The New York herald., 1864-12-05
THE REBEL ACCOUNTS.
QHE MOVEMENT TO TIE SAVANNAH RIVER.
MORE or KlLpArRrcK's REPoNrBD DEFEAT.

MORE or KILPArRrcK's RKPoRTBD DEFEAT.
from the Richmond Examiner Dec.
The war Department allowed the fact to leak out
hhat cavalry fight has taken place somewhere in Geor-
ka probably IN the vicinity Of Xi'en resulting in the
hefca o. the enemy and the capture OF General Kpat
kick's hat. This s all the information vouchsafed In
bfcial circles bu, outsiders who to
btae secrets intimate to their less fortunate acquast
hpccs that nght referred TO omsin1 than
siost siyish though scarcely 10 be rated a. battle.
They sate further, that loss was about sery killed,
hvotndei and missino, while that Of the enemy Ii 70
borted to have been much greater We have stated
bvery thing that has been developed relative to this
hGar and hope that the enemy wiI neither derive in
Formation nor comfort from narration We will add,
however shat the news OF the Nxw YORK HERALD, pab
hisbed yesterday the effect that shermans advance
bad reached Mien, is certainly untrue; Of the
ys cavalry had reached Mtie~ yesterday evening Per
haps the Eight above alluded to and the less OF General
kipa,rick's hat had something 10 do with the delay
DUR CAVALRY AT Tas SAVANNAH RIVER ON NovsM'
BIER 20.
prom the Richmond Despatch, Dec g.
cavalry Ggnt in which We wore victorious took place
IN Ess. Georgia on Tuesday The Yankee cavalry under
Fitzpatrick were attempting to the Savannah yfuer,
hsu thoy wsre attacked BY Wheeler. and after an OBJ
k,nate aght driven back in hs direction Of A,ln losing
kery heavily. fitzpatrick himself At one time so
hoscy pressed az 10 ic.e bis bat which recovered
by one Of our troopers This trophy should be laid 10
haysnder with Popes coat, washburne's pantaoons and
Dahlgrcn's wooden leg.
buERMAN NEARING rHB coAsr-A BATTLE Ex.
PsCrED.
From tho Richmond Despatch, Dec. a.
shcrmsn's main army s mortns toeards the eoaa, and
= taHte Is ezpected.
euEKMAH BELIEVED TO BIZ MAKING Fon BRUNSWICK.
From tho Richmond Sentinel, Dec. 81
Our exchanges up 10 Saturday astthe latest dates
reved tho time OF writing thissre exceedingly com
hnunoatve In tho movements Of troops and
neneras, but know comparatively little OF the move
nnonts of Sherman. The situation OF bis main force
As alleged to be positively mystery. The
movements that they chronicle seem 10 bo bu
Hcns or fsolcrs and with small bodies The suspciur
eby cxpress Is that these exhibitions upon hts tanks
Attended by SHERMAN TO mask his army and to con
zeal tho march which they suppose TO be making upor
Tayannah or Brunswick. The latter town Ia a 40,
h rbor uon the Atlantic coast about tTtnty miles soui
o. the mouth OF the Aliamaha. The forces which hav
-ome the north OF the ocouee alleged TO DO bu
ssery icw In number, and TO be limited 10 their opcra
aions 10 accommodating purposes Meanwhile Sherman y
npposed to be moving down behind the 0conec, vhic
zoe need not at all II Brunswick be bs goal III
pouse In that would be the 0cmusee nea
ts mouth and down behind or south OF the Alta
gmaha. We extract some sentences OF news from th
e:pepers whose ideas we have been reproducing in th
ssabove.
esosx OF sHEHMAS's TROOPS NORTH or rHE ATLASrl
AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
fFrom tbsAususta cnr,,..- ,.-icle and Sentinel Nov acl
AssaslsaAs'eoHnecsed with .''u''ns 0afw up W