The New York herald., 1864-09-26
New York. Monday, Sept &c. 1854
THE STU ALTON.

IT1E STU ALTON.
At the date OF the latest from General Sher
dan his forces beyond Woodstock and over one
hundred miies from Harper's Ferry n no, pursuit Of
thsir game The distance from his base Of operations
being thus 50 great, communication rs rendered very
d'0cur Large numbers OF the prisoners captured by
hu hts orl,au, Shenandoah operations have already
arrived at the East One thousand passed through Ba
more yesterday in one squad.
General sherman is busiy but quietly prosecuting his
plans ., Atlanta and completing his preparations for
fu,urs In his characteristic and effective way
uumber OF houses the are being torn down.
and the lumber from them being used n construc;
ra ks. Hood swinging his army around so as
60 cover the Atlanta and West Poin, Railroad,
with the design Of preventing the advance Of
our forces 70 Mbie General sherman has writ
tea another letter, which is marked by the usual
decided and straightforward style OF its suthor 1t
written TO assert the falsy Of recent despatch from
Louisville which stated that the families sent out Of
Atlanta robbed OF all their property before they
reached rebel lines. To that unmit.
aed asehood General Sherman gives the letter Of the
rsosl officer conducting the ag OF truce al Atlanta,
which acknowledges deep obligations his part for the
kotness and consideration shown to these people BY the
officer acting on behalf OF General S.
We published Friday last extracts from The Rich
papers stating that General Sherman had proposed
Aessra Alexander n. Stephens Herscbel v. johnson
and Governor Brown OF Georgia. negotiations for the
tho State OF Georgia TO her rghnul allegiance TO
ths uatiosa government This morning We give para
graph Louisville Ky, which says tba. Governor
Brown has made peace propositions 70 General Sherman
We were apprhed several weeks ago that emissaries
from Governor Brown reached Washington with pro
positions for adjustment but TO the precise
OF the propositions they had TO present. or the authority
they possessed negotite have not been informed
TosS important of later date 10 The armies
front Of Richmond and Petersburg 70 notice. skir.
mshng between the opposing pickes has been resumed
with considerable vsor, and casualties from this cause
quite frequent. Grants considerably sased
with shetdans successe and the shoed salues 10 honor
thereof cause hilsrty among them exaspcra
tie minds Of their foes. From some pcrtcns OF
iiaes the rebels can be seen busily engaged IN
streug ugtheuing their works. They also erecting .
evscuDg Petersburg though OF course long Gran,
will compel them to DO They rapidly completing
their new terminus OF the Southsde Railroad, which win
brng It the city from the north side, and enable
for little longer to receive supplies By that route
Dssorers contnue bring stories Of great suffering
o. the people OF Richmond from want OF the
rs of1s and say that Lee mus, evacuaie the city be-
Fgn
OF Esrly's de..siR
Our correspondent, writing from New Orleans On the
I5th lust. meutors a report which had reached that
city the day previous, OF the capture Of Little Rock
by the rebels We have since received files Of Little
Rock papers TO the 10th ps at which date there was no
appearance Or a rebel force that place.
In obei 10 instructions from the War Department
natious, salute of one hundred guns nrec from
Fort Columbus Governors Island yesterday, honor
OF General sherdaE's victories, The firing commenced
al hapas eleven O'Clock 10 the forenoon ard kept
up until just before noon
EIsCELLANEous NEWS
The steamship North American. from Londopderry on
the 18Th Instant passed Father Point on saturday on
her voyage 10 Quebec. syncps, q her news which .
Que day ater appeared 10 the HEsln yesterday morn.
Ing sud tesgsphic report o. the de,sus gwen
columns TO day.
The British journals acknowledge the greater yigor
which has beeh recently shown by the Union generals
the prosecution the war but express the opinion thai
tue very rapid nghng that takes place VIII not
produce any dec sive results.
Nocensn's platform Is clearly distinguished from
shn the Chicago delegates by the london press. u
ws pretty generally conceded that General Mcclellan 40
Presldcp, could co more than any other person 10
wards rspsrng the "errors" Of Mr. Lincoln, which, 70 70
ssd are Leading The rspubiic.o "ruin" nwM said 10
Lcodon that Mcclellan would consent 20 any arrange
Hnenp which would terminate the war
the city d Nsnrn ha betn taken by The Chinese i'm.
psriaisn.
Consoh closed 10 London the l2lh instant al 40 .
81. Cor money. Cotton wss nrmer, At unchanged
prscss, 10 Liverpool Brsadsef wecc Inactive iro.
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