, 1864-12-06

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| The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad doubl
track Is at last completed.
SIIERH1AN's MOVEMENT.
Rebel Ileports-Our Cavalry-Shers7,a,
xStlf Reach the Coast in Sa[ety-Th,
DeAolation Created through Geor.I,
os ~ our Tah1,,y AhrmyrEar,ns Far e., Stripped, Ne
/ {specta1 Dispatch to the Chicago TrIbune.1
WASHINGTON, Mondny, Dec t, 1864.
The latest reliable news from Sherman for
tunatcly comes through loyal sources. Al
officer who left the larbor Of Savannah OF
the 1st inst, with 200 Of our paro1cd prison
/ ers, arrived hero tLis evening, He eays thai
at the time he left the people Of Savannah
were in state Of the greatest excitement
and CONSERVATION over the approach Of Sher
| mans army, His advance guard was said tc
be only or four five miles from the city limits
It was KNOWN that the Notifications
on the west side Of the city wert
insignificant, and the capture of the cit,
seemed to be beyond all question an easy
task There were no means Of asccrtainine
the strength of the rebel garrison, but It was
believed t, be quite srn2il. There seems
therefore, to be good reason to hope that by
this time Savannah has fallcn or is bcsicged.
Richmond papers. Of the 81 have been re-
ccIyed- They contain dispatch from Gen.
Bragg, dated Augusta, Ga, ID instant, in
| which he claims to have badly repulscd Gen.
! Foster second time, the fight having been
ut Coosahatchic, 1G miles from Pocataligo.
Gen. Foster. it will be Remembered, went
up Broad river from Hilton Head, to operate
en- The Charleston and Savannah railroad.
Bragg also alleges that at that date, Friday
! night, Dec. I'd, Sherman he'd not taken Mil
len, Ga, nor attempted it. :.
|N The Richmond Examiner of Saturday pro-.
1esses to have Information causing it to be
believed that Sherman will not rcaeh the sea.
coast with half his army. The Examiner,
however. gives no data for its belief.
The Richmond papers Of Saturday claim
that Slcrman's army is not get all across the
oconee, anc cinsist that le is fur enough from
Savannah, while that place has O sufficient
garrison.
WASHINGTON, Moeday, Dec. 5.-Ncws from
Savannah, received here to-day from South
crn sources, leaves no room for doubt that
Sherman has succeeded in reaching thc coast
with his entire army.
pers Of Saturday, the Sd, but they do not ap-
pear 10 have as late Georgia news as that
received by steamer from Savannah, 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 in
terror, with the expectation Of meeting Sher
mans advance, encountered body Of Con-
federate troops At Aplachoalo and Grahnms-
vile. The enemy were badly beaten and
driven from the field, leaving their dead on
the ground. Tho telegraph conveying this
information does moi state the direction in
which the enemy we're driven, but We pre-
sumo they were driven back towards Beau-
fort
LAT1R--The following dispatch hiss been
received. It Is dated yesterday, Savannah:
I have Just returned from the front. The
enemy WIS badly whipped, and had retirad to
the CoosaWatchie. Another point On the
any seribus attack.
(Signed} B. BhAG1.
Grahamsville, where We arc reported as
having been repulsed by the rebels, is one of
the stations on the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad. It is 81 miles northeast Of SaTan-
nah and 20 miles from Charleston. Our
forces, however, are evidently still abqrc
Grahamsville, holding a position on tie
CoosawAtchie. 1t will be remembered that
the news already published from Hilton Head
bridge, which is further inland tllan Gfa-
Evansville. being 40 miles from Savannah and
IS from, Cltnrl, sion.
NEW YORK, Monday, Dec. 5.-Thc Rich
mond Di:tnch Of Dec. I'd says: A cavalry
tight, in which We were victorious. took place
caralry, under kiipatrfck, were attempting
TO cross the Savannah River. when they were
attacked by Wheeler, and after IN obstinate
fight d'iven back in tie direction OF Millen.
losing very heavily. -
The Richmond Di.rmet Of the I'd also says:
Shermnn's main army is moving towards The
coast, and battle is expected.
The Richmond 1Fhig Of December I'd, says;
" It does not seem that our authorities have
any suspicion Of the effects the movement Of
Hood would have. At least we judge so from
the very feeble opposition which has thus far
been made 10 the advance of Sherman. It is
plain TINT be is moving to the coast. Thus
far he has been enabled to live upon the
country. We think it probable that Sherman
Will reach the Atlantic in comparative safety.
His next move, in our opinion, will be By sea
to Richmond. We do not believe he can sue
first ' na'med place, # wllY do lin no good. I
since he will find there nothing he
was seeking. At the last named place he
will have to fight, and that lie is very we'll
aware oG, and does not wish to do before
securing a base upoE the sea. Charleston,
for the present, at least, we think, is entirely
on, Of the question. Should he determine to
secure himself on the sea, and thence Issue
during tic winter to rayage the country, or
carry on regular water Campaign, he must
be kept in, as We suppose he can be. In the
meantime, he abandons IN immense tract OF
country in the interior, over which it is i'm
possible that 1lis army, Situated on the ocean
and closely watched, can exercise any iu1u-
ence for good or evil. We do not see that
Sherman's last exploits will have any effect
u1pu the issue Of the war, but. after HAVING
tceu told by the highest authority in the Con-
fedc1acg that his retreat from Atlanta was to
be more disastrous than the retreat OF Napo-
Icon from Moscow, it is little yexatious to
find him getting off 60 cl1eaply, burning and
mu, derng as he goes
The Richmond DisDatch of the ID saws 700
prisoners hoye l,ecn received at Aurusf, who
3Xer,: cautured willie f1raeinr for Sherlnan's
armr.
THt. Govcrnor has nor5oncd al, the conv;cts
in t1c 1n.njtcntiary- mt arms in Their hands
and seni them 10 ihe front--cxcept those nut
III for lite, whom he could not fepricyc. ac-
corjinr to law.
Heavy capnonai1ing was heard MI Yesterday
afternoon, 10 tie direction of Macon, believed
to have been II battle between Sherman and
our forces.
letter in the Augusta cAroaiae, from
member Of tue Georgia LegislatuIe, giving
army, he and Others having been taken across
the country, he shows the extent Of the de-
yastation inflicted on the country H. says:
Going to McCrcddle'B place, we found hls fine
house in ashes, and his Clubhouse burned, and
every horse and mule gone IN MS lot we're