Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-18

The Country Through Which shsrmRn's
Army IL BI0VinR-.The DesIiruIi0n Pre-
VA nng--Why Few Negroes are seen.
A AcOrrespOndent Of the Chicago Tribune
writes ss follows
Il needs 40 imagination to estimate the
coDstern alton Of the Inhabitants Of these
hills, at the approach Of Sherman. Almost
every house was deserted, evidently in
hurry, for in almost every case in which
your correspondent visited any Of these
houses, he found therein, besdsteads,
chairs, and cotton. This was not exclu.
sively confined to those in good cireum-
stances; it was also the case with the
poorest people who inhabited log shsnties,
through the ohinks Of which, mule t, am
could be driven. At one place In partieu-
lar, war'sdr desolstion could have been
seen in its most sorrowful sspsa', On the
left hand side Of therosd, couple Of miles
north Of Rscson Greek, stood large two
story house, whose surrsundlngs-s splen-
did orchard, flower garden, and oomforta-
be outhouses-evidently showed that the
| proprietor was q man of wealth aud re
| fnement. The house was tenRatlese, and
| not living being was to be seen around
the premises save an sntiqusted negTess,
who On il quiry, told your correspondent,
that the owEer, Daniel Cornuse, a large
| planter, had cleared out the same morning
that our army advanced. He did not have
time to pack up any efhis furniture, and
barely succeeded In running off his ne
/ groes-some thirty -fTe-south. All the
furniture ives left behind, and on the
arrival Of our soldiers it was oil carried
of by Them. Two cottage pianos and a
sewing machine, along with two or three
be6steRds, were all the articles to be seen
when your CORES pendent visited the place
On his entering the house, he found a coup.
le OF soldiers playing Yankee Doodle "
In not very artistic manner On the pisn-
os while another one was Jainly endesv.
oring to run the sewing machine. On
7 making further inquiries it ira aspired that
] the proprietor Of this place Rss a nsior IN
the rebel service; and the sad scene could
! not fail to impress one with the feeling
that retribuuVe justice was fast overts.
king those who with psrrioidsl hands
W6re endesycring to destroy eur glorious
Union. One is surprised st meeting 30
few negroes on the road but on INQUIRY
as to the cause, it appears that their rebel
oVerseers have run thom ts Atlanta, where
there lie cow said to be force Of ten
Thousand Of them busy at work fortifying
that city. There has been comparatively
little fighting since Wednesday the "a
ult, when HookeT's corps made such ter.
rible charge on the rebels at Burnt Hick
ory-s small creek running through a "a
vine in the Altoona srange-about eighteen
miles from Kingston. Our army has been
advancing at the rate Of about mile a
dsy-an advance gained altogether by
flank movements, on the left Of cur lines
or rather Asnking the enemy's right. Oc.
cssionally brisk csnonsding and sharp
skirmishing is heard along some portions
OF the line for half an hour or go. After
this ceases our boys make reeonnoisanees,
the result Of which is that the rebels have
retreated and abandoned their works,
which are Immediately occupied BY our
lines. The front Of the army has reversed
its position: the 23d corps is now on the
right instead Of the left, as was the case
q few days ago. At every movement we
capture more or less Of the rebels, and oc-
cssiOnslly few come forward and volun-
tsrily give themselves up. Ono Of them
being asked what he thought Of our forces
and General Sherman, replied in the fol-
lowing rather extrsVsgsnt but at the same
time truthful style: "Sherman gifts on g
hill, flop his wings and crows; then yells
out Attention. creation By kingdoms
right wheel msrchi and then ne GIT"