The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-13
REBEL REPORT.
sherman's Experiment Of COncilia.
ton nt Savannah.

From Inc hlcaWOnu
General Sherman il trying an expert.
ment on Savannah He is permitted to
at least begin with clemency and mod
Grafton, but ON two conditions; first,
neither he or his Government are bound
by any present concessions, nor bound
to continue the indulgence one day or
hour longer than they find it sxpedient;
second, Geary's provost guard is to keep
good watch and ward, SO as to prevent
anything valuable from being carried
away by its owner. In the meantime
they are willing to try whether they can
get the principal city of Georgia to ac-
cept their rule with some show OF con
tentment, whereby they may gradually
detach the other towns of the State from
the Confederacy Yet even in these first
days of the experiment of kindness the
inhabitants are sufficiently warned OF
what any given morning may bring upon
them. If Yankee vessels on the Sayan-
nah are fired upon, all the inhabitants
of Savannah are to be ordered out ofthe
city, as the Atlanta people were. In
short, if the city of Savannah be found
serviceable base of operations for de
bauching the State, then, and 80 long,
the people will be suffered to dwell in
their own houses, under negro guards.
Meanwhile, as Yankee correspondent
saws, 1.-The plate and linnen are safe as in
strong box" that is, safe for the Yankee
conquerors For the present they are
only lending the people their own houses
and their own goods, and every citizen
holds his existence OH sutferance.
This Sherman, il will not be forgot
ten, is the same who wrote the letter Of
instructions to his Adjutant General Oh
the way in which he was to deal with
the inhabitants of any district Overrun
by Yankee troops ''Rebels" own moth
ing All they have is forfeited, even
their lives; and that, while repenting,
they may be made useful TO the cause OF
the Union" otherwise it would be
mercy to them to put them all suddenly
TO death On these principles the whole
Georgia campaign has been conducted
uutil this day. The citizens of Atlanta
were ordered to quit their homes aud
wander into the wilderness, that Atlanta
might he made military post Seven
or eight towns were burned Oh the
| march Sherman spreading ont his
army over a space sixty miles, piundered
everything as he went Before him
WAS ruin, behind him wreck" aud there
Law. smoking far and wide, the broad
| track of desolation." With what pur-
pose. then, has he permitted the citizens
of Savannah. for certain days, 10 live in
| their own houses and dine with their
own folks, which are all forfeited as
well as their lives! IL is treacherous
| bait to deaden the spirit of resistance IN
other places Until it be seen whether
il answers this purpose the plnnder and
! depopulation of Savannah arc postponed.
OF the forty thousand inhabitants OF
Savannah, there are at least seventeen"
Who promptly lend themselves to the
promotion of Sherman's objects. They
ask at once whether they can be Of any
use. and are hidden 10 hold meeting
and pass resolutions of submission. They
do 40 with aIacrity. Mayor Arnold calls
the seventeen" TO order, and theyspeed'
! ily resolve, first that they accept Lin
coins terms; peace Oh laying down their
arms and submitting TO the national su'
thority;" leaving all questions to be sd.
iusted by Legislative conference aud
votes" Here they might have stopped
this ia all Mr.. Lincoln wants; submission
frst, and then legislation, courts and
votes might be trusted 10 secure to tho
yictors all the rest. But the seventeen
have some more to say, in order, as n
were, to exhibit their good feeling anc
the zeal with which they enter uPor
their new career of conquered vassais.-
|, The second resolution is, Ito bury all oy
cones in the grave" Truly the PeoPi'
Of Georgia, who have been burned ou'