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PETERSBURG, August l5.-1I,e "Iey;rteI'
Las Northern dates Of tho laih. Stanton t:l-
egrhl't,s Dig tiet Grant sepott- To ".,,:=ltisa
from the explosion Of the ammunition tslga
III CITY Punt 1ore, Billed k!t5.threc, @.unda1
l2e. AMI that Sherman Nan knocsrn. atlan,a
to pieces With u inch shol!s.
The p?sas correspondents ray he 'iebrs
Vas Immediately nleaici away NJ city p1i.s
rTaparhLory To erecting new mhaIgr-. g..
Hhini. Wels ie1tfuiei.
Three thousand barrels u ammunition u.
pldded. Is3tr0ying "a "arei6,t,s ll:c ihn1re'!
fset long, and msnyotler buildings. i!d!riinf
u train Of care.
The rObels in the Trans Missi=sippi 40 laid
to DO crushing 70 tho EAST side. D!rk IuylGl
commands ut Meridian, instead nr s. Il. Ice
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Orleans "T:.es.'
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Charlottesville, Va, Aug 9Th 1864.
"''&si,I "IS'ad Vi fiiyate John NJ hstDarh, \
go 'an CasIi5ttes7iils ~aitilery, taptsin James
.-'i Darlington, Gu.shaTfs y~irgia!a hattHi!on, sup
r',''@i, .. rsen captured In or nesr spotsyivania o Il,
~ r's.Ci ka7. lsei. aud said 10 he III Washington
st. ~ f.jYaie " 1iier p. es:on, wouadel aud prt.
~" $50" Please be 90 kind as TO let me know II he
&c al Il. i'..stoa lnoxs Anything OF hs where:
80 ~ aai Washington papers copy, requesting
/. 49, 81 .Gi .'frr 10 c"py he ansHer. l shall Tie plsd
!. .I!e,t:Tr , i.,.er from Gen Darlington by he frat
-. tjtfi, Mira Aure @. Jfnli5s.
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f.,s ~is,e!goi cEs latter, sent by FicSr.. ih"fe
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usace &c saturday AnxHsi ~, ihH:.
Each fancy can ,acShEse one AMI a hall 2 uais lot
every nsl.bes 81 lre taEiiS IST one nh"n:h al hiJ osnts
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~iaTn;ou, Augusta 90, Va. sug u. ISL.
IuiJ INItis wai.,=ri Of William II aLeI, who Vas cap'urei
by The lUrSCs al IcI.rr.i EuLtI:, II Sida.tJn, on the lli!i
oi JuU,, aai :,hr nrt Si"ce hr,G hs.rd ir"A 1t ID I'll, posed
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DoCICaRlnGG, AI.uHi hf.aisGs, 81.
Ais ws,sr,ag Place viii Tt opel 20 H5,toss Oh and sitter
JulY 90.
The Central. Cara vow rua thesass: to Stsuhith, from
| which polnt couRcyEacc can he had Ey hs'kl Gati; c oeH
stage iirr II iHnt su, which !. t1poStr'i.ba 'e dch9'1 . '1"
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P~assenscr= by fanalto Lexington VII ma Gonieysn's
by hacs from i.e1 ilgplr 10 this t!aoS
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-. - . h. ~IH;srcs:s sleud,as pan. CT Ill. vacation at
-. Charles M!nHrgsroic
,,y.m.ti.a Uanted- ,iy brother. Licui WIN u tamla'
an ,:ny In Pegl ,Ia'I battery At the lime" 81 ta' expo
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49, made concerning him thrcus, tie Northern r"'2s
~ - ,aoit gratefully received; or II tAS fhen'" com
~ ~ obs y Sst:on % my brother he Will pseasd HF:e
"-'-eaiI Ia 4on.e paG ~ftae Northern papers.
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10 the NeuIi;;y al IN, SoE:t, Gar"hnl chs,!rr
II any 90! The ri:2t,t:Is Il has reSimsn: EiCw ri tie
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Any inrormg,;cu = Li7NtG,:tIr,':II ccit, "nGITary .
jiia N!ss:.!a rTgjrr.ti, WA %as ihLch Prisoner la n, li
Duties xfnurl kiriialnnL, via Id gratefully received. AZ
3Ter throgGh ti,- ctua6Ta ~ the tt .iIfh"aa fn9uirpr'
au4liT- Mrs.: ~. 4 Kr!r.
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M. Ca"ig": A,lcrsnn, f,Arn1ie;
Y5rf orIs'0at.. M,y ahil Appeared. f.: Tia fss. ;i'5c,
IN III LIaord tr,dr.r 81 i.tS GE.e irt rtE1i; i.-t
Teached yea II. sa happy - SAY. not true. |. Is T:u.-
She longs 10 Gee her trar S!i:er aEa Joagse!. Hope Soa
hr, both we'll g.. W. Nj.
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Immediately. auglGH@
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Petersburg. AUG &, l>6I.
i I.-..-: M-ale.. lie" YII, .: 9iles,n Mlghet,
L.u,-.!s,, !Ctii.a:
..ar ueTa-". JdssTh N-fshali NasGes, has tesn IAiEs
"I'.ss s~,tari-y, .Dth Jal7, say fo.ea ~ hhSt bsea Nh
:igyi e sp.in.,nc u dyurTRi tIau.s mice, Sr possibly
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RETSifkTToE.

