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comprising some two thirds of the town, and were laying waste the country as they progressed. They march in hollow squares, their trains in centre. They united at Baker's mill, near Covington, and it was not known whether they would strike for Eatonton or Athens. This gentleman says that the view from the summit of Stone mountain of the conflagration of Atlanta was awful beyond description. The Gate City was "an ocean of flame" as the fiery waves rose and fell throughout its whole extensday and burned the railroad platform. It is not believed that they have come down any farther than the Circle. Their infantry encamped at or near Old Sheffield's on Wednesday night, and from their movements it is thought they are en route for Eatonton. It is also reported that they have burned Monticello and Hillsboro', which, if true, indicates clearly that they design tapping the Central railroad at Gordon, or some other point. The passenger train on the Georgia road yesterday onl