The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-19
LATER FROM TIE NORTH.

We have received copies of New York papers OF .
Wednesday, the 10th instant.
sHrRuAx's xrw Movr-HF Is ooTsG TO THE ATLAS-
TIC Cotsr-sFFCULATIoSs UPoN HIS PLANS. |
The Northern papers filled with specul atoms,
and here and there fact, about SheTmans new |
move. It would appear that the movement has
been familiar to them for some days. The Chicago
ToHrnal says:
The movement was decided on several weeks ago, |
and Kept admirably well concealed from the pubic
and from gossip. General Sherman knows ~h1t ne |
Is about. ana has taken his own method oil making |
il known to the rtInls themselves lie furnished
quaint and significant hint To the Sanitary Com1n5-
sion at St Louis, IS elsewhere gwen. va.
boys in blue viii be glad 70 zee hlm at hiarrS,'h-
vile which hc can reach Icy sending column a Ut
tie nortl.warl Of his main line Of march across
south Carolina. 1t will be safe to await the ioith-
Gaming rebel hnwl before seeking to decide posi- |
riycIv At what point sherman aim-, but, bfyoH" ~
eyrsfian he IS his ray to the dtfatsc coaSt, dnd
t.fV crchaHae siyaaIs ,rth L4GmifGi Fo'f9' ~ he
(3ast IN dae time. The distance from A. lanta to
Charleston, as a bird flies, is nearly two hundred |
ana fifty miles, and to Savannah little over Nv"
hundred miles Intermediatc 'tatlons may possibly
be made at Augusta and MiedSeEillo, both I'M
portant points TO the rebels.
The Louisville J1ayRal claims that the situation
| is very encouraging TO those who understand the
| stupendous strategic movements of the Grand
| Amy of the Mississippi in the detail 1t goes on |
in the following erandiloquent style about Shcr-
| man:
lie is now con~huetnrone of the granlcst enter
priscs that was originated by the fertile bran
nr military genius, and CONVINCED that the
l.a,lin. objects Of the uudr ttkn, viii be accom-
rl,,h.l and that the cx,4t will rryc perfect sue
cess, '''' w. ere not At kcrty to mention in what
theatre this exp, dipn Is likely to operate, nor 10
mention its numerical strength or ~ uit"tIor dc
| ,eu4 Il is enough to state that great good will
d1,ihte~> be accomplished By the Army OF the Mi
| siSsir;l in Il few weeks. \ important military
| ,,15lP
| mencement Of the rtbrllion and the tonf,deia"y
will soon levciv" shock which will shake It from
the ctntle to the circumference. The most itig
ntrlIi..n, may speedily be expected the uitu U
result of the execution Of the programme id down
for the guidance of all the subordlnate5 who feel
lively interest III the success OF TIE enterprise
| Much has been written III error and ignorance con-
| corning General ShcTman's situation and move
m.nt- We can assure the country that there Is 40
| such thing Il retreat, disaster, or lIScdlcula-
ton in the evident intention Of the rer"giade move
| nent Of a pant cf cur forces, and there are no
a matter OF interest, compile the following table
Of distances from Atlanta 10 the several n.i notntii
| which have been mentioned as likely l" pe N'9i'e"
Atlanta to Macon, LOB miles; Macon to Savan-
nah, 1919 miles; atlanta TO Augusta Il miles; Au-
| gusta to Savannah i32 miles; Augusta to Charlie
ton south Carolina, 1877 miles; Atlanta TO Lynch
= | burg, Virginia, $50 miles.
! \ letter from all officer at Atlanta says:
W. under orders to prepare i'r II sixty days
c,mraictt: so YOU see that does not look much like
sprlliir" The winter in Atlanta many have hoped
| 70 do. It Is not supposed that any below m1Ior-
General know. what IL to be the Flueidrnrne, n"r do
they; hut l. generally conl'cturcd that a la -
force il soon to start tor Savannah n Augusta and
| AlIledperille. t;ri!elal ihrnts Will hay" lot't
It | enough, with what Will bt LEFT hin by Shrtm'h |"
1 IL, the agreeable" IL liovi and bat little may be-
| expected to meet our " On IL Savannah Ur where
= | ,.ye; may be movement You may expect that
i something mas turn up" hefoie tins amy settle
down for the winter. The people II tins region are
generally ItbrliiouS, but iUTthntelY there are H."
