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

scteF nom that contained below.
NUu YolK. Nov. 2S -rhs Tines and HsyaIds spa
eiL Wsshirgton eOfrSsposdsnH say that advice from
Sen SasFmSu down 90 the lssh INST, report him With
N thirty nilsS Of Macon, and i believed by thiS
ns shat he Il in possession Of the pAes and Aas met
HitA no ePposislon OF moment
sESAF ooBFIRskPIoE ~ RIcRHoHD.
lsyselal Dssps,sA 70 thi cquasrelJ AdEs iIsr
WAsuAsFSs. Nov 22-l2 40 P. @.--Thsrs Was
srsss sOOsSSsas'0a amSrs the PEI pie OF Richmond
| or Saturday,,
its hs!is'sd hare sAAl the tsah rsspss.iog General
Sbsrmap's advance became fpoSn on thst day, and
thAs wac aSosrtAaea that be vas sHe6 Png onward in
spite Of I'll opPosiIioa.
IL nos impossible that Macon has already fallen,
and O. a. the most brilliant success had attended Gen.
Sbsruaa's movements That ia she construction placed
upon The intelligence from the South received here to-
FAY.
hitherto 'rsllceat' correspondent Of the Chicago
7,i5isas bas bis say upon Sherman. The amount Of
fussAn and gsscoDAds indused in by thsss Northern
correspondents In regard 70 Sherman s positively In
credible According to these experts, be does not
end anything, bus is going to do hS that and III,
Other Tue force given The movement In the following
letter d idy.hvs tbousAnd and ",hs two articles in
Abu darcs in Ihe South" Srs-"corn and Eweet pOts
,Oes With corn ard sweet potatoes 1t Is thought that
Sherman can got slopg pretty wall: and yet, ct the
sane time, everybody il shs South is ia starving COZ
dillon. The correspondent thu writes:
| sKIKNAEs TolCEs AND NoyBNISIss
NASHVILLE. Nov. l6 1854.
sbs,mln will move to the eastward in two columns ;
one viii so by way OF Macon and the oLhlr direct 10
Aueusra aud concentration will be If cted at the
later gsoo snd then future movements will be deter
| miaoi upon ss ,IiseucIes may demsud.
Taere are three points, of which he will strike
-Sa7auuGh Charleston Bssufort but my impres-
sOa IL the lass named VIII be the point Ny reasons
for this conclusion are these;
1. S.Va5nsh, cut of from ell COMMUNICATIONS, would
be gaussss TO the Rebels aud the Ielsons xhlcd
render Eobiio gai1PostaGS nov, will render 1t So with
| ali T. Galscsds eus Oh.
2. Charleston can be CIT of by moving down the
rsihoad 70 B,anchvle, twenty thirty miles 10 the
asU and il is highly probable that viii be saerman's
| ire OF march.
8 Beaufort is already in OR Tc7seSsion. We have
az abundance Of Shipping Sua supplies there, aud our
men viii need thB later after Their long march, ana
,1gIeors il is -higsly probable that Beaufort will be
the new bass OF feIeIsi Sherman,
NsTertheis6s 0Fcunssai may intervene to change
the policy indicated above; sut believe that the Gar
nov intends 20 reach Beaufort, but not until be has
9 upsisly isolated both saFaunah aud charleston
o ariestun vii be cue n and Sheraaa's sTmy OF
55 600 meu viii % fcss u - o.roumst de-
maud AID viii b o. Ihs coast ready iCT embark
| lion "a mlm3ats uosCa, 80 that they car Be used
sta Grant Sheridan IS Gag 6e so5t aSvan.sgeoui
or after cutting lhSy say be moved through Cen
tTal nth and E1T.h Carolina HtterS aa1ihilsling
ever railEoad by he SSy aud thus making Virginia
the Crave ot ,he rebellion.
