The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-05
We enp tha following frcm the Gin
cincinnati Garsas



cincinnati Garem-
.. tvAcrLrtos CT SAVANNAH.
The rebels bcgrn 10 remuvc teei
hssvaue rnd stores from the city cu th'
nhvlt OF Dec. 18Th, and the entire Rsrrl
a,a withdrew tho following night, begin.
,,i'ng their march at II ,'olock' Unt'
tis n ur they kep, up'a show olstrepgtl'
along their outer lines. Thr retreat was
f,nducled most csu;huslv. The pm
.inon seros, the river below tho city, BY
waich they crossed to the lumo1
.msewsy ro-d. was covered deep with
isay 20 az TO desden oil sonnd. Still
lahourh esety prscsu,ioa was taken 10
ensure perfec, quiet, the rebels dare moi
move their transportation or their field
cunr, nor rny of the heavier and more
valuable military stor,s. Nor did they
dLre destroy ,hcn lest the noise should
rusaut attention from cur lines, now
drawn 90 clcse prcuud them. ta.
Our picksls- were posted 50 near the
ercmy's works that tyel the movcmentS
of tho ssntinels ervld BE- heard. The
r.belsi had lady lsft before VI"
uuusualU stilluess in the i'rta at
trac,gd attention, aud orc MI r
rnu,her of Our plckets crept for
ward through the swnmps and thickeis
peercd into the embrr surcs, scsnu'd the
psrapels clearly q feed 10 the moonlight
Then crawled through the HbsttiS and lls'
tened again, gained the bitches and hsli-
cd in their shsdows, then mounting the
erests, found that the wave of reb 'llon
had ehhrd away. The report soon
reach d headquarters, and before dayligh,
tho 2olh Curps. followed Ivy the l4ih,
was msrchiug irtn the works. a force
pressed directly into the city aud passing
beyond Il toward Foo, ] ck,on, came up
with the rebel rear guard crowding across
the river. A few prisoners wsrs car.
lured, but the firing and eating atrilG
~ tho ponioons prevented pnr'uit, though
few well aincd shuts secured a certain
promptness IN the rebel mlvcmcnts more
amusing to the audience than tho scio-s.
Blu, with broad RIVER between them
aud tho Yankees, confidence returned u
the rebel host. aud the moment their feet
touched South Corblina soil, Drayudo,
that patron demon Of this little Kingdom,
took lull possession oi the host. Coval
rymcn rode up aud down The shore Of the
island PARKWAY ever. gunboat ard ram
opened upun our men Whenever they ap.
pearcd in squadr, end rebels loitelcd on
the shore, as if no man who ever march
a under the stars aud bars had taken
Backward step. Many Of the shoI' fired
bv the ram went into the city, entering
aud siOrah uscs, tnd npsetIing
,himn,ys, to the infiniic disgust Of the
c,;ir ns. II wn bad enough 10 suhrr
from tho Yankee shells, but t. have these
OF their ,wn casting rnt,ling aud brepk.
ing ur1uad them, stirred up their impure
miuds, aud xcn"d feelings akin 10 wrath.
Ths, nigh, they were relieved, how vcr,
ns the guubon,, ram, and Hosting bat
terry, were set on fire by their owners,
aud soon blew IN. a transport was
d s'roycd at the same ,pse. "a large rnm,
which had Just brcn launched, aud was
lying at thr wharf unfuishcd. was also
turned. Thus far in the war, robe rams
have moi proved a very profitable invcs,
mcnt for The Conlederary, ard these ut
Savannah shared the u-ual fate. "a.
The force of the enemy CONSISTED OF
about $4,000 men, under Lien'. Gen.
II ,rder. The order OF evacuation was
captured. This fixed lIarde, svillc, =. C.,
as the point cf concentration AFTER sross.
ing the river. ,t. n
rRoPERTv CAPTURED.
An the heavy artillery of the frt, and
The urrat r portion Of the field guns, were
captured, with car iaces md rl!ppINr,cn'
nncrs complete, numbering about two
hunirch. But lhw we're spiked or injnred
IN any way. The heavy peiccs In Fort
J -ekson, aud some or The other water
bstteries, were thrown inIo the rNrr.
Thrse can be easily recovered II waniod.
'rre ammunition captured was In i'm,
mousc quantities, aud ot the bes, kind,
rccst dcul of I, beiug of EnQlish manu-.
fae,urr. Two rifcd s'Xly.iour's were
l,nnd ia Que work Of supcrigrworkmsn-
ship, marx d"L vSrponl, 1884" l. oh
fort was prepared 10 rcs'si prn,rocted
siege, aud III" surp'y df ammunition
seemed unlimited. Beside the supply in
The macaz nes Of the fo,ts, u erea, quHn-
ivy was l., siorr in The city ilseif, aud
the a-Srnal was well Stocked with
military supplies of various kinds. Is But
,h,ie OF the ammunition wssirwr ID. Ia
some casra the cartridges were cot open
aud the powder spilled, hut the cntire
d ,mngo was slight. When the gfeat
labor necessary to bring heavy ummuni.
tlon from Nv YORK IL considered, the
additional value OF these captures will
arpear.
The cotton captured exceeds in amount
all TURNER pr,E's OF the kind. IL is ysri-
uusly estimated, but the best Competent
to Judge, place tut uvev twenty thousand
bales, and some as high MS forty thous.
aud. Much OF il bears the Eugish mark.
II ID question whether the mark oi u
neutral Englishman will render rebel
Cotton neutral.
Sugar, molusscs, rice aud cnrn meal
were also found IN large qanliIies. Many
of the sturts were well stocked with
goods which had run the blockade. The
stores were decidedly foreign aspect,
Ons could easily fSncy that he was in
the warehouse OF friendly old England.
Fifteen locomotives were found in the
city, aud Hundred cars, oil in good
order. The cars were principally loaded
with new artillery aud small arms. which
had ev idently been prepared tor shipment
befrre the railrosd was cut Two trains
were loaded with valusble hospital sup.
plies; these, however, wero len in q
dsmsged state. Still, though the dire {
gsin was small for us, il was loss most
difficult for the rebels 10 rerlace. Every
such loss of rolling ftock is now severely
feitin the c1ufoderucy. II will be readi-
ly seeu that tho property taken is ys.ua'
BILE. II no oih~r place have the rebels
destroyed 50 little. or lett 81 great an
amount; while the va'ue of the position
gained, us u base Of future operations,
can scarcely be ovsrestimaicd. Abou,
lhoass"l s'ragglcss in the city were
Taken. f
DErExsSx OF TIE CRY