The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-13


I ssat :, tsie ihandeF troop Of friends m'erceoe
they are et out sud desert agsl. Tbs - sncidai ad
presence u tue euemy are subject q
| the articles ~ like aH othsr troops all otne
| g'vernmeals. Aotro1s car possibly be exempt ffou
tae articles u war While under ms serving military
organizliions, ~ he presence of tho enemy II y
ifon me necessity q hin War be carried on and
armies e., eAist on no other footing ana the nsages Of
| ~ar apply everywhere. Tor the militia as Tor TAG
regulars ,hero are courts martial aud the penalty which
those courts award tor the crime IN face
the eueiny 70 death II ineod defend this country
neither Con ederate should obsruol
inc course may Justice, but assist 1t and execute
The lines q Richmond furnish news or tho Yankees
\ election. rhe enemvs plGkets know nothing or tho
result They were pulled 10 understand. nv our men
.cheeref for Lincoln they did most Justify or the
9Th. Tho great card OF tho Ilcop papers in tue eau
vsss was tue pretence that tho people
tremely anxious that Mcclellan should be elected that
we based IN TACT our last hopes on McCellAuand they
nave not et been permitted to know that Lincoln pro-
| cisely the man that would choose for them.
inc usual sheling continued at rutoh Gap Deserters
say nat Tie sers Of the canal have fonnde bottom
FOR thor work, which must be blasted out with powder
and drill But the stories Of deserters are worth
| nothing
The Latest from General Hoods Army.
llrom the Redmond Dispatch, Nov lo1
There Is very little doubt that General Hood who s
across thu tennessee river laid hold upon the
Georgia papEs the following intelligence concerning
his movements, dated at Jacksonville, Alabama, the
We have this morning that tho river has
been safely crossed, and that everything going
| % well as heart could wish. You well imagine
how those speeches were received, and with what
alacrty ranks formed and how elastic the
tread on the road towards the beautiful Tennessee.
Up TO that limo there had been many doubts 70
| the destination Of General Hood, many supposing
that after he destroyed the Western and Atlantic Rail.
road he would fall back TO this place and Blue Mount
and winter his army. This might been his Rntic
pations when he lett Middle Georgia, but successful
had he been up the he reached Gadsden the
whole army the people, with accord
that standards should more be unfurled
Murfreesboro aud Nashville Nor noed you be at all as.
gapd
Forrest leads the hoad OF the column and ebuns
! the rear.
Of the finest army marshaed this side Of Virginia.
larger in number has better generals and Is in bet
ter spirits than known before II is perhaps
somewhat deficient in shoes and bInket but The men
all believe that they going TO land where abun.
dance OF all these, and many things more, will be OBJ
tained.
As to the position q the enemy, we know nothing,
save that Fitzpatrick followed army from lafayette
70 within few miles Of Gadsden and Is, perhaps Still
| upon that line; all else Is superstition.
We know, however that Sherman will be obliged to
concentrate Middle Tennessee and there ght pitched
battle; that is cd does not seize Bridgeport and
Stevenson and TINS force him to adopt northern
line OF retreat Hood Is upon the interior line, and
think there be but little doubt the result Of the
| race for Murfreesboro and Nashville.
Another letter from Jacksonville, four days later,
Our cavalry officers immediately ia from. OF this town
appear to be in doubt themselves as to the
force and designs OF the enemy on the Coosa.
There Is doubt however, but that they
cavalry and artillery On last THURSDAY forse q q.
fifteen hundred cavalry, under Fitzpatrick, I'D vanced to
Ladga thirteen miles Of this place. and IN this
county They met by General Ferguson's brigade,
and hard ght OF ten hours duration followed. FerRu
finally drove the enemy from every part OF sne field,
prisoners They left twelve OF the the ground
Ia their retreat the enemy the Romc road. Subso
quent scouting parties failed TO discover any forcc this
Many officers or General wheeer's cavalry are Of tho
opinion Sherman will send strong force the
Selma and Blue Mountain Railroad and tlat Is under
the impression that Hood is drawing his supplies
fall back In front OF such column should il advance
Nothing would crafty General Hood more than sher
to mako such disposition Of any OF his army corps
while he is rcdeemng Tennessee.
