New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-23

from the step OF the invader TO burn end destroy every
Thing In bis front assn him all sdes, and all thot
with his conduct here and the Wretehed conai'oh
Of his negroes and their quarters. 80
We found his granaIios well filed with corn ana
wheat. part OF which was distributed and eaten BY our
animals and men. large supply Of strip meae nom
SORGHUM (Which we have found al nearly every panta
ton marcO was stored in an clubhouse. LIS
was also disposed Of 10 the soldiers and the poor oc'
cepit negroes which this humane htertyoVing MAJOR
General left TO die in this place few days sgo. BE.
coming alarmed, Cobb sent to that place ana reInoyoo
all the able bodied mros. horses ccws and slaves. ne
left here some fifty old mcn-cripres, ana women anu
children-wth clothing fcarcc covering Their neked'
mesa with little or no food, and without means oi pro
curing any. We found them covering over Inc hIe,
rnces Of their miserable hns where tho WIND Whlrld
through the crevices between the logs, frightened at
tho approach OF the Yankees who. they bad been tod
woula Kill them. more Nrlorn. neglected sci oil
human beings never saw. -. =,
General Sherman distributed 10 the negroes " IN his
own hands the provisions left here, and assured then,
that their friends, and they need not 10 anaq
that We were foes. 0ne old man answered nm; Il
spose dat yous true: but masse you'll 90 way io,mor
row and aDudder white man will come" He had never
known anything but prosecutions and fears from the
white man and had been kept IN such ignorance Oh us
that lie did not dare put NTH in any white man.
REB!L LIS TO NEGROES.
This terrorism, which forms so striking feature Oh
Slavery, has had marked Illustrations ever since we e
Atlanta The negroes told that rs soon as we got
them into cluiohes they were put INTO tie ,ront OF
the battle and killed them If they did not ngnt ,hat
chic and when the buildings were burned IN Atlanta.
We filed them with negroes to be roSted ana devoureu
by the flames. These stories, which appear so ABSURD
10 s are not too exravagaDt for the ample untutored
minds Of the negroes. They are easily frightened ana
fun OF superstition. In most any other instance, such
bloody tales would have frightened them entirely out OF
our ,eht 10 the woods and other hiding places but they
assert with much earnestness and gee. that massa
can't CONS DIT over We; we knoEcd a heap better.
What for de Yankees want 10 hurt black men bassa
hates do Yankees and he's frcn' ter We 70 We am
de Yankee bis frens Very simple logic, that brt 1t
is sufficient for the negroes
WHAT TIE NEGROES THINK.
Near Coyington one Judge Harris has largo plan.
,ntion before We arrived it wei stocked; can't
answ er for its condition afterward jolher set OF
negroes never saw than his when the blue coats
ceme along Horrible stories 81 their cruelty TO The ne
groes were also told by their masters 10 itghten them
bat tho negroes put one word o. faith IN them
asked Judge Harriss heai-man; well, how DO you
ike the Yaukeesf Like him bully, bully, bully.
Tse wanted to sec em long time; heard heap bout
lem. Say Sally desc here be gentlemen dats passing
4 compliment 20 our soldiers which they no doubt
would have appreciated could they have heard Mr..
"Ysss sar, Use hope de Lord will prosper dem and
Mr. ShcrDan.'
"Wby do you hope that the Lord will help tho Yam
keei"
dow here in our interests
You're about right there; did yon ever lear that
President Lincoln freed all the slaves No. scr,
never heard such ting DO White ioks nsDeer ,s.I
parts Of the South the negroes have seen seem TO nm
dersland there a man named Lincoln, who had the
power 20 free them, ard had exercised IL. We have
reached here a stratum OF ignorance upon that subject
All knowledge u that nature las rot only been kept
from the blacks but opya few Of tho whites are well
Informed The lieutenant commanding ne sseo,! OF
Gen Sherman was born and has always lived In Nil
ledgeyile il an officer in the First Alabama cavalry
regiment tells me that ho never saw copy Of IBR
NIW.YoEK TRIBUNE until he joined our army. HIS
history by the way 10 most interesting one. and u
ono day he worth the telling. Ills adherence 10 tic
Union army grew out II lis natural athorrenos Of
he lad witnessed from child.
hood. His name IS Smelling. A young man ofgood
education 81 hgh INTEGRITY. simple hearted brave ara
has been most useful 10 the cause OF LA county.
Gen sherman invites oil ahleboded negroes Others
could not make the march, to Join tho column and be
tokes especial pleasure when hey JON inc procession
an some occasionB telling them they are feei That
Na,sa Lincoln Las given them their liberty. aud taat
they - where they please thAt tey etrn tnsr
freedom they shond have it-but that hassa Lincoln
and that the proclamation Of freedom bad msdo The
free and have met but few instances where they dd
not say hey expected Tie Ianbeer were coming oD"h
sometime or other. and very generally they are po'
sessed with the idea that We are nfbing Tor Them nh
that their freedom is the object Of tho war lbs no.
on they got from Learing the a!k Of their masters.
"Stck IN der" WIS the angry exclamation Of ono OF
a marty 81 negroes 90 another. who was asking too
many questions OF tie officer who had given them per-
mission 70 ioin tie column. stick in Oar. us Gil
night; We gwiDe along. wose free"
Another replied b a question, Oh yns', masss. Dc
people heresbouts were heap frightened when dey
heard ,ou'se comngi dey busted OUT yer sudden
Pointing 70 tho Atlanta and Augusta Railroad, which
had been destroy ed the question asked. 1t took
longer mo 10 bud this railroad than 1t does 10 de-
ttroy II |"
- would think It did. massa; IN dat ar woods over
dar s buried ever 20 many black men who were killed
sar yes. killed. working on dat road-whippod 10
delb l seed EN-. sar.
Does tie man live here who beat themP
"Oh no, sar; he's dun gone long time"
DESTRUCTION OF RAILROADS.
Rv the way the destruction Of railroads in this osm
palgn has been most thorough. The destruction OF
such long lines Of road necessarily requires Time winch
In an expedition Of this Kind il valuable IN tho highest
degree The ordinary method Of destruction was 10
place The rails pile Of burning secpers. their
own weight bending them
METHOD OF DESTRUCTION.
Bot this does not nuie the rnil so much but That 1t
NAV be heated aud strengthened again. Instruments
have been made; is a clasp which locks under the
rail IL hes a ring in the top into which IN inserted
long lever and the rail IS thus rped nom The seepIs
When the rail has become heated wrench IL applied
which fits close over tho ends Of the rali ny tITnng
them in opposite directions tho rn Is 20 twisted that
even rolling machine could not bring II back into
shane In this have been destroyed some thirty
miles 81 rails which lay in the city Of Atlanta and also
all the rails the Augusta and Atlanta road rom me
ast named place Madison; and thus far the Georgia
Central road from few miles east OF Macon to Terry
Vile Station. where am now writing.
TIIR MARCH TO TIE oGERCHER.
NEAR JoHSsos's, oS The SorTH SIDE or THE
GEORGIA RAILROAD Nov. ~. le64. J
We have not heard from the army on the
north side Of tho railroad since 1t left us ut Sanders
Vile nor from fitzpatrick until today, spu then ita
rectr through negro who reports that the son o MS
master rode all the way from Louisville In great haste
reporting that Wheeler was fighting the Yankees. who
were advancing on Augusta Gen. SberInahs second
step In this campaign van have been e3uA suoseSH,u
with tho frsi II he is able 10 cross the Ogeeche to
morrow without much opposition. Davis and kilpa-
tricks has been blind In order to facilitate
he passage The Oeeechee OF the main body Of tbe