The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-23 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

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Sub-Lientenwte—O. P. Tadao., C. M. Turner. R. C.
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Cox, to the Defence : J. B. Hays, to the Research
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C. B. Franks, to the Higheyer.
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Richmond Enquirer, Dec. 7.)
minim is culminating—is becomirg in.
part of the Confederacy vitally, in.
=4ll. The advance of Sherman's army since he crossed
the 00411•• bas been slow end cautions, his intention evi.
dendy hang to mystify our military authorities, but the
delay end slow movement has been to gather in supplies of
forage, neatened as his territory is becoming from the
teal Wheeler's cavalry. Sherman has not for a
kited, is our humble judgment, as to the point
to be attacked, or the road to take. If our readers will take
the map, and notice the positions, they will find it very
interesting. From Fen's Bridge, on the main branch of the
°teaches River, where Sherman crossed to Louisville,
where the main body of his army is now supposed to rest, is
fifteen miles ; and from Louisville to Millen it is thirty miles.
Now we make up this campaign for him as the most
reasonable, the most fesaible if be hopes to accomplish
anything, and the most natural one. When his forage and
provision traits are full, be will mass his oaths force at
Millen, throwing his cavalry. to the rear. With his wagon-
traio between the two wings of his army, he will move
in compact columns, steadily but cautiously, on the
city of Savannah, with no fear of an attack on either
flank. The °gem-bee sad its few crossings Lod terrible
wimps on his right, and the Savannah River and its equally
swampy beaks on his left, both flanks will be most securely
covered, a grand desideratum in army movements. And
thus situated he has a march of something over 80 miles to
Savannah. Sherman left Atlanta on the 12th of November,
and reaching Millen on the 2nd of December, be has tra-
velled 165 miles in twenty days—an average of eight miles
per day. Travelling at the same rate, he would reach
Savannah on the 9th inst., or if he goes to Darien, may be
expected there about the 15th, provided he mate with no
delays by the way.
(From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. 7.)

The military drama iu Georgia is drawing rapidly to its
d.',,,yoncnr. General Sherman is at last approaching the
coast, whither he has been travelling twenty-three days.
Whether be will complete the journey or not depends very
much upon certain events which will occur this week. There
are troops in his front who will resolutely dispute his
farther advance toward Savannah or Darien, after he passes
a certain point. It is reported that his advance was skir-
mishing yesterday with our outposts. We do not know
what Sherman will do when he finds a formidable force in
his front, but are disposed to believe that he will discard
strategy and attempt to break through the lines of his op-
proem. Let Lieu do what he will, he will certainly feel
that never was general in a more critical situation.
(From the Richmond 117iig, Dec. 7.)

The Augusta Coustitutionotist of the 3rd inst. says that
just before going t) press it was informed that the enemy's
mate body bad paned Sullen, ea route for the coast or de-
structme. In a previous paragraph it says :—" Sherman,
from all reliable sources, seems to have halted recently in
order to grind corn. As he tended towards the barren count' ies
of the south it became necessary to make the proper pro-
vision. His longing parties are onstantly driven in by our
cavalry, and compelled to hug the main body. His forage is
reported to be short."
The A-tic York Times of the 10th thus comments
on the sews of Sherman's advance :

We have news of Shermaa's army from Richmond papers
'of &slats a date as Wednesday. It confirms the amounts
we had yesterday of the march of Sherman towards Saves.
nab, along the narrow strip of country that lies between the
Ogeechee sod Savannah rivers. The formation of this
stretch if laud is peculiar—there being extensive and con•
Viaticum marshes along the banks of both rivers, with an
elevated ridge of land running about equidistant between
them. Thus, while our troops march along the ridge, both
their flanks are protected by the marshes. It was
given out, last Saturday, that Lieutenant-General
Grant calculated Sherman would reach the sea.
board by that day ; and now the Richmond
editors calculate that he will reach Savannah to-
day. Grant's calculation was not far from accurate, or at
least would not have been, had Sherman marched without
stoppage ; but it seems by rebel accounts that he halted his
army for four days at Louisville, a little plans about 110
miles from the seaboard, in order to gather in such forage
and supplies as he required. The rebels still proclaim that
he will have a fight before he gets to Savannah. We support)
it likely that when they found he bad posed by Augusta
without asaaihag it, they removed the troop. which had
been hastily gathered there, under General Bragg, Wade
Hampton and the local militia mends, and hastened them
forward by the railroad to Charleston and thence to Sayan.
nab, to confront Sherman. Beside the officers we have men.
tioneil, there are at Savannah Marra. Hardee, Dick Taylor,
and Gustavus W. Smith. It is not unlikely that the troops
under Cobb, whom Sherman found at Macon, have been
running a rice to reach Savannah before our forces. They
could take railroad from Mecca as far as Loyola, and
thence march to the Southern Georgia reed, which would
carry them to Savannah. In the meantime, we have not
heard a word lately of Beauregard, who announced to the
people of Georgia, 22 days ago, that he was hastening to
their relief. We should think that with Beanregard. Cobb,
Bragg, Hardee, Smith. Taylor, Hamotoo, Wayne, Wheeler,
and the score of other great Confederate generals, who are
gathered together to stop Sherman 's march, they would
make some strenuous efforts to prevent his getting into
Savannah. We hope they will soon let US know what
income they meet with.

The following is the reply of Mr. Seward to the
request of Lord Whartichlfe, made through Mr.
Adawe, that the 17,0001. produced by the Liverpool
bazaar should be distributed among the Coufederate
prisouers In the North :

Department of fitato, Washington, Dec &

Si,,—! have received your despatch of the 18th of No-
vember, No. 807, lankier with the papers therein men-
tiooed, via., a oopy of a letter which wee addressed to you
on the 12th of November last, by Lord Wharncliffe, and •
copy of your mower to that letter. You will now inform
Lord Weeniebile that permission far an agent of the com-
mittee described by him to visit the ineurgents detained
in the military prisons of the United States end to dia.
tribute awing them smoothen thousand pounds of Bri-
tiah gold is disallowed. Here it is expected that
your correepoadeuce with Lord Whamliffe will end.
That correepondenm will necemarily become public.
Un reading it the American public will be well aware that,
while the Ucited States have ample means for the support
of the prisoners, as well as for every other exigency of the
war in which they are engaged, the insurgents, who have
blindly rushed into that condition, are suffering no priva-
tions that appeal for relief to charity either at home or
abroad. The American people will be likely to reflect that
the sum thus insidiously beaded in the name of humanity,
constitutes no large portico of the profits which it. contri-
butors may be justly supposed to have derived from the
insurgents, by exchanging with them arms and munitioas
of war for the coveted productions of immoral and ellff.
vatiog slave labour, nor will any portion of the American
people be disposed to regard the sum thus ostenta-
tiously offered for the relief of captured insurgents as
• too generous equivalent for the devastation and
dissolution which • civil war, promoted and protracted by
British subjects, has spread throughout the States, which
before were eminently prosperous and happy. linelly, in
view of this last officious intervention in our domestic eats,
the American people can hardly fail to recall the waning
of the father of oar country directed against two
intimately connected
.public dangers, namely : =al
faction and foreign ietrigue. Ido not think the i=t;
have become debased, although lits 7 have sadly
from the ways of loyalty and patriotism. I think that, in
common with all oar countrymen, they will rejoice ia being
saved by their considerate and loyal goverment from the
grave insult which Lord Whasocliffe and his masa
ciates, in their teal for the overthrow of the United States,
have prepared for the vkainss of this unnatural and hopeless
rebellion.—l am, air, year obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. Wuxi).

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