Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-28

rBserfni feature Of the situation IL Ehat
the men are healthy and Jolly as men
can be, hoping for the best, wilIing TO
dare the worst
Behind us we leave track of smoke
a. fame Half Of Marietta vas burn
el up. not By orders, however, for the
command is thA, proper details shah be
made 10 destroy all property uhich can
ever be Of use to the rebel armies
SsraRglers will get into these places, and
dwelling houses are levelled 70 the
ground. In nearly all cases these are
the deserted habitstiuns formerly owned
BY rebels, who are now refugees
Yesterday, ss some Of the men we're
marching toward the chattah0ochse
river, they sAS in the distance pillows
Of smoke rising along is banks; The
bridges were IN flames. Says one,
hitehing his musket a bit on his shoul-
der in n free aud easy var, Il say,
Charley, believe sherman has set the
river on fire" Reckon not, replied
the other with :3e same indifference
'lf be has, its al right" And 50 they
pass along, obeyius orders, net knowing
what i before them, bot believing in
their leader.
All the buildings in Atlanta that could
be Of any use 10 ;he Confederacy we're
burned A brigade Of Massachusetts
soldiers we're the last 70 lsave the Ill
fased city, and they marched ous, their
band playing John Browns soul goes
marching on. The diferen. columns
marched in such manner as to deceive
the Legislators at AilledgeviIle, and they
fosnd themselves almost surrounded be-
fore they we're aware Of il. Their con.
sisrnstion aud fight Is told as follow..
The fright Of the Legislators, as de-
/ scribed By witnesses, must have been
eomical ia the extreme. They little i'm
| agined the movement Of our left wing,
hearing hrst Of the advance Of Kilpat-
rick on the extreme right, towards Ma
con, aud supposed that TO be another
( raid What their opinion vas VIXEN
Howard army appeared at McDonoagh
it would be difiealt to say, and their
astonishment must have approached il-
4 sanity vhen the other two columns we're
heard from-one directed towards Au-
gusts and the other swiftly marching
straight upon sheir devoted city.
IL seemed as il they were surrounded
on all sides except towards the east, aud
: that their doom was sealed. With the
Z certain punishment for their crimes
looming up before them, they sought
every possible means Of escape. Private
effects, household furniture, books, pic
lures. everything was conveyed 70 the
depot and loaded into the cars until they
were filled and heAped, and the flying
people could not fad standing room
Any aud every price was obtained for
8 vehicle. A thousand dollars was cheap
for common buggy, and men rushed
around the streets IN an agony Of fear
lest they should "fall victims TO the fero-
city Of the Yankees.
Several days Of perfect quies passed
after this exodus, when, On bright gun
shiny morning. regiment entered the
city with band playing the national
airs, which many day since had been
hushed IN the capital Of Georgia
wHAr SHERMAN DID At MILLEpGrvrrLz
Bot few Of the troops we're marched
through the city, Some two or three
regiments were detailed under the or
Z ders Of the engineers TO destroy certain
property designatsd By the Genernal
commanding The magazines, arsenals,
depot buildings, factories Of ons kind
and another, with stors-housss contain
ing large amounts Of Government prop
erty, and some seventeen hundred bales