Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-12
sketch OF the Cities and Towns Wis
Ited by General sherman's Army In
tfs Progress Ia rough Georgia.

cotton depot. nearly hfiy thousand bales being
transported anneally. Ii contained three or
four churches and five large warehouses The
population in 1868 vas about three Thousand FIVE
hundred.
SOCIAL CIRCLE
is post village in Walton county. and the depot
for the produce OF the county Ii vas iDcorpo
rated in 1881. aud has since been thrifty place
Of business
FoEsYTn
i- a post village. the capital Of Monroe county,
twenty FIVE miles from Macon. IL has Court
House. three churches. and two newspaper Of
fees
is the capital of Cherokee cosnty. on the left
bank of the Etowah river. Ii is remarkable for
its romantic scenery. Several gold mines IN the
vicinity have been worked With profit. Governor
Brown resided here
CONVICTION
is the capital OF Newton county. on the Georgia
road. $50 miles vest Of Augusta IL was quitea
thriving town
s'DosouGH
i the capital of Henry county, sixty Eve miles
northwest Of Milledgeville, aud contains cotton
factory ard three churches
MONTICELLO
is the capital Of jasper county. and contains a
handsome Court House. three churches and an
academy.
nlLsBoRo'
i in Jasper eouLty aud had one church and two
academies II j. twenty six miles from Mil
ledgeviile.
EAIoNToS
is the capital Of Putnam county, twenty-tSo
miles from Nlledgeville IL place of
some Importance. aud contained two academies
GORDON
Is post village Of Wilkinson county, twenty
one miles east OF Macon. Large quantities of
cotton were annually exported from this place
MADISON
is The capital of Morgan county, and has been
celebrated for its schools and colleges, of which
il has large number IL was place Of active
trade, about thirty bales OF cotton being trans
ported annually.
GREENSBORO
is the capital of Greene county, on the Georgia
State road. forty miles from Mlledgeville. 1t
contained two churches and two academies.
NrLLEDGEvILLE.
the capital of the state, is situated on the Geo.
nee river. and Is the county seat of Baldwin. IL
is not very large place-perhaps three thou
sand inhabi,ants--and ia built on several hills
and presents rather az uneven appearance. The
State House. a very fine building. shaped in the
form Of a parslelogram, with gothic turrets and
battlements. is said to have been recently de
stroyed by oIr cavalry. as also some other public
buildings. a few good stores. and one ordinary
hotel, 10 which may be added about twenty whis
Ky groceries, constituted the town proper. a
few handsome private residences were scattered
in the suburbs, among which is that oil the Hon
Herschel V johnson. the Douglas candidate for
the Vice Presidency. The country about Mil
edgeville il very poor aud unprcductive, and the
town. or city, bears marks OF dilapdatJn II
! is connected with Gordon b. rail. at which point
prompt connection is made by railroad 10 Savan-
nah and Macon.
OCoSEE KIvER
rises IN Hall county end passes b. Athens and
J Milledgevile. uniting with the Ogechee to form
the Altamaha IL Was once nayigabe tor small
steapers to Milledgevile but railroads have su-
! perseded the use of river craft.
AUGUSTA
This old and fasorite city of the Georgiaus is
the capital OF Richmond county, and is pleasant
! ly situated on the banks of the Savannah river,
eighty six miles east of Milledgeville, one hun
bred aud twenty by land from Savannah, and
/ about the distance to Charleston, with
which il is connected BY the South Carolina rail
road Atlanta is one hundred and seventy one
miles north OF il. The principal street is Broad
street. running parallel with the river being over
one mile IN length and closely built There are
! number of fine hotels the Globe, Eagle,
Phoenix, aud United States being the promi-
nent ones. The latte. has changed its name TO
/ the Confederate States Hotel. At the sand
. hills, two and half miles from town, is the old
Augusta arsenal. nov used as an ordnance depot
by the rebels, at prescn. unGer command OF 1t.
Col. VIM. X. Boggs, formerly an ordnance lieu
tenant IN the United States army, and az the
I breaking out of the war having charge of the
Baton Rouge arsenal. Augusta has been Wis
| tied several times by that severe scourge. yellow
fever. and in the hot season many Of the lead
ing families move out to the sand hills. the
air being pure and dry. and the location consid-
erably higher than the city proper. so that the
fogs and miasma Of the Savannah does not az
feet the suburb. There a large number Of
cotton factories in the city, and il q great
cotton market From eighty to ninety thousand
bales per annum were formerly shipped down
the Savannah river. and before the the
road leading out Of Augusta carried from three
To four hundred thousand bales annually. Since
the rebellion. Augusta has become a large ord
nance depot. besides containing many manu-
factories Of cannon. small arms. and material of
war.
sArNDERsvILLE
10 the capital of Washington county and is stu
ated three miles from the central road. IL is
. on a ridge between the Oconee and Ogechee
rivers
wArSEsBORo
is the capital Of Burke county. thirty miles south
from Augusta. Ii is q very handsomely laid
out town. and well provided with churches and
schools
NILLEN
is situated the Augusta and Savannah
road. at the junction of the Georgia Central; il
IS place OF considerable trade, and was at one
lime depot for the reception OF Union prison
pARIEN,
the point at which Sherman is supposed to be
aiming al, is a port of entry and capital Of Nc
lntosh county, on the left bank of the Atamsha,
twelve miles from the sea anu sixty miles from
Savannah Ii containg five churches, one acad
envy, and was a town of considerable importance;
but its unheathiness has destroyed its value for
residence or business purposes
Arrest and kescuc
On Saturday last squad of soldiers belonging