The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-29
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man, took plaeeon DE 2lst a 1eush a,,A nssay.--
A portion of I4wisss Ken1ssEr tr1Eade walked
down the track and reached hsre Est nieht 81 ms
true reporter style c0fnoepd three or four tei-
gent feIoFa, snd BY system u qneS3i0ns gained
some interesting information nom tkem in rslstist
These men were taken at the hattie of
were marched to Atlanta, and t1iere placed unff1
guard. The railroad 1T that time Wns not ii rpefa
Wheeler; bst Is soon as trai,is commenced ru,aing
they were put ON board naid started f0r Noffhern
prisons, seventy of thela nlale their escnpc be-
tween Chattanooga and Naahyille W cutting holes
through the bottoms Of the cars nnd dr05 ping ~
the ground. When they got to MashyiEes 10
Thursday night, they were ordered back By General
sherman for exchange, and arrived IL Atlantis on
tuesday, and mmedlats'y easns down f0 kosleh alaa
Ready, as stated above.
From Nashville to Atlanta the railroad il IN fne
running order. General Wheeler A0uxisheJa a great
deal, but actually did little damage. So vast we're
the preparations 0f the enemy forrebuiaing bridges
aud felaying track, aud SO great were the guards
aud details along The lines, that FAST as one
ton Of the road was torn up it was Immediately re-
paired. The enemy have new cr0ss-tles and new
bridge nmbers IN immense piles all along the track
and engines Gd ia6aitam.
Chattanooga and Dalton are garxisoned BY three
brgades OF negroes The streets Of the former city,
erected by Southern industry and walled by South
crn chivalry and beauty, are now poktolea by our
former slaves, TO whom al white m<a me forced 70
marched off to the guard-house, and bis case exa-
ined and his punishment adjusted by the negro
The negroes scrupulously exact the military saluta
tion Of all passing their posts.
They have barracks there in which all Confederate
and Federal deserters, "bounty Jumpers and mill
tary criminals confined together and constantly
watched over by negroes. The Yankees seem MOTTO
have any respect for deseTters from our army The
"bounty jumper is a who eallists receives his
bounty money, deserts, goes to another point, re-
peats the operation, and SO Oh until he is appre
hended.
Atlanta is described as one vast military beehive
Shermans soldiers throng every street and are
crowded into every house. The most active work
prevails on the fortifcations and it the enemy
mann there long, 1t will be the strongest fortified city
on the continent. The streets are swept perfectly
clean, and every thing kept in excellent sanitary
condition. Several hundred frame houses have been
torn to pieces, and their timbers constructed into
barracks for troops outside of town. Prisoners
port also that they immense pile of railroad
iron in the eity-"enough," they said, ''to build
new line to Nashville" presume that they were
deceived about its extent, and what they saw was
rails taken from our own roads about the city.
In relation to Sherman's men whose time were
out, golng home, they say that they met great
many trains OF them-many of them were without
arms, and many We're not They were not able to
learn whether any that they were going to Vir-
ginla, or to reinforce any other point They heard
nothing of the whereabouts of Forrest and Wheeler
but as they saw Federal cavalry along the entire
road, 1t Is presumed that their force along the
Tennessee river.
The Yankees organizing what they cali the
First Georgia Regiment" at Atlanta from de-
serters from army. They offer fourteen hundred
| dollars bounty and new suit of the hated blue.
Emlssaries commingled freely in the barracks with
our men and offered the oath Of allegiance. When
the roll called for them to take their departure,
all who wished ia take the oath were requested to
pass TO the left and the balance to the right. ain
sorry to inform you that good many went to the
left and among them several subaltern officers
OF the line They passed out to infamy and shame
amidst the curses of their comrades and have ex-
changed honor either for life in the ranks OF those
they have been fighting, or life Of infamous ease
and shame.
The result OF Sherman's proposition tor "peact
| conference" with Governor Brown is given iii Tia.
