The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-09-22

WAsHINGroN. Sent.

The Griffin, Ca, Rebel Of the 2th inst,
a copy of which has been received here, is
grati6ed at the assumed information that
the draft at the North has been abandoned,
and says The pretaxt that volunteering is
going on to an extent which renders the
draft unnecessary is thrown out for the
benefit OF the fanatics who demand Wig
orous prosecution Of the war, The Rebel
believes a few short weeks more Of deter
mined, heroic resistance will settle this
campaign, and time will do the rest.
The subscriptions to the 730 loan for
the last two days are $l.020,000, and to
the 10 40 loan, 81 ], 600. st ~.
The following is the reply of General
Sherman to General Hoods charge of
studied and ingenious cruelty, and which
was received in Washington to-day:
n HEADaUARrERs MIDDLE DEPARTMENT OF
THE Mississippi IN THE FIELD.-ATLANTA,
September Ie 1864 General j B. Hood
commanding army of the Tennessee, Con-
federate arms.
General-T have the honor to ac.
knowledge the receipt of your letter ofthis
date at.the hands of Messrs Ball and Crew,
consenting to the arrangements | had pro
posed to facilitate the removal South
ofthe people Of Atlanta, who prefer to go
in that direction. Ienclose you copy of
nv orders, which will, am satisfied, ac-
complish my purpose perfectly. You style
the measures proposed unprecedented, and
appeal to the dark history OF war for par
alleI, as an act of studied and ingenerous
cruelty. IL is not unprecedented, for Gen
Johnston himself very wisely and properly
removed the families all the way from Dial
ton down, and see no reason why Atlanta
should be excepted, nor is it necessary to
appeal TO the dark history Of war, when re-
cent and modern examples are so bloody.
( You, yourself, burned dwelling houses
along your parapet, and have seen to day
fifty houses that you have rendered unin'
habitable because they stood in the way Of
yonr forts and men, You placed Atlanta
on line so close to the town that every
cannon shot and many musket shots from
our line of investment that Overshot their
mark and went into the habitstions Of wo-
men and children. Gen. Hardee did the
same at Jonesboro, and Gen. Johnston did
the same last summer at Jackson, Miss.
have not accused you of heartless crueltEs
but merely instance those cases of
very recent occurrence, and could enum-
crate hundreds of others, and challenge
any fair man to judge which o
us had the heart Of pity for the families
of brave people say it is kindness to
those families Of Atlanta to remove them
now at once from scenes that women
and children should not be exposed
to, and the brave people should scorn
to commit their wives and children
to the rude barbarians who thus, as you
say, violate the laws Of war as illustrated
in the pages Of it's dark history. In the
same comm IN sense ask you not to ap-
peal to a Just God 10 such sacrligious
manner you, who, in the midst of peace and
prosperity, have plunged nation into civil
war, dark and cruel war, who dared and
badgered US to battle, insulted our flag,
seized our arsenals and forts that We're left
in the honorable custody of q peaceful ordi-
nance sergeant, seized and made prisoners
of war the very garrisons sent to protec.
your people against negroes and Indians
long before any overt act was committed by
the (to you) hateful Lincoln government,
tried to force Rentucky and Missouri into
the rebellion in spite of themselves;
falsitied the vote of Louisiana let
loose your privateers to plumber ua
armed ships, and expelled Union families
by the thousand you burned their hous'
es, and declared by act of your congress
the confiscation of all debts due northern
men for goods received. Talk thus to the
marines, but not to ne, who have seen
these things, and who will this day make as
much sacrifice for the peace and honor OF
the South as the best born gentleman
among you. five must be enemies, let us
be men, and fight it out as wo propose to
day, and rot deal in such bypocritical ap
peals to God and humanity. God will
Judge us in due time, and he will pronounce
whether it be more humane to fight with
town full of women and the families Of q
brave people at our back, or to remove them
in time to places of safety among their own
friends and people.
am very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
VT. SHERMAN,
Maj Gen. Cong.