Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-29
LyrcHFIELD. CONN., rHuRsDAy. DEC. %. 1864.
sAvANNAH.
'svlb HOe 0igno VI


 Th. Christmas news that Savannah had fallen :" sent thrill of joy through every loyal h..rt. and raised the hopes of millions to po;ut never before reached since the hrst year of the war. And very justly so, as it seems to us: for with the capture of Savannah sherma" has completed the most wonderful; ana sueces' Ia, march in the history of the war, if not m ,he history of the world. and has firmly plant sa himself a. base from which he holds as IL ~.rs inc whole bogus Confcderacy In DIS hands.
 Arv enc with mp of the southern country in his bands, land it is well to have a map a' hand to consult now-a-days,) will sse at g ,,ancS that Auansta -is within easy reaen o' Savannah, and at that point all the ra''roaos concentrate which unite Richmond with all .,r,h of it. The Savannah river is navigao'e for oun boats as high as Augusta and that GUY could not hold out against the combined attack of our naval forces and Sherman's veterans'-- From Augusta to Columbia would be nat"ra''y ,.. next step in advance towards Lees rear, and that doughty General would be strongly ,,r...ea ,o ..draw his slcd' forthwith, with Grant in his front and Sherman at bis rear.
 Or Sherman may choose to encompass him via. Charleston and Wilmington. nor would there seem to be any good reason why 'h's line of march might not be taken by the re- doubtable hero of Georgia, especially as It IS well known that Charleston is but lily, II at all. defended from the land side, aud Portel and Butler arc already sorely beseiglng Will mington.
 But the grandeur of the victory at savan bah seems to us to be not only in the grand strategic point gained, nor wholly in the large amount of ammunition. guns and cotton cap tured, nor that all this was obtained without n blow,-the chivalric army under Hardee elinking noiselessly away, but in the fact that inc ueople of Savannah seem to receive our army not SO much as conquerors but as oeiiv- erer,. and instead of burning and destroying the property in their possession at the ap- uTO0cu OI our artnieS WOW ~ '"
 disposed of by them as the proper spo'is o' war. The Southern people are tireing ot the war, besides getting visibly to the end fl ,beir tether. We can observe this not only from the conduct of their troops at Savannah but from the army at the West from the de populated country through which sherman
 4 has just passed, from tie mutterings of the rebels nearer Richmond, and from within the very rebel capitol itself. Their fortunes were never at SO low an ebb as now. and our firm belief is that the whole concern will meet with q sudden and miserable collapse before many months to come.
 The news of the fate of Savannah will be found elsewhere in our columns. Glorious as the record is. it is by no means the end ot Sherman 6 work, though if may be considae d the termination of his magnificent much through Georgia. We shall again hear from him as soon as his veteran army have had breathing spell, and wa shall see that so ex, pert and skilful an officer and 90 gallant and brave an army will not long reposs upon thsi' well earned laurels, when new fields and new riory awaits them.