The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-16
DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI
sPhere n General Sherrnaa ard His Army
A Ubiquiious Expodition-1esnlts Of sPeeu-

hAhb @odA O1NAoAON VI ml9cloolI Il
SPhere II General Sherman ard His Army
A Ubiqutious ExpcditiOn-Isesnlts Of sPecu-
lnhons trom nu Qunrters-ta General Shermh"
Golng 90 Savannah, Cbariesto1, Augusta,
Andersonviie, and byncbbusE-News ES-
FrsH ns cmemHad COMMERCIAL Noe. 2.
The Rebels have before thom line field for CON
tons DO not take the form OF cons s,crnGuon boiOTo
long Their latest papers were greatly pleased at
the notion that loon was marching North, and the
poss bihty of SHERMAN advancing beyond Atlanta
does not sOem TO have occurred TO them. lo will
take them entirely by surprise, aud will have two
Il it's thought dosiis sl tnat tho Rebel Army OF th6
petCnt 10 take care Of HOOD n any event
GRANT has LEE AZ dead strain, and EwELL
has enough TO DO 10 watch SHERIDAN and rcoryau-
i've the iorccs half a dozen times whipped under
EARLy. SO there Is notaing 70 oppose sHsRWAN
that wiD perhaps, have ample occupation I'm guard
ing ihe amy otknsoneis held in ''e-'"-. anu -outh
ssii ssioi ~ ~ ~ q uie l"''snsc muhtude OF ncuO's
bpeois~ - .uose States bY their masters 20 keep
,nem out o. our way The net rcsu o the dyhung
m the West is SuERMAN's victorious army stirung
nom Atlanta without formidable Toe IN front, Inc
posdbilues OF the mOvomgnt he Is making are stu-
pendOus. II he should happen 20 be gong TO south
OF able-t Odiod ne Eroo5 the road, and roh1yc
JIFF DAVIS Co. OF the pret,xt Tor the agonUing
byasWoop OF his cavalry aud the rapid march oI
detached columns, release iorty thousand United
change BY holding Chattanooga aud Resacl, and
destroying al beyond he can by the time lac crosses
the savannah river cut Of all communication, b. rul
or telegraph, between Richmond ana Georgia, Ala
bsma and Mississippi, and wit place himself IN
thus he movement that the people aro impressed
is being made IS throwing sHERNANs sword on tns
side OF GRANT, INTO the scaesln which he ana LEE 9
arc balancing the dcsrnics OF Eatous. IL ~ tue
contribution OF the results OF the career OF victory
decided contest in the East It is returning to GRANT
In the East the profit OF hrs victories IN the West.
However, "a to the pracucab lty OF Inns. Arc
Ne sae In tennessee while SHERMAN swings oG
southeastP We nave no doubt OF ~ We must us6e
ourselves sae If we are not. lho army LETT lHoAAs
i equal TO that OF HooD, and with tho whole North
west 10 back him We presume he can yet along A.
70 providing Tor his army SHERNANs maroh VIII DC
through a country Iul OF corn, one h.nort9 un
tcached by the desOlatng hand OF wur lie vii
ssart with we'll filed trans, and sweep tho country
far and wide as he moves There are no great river
10 passu he goes to South Carolina unul he reaches
The savannah, and. OF course, a pontoon train goe
Prem Atlanta to Augusta the distance is one hun
sared and seventy-eue miles; trom Au rlsta 4
Charleston hundred and thrty-seyen miles
About three hundred miles have to be marched
Whleheyer way SHERMAN goes, before he reaches
new base. This Is a months severe work, Tor ther
are points Of which hc will be annoyed. lie II nc
likely to find the roads and bridges IN good ordel
to eaye them 50; and his enemies are desper y
enough to initiate the Russians m laying waste the
own country in his path B1t we presume l in ne lt
hold out for thirty days and hc can certainly gathe
zen GAYS soIphes on .uv Iosi Tb I'm ci1aI don "
is from bad weather. II there should happen
hbored through when he moved from Murireesboro
the consequence might be disastrous. But ne Zen
raj who led the rad nom NleS5Durg 20 M AeriIi. ,i
and the column that FOUGHT and ioragel irom hei
phis 70 Knoxville can be trusted 10 lind his va
from Atlanta to the Atlantic
Letter from m OIlcer-The Troops Und
. Orders for IA sixty Days Canipnign
Letter from OHIO ODtcer.
