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THE NEW SOUTH. J H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. PORT ROYAL. SATURDAY, DEC. 3, 1864. The New 8outh can be had of the following -Vgents : J. C. Auxxaxdex, P. M., Beaufort J. W. Ai.t.kn, P. M-, St Augustine. W. S. Morkilu P. M., - Fernandiua. W. F. Wood, Post Master. - Morris Island. Northern News. sherman. Washington, Nov. 22, 1801. Advices received here to-day lroni Gen. Sherman's army show that he was, on the 19th itst, within thirty miles of Macon; and it is believed that by this time he has possession of the place. He has thns - far met with bat little opposition, and - ? : - *?. ..II his campaign is progressing ? mi an uic success that could be desired. [From the Washington BepiiMican, Nov. 12.] Reports from Richmond are to the effect that General Sherman's grand advance movement into the heart of rebel. dom is producing a panic. A despatch from General Rawlings, at General Grant's headquarters. City Point, giving the substance of news in the Richmond papers of u recent date confirms the report. We can assure the rebels of Richmond and elsewhere that what they wilj soon discover, if tbey have not done so already. Vr>v QQ "IKfU. 1! AOIII.IVIIV4I) 4iw? ? t? Nearly two weeks have elapsed siuce direct information was received from General ShermandumseUL The Government has no intelligence of his recent movements later than that contained in the Richmond papers of last Friday.? Genera] Sherman at least a month ago I informed the proper authority at Washington of his plans, which, judging by the rebel accounts, have thus far been carried into effect with a bright promise of | success throughout his campaign. NasHVZLLK, NOV. 16, 1861. J The plan of moving through Georgia J originated with General Sherman, and ( ?~ ?*wl hftvinff matured it. he i liu UUC Vl??v f ?wx. 0 submitted it to the Secretary of War, who approved it by giving the General unlimited powers in the premises. He takes with him the following forces 1 Fourteenth corps. Fifteenth corps, Seventeenth corps, Twentieth corps, eight! thousand cavalry and one huudiei and twenty-five pieces of artillery, making a j total of fifty thousand tt> sixty thousand ' men. His force is amply sufficient for any pnrpose. The rebels have about three thousand men at Savannah, and about1 the same number At Charleston, besides militia, who are of littie value; and there are no others to meet him without weak ening Lee, as Hood could not overtake him if he were to try to do so, and be- j Ride, that individual Lis enough to do to I take care of himself, with Thomas watch ing him. Sherman will move to the eastward, in two columns; one will go by way of Ma- j con, and the other direct to August^ and | a concentration will be effected at the hitter place, and then future movements; will be determined upon, as exigences may demand. nc of which J. Utr/d are iiurrc puimo, n? he will strike?Savaunah, Charleston o# Beanfjrt, but my impression is, the last named will be the point. My re;isons for this conclusion are these : First?Savannah, iut off Irom all coramnnications, would 1*j valueless to the rebels : and the same reasons which render it so with all its railroads cut off. Second?Charleston can be cut off by moving down the railroad to Branchville twenty or thirty miles t??thr west; and it is idguly probable mat will beSheiniun's line of march. Third?Beaufort is already in our possession. We have an abundance of shipping, and supplies there, and our men, will need the latter, after their long march?and therefore it is highly probai ble that Beaufort will be the new base of General Sherman. Nevertheless circumstances may in- [ tervene to change the policy indicated above: but I believe that the general now intends to reach Beaufort, but not until he has completely isolated botbSavannah . and Charleston. The present movement will be productive of ih?- most important results Both Macon and Augusta are manufacturing | towns. In one of his speeches, during hi* late tour, Jeff. Davis declared that : the latter place alone supplied powder enough for the whole Confederacy. But ! it is iu respect to communications ti.at, the greatest advantages are to be derived, j The army of Hood will be completely is- j ! olated ; his army will be thoroughly sep-; arated from that of Lee as are the forces ; west of the Mississippi river. Savannah j will l?e no longer valuable as ablock- j ade running port Charleston will be ( cut off, and Sherman's army of fifty- j five thousand men will be free to act as circumstances demand, and will be on ! : the seacoast, ready for embarkation at a i moment's notice, so that th?y can be ! j used with Grant or Sheridan, as may be j most advantageous ; or, after recruiting, j ' they may be moved through central; ' South ana .North uaronna, mieny anm| hilating every railroad by the way, and thus making Virginia the grave of the rebellion. Can Sherman subsist? Undoubtedly he can. There are two articles in the i South in abundance?corn and swe t poI tatoes; and he takes with him any j amount of hard tack and several thousand cattle. His men will live better than I when in camp. