Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-30
From ysstsrdas's EysfsiHg EGsti0si.
THE NEWS.
PROM sAYANNAH

TO prosso, the property.
Nocu.raE5s had besa committed.
K!s lhosght that Gen. Sherman wi not permit bis
AMY to 80 into the city.
1. s said that S.esm irteCds 70 Request all real
dents to take tie oath Of allegiance Those VITO do
90 Will be allowed 10 remain ana their property viii
De respected. Those who refuse 90 DO 60 viii be c. IN
ossd to leave aud their property will be conHsc8.ed
i Was thOrg1. BY some tia. the rice aud Gotten
stored 10 the city would bs tskon possession In the
mans Of tao Uoitod States Government aud receipts
given therefor.
" demand vas aside for the surrender 81 ne city
-asl saturday. Ga that day Sherman demanded the
unconditional surrender Of the oi'y. Gsneral Bssu
regard IN substance iaor med him shat "he knew the
ssJ TO The city aad could take tiff he was alba"
General Bsaurssard LET'S the city on Sunday.
Tue residents of savannah did not expect that the
city aou.d ts captured, They we're totally unPre-
pared for slod result. But very few Of them sue
cssdsd in getting sway. Those who did we're obliged
TO l5ays most Of th,irsdSc.s behind.
Tho bss. order was maintained thro shoa! the en-
tirs siege. AL the ~hiskey vas locked Up The stills
was all seq By the authorities. The four lO0a'
companies wore ss,gusi to p)les duy AID keP! law
breakers quiet.
AL ths rice on tue plantations the vicinity Of the
CITY tell uso the hands Of the Yankees Some essi-
m,ts Toe amount to i've hundred thousand bu5heia.
Tho Confederate -Tesumsni succeeded N removing
most of l,s stores Toe main less sustained b. b vas
the less of The siege guns about the place, and the
glltOa.s.
re pontoon bridge across which our troops pissed,
as bull, q, the loot Of oss Of the streets OF city
Daring ias siege several attempts to destIoy our
,,ruua'c1toa OF tae Carolina side we're made, ell
-l.o1 proved futile.
Bsso2 Elliott wa ia tue city en- Monday. Oar in
fl.gaat does 10, kloF whether be left the place CT
not
Tlsrs veTe two small steamboats, at So 'sDnah when
T., s!sEe comusucsd 1. ia reported The Yankees
csa..ssi tho Far ay, sad tbs, the Macon sas scat-
:'si.
4 large position CT the Central R.ilFO'd cars we're
en-. iosu ,Ls Savannah and Gull RA'rOad before
:b2 lac Vas Interrupted.
B5tb OF tie printing odsss IN toe city fell into the
a-eis ef the Yankees. We are informed boil ed
s,.s lsLstsfcre csp,.ulsuon. M SGsao, OF tie Re
can left early las; week, Wish the Government
80. is, OF which he Wss custodian Ns Smith, OF he
~ , did no, leave until Monday night. Il 10 very
evident both these ntsmea believe in the old mot
60 u IN, Who fights sai runs Iw4J will live . ngLt
another day"
orr inSofmaa, says that the Georgia uilisia-or
',6sy Brown pets" So some term them-havs be
vel lsns. lyss nobiy throughout the vloie osn-
ps'sa.
YANKEE DESE6TGgs
chs Augusta C5qss.rsenali,s learns On good sr-
.tsr.; that a large Eunc ct the galvanized Yar-
gees a5 recently teak tL5 olth Of allegiance ts The
Confederate Government iliaai our Amy, sud v,fe
ssa. 70 Savannah, Lass gone ever 10 the enemy
sslo-a assss& 9 sur ranks ,Loy ooIiPEsi 10 al
.as,r oHse.s aai going in q body TO the eaemy bit
ls plst vas discovered sad seven CT tha rirgssdsrs
zsze t.isi lni ahol. Tie others araed 10 SsTsr-
uzr.
wssFsRE NORTH OARCLISA.
~bs COZ d,tioU Of the counties in WsstsIu NORTH
Carolina is reported to be ITALY distressing. De-
ssstsrs hugtrhscksIs and tories fFcu East Tenu0s-
$50 ere constantly invading that section, robbirg
turning house,, ciasli5g every hicg thsy can eIrI
% and numbering our people. The oitissns are
-uls.Iy urprovi5ed Hitb the Necessary means Of de-
fence To feet there are hat very few men left to 6ght
tie m4gsultrs-,vsn it they we've ever so veil PEE
pared with srna ali ammunition.
RFJENT lxPioTTs ~ oUz CAVALRY.
Tie Charlottesville UhyC1t.eie remarks that the
vluatsd cavalry OF Ous,as and Togbert have ID BE-
lore user and LoalI; siaunton snl Charlottesville
rave bssu seaassafalJ covered another combination
Ct tie enemy has 5sCn deiseied.
80 le two d;sissAs OF YAlkse cavity sent sgainss
Gsrd5ssvHl, Wo opposed hut two bFigsd;s of LouaIs
oiv.sior McCaUsgnd's and Jacksoh's. Boldly at
tstkinz q superior forac, LOmsz drove them across
tie RApldln. General ,sses heeSrg OF move
a-at made An immc diIto forced narol fen Harri-
soab1rg to Liey's Kills, nine miles in uOsthstly d.
rsc,jga sud at llyIigh' completely surPsed Gsleral
CCs.ss IL HE e,mp taking large lunber Ct prscG-
era, emp sqlipags, a., and d.i'iig him dcUu the
Valley.
Tbs Cb,Oucl. learBs that Gen. Ea-ly expresses toe
g,sst.s .iEest.Oa a. these dafi md successful
s.lisvtue1ts Of lis cavalry.
LOSSES Is IHBODEN's BsIaADE
Hb0ss KS DzS's Cav. BRIGADE, /
Dec. S, 1864.
Tie ioi5Brg Is tie fsisl report OF Casualties and
l,gsss In the three crssal regiments OF this Brgsda
tom she 1t Of Nay sill the LIT Of N,y;rber, 1854.
Oa,ess. Enlisted usa. Total.
Killed, Il eS eggrega:e lO+
1901 t9 5gG bgq