The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-28

ess Of ths psest,sss villages I ever saw IN country
was the town. loo pretty 70 ,nux x IN
connection with the march army. The population
q Madison befre the war was about teen hundred and
lne village represented great deal Of wealth. Fine
brick residences, With tasteful lawns, flower gardens
oonservssores and areors, were common on II the
house On three sides square were the merchsn,s
shops, On tho fourth large hotel b0dng The Madison
Tho state. was accidentally burned . week before
rea6hed tove. TIE troops marched iseo Madison and
down 10 ne railroad depot ssd 81 q work upon the
rnox aud Tie buhduss overlooked BY the csvsFy the
nighs beion shed Gloss NJ hasa, css.siaus one hun
property p that vicinity. Meanwhile other troobs-
trssxss d sdvaass Is NE brigsdss halted a The edge
and ueseccussAbsysor nobody sssd b found who aid
h--a nned asAss's store was opened, end saw tho
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ssDss hs sore .ed p. stree. j. 'front.' saon picture
bpeso spss .asd soldss sround shs oarbseonss
reading correspondence. A drug store ausd. the
Qua which show window OF drug store is complete
we're csnshed Tho noor strswn with broken glass,
wbns vrs stencil ysot up milliner's estsblshmsns
was sacked and ar SORTS Of saudy things seized for the
cavaymsn ids wsv a. rreat ahead with an ecs IN
his arms which At first took be splsnddIy Creased
s Ss
and dress goods. In dootor's office soldiers
snoing Wired skeleton With the airs Of owls. They
shook hands with him, poked him the ribs, ratified
him, and wagsed his head from side to side, asking him
II be 'ddn't want 70 jine." Others smet OF the COL
lection OF bottles or porcd over the Doctors accounts
Fortunately mono OF them made sucn mistake
tasting poison. These a few pictures OF the knight
Grant deeds performed by the crusaders W Madison
The market house ard calaboose, where slaves we're
WHIPPED. was fred by lieu,snant J. r. Thompson,
orders Tho negroes about town said heap o nggers
been whipped in dar.' The leather thong-some two
sswed RIO roll half its lens,hVwas brought or as
trophy. The stone JAIL Ia which II was said some Yam
kee prisoners had once been confined, was burned The
citizens having by this time become importunate Tor
protection that II was unpleasant to stay IN town. Gen
socum ordered the troops through and marched by
Tho long marched rapidly the road towards
hfedgeville, distant forty miles, and knew
Tho vigilance Of Generals Slocum and Williams could
rot prevent the soldiers from entering many private
SS Of bs s s The
looking onearmed man who does the slave whipping for
Madison must have been busily employed for few days
to 500 ~. He said hc would.
ON no THE CAPITAL
Saturday and Sunday tho march was continued with
little Of incident 10 note. Mr.. HILL Of the peace
commissioners 70 Atlanta, whose plantation lay the
bales Cotton through ''I mistake oy cotton was
burned wherever found, very often without In
.cn.oO sse terminus Of branch rsrosa from Mil
ledgevilo The depot, now wooden building, replacing
one burned by stoneman, burned, with seventy Ave
bales Of cotton the PLATFORM The slave caabooec here
was destroyed, as at Madison. Till we had been
blessed by sunshine. Az Eatonton we suffered under
hedgevil over the worst road had yet encountered
few flakes or fell into the camp Little river
The red clay roads mostened BY tho ran were terribly
slippery.
The Second division. Brigadier General John w.
