Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-28

ed Fresloent, on Sabbath evening.
| SOUTHERN ITEMS. rr-
The Augusta COnstitutioaaIist states:
Sherman s advance towards MilledgevilI
stampeded the Methodist Conference which
was preparing to assemble at that place.
The Richmond Dispatch says;
Macon is cut off from Communication
eastward, and the announcement of its
capture could not reach Richmond.
At Gordon, Sherman was attacked by
| Wheeler's cavalry without success,
From Gordon, below and eastward the
Federal columns were emoving on Milledge-
vile, leaving no avenue of escape for citi-
zens and others, except on foot eastward.
Gold quoted at 20 dollars for one.
The Richmond Constitutionalist says:
We understood the Governments decided
10 impress a certain portion of the slaves in
| Richmond, Burke, Jefferson, Slascoek, War
ren, Columbia and Curran-the slaves to
be used for the purpose of working on the
forti6cations at Augusta. Some papers
stats that it would require Sherman seven
teen days toreaeh Augusta from Atlanta, OF
ten to Macon, and twenty nine to Savan-
nah, allowing there is no obstruction. But
prompt vigilance on the part of the author
| tiles in making q proper distribution of our
forces, which we have in sufficient numbers
/ in striking distance, can in less than ten
| days obstruct his march and destroy his
army.
A correspondent of the Edgefeld AdueT-
! tiser says that Florence, the military prison,
is twenty miles from Florence Depot, which
is about one hundred miles from Columbia,
/ and about the same distance from Whining
ton and Charleston. The stOckade contains
an area of thirty-two acres, and the build
ing is one hundred and eighty feet long,
with a small ditch inside and large moat
or ditch on the outside. There are about
], 800 prisoners in the stockade. About one
hundred and fifty have taken the oath Of
allegiance. The greatest mortality per diem
since the establishment of thestockade was
tifty-fve, and the smallest about thirty.
STOCKS.
At Gallagher's evening board Gold was
22S5s; New York Central lI91z Erie 1885
Hudson 1191z; Reading 1881; Michigan
Southern 69H; Rock Island TO33S North
western Al; Fort Wayne IOIsS Ohio and
Mississippi Certificates S59S; Cumberland
4S2z.
sEN. DIx's ORDER.
General Dix has issued the following
order:
A nefarious attempt was made last night
to set fire to the principal hotels and other
places of public resort in this city. If this
attempt had succeeded it would have re-
suited in a frightful sacrifice of property
and life. Evidence Of an extensive COM
bination and other facts, disclosed to-day,
show it to have been the work of rebel ennis
saries and agents. All such persons en-
gagged in the present acts of hostility, can
only be regarded as spies, subject to mar
tial law, and to the penalty of death. If
they are detected they will be Immediate
ly brought before a court martial or mill.
tary commission, and, if convicted, they
will be executed without delay.
WAsHIEsToN ITEMS.
WAsHIEsroS, Nov. 20.
Persons who have seen Richmond pa
pers of Thursday say that they contain
nothing about Sherman's progress in
Georgia, for the reason, probably, that he
has cut the telegraph wires or because dis
patches have been interrupted by storms.
Eleven officers Of the pirate Florida have
been transferred from the Old Capitol
Prison to the steamer Waehusetts, which
vessel is now lying at HamDden Roads.
President Lincoln was to-day presented
by California hunter, with chair made
of elk horns.
A passenger who arrived hero on the
mail boat to-day SAYS:
Yesterday while coming from City Point
TO Fortress Monroe our gunbOsts on that
route were sending shells into the woods.
FOODS MOVEMENTS.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 20.
Hoods army, numbering probably 40 900
men, have been for several days past, con.
centrating south of Columbis, Tennessee.
Our forces in the meantime have evacuated
Pulaski, Huntsville and Decatur, which
places are in the rebels hands, and are in
Hoods front near COlumbia.
The Federal forces commanded bv Gem
ersl Thomas, on the Gath inst, had some
severe skirmishing.
Our loss was fOrty-four in killed and
wounded.
The rebel loss is estimated at two hun
dred and sixty-four.
Among the killed was one Colonel.
Large bodies Of troops are being massed
in Hoods front.
Some heavy fighting may be expected in
that direction within few days.
Telegraphie communication with Colum-
bia has been interrupted since yesterday.
RUNORs OP FIGHTING.
Rumors of fighting were in circulation
yesterday but no official adVices have been
received
FAILURE OF HOODS PLANS.
Hoods demonstrations in Tennessee have
thus far proved fruiless. A retrogrado
movement is confidently predicted by those
who are we'll informed in army matters.
Nashville is filed with thieves and muir
derers.
There has been a heavy rain all day.