Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-28
By Telegraph.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY EMPIRE
Last Nights Dispatches.



Nav YoRK, November 2G.--According TO
the latest rebel papers, Sherman's demonstra-
ton toward Macon was ieiut
No attack had been made on that place up
to Wednesday, When "a short distance from
IL, he turned north-eustward towards Miledge-
vile, which town it is reported his cayalry
captured last Sunday nig.t, subsequently,
burning the capitol building aud the peniten-
tiary 1t is said a strong force Of his army
made a demonstration on Augusta, within
twenty miles of which place his right was re.
pulsed with severe loss This movement on
Augusta ia also considered feint to distract
attention from Sherman's first objective poiAt
which is surmised to be Savannah II is pro-
phesied that he will move az directly as posi-.
BILE on the latter cty from Milledgsville, and
the belief is expressed that the large Union
feet, which had been collected in the James
river, is destined for Savannah, and will meet
Sherman there
The Augusta Chronicle Of the l9th inst,
stated that a large fleet of Union transports
had already arrived ulTLhe Georgia coast The
same paper, abuses in strong language, JEFF
Davis aud the other Richmond authorities for
not sending troops into the State to impede
Sherman's movements, crying in despair, as
Georgia going to be left to take care Of her
sefP'
The Richmond Eodminer thinks the ruth.
less conduct OF the great National army will
tend TO cement Georgians ia support Of the
rebel Government, and cause the lukewarm
and haltiug TO Immediately take up arms aud
become its most tuncompromjslng defenders,
and the State after passing thTough this ordea
OF FIRE, will come forth purified aud purged Of
its love for the old Union.
The Richmond Whig though not so hope
iul us its cotemporary says;
We cannot say that we feel an absolute con
victiou, although indeed our hopes are strong
that Sherman will fail in his ultimate OBJ
ject
Il alss says that Sherman is man of un.
doubled ability aud astuteness, and he would
never have commenced his march from At.
lanta, had he not believed he could finally
reach the coast in safety,
The papers show the division of sentiment
distraction aud panic which Shernans oper
ations have created in the South, and author
izes US to anticipate the most decisive and
glorious results from them
Late rebel papers are filled with articles
illustrating the bitterness OF the different lac.
tons OF the chivGlry, 20 ward one another, aud
their intestine divisions, denouncing jeff Da-
room government at Richmond
Jen's wholesale transcription has stirred up
a strong feeling of Indignation He is accus-
cd Of design to make himself an unre.
strained DICTATOR and il is prophesied ere long
he will reap the whirlwnd.
A convention Of editors was called to pro-
test against his attempts to muzze the press
Condemnation Of the secret sessions Of the
rebel Congress is expressed in the strongest
manner. 1t is declared that there can be no
excuse for them, and that theyIbode no good
for the rights aud liberties of the people.
Mr.. Foote, OF Tennessee, in the rebel
House OF Representatives fBw days ago, de-
nounced JEFF. Davis for granting exemption
to a rebel lrishman named Mcmahon, and
bad TO take it back day or two afterwards
He challenged the whole rebel House of Rep
resentatives, and got laughed at for hia pains
The Richmond Examiner called him re-
constructionist, on account of his Monroe-doc-
trine.anli Macmillan. Union resolutions, and
he challenged the supposed author, (John
Mitchell and got under arrest on the 23d
inst. Foote had fight with VIM G. Swan,
member from Tennessee, whom he denoano-
ed as no gentleman, and the trio, Foots Swan
and Mitchell, figured in the Richmond Police
court on the same day, much to the amuse.
ment Of the rebel Congress, which appeared
to have adjourned for the purpose
The Richmond Examiner OF the oath gives
dispatch from Gen, Lee regarding the late
reconnaissance up the Shenandoah Valley of
Powell and Custar' s cavalry, and their en-
gagemeut with Early s army AT Rood's Hill, on
last Thursday. OF course it was rebel sue.
cess The two divisions of Union troops, ac
cording to this official document, as well AS
some unofficial, were pursued by one bridge
oi rebel cavalry for eight miles, and compell-
ed to leave behind all their killed and wound,
ed
The Herald's New Orleans correspondent,
dated l7lb, says Brig General Morgan l..
Smith had succeeded Maj Gen Dana, in the
commRndNoft the national forces al and around
Viekaburg, Miss The rebel cSlton burners,
guerrllas and pluuderers generally, have been
almost cleared out Of the district OF Baton
Rouge, La, and our lines have been extend.
ed in that region. 1t 10 said the rebel Scotia
cavalry, who were for some time so active in
Louisiana, on being ordered to Hoods ar.
my, mutinied and went home.