, 1864-07-24
tFFom our Special Correspondeut.1

lhe letl nank Of the present line. Sherman
oow occupies, with his whole army, ppsi-
lion which Is In every respect all that the !
most critical strategist conld desire The
rebel position Is southwest Of the railroad
the Chattahoochee and AtlsutA, aud |
In line following the cuurse Of the river.
On Johnaton's right shermxn has secured, In
such wise that it cannot be rested from him,
4 position, that prevents anT rebel movc- |
ment towards our left. The whole river
front ts occupied so TINT no crossing can be |
Effected On our left or 'front.' and Johnston |
obviously cannot move to his left, because hu
objective point OF the campaign At the |
same time, IN the event thar Johnston at !
tempts to fAll back, he must make the move
mtnt under greater disadvantages than any
that have hitherto surrounded hf,n. At Dal,
ton, Resnca, Allatoona. Dallas and Keness1,
mtnced lbs Eetrogade. Nov. as Understand |
the geography OF the lines. Sherman has an
adequate force ut right angles with John
stol's line, while the means of thro Wing a
io1ce across the river at any point in front
are simple.
And from the offensive and defensive
strength Of the position, IL any one wilt con-
snlt railroad map Of the country, be Will
see at glance that all the different railroads
which centre at Atlanta are within easy
striking distance Of Gen. Eherman's head
quarters, and at various points immense in
The great consideration With an army, how
ever, 10 Its means Of. supply. Sherman q line
of supplies is the tailroad from Chattanoogs.
The country, Nashville correspondence to
the contrary, notwithstanding, is not able
to contribute mueh-a few feeds Of uncut
The country has been literally eat out Of
house and home, 50 that the Inhabitants must
either be sent to the rear or fed here. On
the railroad, Therefore, a11 the supplies of the
army-eyeEy pound of subsistence, Of forage
and Of ordnance-must be transported. At
That line Is long, and through the euemy's
country. The tenabiltty Of our presout po-
siion. or Of any advanced position, ultl-
nRtely rcverts to the rallroaa. Thus far, al
though communications hive been occasion
ally interrupted, 1t bus been entirely adequate
to TIE neeessitiea Of the army. The enemy
will Of course endeayor to destroy the road
BY tearing up track, exploding torpedocs
under locomotives, and all the devices known
to warfare Of that description
The road as line Of supplies Is safe; that
is no attempts Of! the rebels can result In
any thing more than Temporary inteIrup
lion. All points where the road crosses
str, AIMS, or passes over places liable to be-
easily obstructed, are heavily fortiaed-the
fortitlcations being sufficiently garrfsoned.
: This prevents all such injuries as would re-
suit In long etopPage of supplies; Then
again the whole road Is guarded by troops.
disposed at such points as the exigencles Of
the service require. In order to still further
provide for an accident that may occur de-
pots of all kinds of supplies are at several
points, 30 that In the happening Of any in
teFruption or where sudden unforeseen
emergency there will be within reach, aud In
81 probability sonth Of the break, q supply
drawn. 1t is thus With good reasons that
Sherman can advance his army with almost
an absolute certainty that his means Of SUD-
ply arc sufficient and safe.-
have stated that the country Is unable to
dumiSh ,d,a the army Mith supplies Georgia WIS
2,648oG0 bushels Of wheat and 50, 77B, 900
bushels Of corn. The part Of the State 90 fur
!. trnVersed By our army was as fruitful Of ce-
reals as any. And other things being equal,
1t might have been expected that some con-
siderable portion Of the subsistence Of an
army could be procured along the line Of its
march. During the rebellion great part OF
the supplies Of TINT description have been
drawn from Georgta. And during the occu-
patton Of the Northern Georgia line, aud dur
ing the present campaign the army at Dalton,
and the army which has disputed ouradvance
:Eout1ward, has been led entirely from this
country. Beside, the enlistment and conscrip-
tion for the army bus taken nearly all the L.
borers from the Aelde. White women aud
negroes cultivated the fields a1d raised the
crops Of the Inst season. with the triaing IS.
