The New York herald., 1864-10-22

,ba, cr rorccs bad succosdee - completely DESTROYING
the esiiroad distance seventeen mics sooye SIG
sbAay me track Was c"np ssey dom aiished, smoank
undcs mined and csvea down cuts hitea rp and
bdges bwned On Friday sey sal held lhe road above
Big shaDey.
division were repulscd an stt.ck federal force
posted AEatooua Hclk's. With loss OF hund ed
Asts engaged des.cyi~s As road on FROM ne
man a,ay ana succeeded IN cans - Udy ovt soA some
Tue Macon ccrfeds B. has information from gentle
man upsn whose sl.sements u csu depend OF much
more satisfactory character than heretofore received
There is doubt that have made complete
destruction OF ,he railroad from point near big shany
10 the vicinity OF aatoona. The udsantase gained
without struggle worth mentioning The line Of the
road was still held ON sasurdy ~
The anair At Aiiatoona has b~ea greatly magnSaed In
importance. far the movements and losses Of our
forces are concerned General Frsnchs division msde .
IN the direction Of the enemy position,
bat finding them ngly posted in greatly superior
force withdrew with comparatively slight loss Our
infoyan bei.sve rnor tae city
ts1day Aa sieocrd corps had AIasoowa toasad
friscnv Alsloopa q Shermans largest depots 10
| for,ined.
On the 7A army morno to tAas position chosss %
asoan anticipated a0gresip, m@enents SAerman might
make and ererytoiy scas in he a,ohes spiri. open
fed foht ~ns anticipated az an ecriy DAY.
Can sherman SuDsist 1T Atiantae
The most interesting question connected with the stu
Aslanta9 Can hs subss hts army II his lines commu
ncation are cntY What quantity Of supplies has he
These are Important questions, and much depends
them The statements get oueh the Georgia papers
On This point are contradictory lhe Savannah Neos
would give us hope thai sherman may be starved out
| II says
TN. ~ ,aps mat NE tankses hors nothing tw hard tack
70 so Iha, The Whole Of their army, except corps,
have left the cy, and that they are very uneasy in
TO their situation Ne trains arriving.
lie sags The t1s % s quantities Of supplies hnv;s1
ben accuriaiasd bythe emmy s0taoun Foundation
The Macon Conjeds'dte tells even harder story. II
says
Reports all in representing that, with the ex-
cepiion II the sngis article OF hard bread hcrmans
ndpsriousy engaged foragne through ail the neigh
boring countess but, Is eve3, with important
suits. Meat, resh and sailed, four, mea and corn are
commodities exceedingly scarce wholly exhausted,
! IN Aints. Draft ana cavalry horses are spbsis.ed
wholly upon the forage obiaoed from the vicinity and
this Be quito Insufficient. shcrmlns condi,ien Is
believed to be desperate, II ne speedily ovtTase
aud destroy Hood ana open his communications to Chat
| The situation IN both sides Is critical; but II
\ Hood Can keep up his supplies Sherman must
| evacna,e Georgia IN no great length Of time. 4
fortnight three weeks win deiermiee this point.
the reports Atlanta 10 the effect that Shcr.
man had elt only small garrison at Atlanta, and was
| moving sgainst Heed with large force. must
speedily do some.nitg We may ioos Tor development
Of his plans at any hour.
A letter describing the situation at Atlanta and the
recent M .vemeni Of Hoods army says
Atlanta lie garrscDed by corps Of tho enemy.
Tho lines OF defence nave been greatly contracted az
not to embrace the whole OF the city limits The federal
cavalry been called on esew here so that the country
outside OF the federal picket lines are feeling sense Of
security they have enoYed tor time, and uany
of them are employing the respite IN removing their
negroes stock and other valunbles Our cavalry scont
the environs the city. and far ncea.
tor. The federal FORCES detached frou Atlanta crossed
the river al Sandtowu aud are north OF the ChattaLoo
chee ard west Of the railroad. The position which they
occupy hes cut ~ General Hoods comnuscatie slh ae
posnis the Aiansa aad Hes Point road, contingency
sotich expeciel and Yrovidsd for lie Ia Gaotes
| ba;s-ghere rs mead net Mente5
! Omcisl News from IIead.
