Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-19
DAILY LEADER
HoEDAT. PEoEaEER .
ThundeT 1Io6s me whole Line.


has It been prosecuted with such tsrri6lsr
efficiency as st present. Never beforebsve
our arms been crowned with such uniform
and brilliant success. Never before hss
the weakness Of the rebellion been Sc con-.
vineingly demonstrated Never befoTs
have the prospects for e sure and speedy
triumph Of our cause been brighter. e
More completely than ever do tbe
movements Of our forces display the unri-
vailed genius which Commands and COM
bines them, 90 that the whole line resouhds
with Union thunder, so that from every.
side Of the doomed Confederaey GENES the
news Of battle and of victory, and the SOL
diers Of the Union, nutuslly cooperating,
and meeting with triumph everywhere,
march TO assured success. Within the last
two or three days the telegraph has brought
us news of round baker7s dozen OF most
important movements, escn Of which has
been doing most necessary and essential
work, in cutting of rebel communications.
destroying stores, defsating rebel armies,
and literally splitting the Confederacy into
fragments. 5-s -ae +.-~--- -
=B1Si--i-e,=--iti-G Grants srnY- we find
most important and successful movement
concluded week ago by General Warren,
in which the Weldon railroad, one Of the
great thorougbfsres which connect Rich
mond and Leals army with the South, hss
been destroyed. 5E ..5EEE l5
From Hampton Roads on Tuesday last
one of the grestest naval expeditions Of
the war has set ssil, comprising sixty -four
vessels, with an armament Of 597 guns,
commanded by thst old sea-dog Admiral
Porter, and carrying Cesar" in heperson
of Ben Butler. The precise destination
of this majestic armada is unknown, but
wherever its bolts shall fall they will strike
with terrible force and power. --- - - -
Look little further South, along the
coast, and We find an expedition up the
Chowan River, in North Carolina, destroy
ing valuable. commissary stores at Muir
freesboro, in Hartford county, near the Yir-
ginia line. ~ eI r5s7
A little further south still, We find naval
expeditions up the Roanoke river, snd at
Kingston, on the Neuse, destroying a mill
lion dollars worth of rebel stores, and
threatening ts cut the Wilmington Rail
road at Goldsborough, N. Q. 5-s.,
Following the coast southwark, we find
Foster holding the Savannah and Charles
ton Railroad at Pocotsligo, and cutting off
all chance Of reinforcements to Savannah
from the North. .a.-..-
A little further south, Sherman, having
just completed the most successful and gi-
gsntic movement of the war, almost with
out finding an enemy, is safely in position
on the coast, in possession Of Fort Meal
lister, which commands 0ssabaw Sound
and the mouth Of the ogeechee river, in
communication with Dahlgren's feet and
Fosters army, snd,.if not slresdy in pos
session of ofSsysnnsh, holdingit It, and al its
garrison, at his mercy. DEB N- -z5li
We follow the coast around The PENN
sula Of Florida to Tampa Bay, in the Gulf
Of Mexico, and from this point Acting
Rest Admiral stebBins reports the de-
struction of important rebel salt.wor1s at
Rocky Point, 49, -. 5z5--.-
Taking another starting point in North
eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Vir-
ginis, we find the gallant StoneIuan in the
rear of Breckinridge along the line Of the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad,
cutting of at once his supplies and his
line Of retreat darting down on Bristol |
Abingdon, Glade Spring and Marion,
making captures destroying supplies, and |
carrying havoc everywhere, with the in
tention, as thinks the Richmond Dispatch,
of destroying the immense salt works at
Ssltvills, burning the bridge over the
HolstOn river, and continuing his gsllop |
down the KanaWha Valley, leaving Breck-
inridge at the mercy of his opponents.
Next at Kingsport Tennessee in the
same section, we hesr from Burbrldgs,
fighting and routing Bash Dukes cavalry,
capturing John MOrgsn's brother Dick,
and killing, vOunding and taking pEiso--
ers $50 rebels, 8zsa..b 51oaI 9- d.sa
But most brilliant of all the glorious
successes which we chronicle this morning
is the one which thar gallant veteran
Thomas is still winning in front of Nash
vile. The victory which began 50 aaspi-
ciOusly on Thursday last, was followed up
with still more complete success on Fri
day, and the last words that we hear from
Thomas are promise that he will give no
peace to the enemy. We are already in
formed of the capture of 5000 prisoners
and thirty-nine pieces Of artillery by
Thomas army, and wsshsn be dissppoint-
ed if Hood ever gets back across the Ten
nsssee with one-hsf the force with which
he crossed it in his advance.
but the. catalogue of victories is not
yet complete. From New Orleans, General
Oanby reports the complete success of two
cavalry expeditions, one from Yicksburg
and the other from Baton Rouge, an
nounced ssne weeks sgq for the purpose
Of destroying Hoods communications with
jackson and Mobile. The first about
2, 600 strong, composed mainly of coIored
troops, executed q grand Hank movement
iH yscEldns 03 tka s1tb Of N0Vsmbsr, a1d,
striking north, cut the Mississippi Central
BY burhiin the bridge over the
Big Black river November 9th, destroy
ed thirty miles of 1silpdad track snd a |
large amount of cotton and government
stores, returning a9ssistgtO Yicksbwg,
December 4th, hsvine firsly DESTROYED