Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-26
1ReM tHIAMAN's AMY.

S.Ates papers OF the IA, te0eI'eu iAS' H'su' WI
the following intelligence:
TReM tHIRMAN's ARMY.
The following extracts from the Nashville oorrespcn'
dance Of the Chicago Tribune have peculiar interest
ust nov;
EA,UvIILu. Tuesday, Oct. Is We have news here
Of hiRhy exciting though by no me1ns startling char
astsr Il 4 what has been expected for tome days,
both By General Sherman and the people, ana has
mare ore been amnly provided for BY the former
Heed tying the Dhirg process and has moved bis
vhoo army including F1rresGs cavalry, TO the north
ard and On the Il struck the RAILROAD at Dhton and
yes,sI day morning captured Tunnel HILL and At the Ia.
| tst intsr snce Il moving on toward OhsttaDooga.
General sebohsld has arrived in that ace, and has
..sumed The general dirso ion Of thing; and be has
Toros cf ten thousand men to commence on, and one
dyaon Of the Fourteenth corpe, recently ct HunsVile,
20 defend the place SgAlnss Forrest arrived yesterday
morning and other troops are being pushed forward
With great rGPidlty. -
ScbC sd has enough in front. Could Hood have done
ANYTHING better for the Union cause than tshI EVER
sta s2io moVtmsnt has bCen . blundsr; every night
since be Is uned nd, hiss been bloody and stIo-
horn aud ended in defeat 70 himsel.
IN. reader will REQ ect that SsoStGy Stanton, some
lima siDcs autographed that Hood wa moving NJrth
aHd that Sherman was Watching him.
DO Won think be has been idlsi By no means. The
Twentieth Corps was left in Atlanta a. garrison seve
II
Fifteenth and Seventeenth we're moved 10 The direction
/ Of Rome; and Sherman s, b-Ay, dirtclly in Hoods
rear With abundant supplies and viii be up with MN,
CHECKED tor . day, ~ be will be at chattanooga
Heed cannot hope to escape GnnihlAtioD; out WHAT
Folliss will not desperation sometimes generate. lie
movement is the very one that Sherman has long &C.
sred him 70 make and will end in the utter destruction
| Of tbs Rebel army.
| BIEAKIEG UP THE o.NFAABAND Trade OF IHE PoTcNAc.
The Washington correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Engvirsr says:
The Potomac Aotilla, under command Of Commander
Parker is busy engaged in breaking up the contrG-
hand trade carried on BY pAEtes in the lover part Of
,ryland Any number of small boats erg'g,d in this
oucess have been destroyed and several OF te traders
captured Every eXeFton is being made By the 10
lA 70 stop this traffic over the river, well by way
Of he RlppAhAnnock and the bay.
oPmIoN on TIE DRAFT.
The following opinion is Wor.h Of republication
Proves, Marsha General Fry, in letter to the Mayer
~ Wssh Rton says: Scr, DIT will b. allowed only for
suea men as are Obtained BY the DRAFT. Prsons who
ara craUn and fail 10 report are considered by the
au tfa,ers OF the Government nor BY tie P'ovost
Harsh,l Generals BureAu, as obtained in tie Gaming
oi the Law They will not therefore be credited unless
bav shau be subsequently arrest ID and he t. ser
wee According TO General F1's coz mum caior, 1t
-oud sI D ar that crE!ns are held respoIsb.e for
drafted AOsentses'
sOsakipE Of the draft brings 10 mind the. following
paragraph which NO extract from the New York letter
Of the correspondent Of the Philadelphia Inquirer dA
ssd Ihs 2lt:
Ts friends Of General Mcclellan are trying to make
little c. pial BY ereAurg an impression that another
r.f il IN. Vitahls b.fSre !cog AN told they have
snsa,ion" hand0 throwing out that idea, put Ia free
crculatou among working men and lSboreTs of the
ysr eouutss a. well in this city. That handful
Lac announces thai General Mcclellan Is elected there
I'll be mo mere drlitr." l. helps more than 1t hurts
Nobody ever doubted that if Mcclellan is ee;ted, the
sar would be brought 70 az md no matter what be-
an, a. tie Union, but whoever expected 70 hear so
dump Al admission of the fsctf
ID fact As stated ia the Daily NsDs Of this morn.
NO that General Mcclellan sp,DG the cav yesterday
| 1ith James ,rdon Bennett, E.q, a Washington
Height; yst tact If no particular importance apart
rom the Key IL Jrds 10 the future course oil certain
norniI paper IN reference TO the Presidency.
OPPOSITION TO -HE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The following, which We copy from the Times OF the
,ad NAV indicate new political novsmSnsin TlnAee-
| A,m. or IL may be trick. But whatever may be its
character. /. GENES rather late in The season:
An Of the Democratic faith, vi o retain their respect
far the manhood and patriotism which animated the
| Oswo.ratc Party 10 lhe days OF Jackson; who will
not consent that tie aershed name and principles Of
that marty be dssrscld Woo csnnot endure the shame
of seeing their eountrys lowered to tottering foe
ever ready tramps in tue dust who deny that the
Lmeriean mccrAcy fairly represented at Chicago
Nv the few, Who, by threas Of Northwestern revolt
forced upon the Convention the degrading con-
osssion. that "the war" so ncbly fought by our
brAye army and navy, WAS failure and that
Justice humsLi y berry ana the Puohe welfare
dsmsnd thu; immediate tfJts be made for cessation
| - bos,ilitss;n Who believed that "Iho immediate
s.s.on of hostili ies' should btgin with Southern
traitors and not with Northern pa riots; who believe
that NO should frat exhaust The rebel armies before We
attempt 40 EXHAUST eli The resources Of stateemanabi
bo insist ",hlt the U lion must be preserved a. al
bz.rds" and are determined 10 preserve it whole and
entire at any saCr fee and against all attacks from
-bat0vsr quarter; such are requested 10 meet ct the
nooner Iusntuts in the city OF New York on Tuesday
he day of N.v,mO,r, 1884 to consider the prOpII
oprss 20 DO Iursued In the present eTgencies oil pub
Tc si,s ana of preserving the honor and integri
DSmooTSts from all parts Of the Union, whose send
msDs accord with the spirit Of this call, are GVited
be present
Referring 10 this movement editorially, the Time
says: -
This movement Is one Of great magnitude and re
| spectabry and though Is comes before the gehera
public rather unexpectedly, it viii unoouo'euy ts0s,'
a wide popular indoreement There arc thousanSs Ah
tins of Thousands OF men in the land who were mem
bers Of tha cid Dlmocra'ic party, who are as stAurc
sud true and al-saerhcng In their patriotism as 10
menb "a o. any other poAteh party-as appears "
the rels hs army the navy and the present civil 90
ninslraon, and Dy the career and cohduo. ia evil bl
of large bodies and organizations OF our cluzins IL
el mat they should coReentae their forceI and the
oorer ana bring them into Efficient aston q; this crs
Of the county.
MAssAcHUsK II SOLDIERS VOTING IN INDIANA.
The Boston Courier gives the following extract !rO
letter from Massachusetts, soldier whose regiment
stationed at Camp Burnside, indianapolis written
: the day Of slsotOn;
Iis election day here, aud everything Is going on
ouet A. posSibla The only thing that diaiks In h