Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-30
WAR BULLRTIG.
OhciaI Despatch nom stanton to
WAR DkPARTMEsF, WASHINGTON,
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AgIoT General Dir.
The following extracts from Ricbmoi d
Pepers Of today have been received BY
tht9 Department:
The latest official advices from Georgia
Indicate that Sherman has already fol
lowed up The occupation Of Savannah ~
sead11g force OF cavalry ana artillery
aad Infantry uPOa an expedition ghose
destination can not be guessed At, from
the direction in which IL has moved
rhese troops are reported TO have gone
TOWARD AltamRha River, and We shall no
doubt, next hear that they have crossed
that stream, aud are now moving 70 South
ae1'ern Georgia, in quest OF PSisOpels Of
war supposed 10 be at Anders0aTilIe.-
Shermnn's programme for his grad cam
PaIgn nOrthWard scene TO no no secret
de all start from Port Royal and move
straight for BranehVilie, the point OF juuc-
zion between the Georgia and Carolina
railroads. BE then proposes % follow the
main railroads toward Virginia, stealing
and numbering - mnch - he can oy tho
way. An very nae bat if Sherman pro-.
poses Lee disposes."
The following oHieial dispatches Wefs
received last night:
WnArSsTOs, Dee. a., sP. M-TS Rs
-ESesiIeHey, PresideHt Of the CoafedT4ss
SEatGEs-SThs snemy haVe re.smbaFked
under cover OftheiF feet. This nOvrmuas
IL not developed. / have visited Fort
Fisher, and fad the damage sIlsht, except
Buildings not necessary for dsfen6s. Oaly
tWo guns we're disSbled. The make "a
naming, iodieAte that the bbmbaFdmedt
vas very heavy. saai!l
Msi0F General Whiting, Colonel sand,
commanding the fort, aud the oGicsrs and
men competing the garrison, deserve spec
ial eOmmendatiOn for the gAlIanUFy. en-.
cheney and fOrtitpde displayed under very
trying circumstances.
Isigned1 B. BRAes."
The Lynehburg Virgiuiau has the fol-
lowing additional ia relation 20 the esp.
taFq Of the Salt Works, announced O6ioIaiIy
yesteriay;
I'VE had been led n hope that these In
portant works were safe; bat the source
from which the report GENES, leaves rs no
room 70 doubt it, -eorrectuess. They were
occupied b. the ehemy on Tuesday, the
10th, aud held By them, as is stated, until
Thursday, when the Yankees retreatsd TO-
I'VE learn that place vas held by about
400 Of the reserves under Col. Preston,
most Of whom escaped capture The
works are reported 70 be bat little dam
aged We understood from PeFsOos Who
have visited them since the occupation by
the enemy, and that they think they can
be put in working order again by ne Ist
Of February. large quantity OF salt al
ready gotten out was destroyed. aud ell
buildings at this place were burned. Sew
eFal pieces OF artillery were alsO captured
by them. But they got little else Of Aay
kind.
'.Gen. Breckinridge was at astaecounts,
at Saltville, preparing 20 follow the enemy
on his retreat. He continued skiFmish-
ing with their rear guard.
''NO other fighting had taken place than
that already reported. A gentieDaB who
passed over the railroad to Bristol ss far
as Glade Spring, after che enemy had ad-
vaneed, says the bridges between these
places are burned but the tracks are IN
injured"
Lsignsdl EN-. STANTON.
Secretary Of War