The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1864, Page 5

| SHERMAN. The March to the Sa- vannah River. Gen, Kilpatrick Crosses the Sa- vennah River on Nov, 29. He Has a Heavy Fight with Wheeler. i ‘un INFANTRY NEAR MILLEN, GA. The Army Within a Few Miles of the Rebel Prison on Nov. 30, The Rebels Admit that Sher- man will Reach the Coast without Serious Loss. Mle Has Met with Very Feeble Op- position and has Lived En- tirely Off the Country. Relentless Devastation of Georgia, The Country Through which the Army Passes Being Destroyed and Left Desolate. Tho Kedel’s Say There is Plenty to Eat, but No Horses to Haul it Where Wanted, Whe Adventures ofthe Georgia Legis- lature in the Woods, @he Georgia State Convicts Put 4 Into the Rebel Rank ee. we, ‘The Press Despate! Bartimors, Dec. 4, 1864. f ‘The special correspondent of tho American at Annapalis legraphs this morning tho arrival of thé steamship Bal- lo 1m Anuapolis Roads, from Savannah, with tive bundred ‘Bod twonty officers, Fifty-seven died on the passage, id more than two-thirds, it is thought, will never re. ver. | The intest nows from Sherman was that he was within ‘ty miles of Savannah. All Georgia was in alarm, The wannah papers of the 30th ull., while admitiing this, say t his progress bas been stopped. Batrngors, Dec. 4, 1864. ¢ A later despatch from the Annapolts correspondent of American says:— ‘The Savannah Republican of the 30th ul. states that jeneral Sherman's forces were a few miles beyond Mil , bis cavalry baving approsched that place, but re red without molesting it, Sherman was resting his ces proparatory to his advance to the seaboard, ‘The United States forces which left Hilton Head under jeneral Foster, landed at Bird's Neck, about twenty {Biles up Broad river, onthe 29th, and a portion bad arched towards the Savannan and Charleston Raiiroad, the direction of the Great Swamp, but returned aster a irmish. It was supposed that an attempt to burn the bridge prould be made on the 30th, and heavy firing on that day gras beard and a beavy smoke was seen in that direction. THE REBEL ACCOUNTS. GHE MOVEMENT TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER. OF KILPATRICK’S REPORTED DEFRAT. {From the Richmond Examiner, Deo. 2) ‘The War Department has allowed the fact to leak out at a cavalry fight bas taken place somewhere in Geor- ia, probably in the vicinsty of Millen, resulting in the feat of the enemy and the capture of Geveral Kilpat- ‘ick’s bat, This is all the information vouchsafed in cial circles; but outsiders who seem to bave access to MO} f , slight skirmish, though scarcely to be rated as ® battle. ey stato, further, that our loss was about seventy killed, nded and missing, while that of the cnemy is re orted to bave been much greater, We bave stated erything that has been developed relative to this air, and hope that the enemy will neither derive in- mation nor Comfort from the narration, We will add, e @ news of the New Yorx Henan, pud- hed yesterday, to the effect that Sherm: advacce 4 reached Millen, is. certainly untrue; none of the ene it had something to do with the delay. (DUR CAVALRY AT THB SAVANNAH RIVER ON NOVBM- “From the Richmond Despatch, Deo 2.) 1 A cavalry fight in which we wore victorious took place East Georgia on Tuesday. The Yankee cavalry, under ‘Aipatrick, wore attempting to cross the Savannah river, hen thoy were attacked by Wheeler, and after an ob- inate Nght driven back in the direction of Mullen, losiog ery heavily. Kilpatrick bimeeif was at one time so ly pressed as to lore bia bat, which was recovered y one of our troopers, This trophy should be lsid ap in vender, with Pope’s coat, Washburne’s pantaioons and higren’s wooden leg. PBMERMAN NBARING THR COAST—A BATTLE PecTeD. From the Richmond Despatch, Dec, 2.1 Bhermen's main army is moving towards the coast, and Laitie is expected, Russias DRLIEVED TO BR MAKING POR BRUNSWICK. [From the Richmond Sentinel, Dec, 2.) Our exchanges up to Saturday last—the Iatost dates re. jwoived at the tine of writing t to exceedingly com: Wmuniontive in the movements of our own troops and Peverals, but know comparatively little of the mover monte of Sherman, The situation of bis main force Bs alleved to be poritiv: a mystery The movements that they chrovicle eeem to bo bat Points