The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-11-26
reard undoubtedly sesctsd his position b.

In the shortest possible time towards any POM
Eaa, West or Bouth Of Atlanta, which wN hhely
10 he threatened by General sherman. hut tho
Wholesale destruction by sherman Of the railroads
IN his rear deprived the enemy VI Ae advantages
upon which he may have cslculstsi. and compcls
him 70 follow If at oil lops distance In the rear.
The following sdditonsl details Of 0eneral shcr'
mans movements are given by tho Western rarr-s
Iu relation to the questions Of subsistence, 1t Is
stated
sherman has tcen chiefly occupying hls time IN
lay,ug in full supply of hard resd and heef cnt-
tie; ami he has With him of the former sixty days
full raiions, and several thousand lead of cattle
Tor AL things else he viii depend on the country
over which he 10 ~ pass. His aniins's an s''lsN
well. Corn and sweet potatoes arc abundant pnr.
ins the week ending on the 9TH inst, he gathered
In i.I00 wagon loads ~ corn. ia0 loads N sweet
potatoes, and . fcv hcrscs- without sending his
iorayins parties more than thirty miles rom At
lsnta. lie could manage IN live fr six mouths
without communication once with the NORTH. In
reference 10 his cavalry, he feels certain o his shi-
ity to obtain horses enough to kecr good his c-'ei-
nal stock and perhaps he may lie enabled to
mount some more men.
The Cincinnati GAzBrIG glves the following
hrma,ory news Of the Information lately pul ishcd
in the svS:
We understand him h. be ou his march through
Georgia " make the South Atlantic Squadron, Vt
Beaufort, bis lase oi supplies, # he needs one
but II the country, as we suppose, Ia sufficient H.
msintan his army, there Is NO absolute need OF
any new tase. Here 1t will tc inquired. What
opposition will he encounter, and what Is his oh.
jcds There will lie no army In front oi him. aud
the Geor,pA militia will lie utterly inefficient In oh-
s,r,ictins his progress Hood is po~erless Lee has
no " spare aud II he had, II would take alargc
army 70 encounter sherman. The h.li is there
fore, open before him. and the main question ia
what can he accomplish In our opanion, he can ac
conpish the mort important results reached IN the
war. When @ iumu reaches Msou II can de-
sruv, efcctuaNy. the only remaining railroad
communication rcswecn the eastern and W stern
parts Il the Cpnfe,it racy. Whom u column ehaii
reach Augusta, II destroys the largest msnuiaGto-
RES aud depot Of MILITARY munitions n the souih
The greatest and almost the only manuisctoiy Is
there. When the railroad u Augusta, and frum
Savannah TO Charleston sro destroyed, there is
no further practical military communication lie.
tween the country east oi the ssvanush and
west of H. We shall have severed tie COu-
feicracy by another impassabc line. But
this is only the iesnnng II Sherman can
reach Be.ufort, after u weeks rest, he move
right on through North Carolina TO Danvillc,
thus making Eastern Virginia . prison. and
grave tor Lees army aud the rebel 6overnmont.
TIE Chicago TR,pt NJ has the following imports
ant statement:
Charleston will he Gu, on, AMI sherman's army
of 50, 0OO men will he to act circun stances
demand. and vii be On the coast, ready Tor EN-.
lark alton At . moments notice, NJ that they can
be used " ith Grant or sheridan, may be mo~t
advantageous; or after recruiting they may DO
moved through Central Geor2ia, South and North
Carolina. ut erly snnihilating every railroad by
the way, and thus making virgiuis the grave Of
the rebellion Can sherman subsistY tndoute
iy he can. There two articles in the South, IN
sbundsncs corn and sweet potatoes and he takes
wi h him any amount OF hard tack, and several
Thousand cattle. His men will live better than
whei in camp
gEBHi NEWS SHERMAN.
Tho Richmond pspsrs oi Friday last fully con-
brm the news OF sherman's march on Macon. They
| state ths, he was confronted, near that ciy, by
,.en. Howell Cobb, with three briinies Of cavalry
! aud som militia o. course these could scarucl Y
make . demonstration against Sherman. and can
not impede his progress to any con'ic crphie extent.
| The EsoutEsR states:
| shermsn nigh, reach the Guk ovcrpowrr all
! waters of the Cult, But wha, thea The march
would be- all. rhe damage repaired, he would
have accomplished no'h'ng to impair our means 81
Defense, and would hnd himself opposed, in the
: spring, by anoher army
Toe Richuiond papers OF Tuesdsy last have III.
following dispatch from Augusta in reference q
Genera, Howell Cobb's earlier movements;
| Scouts who Ieft Jonssboro weines sdsy morn
ing Nov. l6thi report that General Howell Coot'
! lrig.,es of cavalry, STACKED the enemy and wn'
! steadily driving tu-tn IN.
This report Of Gen Cobb's militia obviously re
fers to the driving in of sher1nsn's advance pick
cts upon their supports, it ~ scArcely possible
that they could do much noe than act an q corp'
u observation.-ED SUs.1
The Richmond SENTINEL states.
War news IL exciting to-day, and tells cf activit,
| everywhere. The campaign Of 1854, instead o
pass n its last days in peace, is ~ expire In storm
| The 18Th day Of November IL here, and Winter ha
gwen ample warning that he IL not far behind hi
time. Bit In Virginia new movements are on foot
and In Georgia and Tennessce vast camps gns
singularly complicated, are In process ~ develop
ment. Descrters from tho enemy report that Gran
Ia preparing Tor grand assault upon our lines,
In strengthening his army for that purpose. The.
say that . part Of shcridan's army mas slread!
reached him.
ny TELEGRAPH.
Bu6alo, v. Y, Nor. 1.-Bng General Barry
Chief OF Artillery. Of MaJor-Geperal sherman
army, arrivod her. yesterday, seriously III from Al
stack of eryspclas. General Barry leit Genera
Sherman at O'Clock on the morning Of the I'D
instant st X gston, ia. General Barry says tbs
General shoriuau has every cavalry, infantry AN
artillery soldier that he wants, AMI Is certain {
compIete success The men arc oil IN the beet {
sp,riis. They have all received eight monthS pay
Their outfit hAs been especially adapted to a hsr
and rapid campsign. The morale OF the entir
army IA unenu ,ed, and the vigor and dcte-nius
,o, "a Gener,I sherman will carry II triumlhantl