, 1864-11-22
From st. Lo1is---Ihe NAVY
Yard Commission,
A Young Female Rebel to
be Hung.
Death Of Ex-Gov. Fair
banks, Of Vermont.
From Indianapolis The
Military Trials
The Defense.
The Very Latest from his Column
teresttng RegardIngi Its Route,
TIE LATEST FROM SHERAAN'S COLUMN
1From our own Rcportcz.1
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fFrom our own ReportcE.1
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 18, 1864.
To controyert false rumors in regard to
Sherman, hasten TO send you the following
facts:
1lcit Marietta, Georgia, Saturday evening,
November 18th, eight hours after the last
railroad train going TO Chattanooga. At two
O'Clock P. N. Of that day, By simultaneous
movement, the railroad WAS destroyed from
Atlanta to Ackwofth. At the Etowah We
met General Sherman bringing up the rear Of
the column-JeT. C. Dayis' 14th Corps-and
az We passed, Ackworth, Gainesville and
Calhoun were burning, On Sunday the bridges
over the Etownh. and the rai1road beyond,
were to be destroyed. Atlanta smouldcred In
ashes On the 14tll, and on the 18th the expe-
aition cut loose from their communications.
Their destiny is unknown. The best inform
cd say 1t will 60 via Macon and Augusta to
the Atlantic coast. This looks reasonable; 3;
for at Macon Hoods communications with
Richmond are cut, and Andersonville is loca-
ted only few miles below.
Sherman has the 14th, 18th, 18th, and Goth
Corps, besides several thousand cavalry; is
penetrating the vital part Of the Confederacy,
and sure to succeed. No wonder gold is droop-
ing. Hood is 150 miles in his rear, with d
large force under Thomas to watch him.
Verify the termination Of this accursed rebel:
lion is fast eliminating. :
On the 18th our overland expedition, con-
sisting Of Is persons, six guns, and the resi-
due armed with sticks, walked from Ackworth
to Calhoun, fifty miles. At Adairsville we
barely escaped the rebel cavalry.
We were the last to leave the expedition,
and know more Of the condition OF affairs
t than wild rumor indicates, and here you
hare it.
New YORK, Monday, Nov. a1.-Thc New
York 1fmes Washington special saye: " It is
not contraband now to say that Sherman will
touch ut Macon. He has the 18th, Goth, 18th,
18th and 18th corps, making over SO, 900 men,
besides o,000 picked cavalry under Fitzpatrick,
with rations for 50 days for man and beast.
His scout system and, courier lines afc COM
p1ete. After arriving at Macon, probably be
will 60 to Milledgeville, where he will divide
y.
to Augusta, which he will fortify and receive
supplies up the Savannah river, so as to move
on Columbia or Charleston. This programme
will destroy the railroad system Of Georgia,
/ also all the manufactorics for shot, shell,
fixed ammunition, etc. lis impossible for
Bearrcgard to intercept Sherman"
REBEL RUMOR.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Nov. 21.-:The In
Gut:er Of this city has q special report, taken
from the Richmond papers of Friday, thai the
Augusta, Ga.,) CHroniae .saya: "scouts who
left Joncsboro On Wednesday morning, report
5000 militia and three brfgndcs Of cavalry; at
tackled the enemy and was steadily driving
DISTANCES AND TOPOGRAPHY.
Sherman'e probable route from Northwestern
Gcorgia to the seacoastia attracting great atten-
and I few Dissertations H on it's topography. '''~''
Atlanta to Augusta, By railroad, Is III miles.
Anguish August to & &G6aEleston. 1 III. isz miles.
Macon to Savannah 100 miles,
Augusto to Savannah 49, miles.
The country from Atlanta toward Augusta is
quite rolling, and in places rocky, with plenty Of
small streams and springs. anq an abundance @ @ 1f
st she
could place n the y, ~ %Say 3f a. army would be r.
at Augusta. II they do that the army could turn
It's intention first upon Savannah instead Of Char
1cston or 1t could rebridge the river without any
serious delay. The country between Augusta and
Charleston is not as good tow1rd Atlanta. Part
of 1t is Inhabited by poor sand- nd-hfllers and Part
| Of it is very srarsefy inhibited. -
From Bfanchvillc-the point where the rail
| roads from Augusta and Columbia uuIte-to Char-
lesion, stxty-tTo miles, the country Is very fiat,
| with good deal Of swamp, and in summer time
ie so asmatic that settlements are sparse though
there are some large plantations, and, when cotton
! was king, there were great many slaves kept at
| work upon all the dry spots Of this swampy re-
/ gion. 1t ia not bad one to march through In
cool weather. It won1d he deadly in summer I'M
me1iately around Charleston the land is rery Qat
Tie road rom Augusta to Columbia, the capt-
| tai OF South Carolina, ia t'across the ridges.''
which arc generally low sandy hills, aud over small
streams, the borders Of which are cultivated by
email cotton planters and farmers, who keep q
good deal pf stock. and have plenty Of grain and
| sweet potntoes. The Congarcc river, at Columbia
is a respectable sized mill stream, nothing more,
and 80 ie the Wateree, eastward of it. and 80 are
the two Uedees, and, u an army ever has to march
| from Anguish to Wilmington, It will find no ser
ions distractions In the way, except in time tof
| high wnter. when every small stream oyerfoWs It's
| low banks and covers broad swamp. The whole
why is good country for IN army to march and SUBJ
| sist in. The distance from Augusta to Columbfa
Ia about eighty miles, and from Columbia to VIII
| mington n. c., about two hundred miles, Some
| Of the Richest cotton planters Of South Carolina
arc found along the rivers which such q march