The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10
SHERMAN HEARD FROM.
He Is Within SIX Miles Of Savan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Republican
81 this city in au extra publishes the fol.
lowing:
By the arrival Ola Government transport
at Fortress Monroe last evening the Gov
eminent has received advices from Sher-
man to the ID Of December. When the
stea mer left information had reached Sa-
vannah that Sberman's advance cavalry
was within six mi es of that city. This
does not con6ict with the news brought by
the steamer Belle, which arrived Saturday
miles OF that city. Those papers der I state
at what date he was that distance FROM the
city,. a e.f u
!. A gentleman recently from Savannah in
forms US that there are no i'm pOrtant deten:
SEES on the west side of the city.
Sherman's March to the Atlsntic.
Rebel Accounts.
New YORK, Dec. 5.-From the Richmond
Dispatch OF Dec. 2d,-A cavalry tght in
which we were victorious, took place III
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 Mullen, losing very heavy.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the I'd also
says Sherman's main army is moving to-
wards the coast. and battle is expected.
From the Richmond Wig Of Dec. I'd, .'It
does not seem that our authorities have
any suspicion of the effect. the movement
of Hood would have, at least we Judge so
fromth violent opposition " tich rs thus
far been made to the advance Of Sherman.
II is plain that be is moving to the coast,
and that thus far he has been enabled to
live upon the country. We think it prcba.
bic that Sherman will reach the. Atlantic in
comparative safety. His next move in our
opinion, will be by sea to Richmond. We
do not believe he can succeed in taking Ell.
Their Augusta or Savannah. Indeed should
be succeed in capturing the first named
place, it viii do him no good, since he will
fnd nothing he was seeking. At the last
named place he will have to fight, and that
he is very well aware of aud does not wish
10 Go before securing a base upon the sea.
Charleston, for the present ut least, we
think to be entirely out OF the question
Should he determine 10 secure himself on
tie sea, and thence issue during the winter
to ravage the country, or carry on regular
water campaign-he must be kept in, as we
suppose he can. In the meantime he Aban-
ions an immense tract of cOC airy IN the in
terror, 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 SheS-
the issue OF the war, but after having been
told by the highest authority IT. the Con-
federacy that his retreat from Atlanta was
to be more disastrous than the retreat OF
Napoleon from Moscow, y i, is little vex-
at!cus to find him getting oH so cheaply,
burning and numbering rs ne goes.
From the Richmond Despatch OF the I'd
Seven hundred prisoners have been receiv
ed at Augusta. who were captured while
fOra0inQ for Sherman'S army
The government. has paTCOned al the
convicts in the PeniteLtiary, put arms il
their hands aud sent them 70 the front, ex-
cept those put in for life, wnom he could
no. reprieve, according to law.
Heavy cannonading. was heard all yester-
day p. IN. in the direction Of Macon, beiiev-
ed to be a battle between Sherman and our
forces.
A letter in the Augusta Cfroaicle from a
member OF the Georgia legislature. Xiv;n.
his experience IL escaping from Sherman >
army, and others having bear taken across
the country. shows the extent Of the devas-
taticu Inflicted OH the country. He SAYS,
go;Eg to McCreaddles place, we found mis-
tine house in ashes ard dis green house
burned, his horses and mules gone in his
lot We're about 100 cattle lying dead they
looked like good stock and were evidently
killed 10 deprive planters OF them. Pro-
ceeding on We found every plantation on
the road similarly devastated. except that
nc other dwelling houses were burned TN.
til We reached the fine farm OF Hon. Joshua
Hill, this IS a perfect wreck. A large gin
house full os cotton, corE' cribs, dwelling,
all smou!deriug ruin; his loss was great
er than that Of any planter in this section:
besides the cotton, several thousand BUSH
els o. corn, potatoes, severa! hundred bush
els Of wheat, and much other valuable pro-
perty, with every horse and mule and
al "a IN "a On tlo
road to this place and as far AS we can hear
towards Atlanta. escaped their bruta! ra-
pacit!es. They ravaged the country below
here to the Oconee riyeN. The roads were
strewn With debris of their progress, dead
horses, cows, sheep, hogs, chickens, corn,
wheat. cotton, books. papers, broken YES
sels, coffee mills. and fragments OF nearly
every piece of property strewn along the
way.side. In Madison they burned the
Depot and one or two old warehouses, with
the jails and market place. They Quilted
every store aud plundered more o. less on
every lot. They ti-ed the drug store aud
several other houses, and their officers with
a sho. of magnanimity. aided to put out
the flames. Many families have not q
pound Of meat or sack of meal or -four
Many negroes were enticed away from
their homes OF cOtu fort 10 share the uncer-
tain fortunes OF winter march to tue coast
and then forced TO starve. Many families
OF wealth have not a house servant left, aud
those whom they most trusted were often
the first to leave.
The Rebels an the New York
AL Fires.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-The Richmond
inquirer of Saturday has an article on the
late fires IN New York, ridiculing the af-
fair, aud conci udiIg as follows:
OF course it was a rebel plot ! Did not
they fire on Sumter, where was planted the
old flag! A morality that does nc. re-
strain violence to tho emblem Of the best
government, &c, will hardly be 10th to
join to it the sin of burning hotels. Moth
ing can be- clearer than the proof Of the
completely of Davis in burning or attempts
ing to burn some half dozen hotels II,
New York. We have never received any
thing more truly Yankee than this whole
affair.