The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-12-05

rived frem Corinth, besides 5000 Gsorgii
militia. General Breckinridse, IS stated
above, had, no doubt, arrived at Augusts
by the. 9th instant. with 1000 troops
and there could not have been less than
10000 militia from Hsorgis and South o.
roiina at Augusta BY that time. -. -,
SHERMAN CAN NEITHER APPROACH MOE
i, LEAVE AuGUsrA WITHOUT A BArrLk
Thsre was thea at Augusta, by the time
General Sherman reached that place, A.
600 good troops, and $4,000 militia II
there should prove to be only $4,000 troops
and 10000 militia, that will be sufficient
to disarrangs al of General Shsrman's
plans. For he then must fight; and it is
evident that he avoids, and does not seek,
q bate. eHe cannot take Augusta without
O severe battle. And if he seeks to avoid
Augusta as he avoided Macon, the Confed.
crate force will attack his tanks and rear,
and compel him to fight At al events,
the Confsaerate military authorities are
determined that be shall not reach the sea-
board with his army intact or even In An
efficient condition You may rely upon il,
this 10 the rebel programme, and they have
ample means to carry it out. isu al f-...
REBEL DENOMINATION ON THE LiNE o. rHE
sjiA or o.. s5v.s POTOMAC. e aff .g .-
The rebel forces in the Shenandoah val,
ley, under General EARLY, are operating
pretty ex tensivelys just now On the line Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in West
ern MARYLAND and toward the borders Of
Pennsylvanis. Their intentions - yet are
undeveloped, but their actual movements,
90 Tar, have been such - to give rise to
grave apprehsnsions. The scene of their
operations for Q day or two past has been q
short distance west OF Cumberland, at New
Greek station; but other parties have ap-
peared on. the line of the railroad between
Hancock and Cumberland. Probably three
thousand cavalry soldiers have been sngs>
ged in these moysments; no infantry have
a. vet appeared anywhere on, the line oi
the road, and it 10 not known certainly
that any rebel infantry have Jet left the
neighborhood of w Woodstock or Mount Jack
sonsgGoU Ss1Eg .-,itJ sty D. I1fu G.
CAPTURE OF NEW CREEK WITHOUT. RESIST
|92 trf ro'. 3.'cs 1ANCE. srcf7s .-
The only damage that has yet been done
wa. AZ New Greek, on the 2sth instant -
In the afternoon Of that day q force Of two
thousand rebel cavalry, under General Ros.
ser. advanced to New Greek, on the Rom>
ney road, and demanded the surrender Of
the place. New. Greek being an important
station on the road, 1t had been strongly
fortified, and If there had been . suitable
garrison there, 1t would have been capable
Of an obstinate resistance. Very little at,
tempt, however, ifany, was made to defend
the place, and It soon fell into the hands ol
The enemy. Resistance, indeed, under the
CIRCUMSTANCES, would have been useless, u
the enemy outnumbered the federal forces
more than Ave 70 one. a., 80 ,-d't.',- s.,
EXTENSIVE DISTRACTION OF yALvAsLE RAIL
J. . s.oss Ira ROAD PRoPERTY. s f.
The rebel soldiers were then set to worl
to dsmolish the fortifcations, storehouses
magazines. and The workshops and station
sry machinery of, the railroad company
and this work they performed most thor
oughly. The forts, redoubts, and magazines
were blown up; tho storehouses and work
shops, with all their contents, were burned
aud all the machinery that could be found
was broken up and destroyed BY fire. From
New Greek the rebels marched to Pied
mont. They met With some resistance
here, from the garrison of three hundred
men under Captain, or Major Fisher, who
according to all accounts, behaved in tho
most gallant manner, and handled his mel
with skill and coolness that IN deserving
Of instant promotion. What could thre'
hundred men, however, do against fftser
hundred? The defenders of Piedmont wsrt
soon driven of, and then Piedmont sharee
the fate of New Creek. "Druid" il in er
ror here. Only detachment Of the rebe
force-about 900 men-visited Piedmont
They were gallantly resisted and fnall!
driven of by Company A, Of the 9th Va
commanded by Capt. FlsHrR.-Eps. Rro
nrEa.l A large workshop and machine
shop Of the railroad company was locates
here, which, together with carpenter sho
and a bridge building house, was abundant.
supplied with valuable tools, appliances
and iron aud wood work in various stage
of forwardness. All these buildings, an
their costly contents fell prey to the touc
of the invader, and the lose will fall YER,
heavily upon the railroad company.
no DWELLING HOUSES WERE suRNHD.
Fortunately, none Of the cars, locomc
tiyes or other rolling.stock of the eompan
fell into the hands Of the rebels, nor wa
b, any bridge burned, nor Was the railroa
track materially injured. Neither was an
dwelling house burned, although ther
were ,everal in close proximity to th
buildings that were burned. One Of ou
men who was captured by the rebels, bu
who subsequently escaped in the confusion
saws that General Rosssr had given stric
4 orders that no dwelling-house should b
molested in any way. Many Of the Vii
ginia soldiers grumblsd loudly 1t this Of
der, declaring their desire to retaliats 70
the burning of dwelling-houses In the va
ley; but this order Was strictly oeeyed.
PROBABILITY OF DEMoNsTRATIoN TowiR
| -it-. ' PENNSYLVANIA.
rD The rebels retreated from PiedmoRt to
ward Romnsy and Mooreield. The impres
sion prevails among tie people at New Cree