Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-12-08

! Rebel RepOrts-Our CRyalry-Sherman
VIII Reach the Coast in Safety--The
DcsoIatio Created through Georgia
by Our Aimy-Faims stripped, Ne.
groes Taken Away. Etc., Etc.
The latest reliable news from Sherman
fortunately y comes through loyal sources.
An officer who left The harbor of Savan-
nah on the Isl inst. with 700 of our pa
rolled prisoners, arrived here this evening.
He says that at the time he LETT the people
Of Savannah were in state of great ex-
element and conformation over the ap-
preach oil Sherman's army. His advance
guard was sal. to have been only four
miles from the city limits. 1t was known
that the Notifications on the west sile OF
the city were insignificant. and the capture
Of the city seemed to be beyond all ques
ton an easy tax. There were M means
Of ascertainng the strength of the rebel
garrison, Int il was believed to he quite
small There seems. therefore to he good
reason to hope that by this time Savannah
has fallen or is be>icgeI. Richmond pa
prrs OF the 81 have been received. They
contain a dispatch from Gen. Bragg. ia.
tel Augusta Ga. 81 instant. in which he
claims TO have badly r"pul>ed Gen. Foster
a second time. the fight having been at
Coosahatchie. Is mile, from Poca,aligo.
Gen. Foster. it will he remembered
went up Broad river from Hilton Head. to
operate on the Charle-ton ani Savannah
railroad. Bragg also alleges that at that
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not taken MiIrn. Ga. nor attempted IT,.
The Richmond Examiner of SATURDAY
processes to have information causing il to
be believed that Sherman will not reach
The sea coast with half his army. The
Examiner, however, gives no data for its
belief.
Tie Richmond papers of Saturday claim
that Sherman's army is not yet all across
the Oconee. and insist that he is far enough
from Savannah. while that place has a
sufficient garrison.
WAsHIxGTnS. Dec. 5--News from Sa-
vannah. received here to-day from South
ern sources. leaves M room for doubt that
Sherman has succeeded in reaching the
coast with his entire army.
The Baltimore American has Richmond
papers of Saturday. thu 3 Il. bu, they H."
not appear to have as late Georgia news
as that received by steamer from Savan
nah, except the following. from Gen
Bragg. which refers to an engagement.
Richmond papers say the Yankees who
landed at Port Royal and moved into the
interior. with the expectation Of meeting
Sherman's advan'e. encountered q body OF
Confederate troops at Aplachoalo and
GIabamsvile. The enemy were badly
beaten and driven from the field. leaving
their deal on the ground. The telegraph
convey ing this info nation does not state
the direction in which the enemy werr
driven. bnt we presume they were driven
back towards Beaufort.
A letter in the Augusta Chronicle. from
a member Of the Georgia Legislature. Civ.
ing his expel ienoc in escaping from Sher
mans army. he and OILERS having been
taken across the country. he shows the
extent of the devastation inflicted on IT,"
country. lie says: Going 10 McCrellle's
place. we found his fine house in ashes.
and his gin house burned. and every horse
and mule gone In his lot werc about
loo cattle dead. They Looked like good
stock. and were evidently killed to deprive
the planter of them. Proceeding on. we
found every plantation on the road SINH
la'ly devastated, except that no other
dwelling houses were burned until we
reached the fine farm of Hon. Joshua Hili
This is perfect wreck. n large ( in house
full of cotton. corn cribs. and dwelling. all
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than that Of any planter in thi, section
Besides the cotton. several thousand bash
Iels of corn. potatoes. several hundred
bushels of wheat. and much other valuable
property. with everv horse and mule and
many negroes. are gone. No farm on the
road to this place. and as far as we IAN
hear towards Atlanta. escaping their bru-
tai ravages. They ravaged the country he
low here to the Ocanee liver. The roajl>
were strewn with the debris of the progress.
Dead horses. cows. sheep. hogs. chickens.
corn. wheat cotton. books. paper, broken
vessels. coffee mills. and fragments of
nearly every species If property strew the
wayside. In Madison they burned the de-
pot and one or two old warehouses. with
the Jail and market place. They gut,sd
every store and p.nrdered more or less on
every lot. They firei the drug store and
several other houses. and their nfficels.
with a show of magnan'mity. aided to put
out the flames. Many families have not
a pound Of meat or peek Of meal or -four
Many negroes were en'iced away from the
homes Of comfort to share the uncertain
fortunes of a winter march Ia the coast.
and then he forced to starve Families Of
wealth have not a house servan. left. and
those whom they most trusted were often
the first to leave. ti
WASHINGTON. Dec 5.AThe Republican