The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-12
TIE CAMPAIGN.

Frsn, hs Tribune.
Perhaps no week since the war began has wit
messed greater degree of activity than the ono
Just passed; yet we are without Intelligence OF
its actual results. Sherman has approached and
probably has reached the goal of his magnificent
march across the Keystone State of the Confed-
eracy. Thomas, besiGged in Nashville, has every
day been gathering strength for the conflict
which is not merely TO raise that siege, but to
strike q decisive blow against the invader Of
Tennessee A past Of the Army of the Potomac
upder General Warren, has been in motion, and
presumably has fought battle. There are other
movements in the neighbOrhood OF Richmond OF
which we shall know more anon.
The special despatch which we print this
morning seems to indicate clearly the hitherto
uncertain direction and purpose OF General war
ren's movement. That officer, with Griffin 8 and
CraWfOrds Divisions of the 9th Army Corps
Motifs Division of the I'd Corps, aud with Grcgg's
Cavalry altogether very formidable force
broke camp on Wednesday morning, and march
ing by two roads on either side OF, and parallel
to- the Weldon Railroad, reached Stony creek
on Thursday. That stream is twenty miles
south of Petersburg, and the station near the
bridge which formerly spanned 1t IS tue point
whence started the branch road from the Weldon
20 the SOuthside Railroad. The recent cavalry
expCdi.io under Gregg proved that that branch
was still incomplete at ts southeastern extremity.
Gregg, having ascertaned that fact, returned,
and Warren being in possession or the r0su Is OF
GreRg's reconnaissance, shaped MS campaign
accordingly. Hc struck so boldly south that II
was at first copjectured in the army he meant to
40 TO North Carolina. Crossing the northern
branch of the Notoway by pontoons on lhurs-
day, be pulhsd up his bridge after him, ana since
the time when he thus broke of communication
with the main army under Grant, no positive IN
formation about his movements has been received.
But on Thursday night reconnaissance was
sent out-apparently ~ much 10 get news from
Warren as for any other purpose; IL was ascer-
tanned then from stragglers that Warren was oil
IN search of a fight. Is was further discovered
tbat the Rebel lines In his direction were surprls-
ipgly weak and the reconnaissance was pushed
with yigor towards the road which Warren pro.
badly took. But his march had been so rapid
that already he Was 10 toe north and west OF tue
creek, and on Friday morning heavy hrlng was
heard in the direction of Dinwiddie Court House.
which stands ON the Petersburg and Boynton
plank road, midway between stony creek sAtl9n
and the SOuthslde Railroad
Thlther had marched Hill's Corps to intercept
Warren and at that point Is seems pretty certain
battle of greater or less magnitude was fought
on Friday morning last, December y. Ot It's re-
suit there is no news whatever. But the mer'
fact that there was q battle shows that WarreI
was marching for the SOsthside Railroad, having
made a wide and some what rapid detour for tha
purpose The central and interior position o
Lee enabled him to march corps somewhat a
random 20 point nom which he might strlEe II
almost any direction which Warren could be sup
posed to take. 80,
From General Sherman there Is no other intel
lqence than such as can be gathered rom th
account brought by q transport from CharlesIon
When that steamer left, on the 7tb, heavy hrlnI