New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-25


No doGuic .rfoirnaii0n Of the Whereabouts of The
enemy has yes been received. They uIe sup osd 10
he 9Th Va tic nshborhood os Grialn burning every
They viii meet warm reception II they attempt to
MAcov NOV. l9.-Tle military authorities are eotiye
and yyilan and Vysii man Is unGts hfus SuhIuehSe
fhe cncny /. believed 20 be on our right dis.ant
about thirty mics. The city Will be defended ~ IT,"
last.
TIE WAX ~ GEORGIA.
Fr1a The Ricl fiond Examiner Aov. 81.
4 press telegram Informs rs thaL SHERMAN
yas slppo.ed Ia bc ~ or near Griffin, Ga. on Fidny
la.t Grihn y in Sp4ulfirg county Ga. sixty eight
ntrcs ye-tn,etLg,.st OF NcJgevar wauro the Legis
Girre Of Georgia - now IA :" sion. IL iorfy-eehi
niee ON Atlanta ard fiy-elght iroIn liAcon. Tie
. pol ton bclIe the war wa about t"o '"'hsdId h'e
hundred.
TIE TWO AgMiES 1T TrIE SOUTH.
Fr,1, II. Richmond uisilfch, Nov p.
There is not much to be- gathered from the
Georgia per: n5.rt ,s aincs - ser ~ or nooa,
nsdc rnGer tc IA stake that the o4iy va, VetA' DO
fendel. Ihia mistake beng s'i iieht y hndinS .
| vigorous sesfta4cf the assault IVES gwen up oHI
tfoogs a.tlA 81. nader Cen. lfcrto' L.oHt snrf'e
AID drnc III enemy from IoO4nt "a Ito soah si"e
OF the town hu; RCie IN ton forced hack On ne east
sdr GeA. LOWS drove The enemy into ;Ncir IL tici-
lions. but i'y slowed soo1 '. t.e a'seht "H'
not pressed II ilnoG cut after thc diminishing VIZ,
over that ile enemy bad ahOrt twenty tnoislnd mef'
| uulor Cen. hloeud. lie Yankees were about e'teu'
atug the ciiy pr parI Tory 10 SHerrens greet march
ane soc lie Yan.ocs sad they werr gong TO Mont
gOmeF!. tn, -,
Ihomas TROOPS ninety eight mes III tho rear foiIesi
il scIa g. De- l. Iaiuea..
Frosn - rnar's amy We laye The intelligence tbTt
il IL moving columns. 80 TIE rc.or. Gays. ono
upon hn.us.a anI tie O.lcF upon Macon IL Is not
tely LAT De- D. q on 10 segqfafr hs nmns Tor any
ruQth ~ time and his line of march vii ppb ih' DE
as foloNss Tie column niioh.Dr On TIE Georgia Sue
rosd TOR Augusta vii 80 ~ far - detison. s,IiI
miles and then. mining % The HSat i-aich Ca "a;
cdec,i'le. tie pita Of Georgia The eclluh maieh-
ing OF Macon S.ll probab! 90 {" 'Td" ioiSs Nl..in
frccn mics II tie town, aId there tlTI oil Ia NJ
edgsy.C 0nd fwl ilnci.on vilh the other body ~
this movement Macon i snd Tho creill arc al ioeny
~ Move On AggUts by following the he1rsa tcntai
Railroad To IrnsosSiie and then marching North, 90
OF g. Sevar-nh ~ following "a. railroad to j ,es-
minus there. We ,ha so,a hear " Their csgair,
Sh.r,n.n /, moving rapii. ana l. MOI u nOh troubled
with fruu-p ratOu. lie has burned yeli stations ~
the dcputs b. LIS passed. AID Il dcyAs elDs the COM
~ gcaeralS u ioioGing.
epEn MASS WAY.
From To Kc-lond Nh'g Nov. a.
