New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-26

poinis-within few miles Of Macon. aud at Gordon;
The junction of the Georgis tehtra ana u"ruoh 81"
Nledgevlle branch Railroads ..
On ssuday. q body of our cavalry under Wheeler, OF.
tackled ais cavalry at Gordon but WIN What Iesu W.
have not been allie TO ssoertain It'll,
Sherman is everywhere laying waste the country WIN
Are and sword showing Gle iry that u ~ ms dcnrml
nation 20 take no step backward Ills force caNan!
included IL not believed to exceed thirty thousand mon
and IL seems certain that, IL vigorous measures are
taken b. cur generals. he must be rheckei AUG oe
.rOyed II Is impossible he should be able 10 suppo
BIZ army on the coutry-a fact when a'obe muht very
So cmbarTass lin sOfcIy. go =,
Most PERSONS seem 10 have very little idea OF te STU
aton Of the railroads in the country IN which sherman
IS now operating We will endeayor Ia maze 1t az clear
Two railroads. beside the Chattanooga, which rnns
north. have their rise IN Atlanta. Inc "eorgh ian'
road nearly due east strikes the South CaIo'Iha
boundary AZ Iamburg becomes thence the SOuh 'aio-
Inns Railroad, AND terminates IN Charleston. ge NJ
con Railroad runs from Atanta due sonth 10 bhfhc-
VII. thence at right angles e. is former course M IN
easfrrly direction ~ Macon. Thence 10 SayahDah'
pursuing q nearly south eastern c"uite. runs the Yen
irn agilroad. At Gordon on the central haifoid,
about fifteen miles east of Macon, branch iailroad
runs through Mledgeyile 10 place called katendoh.
TINS place is about iftoen miles from Madison on tho
&c rga Railroad IL Is said that portion 81 sher'
m1,s Army went ont a. far a. Madison, on the
Georgia Railroad, and leaving II, struck across to
Edrrion the immediate object being Milledsoyilie,
the crpta Of The State. II IL believed that Sherman
hns. pursued the Macon Railroad until be cane TO
Griiin sryerai miles above Barneyile. and thence
struck 10 Gordon. ayoilng Macon altogether ana ~
tlis movement placing his whole force ~ the rear OF H.
| The Georria Railroad terminates st Augusta HAN
burg the south Carolina town IS on the opposite Size
/ Of the iiter. ..s.-.,
be- ouai led 10 Judge between he conflicting accounts
: he vii GId in the new papers
THE NEWS.
From The Richmond Enquirer Nov y
The rains having pat determined stop 10
Al, immediate military operations In virginia. Georga
4 nfruf.a interest
Cnu tho present year. the people OF that sato hh.n
uohng u tie hoTorf 81 Invasion. and not unli the i
Of Atlana we've they fully alive 70 TIE fealuet Whlen
wa had introduccdin heir midst. As nothing, how
ey- hes occurred in the past history Vi the STATE save
the weak utierances OF few childish men, 10 indicae
that che Will bear up proudly rs other STATES ba'e
dore uu.r the heel Of lie invader can but expect
that size will emulate her iOng.suErfnK sttefs' ~"
tlui he truo hour 0f hcr t.al Is come. nbeIhhh y
marching into the heart Of the State as yet hs move
mel Il have With but Little resistance Ifet Nh"u
may be explained by the necessity The shnauon demands
~ u awing him or as far a. p1's.He, nom tue only
point e. wsch he could reasonably looA for suecor.
/ H. nav unmolostcd. capture solne ot the interior
ovus IS he captured others In the northern part OF inc
= ate during the Summer campaign. IL ~ ny ~ NJ
improbable that be may take the capital oi the stale
and poraps move thence upon savannah or augusta,
Win an ul Innate eye 20 ChnfiestOn. II wac TGnorod
Yesterday hat be- bod moved IN sins.e column nom
/ fnf. rth ,nwnrd Niledgtylc; ihat Us caviar! AAu
made a de,,ent upOu the Macon and Med s"y NE Raj
road a, Gordon, and that oven the town "i MlI.d2s-
Vile vas already in 'heir possession hHhooPh h's u
] I'D
moan. unlikely for. although lorsyth - nearer 10
Macon lisn 20 Alodeeyle det'ur Ia me 'it lor ,he
latter point would be sv.tI prscueepe suetee. o'e
srd would apparently give sherman tie advantage ol
fLe Lead of Hoods army safe distance aheah were
that amy sent after him md Hee he forced 10 ieuehl,
Tho probability OF beng pursued 10y any o'her nfp!
has scarcely entered bi- calculations Nh,se k.epms
tlo Atlantic coast ~ view the object o M eS"u
tion with some convenient Interior towns ~ give
caste 70 his Performance" he appears ~ move upon ae
which viii rive bin plenty of room IN case OF Gun
,ult IN unyus direct from HE abandoned base, and
hnrAfiug eycry itng ~ Gaze 81 fcTulse ~ Sdtc VI
the occupation OF Miiiedge'illc. therefore SAVANNAH
and Charleston viii Dc evidently the Objective points o
the orp.~litun both either That combinations are
Ia ureleas however foil tho purposes Of The enemy
there be- no douht and We may expect to hear 10
lev aA,s some definite account oil thom. decisive
| move canBOt long BE- delayed.
