The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-27
cy- "Sherman is going--where he j

sapient editorial leader OF new 1ofk
paper shortly after Sherman had started
upon his expedition, and the press and
the public were full of conjectures as to
his destination He has got there now,
and his extraordinary campaign has closed
brilliantly by the capture OF one of the
few coast cities and ports that remained
IS to the rebels Savannah, with large
spoils of war, many guns, cars, locono-
tives, and enough cotton to cause the
heart of more than speculators to rejoice,
is Gen. sherman's, and he. kindly hands il
over as a Christmas gift to Uncle Abra-
ham. Ii is evidence of the peoples love
for the latter that they feel as much de-
light at the gift as Uncle Abraham him
self.
1t were well had Sherman been able ID
have bseged his game and captured Har-
dee and his army. And | don't see
how the rebels escaped" says one, and lie
speaks for great many. And yet if you
will look at map of Savannah and vicin-
ity, you will see that it was not very diff
fcult to do. Sherman's investment of
Savannah was only partial one. 1t was
but the arc of circle he occupied, and
even then his lines were several miles In
length. His tight rested at Fort Meal
lister, at the head of Ossabaw Sound on
the Atlantic coast, several miles south of
Savannah, and his left at Kings Bridge,
on the Savannah river, north of west, and
some ten miles distant from the city
North of Savannah, from Kings Bridge
to the coast, a distance OF about twenty
miles, there were none of our troops, and
here it was that the rebels escaped. The
country is full of morasses, to be sure, but
there are roads through them over which
Hardee's men could pass without diff
fculty. I" Where was Foster % What
slight hold he had was at the head OF
Broad river, thirty ur forty miles north of
Savaunsh His force was about one third
t1at of the rebels, which would make it
more expedient for him to avoid Hardee
than the latter avoid him. Crossing to
the north side, the rebels could march in
the direction of Augusta without coming
in contact with any Union troops.
". will rejoice over the achievement
aul let future operations gather the fruits
not harvested in this victory.
Grant was reported to have said, some
time ago, that the Confederacy was a
shell, and Sherman would prove it,
Sharmau has proved it. Grant, or some
creative newspaper correspondent, wss
responsible FIR the reported remark
The rebels breathed out threatening ard
slaughter against Sherman. They en-.
composed him with imaginary evils
They were going to extirmiuate him, Gu
off his communications, devastate the
country in front of him, and play hin
out entirely. Sherman marches through
the richest and strongest portion of tn,
Confederacy at Lis leisure, almost secure
frcm interruption aud with trivial loss
takes one Of their largest cities. Read i
as you will, that means exhaustion ant
weakn IS. Il is the "Ip memory of" o
an epitaph for the rebellion which vii
reach completion ere long
And get the fortunes of the Confeder
acy are not darker than were those of th
colonisis during the winter OF lT7T. Th
three hundred thousand Of the last cal
are needed We must not count on th
weakness of the enemy until success
attained must not cease striking tn
serpent until it is surely dead. And
woald be criminal in the people of Ii
loyal States, and in the Government,
lose the grand results within our reac
from present and past successes, by 81
pneness or an ill-founded confidence
H,ying decided to put down the rebellic
and save the Union, there is nothing II
us TO 90 Out 10 Wplh duu bdttic Will J.
creasing earnestness and determinatie
until the last rebel has grounded arm
aud the Stars and Stripes floats witho
moestation over every part OF the rebt
lous States.
Eg The departures from Ireland CO
tinue without diminullion. One of &
last Cork popers say the winter seas
appears to have no effect in deterring i
tended emigrants from the translan,
passage. Ga the contrary, there is
steady increase in the humber of perso
leaving Cork for the United States. al
the country people now say that the col
ing spring will In all probability witue
rush even greater than any thing
seen.
A FEMALE DIVINE. - An hdri
Michigan paper says g On last Wedn
dsv evening, at the UDiversalist Chdr
M,ss Augusta j. Chaplin was ordained
minister Of the Universalist denominat
OF the Grand River Association. Nj