The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-10-21
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tivity prevails on both sides in Vir' ,
giuia, and it seems almost certain that
blow is soon to be struck. In
Georgia, the main portion, If not tho ,
whole of Hoods army is said to be in
Sherman's rear, marching toward
Chattanooga, with Sherman pressing
closely. 1t ia to he hoped this is
true, but we apprehend it is not. lf
Sherman should get the rebels in
that position, all that would escape
could be easily managed.
Hood has abandoned his grand
movement. His rear left Dalton sun
day morning in great haste, retreat
inc to the South. West. From the
disposition Sherman had made of his
troops, IL is possible Hood may have
TO fight before he gets back, hut this
he will avoid if possible The dam
age done to the railroad will he re-
paired in ten days Meantime Sher-
mans army is abundantly supplied.
From an oiIlcian dispatch it appears
that Longstrect has superseded Far
| ly in command of rebel forces in the
, Valley. His force approached Stras-
burg, but upon being charged by
General Crooks, II broke and fledl
preclpitately. Moseby's gang or OUT
laws was surprised by the 18th n. Y.
cavalry, in the Blue Ridge Mountains,
and their artillery and ammunition
captured.
Sheridan had fight on Friday last.
Early displayed about ten thousand
men on his front. Sheridan deployed
his skirmish line, and the rebels hard
w waited to see 1t tiil they left
They have grown so used 30 running
there, rs to do it on the slightest
provocation.
Dispatches announce the success
of General Asboth's expedition to
Mariana, Fla The party had re-
turned to Pensacola with 90 pris-
oners, 400 negroes, 800 cattle and
mules, and large amount of stores
and ammunition. The enemy made
Il desperate but fruitless resistance
We regret to learn that General
!, Asboth had his cheek bone broken
, and an arm fractured in two places,
) which will probably render its ampu-
tation necessary,
| The Government has decided on
earnest warfare along the line of the
= Orange d Alexandria Railroad. The
. country is 10 he desolated wherever
the trains are molested, and proml-
ncnt secessionists are to ride free,
well exposed on each train, to receive
any bullets their friends, the guerril
las, may send.
The Baltimore American says The
- loss of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company by the recent capture OF
train by Mosby. which was reported
, at 5000 coo, will not exceed $4,000
The track was not injured at all.
The New York Daily News, Ben
Woods organ, which all along ha
denounced black troops as cowardly
!. and thcir employment rs harbarous
has changed its tune since the rebel
o talk of using them. 1t says: 9Th
slaves of the South can be made t,
:. supply an excellent material for in
fantry. Docile, and of great physi
cal strength, they may he convcrtc
a' into a soldiery in six or eight month;
t. Three shocks OF earthquakes wer
ielt in the lower counties of Californi
n. on Thursday night and Friday morn
RS ing, frightening the people but doin
st no damage.
Il. Official adviccs from General She
man. Thomas and Schoield, give ne
~ interest to the situation in George
Hood has his whole army estimate
at thirty thousand, but probably M
~ exceeding twenty-five thousand vii
:, him. Sherman took Ship Gap on IL
N 18th, and was there on the 10th inst
at which place his dispatch is date'
u; Hood demanded the surrender OF N
eo SAGA, but was refused, and he left
he Thence he proceeded to Dalton, whl(
was surrendered without a gun beir
fired. lie moved south from Dalt'
to LAFAYETTE, and on Monday he W;
at Summerville, about fifteen mil
southwest from Rome. General 81
cum remained at Atlanta with suf
. cient force to defend that place. She
man sent a portion of his force
Rome, another portion to Dallas,
we understand, and with another &C
umn, commanded by himself, he pres
ed Hoods rear. The latter exhibits
'os' no disposition to fight. The dispos
IN made by Sherman ofhis forces shoV
bly, that he means fight, and it seems har
~ probable that the enemy will escal
the net which has been spread for biz
', The country through which he h
Ihe been forced to retire is broken al
oi, barren, and his army, even should
at be able to avoid n collision, must 81
fer heavily. The damage to the ra
road can all be repaired in ten day
ity The raid, then, as matters now stan
is failure. 1t may afford us an c
portunity for a decisive success.
;tv This is not only possible, but pre-
w able. The rebel papers report I'll
uo Hood has caused the destruction
'niin railroads south of Atlanta. III
om ,am shows that he has no expectation
-" re- occupying tho latter place. L
object of it is to obstruct the mo'
The ment of our army further southwa
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