, 1864-11-20

savannah, Ga., Excited By News that
afo1tsncnt uf 1fon,c-lfoutl'H Whore.
abouts and Intontion~.
NEw YolK,t Saturday, Nov. 10.--Tllc Her.
oitrx Hilton Head correspondent, unlcr datc
of tho 15tl, says: Just bsforo The steamer
Fulton was about to sail from TINT place on
Tueedny last, Il report came down tho river
that Sherman rus marching OIL Savannah.
md Tho Inhabitants Of tho city were tlcclngHn
dtAmny.
Gen. Corec, the Uniop commander Of Rome,
Gu, on thu 10tlI destroyed kucli br!dgos there
~ conl. he Of use TO lha ci,eH.y: aM! almn-
lul,rd tho place i,.r The purposo of withdraw
Ing 10 solnu nlore Important ln'lnt.
The latest rebel accounts FROM Gen. Hood
tayftc ID In r,slt!un t., niarrl. olthrr Into
They admit ~ ratuor Of tl.c capture from
tue Union forccs Of Decatur, Ala, was
hoax. stating thnt this attack M tl,at place
WAS merely ruso to cnatlo Hood to got Als
army trafrs we'll raat It.
WARRINGTON, Eov. IA private In 6hcr-
man's army, writing to n friend, says every
man lad wen supplied With two pairs Of
days campaign. but none Of tho nlcn know
Nsw Yonx, Nov. 1o.-rho 7s'opns's special
Army Of thu James dtsIatch, t4sh, aaya:
Inflammation froin ls1cltnona to.dny rr''tlura
Tl'r rr~! t,airra l,ctsay rvllrnt srcrIdat!oa
ctiitcrl'lnK ehorman'a movements. 49,.
Nkw YnNK, saturday, Nov. Ip.---Thu cna.
sntfttars WattitMRtnn correspondent. says tf,Hl
tltt,nl l,ns f,t!r Tn fcl.uls By making tllrlit
t,'i:"ya r. !. go'rkto Mobile. GnCte @ arc ttl.
JnHell"n nf Tho sallrM.is leading from Angus
Ia mid akhF1tk luXnftl M nYnliYats,
NHw Y"hk, Saturday. Nov. tp.-rha Fo'i+
WakhisiB'nn sl,ectal says att,!rth fFal1l tl'u
Army nf IN" l0t"illha my tllat TIN stt,el. Ft'
flIstd yesterday 70 exchange papers, thta h
regaralt =, tn'!rstng tlaf ssrn,a h ,a',I ~ n
never sNi'psssactl favorable newa IRON ~.
Correspondence Of Tho n. :, Evening Fosf.l
a.osa1a, ~ Il. Nv. @ ID 1894.
fyon were to see tho army under lonoral
ehernan's Immediate command ut THIS mo-
1nent, you would hardly supposa rebel force
Hoe se9I u "n'fx IL o N ts teacnT M
sAeT1nan'a communications, yet, at Florence,
may bo said to he In his rear. Ttfs army, now
covering Atlanta. has been for several days
past taking thinEs quite easily; not that It
has been idlc, Tor ttc1e has been healthy
s .stiy . s pt.s Rsy xno %sa ade ns
goes that Thorough training which prepares
Elm for the vital struggle. Probably there
has ncYer been more perfect army to take the
Held for campaign than that in Georgia at The
present time. Transportation has been reduced
10 the SIMPLEST necessities Of the occasion. AL
tie sick and wounded haye been sent to the
rear unnecessary arunamcnta hare been dis
mused with and extra tents and baggage
hive hem removed, and are now on the way
northward, The army Is literally stripped
for the march and the fight !; and certainly,
In addition to all this, no body Of men were
ever mentally or physically in more cucour-
aging condition for the grand duties Of SOL
der. The surgeons report their commands
to be in the healthiest possible state, snd a
more cheerful set Of men cannot be imagined.
rached. South Carolina and the lower part
Of this State hare, as Jet, remained secure
from the annroach Of the hated Yankee. In
thcse districts millions Of bales Of cotton
haye heen stored; thousands of.slayea are
hcre securely (as the masters belieye} gather
Cd .upon friendly plantations ! hero have
tho more wealthy rcbels retreated, as
our army advanced soushFard and to the
cites of Macon, Columbus and Augusta has
been remoyed nll the valuable machinery for
the eonsfrnction Of locomotives, rolling o1
liar. and manufacture OF cannon, s1nall arms
and t1ifferent kinds Of ammunition. In Angus.
IL s1nne am told, there is stored nearly hal,
a nnfliinn bales Of cotton, while the largest
powiicr magazine In America Is there, contain
Ing the largest supply cf powder In the rebel
states. Our brother soldiers, 700, arc confined
starved. ill-housed, naked. and suffer .ng
Wnul5 It not be 4 noble achievement and .
| terrible hlnw to tho rebellion could these prIs
onrrs Ke set free, the rebel wealth DESTROYED
their rnnnitions Of war, the machinery and
thcir important cities captured?