Charleston Under shells.
From the Charleston Courier, Nov. IL
correspondents Of the South Carolina Advocate
These messengers Of death have been passing thick
and fast among the inhabitants Of the city, tearing up
the Streets cutting gas pipes and pungng US into dark
ness thunderng against churches aud dwellipgs and
creating generally great tumut; but how the
citizens have been harmed in their persons Yet what
saw bot a Few days since the interior OF gentle
man rcsidenco which shell bad entered, cuitnS the
penetrated tho opposite WALL aud lodged in the adjoining
Roth himself and his wife In the house
similar missile entered q chamber and, passing be-
tween the slabs and bedcothes OF crib 10 which
FAINT was lying left ihe tle creature unhur but lost in
some months ago. while our intrepid hrcmen wore max
ono Of the lower wards, the Yankees opened usual
upon the locality; shell IN it's parabolic descent 90
tered an engine which number OF nremen work.
ing and which was surrounded by large concourse Of
others. The mute friend OF our homes blown
atoms the mon were dashed TO the and with the
exception OF q negro who had taken tho place OF
white and Who lost an arm resulting Afterwards In
bis death, and very slight wound Inflicted on one or
two Others injured Meeting our worthy
Mayor time subsequently and In conversation with
him In TO this circumstance and The general
deverance OF citizens from ghasy and
rid Deaths he throw his hands and exclaimed It
work Of Cod The history Of Charleston for months
There never was anything like 70" And this, at that
time, general sentiment II Is hoped that Il
may yet be said to be the caso
Passing through the wards Of the city you would
sbe particularly struck with Two things hrst, the sad
fares once rejoicing in wealth refinement and the
theatre of busy fe-the well known and fondly cher
ished churches-some OF them ancient andmarks-where
large assemblages wont to bw at holy affairs
spacious halls that blazed with light and rung with
iesa songs are all deserted sombrc and cherries; and
this enhanced by tho forbidding aspect OF that
district OF the city which laid in ashes three
ago. and which remains 10 unmolested ruins the
ment OF long and dreaTy pause IN the grand
march OF improvement. Here you perceive her humia.
ton. But move on and from her lonely wharves and
beautiful White Point Garden you will her head
lifted 10 proud defiance, she every day challenges
her Wanting foes attempt the Dissertation OF her
soil with their polluting tread. Tnis is her glory.
In reference 70 the reported destruction Of fe engine
es stated above few words OF explanation and
Caroline Adrocse can nd in and from his own observe
tions and inquiries evidence enough for miraculous
without adopting rumors or exaggerated state
ments.
On the occasion referred to reports rife and conf
dent and emphatic that fire engine knocked into
pieces spnters &C. So confident and persistent and sp
peny direct these reports that the local reporter
Tor the Courier adopted and published the statement
We the faces Of many 1remen soon after quiet
smile, and We heard from many Of them semi.compli.
menary remarks about wonderful destruction OF an
engine and equally wonderful preservation Of the re
men working or attending II, and also some playful
mens on the crcduy or guIlibiity Of reporters and
readers OF journals.
few days after this remarkable event the writer was
passing near the station house occupied by the company
whose "machne' had been summarily conlscated by
the Yankees reported.
An officer Of the corps called out, "wi you walk In
ard RELIEF"
On entering, with prcpoesessous all In favor OF tho
sensational stories that had propagaed,
nstonishcd to ind the engine apparently unmpaired On
end and SIDE after close scrutiny no injury could
be perceived, and only going around II could
the 'smashng up" piece OF tho wooded pauclliug
boxing about twenty inches by Ave or six suppose
knocked out and this seemed TO be the amount OF
damage 10 the wood work
An ugly but not large hole was knocked out OF the up