The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-26
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

B0astiEgh, Declares Sherman is no Matcl
for him.
I From The Montgomery Mail, Oct
The following interesting resume is
given in the Montgomery Mail OF the
9th inst:
The operations Of Wheeler's cavalry
on the State road have been active and
successful the capture of Dalton OBJ
structs all transit, and the Yankee col.
unnn en- r0Ute from the Gate City to the
Tennessee River, is supposed to be pro-
ceeaing overland
The spirit Of our troops is said to be
Of the liveliest description. The line
Of march is cheered by beaming faces
and Joyous songs.
While General Hoods army was over
night on the ViIlarica road, about ten
miles north of the Chattahoochie, q
fearful thunderstorm swept over the
country, destroying the bridge near
Newman, dismounting the transporta-
ton, and seriously retarding military
operations. a1l
A stroke of lightning passed over
the 18th Alabama Regiment, wo1nding
over twenty of its gallant members,
and killing three
When Sherman heard that Hood
left his front and gone norshward, he
crossed the river with two corps, and
formed a line of observation at vi
nings Station. Hoods line crossed the
railroad at Big Shanty, with Stewart on
the right, Lee on the left Cheatham,
commanding Hardee's old corps, was
held IN reserve.
On the Sd and 4th, the two armies
held this relation to each other with
out firing a gun On the 9Th Sherman
withdrew and returned to Atlanta (O
The enemy thus disposed of our army
set to work with axe and spade 1t
pretty effectually administered upon
the State Road. From Big Shanty to
Oostenaula the scene is one dismal
wreck Those deep cavities among the
Etowah hills have been filled up by
heavy timber, earth and stone. The
mode of procedure is thus described by
our correspondent: While one detail
is engaged tearing up the track and
burning the cross-ties, q second occupies
itself with hewing heavy logs, for the
purpose of choking the gaps. These
logs are thrust into the cuts, buried
under a mass of dirt and rock, and so
etfectually destroying the line of travel
The Yankee mode of doing the same
thing is not half so certain. We have
decidedly improved upon their plan of
operations.
The bridges on the State Road, are
destroyed from Marietta to Dalton.
In General Hoods battle order he
says his word is, Forward r lie an
nounces that Sherman has sent two
corps TO Chattanooga, that he will leave
one corps to hold Atlanta, and that the
residue of his army will not be a match
for our invincible little band.
We have strongly fortified Kenesaw
Mountain.
Jackson holds Rome, and Wheeler
had possession Of Resaca.
Our cavalry had captured train Of
thirty cars, near Ackworth, on the 2nd
instant, loaded with supplies-coffee,
500 barrels of crackers, DC. On the 81
they captured a train of cars loaded
with beef cattle, which were burned.
These ticks, together with those struck
by Forrest viii soon have the desired
effect in moving Sherman from Atlanta.
General Beauregard and staff passed
through 0pelika on Friday, on his way
to the Tennessee army. to assume the
command, and he will personally direct
the movements and operations of the
army until the fall campaign shall have
been fully ceased.
The situation of both sides is critical;
but if Hood can keep up his supplies,
Sherman must evacuate Georgia in no
great length of time.
The Macon Intelligencer states, upon
information received from the front,
that our forces have eifectually de-
stroyed the w and A. Railroad by TAX
ing up the rails, burning the timber
and tearing away embankments, from
Kenesaw Mountain northward nearly
TO Etowah.
A number of Yankees, who were
prowling in the neighborhood of Lost
Mountain on Thursday, were captured
by our forces, and when they were in
formed that our army was in possession
of the railroad north of there, they
were incredulous and perfectly astound.
ed when they discovered the truth.
Our base of supplies is perfectly safe
and convenient to the army.
THE CAPTURE DE ROME BY THE REBELS A
CANARD-THE REBEL WAR DEPARTMENT
SUPPRESS DISPATCHES ANNOUNCING A REB-
Ell VICTORY AT ALTOONA, &C.
From the Richmond Examiner, October Il
Nothing authentic has been received
from Georgia for several days. Stan
tons kilograms in regard to the repulse
at Altoona, are no more to be relied on
than the Yankee accounts of elections
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana,
which came out the morning after the
election, and were prepared expressly
for the European steamer which sailed
that day The truth is, we have had
nothing official from Georgia since
Hood dispatch announcing that Gen.
eral Stewart had torn up ten miles of
the railroad in tie rear of Atlanta. A
Macon paper says the reported capture
of Rome, with its negro garrison is
oanard. We have also reason to think
that the mysterious affair about a Con-
federate success at Allatoona, which the
War Department wisely (for once, sup
pressed, is no more reliable than the
canard about Rome.
Movements of vital Importance are
no doubt, taking place in Georgia, but
our army being now beyond the reach
of telegraph, we can, of course, have no
direct and speedy communication with
it. General Beauregard has, by this
time, Joined General Hood, and the
country will at last have the benefit of
a large and well cultivated military in
tellect A few hours may bring intelli
gence which viii relieve the natural
suspense of the country, in regard to
the situation of affairs in Georgia We
now reasonably hope for good tidings
from that hitherto unhappy quarter
A Bull In Politics.
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