The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-19
emERMAN oN TIIr MANrm.

The Indianapolis Sta,s journal has the FOL.
lowing
This veteran war chief IS again on the path Of
the enemy. What Lis destination is Is keps
within his own TCliGent BRAIN.
Swinging clear OF Hood and his army, no
marches forth 10 capture lut destroy. rhl
/ bJldueSs OF his movement astOnirhcs, while t
! peasts al. Cautious aud fiut-hcartcd people
/ may rCmblc for his safety, VITA Hood in rear
/ but 5hCu Hood attempt 10 follow Shcrmln, he
will fnd Thomas with ample force hanging upon
| his own rear, q most damaging follow.
| The distance from Atlanta 20 the three chief
/ objective points before Sherman is great, ant
| would be appalling 10 any conmIndor who did
ngtsOWC LuoW MS he does how 10 use the C 3Othis
army. From Atlanta 10 augusta i5 one hundred
and seventy one miles; from Augusta 20 Charles
ton one hundred and twenty one miles; . ST.
yanuah one hundr,d d aud thigty-siN Mlles. From
Atlanta to Montgomery Is one hundred and
| loIty two miles from Montgomery to Mobile one
| hurdIed and ninety seven miles.
But the country Is not dilcut; no mountain
| ranges lie in the way 90 make transportation
! lobuIiOus, such as tto,ccrans met in Tennessee
| in BIZ campaign against Chattanooga; no passes
] or dyGes present easily dcfCnsibo positions %
| an opposing force; the whole region both 70 the
south end east j. rich IN .OOl, and has been uu-
touched by the war. And in ghltevar dire lion
they UGy march, sherman and hls troops Wel
know that at the end Of thcr route friendly co
operation and abundant supplies await them.
They are swimming towards The shore, andcysTy
miner Knows he moral advantage Of that.
sherman Possibly nt NudrrsonvuI-.
TIE Clcytllud COho) Larisr o. ycserlay
says:-
The letter we publish This 10 Irnlne from A.
lama show, that the movement OF sherman south
from Atlanta began on tIU Ith OF NDvouI1r.
The liiChmund papers announce uu mo lltl thar
start iu" news has Uc'n received, probably th lt
announcing Shyrmaus approach towards VI tgOu.
Macon D. gIIWf N hundred fuI|a# lffIN aIItt-
east OF Atlanta. AndCrsOnylilc, where 10000 of
our Union soldiers arc confined, is on y railroad
running south RON Maconto Fort Gaines, On the
CLltt,hCOChCe river.
probably first seized the railroad at Macon, aud
by this time may have reached AndorOnyi.le.
II the Rebels should attempt the removal or the
Union prisoners further south, they would be
obliged 70 move them towards Mobile or Mont
yomCry. II these prisoners are secured, many OF
them may lee ft for field service; Others cgn be
sent bac., 10 AtaLts. We watch With almost
brCathles- interest the results OF thls Astonishing
movement. II successful, it will place sherman
at the head OF the military chioiNius OF modern
times. Every loyal heart North prays deVoutly
Tor his success,
shermnn's Preliminary Movements.
Sherman had on November torty-seyen
thousand men, cen thousand Of whom we're
cavalry. These he divided into two columns.
The first column lett Atlanta on November ., ana
marched sOuth 70 hlhCohl oeV,se' Lio,n "lSlS
il was the intention 10 so TO Mtnedgeyille, the
capital Of the State, where large number oi
Federal prisoners were confined. These are 60
be released, and the column will then turn east
10 Augusta.
/ On November 70, the second column Of Sher-
mans army left Atlanta, going directly towards
q Augusta. ItWas hoped that junction OF the two
columns could be effected by November 10, when
a march eastward 10 Savannah, or Charleston,
was TO be made. Sherman carries sixty days
provisions with him, principally droVes OF cattle,
4 which can he taken along without much trouble.
/ We have information from Southern sources
| that contest had been fought at Rough and
/ Ready on the railroad running from Atlanta 70
[ Macon, between the advance OF one OF sherman s
/ columns and some Georgia State troops. There
is little doubt that the State troops were defeated,
and then the column pushed successfully for