Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-28

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o1ktk, Sad thsaSs ASSs To- ~ Esy " SsSse ~ Ses u
oncs mere transported into Geosgia CGd toward Macon
bat tho plan Is too hopeless stern ehsoe iea long
chase, Snd remaining railway hep could BRING these
o,csa within three days march Of BhernADe columnA
Ga the othsr hand BsauEsgaFd hndU hiS projected IL
Vasion Of Tennessee in possible In the tcs OF large
| aud EStchiul army under Thomas ana IN tsot Can
neither fight nor run 9Th safety.
The Herald following the lead Of the 7FibGns. thus
refers to the design" thai Icultss Sherman in bis
"gGud OVensn" ,s ae-il- s}s-
1t is no longer doubted that General Sherman, cur
tluR loose fropl his base Of supplies IL moving with
powerful ard well sppoined army from she heart OF
Georgia eastward for the lGuuc seaeoast NOR aIy
elaborate military explanation required OF HnAt IL con-
templsted and WhG', We srs confident, will b accom-
pshsd By thir grand movement The design is eVi-
IDENTIFY TO cut the 90 called Oonedsracy in twain Gcros
the ate of GeoTgia-tO destroy the two remaining
railway hBes which connect George. Florida Alabama
and Mississippi With South and North OArellna ana ti
Enia and 20 smoks General LIE out Of bis hole at
Richmond that Grant can get at him. All these %.
isots We bslIsVa will be gained and We believe too,
sbGs in all probability "the l5St ditch" Of JEFF Davis
will be found somewhere in N,rth or South Carolina
bsfOrs Chairman goes into winter quarters.
The 7,ibTns contains the following In rOfsrsros 10
threatened rAidS from Canada:
ThSIuuoN Of pr 1possd rebel raids upon our Cana
dian frontier revived, with IshoW OF reality that
makes WAtonlulueee Nery plOPeI' AhSIo 10 ~ eVuOt
that small bands are ready to p1unce upon any ex-
poSed tow or house that ofsrs ehGnes for plunde;
bus the citizens are wide GsGke, and ifsGny second
edition of the st. Adams affair il undertaken, We shall
probably have the satisfaction Of recording tie sum
mary execution Of the invaders.
Toe HsrslGs Nashville correspondent writes a. fol.
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MovIXESn OF TM AIBlLs. ..., .s.sl
EASHynLn. Tenn, Nov. 2lSt.-fhsFs ID nothing Of
importance trom ths 'front.' Hood still occupies the
esaborhood OF FlortDpe and Jacksonville. he has
rebuilt the brlGgs esnbsetirg Florence proper With
Oua place eAllsa South Florence. Hood has bat two
corps whilS another, said 70 Be StsRaTvs,h With
BseursgsFd, At 0oFluth.
Il IL ala that Dick Taylor With sone ten theusana
mon has filmed Hood-ii rot he is az Big Bear creek
Rood s sopposed 90 bsvs shout thirty I've thousand
men, irrespective Of Fsyota como aud and apparently
does net lntsud making Shy offensive movements. !
Thomas Is rapidly combining and concentrating bic
forces g Il be intsI dsd ASSUMING the tGEnslVe.
The destruction o. property g. JObnsonvle has been
much maEniHsd. The government storshouse had
lhirsy-ux shells htough h but was not destroyed after
Al Only one houss has bSen burned. one division
of the asa corps and other troops garrison Il now.
Forrest is trying to 90 operate with Hood.
East YEHNIssEL
There Il little news from East Tennessee; but from
0,.sont 4, deationA I expAot Gillian In about making