Show BY PACIFIC adem telegraph RAPH SPECIAL TO THIS THE DULY UNION VEDETTE hend quarters army potomac Decem december unusual q 17 quiet has bas prevailed all along the lines in front of petersburg the days scarcely a shot being exchanged except in the evening on oil the right of bf the line last night however quite I 1 an excitement was kept tip from about 8 to 10 when the fire died away gradually after midnight not it a shot was heard the pickets in the vi cincy of fort hill were responsible for il ibis outbreak a although bough some other parties of the line farther west were participants A report is current that a number of pickets who were watching the reir rear lines were taken and murdered the night ni 0 lit before last in consequence of which the force of men on this fide has been doubled and changes a are re being made in the disposition of our troops there is nothing 0 to indicate an early attack on OD the enemy the troops e engaged ng aged in the late laev raid tire are most all in good condition some r returned burned with frozen hands feet and ears caused by the severe weather baltimore the americans annapolis special sa says y s If havana avana has just arrived with news that hat sherman Sli erman had bad captured Sava savannah unal 1500 prisoners after eight hours fi fighting 9 baing war department washington dec A M j the folio win WID official al report of a great victory achieved yeste yesterday rilay by thomas and his gallant arroy army and the rebel forces under tinder hood in front of INT nashville ashville was received this morning one of the surprising circumstances connected with the great tile the small loss suffered by our troops evincing evi ming among other things the admirable Z skill and aad elation of gen thamas in the disposition of 7 in our rejoicings rejo icings cinga at the defeat of the enemy thanks are due to the 1 almighty 0 for the file protect protection io 1 I of our gallant officers and soldiers in the great co conflict flicht they have passed through the report of gen thomas also gives on in unofficial re report p ort containing de 16 tails here subjoined sub joined headquarters head quarters dep t cumberland eight 0 wiles miles from nashville 6 1 P ni dec I 1 have I 1 the honor to report that the enemy has been pressed at all points today in his line of f retreat to bentwood hills brim brig 0 gen hatch of wilson s corps of cavalry on tho the right 0 turned the left aind and captured a large I 1 1 1 1 number of prisoners the number cumbe r Is I 1 q reported maj gen scofield s corps next on the left of the line carried several hills and captured many prisoners and six pieces of artillery brevet maj geri gen smith next on the left of schofield carried a salient point of the line with mcmillans Mc brigade of of Mc Arthurs s division capturing sixteen pi pieces aces of artillery artill cly two brig bri generals and about 2000 1000 prisoners brig gen garraus Gar division carried the entrenchments capturing all the artillery and troops of the enemy on the line brig gen woods troops on the franklin pike took up the assault capturing the enoi nys entrenchments and also captured eight pieces of artillery and something over prisoners prisoners and drove tile enemy within one mile of tl tle the e brentwood hill bill pass maj gen steadman dmary commanding n the detachments of different dif armies of the military division of mississippi most nobly nobl y supported gen woods left and bore a most honorable part in the operations of the day I 1 have ordered the pursuit to be continued in the mornin morning 9 at daylight day light although the troops are arc afi fati utmost utmos t en cn thusia am prevails i emust not forgot forget to r report port the operations of bug brig gen johnsoni Johns m successfully driving the enemy vy co opera tion of the boats under commander smith from their established batteries on the cumberland river below the city of nashville and of tha successes ot of brig gen cartons brigade ta in covering our right bight V and r rear car in the operations of 0 yesterday and today to day although I 1 have no report of the number of prisoners cap captured hired by johnson ind and cartons commands I 1 know they have nn made do a large number I 1 am also glad to be able to state that the rumber of ariso nera captured yesterday greatly exceeds the number reported by telegraph last evening eveni Bg wood s fields and entrenchments are arc strewn with the enemy small arms abandoned 0 nod in ill the retreat aric in conclusion I 1 am happy happ y to state that all this has been effected with but a very small loss to us our loss logs probably does docs not exceed arery few of whom are killed signed Signe cl ax guo 0 H THOMAS f r 1 agaj Q cong nashville lath 9 p in T r 1 last hast ilig night fit his right from the river arid and took a tion covering hillsboro gran granny y whites and franklin pikes which lines had been carefully prepared for this contingency he was driven from the first line easily but the second was very stubbornly defended and wits was at last heavily assaulted three times before succeeding it was carried hoL however waver and twenty pieces of artillery and men imn including gen jackson with tile the remnant of his