The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-24
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
TIM LATEST FROM GEORGIA
Sbcsmuu's Novcmcniz-A Warm Reccpt.o
Awning the Invader

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rise ard drove tho ,nou, iror ro,, m ',I,', ,
south side ot the town but were in turn forced blcE
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eb .I,4
line. the assault was not rrrss.d II t,rr,1 o,,t
after tho diminishing was over. tbat ibo onc, bod
about twenty thousand men uuacr General 81 orr,,
Tho Yankees wcr. pbOut ovacuatiuq the CITY pro,,.
latorY to SutLhhhs great march, ana somC o IN,
l'hho'' salu they were going 70 Montgomery
"'h,'al HOOD was az o'umhia, tennessee. ON tho
~ WIN lHoM"e troops nnety-cqht miles IN mis-
i'ar' TOURIST is said 90 be at Paducah.
FROM SHERMAN arm. we hayo the into g'ncs
'i''' ~ moving ]" '"o couhus as the report says
o"' upon AUGUSTA ana thc otNcr upon Macon. II
= "o' "N'S 'la' mo Us aDoht 10 separate his columns
'' "'J ''uE'N Oh Um'i aHu Ms line OF march VIII
l."'"''S "e S IO"oHsi-tho column marching on
thc georgia state road or Augusta will 20 rs far as
'',''' s.AlN mics ana thore turning TO the right
"'H''" w." 'l' 'u"9eFhlo ulc cap "a OF GCOr0in. The
CoIuhh mbrcmhg ON Macon viii probably go 10
N'""ior"s' s' WImh uhoen mes of the town, and
uleIe luIh on 10 MlIedgoytlo and form junction
WIN ,"' 'luei DOuy. bY This movement Hacon tails
ana the crcmy are at liberty u move on Augusta bv
io.. ..""'"E l"e 70. rHa 'entru Railroad 90 HrusOu- |
W. w. " 'n'" marching uorh, or ON savannah by |
ioHo"lhE tne railroad TO ts terminus thero. We |
S''" so"h H'"i OF lholI cavalry around Macon, and
very h'Ht possibly To Augusta. SHERMAN is moy-
"E r"Piuy' anu ls tot much troubled with trans
y'IUuOh' lie las burned several stations nc the
''t'7 u' "'s F's'"' ana 's devastating the country
generally IN tcmgiug.
ShCrEnnn's Nyny
From ne RchmOHd Wing, Noe. n
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t was, General SnERMAS commenced ono Of those
marvellous movements which tho Yankoos arc so
end OF announcing to an astOnishcd world II
vas indeed, marvC ous in as conception and in tho
mercy with which II prosecuted up to certain
loiIt IL would nave been gti'l more maryelous had
Teen developed to the oint Of intended consum.
alton. Alter the tai urO OF the movement and
,uRPMANs return to Vclrburg. the Nortborn
lewspapers seomn ely oroctlul OF their recent pre-.
nOniuOns, declared Il to be nothing mora than n
TGnd Reconnaissance, intended only 10 oaact tbo
destruction OF the crops and the railroads In AIilss
is6pDi, and 10 inspire alarm in the Confederate
military authorities. NO one, however bel,ovod but
hat IL was indeed what IL had been docIarod 10 n,
II adgaHcc-an audaoOus movement INVOLVING n
0st and subtle combna on, looking TO q pCrmauent
eyerRncc of commUn cations between the Atlanta
ntcs ana Cult S.arrs, and the COZ quest OF all tho
eutorY lying between tho Tennessee River and the
'ult OF Mexico, so far east as the line OF the Macon
nd Atlanta Railroad
In order to effect this purpose, SHERMAN startoo
1th movable column, intending 10 traverse r1pidIv
he states O Mississippi ard Alabama, unauostior. |
bly, expecting 10 oycrWhcm or dryo before him
re comparatively ioeblo torco under Gen. POLK,
hd TO eject lodgmcnt dnaiy on tho guilt other
I Pascogoula or on MODo Bay, whero he would
c enabled to establish secure base of operations
ID whence he could, attoI c6ecting no reduction !
4 Mobile. control the Inc OF the Alabama river
lar as selma and HOntrOmory, and by throat. |
mug "'AiNhAoH lCli compel tnlt GOnoTll TO |
all BACK from Dalton to Atlanta, and ultimately
rom Atlanta 10 Macon. Tho conception was grand
noughj the execution up TO a certain paat was !
suit ess; but at that point the whoo scheme a.lad |
D consequence OF the disastrous defeat inflicted
y FoRoEsr on tho cooperating column which had
allied out from Memphis under General A J. |
NTH SHERMAN had come with only sufficient |
lpDlics to last him u,l no could enter tho iorlla
nd productive grmn-g. owing rogion3 OF AIabona
until ioincO by STuJT, who was destined TO ro. !
cmsh tho Yankee cumnissariat
Eut system OF wei devised obstruction impodoj
IL march, and alter crossing che state of Nss.s
ppi he found hInscl at Meridian sti confronted
n formidable iOrce whilo his own dimnisre5
lpphos aud the do cat OF SMITH yyorpod Inn, nj t,
rely fatal con .cqucuce9 OF prosooui,po bia r,t
lille II was vet time ne turuoo and esI ,,,,t,,,t I
liking single blow, ana reached Victsbyrr 80,
iDh an army which. In th.l brlef olr,n,isn r1i t
feIod as much as il Il had pasfed tprou5b a pr,,I
,tte. !
We refer TO this cpl ode in tho history of tho c,c
ien OF 1854 "a order TO exhibit an DlIstrltop ne !
o dangers which bcaot t.o most ,no,,,,iac,rt !,
hcnCs aud the most audgcous onfa,i,i ',g. ami | Il
.ewiso because We Rul IN 4 ihe ont.-fy,',, :, So, ,
ANS present movement. adm,tt,ng ib,f rc,,rt =
caks truly, and tic key 70 his actual designs. \
Tho departure uom Atlanta aui ab3udon5ng8t nj a
G Cha,tanoogo Las0 imply an lnton,ion To soile q
ne ont ON the soas. d. a, q, ,pu, noe, ot a. -, G
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