The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-08
Latest Southern News
SHERMAN'S ADVANCE
IN GEORGIA.

INST contains he 10 lowing parag nphs
T,iegaphio comm unicaton with Mllen has been
REQ eued.
WnEELER was still engaged in fighting the
Fed,ras on Wednesday Results unknown
It is roI Orted that a party Of SHERMANs scouts
visited Dtmara's Ferry on sunday They remained
some time IN that yunty taking observations. It is
cross he savannah Tver at that point.
Gen lem from SHERMAN's rear state that his
bnc OF mare IS marked with dead animals, broken
WagOf 3, bo les men, stragglors &c
Wh,n General WHEELER struck KrLPATRIoKs
raiders at B creek they kIicd over three hundred
lead OF horses o prevent them from ialmg into
WHETLKR's hands.
es orday morning the train on the Gcorg Rail-
road lrouglt down ABOUT one hundred prisoners,
Who we're said to have been captured mewhere IN
the noghb0ihOOd OF WarrentOn. They sup
posed 10 be portion OF SHERMAN's army tnanhad
struggled away from the main body, anu fell easy
prey TO oui TO oos They were all hearty looking mon
Trans run up on tho Georgia road as lar as
The work OF repairing the road to Atlanta Will be
commenced aa soon ns practicable.
IL is stated ON renaOle authority that the Yankees
Appropriated over two thousand horses ana mules
IN blascOCx and Warren counties.
The ChTOn Gle, OF the 30th, says:-A gentleman
from NewtOn county states tnat several OF the large
plantations IN that section were cOnpetely dc
5trOy cd by the Fedora swept clean OF oYorY hing,
and all the houses thereon burned except those
Emory College, oxford, was also destroyed, and
all tho tudings connected with the same, together
with the contents. This college was the property
OF the Met Odlst church OF tins state several line
libraries belonging to the various college societies,
besides he one beionglng to the college ITSELF were
among the properly burned. Also large and ex-
tensife mneraogica cabinet fine chemical appa-
AS the Federals approached the town thoy were
fred upon, and one OF their parry killed. The col
loge was burned IN retaliation.
IT Is csnmated that the property cost nearly half
A letter nom the Mayor of Greensboro describes
tue arrival OF the Yankees in that town, aud their
conduct willis there. lie says:-
Had WELCH DELEvAN's circus and menag gere
come along, 1t could not have made more excitement
amt ngst the negroes and little boys; but can say
never saw III groes behave better and look more
the Yankees robbed them. They took from CHAP
MORTON twenty-five or three dollars, Others
were robbed oi coats and watches
regret TO state that friends across the river in
Morgan coun lost heavily Among them Colonel
JOSHUA HILL and THOMAS oAFFOLD.
The only toeeaphic information at the War De-
pa tment last night, except dispatches relating to
Macon stating that the Yankee lorce which had
been operating the vicinity OF that city had been
wi hdrawn, ana gone in the direction OF tue main
body.
The indications are that SHERMAN viii droct his
course tow ards Darien or Brunswick.
We received, by tins mornings mail our Augusta
exchanges oil the Both ultimO, and savannah NelCs
OF the 29th They throw very htte light upon the
situation OF affairs at the date OF their publication.
The NetDs
"SHKRMAN seems to be making no progress in his
Invasion OF tie State. He HeIrer the coast
than he seUerGi days ago lie appears to be
hesating, and acting altogether a though he were
caught in q bla box and don't know how to
get out. Ahaid to go forward, and cannot go back;
his men and animals tired and hungry, with our
forces rapidly closing in around him-a these
ton"
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says:-"It
must be confessed that lOr the past week SHERMAN
has been very successfully acting the part OF an art
fnI dodger Ouuding nj calculations and exc
citing general apprehension by mis- eccentric move.