or feviers, and with smal! bodies, The suspichon Bdtonded by Suermaa to mask bis main army and to con- peal the march which they suppore to be taking upon vanoah or Brunawick, The latter town is ona fine ties tuyon the Atlantic coast, about tWeaty miles south foi the mouth of the Altamaua, The forces which have boom to the north of the Ocones are alleged to be bot ery fow in number, and to be limited in thelr opera. Snes to reconnoitring purposes, Meanwhile Sherman fs spuijposed to bo moving down behind the Oconee, Which Soe noed not croms at all if Bruuswick be bis goal, His @pourse in that case would ‘be to cross the Oomulges near “ats mouth and move down behind or south of the Alta maha, We extract some sentences of news from the “ipapers whose ideas wo have been reproducing in tho qabove. (Pons OF BHERMAN’S TROOPS NORTH OF THR ATLANTA AND AUOQUSTA RAILROAD. {From the.Augueta Cnr:zi6le nd Sontinel, Nov. 26.) A aaalomas ‘connected with » oMuline party ub the General Jobnston, to deny it, tended that this plan was bis, or that he eptertained a Similar one, they meant no more, we suspect, than that General Jobnston designed to get Sherman deep into the country, and then get into his rear, cutting bim off from his supplies and for ground. They never imagined that General Johnston over his movements. restore bis communications, thought proper to march into Georgi would always be every motion, cutting off supplies, capturing stragglers, rousing the country in front of the enemy, hod incom. moding bis march in every conceivable manner, under the belief that Hood would do the gave bis movement to the rear their unqualified appro bation. Jobnaon had designed, and never dreamed of the grand skylarking expedition of two hundra! mites against nothing and ending im nothing. believe that be would ever bave so politely stepped out of the way and handed over to Sherman the whole St: with the command of all the railroads. has not been succesafal in this part of bis enterprise it does not seem that bis failure isin the amallest degree attributable to any virtue in General Hood's plan. Indeed w the prmcipal motive thet impelied ifm upon this expedi- ton, successful interruption and destruction of his supplies and communications, amd that in» Osof desperation be made for the Atlantic. about the raid through that State, oners bave been roceived a3 Augusta, who ware captured while foraging for Sherman's army. Deen removed, To re Peorte Bb y oxpross is that these exbibitions upon bis Hanks are | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1864, Avguste and Atlanta Railroad writes from Greensboro, under date of Nov. 23, as follows: — s There ts no enemy north of the line of the Georgia Rail- road mor any on this side or east of the Oconee river. A Party of Yaukees passed through Green county oo Sua- day, This ig the greatest number that bas ever becom seen On this Bide of the Oconee. ‘The rumor that the enrolling oMfcer in Green county Was kilied 1s not correct. About a thousand Yankee cavalry have been encamped for tbe past few days at Reid's Mili, between Eatonton and Waller's ferr: Negro scouts report that they speak of moving to andther section, Much property bas been destroyed in Jaspar and Putnam, such as mills, gin houses and some cora cribs and dwelliag houses. It wae thought tm Sparta on Wednesday that tho enemy's cavalry and infantry were moving down the Oconee towards the coast. It is the curreat opision up the road that Sherman's army is moving down botween the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, OUB ARTILLERY AND JMFANTRY ACROSS THB OCONEB {From the Augusta Constitutionalist, Nov. 26.) We have information that the enemy's cavairy, six hundred to one thousand strong, ts moving on Spart. They eucamped at or near Devereu's last Thureday night, about even miles west of Sparta, Another column is moving from Milledgeville, with artillery. It passed the Oconee and, pursuing the road leading through Washington county, by the way of San- dersvillo, will strike the Central Rariroad about tation No, 14. This ts a direct line to Savanoan from Milledgeville (Millen is the twelfth station from Augueta, and is only eleven miles from Herodon, the fourteenth station alluded to,—Ep, Henan.) 