On SaaFmsu suesists Undoubtedly he osn. There
are ESO articles Ia tie South ~ o6uUdauts-oOen and
sweet po,AtGts and 10 sSss With Inn any anCunt OF
hari tack an several thou aud cattle. Els men will
live bsusf 81 81 when 10 camp
We shall hear petty sOOn ifOa Sherman. There is
90 longer auy commune Atom With bin. aud hence in
diligence must b received through rebel sources.
PRESS NHINIs ca sHEBNAS
In an article entitled "ssermans Psr.ls," the New
YJrt Tines takes tie following sensibls view of the
lIffeult.es that stermsn will labor nader before he
aitlos the suu1it OF bis hopes. We Ers happy 10
being able to agree With the Times upon this impOr
ont subject
The se5 ID nsht not be able to send any portion Of
their army fom Jg ala 10 time to impede OF hsIass
he mach uf Geo Srsrman through Georgia. Bat
tron sroh polns as Wilmington, Charleston aud Sa
saur6 b. from the Fsbo sSFrSoGs all along the seGboard
of Moth sni South Carolina, foIca Of perhaps go
600 mea might quickly be gathered on tbs lice OF the
| Savannah btfoTs 5 German could reach it. Add 10
hs56 the militia Of Georgia, who are slTssdy in the
held under Cobb and the militia of the adjoining
5lstsg-eonstisHting force certainly twenty thousand
| 70 member. These forty thousGnd men might hope to
obst NC, SaeTm.us advance in his long march, for
days, Ii not for s;ek durirg which tms they might
saypa 90 Hood would be sbls to get round into the
S5sisIu part of Georgia, in sboTmaG's rear.
We never doubted that porils suvironsd shernau's
| extraordinary campaign. We could hardly believe
dat ais msrch zou be entirely unobs.Fucted. But
va dsyouty trust that his genius and his glorious
army will cut their way through all obssructionS
Tia Tribune takes the following isrOcous view, and
refuses to consider that Sherman il in any "pSri"
whatever:
Redmond papers report that LsS has already sent
cCnsiSerabls force 70 the defsnss Of suadry points
threatened by sneEmsn. Es may safely assume that
j If be hai done slything OF ths kind the Richmond
p,psFs AOli lave asserted tie direct contrary. The
| army Which Lse commands ia now holding line Of
probably aOl less than thirty miles In extent, To bold
MA lor.e Is stenuRled 10 the last d. gree consistent
wnh safety. W1sn be decides 10 divide his army he
ia fact decides 20 Abai don some portion OF this line
gad tie position 10 such that tha abandonment Of any
pa nscsSeatss the evacuation OF Petersburg and the
surrender of al thOa5 iaTJ advantages Tor the % he
Of Utoh that oihsrEiss worthless town has hss1 80
obstiastely defended. S,lcr, ,nersiore We have nos
yet heard Of the ceruplton Of Petersburg BY our
oroes my conclude tbs. the whole oil Lesa troops
ara still is too trenches edmond.
II is ststsi, gam. ttal EIy has flaliy Gbaodonfd
tha ShenaLdcsh to Sheridan, and that the Iater no
% ger needing large Amy, has desp9tc cd Two corps
I % the Jsmes. Ga the latter point We express no
opinion, bat Nc d en- the report sbout Early 30 -
aroi this; that he eanaet ESd viii not with nav
ron Valley the forces Reeeieary TO dsiend Lynoh-
burg. Tnst be hes wholly given over sny purpose OF
sstscErg Sheriisa Is Fsohaels erooeh But the vely
) erpms 1hoEs ho1 even the inse iyo army Of Sheii-
lsois seD. trcainR he to- d. q Sherman, in bis far.
way UH's torousa GeOrsia. Elry c1nTo Lesoer iO
Richmond nor 20 oypnse S elmAE.
As fer Hood and Bsauregsrd, they can hardly be
mentioned without laugh. Never was an army 30
uaerGu IL ont OF place ss that when these mad cap
leaders hurried IN to tho West While TIE scene OF
danger With equal rEpidty shifted 10 the ElsL
b limited that BesursgArd has sent bis main body 70