The New York herald., 1864-11-08

The situatiOa Around Atlanta.
REPORT or PRISONERS As ~ sL0cUM's oospIrioN.
lCorrespondence OF the Macon Oonederacy
Prisoners who have just arrived here, captured on
S~cums cor.s had enough of provisions IN AHintd lor
forty ddssha the Woris around TIE ciy especially on ne
son sid had greatly arengtaaed ours harsng been
ertaroed ant ertcndcd until deemed tmrre9aab!s
hos OF the prisoners going homo on furoueb s tho
time 0. capture noticed captain who had lost an arm
~ Jonesboro.
The first negro soldiers ever captured by the Army Of
see were also brought through here day lbeS
wora the Yankee aud seemed stop with somc
Iceniaruy MOST OF them were young fellows. Insy
we're captured al Dalton
A REBEL CAVALRY DASH ON cnArTAn0O0nES
BtiDGE
ICorrespopdeOce OF the Macon C0nfedsracy.
MAYOR kooert Graham OF Georgia, comnauding bat-
talos Of cavalry north sf Atlanta the state road
ng that the Yankees grazing stock the
Chatahoochee Railroad bridge, started warsaw
Wild oghty hve nes, ana in due tme and In the right
way, dashed into camp and captured and carried
away over four hundred fine horses and mules, with
e'gat prisoners, without tho less Of q man.
T'he Feeling I'm Alabama and Georgia.
rHs COOPERATIVE DISPOSITION OF rHs PEOPLE.
lcorrespondence OF the RchmcDd Dispatch
MACON, Oct u.s. 1884.
it might not be imprudeDt to publish whom this reach
81 you where the point towards which General Hoods
army IL tending but will not say what, probably
even then, should not be- TOR military reasons dvuiged
Important movements foot here which.
full will mako every Confederate heart leap for but
their might jeoparded by their preAaure
announcement. forOear From the great popular in
terest manifested in the movements OF the army, !
satisfied thGt The hodr OF TINS country true 10 the Con,
fsdedtc andwi compromise with nothing short OF
conluerns peace Wh Iterer individuals may suggest Of
other methods fer the dtotnm~ Of the desred boon The
rebuke OF Mr. Boyce OF South Caro- ina by the people OF
the vicnage shows clearly that tho old Palmetto
State will bs true TO her instincts and will tolerate no
doubtful or eqnivocal laugh ge even In cherished son.
as to the method OF attaining the resu-Boivirg tho
great problem From conversations with several leading
gentlemen Georgia since entered the State. derive
tho that Ohdtepr nay float 10 e surface is the
shas o. indistdeat opnnn or u9gsston evsa upon ne
part Of distinguished men, the heart OF the State s sound
TO the the success OF the Confederate cause up
permost n the minds OF body, and nothing they
desire 20 much as TO see hearty CO operative eDort,
upon the OF the and people, Tor the 10
cuperaton and support OF the armies. The late order
rsveking details meets with universal approval, ana
the people are fully prepared for other aud more
efectual methods OF increasing their strength
such the repeal OF tho agricultural clause OF the late
military bill and tue contribution OF the reserve forces,
limited TO the States te the Confederate u the
6eld. The resolutions passed at the ate convention OF
Governors at Augusta meet with universal ieelng Of
appreciation and great good IN harmonz,ng dscrepan.
OF opinion rather than interest Is expected TO result
from It, The Presidents visit south has been attended
with good results in importing new life and hope TO the
and in causing him to be better understood and
more understandngy appreciated. ! think he enjoys .
higher degree Of the popular confidence as man OF wis
dom, purity patriotism than ever before, or the
that ha Is betersundestood than ever before
cannot but indulge the wish and the hope that the couu
try and the Congress will rally to his support in spirit
OF lofty abnogaton the nrst by willingly yielding to
the all its OF and means the last by
the exercise OF spirit OF grave and earnest wisdom In
It's debera not heretofore It's prime characteristic
II they should is no longer problem, but