Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-22
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Richmond papers of the lsth instant con
tain the following extracts:

tain the following extracts:
FROM THE ARMIES IN GEORGIA.
From the Richmond Examiner, July 1s.
Mr.. William @. Barnes, of the Southern
Express Company, has obligingly furnished
us with late Atlanta papers in advance oi
the mails. We get from them the follow
ing relative to the situation at Atlanta:
sHERMAH's POSITION.
The Atlanta appeal. treating of Sher-
man's position, says:
In his work on military science, General
Halleck lays it down as principle that
"deep lines are dangerous" Sherman is
| just such line as the author must have
mad in his minds eye. It may be said to
extend from Louisville to the Chattshoo-
chie River, though Nashville is his proper
base. His movement so far into the inle-
rior of the COnfedeTacy is certainly the
boldest, not to say the most reckless, on
record, not excepting even the advance OF
Napoleon upon the city OF Moscow. Such
an opportunity for destroying or aunihilat-
ing an army has never been offered to an
opposing foe, aud if something is not now
done in the "gobbliug up" business, SO
much talked of during the war, we shall
| think there is a sad want of combination
and CO operation among our military lead
ers. Sherman is now, as it we're, in a net
or euL de sac, and if he and his whole army
are not brought to grief, it will certainly
| not be for the want of temerity on his part.
With his communications cut for few
days or weeks, Sherman would be forced
to retreat, which, in view of the impover-
ished condition of the country behind him,
would prove as disastrous as further ad
| vance. Before he could reach Nashville
his army would be measuraby destroyed,
and be might not fnd it safe to remain even
on this side of the Ohio.
Let us have mutual aid and hearty co.ope-
ration among all our leaders, at least so
long as the bastard foe shall pollute our
soil with his uuhalloWed footsteps. That
Sherman may be the frst victim of such
mutual CO. operation is not only our most
ardent prayer, but our belief, bordering
even upon conviction.
CONDUCT OF The ENEMY.
The Atlanta papers have accounts OF
the manner in which the people of Geor-
gia are treated by the cruel aud blood.
thirsty enemy now desolating the beautiful
Cherokee country:
"A few days since detachment OF
twenty four men left Johnston's army for
the purpose of breaking mp band of thir.
ty desperadoes, composed of tories aud
|
every species of depreciation upon the
families of Murray county.
MIR. McGaTTah says that on Monday last
a portion of the detachment encountered
this band of thieves and robbers, and one
i of the guides of the detachment, Martin
Peoples, was killed, and seven of the ene-
nv were killed and wounded, that on the
next day the remainder of the band was
attacked at Spring Place, and seventeen
more of the thieviDg scoundrels were killed
and wounded.
He says all the means that deVlish malig-
nifty can invent, or Yankee ingenuity sug-
eest, are resorted to, to punish, harass, yez
and break. the spirit of the people. he
also stated that printed orders from Sher-
man were found upon the persons OF some
that were killed, directing that after the
Tth of this month, any citizen or soldier
without proper authority, caught within
three miles of the railroad, should be i'm
mediately executed-that all citizens liV-
ing within that distance on the railroad
must move and their houses are to be
burnt.
TIE FIRE UPON cHARLEsToE-THE NALIGNI-
IY OF THE YANKEEs,
From the Richmond Examiner, July 10.
Some weeks ago there appeared in the
II Northern papers, anu WAS PuoAiSuS1 ~ ~ {
papers of this city; what PurPorted to be
an official correspondence between Mai
Gen. Samuel Jones, commanding the de-
partment Of South Carolina, and MSj. Gen
Foster, commanding United States forces
on Morris Island, relative TO placing some
Yankee prisoners in range of the fire di-
rected upon Charleston, with no other
view than of killing and frightening the
uop-combatants and women and children
of the city. This turns out las is usual
with the Yankee when they get the worst
of a ease,l to have been but garbleo
copy, or only part OF the correspondence
that passed on the occasion. The Charles
ton papers Published the correspondence
in full, and give for the irst time the clos
ing letter of Gen. Jones, which was very
iueenionsly ommitted in the corresPon
denee given In the Yankee journals Thii
letter of Gen. Jones exposes the real ane
original intent of Gillmore-shows th'
false and meudacious attempt of Foster tC
liuterpolate to the letter Of Gilmore e
Gen. Beauregard-the fresh pretext an'
aimsy pretence which he would now Sc
mn 10 cover aud conceal the malignant de
. sign. to reach the vitals of the city, and I
destroy its men, women and children, o
AZ Gilmore expresses it, to reach th
= "hearr of the city" Il then Prooeeds
strip the pretext Of its seeming Plausioiht