Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-19
Last Nights Report.
From Ganarel sharman.

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NEW YORK, Nov 1.-THE Posts cores
pondeHt In the field. dated Georgia, Nov
10th, says: .,...... -.
This army under the immediate COM
mand of Gen. Sherman is now covering
Atlanta, and has been for several days tax
ing things quite easily, not that it has
been idle, for there has been q healthy
degreee of activity, pretty much like that
of prize fighter undergoing his training.
Transportation has been reduced to the
simplest necessities of the occasion, the
sick aud wounded sent TO the rear, unue-
cessaTy ornaments dispensed with, extra
tents aud baggage removed. The army Is
literally stripped for the march and fight
Surgeons report the men in the heaIthiest
possible state, aud more cheerful set can
not be imagined. They have faith In their
leader. Another letter says:
Gen. Sherman few days ago wrote to
his father-in.lRW, Hon. Thomas Ewing,
that he was the leader of the braVest and
best army that ever marched on American
soil.
After referring to the sad condition of
the refugees flying from starvation to the
North, the correspondent significantly
says: The most guilty offenders have not
yet been reached. South OarOlina and the
lower part Of this State have so tar re-
NAMED secure from the approach Of the
hated Yankees. In these districts millions
of bales Of cotton have been stored away.
Thousands of slaves are here gathered
upon friendly plantations. Here have the
more wealthy rebels retreated as We adj
Yapced southwark, and to the city Of Ma
con, Columbus and Augusta. has been re-
moved all the valuable machinery for the
construction of locomotives, rolling of
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arms, and different kinds of ammunition.
In Augusta alone, am told, there is stored
nearly half q million bales of cotton,
while the largest powder magazine in Au-
gusta contains the largest supply Of pow
der in the rebel States. Our soldiers are
confined in losthsome prisons in these
parts. Would il not be q noble achiVe
ment, could these prisoners be set
free; the rebels wealth destroyed; their
munitions of war; the machinery aud their
important cities captured2
CINOINNATI, Nov. 1.-THE Times Nash
vile correspondent, dating the 18th, says
one column of ShermRn's army left Allan
to on the 9th, taking the Macon road and
will pass through MilledgeVille and prob.
ably will make an effort to release the
Union prisoners. A second column left on
Saturday, last taking the direct road to Au-
BustA WHICH Will % E6oCueo III IA uhyS'-
Two columns concentrate here and move
on Charleston, Savannah or Beaufort as is
deemed proper. Beaufort was the origin
al destination. The Macon and Augusta
railroad will be destroyed as the army pro-
ceeds. Sherman carries sixty days ratiOns
of bread and beef cattle, and will depend
on the country for other sustensnce.
Atlanta will be rendered untenabIe and
such buildings as could benefit the enemy
will be destroyed, but no others. Sher-
man will meet no enemy on his way. The
Georgia militia are few in numbers, and
are harmless. There are about two thou
sand men besides militia at Savannah
This correspondent states that the army
consists Of four corps aud ten thousand
cavalry, making in al 10000 men.