The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-23

yut in chnn~o-y sny Ervc which might ,t,euIs |
to SGT "'t N H. quart. The work - ssinhrshly |
performed bv our len wing fnr as obliged the |
rebels oar front ccns'sntiv to retrcst hy ,hrcat-
ug thc.r rear now iccoucs tho office of the Ff- |
teeuth cnrps, Uur right VIM. 1u the usht bank ~
the river IiV Two columns .rc moving ono days |
INA "a ia advance N tie msn Oudy cf the army, |
marching down tue VcuiueulA between the SAvan- |
nah ant Orc,hec rivers Tho necessity and value |
OF theso flank movements first ~ The right wing
with khpatrck's cavalry, then " DAVIS ant XII
patrick on the len, and now of Howard on our
II h. 10 bccnuse No canuot run over and dcnolish
any and all tho rchel forces in Georgia They could
not iur a moment stand ueiore this army upon any
ordinary battle-ground, but n very small io-ce Of
infantry or cNvRry n' river could delay column
hslf uNy, and pcrhsp, longer, and A. our soldiers
have goturcd of chickens sweet POTATOES sorshui1.
Nc, and have been PROMISED oysters ou the hall
shcr, oysters roasted, g'cvci, s.. in Short oys-
ter, thoy don't car, to Nc delayed.
Tho PRISON pcu 81 Mullen ~ five miles above
len Junction. A space of ground three
hundred icc1 squsrc, enclosed ~ ct t'ckade with
out any covering Whatsoever, wN the holo where
q uoucanda of our brave soldiers have beon confined
{ W many mouths rsst. Exposed ~ heavy dows,
tn biting iros'R, the pcltug rams without ~
much ~ n bosrL or tent even, 10 protect iho-"
poor nAksd fellows, who woro almost a,~svs rob
he'd of TIER clothing when captured. Somo og
thcm hal sdoptcd wretchcd alternative, AMI dug
holes IN the ground, into which they ctept at
tiules. Whist wonder Va, we found the evidence
that So'en hundred aud h1y had died thercf
on TO SAVANNAH.
Tho army was concentrated near Osechee
Church ON thc 9th oi December. General Howard
ia still on tho west a.do of ihc Ogechrc, but is
within supporting distance, and has ample means
of crossing the ryer, should It bo necessary, which
Ga not At all probable. Fitzpatrick has again done
mobile work. On SUNDAY last, while marching To-
wards Alexander, for the purposr of more thor
| uu.nly completing the destruction of the railroad
| tridg" crossing RriAr Creek, he found Wheeler on
! his way near WAy neahoro. IIo fought him several
tunes punshinc him severely IN each instance,
/ driving hs ufautty and cavalry before him
l through Wavn'sboru, aud beyond the bridge
| which wAscompletely destroyed. lie rci,'ucd tie
ma "a body oi our army then marching southwark.
| GA tho 9th 40 passed tho plantation Of n Mr
/ Stuths. / house, cutton-sln pr'FS, coiu-rs,ks,
stables every hing that could burn wA- IN
| tsmos- and in Lhe dooryard lay the dead bodies of
s"yHAl hloodhounIs, tpat had been used o. track
| sui pull down negroes AMI our cscalcd prlsoncrs;
| aud wherever our army has psssol, everything IA
the shape o. dog hss been killed. The soldiers
and officers determined that no more hying fu-
giNvcs white men or negroes shall hc followed by
track hounds tina, come within roa'h of No,r pow
! dor ana ball.
Fur several days tie army advanced slowly and
| ae cautiously as II strong enemy were In our
| mont On tAt sth, Con. Howard returned from \
| very uut,cssi al movement Fearing thet we should
dru,'r a force i,r the purpose u dostroying the
Guf road, which they are using b. its uttnos st
capacity Just now, they pushed acrosH tho Oge-
chec. While tihs body were covered by strong
r.ycrs,i' line, Grucral Cu'sr, 90 AllAtouna mem
ory, showed MS division hctwoen the Litlc and
Great Oyrrhce, thirteen miles IA advance oi tho
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