The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-09
HOW SEWARD SNUFfEO THEM OUT.
Interesting From Mexico.
MAX" ON HIS TRAVELS.
a Fine Specimen of Blarnev.
now HIS DEAR PEOPLE WILL BE
GOVERNED.
GENERAL SHERMAN.
Fosters cooperative Expedition

Nsu York De- s.-By the arrival at this port,
to-day, of the steam transport Trade Wind, rom
Hilton Head, :. G., We have sdvicos 10 tho 81 inst
The residents at that place were all under arms
and doing guard duty, in consequence Of General
Foster having taken an the available troops 70
operate With General Sherman, who was expected
s,op W make bis appearance On tho ses coss,
Gen. r. had met with considerable resistance on
his advan q, and a number OF his wounded were
brought into Hilton Head, from which place heavy
dr.ng could be heard
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
There ia s'i considerable obscurty respecting
General Shcrman's movements The Southern pa.
pers profess 70 he considerably mystihed on the
subject, anl tic Washington authorities We,
without any direct information. We infer, how.
ever, from the somewhat indefinite statements Of
she r hmond pspcrs, that on Friday or Saturday
lost, tho unru hody Of Gen. sherman's army either
occupied Millcr, OF passed within Few miles Of
Tito point lot distinctly ssertainei, Nillsn Ia
sky miles from savannah, and ffty-hye from Au.
rusta. His cavalry hsd appeared on tic Savannah
river, which L would he necessary for him to cross,
in case his destination wac savannah OF Charles
ton. Iecg aphc communications between Rich.
uoud aud Million were Suspended n Friday night
snd had no, hecn restored mp = VI ndAy last. This
indicates that sherman stn hcld that place or the
,pproachss to II. The ArrustA CnEoSIoLH AND
.rtrrSn h1. tho following IN reference to shef. e..
mlu;
Il, must he Confessed ths, FOR the past week
sherman has b,,1 YER. scccss'l'ly acting the part
OF al "Artfl DdscL" conipnudiug all cscula-
tons and exciting general nppfehenh on by his &C.
reutric muvemcniF. TIE latest reports indicate
that he Is NOV NJ toward the savannah River, but
there is little re- ancc to bc placed IN any hd!ca'
ton Of his 10 cniions yet Until he snail get out
oi the triangle 70 which ne has l"cn nanTuverug
.ucc BE- c't Atlanta. we can INFER nothing Win
"Crtal' 'y, lfOm any VI his movements, as 10 his NJ
innate course lie may turu Augusta aud seek tc
force his WAY through south Caro-, ma, or be may
push t,r Savsnnah os briuaw,cE
The l. .luond ralcrs sppear TO b. no better In
f.med, aecor ling 10 the iol'owug extracts. TG'
DrgrArcn OF N nday last states;
Sherman whereabouts IL T. 1t pc ,tive'y known
Il . Lot certain that he has even yet re9chcd Nj
LEM thougA the tact IL NsuiaCd ~ fOurP Z. NJ las
fricay,'he telegraph uIerator At N Hen ANNOUNCED
ma, Sherman wa wi.Lln four miles Of the place
and tbs, b. bimsel! was ou the 70 nt ol riGdlug 6
hGsiy adiou. Notl NC has been heard from ,her
>,uce. lie hal teen within tweuty miles ofhl,
tor nearly wee.
The sEsTISEI- Of the same date, says;
Ohc.. Information Was received here yesterday
.uat the calumu o! Saermau's army which La
teen oJara,iug IN the ucghb'rh has disuI
reared il IL believed, to Join the mGin army ue.
Mlen Inforuat ou received from offclsl ~
other souT,os, seems h. indicate that HheTmRu'
objective pIlt - Dar.en, near the mouth OF H.
Alabama River, nfty miles sout Of savannah.
Tie ExAnINEB appears 10 have little fuller il
formation:
Two important s'-terenis have reached us On
isthut portion ol : .cTnlu's amy has ssed NJ
len TIE enemy has not entered the town, lie o;hC
ALt cmolt Is The Chsc; that tho column Ehic
. has lecr lnger. NJ ior tO,lc time in the ne,phbo
I hood o MOO, has let tA c0un,ry aud gone on
NE man to.y. What and where Is the mai
tojyf
An Augusta paper o. Nov 20 states;
The latest -eWs fOm Waynesboru' was III
wheeler WIS 5, n fight u ne enemy and .r, vir
bep Ine road n Wdyncstor5' is al right, bl
he damage from Way ynesboro' TO N lien has u
yet been aHCerlained.
Too ntt ern papers gvo detailed accounts
the ',aovastatlons" committed by shermsn's force
An Atlanta lo ter states that the city pTcsent
an appearance of almost bsrreu desolation.
,be railroad dcpots, hotels foundr!es rairo
Ehops, goyernn nent works. mills, and nearly
the unoccuped private residences have been bur
ed female college was pulled down and fo
established ui the ground while even ratings O.
fences are reported N have boon destroyed.
anita, which tour mouths ago had population
tVenty thousand, nov numbers only slx hundr
. ,nd seyenty-tve male Inhabitants. with few "
men and children. Only fifteen or twenty nsgrS
. peTe left in the plsce,