: | MANY OF the fighting men lett. Since Hood tu
hermans communications and stSrpendl nlg The 5,d IN
snn,a nrrtfy heavy foraging Four foragng partle
have already brought i'll not less than twehty-iou
&c thousand bushels of corn with hogs, chickens sWe
lc potatoes &c i'll abundance. II Hood can aiiold t
me,ldle with Shermans rear he can afford to >uhsi'
! this amy, and fear the citizens where our patut
| have been are not now luXuIIat.ng III ttelr pieil
Of which the 'Confederacy" is - botst.ul. Atlant
ed has been anl is being fortified to make It almost
ed Gibraltar; bat II 40 longer be stTateGi
, point for the rebels, think Il not certain that
VIII not be abandoned when start on the conten
plated campaign This, Of course is Only cohJectuf
ho If it is abandoned 1t will only be because 1t Is Ii,
~ | Necessary to hold 1t.
= The Toledo Ohio B'ode says:
We get no direct official authority for the stat
ne mnt that General Sherman has cut loose from Il
nj north abandoned Atlanta, and moved south; IA"
he her do We get any Official denial OF It unoti'
49, evidence 10 that eject Is RAPIDLY aCtumhlltllt5 iFu
many source, which leave very little room TO iou
Is It's truth a private letter, received tins mo'hi
At from one in position know, assures us that III
:, r.rart is true We are satisfied that the Inclettulu
' | will have but a short time to wat Tor convlctlo
lnS They may look for ploof first from Richmond, $
os As s0cu as the middle Of n"Xt week. 1t Is bee'
that the movement decided on several We X as
and kept admirably well concealed from the paI
| and f.o,n gossip. General Sherman knows what
| Is about and has taken has own method OF MAXI
1t known TO the rebels them,civcs. His highly -
niti ant letter to the President Of the Western st
| tary Commission Is quoted. 1t seems IN
some time ago, that Commission s'nt l;tist suppl
+ | t. Atlanta for our prisoners at AharfaohFh
- | t;ruyoia by reuItt-t of Sherman, arrtnGeiiit!
"' having been made with Hood to deliver them. d
tary movements prevented their delivery, and n
General Sherman writes to the fie>idti''o u theN
> mission that hr Twill hold the Articles iul Tue y
ti'' nos, d,ssne but that Il may be- Necessary tH
Hu- TO 90 70 Aaders0nciEe to detcer the SaPp''ts
'ary person."
The Philadelphia H.2s,i,eT has five different 4
two orics for Sherman's movements. One Is, that Ii
= bound fox Charleston; another that he is going
Mobile d third, that he is aiming at Savannah
to uurth feels convinced that his first design Is to
@ ',l | rate the Andersonville prisoners; fifth thtt
-e Of intended than mouth ago to strike for Coli
e, bus Georgia, when he would have a new water /
,,rs Oh the Uhataooehee; and sixth Is certain th''
be Is Oh fis way to Lynehburg 10 take Lee position
hI1. the rear at that point. 1t say:
-, By no means least probable Is the 6uInse
mi | General Sherman designs marching clst"i
~ through Georgia and South Carolina. rms sir
nJa us as being best supported by all the known clic
stances of the situation. 1t is said that when 81
-N man heard that Hood had crossed the Tennessee
ton | telegraphed this farewell address
-Um- Hood has crossed the Tennessee. Thomas
COM take care of him and Nashville while SGhoncli
not let him into Chattanooga Knoxville. Geo
rail- and South Carolina are at my mercy and
not, strike. Do not be anxious about l ali
lain right"
1t will he observed that Georgia and South c
o lima are the fields which he regarded as at ms n
- on and at which he intended to strike lAis
they .Ia,,h thnen States is fertile ami has never
pune | raytged by the presence Of strong armies
ay Of - - II has throioh districts thIck!y pOpu
N by ro'i " ,h hlYTis far fx,,rng the whit,
| numbers, even when the 4attrr W,t" All at non
G, re- They must be five this time. Shci
.Italn | ia fhar.f,re lac ,n,,.hln. through q COZ
'h' IN which he could not only support his amy,
. also surrounded by friends
ha 1T A telegram from Louisville, Kentucky, date
Is ,e- 18th instant, says
win | The rebel attack on Atlanta, made on Mol
u aii the eth instant, directed principally upoi
iS' oi Twenty-eighth and One Hundred and Forty -se
P4nnsy wanna regiments. The boys stoo
"h' Vi manfully to their work. They received the e
money - H.. H. he nh os IIa,a e,m,. tn,
ie | Cellan men after our returns, :" They kept III
heno brisk fire until the rebels retreated.
It ses- mad an account OF the newspaper nmors
Gu evacuation OF Atlanta Sherman still holds
stronghold securely. Very few citizens are re
ing there, aud Chattanooga is filled with thou
" Df | of refugees.
d rela-
y I'M A SPEECH FROM BfAsr h'iLh@-h hh "N'i'
STOLEN PROPERTY.
plnhon Beast Butler has returned 10 the command
het!h- Army of the James. Before leaving New ft
made a speech 1t will be that the Old
ointlon thief still has his eye on the plate lie II SUI
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