, 1864-11-21

Sherman wAs ConaAnE-The Aba n
d0nn1cnt of Rome-Roodss Whcre
310utx and Intentions.


denn,ent er aome-iaood's Where: 1hna9:
aAouts and Intentions.
New York. Saturday, Nov. 19.-The Her
aTs Hilton Head correspondent, under date
Of the 18th, says: Just before the steamer
Fulton VAS about to sail from that place on
Tuesday last, report came down the river
that Sherman VAS marching on Savannah.
and the Inhabitants Of the city we're f1eeing,In
dismny.
Gen. Corse, the Union commander of Rome,
Ga, on the 10th destroyed such bridges there
as could be of use to The enemy, and aban-
doned the place for the purpose Of Withdraw
ing to some more important point.
The latest rebel accounts from Gen. Hood
saT sT he is IN . position to march either into
Middle or West Tennessee, as be may decide,
They admit the ru1nor. Of the capture from
the Union forces Of Decatur, Ala, was a
hoax, stating that the attack on that place
was merely rnse to enable Hood to get his
army trains we'll past it.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ia private in sher-
mans army, writing to a friend, says every
shoes, and the preparations were for sixty
days campaign, but none Of the men knew
the destination.
NEW YonK, Nor. 1o.-The 75i1ane's special
Army Of the DANES dispatch, 14th, saws; !;
Information from Richmond to-day renders
~ .ett5 celta1u lual Lee Ii detaehnE part
of bis troops for service elsewhere.
The rebel papers betray evident trcpidatio1
concerning Shermnn's movements.
NEw YoRK, Saturday, Nov. 19.-The Com
!nefcaops Washington correspondent eays that
Sherman has foiled the rebels By making them
believe he is goingt to Mobile. There are indl-
CATIONS that be has gone to Millen, at the
Ia and Macon toward Savannah.
NEW York, Saturday, Nov. 19.-The Posts
Washington special says advices from the
Army Of the Potomac say that the rebels re-
fused yesterday to exchange papers. This Is
regarded as Indicating that Sherman has ac-
complished his movement. The rebels have
never suppressed favorable news from us
Correspondence Of the y, I. Evening post,1
In THE FIELD,
GEORGIA, Nov. 10, 1851
IF you were to see the army under General
SheTman's immediate command ut this mo-
mcnt, you would hardly suppose a rebel force
was operating in any manner In its rear; for
Hoods army, although In no way touching
sheFpan's s nj somm0unlcations, ret, at Florence,
covering Atlanta, has been for several days
past taking things quite easily; not that it
has been idle, for there has been healthy
degree Of activity going on, pretty much like
that Of an athlete or prize fighter who under
goes that thorough training which prepares
4AAl Ao1 AAc VIAL st&uz55slt. 1IOQaQly E1Gfe
has never been more perfectarmy to take the
field fora campaign than that in Gcorgia ut the
present time Transportation has been reduced
to the simplest necessities Of the occasion. AL
the sick and wounded have been sent to tile
rear; unnecessary ornaments have been dis
Ecnsed with and extra tents and bageare
have been removed, and arc now on tile war
northward. The army is literally stripped
Tor the march and the fight and certainly,
IN addition to all this, no body Of men were
:ver mentally or physically in more cnconr-
aging condition for the grand duties Of SOL
1ier. The surgeons report their commands
10 be in the hcalthiest possible state. aud a
more cheerful set Of men cannot he imagined,
The mo st guilty offenders have not yet been
reached. South Carolina and the lower mart
IF this State have, as yet, remained SECURE
from the approach Of the hated Yankee In
these districts millions of bales Of cotton
have been stored thousands Of slaves are
here securely (as the masters belicvc} gather
I'd upon friendly plantations here have
the more wealthy rebels retreated, as
our army advanced souttward and to the
rites of Macon, Columbus and Augusta hos
been removed all the valuable machinery for
the construction Of locomotives, rolling of
iron, and manufacture Of cannon, small arms
and different kinds Of ammunition. In Aurus-
Ia alone, I'm told, there is stored nearly haH
} million bales of cotton, while the largest
powder magazine in America isthcre, contain
ing the largest supply Of powder In the rebel
'tAtes. Our brother soldiers, too, orc confined
n loathsome prisons in these parts, half
starved, il-housed, naked and suffering.
Would 1t not be a noble achievement and
eETible blow to the rebellion could these pris-
'ners be set free, the rebel wealth DESTROYED.
heir munitions Of war, the machinery and
heir important cities CAPTURED