SnRRMAS's OPERATIONS
From IL. Enquirer Nov. -
u Is one among the many novel ana curious
features oil a.. pr,sent var ths for week snd more
no Two NJ parii. hsye been kept in equal no
rance Of the ,a aud even The position OF tAo power
nj armie- hi, IS AL the more remarkable, as the
Nof.ern Press though 'ha'klcd. j. s,h lI'l oi riE3
snd eut. rpilse and our own journals are irsfoped
only ty considerations ~ discretion aud public policy
Bot the ,i.i territory over which the operations "i TINS
vare,teud tAc spare population Of the S"uih' W es
and tie onociualy broken luo~ Of communication er-
pluin tie perpscNng obscbrity ~ winch he mahcu'rrs
of Hood and sherman ale shtOud'd. We Know, ID uui
midst toernhv we'll what me intentions OF our own
c.nrro! are Brave and bld ~ execution, experienced
md guided by tho master mind Of NebuEegdTd. IN ms
ge-r.t plans his westward move may puzzle Vs. bot
! esnnot cause any apprehension. Nbst he hhs 90 sue
concealed nom ~ Wy adversary, We shall Oh
cars. not make known ihrou Ih our columns ospecay
u, noiblg bni change an the weahei WIN I've hop.a
enforcement "a the fonir Ia wanting u develop LIS
/ MANS and, We trust. hriuc them 10 "a happy issun
! II Is din, nnt With Sbcrnans purpose IN marching
ont 81 atlanta, which s,en' to hc unknown 10 tl'
North and IL probably la us general outlines anon"
dictntsd by Grant Gnd the powers hbo'c Iip' if
general Character however. !, not difficult to guess.
from a mtor! poiut of war Tor, amer al "af Is NOV
] 4 INC moi "A
,uch subjected Ia fixed rules, WHICH W soYa 9,AeIn
/ will Yiolll. as he kuYNs hM 600 well bow surely The
penalty follows tie neglect ~ certain hI-t prrcires.
tbnt II /. evident enough that sherman has tried for
/ IT, ln-t months and tried under mos, aggrivating
dlhcultits 10 lold by tie railroad Which i.!lQs ms
main line of communication With his hase nj Nashville
ia doing thi-, he bad TO contend with ~. dalmg ~
reks al Forrest the steady pressure 81 Hood aLu me
hostility 81 the inhabitants all around hW; hs own
aimy exhausted by ince-sent marches ANA counter
marches decima;ed by continued lighting "id wasting
| di.,n.e end finally reduced 10 onc.hnf by the
political e,igrncics Of tho PresldeD'lu election.
! SIN he hiss held on to tie ast extremity,
without Iosumirg the offensive 1T any one point but
whiting patiently 10 take advantage OF any
errors which the young jealous General on his funk
ght commit In his operations on an immense ciF'ln-
i.renec around H. lie has either been disappointed NJ
this sxIsc aou or lie has been unable. nom want al
men or Of skill TO take advantage Of them Ihs only
h. hGs soiped aud 10 30 -@hd ran to nm, mn his
plans FOR the Binfr MAJ Hood ~ jar ~ 70 ne Us only
tebIy threatening he and his fdk AMI rs me- h0s
lie aynv und,r TAoras bsrfra hin and iaEa. may
bo hal ms ne ppsion Ekch Sherman BAD "a riee whc
he b0assd that 4, voad soon harf Hood rAre h. rdnsd
HIM no c,rdin thai his pHrsnn has been bar sc'tcs Of
,iafs and thai the ooo, Hst IerpsssSe pAy0sIy
l>u opsr GIuse ne eoso Ioks Of orr eal.G"1 r~h
~ ha 0i,,cfaOa
A. the meantime Sherman has found out what WA
Icing ago predicted side. that Atlanta conl no
longer BE- considered the PIVOT of an army which Is
uualie fad subsistence ia thai exhausted country 1t
can be made strong place, because II il 30 COM
manded by surrounding nights: 1t could EASILY have
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