, 1864-11-30

and the advancing enemy, will make force
able to meet him in the nefghborhood of tic
river. J.
It is desperation On the part of Sherman
and desperate man is always readily over
come by calm and determined action.
We say, look at the situation without ner-
youencss or alarm-pr1y to God, but keen
your powder dry-makc everything ready for
the storm, and meet 1t like men i It comes.
It is always darkest just before day.
MIL1EpGEvI1IE PROBABLY, IN sHEnAAS'5
HANDS.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. aa1
The rains having put determined stop to
all military movements in Virginia, Georgia
herself. Until the present year the people OF
that State knew nothing Of the horrors ef IN;
yation, and not until the fall of Atlant "a were
they fully alfve to the realities ri tlich war had
introduced IN their midst. AZ nothing, how
efet, mas secnf1ed n,, in tne Past history Of the
childish men, to indicate that she will not
bear up proudly, as other States have done
under the heel Of the invader, VIC can but ex-
pect thnt She will emulate her long suffering
sisters, now that the true hour of Ger trial is
come. sherman Is marching into tho heart Of
with but little resistance, fact which NAV
be explained by the necessity the situation
demands of drawing him of, as fur as possi
bic, from the only point to which he can look
1or suceor. He may, unmo1ested, capture
some OF the Interior towns, rs he captured
others in the northern part Of the State, dur
Ing the summer campaign It is not at all
improbable that he may take the capital Of
the State, and, perhaps, move thence upon
Savannah or Augusta, with an Ultimate eve
to Charleston. 1t Tas rumored yestcydty
that he had moved in n single col,n71,
from Forsyth towards Ail&clgeyine;
deaeent dset his avyE ~ Macon had aa %aas
Railroad, at Gordon, an that even the town
Of Mlledgevflle was already in their posses
sion. Although this il not confirmed by any
official information, 1t is by no means unlike
", for although Forsyth Is nearer to Moeou
than to Milledgeyille, detour to the left for
tor the latter point would be very practical
bic strategic move, mud would apparently
Hoods army, at safe distance ahead, were
that army sent after him, aud were he forced
to retreat. The probability Of being pursued
by any other army has scarcely entered his
calculations. While keeping the Atlantic
coast in view, as the object Of bis expedition,
with some convenient interior towns to give
q caste to his::performance, he prefers to move
upon a line which will give him plenty of
room In case OF difficulty, in moving direct
from his abandoned base, and hazarding every
thing In case Of rePu1se. In case Of the oc-
cupati0n Of Mil1cdGeville, therefore Savannah
md Charleston will be evidently the objec-
tive points of the expedition, both or either.
That combinations are in progress, however,
10 foil the purpose ofthe enemy, there can be
few days some definite account Of them. 4
decisisc move cannot long be delayed.
A FIGHT AT GORDON, GA, on THE 3Oru INST.
from the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. %.
We have no official information from
1eorgia. From such intelligence as reaches
Is through what We deem Trustworthy sources
nc conclude that Shernan's main army ia op-
rating In the country embraced between tie |
ailroads running from Atlanta to Augusta |
rom atlanta to Macon and the Georgia Cen.
raj Railroad. BE is in the very heart and |
entire Of the State, his infantry columns adj.
ancing on Millcdgeyille. While this Is tho
Erection of his main column, one body Of hi
ayalry has advanced to within short dis
ance Of Augusta, and the other has struck
ns Sosorg,1 ce1t'ta n t,. road !e..ainsa5om Macon
niles Of Macon, md at Gordon. the Junction
+ the Georgia Central and Gordon and Mil |
rdgerillc branch railroads.
On Sunday q body Of our cdra7rH, under \
1heeIer, atdcted his ca,ulry u Go1don, but
nth what result We have not been able to as
ertain.
cAC1 4AAA - EhGl4 MuGIC lA3AlR WHSLE LQE
ountry with IRE and sword, showing clearly
hat it Is his determination to take no step |
ackwnrd. His force, cavalry inclucd. is not
clieyed to exceed thirty thousand men and
seems certain that, II vigorous measures
re t9ken BY our generals, be must be checked
bic TO support his army on the country
let which alone must very soon cmbarrAss
i'm sorely. +
Most persons seem to have very little }dea
the situation Of the railroads In the coun-
r. in (which Sherman is now operating. We
Two railroads, besides the Chattanooga,
IAich runs north, have their rise in Atlanta,
be Georgia Railroad which runs nearly due
ast, strikes the South Carolina boundary at /
hamburg, becomes thence tho South Caro-
m Railroad, and terminates in Charleston.
he Macon Raitroad runs from Atlanta due
onth to Basneville !; thence ut right angles
} Macon. Thence to Savannah, pursuing
early south .easterly course, runs the Central
ai1road. at Gordon, on the Central Rail-
bad, about fifteen miles east Of Macon, a
ranch railroad runs through Miliedgesille to
place called Eatondon. This place is about
tteen miles from Madison, on the Georgia
abroad. It Is. said that q portion Of sher-
1e Gcorgia Railroad, and leaving II, struck
TOSS to Eatondon, the immediate object be-
g Miledgeyil1e, the capital Of the State It
believed that Sherman himself pursued the
[acon Railroad until he came to Griffin, seve-
i miles above Barncville, and thence struck
.ross to Gordon, avoiding Macon altogether,
i'd By this movement placed his whole force
the rear of it. The Georgia Railroad term
ates at Augusta. Hamburg, q, ihe seIth se 1ta Caro-
We give these positions merely that the
adcr may be enabled to judge between the
nflicting accounts he will find In the news
peTS-