4 column, supposed (o be Slocum's, numbering from two to three thousand infantry, ts reported to be moving in con. junction with thecavairy abcve mentioned om Sparta, At Sparta there are two roads—oue leading to Augusta via Mayfield, another to Sandersvilie. It is probable that afver ravaging the country about Sparta It will combine on the columa moving on the road to Savannah, SHBRMAN’S SUCCESS ALRYADY SECURED—HM MEETS WITH FEEBLE OPPOSITION, AND WILL REACH TUM COAS? BAFELY. {From the Richmond Whig, Dec. 2] Wo are told by a contemporary “who ought tgkoow”’ that President Davis bad nothing whatever to do with the movement uf General Hood upon the rear of Sher. mao, Let him, therefore, stand acquitted before all men and in the eight of Heaven, Far be It from us to accuse any one unjustly, or even to bint an unjust sus picion. The plan, it seems, was General Hood’s own con- ception, approved by both Geveral Beaureggrd and It may be #0. We ebalt not venture When the friends of General Jobnston con i him to fight on advantageous meant to travel of at the speed and with {he eccentric orbit of a comet, so far be yond Sherman's reach as to lose all iuflueneo If Sberman, tustead of fighting to General Johnston, so bis friends thought, hort distance in bis rear, waiching It was me that they They thought it was such a movemet as General The friends of Johnston do not If Sbermao re told that the very success of that plan was It appears that be was rendered desperate by the We hope tt may turn out that we shall no? have caus: to regret that Ae was made 90 desperate, Tt does not soem that our authorities bad any suspicion of the effect tie move ment of Hood would have, At least we judgeso from the very feedle opposition which has thus far been made to the advance of Sherman, Ite plain that he is moving to the const, and that, 20 far, he hasbeen enabled to live upon the country. We think i prodable that Sherman will reach the Atlantic in comparative safety. His mext move, in our opinion, will be by sem to Richmond: we do pot believe “that he cas succeed in taking either Auguste or Sav: nad. naared place, it will do bim no good since be will find there nothing he was aecking. to Sight, and thut he is very well aware of, and does not wis to do be’ore securing @ base upon the sea, Charles ton, for the present, at least, we take to be entirely out Of the question, on thesea and thence issue during the winter to ravage the country or te carry on a regular winter campaign, be must be kept io, he ,bandons an immense tract of couatry in the Interior, over which it i@ impossible that his army, situated oo tbe ooeae, and closely watched,can exercise any taitu- ence for gerd or evil. exploits will but, after having been tola by the highest authority in the confederacy that his retreat from Athanta wasto bs more disastrous than the retreat of Napoleon from Moscow, it is a little vexatious to,find him getting wf %0 cheaply, burning and murdering az he goes. THE GEORGIA CONVICTS PUT IN THE RRBBL RANKS. Indeed, should he succeed in capturing the drst At the lat nemed be will hare Should be determine to secure bimself wo suppose be-can. In the meantime We do not see that Sherman's last we any effect upon the issue of tho wal [From the Richmond Dispatch, Dec. 2) ‘The Goorgia papers’ of the 27h contain come facts Seven buadred: pris. From Milledgeville we isarn that the goveromest bi ‘The Goveroor has pardonod ali the con victa fe the penitentiary, pat arms in their beads and gent them to the front, except those put ia.Jor fife, whom be conld not reprieve ascording to law. THE CITIZENS OF AUGUSTA REQUESTED YO BE CALM. Maron's Orica, Acoreta, Ga, Now 23, 1564 AvGusTa— 1 bave received a telegram from Gaseral Dragg , !oform- ing mo that be is on bis way to Augusta with reinforce. nia, Otber reinforcements oxpected withina jew hours. / expect the people to be calm, to pesoive in the defence of their bomes and their property, and to re'y. upon their own Bad the valor of those whe are bartening to our relief, A few days, perhaps bours, may fod as redeemed from we proximity of the foe. R MAY, Mayors, GENERAL GARTRELL GETS SANGUINE. General Gartre!l bas recenwy arrived oly wth bis five brigade of troops. He speaxs sang ainely of our ability to annihilate Shermaa's armg before it escapes the bounds of Georgia if