Itt
Samuel G.5ok, Golon3l Of tho T@sItg.ss sec.
ana REV YORK cavalry, captured at Ksam'S
3tati1l, jnRa 1g.i,. i,a4 lesn put in close cen.
bnsni ent, and III irons. at Macon. Gaorgia. il
retaliation for similar treatment to Ccljhel
Ansua ". Mcdonald. who Was captured nsar
Lexington by this same Colonel Crooks rsgi-
mont, during Jluuter'd raid dp the Valley.
FURTHER rlnu BlaP DELAWARE.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Oh yssttr
dsy with Or. Wm. II. Walker, Surgeon of the
1st Louisiana regiment, who arrived from
Fort Delaware by last flag of tfuoe, and VII
proceed South IN iurlaugk immsdistslJ. Dr.
| Wallaas conn1ns the cald-blooded nurds1 9
OIL E. P. JonOs, OF liiddlesss, end adds ths
tbs sentir Ell who rtzpshstcd It wss p~rou:'s;
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f..0M TIE YALi.ST.

Tbs ensmJ' $ movements haTe Leon cautious
~ wa'cLsd IJ Ga'i7. ':ce;r mar o:aSrsS Of
!.t5 l,aTC hai tho ioubio purpose OF conapli-
catizs his position aid drawing Of troops from
General L.oo's army. For tlils purpose he has
hosn itGsagtAenel largely. Early has with.
draws iy0Gi Winchester, md at last accounts
vas an ihs vicinity Of Strurburg The enemy
maie 1t lIapp's bill. q few inilos beyond. Ga
Saturday last. II lrisade Of the enemy, which
is,l i,-r, sent oS5r 10 Front Royal fol tho puF-
i,ash 81 performing s. movement in Early y
n.rL. was nh. xEsatodly sloo,iatsTod By =
body ii oor ~,H:Taliy, and r5atsi- The hsht
wa7 Ssv5zo Ind Ito 7iaio,:5 brilliant, Tia De.
tsils have Gas Tat t3an ~ 2aivei.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31
SKETCH OF SAVANNAH.