Some tine m the month Of February last, VIC
link it Vas Geu. sherman commenced one Of those
mrvclou movements VI .ch the inGkees are So fond Of
announcing ~ ~ ast"n.shcd word. TWAS. indeed
maTse.oas It's conception, aud IA the energy with
which il pr0sesut~i Up 20 certain point lt would
have boon sill nar, oious had II been developed
to the point " intended contamination. After lGe
failure of The movement aud Sncrmsns return to NlcSs
burg tie Northern newspapers, srcfnlgiy iofgeuu al
their recent preLouton-, declared n 10 be nothing
more than y Grand Reconnaissance. Intended only to
effect the destruction ~ the crops end the railroads IN
Mississippi 0la 10 Inspire alarm 10 The touederat,
military authorities. No one, however, believed but
TINT II lnLeed what IL Aad been declared TO 1e ~
ady lnce-au sudncous uoycD,i. involving vast ana
subtle combination looking e. permanent severance
OF communication between tho Ailanbc States ana
Gull states and the conquest Of al thc territory lying
between the Tennessee River gnd tio Guf IL Mexico
10 ior east the line u the Macon and Atlantic Rail
Ioid.
In order 20 effect Ills purpose. sherman started with
n movable column. intending IA tnycrse iapiI J The
States Of Mississippi aud Alabama, ungucst0naby eX
yretng 10 oScrwh!m " drive before him the compare
in.ly feeble force under Gon. Polk. md 10 effect
Judgment finally he ggf either al Pa cafonla OF on
Mobile Bay where 10 would be enabled 10 establish
SCENE bee" OF operations and wheLee be could. after
efecug the reduction Of Mobile c0lgo tie lac Of the
Alabama lycE a, far a. selma and 1"htgOmcri. anu
hy threatening Jolnsons rear compel that General ~
fall back from Dalton 10 AflaItn. und Ultimately ffom
Atlanta 10 Maooo. The concemio9 was grand enough
the execution up Ia certain pom, Iaut!css but az
that point Tho whole scheme failed IN consequence OF the
dilsigOua def at nloDd by Forrest Oh the co~raiing
column which ad sailed out from Memphis under Gen.
A. }. smith. Sherman had come with only sufficient
supplies last him I'll lie could enter the fertile aud
productive grain growing regions OF Alabama. or UNI
Jouci by Smith. who Vas destined To Tol !rlisI the
Yankee commssaTiai.
Er system a well devised Obstruction impcdcd his
mach aud after crossing the state vi Mississippi be
found himself at Mer.aan still coniro'tcd by iormida
br fprcs willie biz diminished supplies and The de-
feat IL Smith warned im cf tho tm,. ~ fatal consc
quonccs of prosecuting lis march. Whale II Was yet
due he turaed und ed, without striking single blow
and reached kichsburg again VIII IN army which. IN
th.s brie campaign, bid suffered 10 much rs II II had
passed through biooJy bgtte.
We infer y ths episode IN thc history OF the cana
pau Of 1874 IN order to exhibit IN Illustration Of the
dam ger, Wblh bese the most magnificent schemes and
the agdacou3 cDteipriscs and likewise because
We find in Il tie antelope Of Shermas present. move
ment alpting that rp0n speaks sruly and the key "
his actu Asicsisns.
The departure from Atlanta and abandonment VI the
,.gs t,se Imply iutant0n - seize some point
on the ooaet for new ha,s AID 10 ecct Ia this way the
coveted GRANGE Of the Atlntic States from the Gull
States. Whether that objective point is on Vie Atlantic
tie Gulf. remains 60 be s.cn- 10 the courss OF
bis march what n ncy our methods Ot dofense WIZ be
materially the same. and Resources for that fense
very much ths same In extent When Sherman was
car ring tho State Of hssi-sippi prominent
General in our service with ful know ige CT the CON
psrativsly small and irregular force efl oppose him.
NO gsure felt confident that VITA proper energy
therr ample ~ disposition In that quar-
ter for his dscomtnre and "a thai eHd urged tho prompt
collection ad vigorous employment VI heavy gangs oil
Deyroes telling the timber across tho roads. snd
otherwise obrucng the possible HATS OF march oil the
enemy not only IN iis immediate front. but On his
1snks. AMI. AZ far as practicable. IN his rear.
By thi, bis march might ho DELAYED nntn Ills
supplies would be exhausted and force concentrated
for the eIieency sufficient 20 insure his destruction
Added 10 this our light cavalry should carry ouor con-
sume hy the torch all of subeircnce on his Hanks
10 this elmpe. practicable way ead by resort 30 mill
tsy Resources, of which We have hbundnnse In the
el(ened quarter, doubt not sherman NAV lie l
caught ia foil IRON hlci there will 10 possible
ape for him and vita that confident expectation we
shall hook forward 10 his operations without the least
apprehension
Grants Brnggn.ocio.
From N. Riclnncud WHIT, Nov 81.