The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-12-01


New YoRK, Nov. 29.-Lafs rebel papers
give additional Indignation regarding Sher.
mans mayepents. They, shos the separate
movements Of the respective caugns nsder
Gems. Howard and Slocuusbeth II tieh 4
is admitted by rebel papers are we'll icross
the Oeopee river. g t = - :
The report THAT Milisdgevi:le has been
occupied is confirmed, and the destruction OF
the charcoal works and foundries at Girls
woldville.
4 The panic, creaA both ID Georgia and
South Carolina by the march of the irresis.
iible -conqusror-is something. which. has had
no parallel during the, war vasE.llas sj3aa
A levy en- mscsss Of the Georgia and South
Carolina militia has been ordered, and des-
perate Efforts we're being made TO concentra 't
at Augusta. an army, sufficient to, present
some opposition to Shermap's advancing
columns. ,,,,., t.f t,,
The Augusta Constitutior6l;st Of the 22d
says: "A raiding party Of the enemy tapped
the road 10 miles east Of Macon, and des-
troyeda lumber train and freight trains were
turned back in haste. Heavy cannonading
and musketry fire were heard, east of Cor.
don. ,.c, ....,t -. .ft
twas supposed Gen. Wayne Gordon had
been attacked. MilledgeviIle had been. en-:
tirely evacuated by our forces before the
enemy entered, everything Of value was
brought away. q ,4H .r'r,s saisf ~
The Augusta Despatch Of the 2lst says :
The movement of Sherman on Milledgeville
was . feint for the purpose Of concentrating
our forces there, and the raid on the Central
Railroad was for the purpose Of keeping
them there, whilst the whole force ofthe en-
envy moves upon and captures Augusta or
Savaenahs jon os'st A. III, lagifssq .
The Augusta Constitutionalist gives the
progress of q column under Slocum. About
10000 cavalry visited Madison on the Geor-
gia State road and burned it on the 10Th.
and on the Goth, an, engine was sent up the
road and founl the enemy at Buckhead. i l
miles nearer to Augusta. On the 10th some
of our men were Is miles from Augusta
probably raidi ng party. 9th
The Augusta Chronicle oEthe Goth says
A large cavalry force left Greenyile South
Carolina bound across the country in the
direction Of Atlanta with view to cut off a
Yankee column moving down the Georgia
road in tsIis direction. ot lrsia. no ri u
|7utIt is said Breckenridge was to leave Up.
per East Tennessee with his troops on the
18th, for the Georgian line. With Hoon in
his rear, breckenridge on,his TANKS and 80,
900 veterans on his front, Sherman cannot
escape. nan .Homs h3uaf Ira
The Augusta Corstitutionnlist says: Az
we write the g!adsand familiar shout Of IL .
veteran troops just arriving from the South
Carolina Department. comes up from the
streets. IF Shsrman's men. retreat this way
they will hear the whistle Of bullets from the
trusty guns which have often been yoigted
at the fanatics on the banks of the Potomac
and the James. Before our readers see this
other glad shouts will he heard in our streets
The Macon Confederate Of the goth says.
Gen. ,Hardee arrived here this morning,
Gen. Beauregard will probably be here to.
morrow. Since the date of the shove, COM
munication with the east has been eut off
by Sherman, and both Hardee AMI Beaure-
gard are lef. far inqthe rear of Sherman
Gov. Blown, Dick Taylor and Beauregard
are reported at Macon on the 22d. as s,'
Richmond papers of 25th and 26th, say
they have encouraging news from Georgia.
but will not print it. Still they assure their
readers that the official advices from Geor.
gia are as favorable as they could expect.