Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-24

portan thinking the whole force Of the rebel army waa
confronting him. and fearing least the amount Of sup
plies there accumulated should fall into their hands order
ed the torch to be applied and In short time the flames
were wrapped about the huge piles Of stores and though
afterward saved the bulk OF them was soon
pile OF ashes This destruction Of property would not
be understood to claim useless unnecessary for
tho true facts have not been made known Though the
stores were destroyed the place not captured and
forces, reinforced hold the post This place. it must
Do remembered il tho Tennessee river extensive
depot Of supplies, about seventy miles from Nashville
railroad to Nashville has been built and tho great bulk Of
tho stores for heSasf army at tho front handled
depot The rebel horsschsftsin evidently knew where
and when 10 strike. ssaa s
From Johnsougile Forrest having failed In his main
ehort-namely the capture place and
and after extensive deprsdaons In the country about re-
Joned the main army now operating about Oornth, Hoy
sPrinss, and Memphis Tho possession Of this country,
already sohorough dofastated BY the armies that have
marched forward and In retreat over extended plains
can hardly be considered great gain for 30 much
eIefon, or ~ ssucent reward for the great loss that
long will be demonstrated to be the result Of the trans
fer Of that vast army from Southern Georgia Middle and
West Tennessee fr1.5 sEsa s asgra tss asve Z. +,
Gen. Thomas, the north bank Of the Tennessee, has
30 dspoaed ha forces be the master Of the tuai0n
and let Hood or Beauegard dspoae their armies they
may they will find ready confront them force competent
to meet their wants; forces too. that have confronted
them before in Of the most stubbonly contested
fields in Northern or Cherokee Georgia. ts .a
The Tennessee river from the Ohm to The northern
boundaries of Msssspp and Alabama nearly south
Near the shoala it maken grand and thence TO
Chattanooga nearly due east The extremties Of this
curve of circle nearly equ distant from Pu
laski Hence this affords fine point for the concentra
fiono he And hora FOL
of Gen. Thcmass army All the main points Of the river
guarded and from Pulaski force needed to strengthen
any threatened point easily and speedily be thrown
Whether these forces will to be any than forces
OF observation remains to be proven Ii Gen. Beauregard
large army marching through the Confederscy,
and yet find enough Of reward in holding country worth
less to u.s. and menacing line of communications Of
little to Gen. Sherman he will doubt be gratifed,
and fhd little disposition the part of Gen Thomas to
disturb him. @...f .-. -At a..a1.H sa. a4.s
1t s to be hoped few days will throw sufficient
light IN the position to render II clear and bet
ter understood by your many anxious readers In Gen
Nashville and watch Hood, and with Gen. schofed to
keep eye to the open portal to East Tennessee have
Georgia and South Carolina at my mercy"
Gen. Sherman's new campaign has been the Of
all expectation and the subject of many specuatons
there newmongers That his army is already well On
its grand umpha march is fact concerning which there
is doubt Accepting the assertion that Savannah his
objective point his march would be made through OF
the nest and weathest portions of the South The DIS
lance is something two hundred and fifty miles and
in lis course are rivers, and the cities Of Griffin and
Macon The latter, the Ocmugee, is of the largest
cities ia Georgia. and is the Of considerable
featuring enterprise These rivers will prove slight obsta
ces before the skill and energy of that able officer Col
Rua n1ia hn oh of tho
trains In the country south of Macon are crowded
thousands Of negroes from Tennessee and Cherokee
Georgia This country has brought forth plentiful har
vest and the well filled cribs OF and bins OF wheat
with the yams, porkers, beef and poultry, will enable him
to move with little transportation and give his army
mobility promising speedy marches and readiness to
strike promptly at unguarded localities To the right Of
Macon, seventy miles branch railroad, s that scene
OF much suffering the part Of captured braves
Andersonville. Here still coD6ned numbers OF our
prisoners though more have been transferred to Ssvsnna
and Charleston Gen Shermao ia his letter President
Yeaman says he may take the stores provided for these
in person. 1t to be hoped he will find it pleasing
diversion and that he the Atlantic COASTS his tried
vetens may be Joined by these suffering captured braves
with hearts filed with JOY and voices giving volume to
the shouts Of gladness and psns of victory Their
membrance Of past suffering and nhuman treatment would
nerte them necessity demanded to strike earnest blows
the deadly strife The 5erang of these prisoners at
this time would, in self be achievement than
sufficient reward for the powers put forth That this is
important part Of the plan there Is no reason to doubt
THIS march through Georgia will develop p Incl.
Pile in warfare The enemy have drawn much comfort
from the conclusion that because lines Of
ton already far extended large army could
be rupped any further 10 the Interior. But this bold
cutting from all lines to the rear this marching forth
without any Of the long trains that always cucumber
army and hamper Its progress this bold trust in the
try to give up it's stores Of fooj, dspsl all these
Of safety and demonstrate that the remoes
Of the Conederacy open to our conquoring armies
This proof Of vulnerabty may open light upon the
uncompromsng because supposed to be safe people may
persuade even these last ditch men that there s hope
for them that eItermnaton is only question OF tlme and
not OF possibility Those who have asd from the avengng
hosts Of freedom, from arof Kentucky and Tennessee
and who have settled themselves down to quiet on the
shores OF the Atlantic will find thst there the starry
banner s 10 come, borne alot by the hands who
planted on the ramparts OF Donsson high above the
clouds on Lookout. within the massive csrthworks
about Atlantis.
Savannah not capable of defence most other cities
Of the South 1t is situated broad level plsn and
its defsnces present very imperfect The city is
the Savannah river eighteen miles from Fort Pulaski,
which built to guard the entrance to the river This
fort has long since been in possession The river
above the ors and below the city has been thoroughly OBJ