Geary's command, let Madison the morning OF
the 10th, and marched remembered by baggage
wagons, TO Buck Head station ten miles cast frun Madi
son, the Georgia Railroad All the railroad buildings
were destroyed. and two miles OF the track torn up
and burned Thence Geary marched TO the Ocouee river
bridge that stream. Tho Oconee bridge nps
structure twelve hundred feet 10 length tho division
MIL Which sl,sr .ss ssrqs s 6 s.rs MN And g
- Ienmans tanncry and sbcs factory, whore
three hundred cords Of bark and large stock
Denman properly During the march Of Geary's column
upwards OF four hundred bales OF cotton were burned
General Geary found no could not cross Little river and
reach Miedgeville by the route he was pursuing,
he joined the man column and crossed on the pontoon
The second division was gone two days on this trip and
damaged the confederacy 10 the amount Of several mil
lions OF dollars
pRoDucnvrNEss or THE COUNTRY
We were heart OF the best cluster Of counties In
Georgia Supplies we've plenty at every plantation house
by the roadside stacks OF com fodder-there are no
meadows and no hay-corn houses filed with the
gathered crop hundreds OF bushels OF potatoes
ground holes, cattle, sheep hogs aud poultry al titm
The weak mules in the trains Of the Tweuteth corps
fattened rapidly under this plethora OF good things
them The planters had invariably secreed their horses
snd mules ,hickes miles from the road but they
invariably found and conscated 81 our armed hunters
Large numbers OF nne horses and sleck mules were
brought in aud put 10 service
EAfoNIoS BRANCH RAILROAD.
Tho branch of the Central Railroad running from Nh
lcdgev,lle to Faoutop, twenty miles IL, or was
very shammy built concern not available for heavy
a'c IL laid with the o d fashioned strap ircn, and
appeared much worn Not SO much attention was paid
TO It's destruction although II was cut in several III
Il had been chiefly used in getting the crops OF this rich
section TO market No rolling stock was found upon IT,
HARDY NORTHERN WINES.
About flye miles out from Mhedgeville we struck the
paata residence OF Mr. Jordan sad 10 DO the weathest
planter in that section. Mr Jordan had no ne TO
he hurriedy took himself away from tho I'D.
vancipg vandaIs Probably one hundred thousand
on the promises in charge Of The oversoor 's
MIR. Allen, who was very glad TO meet 30 many o., his
friends from New York, where he formerly resided 10
save tue property entrusted to hs by his employer
he rcsortcd 10 entirely and ingenious system OF
received them with open aud smiling conntenance,
proposing drnk aud guard for his premises 10 single
breath He brought forth brandy rich and fruity, SIX
teen old IL day. As pillaging was contrary
TO general orders the rank and le were easily kept
out OF the house, although they were permitted TO
indulge themselves with chickens, pigs. honey sweet
potatoes and such TO the extent OF their inclination.
Alien succeeded In drinking through four or Eve brgades
till he reached that Of Colonel H. A. Barnum Colonel y.
very loud wng, hhiing from the town OF Syracuse
~ Y, wbere the properties Of mixed drinks are made
brandy and warming his limbs before The are-for
i9eTs was s az npp1ss ao 6@
class OF @our hardy Northern wirc,r pouring
out from his private flask q tumbler full of
twenty shilling commissary wniskey. Allen t,s,ed II
of, with his compliments, rcmsrkng that tho beverage
only lacked age. warm conversation upon grape cul-
ture or i've minutes duration made Allen the most glib
beripg, scroong idiot He keeled tho
carpet and broken sentences begged Tor his lie, aud
delivered up his keys The officers lifted him on the
sofa, deceptly composed bis limbs, and left him dead
drunk, with three four brgades yet 10 pass alter
wards learned the house was not disturbed.
ARMY ALiEuGEvitLB.
lv mfr nm Tfac ha n nhnr
our advance reached Aledgevle Hughes cavalry
formed at the edge OF the city, covering all our roads,
with orders TO permit soldier to enter. General SO
cum and stall rode IN few minutes later, meeting
a deputatipn Of citizens, headed by the Mayor,
who formally surrendered the town, earnestly
requesting that private property might be respected
The ceremony OF accepting the surrender not very
i'm posin, General merely assuring tho deputaton
that not at the head OF blnd OF despersdoes
that murder robbery and kindred crimes need not