The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-21

who has the permit for shirping all suffers goods
required In the army was advised that her stores
must be removed by llie 10Th instant, as Atlanta
was 10 be evacuated aud destroyed.
Upoa the same dav learned what was fact)
that orders had been issued 20 the chiet commis-
saty IF the army ~ send " Atahta Win an po',
sibo haste thirty days ratOns Tor sixty thousand
men. These items Of information put me IN
nusudarv The idea OF sending two millions OF
ratons TO q city that wac to be destroyed, nom
plu.sed me. and Immediately sought 70 solve
the emil mud .ul reports, and found shat then Guar
Ter wa, not SO 1ntpudal as they seemed.
Ia.,.rta.u,l, what / have kept quiet until tho
"cat iuml ed" and nov purpose to tell you, that
the rXprdfiun, com Osad " thc lllh, lJ.hi lpthi
l5h and gOlh Corps, and kupathcks Cavalry,
The expedition commenced is march upon the
evening Of M. l1.h ln. a, with division ot hl-
uatrlrkS Cl'gly, ublgf General McCJ)k, ana
the 20'h Cor 8, General 5loGum' ~ elYan e.
Ihis advance was TO proceed slowly IN the drcc-
'i,u OF Macon and 20 be followed by the lith
CUrps. General Jefferson 9. Davis. The Army
| of tho tennessee General Howard, COM
! uostd o. the l5td Corps, General Logan,
! iGtt, General Smith, and l7'h, General Frank
| Blair left Kingston three days before Atlanta,
| tearing up the railroad as it went alOng. % the
! ilth the Etowah bridge vas destroyed, ana from
theBce TO the Chattahaochee ilNer, tne Work OF
| destruction was complete Almost the entire
! railroad track was removed, and the rails
! twisted ~ and otherwise injured all the import
! ant storohUus,s and depOts were burned, and the
! Gu yCTts and masonry blown up.
The Immense structure which spans the Chat
| ttbUuchro was burned, aud the foundations blown
! up. Everything was In readiness n Atlanta to
| make good the destruction Of that town upon the
arrival Of he Amy Of the Tennessee, and, IN all
! probability, the Gate City, 50 long the fountain
! head Of the South for the production OF muu-
tous Of war, was sent reeling to ruin on the llth
! inst, ,,,,
The torch was 10 be applied TO all public bnild-
! ings, manufactures, and everything HAOle 10 DC
! transferred to Rebel use which would not 0urn ,
! was TO be blown up, including the rliroad
| buildings and other railway acCOmplnumen'S IN
| the centre Of the city. The Army Of the ZEN
nessce was then TO resume its march, and will. no
! doubt, make junction with the advance in a few
| days
While this work Of destruction was being per-
| formed, n detachment of men operated in like
| manner towards Chattanooga, and viii, no DOUBT,
| burn the bridge over the COstanaule at Resaca,
and fall back aud fOrtiy near the the junction OF
| the Knoxville branch, south OF Dalton. do NOT
know the entire programme TO ne clrrlea out py
General Sherman, neither do | know positively
| his destination. The latter may depend some
| what on circumstances.
After touching at Macon, think he will Ga
northeast Andersonvlle is only short distance
south OF Macon, but ii the Rebels succeed iu
removing our prisoners from that point, as they
probal y will, visit in that direction would DC
of no earthly account.
Among the faithful officers who accompany
this expedition is General Oliver Otis Howard
commanding the Army of the Tennessee. Iii
military ability and consummate bravery anc
intrepidty upon the field of action, hi
established integrity and Christian fO!ti
tude, and his natural imperturbation stamI
him as one OF Gods own men. lie Is known n
the Haveock Of this army, while his uniform uu
osentaton tends TO obscure him, even amoni
those Of less brilliancy, who have acquired 1
world ofTenOwn.
Before the 20th Corps left Atlanta, IL had TIVE
slight brushes with the enemy's cavalry unde
General Iverson, which did not amount to much
however, vet. Here are the particulars = On tn
mOrung of the 7th, Geary's aud Wards DlFi
sions moved south from Atlanta about thre
miles for some unexplained reason, and returned
To camp in the evening, followed by squad o
unCCmoustatiYe Rebel cavalry. Believing thl
was Tuse to cover retreat, lvcrson made a
attack on Atlanta with twelve hundred men an
two sections OF artillery.
This was good joke Of VERSIONS, attacked tn
2Oth Corps inside OF the ortlica,ions with twelv
hundred men. A handful OF infantry made
dash into the cavalry, and the renegadeS ran, NJ
| loss being sustained by either side. Ihis was tl
great IyCrson's first battle. On the morning {
the llth, "spoiling for fight" he attacked, wit
an increased force, the picket line OF Ward IRON
but, after fling few shell, swung around an
attacked GeATy's picletS, driving them IN an
dilliug one man.
! Ten minutes after brigade Of Geary's infGntr
drove the gallant IyersOn and his gang oug {
sight. We lost one man killed in this sanguinar
affair, while the Rebel loss was two killed, tdre
wounded, TWO prisoners and about fifteen hui
dred badly frightened. / will add that, upd
examination of the prisoners and wounded, the
declared that ammunition was getting decided
scarce in the COnfederacy, owing In part 10 u
decrease Of blockade running and the destru
tiOn Of the manufactures at Atlanta. In tue
| Cartridge-bOXes were found but twenty round
said TO have been manufactured at Augusta SIM
the fall Of Atlanta.-Ne1C YORK Tunes.