Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-06
News from Richmond Papers of Fri.
day Last-Laiest Rebel Accounts OF
Sherman's Campaign.


sherman's Campaign.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.
Full Ales of Richmond papers, up to
last Friday morning. December second,
have been received. The Ezappi're', of the
lst opens budget Of news about Sher-
man, with the following important article.
It says:
1--WE believe it to be true that Shermsn's
army has really reached Millen, and seps-
rated into two columns, one moving toward
the Savannah river, and the other turning
hack toward Augusta The movement Of
/ this column is, without doubt, intended as
A feint, to protect his rear from attack. Ii
Is too late TO move upon Augusta now, and
| Sberman's main force is too far South.
He will do one of two things
20 straight TO Beaufort or Savannah,
If he goes to Beaufort, he may either reht
his army there, and then attack Charles
ton BY land, or he may ship his army di-
fectly TO Richmond, and cooperate with
Grant in tie final attack OF this years
campaign. We thought week agoSas
our readers know, that this was the proba-
bIe aim of Sherman's march, but no has
met with so little resistance on his march
through Georgia, and the newspapers OF
| the north are so full of the notion that our
prisouers are in the neighborhood OF S.
vannab, that Is now not an impossible sup
nosition that he will march directly upon
| that town. 1t is not probable that lie Tould
, risk himself against Charleston without
rest, reft and supply at Port Royal. II IS
evident now that hecan reach the ses-cosst
and that our concentration of troops,
thopph sufficient to guarantee the security
e of. Macon and Augusta, is not sufficient 10
!. | attack and destroy him, or to prevent ms
9 escsne from Georgia But, after all, what
has been the work of the great march =
: IA has DESTROYED farm houses and villages
:. An The direct line of his march, and ruined
;, SOIns +rz,ailies5b'' l.''- etoz1f
n nothing of military importance-ne eyac
: yates Georgia. If he should succeed II
: taking the closed ports of Savannah snc
u Charleston, he will be msgnifed by th'
e press of the North, but will not have dl
n minished the strength of the Confederacy
: | one iota. The only serious consequenc
OF his whole movement would follow Il
I the addition of his army to that ct Gen
: eral Grant; but that could be nullihed b,
Il A proportionate addition to that Of Lee'i
q The Confederacy will not die of Sher
= man.
The Enquirer says:
II $50 far from releasing any prisoner!
p Sherman has increased our already lArg
'. number by several hundred that nave a
n resdy been reported at Augusta, ana, PEI
haps, ere this, it may be thousands, ana
ie is not improbable thst he hss thrown MN
k self into the fire. When Sherman sends b
own account, it will be full time for dol
n ] BILE loaded leader. Sherman is someWhel
s. in Georgia.
le The DAILY Dispatch, of the same dat
le has the following:
st Official intelligence Of Sherman's NOV
y ments and present whereabouts was r
., ceived here on yesterday by telegraph; bI
81 as it is possibly little ahead of the Geo
VI gia newspapers, it had, perhaps, better NJ
y be mentioned. 1t can, however, do I
10 hsrn TO state that the enemy have tourtee
y gunboats and transports near Port Roya
q; South Carolina, which is thirty-five mill
az northeast of Savannah, and the latter pls'
/ about fifty miles southwest OF Charlesto
= The Augests Sentinel of the 27th, HI
nd the following: -..-...
us 4 gentleman who arrived IN tins eli
ol- Yesterday, from Macon, via the SouthWe
Is, C4eorgis and Savannah road, informs
Is that on Sunday last, the Federsls attack
de East Macon. They succeeded In csptu
ds ing one of our batteries, but it was INN
lAz slistel,r roteIsod BY our bravo soldiere, or
re- the enemy signally repulsed A renew
mt | of the attack was anticipated on Monda
ne, but the Federsls did not make Their 8
Sc pearance. 1t is supposed that the Tor
for making the attack on Sunday was n
he very large, and ttRt the movement was
IL feint The loss on both sides was sma
OF | Governor Brown had removed all val
ry- ables from Milledgeville to Macon, th
al. were in that city. The military autho
no ties Of that place were as much mystift
in about the movements of Sherman's arm
No as those in this section. The general il
I'D uression was that Augusta wss Sherman
ne objective point. There was sufhele
de- force in Macon, under the lead Of a g
ess liant officer, to hold the enemy at bay.
an THE RICHMOND PRESS ON WHAT HOOD
ng ABOUT. -
No Speaking Of Hood, in q long srticle, t
= Examiner says
20 1--WE confess, however tina t we have I
IN vet been able to discover the wonder
~ ie advantage ofthis campaign In Tenness
On- lit was intended to draw Sherman out
Georgia, it has manifestiy failed.
in. only result so far mas been the devastati
lie of a large portion of that State. Ev
~ after the evacuation of Atlanta in pan
i. sherman might have been ineaPaciat
the from further mischief by the operation
,ra- an army in his neighborhOod."
our The Sentinel says of the attack OF Hd
ors as follows;
yer uIf Hood shall continue successful
ost these attacks on the President will ce
of themselves, and will be changed il
eir praises Of Johnston or Besuregard, p
leir haps of Hood, why not LEI justice be dol
les independent Of the result Wheu
I'D Hoods movements shall end in glory
fu- defeat, we believe the truth to be tn
re- that the conception was his own, and
,le- official superior, on his explanation, sal
ted tions it. Beauregsrdy dobutless, approx
the it. Whether General Johnston has p
ure posed a rear movement, toe we do !
red know. 1t is ALLEGED that he had. If
ley the concurrence was complete, whateI
lad the consequence of the policy, if the T
ny, ord of its acceptance be truly stated"
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