New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-05

Made o-Prcsidcmt-Poiisical Pris-
Correspondence Of The y. Y. Tribune.
WAsHWGToy Saturday Oct. l, 1864.
In my letter Of the 9th ult. on affairs in
Georgia exposing the exhausted condition Of the State
the destuton of the people, the horrors Of the con
scrpion &c, was obliged to defer as then stated
reference to other interesting subjects for another let
ter. In continuing now, as propose, the account OF
the honorable gentleman then referred to, shall omit
did IN my previous letter such of his statements as
merely coroboTatye OF intelligence heretofore pub
ished by THE TRIBUNE and other enteFprsine journals
The loss of Atlanta is a far heavier blow 70 the Re
beon than the Rebel leaders and the Rebel press are
willing to admit Their apparent comPosure IN face Of
the ds aster IA wholly affected They are perfectly
aware that Atlanta in hermans possession ia key to
the most important sections Of the Confederacy. 1t
opens him not only Central and Southern Georgia,
but the Southern par, Of Alabama and South Carolina
lie may 60 to Montgomery the late home of ihe arch
traitor Yancey, thence 10 the rear Of Mobile and
cooperate VITA army and navy now threatening that
city lie may go Augusta aud thence to the rear OF
Charleston and cooperate alta Foster aud Dahsren
against that stronghold; nc may 90 TO Macon and
Savannah
Tie uncertainty which ftLesc directions lie viii take
VII cause Hood divide his army III three bodies Nhh
one OF these covering the Georgia road and another
the Atlanta and Macon road and the iother the road
from Atlanta to West Point, neither will be strong
enough 10 resist formidable attack, nor near enough
whom either is assaled to be concentrated in time TO
prevent disaster.
The Rebels well understand this, and viii. 10 doubt
make superGusgan efforts recover tie fallen city, MI
Calhoun Mayor OF the town. tie day after It's occupa
iion BIZ our forces said TO several prominent citizens
that the South light well sucesmb first as last; that
in yielding to sherman Atlanta they gave Lin pass
port 60 heTe be pleased tAat here was nothing
TO prevent him going south - the Gf or east 70 The
Atlantic thereby cutting the Con.oderscy Ia two more
eecuay tlGn Il was CIT 10y thc Opening Of the hssis
sippi JIe cursed JEFF. Davis as knaye, end damned
II God as fool He declared thGt ifJohnston bad been
LIFT in command .; the army, Atlanta could never have
been capurcd and hGt The ony way remaining to save
the gCouiederaoy now was 10 .otake the city al az
hazards.
AS soon rs his honor was Informed that Cen shcr-
man intended 70 remove al citizens from the town. he
rayed Ike maniac. lie swo.e that had he suspected
ench inhumaiity the part OF the Yankee thol" he
would have poisoned every wei, and Tired every build
ing in the city.
Myinformaut says i was wen understood 10 be
part OF JohnstoDs plan, II compelled TO abandon A.
lgnta to completely destroy in bis retreat the railroads
leading TO West Point Macon aud Augusta. and take
m and carry away the track for in Other places
Tearing Sherman 10 reconstruct the road o. draw his
supplies after him in wagons; and he believes that II
Hood finds II impossible 20 the Lost city. he viii
IonaE the pl.rs ofhis predecessor IN is respect Rail
road lion has become very rcoIce Throughout tho Con
'ederacg.
The roads generally are in q miserable condition. and
trains in passing over them are Obliged to move at
yerv low rate Of spoed The Rh.ls manufacture yery
little railroad iron, AID the supply they obtain from
Europe through the blockade s wholly mad quaie 70
keep their .oads in fair running order. Ia many places
on the Central Railroad running from Savannah To
Macon the track has been rcplred with wooden rails
plated On the top with iron about third Of inch In
thickness. Fully half the rails ,hc Washington
branch rond little used at present have been taken
M. wooden ones being substituted In their places, u
repair the Gecrg.s road running from Augusta to Al
ianta.
In tho attacks by food on or army, on the 2Oth -
add 2sth OF judy he Wa fc.rfuy punished, and "as
almost universally condemned By lis subordinate Off
cess for his rashneas 1ranload after train-load Of
tie wounded was taken to Macon, aud the Female
converted into hospitals. Still required.
and hundreds Of bleeding and dying Rebels were car
RED Oh TO Aiilledgc,iIe and points further West.
The Faculty Of the Female College gfumoled at The
ocupaon OK heir buildings for such purpoge, and tie
loss and disappointment it would cause Their pupils
who were 70 rcassembe in few weeks from that time
bat Gen. Hood assured them. in polite note that
tie young ladies' might better remain at home Tor Il
time, and employ themselves ia making shirts ana
stockings for the comfort Of their braYe defenders
through the approaching Winter The Generals note
bad scarcely reached ito destination, when Two Oh Tie
teachers who had thus far managed in some way to
escape the CONSUMPTION, waited On by an officer
who pror sed them plenty " employment In new
field OF duty.
The little machinery and mechanical implements
aved from the workshops at Atlanta were removed to
augusta at present the greatest manufacturing town
Ia the Stale
The Augusta Canal, which carries the water OF the
Savannah River nearly forty feet above the level oil the
ty furnishes excellent weter power for factories and
machine shops The city can boast OF the largest
oundery in the Confedcracy for casting heavy ordnance
and several establishments for the manufacture OF shot
and shell 1t has also several factories for the manu-
Taeturc OF cotton and WOODEN fabrics. The laborers
employed in the latter almost exclusively foreign
ers who, with the looms and appliances in use were
imported from Europe expressly for these establish
nents.
Last June an attempt made IN the night to burn
the bridge over the river connecting Augusta with
Hamburg. and was IN part successful On the following
day threenegrces employed In Of the workshops who
bad day or two previous been logged for alleged mis-
conduct arrested Suspicion Of being the incen
diaries and after sort Of druIa-hoad court martial
composed Of drunken officers convicted and sen