The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, December 03, 1864, Image 2
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
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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. '
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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. ]
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Sherman. 1
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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
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