The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-11-26
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SHERNuS new IIPIDITl0J
VERY LATEST INFORMATION.
The Army Prepared for Anything.
the PROBABLE LINE OF MARCH
The Destruction Of Rene.
PULL AND VIVID ACCOUNTS.
900 Rebels Captured at Atlanta.
THOMAS HOLDING HOOD IN A WISE.
Important from Virginia.
REBEL TROOPS ON THE
JAMES WITHDRAWN
Eeavy Firing at Petersburg
! RUM0Ss Of IT'S EVACUATION.
Ihs Ni.h. Attack on Buffers Lines
CAPTURE OF so FEDERALs.
! RUMCRS Of IT'S EVACUATION.
Ihs Ni.h. Attack on Buffers Lines
CAPTURE OF so rEDERALs.
&;E<EkAI. SHERMAN.
The erect Lxpc tlistou.


Nh now dcaut, ls,etained ths, General sber
snau's grand Ia. ''rsr, originated with him, and
was 81, init,eL 10 C u -fsl Grant and the War De
psr,tpent for KS ructpuj Aaer dclii Grafton full
suthoriy was 'vtL hlm ~ act aud disfos'ions
~ere IA sat u lap-ort HIM w.h the requint. forces
The desi.r was to l.netrau .aroueh Georgis to
Macon an thence 10 det-:N columns TO Mil
stsey.,ls aud August. The su sequont
operations vera g. he - ID by eireums'aisss
A'corir., ttssc ere "a. ri.h!e, lie was to move
from Augusta "a s.7suual. VI ChSrlsson, or
through North C.to,ia4 T. I.nvil" in Eastern
Sirgin.e. tene-> ilerra.'i r,l's sr'srt involved
che dsstr uc,ivo Si ,aI s.ilro.l syscm o! Georgia,
which is ch !ehy owned by ~. STATE The r.lrosd
from Atlanta to Macon was completely destroyed,
aud the road fron Macon to Savannah, 900 miles In
icneth will sso bc dismsntled. The section of
country through wlich be Is moving IL the great
store house and arreaal Of the Confederscy The
Srincipa, powder mills are located near Augusta
and number Of lsr.e shot gun and ammunition
factories In operation near that city md AZ hi-
con AID Columbia The country II very favorable
for ,ailitsry movements the SOL being more light
mai porous than that OF " yinis, which holds the
,.,.in srd forps mud SIX inches dccp after every
shower. l. his rcr!on q fe' hours removes oil
a vces - the rain s:o.ns, VIII h, IN Virginia, rem
o. h. cca.try iinp,ssatle for weeks.
The urc. pcc-,l Iirvcms,t oil Reaurcgard's army
90 ths Northwest 5rs.,l IL. 'L,ated Cen Shernan's
siealSns snd II, i.er, after chasing the enemy
eulo Alabe,is. tii>J b. Y. prepared ior his move
meal and r'.Sc. cs.-. r. ,.isa IN position to at
send to ce rese army. T. vas MA without = Ger
r hat, sarl nf
Peaureyari's N --ucn's Northwsrd Under this
1nauence be u.nl tn grim exclamation when he
.1card Of 49, Gin 30 Sort or " HI. If he
goes to t,e Oho krcrI wi supply his army With
ssGous." SUI Pile or sky u 5ussnd nnn for forty
Mays bad ssn 'h'psn ITO Atlanta md al the
prep ,a,iors h,v - bc'n c,,n,etcd the work was
cotumenccd Ct dbl shiA, tie principal factor 20
and pubic bu'dirg, in Foe and AtlautA. A
.sorrcpords,. s'v,s he following description, dat
e Novsu .sY litn, oi ,he scene that trspslirsj Ia
Rome,
Rome was e-aeuAtrH rt 50 o'li,ek this forenoon
.sy ouY forcsA ~ 20. r'.'l ls ftowsh House, :
,<sspec:sLl- .sree '.c-y nc. hotel w.s consumed
b. Ore S,flgy', - II. .ls-ed to ignite . lot o
straw IN tbe tu.l nn and .here being no fire en-
sruss IN TIE tow, v.I impossible to suodue ,hs
Hsnes block " four brick stores WAS sisa
kwsptVuly dsstr ;td by skulk'ug straxg'er-. Al
Ahs barracks ore laid IN ashes, and b'sck veil OF
.,enss smots hung over the wsr-dssolsicd city
nearly all day, arising from the smoulderins runs
% :hs srss ,S DESTROY m
Sev ,houssnc dollars worth q eondemns(
aud uuscrviceable govsrnment stores, Mn
Sroops, were burs., 1t being deemed unsafe Il
sase them One thousand bales Of hne cotton
ayo nour mills two rolling MILLS two tsnner1ea
,ae ri, milL an extensive foundry, several machine
her nh tls failfpAd lef1te and store
sousea four pontoon bridges, built by Gen. Corse,
R.onesr Corps for use on the Cooss and Etowaf
nverA and substantial trcstle bridgn> nearly com
Dletsd or use, destroyed Ihis'rcssle, con
&,ructsi by the Engineer Corps ] am told wou'
6sys cost HO, on North. Relollscting the outrage
.IDerpstrsisd upon Col sueisht by the "Romsns,
.3,r troopn ss soon AS they learned that the tow
Nns % bs abandoned aud portion Of 1t burned, re
,o.Ived to lsy Rome in ashes in revenge The roar
tspv Of the flames as they lcsped from window I
SsWindow, thc.r savage tongues o. hIe t,rhns nis
Ahs buildings, presented sn awful but grand spec
,Aacie, while the mounted pa,rol and ne inisntry
ssssn g'idsd along through the brilliant light hk'
!. NAs ghosuy spectres Of horrd war
On the 18th Of November, - slresdy announce
-. the sus, the advance, conIislus Of division
=, General KilpsI.ck'j cavalry, under General NJ
Cook, and the Twentistb Army Corps, comrrsnds
'ey General slocun, moved slowly out OF Atlanta
che direction OF Macon. 1t vas followed by VI
Fourteenth Corps, under General Jcfi. {
Davis The Army OF the Tennessee formerly con
usnded by General McPhersou, but now le
by General Howard, the Hsvelock u the Amer
can army, tore up the railroad botwsc
: shs Chsttshooc bee River and Atlantis Upo
It's arrival IN Atlanta It conpletsi the wor
sf destruction, io- which everything had been pr
,ared, and then followed the expedition. Ever.
ching ,tpailc o. being devoted to rebel use W,
des,royc,. Al, the storetouse- srsenAls fActor
srd p.Nc b. l''ngs were burned. aud what cou
90, be burned was blown up. The railroad fro
Chs,,sncosS 70 Atlanta, hundred and thirty mil
pns, end when had supplied Shsrmsn's arm
| y sss was ..sasrsd ase'ss~ asesl Rss