The New York herald., 1864-12-22

advance OF four AT night the railway was reached
treme eit supporting Kipatrick's cavalry which skir-
| mished more or less all day.
Howard destroying the railroad both ways from
| hiea moved of in the direction OF Jacksonboro, 10
| winch place the lct wing Is also heading
On the 4ih the First DIVISION Of Davis corps destroy
about three miles Of the raiway north aud south o,
Lnmpkns station, while Fitzpatrick had sharp skrmish
With Wheeer's cavalry on the lett, Way ynesboro.
| wounding large number. A. few shells had been
| thrown into Bards camp during the previous night,
advance and the Third brigade O. Carlns division Gov
cred the rear Colonel Miles of tho seventy ninth Penn
ss be. ns'as sy
| one hundred cavslry, who showed themselves in the
ceonei McManon Of the Twco.y first Ohio who was the
guard, threw skrmisners and drove them back
After leaving the railway mile in the rear the cavalry
came up, when the Colonel changed from. TO the rear
deployed skrmshers and drove the marauders back.
The column moved on about six miles and halted for the
| night.
| WEALTH STRUCK.
While working near the railway an umpkins nye men,
bers OF the Eighty eighth Indiana {rdg up rebel pay
masters containing ten dollars n silver aud five
hundred thousand dollars IN rebel bills Of the new
issue 1t was quite wiada TO the boys who use il TO
fight the "tger' and replenish their larder.
IN 1Hs swANrs.
On the fifth Morgan took the advance and, followed by
Carlp, made Jacksonboro before dark outstanding
that the country barren waste aud roads
fully up by swamps bitches, into which horses
plunged promiscuousy envcoping the riders in mud and
hiih Many OF the streams and swanps had TO be pom
tooned or corduroyed.
Arriving at JacSsonboro we found occupied by Brga
dier General BArds division and KipatricEs cavalry,
who had just soundy thrashed Wheeler at Waynesboro
On the morning or the 9th Morgan, in the advance,
moved the direct Savannah road followed by Carin
Bsrc crossed Beaver Dam at eight NJ. and followed
in fitzpatrick covering his ard TANKS. Az night
the column halted near the Savannah river, eighteen
miles southeast OF JcEsonooro, and three miles from
the Twentieth corps, which was moving on parallel
road to the right.
All along the line OF march Sherman's soldiers have
reveled in rebel script aud foreign currency.
.sYsnks," buried nearly all their valuabies, much
Of which exhumed by tho VITO rarely
in gold by some members OF lobarts brigade Of Car
Inns division Rebel money Is so plentiful in camp that
the light their pipes with $50 blls and kindle
fires with SIS 900 Georgia state bonds.
INcIpKSrs
A march Of this kind IS renIe,e with incidents that go
far towards hlug up narrative Of campaign but so
mapy OF them daily that unless notes made Of
them the instant they from the memory. few
OF these are worth reproduction here
"woUI.DN'T BE TRAITOR
AT Milledgeve made the acquaintance OF relative
OF the Hon. Mr. Crawford, late secretary OF War who
kept a private table for the accommodation OF
officers Many of officers while in the city
called upon her-prompted partly by the fact that
among her household several very pretty lady
boarders-asked Tor dinner paying therefor one dollar
tered into conversation with her political sub.
jecs. Some OF the commanders gave her guard which
withdrawn the departure Of the column. Seeing
her hand the guard about hundred and y dollars 10
greenbacks looked surprised, and asked "why do you
Drawing herself up crandly, and frowning contemptu.
ouslv, she replied
81 not traitor 10 my country would not deal in
the accursed trash
THE CoHrRABAyps
From the time left Atlanta, With dfty or one hun
swell numbers until arrived at the 0geechee river,
when fully 900 attached to the vari coumns
They represented all shades and scudtions from the al
white servant worth SIS 900 rebel
rency TO the tar black pock marked cotton picker, who
OF them were women and children, who. mounted
mules sometimes I've on an animal 10 OK wagons bngg o.
materially Delayed the movement OF tho columns II
unusual signt TO beheld slave mother carrying two
state rudged along tho thorny path freedom Columns
could DO written descriptive OF the narrowing scenes
presented by this unfortunate class OF fueitiveR
BLocKADSG THE ooxraABANDs.
