointed for bis own beneilts and de. Stuart, ‘lo tabla mention for bit beve manager, Teaenee & ty 10 Fielding the age of bie the sad wit v1 de low bo Ineraaee the yp | gree g proved $3 the expanses , : to the suoretary: of the fun baw x nag Ube. total 2 ducted was the sun o 90 Uni tad? States revemn (two jer Comb) Om Teco! pts OF Aveatter, jnciud » i AL the Winter Gardinty aad ais o Niviv’s of (hO* Tid of Apwiylast, eyewear wih fonctions, Fapginy. Dotweed: §t.000 sod $100 exch | tributed b bene © taunt, the und, i i sult, already ce neUqun aif sve Auras timate Of Bae ProVMOJOMRABoL Wa