The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-05
NO14.,
Observations Of an Officer ia Shel-
mans Army.

We give the following interesting rx-
tract from lcttes wr tteu TO IN mbervt
Congr. IS by an ,ffiser 10 Shrrlnau's
army s"nn afer L. trriyaf al Savannah!
"Tnis march d rn1str,tes clearly e. my
mind IN Il the s,tensth ,r tho Con.ed rs.
cy Is narrosrd down IN their urmies np-
Grating IN VirginiH, in 'rene,ssec, aud
their lore $ an c; Kirby Saith 10 IL,
traos.M ssissippi dep rtm,n n. rhe rebels
have XII u't'd their rcssurc 50 Ear a.
IN n r. conc 'rn d; sud iliu Is as lar us
thy hsvi xhsu.tcd ia IN. I'll hvs
plenty Of pruvisiDts OF CIV " kind. Tary
had 90 ID iues "r commun clti,n. Ard
they experience, So FAR as ! cuud see,
but little iucOrvtnience from the pre-
eiation uf IN iir currency; fr, rs il 10 aot
4 medium " ckoinnge bctve tie Coi-
{ drraie Stats and the rost Of tic world,
II m ittcri but liulo % th farmers vf
Georgia whether they buy pound nf
~ tor ten cents olj cu:i i'hcy, Ur itn
Lars u The nav, eita,r anoJHe repre-
s,ntng in such standard .rtiolI the s.ihj
vdlu'. dn't IN an to siy thnt th"ss
farmers would be willingto = ceiy, Iss
dcprc'ia,cl trash, " tn y hai an op 4
%
on basis Of gold aud silver. But wlSn
~ ryihing is rccsuued on III oasis of
Z 'nt,'eratc m 'ncy. that Nancy answers
the purpose as wei Us any.hin! else as
medium Of eS change I'll, Gmisd;r,,J
authorities have, thereto liul ,rau6.J
TO supply their urniSs with ov-ryihi, Q
that the cUtntry prJdu ., % IN copl,
Ike their money with sppar Mt ch ihil-
mss in exchange, fJr a. ir pridu'e. but
men they cannot grt. 10 d fcnd S .vtn.
nih they have drawn m 81 b 'wily ON the
grrrisIns at Ch1rle,thn, Wii.Jinatdr,
August, and almost v r. Other Poi.
acc ssibl'; AMI by shut ing this force o.
- ) lvannth uudil they uru sl,.rv d intD Il
surrender, we are cri2plirg the rebes as
much hs .fwt had wiilidr wn just many
mcu from the Il ct'vr f ,liting fire. -
When : ivirnah fils--a. isll, Tel (.
mus We " an ex ciIeut ba.e, aud
Gun muyct q Al ustn, 0no hunir d aud
twcnly.s II mlt. ih,U thr anterior, sup
pyir. our urmy by the Savanna r,v r.
y which IL uuvirahlt I, ,hit point. Ia g.,
u with Ausus' asa ecouI y b where
g VII n.t Sherman 60
J. You my tlilr,; | am cOlntiDg my
chick ns bri' r. tiny are hatch d. Bat
,, ShIrmnu know, feels c1niIeEt hat he
can anl viii take Savanna, and he is by
f,r too rest 80 a man 10 maia quiet Ia
Jnc pldcsv ry long. 'rs
Tu,fn Is this diff,rcncs hctw EN- ih a
O r sfmics nj e,J owt; ihsir IN u -ri
Ia or tAa W.. 1ruatii a. y are kill
n nl 81 ar In but tor shJft taru, Of
.t,It A 4 L.. .
o sir IL this vary urmv ,)jl m,ny ~ :
;. their .,He aavHg xnirsi, wish u a.
/. mustered ,ui 1--we .re . cout,nu, tn'
4, war tunk ~ must hav, more IN ..--
=. Ii our ARM { y 70 rtiutIrc d l.r.ty iat
y. next RUNNER .ampa sn would Gs
>. last ofth, war. w wait uni.l q Il
>. summer b,for reinforcing ti Ia, "a n
r. see no rtas u why il S, oulI ~, gsI (,
D. ycrs mir "a We as one. h.vs ~
n trad the Ptes.d nt's mnssage but sia,
r cerely tl,s. We -hail sc in Ia "a =
4 minaii"n 10 o.d,r bnther drah, m Il
10 u rrasohable itrm, 3 hit We s,iuii ..v.
:. soldiers and not era Is merry, 4. oul
ar army ' HH
y T III s. wtigk,y rymarks, vii b tar.
l. wen worthy Of gene ~ cOnsi-er' 5E, ";
Is adj singi cpmm mt by the Was IN
" ton ca 0nie G, wbi-h origi ally sub Is !
.. cd The let, =, s .n.l.ws:
3 "Tn writ ROT thl lettrr allu les tt
10 the three military dr7cildetc,es ol tl.
- rebels; their army ia V.rginiT, t,,r lrmi
al il Tennessee, anl tir lore und r X rUy
~ Smi.h. Dd; even wheu h, was wrt
;, Gyn. Tomas had glorilu'ly aal If alu
10 ally taken away one II ih,so props o
- triason. Then, again in the face OF Il.
nj pr o wa hear ot lus ablij US oi pr .
10 visiols whi. h our army .uuai IN lis ma :.
a tir"ugh Geor ga, anJ the means .. Ia
u rebsl authorities Tor prvcurlng IT, .lIV
I'd muah deeper in hLr;ur and utrothy Is III
"a cru ] aud iendsh Starvation OF uur btav
ut slId era. y. ON RS in Iheir hanls."