Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-16
TIE NEWS.
sBERMAE's COUNTER MOVEMENT.

bHkkMANs OUUNTkh MOVEMENT.
Toe sensation topic in the Yankee papers, last week
the grand, magnificent. and astOnshingly brilliant
movement which Sherman ia about to make. We
iCpisd from the New York World ia this morniDg's
aditiOn outline OF the eat undertaking which ia to
Lmsz the world and secuS for S eTmsn the nominL-
lion the New YorS tie aid for the next Presidency of
be United S,Ates. The Chicago Times is a Little more
Ipioit. That paper sSys;
4, vas undoubtedly pUt Of the plan of Gen. Sher-
mans Southern eampa 90 - halt &C lAnta gently
onS q enable him 10 accumulate supplies ateI which
vas bis intention 10 CondL ue his march southwark
lsvsrI things have occurred prevent the execution
If this design ong which Hoods raid upon his
nunioa'ions Was most prominent"
Toe Tines then asserLs that Hoods movement for
Tennessee aud KsntJcfy has not gwen Sherman great
couOer0. He has determined upOa "a grand movement
outh ssrd." Ihsn makes tLiI important s'atemtnt;
Tue \ .eIleI c Of the lGst few weeks Lave ehoWn
has the Atemp. to Keep intact the rll o. from Ca
.anOoIa 10 Atlanta Ia an impcssibilfy. The original
Intention OF Saeraan which Was to Provision hnta
and u'e il for coDdary base OF operations. Was,
her,fors, tbliged to be abandoned
This statement ID important because IL lie apparently
rus, the Pr,ss ISOLATION telegram from Auiuta, in
bis mornings Wig, confirming the revelation oil
,herman's purpose to eVscul,e AlsniA, Ilths be
Jan Which Gen shsra an "is about 10 put into t1scr
ion" is thus defined by The Times:
Two OF his army corps will be Left at OLst.sro )gs,
she the other GVo under SherTGl, vii cut loose from
l Ines OF supply Vill Leave the ralroSd to whoever
SAINTS t. aud push acIots tie Cotton States. He viii
AXE With him such tuIpiCs a. can be carried conV-
4ieniy and III. II these are sused, viii live upon
the country o, HE d. estimation Lothing Ia hnoEn.-
B,iore him lies the broad CXpAnEe of the Gulf and At
ff,2 afau and a ali
II olnauons Tor there Is 10 fOIce TO bar his prcgrets
l. 10 probable that the coming week will witness the
srling OF his Ipe6iiion, tnoD as The soldiers
~ho have come home 10 vote shall have aEed their
commando.
FROM EAGT TREEESsIE.
G neral B'eClSrdgs TtpOs.s, that on the evening Of
tie llh. he dove the enemy from Lick Greek into
BuHs Gap, aud the next morning forced them back g
mile and captured line Of works, bet was enable to
s1pel them from the G.p.
he pied the position held in the merHrg with
90 molestaiioa. Osr lols eight.
o The night Of the llth, NJ joT Foo:o attacked the
tnCmJ near horrs!oEn, captured City prisoners, AID
eurEsd a tTSn loaded with commisaIy stores and nine
WAGON.
| EATURALIZTD DEMOCRATS I'd b YI0HAIZED-BEAbI
BUiLE8 THE A5ENF.
TIE New York World OF the IL b says: Now that
the excitement ana turmoil Of ths election Ia over con-
Ierabe activity is noticeable 10 recruiting for the
mr. The bus;ntts at the Pax barracks and other
c,uit stations in the ely has b:en very brisk EVIL
Stree the eocion, twenty thirty enliSting 90 an
syersgs pr day. o. this number about ousthird are
ecepssd substitutes. 1t is expected that the Psesi
dent VII make cal for noFs men to gil up the dspls
ted raEks Of the army caused by the battle
81 TIE shenandoah SHd SASTwsN'F department., This