The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-21

Tor Macon, with .hree coros amounting % thirty
five ,ht usand m' n, Rnd that he had on yes,srd y
rta,h,d JJng DO o, twenty-five miles south Of
ALBANIA.
wHHErrR UAs Much TO ANSWER FOR.
II there ia truth in these accounts, az we
believe there is, Wheeler has much to answer for.
II deyulv,d upon him to watch Sherman and
keep posted As 10 hi movements. Only four
DAYS ago he rep 'rt,l him "m moving towards
BndFcpot.' Now &c is said ns reports him
moving towards Macon, as above stated We
rcsrg, 10 say that his Lattice I Por: s ,JrrJbo-
rated by o.hc. .dyn.'.
WHAT SHERMAN Will rN. 1UNIER.
sherman viii, we think meet With opposition
he does uot calculate upon before ne reaches the
Notifications ot Macon. These works, should he
ever reach them, be viii find Of most formidable
character, and with troops tia: before shat time
viii he collected In them, they must give him .
vast deal more OF trouble chan he Cyd'u ly counts
upon. u Gcorglns viii battle for their trenches
the Pet, ,rsburg militia did last June for theirs
or the Richmond militia did at Snunton river
bridge, later in The summer, Macon will be saved
wHBrE surLL sHERNAN's NrNr BASE uE3
In undertaking this expedition, sherman is too
prudent man TO rely upon supsI,ting his army
on the country, and it becomes interesting and
Important 20 consider jrh1t point he calculates
upon making his base OF supplies His destruc-
llNU bl Tue EAllfOul nOILOWeSt OF Atlanta proves
that be has cut loose OF the Chattanooga base he
must then be looking - some point on the
Atlantic or the Gulf
We are disposed for several reasons % believe
hat Pensacola is the selected point. This is no
because Of lis greater proximity than any other
post 10 his present field Of operations Dut because
II is ascertainCd hat tor more than month very
large supplies have been accumulated there. II
he inils TO take Macon at the first DASH he will
probably run for Pensacola, and make it his new
base OF operations II is not to De presumed that
he carries with him supplies sufficient to enable
him 70 enter upon siege which shall occupy any
considerable length of time.
We have yen,ured the opinion that sherman
had Pensacola in view as q new base Of supplies
but l. is proper to say there are reasons why he
might select some point on the Atlantic As being
nearer az hand. Savannah, for Instance, offers
advantages did It's appro tch not involve The GER
tanty OF a great deal Of heavy igh.iug. We look
with in'ense interest to full and authentic news
from Georgia.
FURTHER ABOUT SHERMAN.
Official information was received yesterday that
sherman had destroyed the Atlanta and North
western railroad from Atlanta towards Chata-
noog1 for a considerable distance. and the report
was in circulation during the day that he had
burned Atlc nta and was marching towards Macon
with thirty-hye thousand men.
sHERNAN's PLANS.
The plan of operation on Slerman's part as
we learn from the same source and we suppose
correctly, is TO leave Thomas with such reinforce
ments as have been sent him 10 oppose Beaure-
gard, while sherman with his own column shall
move south from atlanta.
This is 20 confidently asserted, md is supported
by 20 much OF circumstance thls we RcCep, the
programme as a tue one. The first point M irked
for capture by Sherman is Macon, distant from
Atlanta one hundred and three miles. Macon
gained we are informed that he is next to move
upon savannah one hundred aud ninety miles
nom Macon, and upon Charleston, one hundred
and four miles further. Perhaps Augusta, one
hundred and siXty.fOur miles from Macon by
rail, is to form point in the md tour. Having
resolved upon such a march, Sherman has clm-
mtttd himself TO It by tearing mp the ra'lrlld
behind him a. far back as 10 Aatoona, and by
destroying the bridge over the Chattaho0chee
singular manpuVre, to he sure Since his people
NJ home have heard nothing from him, we trust
they never will again.
II is -he specuii ion Of some that, instead Of
marching upon Savannah audCharleston, sherman
will move for Montgomery and Mobile Go
which way he viii lie ms long road before him,
hrd 10 viii be our aut If il be not a rough one.
viii Beauregard turn and pursue Sherman, or
will he prosecute his own campaign One is
moving north, the other south MS purposes are
ncees> arily secret. Nor are we in possession o.
Information for an opinion as to the bess policy.
II is 10 be hoped that the people of the States
Though which Sherman proposes to march vii
hUg themselves upon him with u courage IN u
shall do them honor. There is q capital differ
cnce between his situation and that of Hood. He
Is in an enemy's country, while Hood Is among
friends.
No sacrifice OF property, no activity of oppas-
ton, must be counted now or considered ex 2es-
siye. Tear down bridges, block roads, remove Or
destroy supplies, cut of fOragers, fight at every
pass. II Sherman should be able to accomplish
'uch journey as that he prOpO es, forag,ng as
he goes, IL will be 2 proof hat he was not beCJm-
mgly resisted. Gu the whole the situation of
affairs East and South is extremely Interesting,
and important events hasten TO tneir accomplish
ment,