Washington telegraph., 1864-12-07

have seldom been leard El.e upon the
iald of battle. They threw aside their
guns and cartridge boxes, and cornmenc-
ed tearing up the rails and removing the
cross ties with astonishing rapidly. 1T
was tile first time that infanrrv ever had
q fair shlw a railroad. amd they seemed
anxious tp surplss anything that had ever
been done by the cavalry.
Rails aud cross ties disappeared in a
miraculous mannar, aud seldom WAS 81
much cnthn fiasm cen among BODY MT
troops as wa exhibited I'D this work. rhc
rails were bent ana twisted by fire until
rendered perfectly useless for ali time to
come, and the cross ties we're rilcd aud
burnt until not restige renlaincd. Al
every embaukment atd cut. spades aud
shovels were broueht into raquisition, un
til they were loycIpd to tLeir original DO
siiiJEs. Never was q railroad more ef-
iectuaIiy destroyed.
Tile attack upon Alto nl does MT sr-
pear to have been anything airrs thau n
" ieeler. So or three positions wors
captured wish about 100 iuer.
The commauaer of tLe expedition did
nlt attack tAe main work. ns it would unt
have compensated FIJI fhe lo7s of iifc its
capture you'll lave required. Three
hundred and eighty prisoners, ouly six Of
whom We're blleks. have arrived at NeE-
mnn. Atlanta in cinacIy invested by urr
cavalry A geaeril engagement between
no-I and sherman has been anticipated,
but Southern journals, with their CUSTOM
ary sanElineness, say Sherman, ia due
season. wi.! be wAipprd "A by strategy, with
gut much oL blltlc. WE truss s3.
"A correspondent Of tie Meridian
Clarion, writing from GAdsien, Ala. On
tle Coosa, Oct 25lh, says:
yesterday Stewart's corpa m.rchrd
out in thr v-n. III was followed by
Lee, or rather Dick Taylor, who occu-
pies tie centre; and to day at daV The
delighted IanHcs-cals nnirr Cne4tlam
crossed tha river Jordan or Cnasa.
May they n1t ild i hard road tD
ttavci.] THE t-a1-pl pu'ck.y "
followed, and at noon lhe pJnt0on was
takea Tip, ana also hurried fyrN ard after
lhe troops
-Whlt dIes it mean? It ha4 but one
Specification. That " forward Gen
Hood has al last struck the right chorl
and ispFchrnds lhe true policy No
matter what tre critics may FAy-np
matter what tla books may slT-nl
matter what silence may say-we lnSs
more in rct.ca. than we do in advinr-
inr. The nature of ont troops demands
action, anl thy WIFI nnL haar Era.lr.
General Glna-hlm waa Quite uHwc.l
when he mluHtcd III fellow his corps,
'Out' said he. we are going houe ul,v.
and i.l strap myself M IN sad ll- before
thrV siall leave mr behind Geurta.
BaAHre-Aul is witA Gvu. Hood Every
general officer i- at hi- post, Ani lhc
spirit aad morale of tic mcu unbound
ed =
a Mobile Register cf late date says
that Hood dJc= nut estimate thr ctIuc
tive free w G=l Sherman y. over
$4,000 mu-kc.s
Our au.h1.it.cz have been some ti.nu
engaged in removing t'.r CABS Tr1-n th1
"A .anta aad Wa-t Point and Macon
railroads, ID so,ne point s nth So as to
render them useless ~ The enemy.
rFraa tha Columbus saH. N5v 2I
FE1I ArArrs.- fitzpatrick. thc Ylu.
kec raider with Some three ;housaad
caval.y w4s "a NeN Hope Church Oh
W-ln -dlv uf Ia-t week. A portion ut
lvrr-lu's command Wure In iMa a4Nt
vicinity W.ru IIst Heard from, -k.r
,Aug was going Oh between them.
0l Tuesday, last week. q force d uuf
cavalry WAS s1It tl tIr rtlr nj MIr.tt-a,
tu operate 1A thu lgmys euil.in- pIT-
.ics Ihl Macon IA.yii--Acgr -Ay-
that one entire clr9, uf @larm-n's lrn!
still remains ia Atiant,, aHl that tIr
men have been ua AllI rati"us during
he Tlst tEl waea-. aui wl.l have -J
iaya supply. A t.a.n uf 3lJ waS 4-l
laden with sibsis. .cuce. rcathrd Atlanta
one day daring last week, having come
safely by the h.ghay eat IF IT, STATE
railroad Dri cavalry have u1t lren
scouting i fire. ml THAT direction
hence tue comparative s4tytywi y vA.ch
the enemy succeeded iu carrying TIL
TRAIN through.
The cnc ny have contracted their u1-
cupatiun lI the inuu. lines ul tlic iIrtii
cations in Atlanta. 1ney ~ccupy thc
h.ll on which the city hall stands, hAv-
Ing strongly posted entertainments
abou, it. They have destroyed a.i thu
frame houses, stables, &-., iI the ciiy,
ana used the mate ial llr lnrl .sanI tl
secure a clear raug-. The female SEM
mary was razed 70 The ground. and ihr
m tcrial used III s,rengihnink thair
f1rtsi barracks anl posts. They flrnE-
III thc neigAJ3 ing cnEIiics with eHtira
divisions f1r esc1rts, but l.tyly they
have found but little Subsistence, and
have uecume very much alarmed fJI
their prospects 0f supplies.
TAe \ source uT supply uy the railroad
il completely cut Of Our cavalry ~
stroy the road as rapidly IS tIs enemy
repair ii.
There aro eight hundred Yankees iu
Marietta, which post is n0t sD strongly
fortified but that 4 rapid movement on
it with a superior force would easily
-ecur. its capture. The garrison there
is un very short allowance XII ratinns.
anl linl III impossible tn snl5i-l oiF ihu