Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-17
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/; The eOrrssPOnde5tof New York TEiBlas
{ who aes0mpauied ; sberupaa.. in his great
frsid tsroug6 Hissis5Fppi, adliiessa e1tsnd-
Cd aud vsrY ipterestisg accounted 1t. I'VE
lave roousoniy Ior dc follo3i6g extracts:
pKazHuc4fO1 or EAlLa6lBs-
Our troops raised sad kaToe with the
Mobile AID Ohio and the SOuthsrn railroad
lines iahietiug sGeh damage a. = million
Of dollars esnuot repair. The Southern
rpad EHs torn up. Lafls twisted, and Sleep
| eEs burnt trbm 5EekSonf % twenty u1iies
Mobile aud Ohio road wa destFOyed for So
miles, extending from onftman % Laudsr-
dale SPRING.. Five costly bridges we're
totally destroyed; The one Spanning the
GhiekasaNhaysE iVsE Vas 2lO feet long
With trestle-W6Ek which required four
moGths hard labor Of b6ndreds of ne.
Iehanies 70 Construct 70. Il was snb-
siantiI covered bridge. The bridges over
OetehibaeAh5 Aliigstor, FalIAs6n and
tCb1nky dVeEs we're also burned. On the
l1th, Cape Foster, of the 10Th MissOhri
Cavalry. received Instructions 20 make a
raid on Lake Ststi0n, seventeen miles
from HilIBboro, and 70 destroy an property
ayailAble for the FebaJs. Two IiysFy
stables, several machine shops, three To-
conotiTes, water tank, time-table, IS rail-
rOad.eaTas eugine-bouse, two ssw-mTlls.
sud Thousands Of dollars worth of lumber
were consumed, spirits OF tarpeuiine from
the signal Corps aiding materially Ia the
rapid destruction of the buildings
At Canton, which our
army visited but did not burn, We succeed
in capturing aud destroying IL Iocuuo.
Meridian, making Is in all, iuRietfug a
loss on the GOufederates which is Of In
ealeulable value. Il is q fact perhaps
kn0Wn1 bat will bear TePtstiBg here, that
GrisrsOn'S raid last year through this
State dAmsged the railroad some forty
miles north Of OkalonA to such an extent
that they have never repaired nor under
taken 70 operate It above that point
learn from an engineer who hiss been foreei
tor two yeBrG past 10 run Locomotive
over their roads,. aud who was enabled to
getstO our lines during the lateTaid, that
ten miles per hour is ard has been for
some months the maximum speed attaina.
Bile by their trains. The destruction bv
Grierson Of passenger cars q year ago has
never been uadegood on the roads, add
LETT them almost destitute of cars, even be.
fore Sherman came in now 10 give their
Mississippi railroads this corp de graeS: =
Its no nsWs to state that the Confede
ates were put TO their wits en.l 70 keen nm
the ordinary wear and tear of their road
for the past year, il will therefore De ne
more fully apparent how Immensely impoFZ
tsnt work has been accomplished nv
Sherman. AdTsnciugto within twenty mile
Of Meridian, he sent attachments Ten q
fifteen miles beyOndsthst point and thirty
or forty north aBd south to tear upItbe
trsek, destroy euiVertsi burn the dep6ts.
bridges and ties, aud render uselesS by
bending The rails of the several roafis al.
VerEiDg from that important RAILROAD CEN
ter. This vas done, and done effectua1IV.
30 efectuaIIy, iudeed, as 70 place il. cur 81
she poWerOfthe rebels 10 put those Ir-oaSs
an operation again during the eoutidusn
OF the war. This, therefore, as any ons
familiar with the topography of Mississ;pD5f
will readily perceive. cuts OF the st5ss,
from any further military Occupation nv
the Confederate army, it being impossibIsI
donger TO maueuyer or subsfst an amy
there without possession sOf the riyeF =
Cavalry may sweep down or across he
State, bat with all the stronpbolds aI66S
the Mississippi River We hold militaTa
control of the entire State effectively and
efeetuaIIy. p aoa - :
TOWNS DESTROYED. 80 s.-
The RAgsdale and Barton Ho,at. 1,a..