The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-26

81 fNeeeSS3 hHm0DnR14bav end
march north on 6avannah. =
Sherman is moving rapidly and is mol
much troubled with transportation. He
has burned ssveral stssisns and is deyasts
ting the country I JgseinSefaIl} III rofasint. 7
The Enquirer of the 2ist frantically in
sists on. .ths sspeal n tn SxaapsisS ) VS.,
and the conscripting of the exrmp,s ia
order to secure force to meet Sherman.
-HslekssDhie eeua1aieatios was open
from Richmond only 70 Milledgeville.
owing, no doubt, to it, destruction by
Sherman.
Rebel NswS frsn 1Asrmaa. @s
/ Baltimore, Nov. IS.
+ The following is from. the Aug us,a
Chronicle Of tho 10Th.
Among the many var rumors on our
stmess fhS mosnins y oss TINT Gsia6ihis
captured by the Yankees. As to the cor.
rectness OF the ramor We have nothing to
say. fAG@ 81
The following is taken from the Au-
gusta Sentinel Of tie 18th:
We havs this reisbls news from 10
the river. A gentleman who arrived "a
Thursday evening from Stone Mountsin
reports that . Yaskss column moving
down the Georgia Railroad divided at
Decatur. bali going down the Covineton
road sau1 IN othef shs Rpck Bridge road
AZ Stone Mou6taiS they burned iii shs
unoccupied hou,es, some tvo thirds Of
the town, and vese laying waste the
county asthsy psoSrspssd They nGched
10 hollow square with their trains in the
centre. They united at Baker Mil, near
Cosisgten. ; SfTgE fo1 .IsIss
This gentleman says that the view
from the summit Of Stone Mountain Of
the condagrstion of Atlanta vas awful
beyond description. The Gate City looked
like an ocean Of fame - the fiery waves
rose and fell throughoss iis whole ex-
tent n aa4.
About 100 Yankee casalry made their
appearance at School Circle on Thursday
and basped the rsiirosd platform. Il !.
not believed that they have come down
any further than the Circle. Their in.
fantry encamped 1t OF near old Sheffield
on Wednesday night. Il u siso report
ed that the Ysnkess hsvs tur1Dd Noa,i-
cello and Hillsboro which. il true, clear
ly iDdieates thas they 'deaiAs tsppiag the
Central Railroad NJ Gordon or some other
point.
Passenger trains on the Georgia R. r.
yesterday only csus frsn Union Point.
The hac,n Telegraph Of Friday ays
that city on that day VAS con.iderably
excited, owing to vasioas reports in ~
gard to the enemy, who are known 10 b
posisivsly marching on The, city.
Gen. Cobb has fssusd 80 order calling
out every msu capabe of tearing arms,
and o.. VINO ~ss not rcs pond he has ordered
to be arrested.
The Telegraph further says:
There is no doabs that .hs military .u-
thorities win do eser5 thing III their pow
or TO stay the advance of the enemy, aud
We trust they will receive the cordial sup
port OF the entire community. We re-
fraiu from giving any inform sliss. coa
cerning the movements or The lumber OF
his force.
The Macon Telegraph .pesks thus Of
matters at the front
We have reiisbls information to the
effect that the Yankees are advancing
from Atlantis in this direction, in two
aoiuuus, one on the Mel cDonough road and
the other via Joncsboro Our forces ara
at Griffin. More than this We deem il
inprudeas u hentisa 1t present. ~
A gent who lett Forsyths on Tuesday
the 18th at ; o'csock, informs Us that 4
courier arrived at that place about half a
hour before Be, left snd reported that there
vas some Yankee cAsslsy B miles north oI
the town. All the bridges on abe road
fran Ess4vths - 1sdian SPsisess .ues,
burned BY orr forces.
ThA, lntelligsncsr publishes the aanex-
ed news about the affair
The latest reliable inteligeucs from th,
front in Heofgia is received from cen,ls
man Who lefs Griffin "Wednesday u 10 .
| =. Gen. Wheeler fought the enemy wh.
was advancing within force vstimsfse Il
from 90 70 $1,000 in two coluaAs, one Of
thu NcDouoagh md me other on th,
Jonesboro roass. they we're at Bea
Creek, 10 miles above GfifRa, until lat,
10 the evening vhsn be fell back 10 Grit
I'm and Vas passing that city on the right
When opr informant LEFT our infantry Tor
ces wers JAltiog bask to Bafnosv.lle. Itt
probable that al the time We wife thi
that Sherman occupies Griffin aud vii
rapidly demonstrate upon Macoa ans
nfAsgs ti1lSdgeyiils. s ssgsss
We learn from = reliable source tha
Gov. Browne rss.@esss, in Canton, Cser
okee county, embracing his conamedi5u
dwelling house. outhouses, &c, with hi
ta6S< <snd &hbk ~ a1nk1 6sa aIIbsrse,
. the ground BY the vandal fos. fe'
days ago. The oficer ia command of th
vantlS@ No NS56 1snt - 41sCats III
work ruthlsssly and successfully perform
Ffcd' 4, and allowed The family ~Ae ~er
living on the premises only fifteen minute
TO remove their furniture from the hoa-s
1aaA IL lhAt - rsmessd .within thai tim
*as destroyed 81 the bheks.
] The same party burasd the Coul
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