Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-21
Ihk Ne VS..
IRON GEORGIA.
ARRIVAL or IxILIu At xAoas.

AAhlNAh VI AAiLh9 ~ AASShs
The fast Tain Of Atlanta eIileS arrived 81 Macon
Friday morning. They we're Obbsd Of eli their house.
mold iuraure jewels and slaves before being sent ino
our lines. AuVDg them il the lazy Of Judge Lyons
sherman called upon her in person. and STAGED that be
wanted her house Tor hls headquarters; that If shs
would leave her ~ nure ne would take OF IT, auo
see that got it al back He ADVISED her lot TO stop
1t Grin, Macon, AlsogeVllls Augusta, as his arm
would hold those Places aud sut her 10 luther
annoyance.
The COnJtasrGts says that cfseIs Of our army seem
10 thlLk the iga in Georgia is over for this
ysaIi that tee enemy Will strongly iorty Atlanta Anu
noio IL wish q tmal iOrcs. They reason IRON casuae.
III battles Northern Georga and from federal dates
of eIllstment Aad expiration. The correspondent OF
tie ReO'tsr 1t Lovj % sayst is reported 10 be Shsr.
mans piA alter allowing has troops little rest to push
forward ,bree separate COlOmIE-One against Macon,
one againss Au usta anG ono against Montgomery; Ct
eAst THIS ia the plan which Of his minor oseIs
understood would be carried ou!.
AFFAIRS AT ATLANTA.
The same iuralsneS tbs following Items
fro Atlanta:
General sOcum who Ia the Oommandant of the Poet,
installed in the fac residencs oil Mr.. DAbney, and
General Sherman has ensoonsed himself iu Mr.. Meals
residence near the City Hall.
General Sherman did not reach Atlanta himself until
last ThurtdlJ. He was escorted into the CITY by q
military PROCESSION, with any amount Of music And
Igs and was ssrentd,d by the various army bands ali
night long.
Zoe city 10 being rapidly filed with gu rtermasters
and commisssry stores aud the suffers are doing land
Office business upon W hitehall st.sst.
The Trout House and Washington Hall, have been
re opened under the auspices of adven urous Yankee
landlords.
A Yankee colonel and bis mistress are doing the
h5nors at the Trout House.
Toe Yankees have commenced the work Of fortif5.
ing the city upon a more extensive scale than tie
works WhiSn wo ersc.ed to ksap them out.
FROM The TRANS. MISSISSIPPI
The Mobile papers Of the l5sn announce the arrival
there OF or Rose the indeiats fable an Msessippi
coGrsr. He brought wish him Me-. General Bank.
head and both route 10 Ricnmond He SAYS that
The Iiveris patroled by the YANKEES with sleetlsa
watcafulness that 1t almost impossible to oross
anywhere.
Gen. hsgru1er mad gone with his army to Arkansas,
and Gen. Pnce Was in Missouri gathering large pum
brs OF recruits. General Kirby snlth was at ShreVe-
port.
The Yankees still in possession # Natchez, and
had been committing some atrocities which shock The
sensb Ii les OF every Christian man. su.h for exam
pie as dsnterrbg the dead in order search for va.
u. bles This Is stated on the very best authority
Houston later in the Rsgistsr, dated II ut, Gays
that Colo el Ford, VINO recapturUd BroWnsvile from
tue Yankee maintained his army Fix months without
cost TO the Confederate Government. Al the Oonfed(.
ra,e evacuation Of evansville last fall large amounts
OF cotton en- route to that city ordered to be
burned Nu,n OF this cotton, instead Of being given
to the almes hid in the chHpparAI, in ravines
with which that region Gbjunds. /. vas thus aban-
doned o Colonel F.ris arrival there with HE little
army hese cotton bales to the number of Sera hun
dres, we're discovered, and being Without msrks, and
often almost destitute OF baggns, he quietly took pos
tessi1n in the name of Tho Oonfederacy sent It into
Mexico, and ieAhz,d something like $l2s in gold per
bale. With this no has bought provisions and clolhiDg,
am thus kept his army in good order.
FLAG OF TRUOE STEAMER.
The flag f uuce steamer New York arrived at
varna yesterday at EoOn, bringing shout thousand
Confederate invalid prisoners, among whom are Brig
General Waikef Aau twenty-five other Oncere. Ten
Walker 1t vii DO Remembered wounded in ole Of
tie engagements with Beast Buffers troops above
Bermuda Hundreds, in May las- he lost foot by
caanCn shot, aud was captured by the enemy.
The steamer A son will saVs nee wharf al Rockets
Of clock precisely th, mOrlng foe 0OKs Whssi, two
miles tais eide Of VArina, aud will take dowa Judge
Ou and Cap ain W. Ii. Il Itch, Of The Exchange Bu-
r.su. corps OF Surgeons aud 6ty msmOsrs vi the
o,moRd Amtusnce Committee. Tee latter will as
sst IN rauLIerrng The rsuraed prisoners from the W
York to tie Allison.
It eXpeoed that the Allison will arrive Of Rockets
her return trp, between and Ccioek ths after
noon. Will Lot The ladies' OF RiOhmond be proseat 10
aud greet the returning sOljers with heartfelt
welcome and tender to them roms nice fru and tuch
goOi ngs as they may prepare this io,en0tnf We
kEoH they wi Lit put TO rest the fslsehoo6s so
indauitny lated IN Yankee hos pials to the Effect
tlat the oJDssdsrae Suthortie are Indifferent to the
fac oc welfare OF their brave sodies held ia Yhnkee
durAaee. Eve hundred Of tho returned prisoners will
s'Iivs this afternoon. Toe remainder will arrive to
morrow
We learn that GoseInOr Smith and his Ads vii be
al he wharf ths RltsraOaA, The AImOry Band VII