The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-29

The capture of Savannah has not (
welded the Yankees all the fruits they
antici ed from that enterprise. They
hc;iey j hat iIardce would shut himself
M IN that city, with fifteen thousand
men. and wait the event of siege, which
could not be doubtful since they have the
command Of the sea. They even antlci-
pated the capture Of Beauregard, with
his forces; and their journals made them
selves quite merry on the OCCASION
They expected, in a word, another
Vicksburg and Port Hudson affair at Sa-
vannah. But they have been disap- |
pointed lIardee did not remain TO be
captured. lie carried off all his men,
all his magazines, and all his munitions
of war. He left only his siege guns
which were too heavy to be transported,
and which were, no doubt, rendered unfit
for service. Every man, well or SICK,
was transported beyond the reach OF
Sherman. The army has been saved,
and will add to our troops in the field
force of which they are in much need
In the Revolutionary war, the American
general Lincoln-committed the folly
of shutting himself up in Charleston
with the entire army destined to defend
the South. The consequences might
no hoy
the entire command of the sea, shut up
the harbor of Charleston, and landing
forces at Beaufort, invested 1t by land.
The city not only tell, but it carried the
army along with it. Every man was
captured and the Southern States left
entirely without an army. 1t was then
that the spirit of the people rose to sup
ply the place of regular army. ltwas
then that Marion, Sumpter and Clarke
first began to teach the British that
though they had conquered Savannah
and Charleston, they had not conquered
south Carolina and Georgia. The dis
latch from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord
George German, the British Secretary
of War, announcing that South Carolina
was completely subdued, had hardly been
published in the Gaeette, when news ar
rived that these bold partzanS had al
ready rekinded the war CORVALLIS,
like Sherman, commenced his march
northward He overthrow the army Of
Gates at Camden, aud, for awhile, pat
an end to all regular opposition. Bat
Marion and Snmpter were still at work,
and in less than two months after Cam
den, came Kings Mountain and in three
months more, the defeat OF Tarlton al
the Cowpens by Morgan's regulars an,
militia We are more fortunate thai
wereour forefathers They lost Charles
ion, and with ii whole army. We hav'
simply lost Savannah, which had beel
blockaled and rendered useless for tw
wears. The army Is safe, intact, and eH
listing, to serve as nucleus around whic
feln1orcemehtS may RAINY"
The column which Sherman has ser
to the South is supposed to have gone
search of the prisoners, which, thus ia
he has failed to capture We do nj
think he is likely to find them. Wit
his main force he is already mOvir
north his object being, no doubt, to pa
through South and North Carolina, an
as far as he can, destroy all the comm
nications between those regions and &c
.ral Lees army. 1t appears to be thong
by many that the winter, and the b
weather, will impede his advance to uni
with Grant We are not of that opinion
at least, We place no great faith in su
allies as wind and weather. They ha
proved treacherous too often since t
commencement of this war. Besides,
read that in the campaign OF Janua
and February, 1881, between Cornwall
and Green-over this same ground-t
rains and the high water did, by
means, put an end to military evolution
CORVALLIS pursued Green, and Gre
retired before him with the most un
hitting vigilance, and the most untiri
activity, althoughit was raining inc
sanity nearly the whole time, and
waters were everywhere up, for seve
weeks, from the borders of South Ca
lima, into Virginia. We rather hope ii
military means will be found to h,
Sherman in check, and to protect
country and delay his advance as mu
as possible.
The Clarion says that the Yankees
Vicksburg can only muster two thousa