HEADQUARTERS tIFTY-F1FrH ONO NoLu
TKERs ATLANTA, Ca, Oct 81 / supp'
lev words on tine situation here viii not be who
uninteresnng 10 you. At present the 1wenl'
Corps OF winch our regiment Is a part stiil Oc;up
the city. The balance OF the army Is supposed to
somewhere near the Alabama hne, and looking al
Decatur, Alabama. II rs my opinion that Gene
SBKRMAN is noN, dong the "letung alone" part
hard road to travel > to again find himself IN Dii
We are under orders TO prepare Tor sNty dg
spending the winter in Atlanta, as many have MOI
TO do. Ills not supposed that any below Ma
they, but it is generally conioct Ired that a |;
force is soon to start Savannah via Augusta
General THOMAS wlE have force, with what wi
Lent him by sHLRMAR, 70 =" 90 the agreeable.
HOOD, and but httle may be expected 10 meet
con TO Savannah" or whoreyer-it-may-be II
nent You may expect that " "someI hing y, may
The people in Tins region are generally rebel
mon lett Since HooD cut snERw Ans comuu
tions. ana stopped the incoming e, OF supplies ..s
FouT Ioraglng parties have already 6roaght Il
less than twenty our thousand bushels Of0Orn,
Il HcoD can aGord to NEEDLE with sHERMAN's
he can afford TO sulsist th.s army, aud fear the
Eens where cur Lariies nave been are not now |
rating in Their plenty OF which the "Conteder
is SO bOastiul. Atlanta has been and is being
fed TO make il almost n Gibraltar but "a II ca
longer be q Strategic point Tor the Rebe.s thi
mot certain that It wlll not be abandoned wheI
start on the contemplated CAMPAIGN. ms OF GO
is only conjecture. II 1t is abandoned 1t will
be because 1t is not necessary TO hoid it,
A Positive estatement-Sherman Going 20
Atlantic COnst,
From the Chicago Journal, RoU. II.
1he movement was decided on several weeks
and kent aumI ably well concealed from the q
and from gossip. General SHERMAN knows
he rs about, ana has taken his own method OF mi
IN fna Rah ghauua aIn IN IA
quaint and significant hint TO the Sanitary Cor
sion at st. LOUIS as elsewhere gwen. Our sun
BOYS IN ue viii DO glad TO soc hun at Andcrson
which he can reach by senOing column htile n
ward OF his man line OF march across South
lima IL will be safe 10 await the Forthcoming
howl before seeking 60 decide positively at what
SHERMAN aims but beyond all question he is Q
way 20 the Atlantic Coast, ana Wlil exchange 81
with Admiral IoRTER OF the coast IN due
The distance from Atlanta 10 Charleston, az q
Savannah little two hundred miles.
mediate stations may possibly be made at Au
and hilieGgeyilie, 10th important points 10
Rete 8.
Is Geucral sherman Going TO Andersonvi
Still Another Theory.
From TIE Toledo BLADE.
We get no direct official authority the
ment that General SHERMAN nas cut loose iToa
North, abandoned Atlanta and moved Southi ne
do We get any othclal denial OF It. Unofficial
denee to that effect is rapidly aceumulating
many sources, winch leave very little room 10
ts truh a pnyate letter received this mo-
hom ono In pogltion to know assures MS INA
report Is true. We are satished that the incred
will have but a short time TO want Tor cOnylC
They may look for proof first IRON Richmond
as soon as the middle Of next week II ID be-
that the movement was decided ON several
ago, and kept admirably weil concealed Hor
public and from gossip. Genera SHERMAN
what he is about, and has takon his own meth
making IL known 10 the Rebels tn emseves.
highly ggnidcant letter 10 the Presid ent of the
ern SANITARY COmmlss ion Is now qu oted. 1t
that some lime ago IN at Commission sent large
plies TO Atlanta for our prisoners at Anderson
Ia by request OF SHERMAN, N rangoments Ia
been made with Hood TO deliver thom. MI
movements prevented their delivery. ana now
SBFRMAK writes TO the President OF the Comm
that he will hold the articles for tho purpo
ngned but that Il may be necessary for him TO
AndersOnyie TO denver the supplies in person
PERSONAL NOTICES.