The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-11
TIE REPORT ABOUT SHERMAN.
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The Origin of the Rumor.
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OPINIONS OF The PRESS.
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DOUBTFUL CHARACTER OF
THE NEWS.
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On Tuesday last the indianapolis state ysus,s1I
published the following in a douD,e-leaded edi-
tOrial leader
"OniCers who arrived in this city Yesterday.
direct from Cbat'anOOga, report tbh5 General
sherman retained 10 Albania early last week.
with i've corps Of mis- army, having lcft two corps
In Tennessee, under GerGrai Thomas % wahs
Hood They say that sherman irst dgstroysd
tbe railroad ifom Chattanooga 70 Atlanta, aud is
now s,nding the iron u the former city. lIo thou
bUrpCu Atlanta and marched with his entire army
in the dir tion Of Charleston.
"Bertc hun lies the broad eNpanse Of the Gulf
and Ats niic states, AM he can shipe hi, march
~ sut is lnClina loAs, for there is no force TO
bar his progry.B. Before him, TO his rigut, i,
Mobile, around which tue Gulf forces are slowly
eoncentrritg; to his left is AndcrsOnVle, pen
In which are rotting thousands OF soldiers; and
not a. immeasurIule d,tGnGe to the southeast
are Ssyanuah and Charlie, ton; - the nOrthea5.
fre w lmingtOn Richmond.
"This step il full OF daring, but gives grcqt
p Omse OF success; and IL may he thlttni, move
m will be The CrownDg feature OF the war"
upon this the western newspapers Of Wcdnes-
day des, ant as folows:-
ave have to-day an astounding piece Of mill
"a news. The ludiauapOi, Journal OF yester-
DAY states that Sherman, with tiyc corps, had
ached ALBANIA early last week, nni THAI, having
thoroughly destroyed the ralrOsd between
Atlanta and Chattanooga, and hayiog burned
Atlanta ilselt, his army was marching ON Charles
. ton, South Carolina. The country was prepared
TO hear something s,artling from sherman, but
Ger ainly nothing so remarkable as this II ap-
pears to be aim 81 incredible. for IL means moth
ing else than that General Sherman has cut aim-
self comp Itey lose from his bases 80 Clattl-
nOoga, Nashville, and Lou svile, and taking with
him all the supplies possible, and eXpectingt) T.
live upon the country is making directly for
ne@ base, near Charleston, South Carolina where
his slmy viii he supplied by our II ct.
at all this be I ne, the movement has not only
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, nish the NCrth rs much As the South. So bold
march has n yer, perhap7, been plralelrl in
military history, except hy NapOC N in his cele-
brated but d a,trOus invasion Of Russia; but is i;
true That Sherman intended 20 desrO, tue rail.
road tehnd him. ana that he intended g. burn
Atlanta, and was sending his army some where to
the South. we have Tho confirmation of u person
Jus, from Atlanta. The Chicago ItDfS also SAYS
il has Information that sherman Is about 10 do
some hug rather ST rtling th Otherwise. The
Tones snys:-'Hherma1 proposes, after gltlCrng
sui'h I NJ uppie' no Atlanta, 70 GD lndOn the rail-
rOad irom Chattanooga 10 Atlunta, hnd start with
strictly mOyao 60 nmu on = winter tour To thc
cotton States The ItHes goes On 70 give details
as follows -
Mht the other ave under sh'rn1n viii crt loosa trou
AZ IL 20 ~ SHnlG, vii @iu Ita'S tas ra.coA - MG9ay.r
wi" lin tuch snpole as ear be carroi cguvcnauly,
on stnAtun, NJ nng Is known. Before him lies
bIo.d eNpanso VI ilc Gut ami Atlantic Stles lnd he
rec 10 bay ~ prsr'ss B for aim - MS rislt 1,
I a Ne
atiDs to Ms !cfl hnGssouyile, pea wliil Ara
70. n- nous md o. gala soldiers aui MOI mues
ton Nilnius,on, ana Relmo1d"
The Cincinnati CoD,merciH, commenting on
IN, above, thinks h every improbable thai Sher-
man would start OUT on such m estgn-y3 EIur az
this season OF the yer, bat ThsI Snermtn has
gone out SOHe'chere from Atlanta We holt % be
POSITIVE. whether he is 10 bend his course tO
CHaTlts sion Cr not, remains 10 ne seen. II Hs 20
Eas', one would tn.nk that Wilmington, North
CatOlIa idkiHg Augu tl, G-orgil, on MS road
wIula b. the most te1s bic and most direct rDlts
to ihe sei-eO 49, for ny that way he COli tuJ Lees
army u ON thc y Gth aud gUOpiG up Ch Irl siOu
. and SsvunDHn 50 lis leisure. But since Charles
Son Is said - oe hi, am lGt Us consider how aud
Wher be could reach rherc.
"Charlestoo, Is every body knows, lies on the
Atlantic sca-uOast, southeast from Atlanta, AMI
distant from A. 10 a direct line ABOUT two hundred
and seventy five miles, one hHndred and my to
Augus o, and enc hundred ana tive NY i've fOm
Augusta 10 Charleston. The TOuty which would
probably be tlkcn by sherman would b, allos
the August railroad, passing through C1ying
ton, Madison, GteenODrO, CrtYOrlsY.l', Gu
Augusta an Georgia % Dyns. AusuStt is a
very important town at pres NJ Fhare the
Rebels make al their powder ana much Of
their war material H. Is siLuued OI the
Savannah river, which divides Georgia from
South C1ona. Along harhrJ ROAD from A1g1sB
40 CuSrle ton there urc no IA 90 towns uel n IN
jtGe RIVER between Augusta aud Snyaluth. sap.
IN ospg Sh rnau 90 60 either 10 Charleston, Sa-
VannAh, or Wilmington, be could IN ret no force
e' oIu"I@ y" DEfe vi u MS A NY, 'Nt'p- " 3NtlA
come u. m lvs, ana W. pr3.u umN Ernsr,i q Ant
would pr,y eAs .UAt at ali hfzHIs. Hoods army
4 Is away up on The Tennessee river bis men dis
h1arleIeQ, and without shoes, aai q, tn v'ry
least q ten day > march behind sherman. Wheeler
Il and Forces Is cavalry arc wJl liODd, 50 th Shar-
/ ntu's army en- reither be- opposed by HOJl'5
\ i fan ~ uur baraSsed ~ his ClsaTy.
"IEe on y forces we know Of whiah could resist
lhm are me Georgia ST9ta militia ana some
isolIJed iufanTy and cavalry cOmullis under
E0hb and lytrsun, OF u OfsIl, und the forces &C
lCl.fIegtOn (updgr lIaricc) aud savannah, Sh3r-
Oman will march at least 10000 veterans strong,
lwilh, cay, 10000 cavalry ON his hsnks. Wi.u
Ifbese ho could sweep both Georgia and CAr)lill
lke an avalanche. The next tidings from the
bOuth for II is thence that the first news OF the
fdyegtiOn of SheTman's movements may be ex-
tpectd-will be awaited with breathless anxiety.
SUntl then, all must be pure speculation. Wher-
teyer our gallant Western army goes we may
Respect mOmentous news from it,"