Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO TUB THE DAILY UN UNION VEDETTE t washington dec dc 0 ad the following 0 dispatch was received at the war department city point on oil tile the 1st ast zhe the richmond examiner today to day admits that sherman will succeed in reaching the sea coast and other papers admit that he has crossed the oconee signed GRANT city point dec gr gregg eggs cavalry was sent south this morning on a more particularly ticul arly to discover if the enemy were moving troops south and the following follow arr dispatch is just jua received in ill relation to it head headquarters quarters 1 ar my of abe potomac f V 8 p III m dec ast 1st to gen grant we have just heard aiom gregg 0 his dispatch dated 4 1 p m reports having captured stony creek station which was defended by infantry and cavalry in the works with artillery ile he captured two pieces of artillery but had no means of bringing tl thorn them off lie he spiked them thein and destroyed the carriages lie ile had prisoners 8 wagons and 30 mules exo lie ile burned the depot also sacks of corn 0 00 bals balis of hay a number of cars a large 0 amount of bacon clothing ammunition andoch and other stores destroyed all shops and pub lie buildings the ad brigades brigade gregg commanding r had bad the be advance and are arc reported to have most gallantly carried the position gregg is now returning to camp no information was obtained of any troops bein being seen going sont southward hward either cavalry or infant ry the bed of the branch road from stony creek was seen to be graded but no iron rails laid at duval 8 station south of stony creek creck I 1 much property was destroyed and a large amount of railroad iron was round found the effort was being 0 made to destroy it by fire when the staff officer who brought the dispatch left the enemy showed signs of havi hav i ing concentrated and were ivere fol following lowin rr C but the staff officer thinks grogg gregg will be in by midnight signed MEADE now new york dec ad the commercials special says there ther is high military authority for saying the situation augurs angurs success Enc eesE tho the new orleans er era a contains details of lees great cavalry expedition and says col fonda fanda of f the illinois in in command of one column proceeded to port hudson thence to jackson and on oil the ten miles from jackson surprised a rebel camp and dispersed it and captured 55 prisoners also stand of arms horses hormes 25 wagons ani and a large amount of stores then moved forward and joined the main column under general lee who thus reinforced marched on to liberty another column had bad been started from baton rouge for liberty under col adarsh of the cavalry this column reached liberty and W surprised med the rebel gen hodges in command biere there ile he escaped esea pea capture by jumping from a back all AH the members of his j 1 l 1 jk J k si wa weye M iwic M 7 y f t nephew of jen jM arsh remio ned here ere until the arrival of let lc why cheit af t NV 0 e x bedl ik 0 ns ere ched r iii egtill il I 1 into te interior of the te lines one going to brookhaven under fonda tile the other to summit under col bac bass s VT r I 1 f ford rd of the N 4 th new york cavalry at it a train of cars loaded with all kind kinda of military stoies was captured and dest destroyed R also I 1 I 1 80 a build building hg con raiding a ning quart quartermasters quartermaster ermaste rs i stores prisoners a suction section of artil artillery I 1 ery and forty wagons ca loaded with stoics stores were taken bassford found a large quantity of stores stares at slim summit mit As t the be place was surprised he secured the whole and destroyed it then returned to liberty with 25 prisoners and some valuable trophies while these expeditions were absent lee was attacked at liberty by col scott and a most vio vigorous rotis fight was kept up tip for two hours although leo s forces worn were outnumbered by scott s the rebels were finally obliged to retire the result of the fight was the capture of 28 prisoners one 12 donvitz hoN howitzer or and 30 dead on the field the expedition then returned k to baton rouge a our loss is not over twenty louisville nov 2nd and this morning s journal says thomas has abandoned his position at franklin and formed ili his line of battle miles of nashville yesterday afternoon the two hostile armies were engaged L in skirmishing and the battle of musketry was plainly to lo be heard in nashville A terrible battle is imminent and it is believed thomas has no fears for the result lie ile is not as weak as he would make believe lieve and aad he can offer battlo to better advantage to himself in th the front of na nashville S he than at any other point his left wing rests on oil and when strengthened by the forces at chattanooga C it will vill be strong enough to close on hood and cut off his retreat the revel rebel general is pressing slowly forward 1 na nashville 8 11 i i I 1 I 1 e N nov 0 v 2 d the battle at franklin was one of the most brilliant of tile the war for three days sharp skirmishing was kept kep t up dur inathe retirement of our duck river to franklin during 0 which i time a multiplicity of exploits and sue site besses resulted to the national arms gen cox conducted the event of the and achieved a splendid victory over the rebels at spring hill while williams cavalry gained a series of important successes