So much difficulty did General Davis lind in moving his
column that at the Ogeechee river military oecessisy
he placed guard 81 the bridge who halted the caravan
OF until the OF the column passed. and
tnsn removed the poatoon Ins NEGROES however, nSs
Next day she column had its full complement OF negroes
THEY AGAIN nALrkD
Arriving ct Ebeuezer creek. the saSuo method was
taken 70 clear the column. with better success. Tne
creek runs through . half mile OF swamp. which Is
bridge TINS bridge vas taken up and the moment our
iaross disappeared the brutal Wheeler
passed and stili fully iwo.thirds wore missing 10.
quries ecited the information that Wheeler on dnding
tie deiencsless negroes blocked,
CHARGED UPON WOMEN rnnDaxS,
and drove them pslms,i into TIE wa.er wners sno:s
bank smsdsi hearsrendDs sSrisks; but most & sns
motbers went down 10 The water with their children
cssped 70 their bosoms while wheeler and his inumsn
band looked on with dsmoniac smiles How far this
my be know not, but all the negroes who escaped.
with whom ! have takel, seem to agree IN their ac-
.Gvs ME SOMETHING roR nv ssARvrrc cHiLpsrS."
An officer called upon lady 10 + Enngn.T county,
found her and her children crying for broad
He endeavored TO soosbe her, when she lifted up her
something ior my starvin: children" Away the officer
went 70 his and fed the children from his private
Aa~ rHo mad
70 witness two oak boxes, one barrel Of aoar, four
trunks, articles exhumed from the garden by
HIDING ruuw INFANT MOSES.
Ri1ug up to house one day 10 scriven county met
ustering frantic appeals for heir. inquired what was
wrong when the old woman pointed TO burning cotton
gin and exclaimed,
.sPut il out You uns are burnin me chd.'
asked where the child and succeeded In learning
that i was 10 the burning sin house. ~ 49, n,o,.,,
and At the door met ten year old boy, who. oadiy
% how sns s So,
Putting the old pipe between her lips 20 compose her
the od lazy last ~ an, on .s r.a
all the little boys 70 keep them Out IRON growing up TO
hight ye, aud we hid 'emp
strange as this may seem. among the poo, ignorant
dupes OF Davis, Bx common belief that the Yankees
slay all tho male children. We found many infant
Moseses and Jsfs hid away in cellars and corncrbs,
REVEALING m vxxALx srparrI-
Shortly after leaving Milledgevnc General Davis de-
teoted soldiers stealing ladies' clothing from house
near the road Turning them q the provost mar
sh they dressed tho stolen crinoline and petit
coats tied to the rear OF wagons, aud for six days
marched through muddy ford and swamps az an exam
pho 10 the men OF his c,mmaDd They came out from
the ordeal with slightly dscoored skirts dirty stock
ings.
aMADAxy. GIVE pISyER"
Il would be useless 10 deny the fact thai piagrg
perpotrated IN q large army like shcrmsns. in
march through country where there IVES oupd SO mucn
temp, the fancy yet there very little cause tor
comiiAint. The Following II said TO have actually
occurred but the authority s the unfortunate victim
A foragrg party visited plantation, and entered
upon the pleasant pasiime OF stranslng chickens and
bayoue,ting hogs. Finding nne hock OF sheep they
for the the boys say, whom the rebel owner
and told them 20 take all but two imported
mer mo sheep which she highly przed. Having ponted
the pets 10 the men, she returned 70 the house.
minutes after she says they returned informed her
that tboy had killed the fated sheep aud proposed 10
dine upon 10. Said they
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