The New York herald., 1864-09-29
A Il i a N II A.
The Exodus Under Gen. Sherman's
Recent Order.
JEFF. Davis On . Visit to
Nsod's Army.
The Isbsl Army IltYsnshsl On tho west
Islnt lailroad,
!. 49, 49, ~
nr. p. ?. ce.y.sA.n's Despatch.

49, ~, ~
Ar. y. p. penyngAam's DsspatcA.
AszARfA, g., Sept ~, 1884
nb suis& morning, ths sabbath bells ass tope
sheis solsnh chimes, yst 10y brig te psace es geo
nsa 70 The iro0bisd wsasy heasN sAas hear shsm. Ah
srdse hes soes forth that the hsbants shall leave and
60 North . aOash. Ths ssodes hAs commenced, and
stream of human boiDes h daily pouring forth-van-
derss ths wide word-aD homo ties and heart ssso
Citations disrupted hsfoss those who forth 70 nor
row cannot rejoice today thsy pray, b IN sorrow
and tears.
This order may first sight sppear hard but must
be recolected that ws IN the midst Of enemy
country with the ensnys Amy close upon ua, and at
waitoSs and spies In our midst mghs be the cause
Of our ruin. Atlanta 10 70 become great military
dspot-the heart TO supply the sustaining powers
Of vast army daring ib future operations
No wonder them that Sherman should provide that no
spies nor pcendaries should sodanger supplies or
safety and thus sacrnce the army and the welfare Of
the country. is true many Innocent viii suffer
with the guilty. but this hotbsd of ReDedom now hard
70 Discriminate better that few innocent should
suffer than the safety Of army be endangered have
sent you General Shsrmans correspondence with tho
Mayer which fully explains his reasons also his corre
spondence with General Hood.
me houses Of persons going North tsken charge d
BY the authorities, and VIII bs sasely kept unt u VIII
be deemed saie TO admit their return. The houses q
going South md those In The reb lines will b a
converted 70 military use Gensrai sbsvmsa's CHIEF
qsatevas,sr COlenel EasssO and hts assistant oaIsa
John Stewart who have charge Of all seessh properly
and al trade regulations sss giving general sasfsos0D
sherman seems 70 have the fseulv Of imbufng shsss
around him With his methodical business way
Of doing shings Or rasncs 10 has ths ceerns V sesGt
such man. Yhssosnre oil hN details are conducted with
extraordinary deapatch and simplicity.
The city 10 garrsoosd y .hs rwsssiesh corps-ohs0y
the First division, Cen. Williams Every thing reduced
70 such system that property and life are - sae hese -
secesh exodus into the rebel nes About twelve O'CLOCK
OF about hundred wagons N charge Of Capt.
corps started Rough asd Heady station.
These loaded with miscellaneous cargo. In
n1 yousn rns former rsssd very much q being thus
rudcly torn away, rocs ana branch from she sosl on
which they grew. and soon nopsd 70 rest 'ssi, sssd
tnsg very much; In fass, sney tre..ed e kiod q
ssstiuestal journey fully understood thh whss We
warm Welcome many Of the rebel officers and soldiers
had for them. Some carried sher ea.husssn % far
70 exchange warm kisses and embraces.
In ADDITION 70 these the wagons crowded with =
Heterogeneous mass Of poodle dogs taoey cats pianos,
children all Of which made anything but pleasant
travelling party. Rough and Rsady Ne about ton miles
Colonel Cas.,sou, with q small detaohmsst from tbs
Nfteenth corps, are snoamped around Ihe stssloo
nom @ sSs.s sOOu, sSrss handrsd ysras % rees
quarters under charge hai@ Cair. of General Hoods
s.1 ' ne o.ss %
dHioS and the quarters Of our Den strong sosed
MAJOR Chair one esutlemauly young man, with good
However, everything goes On IN sbe most friendly
d - .s s. .os ssa rs
evening" whom arrived ,hsfe re wagons advanced
midway betveep che swo lines, and al their living
freight and chaels transferred INTO the rebel
bayous Ths transfer was attended sy very warm ~
monsussions, have before stated The nose aectng
vas between parents and sons Who nsd Been long sepA
Newspaper Accounts.
BSp OF rHB rRucs-Ro PROBABILITY OF ITS ExrBS-
sloS-HorEFULNRss OF QUA ARMY-REFUGBks,
ErC,, ETo.
Nearly all who are 70 20 South in pixie by
ssmons souS S be onciueec o,,e humber Of
prisoners have been exchanged, but 10 Dot probable
that the win be extended The trains bonud North
all loaded with refugees, with whom optional
whether 20 south North. few families Of persons
government employ, wh II said be permitted 10
10 one who for four long months has bad his
pierced by the screaming hostile shell and the sharp
whiz OF bullets, The ned from morning until nghtfa
and lu ed sleep by the roll OF artillery the
quiet that has settled about Atlanta seems strange
deed
Never have seen this army perfect in discipline
hopeful and determined U AZ present. The capture OF
Atlanta hse given tbom new nie, asu they ieei that,
undeY sherman and Thomas there nothing that they
cannot accomplish Much o. ihis Joy has been caused
BY pefusa Of the Northern papers from which they
see people home have emerged from the coud
OF apathy and apparent indifference IN which they bad
enveioped themselves.
ARRIVAL or REFUGEES AT cIscIssArI.
lFrom the Cincinnati Gazette, sept n.
The steamer Science No. yesterday arrived at this
pert with large number Of reugees from Atlanta who
chose 10 20 North than South alter the order
Issued by Sherman causing tben exodus from that
place Most Of them were 10 comfortable cIeuustapcs
bot few were takeh charge Of by The Rs'ugee
Relief Comm ssion OF ths city About thirty families
tbs party LETT Atlanta last TUESDAY. They SlAe Chat
although Hood had t6ret days notice before Sherman
sneled The city, the peopie were not notified, as that
very spmspe seoeral-sse his reoest IetteYe-slsted
there we're pope psl Union mep In the place, and made
nitls difference bow many vere killed by our sbelb.
They made bombprocfs, Aus cAve and lived 10 culvers
10 protect thersevce from oW NE, After eherman's
order the old men and vomep went South mos, OF the
ypung men, however. Preferred the opposite direction.
This the nrst loetamept ~e have received, and more
are or the wsy.