Savannah is the largest, and was, previous
to the completion of the Davis Secession,
the most fourishing commercial city in the
State of Georgia. 1t is the capital OF
Chatham county, and was . port OF customs
entry before the war. The city was found
ed by General Oglethorpe, in 1923. 1t Is
situated on the right bank of the Savannah
River, eighteen miles from its mouth, and
lies ninety miles West-southwest from
! Charleston, S. c., and one hundred and
eight miles eastsoutheast of Alilledgeyille,
Ga. Its bearings are latitude 30 degrees
minutes north, longitude 81 degrees min
ute5 west.
The city is built in a sandy plain elevated,
about forty feet above low water mark. A
considerable extent of rice swamp ground
lies in the rear, the eXhalation from which
renders the town unhealthy at certain sea-
sons of the year. The streets of Savannah
are wide. unpaved and sandy, but laid out
with great regularity and well shaded with
trees. There are twenty four public squares
each of considerable extent, and all closely
shaded with Pride of India trees. Grassy
promenades run through the middle of two
of the streets--Board and Bay-having am
pie carriage ways on either side. n great
number of the private dwellings in Savan-
nah are built OF brick.
The city contains q new custom house,
built in 1860, city exchange, State Arsenal
theatre, court house, artillery armory, Jail
and other public buildings of good size and
very neat design and finish. The custom
house is one hundred and ten feet long and
! ilfty-two feet wide. 1t is built of granite,
/ and is said 30 have cost S173,4 400. There
are fourteen Protestant and two or three
| Catholic churches in Savannah, a Jewish
synagogue, and public library which con-
tains between six and seven thousand vol
umes.
Savannah city is ornamented with mon
| ument erected to the memory of General
Greene and another very imposing struc-
ture-was going up in honor OF Pulaski in
the year 1861. Pulaski fell, as will be re-
membered, in an attack on Savannah, then
held by the British, in October, 1879.
| The city of Savannah is the centre OF q
very extensive system OF railroads, which
contributed vastly to its commercial import
ance and general prosperity before the initia-
tion of the Rebel conspiracy but which
have been chiefly used for military purposes
by the Southern leadrs since the commence
mont of the Rebellion. Thirteen railroads,
direct or tributary eonverged to Savannah il
| 1861, and their united length measured one
thousand and iifty-6ye miles.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31

oUTsroKEN.-The Augusta Chronicle and
sentinel,of Nov. 10th, prints the following
extract iroma letter, dated Madison, Ca,
Nov. 7th
"lf Governor Brown tells the truth in his
message, we live under worse tyranny than
was possible in the old Union. If by the
blessing of providence, you can at once get
on the track, and the train started for peace
all the powers in Richmond or Washington
cannot stop or throw it Off Show US how
to negotiate; point out some leader. Let
him be open, frank and fearless, and the
people will follow as sure as the sun shines.
Let him be amar who can inspire confidence
and equal to the task of stopping the mad,
ness OF these days.
Some of the rebels are evidently bccom-
ing rrpentant.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31

HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER IN JApAN.-We
have received, via Holland, letter from ia
pan three days later than the news already
published. 1t has been already stated that
the Prince Of Nagato having refused to pay
the war indemnity stipulated in the treaty
of peace signed by him, q Judgment of the
criminal tribunal of Yeddo had decided
that bis two places should be razcd to the
ground, and his servants put to death. We
learn that this singular and sangunaLy sen
tencc was approved of by the Mikado and
by the Yalcoum, the spiritual and temporal
sovereigns of Japan, and that the number
OF servants killed in execution Of it was four
hundred and twenty men, and two hundred
and fifteen women and children. The Prince
on earning these facts, vas deeply concern
ed, and sent to the. capt al his First Minis.
ter on board the English corvette BHrrossa,
which was placed at his disposal by Vice
Admiral Kuper, The Minister, on arriving
at Yeddo, waited upon the Representatives
of France, England, Holland, America, and
Russia, and bcsought them to intcrcede
with the Talcoum IN favor of the Prince, his
master, who had decided ON executing al
the provisions of the treaty, and immediate
ly paying the sums due. Such was the sit
uaton of affairs at the last date Galigaaai
Messenger, De. z.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31

70 Capt. Winslow, at a dinner giver to
him at Philadelphia said among other
things, at was necessary to teach the En-
gish people that the liberal party cannot
be pushed to the rear. and that if England
intertered it was only hy the hardest OF
Blows that she could ever gain anything
(Applausc) An Englishman came down to
the kearsarge after the fight and hailed a
sailor: you came near being whipped r
ayes, We did. Semmes is an American
most of her officers were Americans. The
only reason we were not whipped was be-
cause Seumes had id English crew 7
lDeafeninC Grplsuse.l
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egy- sAvAYxAn cAprun,p. Tie city of

Ss SAVANNAH CAPrURID Tile city OF
Savannah was captured, With one hundred
nnd fifty gum, eight hundred ntn and
twenty-five thousand bales of cotton, on the
anorning of the 2lst instant, Wy General
sherman. 1t is, as General Sherman styles
1t, a "Christmas gift to the nation, and
none could be more valuable or acceptable.
General Foster adds to the dispatch of
Sherman the fact that IEardee, after flowing
up the iron-clads aud the Vanguard,
escaped with the main body OF lis infantry
and light artillery. He states the amount
OF captured cotton also TO be thirty.three
thousand bales. and mentions thirteen loco.
motives, nearly two hundred cars three
steamers. a large amount Of ammunition and
materials of war, besides guns and prisoners,
TO be included in the results of this isnpor
tGnt achievement. The city is uninjured-
and, General Foster styles it an "almost,
bloodless victory" Torpedocs and oh.
structions are now being removed from the
channel, the fleet is in communication with
the army, and by this time, probably, Savan-
nan is once more, part Of the Union, and
ruled by its flag.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31