division were a and tl tile the enemy forced baek back two miles nis his army is w broken in into to two parts one on the whites pike and the other on the franklin with a range or of bluey hills between them steadman and wood are pressing down upon tb the v bat latter A aj J smith schofield Soh ofield antl and gary cary drove the former hood bant make another such days fight while thomas thomasl is ing fod condition to press hima every bodif bodaj and black d dict splendidly ly H signed STANTON S tk T OS ra i i new ne N aw w york dec the herald s correspondent gives give s the following account of an expedition up the roanoke Ro inoke river the gun gnu boat ex tion sent up tip the river when opposite jamestown eight miles above plymouth suddenly came in in contact coil tact with some som torpedoes placed in the channel by the rebels and three boats were blown up the flag ship nhip wyoming commander Mauo Maco nib gib senor ol licer took the lead and passed safely through r the lieutenant arnold commanding ibl fol lowing ving her bow came in contact with the obstruction but was waa successfully passed until being struck by the stern proved to be beit A largo large torpedo which exploded plodded pl oded blow blew up tip the otsego sinking lier her in a 1 I few minutes after the blowing up tip of the otsego erro the reina inder of tho the fleet remained by her h er until morning when those vessels injured by the ex passed up tip the river soon after commander macomb dispatched on special service duty ills his old paymaster I 1 lowis lewis sands on the steamer bagley 0 with two guns on arriving in the vicinity of the spot where the otsego sunk slink a torpedo exploded under the bagley blowing a liole hole through her causin causing her to sink one man and a boy were killed the officers and tile the rest of the crew escaped by swimming paymaster sands and capt ames allies commanding 0 the tug 0 swam to the wreck of the otsego and were picked up soon after the sinking of the bagley the steamer picket launch lail inch no 5 was also destroyed the roanoke river is is a perfect not net work of torpedoes A large number are already taken out still a large lanye 0 number are arc supposed to rei remain nain new york dec the hi richmond climond lahi whig of the says we again fiddled to receive our exchanges from georgia geor this morning and consequently are arc without details defaite of the recent events in the vicinity or of savannah between there and Charl charleston esLon the lie usual skirmishing but no fight had taken place the examiner of the says up to iq yesterday forenoon no lighting fighting had t taken aken place between Sher maws army and the confederate troop sat R it thedo thede the do de rl lipauf papery paper e speaks sp of savannah as aa being in vested but this is not the he case savannah is nomo no more tc invested than richmond Richi nond and wo we have no evidence that it stands in the least danger from assault or an official dispatch gf yesterday mentions that sherman had developed his army near the town vitt but that does not signify sign afy that he will glet get into the trenches enches ti washington dec acting rear admiral stebbins commanding in anditon and itin the east gulf squadron reports to the navy department under tinder late date of the ad the destruction of the salt emit works on rocky point tarn am pa bay by detachments aenas from the x U S g steamers stars and stripes P es nata hendrick hudson and ariel and several larger boilers and everything of value connect connected ted with the works were demolished without a single casualty on our side t f chicago dec the wild hunter 11 sailed on the from new york for sun san S an francisco fort the northern light 0 and varna arrived from Ch charleston arresto n last night 0 with released union prisoners at the ille time of sailing all tile the rigging C of the dpn of war and other vessels composing Dahl greens fleet word were kaily gaily hung with colors in token of the success of some movement or of sherman the exact nature of whick which be learned i new york D dec ec 1 th the president disapproving or of so much of gen gen dixs recent order 1 directing the pursuit of raiders over the border I 1 dix hits has issued another cordei revoking that part the post a detailed statement of ve vessels asels composing compo Eting porters fleet which started upon an expedition on monday last f from roni flaT camplon roads thore there are 4 vessels carrying 0 guns I 1 portland M me dec the II Ui ibernia bernia from liverpool the earl E arl russell had replied to recent becent manifest of the Conre confederate congress expressing for the north and south deprecating depro cating tho the war and pledging england to strict neutro neutrality lity tile the london times thinks think s lincoln will make some attempt to close the war by a negotiation the federal troops are to be immediately withdrawn from holstein ll under a demand from prussia A meeting w was s hold bold at bristol to celebrate lincoln s election election cheers yoro wen for jeff abis ady gen leo leond d growls for or butler r and lincoln lincoln A rih then made for the platform was pl and in th speakers P bakers beeb were driven fr ivell aw away from it