, 1865-02-22
FROM SAVANNAH.
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'SAvAssAa. Feb. :.
! Gen. Sherman Is moving slowly toward the
center Of South Carolina, / have purpose1s
refrained from writing concerning bis ad vance,
f.: army has ceased, I may write without d.tri.
ment to him or the cause Of the conntrr>
! You have heard from corresuondenta that
; he Vas going to Branchvfllt, Yesthrday II
! was reported here that Howard was io pos-
session OF that place. 7 did not credit It h..
lfeving that Sherman is not going there. lie
/ can flank Branchvil1e, and compel the rebels
i to eTacuate the place, and Charleston also.
provided the roads will admit of a rap;d
movement.
The weather is against him. The country
! has heen hooded with rains: Theswamps are
| Two weeks behind his appointed time. for
starting: It Is raining again today. It i
cotd and dlsagreeahle weather. He will make
! so" progress. doubt it be cln advance ut
; present. Ae has taken short supply Of ra-
.nd s1eae e%neet'ns ss to sn6sist on the country
mapy days. But with such weather as we
a1e Iavlng, l do not see how he can accom-
Fllsa what he las undertaken. With drY
roads he would make short and brilliant
campaign. nut It probably Will be one Of the
hefaekt OF me var.
Even while lying here and resting after the
.dnccd By sickness. There are 3 3o0o me1 n n
hospita! here, and the present Campaign viii
oe productive Of chills, fevcrs and rhcuna-
tisn. Sherman has great obstacles to over
eome-sNamps, come mud. numerous rivers to
bfty miles, little subsistence, except from lis
own commissarsat, besides the army ofBean-
regard, Hafuee, and u. II. Hill.
bcauEegard Is in command. HA:dee proba-
oly ts near branchTtlle, and D. H. Hill at Au-
gu5fa-
| h1Vn a. F-r,,n
gasta-a negro arriving shere this afternoon
VINO lett that place week ago, walking all
the way. He reports large number Of rebel
froops there The city Is full Of cotton, which
HUI threatens to burn rather tnau. have 1t
1all into the hands Of the Yankees. It is re-
Hoods army Is there. It is pretty certain
that troops from the Southwest are there,
but whether Of Hoods command, or isolated
oooles ~l1ch have been gathered up and con
ccnt1ated, Is not known.
beaurrgatd has, as is known here, the Con.
with Hardee, Ear1y's force, one division from
Lees army, the Charleston Ca.rison. fbc
South Carolina militia-a1out thIfty tt,on.
sand. It is supposed he NAV be able 10
bring other troops in to swell bis force Ia
forty thousand. He will not bo able to RI.
sist Sherman, if the roads become drv hnt
for the present the mud and rain IRE i1Is
allies.
HOWARD succeeded in crossing the Ashepo |
at RIVERS terry day before yesterday, atter q !
smart tehf, 10 which We lost, as is reported, !!
about one hundred. Having crossed that |
small stream, he Gao extend his right flank |
to the Edisto, which the rebels. as wrote in |
q former letter, intend to make their line. !
Sherman can open communication with the
fleet on that stream, and be in position to |
make sudden dash upon Charleston, by
hanking the batteries on James Islan1 and |
Etnuf r1rar which Will n&nh1n A.
to cooperate. L be chooses, on the other