The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-06

In our opinion will be BY sos 10 Richmond We
10 not tclevs ths, hs can succeed n t.sire either
Augusta OF Savannah. Indeed. should be succeod
in capturing the above named places IL will do him
no good, since he will 6nd there nothing be was
seeking. A. the last named he will have TO AshL
and thai be Is very we'll aware II, and docs not
wish 70 do before securing base upon the ses.
Charleston, for the present. 81 Least, we take 70 be
ennrely out OF the question. Should be determine
70 secure hmsef on the sea, and thence issuc dur
ing the winter ~ rsvage the country or TO carry on
regular Winter campaign. he must be kept In, s
VIC suppose be can la the meantime, he sbandons
an immense track Of country In the interior, over
which u Is impossible that his army, situated on
The ocean, and closely watched can exercise any
shertnsn'a las, exploits will have any eject upon
the issue Of the war.
The SENTINEL gives the following secouni Of ,he
so-called devastation" Of Georgia.
Going 10 kcCredsl's place, We found his house
10 ashcs and his Clubhouse burned. and every
horse and mulc gone. In hi. lot were about one
hundred horses lying dead they looked Ike good
stoek, and evidently killed To deprive planters
ofthem. number OF hcCredels negroes we're
gone Preceding on, We found every plantation
on the road similarly devastated, except that no
other dwelling houses were burned until we reached
the fine farm Of Hon. Joshus Hi. This Is per-
feet wreck large Clubhouse full Of cotton. corn
cribs dwslling-slls q mouldcring ruin HIS loss
was greater than that Of any planter IN this sec
ton. Besides the cotton, several thousands bush
els OF corn, potatoes several hundred Of whes and
much other valuable property, with every horse
and mule, and many negroes arc gone. No farm
on the road 70 this place, and As far - wo can
bear towards Atlanta escaped their brutal
ravaecs. They rsvaged the country below here
TO the Oconee river. The roads were strewn with
the debris o. their progress. Dead hores cows,
sheen hogs chickens corn. wheat, cotton, book,
paT or, broken vessels, coffee mills aud fragments
oi nearly every species OF property that adorned
the beautiful farms Of this country, strew the way
n m
OF the people who boast that they arc not robbers
and do not interfere with private property. In
Madison they burned tho depot and one or two old
warehouses, with the ISL and mark kct-houso. They
guuod every store, and plurdered moro or less
on every lot, The fired the drug store and sove-
raj other houses and their officers, with . show
OF magnanimity, aided to put out the flames. A
lady on the Estonton road, whose father is In the
army, feeling sfrsid ~ stop st home, won't to the
house OF . neighbor ana, on returning, found
every plate broken, every knifc and fork gone aud
her own clothes stripped to sbrcds and scattered
about the lot.
VERY LATEST.
Fortress Monroe Dec, The propeller General
Lyon. Captain Ward. from tho Savannah river,
Thursday, ist Instant, with T43 Union prisoners
arrived this evening. A sergeant who was with
them reports Shermsn's cavalry within siI miles
Of Savannah on the 3Oih Of November. Savannah
was being fortified as rapidly ss possible.
-Four trains loaded with rebel soldiers had arrived
on the Gulf Railroad. There wasno report Of disAs-
ter 10 any portion Of the Union forces. He says
the railroad was cut Just after the train he came
through TO Savannah on hal passed. through. Tho
Savannah REPUBLICAN Of Nov. 30th, contains no
telegrsphic n-ws from any quarter The follow
ing arc editorial itoms on tie situation.
Another fight Is reported between Wheeler aud
Fitzpatrick on Monday, with the usual result. The
latter was decently thrAshe1 and driven back in
the direction OF the infantry. II Ia reliably report
ed that force of about 900 landed yesterday
forenoon from tho Yankee fleet NJ Boyd's Land
ing, on Broad River, in South Carolina, and
some eight miles distant from tho sa-
vlnnAh and Charleston Railroad. por-
ton Of this command approached the
railroad later In the day, but subsequently, re-
tired. We still believe sherman has no serious
thought Of eneountering Savannah with his faded
columna, but will attempt 10 make his way to the
coast. Pursuant b. n resolution OF the General
Assembly, Gov. Brown, before leaving Milledge-
vile, msdo n proposition 10 tho ,onvicts In the
Penitentiary, of pardon II they would volunteer
and prove themselves good soldiers. Nearly all
volunteered. II ls stated that the Georgia Militia
has been turned over 70 tho Confederate service
Gen. ickner IL appoirtcd Lieut.. General.
Our loss ht Griswoliyillo the Macon rEinG ri
sets down, N killed, wounded and missing, as fol.
lows; ID brigade, 100; Sd brigade. id3 4th brig.
ade, 1bs state line, SO. Total, a.
Miiledgeplte, Ga, Nov 25.- To M. Collins
Mayor OF Macon: Sr-Our citizens hlvc lccn ut
tery despoiled by the Yankee army Send us
bread aud meat or there will be great suffering
among us. X. n. DEGRArrEsnRID,
Mayor OF Millodgeville.,