, 1864-12-28

and starvation. God certainly will visit the au-
thors Of nll this cTime with bis terrible Lightning
s P.r tsea nnsS hat o h hs 7ss q Bs
How fearful must be the t1eatment OF those wno
afe removed far from the hope OF exchanged Iou
At The North may not eel ne neSessty o. re2a 2.5
pletifully, G1d comfortably house The rebei p:soa-
en-, who arc happier far than If freq With thsft
commands brt you must not expest 0SS We 20
feel or act with fhc samc cxtraTagance of gencE-
osity- "
poEcuEE CnuEcu, Dec G, 1eat-The army tor
two rays past has been concentrating 1t this point,
which is the narIowest part Of tae peninsula.
Gen. Howard Ii sill on the west side Of the o@e-
ehee, but IL within supporting distance. ;nd has y
necessary, which Is not At all probable. fitzpatrick
has again done noble work. On Sunday last, while
marching towards Alexander. for thc purpose OF
Railroad bridge crossing g.lar Greek, we found
Wheeler on his was neaz WaJnesboronsh. 4e
fought him seseEa! Tines PAIL alng nam IN sesesSy
before him through WaJnesboroueh and beyond
the bridge, which was completely destroyed. He
.rejolncd the main Eody OF our army then marching
ku1rta BLoopEousps.
j, a significant foaturc Of this caupasg1, which
has not before heen mentioned In this diary. r.
ccived marked Illustration yesterday. Except IN
few pri5atc residences haze not oee1
kA>S%~*t
aMr StubEa. THO house, :otton-si press, corr.
ricks, stables, everything that conld hnrn vas 10
naep; and IL The dooryn. lay tas dsaa @ eaaics 2.
and pull down negroes and Our escaped prisoners.
And every where our army has p3.eed, everything
IN tho shape Of Cog has been Eillsd. TIC so!.
dicre and officers are determined that no moce
flying fus t1ves, white men or negroes, sl1all DC
followed by track-hnunAs that come within reach
Of their powder md ball.
a BOLD AovE1ESr.
ccesfu1 movement. Feartng that we ahonld d.
tach force for the purpose OF destroying 1ae
Gulf Road, which they arc using to its utmost CT
Das %a a Sp pqSsfa Sodg rss
mep1@r,, 1Dn s showed lis division between ths Ils
and Great thsssn sI n aavan
Tue Ogeecuce 10 the Savannah river. He brldsea
thc canal, crossed it with his division, aud now
holds position out Of waich Hoods army could
This bold step has forced the rebels 10 evacuata
the line OF vorkp stretching from rivrE to Eiyer,
ard they hare now fairly sought refuge In the for
tilcations proper to Savannah.
CLOSING In CroH SAVANNAH.
DEcEsnE1: 9.-One officer and several men vera
severely wounded by the explosion OF shells and
torpcdoes hurled and concealed In tue road. which
trance to for,s. or In breach snaas In q line Of
works. such implements may be used to defeat tho
assault, but the laws Of war do not Justify On at
tempt 0i Inc Kiln TfSaCh H9 bEtn 50 Aisa4LtoA3 u
day. The prisoners were marched over the road
md removed two Of taeEe trcacsAeroua dcath~dca1-
Ing Instruments.
sTEoSG LINES OF REBEL woEE5-
DEcENDEr 1o-Tle army has advanced some SIX
linz Of works. which appear to be held hy a largo
force; With thirty -two-ponnd guns IN position,
their line, although extended. Is most easily DE-
awamps a which stretch across thc peninsula. Ali
tie openings between these morasscs and the roada
which lead through them are strongly fortified, and
tho approaches have been contested vigorously,
bnt W1t, little LOGS to u.s.. Gen. Sherman seems to
avoid the sacrifice OF lie, and doubt his maldn
any serious attacs until hc has communication
! with the ncet-
CAPTURE OF FORT u'AL11srER. :,
DECEMBER 1a-At Fort HcAliistc1. To-day
| have been spectator of ono of those glorious
| sights where the actors passing through h6mos'
fearful ordeal Of fire which bef.'ts the soldier
| Tho I'd division Of the 18th corps hare marched
to-day fifteen miles, and, without the assistance o
artillery, have crossed 2n open space Of G yards
crawling through thick abatis, Gro sscd ditch o.
| great depth, al whose bottom were driven thicl
palisades, torn Them AWAY, su1monntea tae eses
| end palsgades, shot and bcyonctcl the gunner;
| who refused to surrender at their posts, a=s
| planted tho stars and stripes upon the work il
The 5ssan S Mss mae le wh ss,
that Of the river ut the same instaut never for Al
ipst2nt wayerins, no man lurking shrltes, bu
| iacfCE the fire mantHlIy.
Tho explosion oftorpedoes nt this point did no
deter thcm. Gen. Shcrman's old division and corp
had been told that he had said, ''Carry the plac
II nsssnlt tonight, If possble,' they otyei t.
talall their old Commander! wish. aud they did
Perhaps III the history Of this war there has no
quick determined action. Had re waited, put u
Int1enchments, shcllel the place, and made th
usunl approaches, VIC should h1vc lost many nor
lives, aud time thst was invaluable. As Its, en
entire loss Il not more than ninety men killed mi
wounded, and we hare gained necessity, a base Q
supplies. Onr whole army nfe eager to emalat
! such glorious example, and their ftprtk du corp
hos been raised to tho grandest height