Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-03

y.nr,. tr.tI.s or THE SURRENDER OF SAVANNAH.
A correspondent thus details the CIRCUMSTANCES
connected with tie entrance Of sherman into Sa-
s1lu'l
- This o. iov rice islJus perhaps four miles loug
ari ..e mile broad, u the >0v1uu0h river opposite
~ .r. II possesses the additional advantage OF
I..assspu,tt che enemy too Ior IFS lower Pulnt Is
...it,.' the civ. Just above the Causeway Perry
,GGs troops occupied Tie uorferr portion OF the
island soon after got Ia position here hut wide
.s.,1i which divide, 1t about mile and q half from
A., lover point. prevented our tJRiing the Rebels our
,t their lnaiui4uI tlgtucatous az the outset. They
sr.u discovered the importance Uts Hutcbinson's
Island and swung troops over tLSre TO hold it.
Tie StUth Carolina stoge opposite the Island Is
i1v sud sTawpy, alligator wilderness, except
"rhpre the Union Causgwgy ran through il 10 the
Charleston RShoad, thirty pliles above. Cavalry
dsrcauted fought on the south Carolina shore, ami
were very Jealous Of CmoHiSs, who attempted 10
pace ID, SOIL of the Palmetto state. The negroes of
the grand arm. were quaIieved on the upper cId oi
uutcliusUEs sUbsi>tug themselves IN rice. AL tie
mUs--aud there rCrc toUr OF hre-were kept atNrork
fr the bench, Of the army This, then, was the
situation On the 18th, when the bread begun 70
come in. and there were no further fears that the
army would be obliged To- abandon II. kJipatric6 was
scouting down tGc cojfuirg below s.. Catherine and
Kilkenny, gad reported uu enemy.
ErHF INFANTRY CRAWLING Up.
General sherman had iutimatcd 70 division com
,lora be Military GCvyruCr Do not know whether
mis- caused any extra shedding of blood, hut work
edith, troops Cp as fest as they could crawl. Men
would build irttle platforms on boys advancing them
ererv night crawl OUT ID me swamp along de'd
ecs In tL.s WY many men a gId s. GearE ana
7 rrE.nr divisions who ia the woods approach
ii within range OF the rebel works, ami made II
difficult tor them 10 work the Old navy guns @ld
platform cars any more. / doubt not thar u hsr=
dec lad Teen foolish enough 70 Wait, cur fellows
-5rlt has. buried themselves Under the rebel earth
works by uch4S, OF gone over with rush, as at
GENERAL suTR,AN DENAS6s THE SURRENDER OF sA-
yASSAB.
On the 10Th instant General Sherman addressed
note % Lieutenant General ". j. Hardee, &c. de-
lagudil- the surrender OF Savannah and all Il
= -a.ned 70 the Government he represented General
sherman loosely concluded his message with a quo
st.ou from Hoods demand Tor the surrender OF Dial
ron Inst sUmmer-that about "no prisoners being Ia
ken in case OF refusal Until the Delaware end
p Syph got up General Sherman had only one kiud.o
..irouy az ms command lie informed hardee that
lie had the civ closely invested aui that II could not
none 90 hold out. Hartee rephed-ou the i!th that
he was Boa daily cQmiuunlcstIon with his Government
flgt be tad plenty OF supplies aud men, and could
hold cat ~ indefinite period Ihea preparations
went ca 10 beat change OF sentiment into the Lieu
reurlt Generals head.
The REBELS STEAL OFT.
On the afternoon OF the goth the rebel ram Sav9p-
nah moves up the Savannah river, near the lower
ronf OF HutchnsOn's Island, and commenced tu-
rous hire on our lett. Their batteries al along the
line did the same thing. Under cover Of tins hre
Hardee crossed his men ty ste1mhoatS, small boats
rsits &C. % the South Carolina shore, and escaped
mp the Union Causeway The savannah kePJ up
Ter fire until some OF our Den got into the cits, an
told G)ur batteTie, did not waste much ammunition
IN replying 10 this are, and dd no damage OF con
sequence. b. the morning they had nearly alEgOt
safely across taking with them most Of their light ar
tiler'.
THEY BLOW rP THEIR RAMS.
About Gslfp0st ten on the night Ofthe goth those
Who were on general Fosters boat az Fort Pulaski,
and those who were within twenty-five miles Of Sa-
srannaS noticed column Of fame shoot hundreds OF
f,etintO the air; followed hy tremoSin the earth
and oir, end @ duh, booming soRnd. This was no
-csd al Hilton Head flty-e ght miles away. The re.
bells had blown up their floating battery Georgia, an
uuvieliv monster .moored near the distinctions in
the S,sluuah river. above Fort Jackson, The cx-
pioson s.as soon followed by the red flame from the
burning navy yard Late a'L Alshl 'Ie! ue" up ,ue
ram Sayan1Sh. The SaTsnnah was better ship tor
offensive operations am told each carried eight
heavy guns.
FOSTER AND SHERMAN.
General Fosters boat the Canonicus, detained Al
Fort P,Sask during the night Of the 10Th by the eN
pTosJn aud fire at the savannah navy yards was TIE
iirst 70 gel up 70 the city. Foster Ike Sherman al
NcAisttr, didn't TOR tOrpe,Oes he s'muSt go NJ
there" lie CanOuicus up 20 the distractions,
where according 20 all information, tic torpedOeS had
been placed as soon as Colonel Milford ceased ms
exchange operations. Boats were lowered, and
c,vuie OF tie dangerous .'kegs' removed from the
pain There were undoubtedly others there, or mean
q hand an, the boat fortunately escaped rhep.-
Cgrcral Foster met General sherman in Savanna
q. Esi-p1st ten hour afterwards dispatches wcrs
-e,T-. tee Christmas gin from Sherman inyoiced
eDl.tiencrll Poster retunel the way rs eame-qUit,
s daring akeat as tacDg cannon m active operation
any s0ljcfy.hO leaped over the torped0es al For
NsAlhster viii tell sou.
TIE cAPTrREs II stvAS'AH.-
Nearly one thousand rebels have already reporte'
as prisoners and more are coming IA lr|in theI -
.iirr plsces. Some of these are willing prSoners
Others are laggards who we're too slow Tor harS<S
fsrry. One hundred and fifty guns, heavy and hgns