New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-22

We have ventured the opinion that Sherman had Pen.
proper to say there reasons why he might select
some point on the Atlantic rs being nearer at hand.
Savannah. for instance. offers advantages did its spl
prooch not involve the certainty OF great deal %
hesyy fighting. f.
We look with intense interest to full and authentic
news from Georgia H.. VA.
II was officially reported at the War Depart.
last night that Sherman has torn up the rnroa6
track between Atlanta and Aoons, and has burnt the
cal Information that part OF Shermans army at last
accouns had reached JonesbOroneh thirty miles sOuth
of Atnaa more eXtravagsnt and even more untrusts
worthy rumor advanced him tO Selma Another run1ors
which chronicle as the latest tnat he vas ads
vancng Oh Macon. While be can't possibly SO 70 both
places at the time, we hsve strong hote that II
a t OF desperation, he will essay movement Southy
ward. The sequelwiil but develop that the evil one
does not always protect his own.
From Our Army i'm Tennessee.
| We gather some items of interest from ou1
Southern exchanges relative to the movements Of the
two armies IN Georgia and Tennessee. There 10 very
indspcndcnt t'' Il Hoods wScreabout. The Yantoc
papers already filling up v th localities routes Acc
on tie way from Atlanta 70 Charleston so TAR from
this being bold move the part Of sherman IL
the last and only move he can make. he has tried
catching Hood and failed; and this interior campaign
is his only dependence to bring this balooninS Gan.
somoy Mail writing from Cherokee on the 9Th Says
scout u will not vooch for histrustworthnes) has
lust reached tLis pace, VINO ropOrO tnat ne ~
neghborhood Of Chattanooga that he has recon-
notercd the line Of the Georgia State Road far a.
Marietta aud observed carefully the movements OF the
sS that he the sn c bs Son use
assures me. have returned 10 Atlanta The Advance
Guard left Graysvillc, little village sixteen miles rom
evening the 27th Of October. They had made
noissance up ard down the Railway from ChickamsaGa
to Graysye the week previous, and waited only foI
tie shipnen OF supplies Gen. Sherman who had gone
to Washington ana got back 10 Nashville. made sr.
rangomen;s to leave Thomas in command in Middle
Tennessee and then took the cars for Atlanta saying
according 10 letter. in TIE Tsanessee Commercial thai
lie had settled Hoods hash He reached Chattanooga
on the 10Th and then proceeded down the country the
uninterrupted, and the transportation was rapid and
immediate: send you ih7 gossipPns scrap merely
thar believe il 10 be corset" ~
The Montgomery Appeal says: Trustworthy inform.
alton from the Army Of Tennessee Is meagre - TO the
details OF its movements after leaving Gadsden; but
there doubt Of its having reached the base OF
supplies provided in safety aud that the consunteAf
tons to the from headquarters are 70 direct that
no further DEFICIENCIES in any department need DO Ap:
pretended. A railroad communication that cAnn0o
easily be interrupted 10 Tuscumba Is now under con.
troll q General Hood eId he is in position to ADVANCE
into Middle or West Tennessee. as he may decide the
most promising Of success Forrest IS cooperating
successfully i'll quarter that will greatly distract the
enemy and render any concentration against on nen
forces almost az !mp6srbty; and then altogether We
have reason anticipate gratifying results rom What
has been. and may be. accomplished.
the ". LooRS VI iseaS8
from Gadsden we have several reports and all concul
the statement tina, they were borne with the sssasese
fortitude and chcerfuness. -.Is,
THE rumor OF tho capture OF Decatur Vas cAnArd.
Our latest intelligence, which may be relied upon,
that no assault made upon the works OF the enemy
Tho Union report that Gen. Hood was FepaIse4
twice The truth IT, that lie was aware Of the sTsngt&
Of ths position and its garrison. and made no eeaerA
attack but. while his army. trains, etc. were paanno
westward within striking distance had the enemy been
nnoccupcd demonstrations were made upon the picket
lines Of the enemy which were twice driven In. IhQ
casualties on either eide amounted " nothing yThf
amount Of the whole affair as, the enemy amused
within their entertainments, while our army was safely
moved by them and nobody hart Out Of this StantoS
however, bulletncd great yiG;orr" ..m o,,, 81.
Affairs stand at Atlanta, says that. on the 9th. the
Twentieth Army Corps relieved the Twenty third
which gave rise 10 the rnnor that sherman was being
resnforced Our cavalry captured drove Of Ave hpnd
Vi mules the Chattahoochee river. I~e CA'sageN
'stys: ~
ing report that Gen. Howell Cobb with elk to eight thou
sand militia and three brgsdes OF cavalry attacked the
enemy and was steadily driving them In. .
"A soldier who had been captured by the Yankee.
and who succeeded in eectng his escape reports that
there were not over egh. Thousand troops In the st
Parties along the line Of the S,s e. sosa W. %
rietta daily heavily laden and return empty. I've
corps were at Powder Springs under marching ofdera
The Yankees were sending on the negroes mo R.son
ers TO that point Their movements are involved N
"The last forsglng expedition went out two veshS
snee under ten. Gerard, with egns sunu ~ WsSvnss
mrscine In the vicinity Of Stone Mountain and ip
G winnett County. They carried Of lHge numbers Of
beef cattle hogs sheep poultry corn, fodder. peas Pr
tatoes and household furniture and returned With
about six hundred and fifty loaded wagonsthe balance
emptv They were considerably frightened, and tsenl
for corps 10 reinforce them. which marched ods ID
Decatur Two or three thousand Confederatee under
skini leader, could have captured the whole sxpedi
lion consisting of about elk thousand infantry and cav
AIRY. The men su5sisting on two crackers and
half per lay and they were exceedingly Iavenoua Oue
of them brcled goose aud ate Il, entrais and a.
1.-THE Yankees sent q detachment up TO Canton.
Cherokee County, few days since. to burn H. TAe4
ordered the citizens 10 remove. and fred IT. Abopl
two,hirds Of the town was Destroyed II was done y
retaliation for the hanging Of some tories 10 tbae sec'oH
by our scouts" ,,,,
The Macon Ipteligencsr Of the 18th says: AZ
there is great anxiety toknow the position Of the
O; Tennessee. We can sag. from Information JqU
ceiyed and deemed entirely Trustworthy tnss on CFf
General Hoods headquarters were at FIofsnce, -
bafna" fl -. go -
The Montgomery Appeal q the 18th eaysi Meyc
sumo there Il no doubt but that Sherman -
portion OF bis forces 10 Atants 70 wnss eAsens
definitely TRANSFERRED We hope. howeveI guy ssn2I1
ties Will not fall Into the common erroS .!
the strength he niny gather there sne ~ " {nv
adequate resistance to any movemees No ~
Tie AppAsi calls upon the paopss. " Ss0ss'A ~"
promptly In the present crisle "a ss.,s
From Peiersbsrg and the james.
There was nothing OF importance done on ~