The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-10-20
Hoods Campaign in shcrnan'x Rear.

Blue MOUNTAIN, Oct. IL, 1864.
ne movements across the Tennessee River,
NJ ''k'''g OF which despatched you from Tai
ls lo:ra, has received checkmatc, and our ao
va"ce towards Hunters landing seems to be
TUNED IN another and moro nortLerIy direction.
''"'' not premature in l:,y conjccturcs. There
IS u" 'iouot that but for causcs, which it would
no! o' prudent to mention just now; cur troops
"on'" Lave been by this time at Fayetteville,
in Mil c Tennessee
General Hood las, with great prompttude,
and with a celebrity Of perception which prom
'ses wei, made his dispositions to suit the emer-
genc1's as they rise, and the sudden flank to
the II: 1T towards Wills Valley has taken the
enemy completely 10y surprise. The move
meot, IS | understand it from officers Just II,
rom the front, was made on Tuesday and
wednesday, The two army corps of Lee and
CheatE''n encampcd neal the little village of
Centre, N Cherokee county, Ala, were moved
across tie Coosa on the cvc,liny of the I lth.
Gen. Stewart, who lay near Rome, pushed for
war'l ~ :r the Etowah above that point The
r"nm"> met somewhere near Wits Valley
rra" "HJ arc advancing on Laiavctta Tie
advance guard is reported io have entered that
town without opposition.
Lafay cite will be rr:nrml'crc rs the lnint
from which, Gen. bag" marched oct to fight
the battle of Chcka,nauGa and the scene q;
General Pillows cavalry disaster. IL is n dirty
little village in Walker county, Georgia, twcn-
ty-two miles from Chat,aroom,, at the i.xlrc.,i-
ty OF Wills Valley. General Hood can marcl.
mp this valley anu sap the railroad Twelve miles
from Bridgeport, near the river. and push fir
ward over the route followed lv Roscrrans
upon the Sebastopol of East Tennessee 1t is
understood to DC strongly fortified but NAV be
captured by sudden dash over Lookout Noun.
tain. Whether it is the design Of General
Hood to attempt this. or whether he still has
designs upon Middle Tennessee, is matter Of
conjecture with your correspondent ms we'll as
General Sherman and will bc developed in Il
few davs.
l. shall express no opinion as to the move
nent in military point Of view. l do not
pretend to be critic in the art of war. It
may turn out we'll or i'll, for anght l know
but its moral and political effect is topic OF
fair discussion and in their light the movement
is good one. 1t encourages tho troops, re-
wives the spirit Of the officers, disarranges the
plans Of the enemy, and disturbs the triumph.
ant dreams of the people of the North. The
effect will be beneficial ON the election.
The strength of.Sherman's army is var;ously
estimated. I have just had conversation
with Captain commanding detachment O.
scouts, and he tells me that the poouIar notion
exaggerates the numbers of the enemy There
is one corps eight thousand strong, in Atlanta
Thomas has twelve Thousand with him al
Bridgeport and" Stevenson. There are five
thousand at Cartcrsvillc, two thousand at Et
A'wah and about twenty three thousand al
Chattanooga. These figures sum up Il total o
Fly thousand, This does not include tile cav
d"y. 1t is about FIVE thousand strong. I
these arc anything like approximate aggregate.
we are not SO bad off as some people suppose
We can dispose Of them with some assurance
The Yankees themselves claim a force of one
handrcd thousand men. This is gasconadc.
General Beaurcgard has reached army head
quarters, and his appearance among the troops
am told, inspire the livclicst enthusiasm -
Cor. Of tie Montgomery Mail.