ARMS LOST IN BATTLE.-That a raw sol
dier, in the excitement and agitation of a
battle, may fail to discharge his gun, and
put charge upon charge until it is loaded to
bursting, is probable enough. But the ex-
tent to which this sort OF laundering pro-
ceeds, is greater than most persons would
suppose In the annual report of the Chiel
of the Bureau of Ordnance Of the Navy De-
partment, it is stated that
son the field of Gettisburg there were
27.574 guns picked up, and of these 1900
were found loaded, and half of them were
double loaded. One fourth lad from three
10 ten loads in anL many had five or six
balls to one charge Cf powder; In some
cases the powder was aDCye the ball, IN
Others the cartridges were not brCken at the
end, wilhelm one musket twentythreI balls,
sixty-two buckshot, and quantity of pow
der were all mixed up together.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31

eY" THE PRICE OF NEwsPAPERs.-The
Bucks county Newspapers have raisedt their
subscription price to So year, with de
duction of so cts. if paid in advance. The
same thing has been done, as matter of
necessity, by the papers of several other
counties. At the present rate of expenses,
no newspaper can be printed, and yield its
publisher living, for less than 50 a year.
If the paper makers monopoly continues,
all weekly newspapers will be compelled to
go up to 50 year, or stop.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31
One or,ho Pictures of wnr.

A correspondent Of the Chicago Journal
relates the following interview of a Federal
forngng party with a Tennessee farmer -
A. another place we called on the owner,
man over sixty years, well saved, yet evi.
IDENTIFY much cast down and dishearteneG.
lie was polite, and .answere,t all questions
studiously. On being asked what ho had
to spare, he answered-"Not much, indeed
nothing" His wife and four children,
standing beside him, said not word, but
the countenance of the whole group showed
that the old man told the truth. Indeed l
have nothing" said be; what, with one
and another campaigning through this part
of Tennessee, they have stripped me OF all
| could spare and more too"
''IIave you any horses or mul,s?" asked
the officer "Yes,p answered the man, II
have one more. mule, which is entirely bro
ken down; it was left by trooper, who
took my last horse in its stead" mo beet
cattlc9' was the next question. No, not
one was the answer "Any Hogs}" Yes
sir, l have four pigs, which l had intended
for my winters supply of meat" ANY
negroes e. asked the officer. mo, not one
my servants all left me two or three month:
ago. have not one on the place. have
to chop all my wood, and my wife ant
ANY corn or wheat 2" mo wheat, ant
only two or three barrels of corn" was til,
reply. Lets see your mule" said the Off
Ger. 1t was brought up, and was as th'
old man said.
"Show me those pigs" was the next de
mand. When the old man heard this h
could hardly speak hopes were almos
at an end. He showed the pigs, however
they were no more than such family woul,
need, nor as much. The officer then kindly
said You may keep all these things, the!
will help you out, and can be of little goot
to us" and gave the old man "a safeguard
which might save his property from on
troops. Three years ago this man owned
large, well stocked plantation, had cattl
and hogs in plenty, with servants to com
at his call, and corn to sell or keep. Now
he was sincerely thankful, and much movet
that we spared linn his four little sho1ts
his pittance Of corn, and his old mare mule
with which he hoped to make small cro]
next spring. The war has been at his YER
door, he had seen it in all relations, an
knew that it was vigorously prosecuted.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31
ATLANTA SINCE ITS RE-OCCUPATION
BY THE REBELS.

