We have received New York papers of Saturday, the 3d instant.
They contain nothing of importance.
General Hood's victory — the Yankees Stick to their Lies.
The telegrams, which are brief, about the defeat of
Schofield and his falling back to
Nashville, still call it a victory.
They merely repeat the former dispatches.
One from
Nashville, dated the 2d instant, says:
‘
Additional reports received increase the magnitude of the late victory at
Franklin.
Thirty stands of colors were captured by the
Union forces.
The Forty ninth Indiana captured five; the Eighty-eighth Illinois, three;
Reilly's old brigade, eighteen; and the Twenty-third corps captured four.
’
General Stanley, commanding the Fourth corps, had a very narrow escape, having had a horse killed under him, and was shot in the right shoulder, the ball traversing the back and going out the left shoulder.
He is in the city, and though suffering considerably is still attending to duty.
It is confirmed that
General Patrick R. Cleburne, of
Arkansas, is killed.
General Kimball, commanding the Second division of
General Stanley's corps, in the heat of the battle, passed a rebel major-general, who told him he was mortally wounded.
His men succeeded in carrying off the body.
It is believed that
Hood's main army is threatening
Murfreesboro'.
Forrest's rebel cavalry is demonstrating on our front and right flanks.
Commander Fitch is here with a fleet of boats and iron clads.
Sufficient forces have arrived to insure not only the safety of
Nashville, but another Union victory, in case of a battle under any circumstances.
There is no "confirmation" of the loss of either
Generals Cleburne or
Adams.
Their reported death is probably about as true as that thirty stands of colors were taken, with a body of prisoners no larger than one thousand men. A telegram from
Nashville says that
Thomas is inside the fortifications.
The dispatch is so entirely rich, as illustrating how a Yankee war dispatch may be written, that we publish it in full:
‘
Yesterday evening the two hostile armies were engaged in heavy skirmishing, and the rattle of musketry could plainly be heard in the streets of
Nashville.
’
A battle of terrible fury is imminent.
We do not believe that
General Thomas has any fear for the result.
He is not as weak as he would make the rebels believe.
He can offer battle to better advantage to himself in front of
Nashville than at any other point.
His left wing rests on
Murfreesboro', and when strengthened by the forces at
Chattanooga, it will be strong enough to close upon
Hood's rear and cut off his retreat.
The rebel general is pressing blindly forward.
General Thomas has prepared a trap, and the foe is too eager to nibble at the bait.
The lines are closing around the enemy, and each hour the threads of the net are being more completely woven.
We will not tremble for the result, but will feel strong and hopeful for the cause, and confidently look for victory to perch upon our banners.
Our troops are brave and
General Thomas is an able commander.
We predict that the rebel army will meet with a terrible disaster.
General Thomas has altered his plans, and will either capture or annihilate the rebel army.
The following telegram is published as very latest:
Nashville, December 2.--There was slight skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry all day to-day.
A complete line of entrenchments encircles the city.
A portion of our cavalry force encountered
Forrest's rebel cavalry three miles from town, on the
Franklin pike.
The rebels could be plainly seen advancing when our troops retired towards the city.
Night coming on, only a few occasional shots were exchanged.
It is rumored that
Hood is endeavoring to cross the
Cumberland with a large cavalry force.
Experienced officers predict an engagement tomorrow.
There is nothing from
Sherman.
Grant telegraphs to
Stanton on the 1st instant that a Richmond paper "admits that
Sherman will succeed in reaching the sea-coast," and a Washington telegram says:
‘
A great load of anxiety has been lifted from the mind of the
President and people by the intelligence from
General Sherman, communicated by telegraph from
General Grant's headquarters.
’
Miscellaneous.
Meade officially announces the success of the
Stony creek affair on the 1st instant.
It appears the expedition was sent out "to ascertain if any of
Lee's forces had been dispatched southward to intercept
General Sherman in his march through
Georgia; but no information could be obtained on this point."
The Philadelphia
Ledger has been purchased by
George W. Childs, the well-known book publisher.
Messrs. Swain &
Abell, after twenty-eight years of successful management of the paper, retire with a fortune estimated at several millions of dollars.
Major-General Alexander McDowell McCook has received orders to report to
Major-General Sheridan, and left
Dayton, on November 29 to do so.
General Sheridan was the commander of a division in
McCook's corps during the
Chickamauga campaign.
It is stated in the newspapers that the Hon.
Cyrus H. McCormick, of
McCormick's reaper, proprietor of the Chicago
Times, and late Democratic candidate for Congress in that district, is out in a letter urging the re-assembling of the Chicago Convention.
Gold was quoted in New York on Saturday at 229.