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Nov. 22,1864. i reported evactation of fetersbrrg. | Parties arriving here to-day, from City Point, again report the evacuation 01 Petersburgh. No confirmilnbn of the I rumor has been received by the War Department, and officials assign the movement of troops liom Petersburg to the north side of the James, in accordance with the ideas ot late Richmond papers, I that Grant was preparing for a move in .?o Afiffin i\f fVli* /?'l. i lUttt Uuctuua, ao vuo wi^iu v* ? )uurd. THE GUERILLAS BECOMING TROUBLESOME. ' # The guerillas are becoming very trou- j blesouie in the vicinity of Fredericks-; burg, ani on the banks of the Upper I Rappahannock. THE RE-( ONSTBCCTCON OF THE CABINET.? J THE VACANT INDIANA JUDGESHIP. The friend8of Judge Usher, of the In- [ terior Department, state that he is not a candidate for the vacant judgeship in I Indiana, and does not desire to- go upon : the >>ench, and that in the reconstruction 1 of the Cabinet there is no probability ot i a change in that department. Judge Us-: her has administered the duties of his office with much success and to the satisfaction of the President, and it is doubtful whether a change would be for ! the bet;er. THE APPKOACHIXa SESSION OF CONGRESS REVISION OT THE REVENUE LAWS. A number ot members ot Congress have already arrived here, and the \ canvassing of measures which will engage the attention of Congress immediately alter the commoucement of the session, has already commenced. The most important of these ore those relative to the ! revenue and taxation. A thorough revi-1 sal of the revenue laws is conced d to K ncspiiHuh in order that the amount coi lectetl ruav bear a greater proportion to to the expenditures. It is believed that at least one hundred and tilt)' millions' additional revenue may be obtained, without unduly burdening the people. Other important mt asurts will engage the attention of Congress, and the session, i though short, will be a very busy one. GEXflRAL KOAX's OONDITIOX. General Egan's wound has proved to be more serious than was at irst snppos td. The bail passed between the bones i of the arm. Soon alter he reached < Washington erysipelas set in; but this has now subsided, and the physicians are j hopefHl that the danger is over. He will i l?e taken to New York as soon as he can j bear tc travel. : Nashville, Texx., Nov. 1, 1864. movements of the rebels. There is nothing of importance from ' the front. Hood still occupies the neigh- 1 buorhood of Florence and Jacksonville, j He has rebuilt the bridge connecting ] Florence proper with a small place called !1 South Florence. Hood has but two i corps, while another, said to be Stuart's, ( is with Beauregard at Corinth. t It is said that Dick Taylor, with ten i thousand men, has joined Hood?if not, he is at Big Bear Creek. Hood is suppo-; sed to have about thirty-live thousand j men, irrespective of Taylor's command, ; f and apparently does not intend making f any offensive movements. Thomas lr rapidly combining and con ] cent rating liis forces, as if he intended a*- ] suming the offensive. The destruction of property at John-1, sonville has been much magnified. The i, government storehouse had thirty six . shells through it, but was not destroyed ' after all. Oi ly one house has been burned. One division ot' the twenty-third J corps and other troops garrison it now. Forrest is trying to co-operate with < Hood. ; 1 EAST TENNESSEE. !, There is little news from East Tennes- 1 see, but from present indications. I ex- 1 pect Gillem is about making some impor- i taut movements. ] l I Sherman. 1 , < progress of sherman s army. j f From the Savannah News, Nov. 19.] 1 Wo have authentic information that , the enemy nas appeared before Macon, ] and another r?uding party Imscome down ] probabiy from Covington, on the track of!, the Stoneman raid, and had reached the j little town of Wallace, in Jones county. ( a few miles north of the Milledgeville) j and Gordon railroad, last night or early j thiN morning It is reported that this j j>arty has burned Monticello, the count}':( seat of Jasper county, and the little town j of Hillsboro, in the south of that coun-; ] ty. No doubt they aie aiming to strike \ the railroad at Gordon, and thus stop the , passage of the cars over the Central or , the Milledgeville roads, and perhaps pro- , ceed on to camp Lawton to release the , .federal prisoners, or to uo general damage in that direction. We have also reports, apparently authentic, that the enemy made an attack yesterday ujkhi Forsyth, in Monroe county, on the Macon and Western * railroad, and were signally repulsed. We learn that a good deal of excitement exists in : Macon, and that a number oi women and children are leaving. It is evident trom j riie appearance of the enemy at all these IKJints, it is only a cavalry mid, aiming to J st: ike and destroy all the railroad com- i mu'iications to Macon before the main i irmy aproaehes, and perhaps to venture farther in the direction of this city or I Augusta and do as much mischief as pus-1, sible. It is beli.ved that the force at Ma- j, con and Milledgeville ia ample to protect \ those places at present. Whether the ;, main army ot Sherman