From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 49,.
/ We have good Georgia. Hood movement,
far, has proved saccessful An Official despatch
prudeutia motives, are withheld from the public rhs
substance g 10 this eect-ihat the railroad Res.
sscca 10 Tunnel ul Gad BEEN eiiecuay destroyed and
al the garrsoos between these points amounting to
rssnd men have been captured Valuable stores have
have been made 10 HOODS 'ai army naton
oars. On tue 10th icod .. port not far rom
cover after the soldiers sherman's army
have been counted. Sherman is beevei u bs moving
upon Hood as fast the condIon o tho roads viii For.
init The Whole tenor OF the news is encouraging IN
s,u,nern papers state tha, fifteen rifles Of railroad
had boen eecsnaly destroyed before Hood reached es
sacss, and the gar.soDs at Aokwortn Big Shanty Mooro
aud Burn stations captured. Tho order up ard
destroy" VAS received ny the boys win such yes
have seldom been heard savo upon the field or battle
They threw aside their guns and cartridge boxes, and
commenced tearing up the rails and removing be
tics with astonishing rapdity. I; the first time
| that n'ariry ever had iar show at railroad and
they seemed as anxious TO surpass anything thai had
ever rcen done By the cavalry.
Rails aud disappeared IN miraculous
amops BODY Of troons sn wes esn,sl,si IN Is ,hs
work. 1ho rails wero beis and twisted by fire
come aid the ties pied and burn, pnii not
vesse remained A. every cmcaSkmsnt and cut sysies
aud shovels were brought into relusition, until hey
were cveled their original poz!Iiors Never was
railroad more efectuay destroyed
Tho attack upon AaiooDa does not appear 10 have teen
thing more "feeler Two or three positions
we're captured with about cns hundred The com
papder of the expedition did no, attack the work.
wond have compensated Tor the loss d, lie i,s
capture would have required Tssee hnadrcd and eighty
rived at Newpan Atlanta is el ssIy invested Sy OR
say general engagement between Hood and skerc
man has been anticipated ba' Southern journals, With
sen, viii 10 wh'ppsi by strategy, without much OF
battle We lrgst 20 go
rne DespskeEes from Hood supprssssd by
ttac Rebel WAR Department.
Some days scc ely siaaseasd o. busy Of
syas rsd a Ssese as S p
snsa e sny mese .e pfess hsre wss dsijgd = rsla
oers eonneea aa he wr p.p.4ep a. e ns
time steadily declared has they si not bcea ADVISED OF
A'lcr bic the public became impatient.
pleasing idin q whh despa tie dsrisi they ieed 70
raa hs u he N ri'ss z s. s S
pstbie wi,s The reaor's cger watch ne ha been
eni is psyoSs scnssrsn' Yor a' It
he vsy ps,ss9s Wig so@Psiss. q - s;egsd siosass
o. srs as aas as as ReoSs S s. Ss 's n
sSss asn wsIsf gsari ss, 2 .rs sr ns % hs,
The responslb The very charge Ol
seg,d against " Ia the frat ins,arce srecnty
Atlcsts -.S-af,Hf' 81 non2ay.
But snppose tie facts, instead ~ being the Seanei
imaSnes, had been about ss foloxs--Siy that On or
about the 1th inst, telegram tor this paper
ceiycd al the cfce in Richmond. snd instead beiag
delivered TO US was delivered 10 the War Oice We bea
let entirely ignofaD, Of its arrival 30 .rercopfion.
telegram may have represented that Hoods Gsus
movement had beea 'compleicly snccsssfuf-ibst tho
railroad from Bg sbasty 10 Kingston had been 'utlery
dsstroyed',hst Siessr scorps nsd captured Alsoons,
with four thousand prisoner, together with
quantity OF material Of --,hai pickets
we're "wi,hn Que mile OF Atlanta. and ether
killed captured every Yankee who yentnrad outside
the main worxs;that Sherman was cut OF from his