New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-24

moy ine forward Soon orc of those nexplicabe halts
occuI!ed LeanAs thai u woi!d Iasi an hour VI So
whatever The cusc call was made ny the boys OF our
~ egmcLt for the ,lay PLAIN tO improve the time with
sermon. He moi TO tc found however and one Of
tLcr number mounted "a stamp ana made political
speech in lieu of oler more appropriate oraoIea eX
/ ercs,s ] stopped and Listened. 1he hagdngue was
somcw hat in he cut-and thrust style, but have heard
many worse ohoIi IN the halls of grave deliberate
bodies Of course. the speaker was free in denuncia
tious II NalandigEamers and as no l0co was raised
IN dissent. coLoIded .ha, nc spoke tue unanimous
sentiment Of The regiment.
AbOu of this day We left the road iraNeled by
Gen sherman. and proceeded Ia a more northeastern
direction by an unreqgoHted road, which tie pioneer
corps had some trouble to make practicable Nord was
passed back along ihe line tha hc tam had Dceh agah
lied into, two men killed, aid three badly wounded.
This seemed TO anger tho men, and they lreG al every
fence and five or six houses duInr TIE aorhoon Ahe
brigade / was with did not cct mo camp until long
after dark. The last three four miles o its march
was ilumned by the light Of D..inns "oods houses
! and fences.
On he morrn ng Of the OH having been in the saddle
almost constantly for three or fou. days. considered
myself hardened sufficiently to ridc With Gen. Dodge
and accordingly fcl n Win his s'an and escort Ite
General is cmQAat.,aily hard rider IIe led me III
stCc pie chase fashion hills and valleys, darling
through tie closely packed train if IL were the easiest
illag imaginable To- bot Government wagon and FIX
nudes H. Of need and. for short cut. flying away
thrOagl the thica undciDrash Of aNine, as II It were
no in the nature of human flesh TO DE by bri'rs
and brush. shall cmcmber hat ride. Before noon,
We were IN tie famous military road, called because
Gen. jack son made u as lie marched his army from
Tennessee to r,pe invasion 1t New Oreans II is also
known - tho Old Naichcl tacc. We followed It 10
Sloal Creek ana few miles beyond. Shoa Creek Is a
large aTca aud VII this road cr0scs 10 Was once a
iLc bridge large cloth factory. employing about ~
hands, and Village Tic bridge Was destroyed more
than year ago ly Gen. BucllE order, j bchele ana
tho factory, together with larsc quantity Of cloth
ready ioi the Rebel army were burned by order OF cen
Dodge as the rear Of the army came up lie operative
Il li- factory mostly Rebel soldiers wives ~
owners and several citizens pleaded hard H. ana II
would no, have been burned but for the mtest impro
priey of leaving near hundred looms IN fu operation
/ weaving cloth TO cothc Rebels.
On The 10Th the advance campcd on Sugar Creek IN
Tennessee. the army Aaying iraicrsod Lauder dale
County Alabama and crossed tie State line near the
village II Lexington Another day march brought US
10 this place whore We are stopped by dispatches ana
orders
/ The country began to improve approached Pu-
la M aud the view II several bne plantations Just be-
fore We got into town prepared us for the sight of
handsome town There II metropolitan look and
dress about the people here which is IN strong contrast
with the butternui Ilsiiciiy of the people We have
passed on the rond keen observer cannot fail To see
aso many evidences Of small town aFsiocracy espec
ally among the women.
/ On this whole march We have seen no unarmed men
who were willing To admit that they were >ecessonsts
though not thHn half were outspoken tnionisis
AL however for stopping the war, by any means
and declare themselves willing 10 yield independence OF
ANYTHING clse which viii procure peace.
Gen Dodge has issued the following order. and the
citizens Of the town say 1t viii give great satisfaction
throughout the country.
HEAperAaTKRs Lyrr WING i6rH Army CoRPs
PuIAsxI Tenn, Nov. u. lo5i
GFwrnAI ORDERS. No. TITLE uQn Army beng nu" i
ro..c.on Of tina, portion Il Tennessee erd Alabama, from
Columbia TO Decatur and 40 Confederate force py. ~
portion Middle Icune.see tie following policy "l be pl
sued b. my command " a.,
Cufcns who have surpu. q corn wheat fodder cattle
nnl ho-s by bringing g tie Different posts along the t4
road from Columbia 20 Decatur m sufficient quantities -
nry the command will rec.s. voucher upon which they
can obtain the money Unless this done fragnz irains VIII
nec.srly b. 1u, ad what need be- taken and ce
ubcatss only given
p A long people maintain quiet in the country put
due. paid aud treated n ala respects a. loyal c1ens Ot
r- they viii b. levied upon TO support the army and ieat
/ ed enemies
D. The ciiizsu, living along ue railroad and telegraph
lines viii b, hsd responsible for my tanare done e b.
any uu regular Confederate troops When e4ai-ra h us
way tbs czsns yins ueafe'; that po "I be assess 20
/ tAs fli. amount II daills. done.
Gzens n the adjoining counties lAyitc % take such
measure. they rropV TO comply with this order snd
assistance and val be given them by the
+ ca uairs rdefs ~ the different posts.
By order Of Brig Gen. q. NJ DODGE,
J. " BARNES Lieut.. and A. A. A. General
pu1sk. Is ~ miles south of Nashville and ao from
Columbia tie most southern point heretoforc held by
our troops on the Alabama and Tennessee Eaiilold
Ills road is now in operation Ia within miles of TO
uuiA and viii soon be opeLed up again to thi, point.
\ large train starts north tomorrow ios supple.
hOCATllE.