Macon Confederate, which says:
He sent All Invitation to Governor Brown and
other prominent gentlemen to come UP and talk tht
matter with him, and see if some scheme could
| not be devised to withdraw Georgia from the wal
and save her people from further suffering. liz
would like, ii Governor Brown desired it, that ths
latter should ride the State road to Chatta
nooga "see the condition OF his people in the rear
and realize the strong claims upon his sympathy il
presented" The reply Of Governor Brown We un
derstand was very much to this effect "Tel Genera
Sherman that understand him to be only genera
OF one OF the Federal armies, while am merely
governor Of one Of the Confederate States. don't
see how We can negotiate Of if We should under
take it, how our negotiations can lead to any pract
cal results"
| President Davis made speech at Augusta. Geor
gia the 22d in passing through that place.' He
| said hat
The enemy must be driven from the soil Of 0eor-
gia, and that tie men of Georgia must aIJ III the
great work. They must leave, for a while, theiI
wives and Children and cast their gold to the winds
and help to drive back the insolent foe from their
borders. We are struggling, said the President, to
perserve the heritage bequeathed to US by our faith
ers-the right to govern ourselyesthe right to be
freemen If we succeed We shall be happy and pros
porous; but if our Confedcracy should ia eonsti.
tutional government, political freedom, will fall
with it, and shall be subject to such outrages
that lately enacted at Atlanta III the Punishment o
women and children from their homes-an outrage
which would surely bring down upon the perpetra.
| tors the vengeance Of great God. He exhorted
the people. therefore. to be firm aud faithful and al
would yet be well.
In another address at Macon to the people, made
| by President Davis, among other things, he said
l know the deep disgrace felt by Georgia at oul
army falling back from Dalton to the interior OF the
State; but was not Of those who considered At
anta lost when our army crossed the Chattahoochee
| l resolved that it should not and then put man
III command who knew would strike an honest and
manly blow FOR the city, and many Yankees blood
was made to noursh the soil before the prize was
won.
1t does not become Us TO revert to disaster. Let
the dead bury the dead" Let US, with one and
one effort, endeavor to crush Sherman. sm going
| to the army to confer with our generals The end
must be the defeat OF enemy. 1t has been said
that had abandoned Georgia to her fate. Shame
upon such faisehood. Where could the autho,
| have been when Walker, when Polk, and when Gen
eral Stephen ID. Lee we're sent to her assistance =
Miserable man. The man who uttered this was a
scoundrel He was not man to save our country
II knew that general did not possess the Ugh!
qualities to command, would not be wrong ii he
| was not removed Why, when our army was fail
ing back from Northern Georgia, even heard that
had sent Bragg with pont0ons to cross into Cuba
| But We must be charitable.
Your prisoners are kept as sort OF ankee eapi-
tai. have heard that one OF their generals said
| that their exchange would defeat Sherman, have
tried every means, conceded everything to effect an
| exchange to no purpose. Butler, the Beast, with
whom commissioner OF exchange would hold IN
tereourse, had published IN the newspapers that Il
we would consent to the exchange of negroes, all diff
ficuties might be removed This Is reported as al
effort OF his to get himself whitewashed by holding
intercourse with gentlemen. II an exchange could
| be effected, don't know but that might be in
dueed to recognize Butler. But in the future every
effort will be given far possible to effect tht
end We want cur soldiers in the field, and we want
/ the sick and wounded to return home.
1t Ia not proper for me to speak OF the number o
men in the field. But this will say that two,
| thirds of our men are absent-soIne sick, some
wounded, but most Of them absent without leava-
/ The man who repents and goes back to his com.
Hlander voluntarily, ut once, appeals strongly Il
executive clemeney. But suppose he stays away
until the war is over and his comrades return home
/ when every mans history will be told, where will
he shield himsef II is upon these reflections that
rely to make return to their duty but aftcr con-
ferIng with our generals at headquarters, il thert
be any other remedy it shall be applied.
love my friends and forgive my enemies. / have
been asked to send endorsements from Virginia to
Georgia In Virginia the disparity in numbers is
lust as great as il Is In Georgia. Then have been
asked Why the army sent to the Shenandoah Valley
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