will ever get thai j, tar down is a matter we cannot venture j an opinion upon. Since writing the foregoing we have j received a private desjiatcn iroin Macon, | showing that up to this writing i half-past . one, p. m.) the enemy had not struck the ; road. The despatch says that no trains ( would leave Macon to-day for this place. , P. S?Three P. M.? Ihe telegraph is still working to Macon Irom which we t conclude, me enemy nave noi Mtrucic me { Central road ftt any po ut. [From the Savannah News, Nov. 21.] i Our latest and most reliable advices are 1 that the enemy was in force in the viem- ( ity of Monroe aud Jones counties, and a considerable body had crossed the Oc- j rnulgee river at Planter's Factor)', seven [ miles West of Indian Spring taking a direction that would indicate his inten- ( tion to take Augusta in his route to the , ( seaboard. The enemy may, and will no 11 doubt inflict innch damage but if the > ?) people of our noble state nerve themselves j t us one limn to the importune of the emergency, ami forgetting self, direct their incessant, united efforts against the foe as advised by General Beauregird %nd our patriotic representatives in Congress, the great Yankee army of the Tennessee, and it-> brutal and insolent leader will be annihilated. >rr*? nrVTDir nvnBrJl 3n IT? CTTT AT fSBTii. L XX A I Citl A AAU unuiivria v Mr vv* v<m?u WOLDVILLE OX THE l^TII IXST. From the Savannah "Reupblican, Xov. 21. Information, entirely authentic, was received here yesterday, that a force of Yankee cavalry struck the Central road ibout threa o'clock P. 31., at or near jrriswoldville, tore up the track and capaired a lumber train. They also cut the telegraph line, destroying, ifor the time, our communications with Macor. No nrther particulars have been received. We have an ample force in the vicinity, iud the raiders are likely to pay the peiiiltyof their impudence. The wires between Gordon and Milidgeville were also cut yesterday, though nothing is said of damage to the road. [Griswoldville is a station on the Maxm and Milledgeville road, ten miles ?ast of Macon ] [From the Richrtiand Enquirer, Nov. 23. J The rains have put a determined stop an all immediate military operations in Virginia, Georgia now concentrates the common interest upon herself. Until the present year the people of that state Lnew nothing of the horrors of invasion, . i .1? f .i] - r HI i . Mlfl not nntll llic ihii 01 auiuiui nrrr they full ftlive to the realities which war had introduced into their midst. As aothine, however. has occurred in the past history of the state, save the weak utterances of a few childish men, to indicate that she will not bear up proudly, as ither states have done under the heel of the invader, wc can b it expect that she ivill emulate her long suffering sisters, aow that the true hour of her trial lias come. Sherman is marching into the ieart of the state ; and as yet movements lave met with but little resistance, i fact vhich may be explained by the necessity :he situation demands of drawing him ?ff. as far as possible, from the only loint to which he conld reasonably hope for succor. He may, unmolested, capture some of the interior towns, as he captured others in the northern part nMiMJ the stste, during the summer campaign, [t is not at all improbable that he will take the capital of the state, and perhaps nove thence upon Savannah or Augusta, vith an ultimate eye to Charleston, it vas rumored yesterday that lie had noved in a single column from Forsyth towards Milledgeville ; that his cavalry iiad made a descent unon the Macon and \Iilledgev>lle Railroad, at Gordon, and that even the town of Milledgeville was d ready in their possession. Although this is not confirmed by any official intoraiation, it is by no means unlikely, for d though Forsyth is nearer to Macon :han to Milledgeville, a detour to the left ror the latter point would be a very practicable strategic move, and would apparently give Sherman the advantage of tho lead of Hood's army, at a sde distance ihead, were that army sent after him, ind were he forced to retreat. The probability of being pursued by any other iruiy has scarcely entered his ealcnlaions. Whiie keeping the Atlantic coast li view, as the object of his expedition, vith some convenient interior towu to live a wiste to his performance, he pre 'ers to move upon a line which will give lim plenty of room in case of difficulty, :o moving direct from his alsuidoned >ase and hazarding everything in case of i repulse. In case of the occupation of Milledgeville, therefore, Savannah and Charleston will be evidently the objective >oints of the expedition, both 01* either, fhat combinations are in progress, how ver, to foil the purposes of ihe enemy, ' here con be no doubt: and we may ex>ect to hear in a few days some definite iccount of tliem. A decisive move caulot long t>e delayed. JOVEKXOR BUOWX's HOUSE AT CAXTOX DEtlTT'MVm From the Macon Intelligencer, Nov. 18 ] We le;irn from ft reliable source that Governor Brown's residence in Canton, Cherokee county, embracing bis commolious dwelling bous^,kitchen, outhouses, tc., together with his office and other mil dings, were all burned to the ground #