Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-12-09
sHERnIANs EXPEDITION.


Washington, December 5.-The Republican
Of this city IN extra publishes the following:
"By the arrival of Government transports at
Fortress Monroe, Government has received adj
vices from Sherman to the I'd. When the steam
er left information had reached Savannah that
Sherman advance cavalry was within six miles
OF that city. This does not conflict with news
brought by the steamer Belle, which arrived
Saturday night that Savannah papers announced
Sherman within forty miles from that city
These papers do not state at what date ne was
that distance from the city.
A gentleman recently from Savannah Informs
us there is noimportant defences on the west
side of Savannah
Baltimore Dec, 5.-The American has the fol-
lowing special correspondence: Adyices from
Fort Monroe, last evening, report the arrival
there OF the steamer Gen. Lyon, with $50 releas-
ed prisoners. At the time the Gen. Lyon left
Savannah, last Thursday night, the latest news
received there was to the effect that Sherman
occupied Millen, Sa., and that his cavalry were
scouting seven miles out from the town, with
but little resistance. Every effort was being
made for the defence of Savannah. Our prisO-
ners report boys Is years old, and even women.
assisting in the trenches and earthworks Sher-
man was slowly, but surely, advancing to the
coast and no doubt of his success need be enter
tanned.
A letter in the Augusta Chronicle from
member of the Georgia Legislature giving his
experience in escaping from Sherman,s 8 army,
he and others having been taken across the coun-
try, shows the extent of the devastation infiict-
ed on the country. He says: "Going to Nc
Riddles place we found his fine house in ashes
and his gin house burned, and every horse and
mule gone. In his lot was about 100 horses ly-
ing dead, they looked ike good stock and were
avid fsn e Il.
Proceeding on, we found every plantation
on the road similarly devastated, except that no
other dwelling house was burned until we reach
ed the fine farm of Hon. Joshua Hill. This is
perfect wreck, large green house full of cot
ton, corn cribs, dwelling, all in smolderng ruins.
His loss was greater than that of any planter in
this section. Besides the cotton, several thous-
and bushels of corn and potatoes, several hun
dred bushels of wheat and much other valuable
property, with every horse and mule, and ne
groes are gone, No farm on the road to this
place and, far as we can learn, towards Atlanta
escaped their brutal rayages. They ravaged the
country below here to the Oconee River The
woods were strewn with the debris of their pro-
gress. Dead horses, cows, sheep, hogs, chickens,
corn, wheat, cotton, books, paper, coffee mills
and fragments Ofnearly every species of proper
ty, strew the way y-side. In Madison they burn
ed the depot and one or two old warehouses,
with the jail and market houses. They pilIaged
every store and plundered more or less on eve
ry lot. They fired every store and several
houses and their officers, with a show of mag
nanimity, aided to put out the flames.
Many families have not a pound of meat or
peck ofmeal or -four. Many negroes were en-
ticed away from homes of comfort to share the
fortunes of winter march to the coast and there
forced to starVe.
Families of wealth have not house servant
left and those who were the most trusted were
often the first to leave.
The enemy destroyed everything on General
CObb's plantation, with the exception of his ne
gro cabins.