Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-12-28

no DESIGN 10 ATTACK MAcos OF AUGUSTA.
IL IS evident now, that Sherman never
intended 10 attack Macon or Augusta,
and LIS clever strategy ia alarming those
towns into o3iiecttng large g~srrisons, then
is9latIng ihem,-has rendered the speedy
fall Of SEyannaii much more certain. With
Sayaunah in our possession; we can reach
boldly for either Macon, ,Charleston or
Augusta, though the possession of the first
place. now that its line of railroad is cut,
would not be of any advSntage
TIE TROOPS WANT TO co TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
Sherman related that during the march
he was often assaiied Ly good humored
requests from the ranks to be taken to
South Carolina. There Is a .ettled con
victlon Ia Snerman's veterans that It Il
part of their mission TO make the tour OF
the hoi-beds of treason, and If they do we
fancy the flower pots will suffer somewhat
hItn The talent iPr de-olatlng 4 coun-
Try, acquired and acquiring by that army;
we are led 10 expect that tne next census
of the State that first fred on the flag o
planted aga On its borders Will be very
easily taken. Il will be impossible 20 r.
STRAIN the men; and 1t is almost inpossi-
Die TO wish 10 have them restrained from
wlpIug from existence Sd ioul an enemy
TO the Repubiic-
TEE c~oHrRAsAsps.
General Littlefisid has been at Hilton
Heed for several days, charged with or
gapIzng the negroes accompanying Sher-
uian into regiments, immediately. TWAS
thought by the Wal Department that
enough could 0e released, By Sherman
past and future OPERATIONS, 10 form TWEEN
~ regiments.
THE STORIES ABOUT WHEELER y EILPAT
RICK uNFoUNDED.
From every quarter | hear that the
rebel stories a6ou, Kilpatrick's defeat are
.aise. Fitzpatrick was moi wounded, and
] Can not ascertain tina. he even lost his
hat-tEe only trophy claimed 10y the
Richmond press from what they termed
a splendid cavalry victory. l al hear Of
no casualties whatever among officers.
rHE NAILS FOR snERNAs's ARMY
Arrived on the steamship Fulton, on the
18th. They were taken forward immedI
a.ely, and reached The various corps the
day following the f4lIof Fort McAllister.
GENERAL FosrER's FORCE
Is still at Poco;aligo. about a mile from
the railroad. His arteries continue to
ire at long range at trains which pass and
repass though less frequently.
CONCLUSION.
Though in haste to forward this, 1 feel
very much inclined tn wind up with a
tribute TO the noble soldiers with Sherman,
who have just accomplished with ease one
OF the most wonderful offensive marches
IN military annals. The b~ayonets that
nov glisten 10 the calm sunshine that
battles Savannah. are the same that were
nxed on awkward muskets three yearsago.
on the banks of the Ohio River.
Whata stretch of territory, OF conquest,
lies between the Ohio and the Savannah!
What mountains have been passed. what
weary iesgues have peer left behind.
Those same legions have crossed Ihe
Green, the Barren, the Cumberland, the
Duck, the Tennessee. the Etowsh, the
Oostenaula. the Chattahoochie, the
O>cne the O5eechee, and the Savannah
Rivers. and can strike harder and faster
to-day than ever before. 1t is impossible
to tor-teil the future of this army ever
marching on; but as no achievement in
its front calling for endurance and vslor,
has been an accomplished in the past, so
may we see that TO it is vouchsafed the
fruition of the great deed, that spring
from u~nequalled activity and unconscious
ness of power, from a love of duty and a
buoyancy in its discharge, and from a ca
pacity for those delicate-though weighty
-fears. which the genius of a great Cen
ersl conceives. SHERMAN and his army
have made themselves immortal.
u e-eglra J. W. n.