The latest reports indicate that he is moving
towards the Savannah River. But there Is little re-
lianOe to be placed in any indication Oh intentions
yet. Unul he shall get out OF the triangle III
which ne has been maneuvering since he lett At
lanta we can inIer nothing with certainty IRON any
OF his movements as TO his ultimate course. lie
may turn upon Augusta and seek to force his way
through south Carolina, or he may push Tor SaVan'
nah or Brunswick" "
The Const,tuttondlist of the 3Oh says;--It ii
very generally conceded that SHERMAN, avoidinI
both Augusta and Macon, has gone on his wndini
way. either TO Savannah, brunswick, or Port Royal
To reach either brunswick or savannah, he has I
traverse a iaTTen waste OF land, to meet, as he a.
proaches his uestnauon swamps impenetraole g
an army, save by clus eWays, which could easily D
destroyed before Inn. one good road, indeed
at his option, but then he may find upon that 70 y
opposition winch he little dreamed o. and whic
may shag his march. Should he attempt 10 rea Il
Port Roya he Will probably cross the savannah a
SISTERS Ferry. ON tho south Carolina side, lmm
dlateIy OpI osite this Jerry the soil is porous an
marshy. There, too, he may possibly encOunte
masked batteries and other obstacles too humerOu
somehow we arc, in common with fellow
citizens, strongly OF the opinion that SHERMAN an
hs robbers are marching to doom we xnO
sCme very good news and see some very excellel
signs. BE patient the mui Is not yet ripe.
From MIledgeville.
Whilst in Mlledgovlle, SHERMAN made his heat
quarters in the executive mansOh. The Sta
House was not burned, but much mutilated. II
sino blown up
SnERMA Nis whereabouts Is not positively know
Itls not certain that he has even yet reached Mi
though the TACT Is assumed. At O'Clock Z. NJ, Ii
r riGaV the telegraph operator at Mllien annOunc
that SHERMAN was within tour miles OF the p.a'
and that he himself was on the point OF Dddng II
nasty sdleu. Nothing has been heard from The
since. He had been within twenty miles OF Mill
When SHERMAN advanced on Mledgevie, one
bis columns moved against Macon. Ohlcial lntC
nation was received mere ast night that tins eOlun
had disappeared from the neighborhoOd oil Maco
It is now, no Ooubt, moving TO join SHERMAN IN I
neighbOrhOOd OF Miilen, and It was tOr this I'll
SHERMAN has been waiting His force beng masst
he will strike out Tor his objective point, which, It
believed, is Daren, near ihe mouth OF the Altamn
river, lftl south OF Savannah.
From East Tennessee.
The Bristol Regtster learns from MOrristown III
on the 26th ult. tle Yankees attempted 10 scout q
side OF strawberry Pans, but were driven ba
across the nVer, snce when all has been quiet at
General SToNEMAN OF Georgia notoriety, is n,
In oommapd OF The Federal forces In East Tenn
sec with his head-qu lrters about Knoxville, 1
Union element reports that he is pressing horses
mount GnLEM's com nand, ana ro-organlnng tht
tor a forward movement. Generals VAUGHN al
DUKE are on the ,OOSOut for him, and will tend
HIM characteristic reception whenever he is rea
From Western Virginia.
From hs Richmond Wing Dec. 8.
A letter from Princeton, Mercer county, sta
that COL WTrCHER had just returned from an
Sedi6on into the enemy's lines, in Western '
gin 8. He destroyed three iorts, two bock-hOus
two steamboats, S pna bee o5e peee Of
bi'cry. a large amount of stores, AMI brought
thrJe or IouF companies OF recruits, besides m'
abs ntees, and lO-t only two men
From the Valley.
Nothing Or interest has taken place in the
nandOah Valley since the Iankees were dn
through Fdensburg The enemy are said TO be
cumped below strasburg. their headquarters L
keTnstOwn.
Meeting of the South Carolina LezisIntur
From fhe Richmond Sentinel, Dec
The South Caro.na Legislature assembled on NJ
day last.
In the Senate the Hon. w. ID. PORTER was IN
imOusly reelected presdent VIM. r.. MARI
Clerk S, {. KENNEDY, Reading Clerk A.