Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-26


stand Firm and be Patriotic and not
Skedaddle.
We take the following from late Southern
| papers:
The Savannah News of Nov. 21 says:
We are still without reliable information of
the precise movements Of Sherman's army
The reports which we publish from various
sources leave no room to doubt that the inva-
ding army is advancing through the centre of
the State, with view 10 reach tie coast but
8s yet we have no certain Information of the
| route which he will take. Our latest and most
reliable advices are that the enemy was in force
| in the vicinity of Monroe and Jones counties.
and that q considerable body had crossed the
Ocmulgee river, at Planters Factory mlies
west OF Indian Spring, taking direction which
would indicate his purpose to take Augusta in
his route to the seaboard.
The enemy may, and no doubt will, Inflict
much damage; but if the people OF eur noble
State nerve themselves as one man to the i'm
portance OF the emergency, and, forgetting self,
direct their incessant, united efforts against
the foe, as advised by General Beauregard
and our patriotic representatives in Congress,
the great Yankee army of Tennessee, and
their brutal and insolent leader, will be anni-
hilated.
Movements of the Enemy.
From the Savannah Republican, Nov. q.
The telegraph brings ms no information OF the
whereabouts and intentions Of the enemy, who
are said to have left Atlanta in force some days
ago, and reports brought by passengers and
private letters are so vague and contradictory
tnat there is no SuCl thlng as rounding an IN
telligent opinion upon them.
Passengers who arrived from Macon and the
points on the line of the road this morning,
say the enemy's cavalry force encamped last
night within seven miles of Girls wOldville, the
first station south of Macon, and that the main
body OF Sherman's army was at point some
twenty three miles distant from Milledgeville.
1t is also reported that the latter place was
being evacuated by the citizens The Legisla-
ture adjourned Friday night, and the members
lett with some degree OF precipitation. Some OF
them arrived here last night and some this
morning.
How true these reports from the enemy may
| be, we have no means OF knowing, and we
| candidly state to our readers that we place
but little faith in any of them. This much, at
| least, is reliable: The enemy, with all arms,
but in numbers not ascertaned, but perhaps
from twenty to thirty thousand, have set
| out on their grand tour through Georgia to the
| seabord. The best military authority is OF the
| opinion that the move in the direction Of Ma
| con is feint to cover a march Of their main
body on Augusta, the real object Of their des-
| tination. Milledgeville will probably be
| visited by the right wing OF their army, and.
| 1t unsuccessfully defended, the capitol Of our
State laid in ashes.
| 1t does not become to speak OF our pre-
| parations for this formidable invasion. Suf-
flee it to say, that if the people Of Georgia will
only cooperate with the army it will be met
| and successfully resisted. We have only to
| be true to ourselves now to save the State
and utterly destroy the invaders:
And what are our Carolina friends doing in
| this great emergency! Certainly they will
| not be lockers on when their liberty. as well as
ours, is at stake. Will they not pour forth
across the Savannah by tens of thousands, and,
| uniting with their brethren of Georgia, give a
| finish blow to this ruthless attempt to reduce
us to slavery "Now's the day, and now's the
| houT"' Let Carolina editors and statesmen
| quit their wrangles over constitutional abb
| stractions, and use their logic and eloquencs
| TO summon their countrymen to arms.
From Macon and the Georgia Front
From Savannah News, Nov. 1871
The Yankee news which we publish to. day
in connection with information otherwise OBJ
| tanned, seems to be conclusive that Sherman is
making a bold movement on Macon, with q
large army, having left Thomas in Tennessee
| to check any movements which Hood may
make on Sherman's rear. What progress he is
making with his movement we know not at
this hour.
We have authentic information that the en-
| emy has appeared before Macon; and that an
other raiding party has come down-proba5ly
from Covington-on the track Of the Stoneman
| raid, and had reached the little town of Wal
lace, in Jones county, few miles north OF the
Milledgeville and Gordon railroad, last night
| or early this morning. 1t is reported that this
party has burned Monticello. the county seat
| Of Jasper county, and the little town of Hills
boro' in the south of that county. No doubt
they are aiming to strike the railroad at Cor
| don, and thus stop the passage of the cars over
either the Central or the Mllledgeville roads,
| and perhaps proceed on to Camp Lawton to
| release the Federal prisoners, or do general
damage in that direction.
| We have also reports, apparently authentic,
| luat tue enemy yeSteTudy ndQe dn dttacK upon
| Forsyth in Monroe county, on the Macon and
| Western railroad, and were signally repulsed.
| We learn that good deal of excitement exists
| in Macon, and that number of women and
children are leaving.
1t is evident, from the appearance OF the en-
| emy at all these points, that 1t is only cav
| airy raid, aiming to strike and destroy all the
| railroad communications to Macon before the
| main army approaches, and perhaps to yen-
ture farther in the direction OF this city or Au-
| gusta, and do as much mischief as possible.
\ halt fhotf hat q onn Qr1d III
| ledgeville is ample to protect those places for
the present. Whether the main army Of Sher-
| man will ever get that far down is a matter
| which we cannot venture an opinion upon.
P.S.-Since writing the foregoing, we have
received private despatch from Macon, shew-
ing that up to this writing (half-past 1 p. m.)
| the enemy had not struck the road. The dss-
| patch states that no trains would leave Macon
| to-day for this place.
P. S. p. m.-The telegraph is still work
| ing to Macon, from which we conclude the
enemy have not struck tne Cenral ROAD at any
Address of b. HI. Hill to the People of Geor.
RICHMOND, Nov. 1s.-To the People of Georqia :.
| You have now the best opportunity ever pre-
| scented to destroy the enemy. Put everything
| at the disposal of our generals. Remove all
provisions from the path Of the enemy, and put
| all obstacles in his path. Every citizen with
| his gun, and every negro with his spade and
axe, can do the work. Good soldier, you can
| destroy the enemy by retarding his march,
Georgians, be firm. Act promptly and fear
not. b. II. HILL.
most cordially approve the above.
JAMES A. SRDDoN, Sec. OF War.
Reliable News from up the River.
From the Augusta Sentinel of the 10Th.
A gentleman who arrived on Thursday eve
| ming from Stone Mountain reports that the
Yankee column moving down the Georgia
Railroad divided at Decatur, one half gong
down the Covington road and the other the
| Rockbrdge road. At Stone Mountain they
burned all the unoccupied houses, comprising
some two-thrds Of the town, and were laying
waste the country as they progressed They
march in hollow squares, their trains in the
| center. They united at Bakers Mill, near
| Covington, and 1t was not known whether they
would strike for Eatonton or Athens.
This gentleman says that the view from the
summit of Stone Mountain OF the cOnf1agraiOn
OF Atlanta was awful beyond description. The
Gate CITY was ssan ocean of flame, |" as the fiery
waves rose and fell throughout its whole ex-
tent
Passengers on the Georgia Railroad last