Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-30

Southern News abeut Shsrmsn.
NEw YoRK, Nov. 90 Late rebel pa
pers give additional information regard
ing sheFman's movements They show
the desperate march Of the respective
columns under Generals Howard and
Slocum. Both Of them, IL is admitted
By the rebel papers, are well across the
Oconee River.
Tbs report that Milledgeviile haa
been occupied Is confirmed, and also
the destruction Of the charcoal works
and ioundries at GriswoId
The panic created both in Georgia
and South Carolina by the march ol The
irresistible eonqeeror is something 10
which there has been no parallel during
the var. A levy ca wlasss Of the Geor-
gia and South Carolina militia has been
ordered, aud Desperate. Efforts were be.
ing nade to concentrates st Augusta an
army sufficient 10 present some opposi.
lion to SheFman'a advancing columna
The Augnsta CoastifHtioHalist of the
22nd says: A raiding party of the ene~
my tapped the rosd 10 miles east Of Ma
con, and destroyed g lumber train.
Freight cars we're tarned back In haste.
Heavy cannonading and musketry fire
we're heard east Of Gordon. II was sup
posed Gem Wsyue at Gordon bad been
attacked. - - 49, @
Milledgeville had been entirely svaeu.
ated by our forces before the enemy en-.
tered Everything Of value was brought
away. 81
The Augusta BiypascA OF the 2lst
saya: The movement OF Sherman on
Milisdgeville was feinG for the purpose
Of concentrating our forces there, aud
the raid on the Central Railroad was for
the purpose Of keeping them there while
the whole power Of the enemy would
move apon and capture Augusta or Sa-
vanuah.
The Augusta Constilasionallsa gives
the figures of q column under Slocum.
About 10000 Cavalry visited Madison
on the Georgia State road, and burned
il on the 10th inst On the 10th an En-
gine sent up the road, foand the enemy
at Bucks Head, eleven miles nearer An.
gusta, On the 18th sorae Of eur men
were IS miles from Augusta, probably
raiding party,
The Augusta Chronicle Of the ooh
says large Cavalry forcs left Green
vile, bound across the country in the di.
reetion Of Atlanta, with view TO- cot
OF q Yankee column moving dowa the
Georgia road in this direction.
Ii Ia said that Breckinridre was to
leave East Tennessee With u, 600 troops
for the Georgia line With Rreekinridne
in his rear and $4,000 veteran troops IN
bis front, Shernsn eannot escape.
The Augusta 6onsfitutiondliss saws:
Just as VIC write, the glad and familiar
show of -setsran troops are arriving
from South Carolina. 4 report cornes
up frpm the steamers that If Sherman's
men retreat this war they will hear the
whistle Of bullets from the tFnsty guns
which have often been pointed at fan.
atics on the banks Of the Potomac and
JaEes. Before our readers see this,
other glad shouts viii be heard in our
streets
The Macon Confederate. Of the Goth.
says Gen. HArdse arrived here shls morn
| ing. Gen, Beauregard viii probably. be.
here 70 morrow. Since the date Of the
above, communication with the East has
been cut of By sherman, and both Har-
dee and Beaaregard are left far in the
rear Of Sherman ~ -
Cos. Rrowa, Dick Taylor and Bean
regard we're reported 81 Macon on ths
22d, - ~ =
Richmond papers of the 75sh and
aSth say shey have euceuraging news
| from Georgia, but will not print it; still
| they assure their readers shas the official
advices from Georgia are as favorable
/ "a thev aoula ewnees.