The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-12-15
sHERMAN,s EXPEDITION.

Dnbh mAN y bhI bOl L lUN'
| BALrnoRE, December 10. The fol
lowing special has been received at the
, American Office
"hNNAroLls, 10 =. M-Thc steamer
Victor hns just arrived from Charleston,
Iwhcrc al! Of Colonel NIulford's fleet Is
now living Tho Exchange Of prisoners
Is being changed from Savannah tp|
Charleston, Generals Sherman anl Fus.
tor having interrupted the exchange at
the former city. When the Victor
sailed uu "Wednesday, she heard hcn!y
firing in the direction Of Savannah, be-.
ing either nu attack ON thnt ely or on
;hc railroad between Charleston aud
Savannah. An agree that Sovannah
must fall"
A Washington dispatch TO the World
learns from d,scrtcrs aud other sources
thnt the rebel papers have concealed the
following important facts in regard to-
Shcrmnn's movcmcu's:
First. That Shcrmnn's march, up to
the time hc reached Mllcn, was practi.
cally unopposcd; the only fighting being
occasional skirmishcs between Klpulrick
aud Wheeler. Ills march has created o.
tremendous panic, Ilo has swept all
central Georgia clear of grain. forage,
horses, mules, aud negroes,
Ii is supposed hc will reach the sea
coast with two able bodied negroes for
every white soldier IN his ranks. 1t IL
understood he viii only allow able bodied
males to accompany his army. Not having
fought any battles in central Georgia
and having kept his army well together,
Sherman will reach the coast with his |
army in splendid fighting trim aud nbun-
dance of ammunition. There is good reason
for believing that, in addition TO negroes,
sherman viii b. reinforced by lO,0uo
Uuion prisoners. There Is n dcscricrs'
N,ry that Tie pritncrs in camp near
! Mllcn, hCn,iug of tho near approach OF
Sherman, uvcrpnwcr the guard mud
scattered themselves ever the country.
Shcrman's movements still cngross a
lrrr portion of the attention ot rebel
news icrs. They say that he remained
with his principal force IN the vicinity OF
Milcn tor several days, for the purpose of
gathering up supplies, aud that ON the i
instant he resumed his march from north
Of town, aud, on the 81, was some dis.
tnncc south Of il. On the 9th instant
his advance was reported skirmishng
with the ouposts of rebel forces defend.
/ ing Savannah, and It is expected that on
the 9th he would reach the Goa /,
The Augusta Const,utionnllst believes
that. sin"H leaving Atlanta, sherman has
dot for moment hcsitated rs to the poirl
to bo attacked, or ~ arrange his army
that h. would move ON Savannah with.
uu; lear of attack on either hink.
Tho Richmond papers give further
particulars OF Wh>clcr's fight with kil.
patrick, in which It appears that Wheeler
was obliged to fall back, owing to Kilpnt
ricks superior numbers.
( Wheeler cuufcsscs that in his engage.
mcnt with fitzpatrick he has not taken
many prisoners, because. the Yankees !
huv refused to surrender.
Thc Charleston Mercury learns that
Gen, Foster has or'il'd the position
which he took after the battle of Honey
IIill. which it supposcs ho will rcmtin unul
Sarfman reaches within striking dist,ncc
q, the coast. 1t sta,cs that Foster has
been lo, some days and nights sondng up
balloons, skyroc ke,s, &c. supposed to
be sguuls to Shcrme2s approaching !
host.
The Richmond Examiner, of the 7th /
says;
"rhc military drama in Georgia is
drawing rapidly 10 dcnou mont Shcr-
man Is, a, last approaching the coast,
whittier he has been iabve,ing for twenty.
three days; but whether he will complete
his journey or NOT, depends very much
upon certain events which viii occur this !
a.. /
who will resOlutClv dispute his lurlherl
advance toward Savannah or nOrien
after hc passes certain points. II Is re.
ported dat his advance wrs sklrmishing
yesterday morning with our out posts"
The Macon Confederate says;
Every house IN GriswOltville has
bc,n burned by the enemy, except Mr..
Grswold's and a smell frame building I
occupied by one of the operatives Of the $
mill.h
The rebel General Anderson was I
wounded II Grswold,illc, aud he is q
eenSurcd for rashly throwing his troops I
against brcastwork,
The Augusta CUnslitulionNtt Of the I
ID. says;
"Shcman apposrs to have halted TO d
grind corn. As he tonds tow ard the bar. !
rem countries ol Sauth, il becomes nee y
cssary 10 make proper provision, His a
lurGge is reported TO be short,
a Milledgcyille correspondent of the
Augusta Constliuiionalist says:
- lady from Mllcdgryillc reports that
a grand ball was given the last night the \
remained there, and that most
OF the negro wenches in town attended,
but not a white female of any class. The !
same letter reports numerous ou,rages OF
such character as will iirt the Southern
hcnrt.n /
The Augusta papers report that Har'
dee Is trying To worry the enemy al
GrahGmsville, Into another light but IN q
vain. a
The Macon Comic dcrlle says: "An Il
order has bnen Issued TO repair tho rail. I
road and telegraph lines To Atlanta. q
Many of the citizens are returned to {
their homes, aud il is to be hoped NOT
soon TO leave ihom. II is impossible TO I,
asaegiain the exact amount of damage /
done To this city by the Federals, wliu,
leaving IL, but the prevailing opinion is {
that nothing but public property was I
destroyed. aud that the private residence q
are still standing {
The Augusta ConRtitutlonalist says; {
"GoyerDor Browns headquarters are in c