over forrest s advance under roddy on the pike ce between tween triune une and spring hill doirin during the afar afternoon r of the the rebel army sorely pressed us under hood hod who had cheatham N s and stewarts corps in ill position and dick taylors Taylor 73 command numbering in all over owing to coxs gallant check at spring hill a portion of the ath and corps were enabled to gain franklin early in the day they threw up tip lines of works extending from 0 ne nc end to the other of the curves in ill the river bellind behind which our entire infantry command took position at 4 p tn the entire rebel force made a charge and succeeded in making a break in our centre commanded by wagner with characteristic impetuosity the enemy comprising cheathams corps dashed into our works operating with an attacking party on en their left and attempted to envelop and destroy our cavalry in the nick of timo time the troops of wagner were rallied and throwing their whole force on the rebel column drove them back in great disaster capturing several hundred prisoners four tin keg the rebels charged in and were repulsed as often with great slaughter the rebels numbered I 1 at ewi two to oner oneo nearly half or a fourth of the corps were ivere in reserve our breastworks were not over knee high the rebel loss in killed is three times as much mitch as ours and their wounded two times more the artillery artill eryl ae of the enemy was made with w gretta greed their r consisted consisted dons isted chiefly hell for or two hours imm immense erac 11 qu quantities or of more murderous is w ere hurled with fearful fury into the rebel reb el lines all at tempts of the rebels to gain a permanent advance were frustrated and A dark tho the federal poi tiou was unchanged tb tho rebels retired under covet cover of tile the south of columbia at pike an artillery duel was ke kept pt up till nearly midnight when our troops commenced crossing crossing the river bringing all ail t the train over in safety before daylight 0 the army then retired to within four miles milca of this city at which point our front lino line confronts the enemy the fi falling alling bac back k of the army is in accordance to tile the pro the battle at franklin al A though one most brilliant in form was vas an impromptu affair brou brought glit about ow ing to the necessity to check the rebels advance and insure a safer crossing of I 1 the river by our trains commodore pitch fitch is hero here with 1 of boats and iron dads and sufficient sit afi c lont forces have arrived to insure not only the safety of nashville but ut a union vie tory in case of a battle baltimore dec ad 1 the party referred to in the statement of a paroled soldier from georgia a being 0 connected with the incendiary plot to fire northern cities is understood here h ere to be morris montgomery prominent participators participatory in the secession movement inthis city about the memorable of april say ho he was at that time an officer in the maryland guard and left baltimore during the first year of the war to join the rebel cause new york dec ad the richmond examiner of the says there is no very important news beyond the confirmation of tile the report that the enemy sent off in the direction of the cea acta coast a small body bod y of cavalry day before yesterday they struck tho the railroad between savannah savannah and augusta tal at waynesboro thirty six miles from augusta and are said by some to have plundered the passenger 0 train there yesterday we are informed that the expedition had been and a or of the raiders captured and the rest of them driven back on Sheri nalls s main body the object of his movement is easily seen this party were ivere on their way to beaufort to carry intelli intelligence r mence of Sher sherman mans position tor to his government and communicate his way and plans the richmond whig 0 of the sus says from southern papers of the ro last night wo we glean little that is prudent to publish the augusta constitutionalist is in high spirits the sentinel says it is to be hoped that tho the people of the region through which sherman proposes to pass will fling selves upon him with the courage a aaa shall do them honor there is a capita difference between his situation and that of hood lie he is in tin an enemy coli country while nood hood is among friends no sacrifice of pro property perky no activity of appo must be counted now or considered as excessive tear down bridges block the roads remove or destroy supplies cut off foragers fora for gera agers and fight at every pass if sherman should be able to accomplish com such a journey as ag ha ra pases I 1 foraging as he be go dewit it will be proof proa bat he was not becomingly resisted alie whig after stating that it is strictly prohibited from froin publishing any i information con concerning berning sherman says from all wo can see aye either in new york papers or our own we 0 are re clearly of f the opinion that sherman is making as bastas fast as he be can a move for beaufort and that his bis illic bior design is to unite his bis forces with grant whether our forces will be abla to stop him or not depends on so sa ill ID contingencies that it is ia impo to 10 form an en opinion on en the subject that lie ho will take either savannah charleston or augusta we do not fear in ia the least andia and if he be is able to take eves even M co con n it is to |