The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-09
sHERMAN's MARUH-UTE TOPOGRA.
pEHY OF GEORGIA.

Prom ne Times.
It will be seen that the Richmond Examiner of
Tuesday last rather facctiou.y y remarks that 'It
the Lieutenant General Grant has already sent
TO Hon. +. NJ. Stanton the Information which VIZ
he Erlmin5) Coumur icltel 70 him on ye.ter-
day, that ShImaR had passed by Milen, we
hope that he will he fair to that statesman. and
send another despat'h, stating how the Richmond
Err miner now ds5Fes that Shcrman's army had
passed by Millen This 1t does positively" =" from
information furnished by the Confederate Gov
eminent. We suppose, therefore. that in this
case and on this matter we must credit the Rich
mOnd Examiner and The Confederate Govern
ment, aud believe that Micu, which Is eighty
miles IOm Savannah, was not captured by Gene
raj ShCrman up to Monday night or Tuesday
mornii 2 Of the current week
IL ppeaTs, however from our other extracts
from Rebel papers as late as the 6th, that &C the
ltgnninR of his week, sherman g army was no.
far uOm M.lcu,-it might even be south OF that
point-and was marching twlrds the s aboard
alO tue strip OF country, some twenty miles in
width, that lie, between the Ogcclec and Savannah
rivers. The Rebels alCEe With assurance that
Sherman Will have a battle before he reaches
Savannah, which we think NOT at all unlikely
and they further assert that be will be whipped,
which we think extremely urukely.l
Sherman, 1t he be where ne Rebels locate him,
is now in section Of Georgia where the march
OF an army is attended with difficulty. A we'll
lul VI NAAad sumo luIOrIll-
ton as to the topography OF this aud the other
parts of Georgia, which are of interest at this mo-
ment, and which we cOndense. There are three
very distinct divisions Of the State 81. The noun
tain region, which embraces the northwest corner
and comes down 20 the Konesaw Mountain, near
. Marietta. 2. Where lt opens INTO gentle, uudu-
lating Cuun rv, extending lZ0 miles east to Macon
about re same distance northeast to Augusta,
aud south TO Columbus 3. Below those points,
the pney woods, low, sandy, level, with wide
swamps bordering all the streams, and extending
One hundred and fifty to iwO hundred miles 10
the sea or the gulf IL is in this latter division
that General Sherman's army is now moving.
The mountain region is for farming almost ex-
Clusively Tor grains and grapes. Wheat is usually
good crop. The middle region, from Atlanta to
Macon, is n mixture Of corn and cotton. It will
produce very little Of the smaller grains and no
grass. II Is cut up into small plantations, and
occupied by men OF moderate means, with thriv-
ing villages as the county seats. The third dtvi-
sion, the low country, is almost exclusively in
possession Of large planters, and cotton is tue
staple, although II Will grow corn, but no small
grain OF grass. Doubtless the lands are cultivated
in cereals as far as practicable ~ this time. So
that General Sherman has productive region of
a hundred miles round him from which no can
draw supplies.
The railroad from Atlanta to Macon runs one
hundred and one miles on the dividing ridge be-
tween the waters Of the Atlantic and the Gulf,
and has not bridge, not even a culUert, in the
whole distance, scarcely anembinkment or eyca-
FdllOn' All tne INSTRUCTION eituer army can do
to that is to the rails and ties and water tlnlJs
The road to Augusta crosses numerous streams
and ravines, and can he broken in many place,
by destroying bridges. These roads are of one
gauge. IL will he seen that General Sherman
already controls the regions of the small grains
and the ores. Their chief iran works are at
EtOws, Rome, and Atlanta, and all are dependent
on the mOuntli i'll region for ore. The whole
country is open, well settled, and the roads good
below the keneSaW Mountain.
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pect of gathering Colored soldiers from Sherman
Department. The mountain country has scarcely
and negroes. The rolling country consists OF
plantations worked by five, ten, twenty, sometimes
fifty negroes. The cavalry raids in those regions
will gather up many, but the great bodies ofthem
are below Macon, Augusta, and Columbus.
It Is evident from all our news, that the Rebel
forces gathered together in Georgia, have not up
70 the latest dates, been able TO seriously obstruct
his progress If they are able to do anything at
all, they must do it this week.