New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-23
NEAR ALBANIA, Oct. IL, 1854.

NJ, very interesting sccount Of shefmS mscn ~ Az oeef
~ls accompanied the eIPe8ionJ
NEAR ALBANIA Oct IL, 1854.
TIE last few days have been full oil excite
.ent and deepest interest The strategic combine
sons Of Gen sherman, which have Tystifed many and
called forth the anxiety and curiosity OF all. are begin
ming in palt to unfold, revealing plan Of operations
upon the brosdest scale which, IL Is not *
tysyaesnt 10 say has ever been known in military
science. We begin TO understand now why the army
vas IN our late campaign moved 20 Rome ster passing
through the Alatoola Hills instead Of marching directly
an Resass. Hood at that time was three days march
m advance Of Us. Gen. Sherman knew very Wei thar
in no event could Hood be oyertaken should he con
spue to advance and LIE much preferred that Lis swirl
footed fee should pass TO the left, Iaher than 20 the
rieht II Hood had gone East he would hato damaged
che railroad again near Atlanta. and then kept to tho
southw ard when he would have been IN our presenl
mont Offering obstacles serious enough perhaps 10 lave
defeated the movement now in progress
HOW HOOD WAS BAITED.
ksermons rapid wheel 20 the left, through SnaAe's
Creek Cap, forced Hood either to proceed directly
South toward Montgomery, or westward The con-
suerer of Atlanta proligal In bis welwon wealth.
offered She golden apple Of West Tennessee with iis
,ichly.stored cities as pie easily gl.led. with
and II might be beyond the line OF the Ohio.
We'll might the Rebel General gladden. his heart with
Ao anticipations OF riot and punder ana Le
shought he clearly in the Immediate future
Che fulflment Of tho ponife and prophecy OF s mas
ser that Atlanta slOuld DO evacuated in Unity Gays
and the dreaded Sherman, with his Yankee bcrde io
bvjug fast In his footsteps TO the North from IN
vssion and yill8ge kd tins, giving no rest 10 the
naked weary feet Of bis soldiers no moved st once IN
Che direction Of Florence, on tie Tennessee River.
Meenyhio sherman had arrived st the foot of the
Chstooga Valley Ia pursuit Retaining his main force
ct Gsyesyie throwing out strong reconnc'ssancts IN
the direction of the enemy until ceftalhoS Detoh9
question that Hood had gnlpod down tine bsit, 10 dc
fsehed Stanley with the Fourth Corps, sending him 10
aha" cfuckled Hood. "tbis it az hoped; my
strategy succeeds" Following the departure u tle
Fourth COrIs, the eutire army wa moved back 70
Rome; Schofeld, with portion Of The Army OF tta
Ohio was at once sent 10 Chsttsnooga. These, with
stsbeys troops furnished Gen. Thomas, who held Gu
preme command aud who had fun Instructions ron
Gen. Sherman covering every contingency VAN set-
srsn army of some Thirty thousand men, which, With
chose already in the department. and recruits coming
into the field composed force sufficient to de9 dish
Hood II they should meet; an event which Nlu take
place at Gen. Thomsss option. aud rot OF bC01f u
Mat person remains mech longer At tic rhers Dank,
where he has halted bis oolgmns az II doubtful Fbat
PREPARATIONS FOE TIE @ABCH.
Gen. Sherman had called to him from Atlantis his
Chief QuareTmastor, Gen. Eason, and Chef COnn!s'
sary Col Beck9ith-nen Of great cOnccptiVo and ex'
ecutye capacity. In four days all That Rome contained
Of sick and wounded, stores and machinery WAS r.,
The vast amount az provisions, fO'0Se, machinery,
stores Of all kinds with the invads aud incompetent
which had accumulated at Atlanta and along The isi-
road the surplus artillery, baggage and oi1er useless
wagons everything, in truth which would impede TIC
celebrity Of movement Of the amy was gathered up and
sent safely to the North
On the i2h instant the last train Of cars vhrlel rap
hly past the troOVs moving south. speeding over
bridges and into the woods as they reared tecy might
Be LETT helpless in the deserted land Al Curtsve the
last communications with the North were severed with
Che telegraph wire. IL bore tho message TO zen.
Thomas. IAN is we'll" And so We have cut adriit
from our base Of operations from our line q conmnni
cations launching out insO uncertainty a. the best; on
journey whose projected end only he general N
command knows.
Al for The army, they DO not stop 70 sk questions
Sherman says Come, and that - the eAtlro Foctbu'
larry to them A most cheerful feature OF tho sting
lion The that The men are heahfal aid Jolly as
men can be- hoping for The best wiling 10 dare tie
worst
Behind us VIC leave track Of smoke and fame. Half
Of Marietta wss burned up not by orders however for
chs command is that proper details shall be made 70 e
stroy all property which can ever be OF use 10 the Hene
armies StraggIers viii got into these places, end
dwelling houses leyeled to the ground In nearly
I'll cases these are the deserted hsbstCns formerly
owned oy Rebels, who are now Ieingecs.
Yesterday, as soIno OF the men were marching 70
ward the ChstahO0chee river, they in tie distance
pillows OF smoke rising along its banks-the bridges
we're in flames. SAYS one litchng his nusEet BIT on
his shoulder in a Tree aud easy way, say, Charley
believe Sherman has Get The river on Ere Reckon
not" replied the othcl with the same indlherence.
Gders hot knowing What Is before them, bai believing
10 their leader.
DESTRUCTION or THE BAiLEoAD.
From Kingston b Atlanta tho rails have been ieken
~ on the road Eres built about them, and the iron
twisted into oil sorts Of curves bus they aro left never
10 be siraightenened again The secesh inhabitants
sre In agony of wonder at all thus queer maneuseling
1t appears az if intended eyacusting Atlanta but
troops taking the wrong direction foT the hopes
and Purposes of these people.
Atlanta IL entirely deserted OF human beings excepting
fcw soldiers here and there The houses vacant;
therei DO trade or traffic OF any nd the streets are
empty. Beant'fll roses bloom la the gardens OF me
houses but terrible stiffness and solitude cover II 81,
depressing the hearts Of those who sFe glad TO de
stroy It, In yOHr peaceful homes az the North you can
not conceive bow these people have suffered Tor their
crimes
BURNING OF ATLANTA
ATLANTA Night Of the 18th November
grand and awful spectacle presented TO the be.
holder in this beautiful city, now In flames By order,
tke ChiefEnginecT las destroyed by powder and Ere
al the sorehOuses, DE- pot buildings aud machine shops
The heaven eIpaDse Of lurd fire. The air Is filed
with fyiDg burning cindeTs; buildings covering over
two hundred in IniDs OF in flames every In.
slant there lie the sharp defamation or The snohered
burning sound OF exploding shells ana powder concealed
IN ths buildings and then the sparks and flame shoot
away up into the black and red fOO, scattering the
endeIs far and wide.
Thee are the machine shops whore have been forged
enf east Rebel shot and she'll that have carried
Aeeth to many q brave defender oi nations honor
These warehouses have been The receptacle Of munitions
81 war, stored 10 be nseG for our destruction. the
city, which next 10 Richmond, has furnished more ma
terial for prosecuting tie than any other in the
bonth exists means for the enemies OF the
Union
A brigade Of Massachusetts soldiers are the only
troops LEFT In the town. They Will be the last 10
leave IT, Tonight beard she really tne band az the
Thirty third Massachusetts, playing John Browns
sonl goes marching on" by the lights OF The burning
eaildings. have never heard thai noble anthem whom