The Hillsborough recorder., 1864-10-26
THE NEWS FROM GEoRGTs.
From the Ps,ersbu, {. Express Of Thursday.

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tina, Gen. Hoods forces have destroyed
the Western and Atlantic raiirsads from
near Resaca 70 Within short distance Of
Tunnel Hill. and portion of the Cleye-
Land, read. capturing Dalton and all inter-
mediate garrisens, with stores, arms and
equipments, and about one thousand prl.
sonerS
The last sfEcial intelligence We had frsm
our army in Georgia previous 70 the above
mentioned despatch vas, tp.she effect that
Gen. Hsod had, by clrcuitsus march from
Joaesbsrough, on the Macon, and Western
railroad, twenty-tw two miles south Of At
lasta,, placed himself on the Western and
Atlantic railroad at Big Shsnty.l twenty
FIVE miles narthwest of Atlantis, sDsl had
destroyed the railroad from Big SAanty to
Acworth, . psint ten miles farther north.
In this position he was directly in Sher-
mans rear, the latter being at Atlanta. and
the Western and Atlantic read being his
sse line of communication. II Was be-
.lieved if Hosd wsuld hold this position.
Sherman would be compelled, BY lack Of
subsistence, 10 march ost from Atlanta and
attack US, with the hope oi re-speaing his
ommunicstisns with Chattanooga.
But il seems Hood did not maintain this
position. From Acwarth he sent French
against Allstoens. Shernan's principal de.
pot of supplies. which is snly i've miles
aorth Of Acwsrth, and is. in point OF
strength, quite = fortress. French failed
TO take Allatssaa. lie is said 70 have
stsrned the outer wsrks withsut difficulty.
but drew OF his forces without attempting
TO carry the iRaer line Of entrenchmsnts.
The Yankee accounts Of frssch's loss in
this attack were grossly exaggerated.
They say he left . thousand dead and
wounded On the field. whom. 10 fact, his
Whole loss is now ascertained TO have bsea
considerably short Of sir hundrsd 10 kill
ed. wounded and missing.
Fer some reason unknsva 70 %. Hsod |.
after this failure to take Allstosna. left
the westers and Atlantic rsllrsad at he-
wsrth 10 strike IL again. according 70 the
above neatisned despatch, q Rssaca.
which 10 ffty miles north Of Acworth and
eighty Hour niles north by west OF Atlan-
70.
The despatch tells % his /" fsrees have
destroyed the Western Atlantic railrsad
from near Resaca TO within short distance
Of TaAnell Hill. and q portion sf the Clsve-
land read. capturing Dslton. &c Dalton
is sixteen miles due north Of Rssscs. at
the junctisn Of the Western and Atlantie
and the Cleveland reads. Prsm this psisi
Of iuactisn the Western and Atlantic road
runs nsrthwsst To Chattaasoga. passing
Tunnell Mill seven miles ssysnd Daltsa.
The Clevelssd read rans due north from
Dalton 70 Clevslsad. where il ferns .
juactlsn With the Tennessee and Gssfgis
railroad.
II will be seen that Ailatsea,, like Shsr.
mans army, is. by these recent operations
Of Gen. Hoods aray, entirely cut Cd and
isolated from Chattaasega and Cleveland.
For ten or fifteen days they have been in
this isolated condition. with con mnunication
With ysnkes land. aud dependant for their
subsistence spon whatever supplies the
providence oi Sherman had laid in before.
hand.
From the aeesunts given By the Georgis
papers. these supplies have already run
low, and the Yankee array are reduced Ia
limited rutions Of hard bread. When
Stanton daily telegraphs Dir that he ha.
recsived dispatches from Shsrnan--as ws
see by the Northsrn papers he never lail,
to do--he simply tells falsshoed.
The reader will agree ~Ilh Us. that th,
military operations now in progress II
Georgia are Of absorbing interest. Thei
result may settle the question whether v,
are 10 have immediate peaceOr cont inset
aud protrscted war.
Il will be observed. the Official despatcl
does not tell US where either Hood o.
Sherman are and how they are now engsg
ed. They will both be heard frsm al n
distant day.