BY THE REBELS.
A letter from the City Marshal of Atlanta.
who has returned to that city, gives an ac-
count of what has been done to that unfor-
tunatc city. 1t says:
From the best information can get, there
have been from fifty to three hundred wa
gons per day in Atlanta since the Federas
left hauling off iron, furniture, wagons, win
dow blinds, Door locks, lumber &c, amount
irg to about fiteen hundred wagon loads
they came from fifty to one hupdred miles
in every direction. They broke open all
the houses that were left, including the
churches in which the exiles furnitures was
stored and plundercd indiscrimina.ely.
Wesley Chapel and Trinity, the First and
Second Baptist, First and Second Presby-
tcrian and Catholic churches are standing.
The First Episcopal Church is standing, but
badly damaged. The Yankees used it, |
have been told, for tenpin alley.
Every Depot, railroad turn-table, water
tank, pump, crosstie, bridge, blacksmith
shop Except one), and all the mills are
burned. l think more than two.thirds of
all the residences in the city arc destroyed;
but l can give but faint idea of the dcs-
truction.
The cemetery fence is all destroyed. The
Yankees have buried their dead all over the
city, and have taken the fence from around
tle cemetery to build some seperate lots for
themselves. They have put their dead into
private vaults, and have stolen tombstones
from Mr.. Oatman's marble yard to put at
their heads. They have taken the moss and
shrubbery from other graves to cover the
graves OF their dead, and have robbed our
dead in the vaults of the silver coffin plates
to make finger rings.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-31
SEER szxAN's MARCH TO s.AVAS.
NAEJ
Correspondence ofthe Cincinnati Commercial.
Arrival at EKinGstOn-sTicrsll
Address TO Tfae Army.

Correspondence 81 tie CtRcIHHaH Commercial.
Arrival at H&inGstOn-SFicrsn 5
Address 10 rsie Army.
IS THE FIELD, GEORGIA, NEAR SAvANNAH,
Dec 90, 1SG4.-Leaying Rome at daybreak
on the 11th of November, Corsc's Division
arrived at Kingston the same afternoon, and
campcd three miles south approXimating
Gainesville. No less than one thousand ne
groes, fleeing from Confederate rule and its
wrath, accompanied the division to Kings
ton and from that point took freedoms road
to the North.
While at Kingston General Sherman pub
lished an address to his army. Allow me
to append it,
HrADQUARTERs, MILITARY DIVISION OF
THE MISSISSIPPI, IL THE FIELD, KINGSTON,
GEORGIA, Nov. s, 1SGI.-Special Field Or
dcrs, No. 119.-The General Commanding
deems it proper at this time to inform the
eiiico<s and men ofthe Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Seventeenth, and Twentieth Corps, that he
has organized them into an army for a
special purpose, well known to the War De-
pertinent, and TO Gen. Grant. 1t is suffi-
cient for you to know that it involves de-
parture from our present base, and long
aud difficult march to new one. Al, the
chances Of war have been considered and
provided for as far as human sagacity can.
All he asks Of you is to maintain this dici-
pline, patience and courage which have
characterized you IN the past, and hopes
through you to strike blow at our enemy
that will have material effect IN producing
what we all so much desire, his complete
| overthrow. OF all things the most impor-
| tant is that the men during marches and in
camp, keep their places and not scatter
I abroad as stragglers and foragers to be
/ picked up by hostile people in detail. 1t
/ IS also OF the utmost important importance
/ that our wagons should not be loaded with
aaything but provisions and ammunition.
/ All surplus servants, -combatants, and
! refugees should now 60 to the rear, and
none should be encouraged to cucumber us
! on the march. At some future time we will
/ be enabled to provide for the poor whites
and blacks who seek to escape the bondage
/ they are nOw suffering under.
With these few simple cautions in youI
minds, he hopes TO lead you TO achievements
/ equal in Importance to those of the past
! BY order OF
GcnerafW T. SHERMAN.
l., NJ. DAYTON, Aid-de-C Camp.
ORGANIZATION AND MOVEMENTS.
Hoods straegy was Sherman's opportuni
IT,. Pursuing the Rebel host as far ai
! NSN-Sse's ioI eHect anu mixing ulspoSl
tons so as to cover the railroad until sup
plies could be hurried down from Chatta
nooga to Atlanta, tn eonqueror of Georgia
organized his army "for special purpose, ,
and that purpose "a prompt move South
The right wing under Major General o. o
Howard, consisted Of the Fifteenth and
Seventeenth Corps, while the left wing, un
! der Maior-Geueral II. w. Slocum, consisted
Of the Fourteenth and Twentieth CorDs
Davis, osterhsus, Blair and Williams wer.