sesnee e e. 5sRs o1d ssipp!es md md
what is the natural result ot such
causes: Without vegetables and the
few fields OF corn now growing, the popula-
1ion 1eft ct home could not subsist until
stripped absolutely to the point OF desola-
ton hy the fetreatlng rebels, and must bs
I fed by the North. jSnch destitutfon and pov.
e1ty SO universal and ahject in go rich md
fruitful country. is found only in the fields
The majority Of these unfortunate peopl,
are Of the class known in the yernacnlar O
Degro.pWnerB, rs "poor white trRsh," no
unirequently Representatives of the bette
claee ure found. Both classes By education
and experience, are unfit to be thrown upoI
the world in strange State. They canno
be 6ubsisted here and must 20 to those place,
Mt which supplies can be easiiS furnished
| MABtE1rA, Jaly 18, 1884.
Ny letter Of yesterday closed abruptly, a
any rate suddenly. Orders came to more
If ut all. Therr WIS dust and flies aud heat
bnt the oEle7 to move WAS Issued, and th
army moved Your readers can understand
the movement, perhaps, from my letter 0
yesterday. In the Iaorning the army Of th
Tennessee held theright, aud Cumberland til
|
Putinto the English, Gen. Sherrnau's orde
meaus this: the army Of the Tennessee is t.
! more to Roswell, where one OF Its corps, til
uth, is, and has constructed bridge acros
the C4attahoochee; move thence across th
river and southward. It is the old move
tie campaign. and always successful Like
| gsmbler. be always bets Oh the same card
Before Dalton he cent the army Of the renncs
see on She flank. When 1t emerged fro1
Snake Csec6 the Dalton line was abandoned
Notwithstanding the reyt1ses Of our Left an
18th corps carried the works on tho rebel lei
. md the 14th corpb crossed the Oostlnauta
, Johnston left Adairsville when his sconts I,
ported McP crossing the ridge toward
hle lett. Having entfcncbea himself at Il
: Pass Of the Al1atoona he submltte
same nT1ny making the outermost clrcn
, towards Van Vert: At Dallas Johnston va
mnreurerca out Of his position By marchin
the Army Of the Tennessee from the right I
Q and beyond the lett Of our line. So again {
9 the kenesaw line, the rebels were induce
e 10 abandon their strongest position by II
movement Of McPherson from the left bac
to thSsextreme right. From that position
te now moving aggafn to the extreme LET
e The Army Of the lEnneseec has al -ays bee
nent was 10 be made 1t received the ordcn
It has v1hrated like pendulum from or
!, 1nnk 10 the other Of the gtund urny-marcl
= ed nearly hundred miles more during tt
q campaign than any other corps, foa5ht
= often, killcd ind captured al many Fahel
e and made smaller Official lists Of killed an
j, wounded. Az write today, 1t Is st,rtin
:, at midday, on another funk movenen
while their comrades stand etiu behind Il
: river and the works.
AL this might be In bad taste "
It not tor two facta In the first place one
IT your contemporaries ta its elaborate leader
Il thu 9Th instant, on aherman's campaign, civ
the whole credit In words aud f1Eures,n
:. the "Army OF tho Cumberland,n while
~ Nashville correspondent can lind no one
., the field but Hooker and Thomas. Nor ia
le alone. Other papers continually exasgera
If in favor OF the came command. Sec6ndl
all bare suggested In this connection is a
eo1utely correct, Soldiers read your pape,
tbelr comments upon the campaigns al
- battles, aud are Ut much interested In t
1t publication Of the truth in relation to thcl
Rs their officers are in what ShetU
II STYLES the cheap 1attery Of the Press
Yon will hear ofthe army Mt my next "
q ting from eome point south Of the Ch:t
- hoochee. JACE
nls FROM NASHVILLE.
n News From the Front-prisoncr
GFeNtt korfhcona1DE-'EhrK K.nlueI
Raid-hnst Tel hnesse and Gov. Jon