but the police final finally ly cleared the I room A headquarters head quarters army potomac december f today to day has been very quiet alon tho i 0 line 0 y tho the following fort bridger cor respond enco wo we clip fron from I 1 the sadra sac union of the ath in dinst st THE STATE QUESTION annoys the chuch lead leaders drs they abina under mider tile alio fact that novada nevada beautiful PI silver vcr star only a few years ngo it a por poc tion 9 91 utah has bas been admitted into tho 0 union whilo tile dc elder born 11 lifis lias 1 remain at the outer door sighing hov long must I 1 wait the telegraph con ducted with excellent ability but ill intense tells ly mormon Mornion dinits general character which h is is solely its own business devoted an adi u corhal io to this question it a few days ago but was not candid enough to tell its readers the true reasons NV why hy butali was ivis not ilot a st state a t e A f few 0 W da days ys afterward the vedette had an article on t the he subject and without I 1 mincing inin cing the question stated in very plain I 1 words the reasons why utah was kept jept in the background t hat so long as poly polygamy j ain y and one man power were ti ano 0 I 1 ruling characteristics of the territory congress would never admit h her er into the union it irmay may be added it if polygamy ny and one man inan power lid did not exist the tha words ind and acts of ne nearly irly c every cry leading mornion mormon during the past two years are of oc themselves sufficient tobar her out tho the sermons in the tabernacle wherein the government has been derided villi fic fiad d and slandered th the 0 C contemptuous onto n pt I 1 IOU s r remarks about the currency of ther th nation i and tho the disdain manifested from acts of Con congress 0 aress whenever they interfered with mornion mormon law and role rale are well known to till all who reside in the teri Tem tory ohavo I 1 have listened to sermons so ter termed ined in ill all tho tabernacle which were vere replete with sentiments of hostility to the government many of the sermons thus delivered curing the past two years aro are now on oil re record oord precisely as ag they came caine from the speakers spoil akeis hols mouths there is no desire to have atall in tho the background the fault rests entirely her people they cannot expect p act leaders certainly know it the gov clothes clothe them th em with power c their territorial capaci laws same government whenever those laws do not happen to suit their views of tho the case in ill issue utah will be bc a 1 I state 0 ono of these czys du ys and when that event occurs e polygamy and one nian man power will have vo ceased c within her border iler her leading citizens will uphold with bravo hearts and strong arms arins a government I 1 which gives exact and eual equal justice to all 1 1 her citizens who obey all tier her laws THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS PR ESS clahe attention f for or 1 a I fiew few words aro are now three living newspapers in ill utah the alio union vedette the pioneer daily the th daily aDaily telegraph ind and the news then thero there is tiro tho I formers tanners oracle published at spring lake villa and tile the peep 0 jay ajtay a literary journal the vedette edette 11 and telegraph ai are e the real newspapers both being admirably made up tip and in a credit to the territory tile the peep ol 01 0 day is the first effort of the kind in utah and pro promises illis es to to do well while it is devo devoted tea t to 0 mormonism Jor monism as a true religion I 1 it t is not bigoted and do odit editorial orial arfi articles cles are written in a gen generous crous spirit with an all ovi eri dent desire to adhere always to th the 0 truth the news ais the acknowledged D ed church organ mo 80 claimed in its own columns and as a nelos paper is losing interest simply for the reason that two active giveand and anticipate its evev weekly ly edition during the Pe bial just ended the t i s wa intensely union devoting its cohin ins to articles on national affairs with oa iglich erayne earnestness aness ass as though the eollo p of utah were going to vote an onh wa question it had the lie satisfaction of announcing that only five aeva novada nevada soldiers voted the mcclellan ticket tile the vaa jeaa more moderate in tone freely that lincoln would bo elected a and nd on oil one occasion if we ire ini mistake stake not nol announced announce a preference far liim hini aak acknowledged now edged several times tho abo gre grecu convenience of greenbacks green backs in hi a commercial view not noa withstanding church leaders attempted to axi lx witty ant and termed them 1 lincoln skins and published union successes with favor favorable ablo comment common is PA ja the seizure of the orida is ta II 11 latest important item discussed 1 by abo 17 edelle mid tagi aph th the e lormer former r burds the seizure as right and thinks the time has arrived fo for r decisive fiction action toward pirates tito the latter is eaf af ion that the government should act toward inferior powers as it would toward its equals thus slyly that abat i th the flot have i ii wt r ia 4 iiri jn h 41 aiEn M T n g gush s or french re pon i |