Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-12

SBKREAN, IL 10 said has made bold and
somewhat startling change Of his campaign
programme. The news comes from differ.
ent directions aud carries on air OF proba-
bility with 1t which is. that Gen Sherman
hes destroyed the railroad from Atlanta to
Chattanooga, shipped the iron to the latter
place, burned Atlantis, left Gen. Thomas
with two corps to take care o. Hood, and
started with 5 corps In the direction of
Charleston, The bold movement is in
keeping with the brilliant military genius
Of the invincible Sherman, The Indiana
polls Journal Of the S,h, coufirms this re.
port upon the authority Of officers direct
from Chattanooga Taking il for gran, ed
then. there lies before Gen. Sherman, the
broad expanse7 of the gulf aud Atlantic
States, and be can shape bis march TO suit
bis inclinations. for there Is no force to bar
his progress. Before him TO bis right is
Mobile, around which the Gulf forces are
slosly concentrating; to his left-is Auder-
sousille, pen 10 which are rot.iug thous
ands Of soldiers and not an imeasurable
distance to the southeast are Savannah and
Charleston 10 the northeast are Whining q.
ton and Richmond.
a This step is foil OF daring, but gives
grea, promise Of success. and it may be that
this movement will be the crownng feature
Of the war.
The Tribune's Amy ofihe jones cores.
Pondent says, under date Of the 5:h, a
brilliant little raid has just been made into
Charles Ci'y and county. by M,jor s evens
aud Lent. Davenport, Of Gen. Buffers
staff, aided by leo cavalry They crossed
the James On the lst inst, at Bermuda
Hundred and rode out into the interior,
securing the country tffcctualIy for guerril.
lss of whose pre-ence in that neigbborhood
they had Intelligence They captured l3,
burned Two of their headquarters. and
brought in some 80 head of sheep, 40 cattle
and about 10 horses and mules. They had
info NATION tefcre returning that the
rebels had started large p,rry of cavalry
In pursuit Of them, but they managed to
slude them, and arrived Safely with all their
plundcr 30. 10 sf"'
The Tribune's City Point correspondent
says Of the rebel attack ON Saturday nghr:
Tue rebels made charge on the Third
Division Of the Third Corps. in front OF
Petersburg the s. b., about midnight, and
were iepuIsed with dreadful slaughter =
The los ou our side was very slight. We
captured abou, 100 prisoners There was
no loss 10y capture on our side. H""
The Goldsboro, North Carolina Journal
gives an account Of the blowing up Of the
Albermarle, not fering mat eriaiy from
Lieutenant Cushing's The Journal adds.
The Albermarle went down in few min
u'es, but the water being shallow, her
port holes are not submerged. And
though her gun deck is few inches uuder
water. her guns still command the chanDel.
The injury can be repaired 10 two or three
weeks, including the raising Of the vessel.
But Plymouth having been cap,u ed. oil
This will not be done by the rebels. 'asi
The Herald's Mar rinsburg correspondent
'sys Gen. Sheridan, accompanied by Col
Comsiock Of Gen. Grants staff, Capt. I. |
w. Moore, and Others, while on visit to |
Col Edwards At Winchester, were taken
si'b symptoms of poi soning from corrosive
'ablimste. The most ready anlidotes were
and at last accounts all were
ioing we'll. though their cases were at one
ime almost hopeless. The poison, Is sup.
'osed to have been contained 10 some
'heese, Of which all had par,aken freely.
FRon GRAsr-The Tribuns's City Point
correspondent says. The rebels. made q
charge on the 3rd Division, of the 3sd