Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-23
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Northern News.

: into the heart, of Georgia and South Caroli-
.na to Mobile and Charleston. He will march
in three Grand columns, well provided with
artillery and cavalry destroying roads ana
; bridges in his rear, gathering supplies, rom
the country, receiving fugitises who Will mock
to- him by thousands. -.
tits believed Sherman will arrive at his
objective point with reinforcements TO- the
extent of fifty thousand men.
"A telegram from Nashville says Hoods ar
my is still encampedin in the vicinity OF fior-
eace. One Cops is on the North side OF the
, river. The condition of the roads prevents
active military operations. The rebel army
remains comparatively quiet.
The Nashville Whig says Judge Wright, OF
Georgia, recently member of the Richmond
Congress, has passed through Nashville to
Washington, to see-what can be done towards
bringing about peace.
Butler, in speech in New York, on Mon
day evening, said the Government might now
proffer the olive branch to the rebels, tender.
ING an amnesty to them and their leaders un-
til the 9Th Of January. If they held out, ne
would favor en- unsparing prosecution OF tho
war.
McClellan's resignation has,been accepted.
Sheridan has been appointed to the position
It is said that Mr.. Lincoln, taking hint
from Mr.; Davis message, is disposed to make
the first steps, and waving the point OF eti-
ouette aside, to send commissioners to- Rich
mond in order to ascertain the disposition OF
MIR. Davis on that subject.
The Washington correspondent ofthe Phil
adelphia Ledger says: :.
Agreat pressure has already been orought
upon the President to induce, him.to appoint
commissioners to Richmond, for the purpose
ofsounding the authorities in that city: upon
the subject Of peace. The moment is regard
as probably the most fitting during the war.
The greatest confidence exists here among
the friends of the Administration that the
Cav of reconciliation with the South has ar
rived, that the Southern people desire it, and
that any advance on the part of the North IN
that direction will be welcomed allover the
Cenfederacy, and will tend powerfully to
bring both sections together.
Tie Washington correspondent OF the New
York Times speaks thus Of Sherman's march:
The news concerning Sherman's programme
in Georgia, which. has been telcgraphed
TO the country from Western paper, will
startie the public. Some of the facts hads
been known in this city. is known that
after Hood. had gotten well into Alabama
some weeks since, and sitter General Sher-
man had determined that it was not necessa-
ry to use his entire army for the pursuit Of the
Confederates, the latter, with three entire
corps, started back from Northern Georgia
for Atlanta. His objective point Was boldly
asserted TO be Savannah, for which place, it
was given out, he woald leave on the 9Th, the
day of the Presidential election, having first
DESTROYED Atlanta. 1t was though, he would
touch at Macon, and would reach Savannah
in march of o5 days. The route is 29o
miles, with no rivers and few'creeks Of I'M
portance to pass, and leading through the
most Hourshing part Of Georgia.
Millcdgeville. the Capital Of the State of
Georgia, co,ihd be reached in six days from
the date of. starting, He will have rations
for thirty days, but is expected to find sup
plies ard forage ON his route. His force for
this great march will be between forty and
seventy thousand men, and he will have
large amount of ordnance, a construction
cerps and pontoon bridges. There will doubt
less be considerable destruction of property
on the route, and ten thousaro&of the hud-
died slaves of Georgia will be freed aud in,
corporated into our army. =
Troops have gone north from Atlanta to
Tennessee, and it is supposed will destroy sill
bridges and important railroad routes. Rome
will be evacuated and damaged. We will
hold an out post in Georgia, south OF Chat
tanooca, which will be necessary 10 guard
East Tennessee.
Hoods army entiSa IS nearly FIVE hundred
miles iu the rear Of Sherman. The gallant
Gen. Thomas, with an army, will take care
of Hood, in the absence OF Sherman. He
will have abundant force for this purpose,
which willbe appropriately stationed in Ten
nessee.
Gen. Thomas is already prepared to fight
Hood, who is somewhere in Northern Alaba-:
ma. near the lire of the. Tennessee river. If
Hood goes into Western Kentucky he falls
into o trap. -
Lookout for glorious news from Sherman's
army within. thirty days, for within that time
it will have made grand amilitary march
from the mountains to the Atlantic seaboard.
This will be one of the most extraordinary
campaigns Of the. var. The rebels haye moth
ing in Georgia that can oppose Sherman.
They made tremendous mistake in sending
Hood to Tennessee. :,
You will probably get your first news of
Sherman at Savannah. or Charleston.
Thus speaks the New York Herald, Of the
capture OF the Florida:
''Taking the matter plainly as it is; Capt.
Collins has done his country good and msn-
ly service in the capture of this priv.teer.
And if in the multitude of nice legal points
in relation 10 neutrality, we shall be found to
have violated one, why, by and by, when the
war is over and the Florida is no longer Of
any account, we viii make suitable reparation
to Brazil"
A succEsrIoS.-Thc Charleston Mercury
says we learn on good authority that there
are upwards of tso thousand skulkers be-
longing to the Confederate army now in South
Carolina. We would respectfully suggest 10
Congress that they pass some wise and ef-
fectiye laws that would not only return the
South Carolina sku'kers TO the. ranks, but
would also reduce the number of; the. "two
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