East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-12-07
FROM sHERMAN's ARMY.

mans march. He says the country
through which the federal troops
passed, is very generally desolated.-
Those citizens who remained at home
and watched their premises, lost little
save horses, food and stock. From
Milledgeville the government has been
removed.
The Sentinel of the I'd says, Sher-
mans situation of his main force is
alleged 10 DO positively a mystery
His movements seem to be but feints
or feelers, and with small bodies.
Suspicion is that these exhibitions
upon his TANKS are intended by Sher-
man to mask his main army and to
conceal the march which he is max
ing upon Savannah or Brunswick.
Tho latter town, forces which have
come to the mouth Of the Oconee are
alleged to be very few in number, and
limited in their operations to recon-
motoring purposes. Meanwhile Sher-
man is supposed TO DO moving down
behind the Oconee, which no need
not cross at all, if Brunswick be his
goal. His course in that case would
be to cross the Ocmulgee, near its
mouth, and move down behind or south
Of Atlamaha.
The Richmond Dispatch, Of Dec. I'd,
says a cavalry fight, in which we were
victorious, took place in East Georgia,
on Tuesday. The Yankee cavalry
under Fitzpatrick, were attempting to
cross the Savannah river, when they
were attacked by Wheeler, and, after
an obstinate fight, driven back in the
direction of Millen, losing very heav-
lily. The Richmond Dispatch of the
I'd says Sherman's main army is NOV
ing toward the sea coast, and battle
is expected
From the Richmond Uhig, of Dec.
I'd: 1t does not seem that our au-
thorities have any suspicion of the eff
feet the movement of Hood would
have, at least we should Judge so
from the very feeble opposition which
has thus far been made to the advance
of Sherman. 1t is plain that he is
moving to the coast, and that he has
been enabled to live' upon the coun-
try. We think it probable that Sher-
man will reach the Atlantic in COM
parative safety. His next move, in
our opinion, will be by sea to Rich
mond. We do not believe he can
'suVoovd LA -tssls;.e,--Siti,va 1A~a ..ts. o.
Savannah. Indeed, should no sue
ceed in capturing the first named place,
it will do him no good, since he will
find there nothing he was seeking.-
At the last named place he will have
to fight, and that he is very well aware
of and does not wish to do before Sc
curing base upon tho sea. Charles
ton, for the present, at least, we think
to be entirely out of tho question.
Should he determine to secure him
self on the sea and thence issue dur
ing the winter, to ravage the country
or carry on regular campaign, he
must be kept in, as we suppose he
can. In the meantime he abandons
an immense tract Of country in the
interior, over which it is impossible
that his army, situated on the ocean,
and closely watched, can exercise any
influence for good or evil. We do
not see that Sherman's last exploits
will have any effect upon the issue of
tho war, tut oftct 1,s.,;-a- XolJ
by the highest authority in the Con-
fedcracy that his retreat from Atlanta
was to be more disastrous than the
retreat of Napoleon from Moscow, it
is vexations to find him getting off so
cheaply, burning and numbering as he
goes.
The Richmond Dispatch, of the I'd,
says seven hundred prisoners have
been received at Augusta, who were
captured while foraging for.Sherman's
army.
a letter in the Augusta Chronicle,
from a member of the Georgia Legis-
lature, giving his experiences in es-
Gaping from Sherman's army, he and
others having been taken across the
country, shows the extent of the de-
vastation inflicted on the country
He says: "Going TO McCreddle's
place, we found his fine house in ash
es, and his Clubhouse burned, and
every horse and mule gone. In his
lot were about 100 horses lying dead.
They looked like good stock, and were
evidently killed to deprive planters of
them. Proceeding on, we found every
plantation on the road similarly de-
vastated, except that no other dwell
ing houses were burned, until we
reached the fine farm Of Hon. Joshua
Hill. This is a perfect wreck, a large
Clubhouse, full Of cotton, corn cribs,
dwelling, all smouldoring ruin. His
loss was greater than that of any
planter in his section. Besides the
cotton several thousands bushels of
corn, and potatoes, several thousand
bushels of wheat and much other val
liable property, with every horse,
mule, and many negroes are gone.-
No farm on the road to this place and
as far as we can hear, towards Allan
ia, escaped their brutal ravages. They
ravaged the country below here to
the Oconee. The roads were strewn
with the debris of their progress
Dead horses, cows, sheep, hogs, chick
ems, corn, wheat, cotton, books, paper,
broken vessels, coffee mills and frag-
ments of nearly every species of prop
erty strew the way-side. In Madison
they burned the depot and one or two
old warehouses, with the Jail and
market houses. They Quilted every
store, and plundered more or less on
every lot. They fired the drug store,
and several other houses, and their
officers, with show of magnanimity,
aided TO put out tho flames. Many
families have not pound of meat or
peck of meal or flour. Many negroes
were enticed away from homes of
comfort, to share tho uncertain for
tunes of a winter march to the coast,
and then be forced to starve. Fami-
lies of wealth have not house SER
want op1 fhoaa ubo xvaro tho N, N "a