The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-25

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The Indianapolis state journal Of wednesday
has the following
Eherman's Advance.
"A gentlemen, who arrived here yesterday
morning direct from Chattanooga, reports that
Information had reached that place previous 20
4 his departure that the column OF Shermau's
cavalry which had moved in the direction o.
Macon bad reached that place on the evening o.
the 10th inst, and had surrounded the city when
the courier left The other column Of cavalry was
Bbnshing ahead on the direct route TO Augusta at
(Which place we will doubtless hear from them at
Nsn early day.
at is expected that both columns win form
Junction at hien, a point on the Macon, Au-
8gutta, and Savannah Railroads, one hundred and
ave miles east of Macon, and City miles south of
+ Augusta Tncy will then be on the direct route
to Savannah add Beaufort. Both Macon and
Augusta are extensive manufacturing cities, and
& Jef. Davis in = recent speech declared that the
N latter place alone supplied all the powder used
BY the Rebel armies.
Hood Is completely isolated, Savannah is
n already useless Hs u Dlockadc-running port,
Z Charleston will soon be cut of, and then Shcr-
man with his victorious army will be free TO act
as circumstances may demand. His army will
be on the seacoast ready for emblrAation a.
moments notice, and can be used as may be
deemed the most advantageous
The Milwaukee UIscol,ia of Wednesday
y speaks thus Of
shcrman's Grand Movements.
1--WE have advices this morning, that Sherman
has n owed on Macon, and thence on Augusta,
which he will fortify aad hold permanently. One
column Will also move on huedgeyie and
Savannah, which is To occupy the latter city and
Il open the Savannah river TO our transports and
EunbOats. Augusta Is 100 miles from Savannah,
and at the head Of steamboat navigation.
Il "Aftcr we possess Savannah we can easily sup
+ ply an army in Augusta. There is also q railroad
between Savannah aud Augusta. 10 now looks
4 as If Sherman in'cnds to permanently occupy
8the line of the Savannah river, which viii bisect
#the Southern COnfedtTacy, leaving Virginia,
North Carolina, and South Carolina on the one
3Eide, and Georgia Alabama, and Mississippi on
Pthe other. This will be n far more serious blow
t to the ContederaCy than If Sherman had marched
npOn Charleston or upon Wilmington. General
ThSmas holds the line Of the Tennessee, General
Sherman the line Of the Savannah and General
i Canby the Mississippi. The Confeleracy is )w
H being cnt into small sections, in which we can
II more easily master the Rebellion.
III General Sherman's force consists of the l4th,
u 18Th 10th, l7th and Goth Corps, in all $1,000 in
4 fantry. There are 5000 picked cavalry, and a
hundred and twenty-five pieces of artillery. In
all respects he is SO well supplied, and the men
are 80 courageous self reliant, and hardy that,
III ss General Sherman wrote to mis- father n-law,
Thomas Ewing, No man ever before commanded
u such an army"
a "The intention of General Sherman to fortIfy
and hold Augusta is OF immeasurable import
ance. The march through Georgia upon Sayln-
n permanent occupation of the line of the Savannah
n river strikes Il staggering blow at the heart OF
the Rebellion. Lee cannot pc. init Augusta and
Savannah to be occupied without a determined
effort 70 disludge our army. If Lee can detlch q
II portion OF his army from Richmond he undOubs-
: edly will do it. But General Grant is there. He
81 loves our cause aud he loves Sherman as his own
RI brother, and he would rather sacrifice himself
than permit Sherman to be embarrassed or de-
feated by the diversion of Lees army. We must
have stirring and decisive events before the lst OF
- December
The last Word fron Sherman Before
n Parting.
I Voyyt,pordsHes Of he CfHetHHsH Commercial
Il HRADouAR1ERs GENERAL SHERMAN, king,
= sTON, Ga November live are OF tomorrow
II Corse Joined Us from Rome to-day.
~ The road will he busted from Resaca down
The last train leaves Atlanta Tonight for the
II North.
The army is in splendid condition, and good
n many more in numbers than We thought in tht
81 North.
u We expect quick trip.
sherman's Aim 10 divide the ConCedo
BSom ne BE6al0 Courier, N0rCuJer2l.
The real object of General Sherman's move
Nent Is the division OF the Southern Confede
81 Faey. Let an army capture and hold Augusta
q and secure The passage Of the savannah river
Il by the capture of Savannah, or let
8 reduce Charlest II and establish communicl
III tion between Beaufort and Augusta, ant
ri with Atlanta in our hands, an impgssibl,
II barrier OF Federal steel would stretch practi
cally Gll the way from Louisville TO che sea
N through the very heart Of tho COntederAcy. Thu
II with the great States Of Georgia, Florida, Ala
4 bama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and L0uisian
separated from the rest Of the Rebel domain, wit
n North and Souh Carolina virtually h1mmed Il
by Federal armies, and Virginia, or all It's import
ant part, completely surrounded, the COntcderat
States would m a short time exist nowhere Say
in history.