the peopte will raly prompuly iner.1 The following paragraphs from Georgia papars are en- showing that reisforcemeots are herrying Sevoral tra! rived 00 the Souta Caro. Vina Railroad during the aight, loaded with troops. OCCUPATION OF BATONTON, @. A letter io (be Auguste Consti*utionatut says @ large number of rerugess passed through from Putnam Inst night, bringing tptelligence of the occupation of Eatonton yosterday morning by the Yankees. Seworal scouts went out to reconnoltre and were fred upoa. As our informant the advance guard of twenty-Ove raiders entered the town, ond several attic drivers for the government ar rived who stated that our scouts saw Gfteca bundred Yankees at tea o'clock yesterday, on the roid nebore to Eatonton, probably those reported to have beon ta Greenaboro by the down train yostorday moraing. Meary cannonading was heard alt yesterctay afternoon in the direction of Macon, bolieved to bem battic between Sherman and our forces. THE €CO-OPERATING COLUHVS. GENERAL PORTHR'S OFPREATIONS FROM BRAUTORT TO ATID SHERMAN A PATLURM {From the Richmond Examiner, Teo. 2] We have already fotimeted our bel of thet Grant had Sent forces to Port Royal with tus inteation of marching Up into the countey and revere Sherman from nis em~ barrassments, Weare now uoarly cortala tht (his al- vance has been atiempted, and that it bas resulied ina compete failure, ‘The dotatia will first be heard from tho onomy’s journals, Tn the meantime there is st!!! muolt Teason for ws to hope that the tast word has oot been said in Georgia on the question whether Shorman shalt reach the coast of not. We are eatisfind that It will be GiMcwil Hob impossible Cor him to reach Boaufort or Sa- Yannab, and suppose now that he will aim at some point ‘more to the southward TRE DEVASTATION OF GEORGIA. TOS DESTRUCTION AT MILLEDGEVILLE, [From the Augusta Sentinel, Nov. 29.) The enemy's destruction at Milledgeville is brace tho State House, Executive mansion, pouiteatiary and depot, and other buildings, The report that tne Ssylum was destroyed is contradicted. 1)» rumor ta town that Sherman captured @ lot of ammuoition at Milledgeville ts incorrect, Ali the ordnance stores were removed, Three car loads of the powder passed through this city aod are now at a piace of safety, DESOLATION OF GEORGIA BY SHURMAN'’S TROOPS. (From the Richmond Sentinel, Deo. 2.} DODGING THR YANKEE TRACK OF SEERMAN'S ARMY, Wo take the following from a lively letter wo the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, describing the writer's experience and observations in his trip bomo after the burried closing of the Georgia Legislature. The aceno ts laid in the country between the Uconee and Ocmulg rivera. — id to om. Mapiwom, Nov. 24, 1564. To company with a few residents of this section | took the train from Gordon to Eatonton. In avoiding Scylle we soon found ourselves running upon Charyodis, for whea within a mile of Eatonton @ courier came gallop- ing out to stop the train, and announced that the enemy were within a few miles of town, and were expected every moment, A number of us took to the woods, sup. posing that the train would no furtber; but after a little delay, to our surprise, it started on for town. Wo determined to move across the flelds and woods several miles to the Madison road; and baving in the party a native of the county, who ‘knew every corn patch,” he took the lead. After several hours of very heavy march. ing we saidown to reat and deliberate on the situa. tion, A waggish. member of the party declared that be “felt perfeetly secure if tho Yan- kees did get him, as be had a copy of the peace resolutions in his pocket’ Another, a country squire consoled bimself with belonging to the judiciary, and thought neither the Governor aor the Yankees would hurt him. The member of the Legis!a. lature felt sure that body had done nothing especially offensive to any Yankee who was reasonable, Whiie cach was thus doliberating jocosely of bts pro- bable fate should wo fall into their vile binds, wo moved on, aod atter tugging valise, trunks and buadles for several miles more, wo found curselyes on the ruilrond @ mile below where we left it. So much fora pilot who knew the country. ’ Disgusted with the success of this our first flank move- ment, we moved on to Eatonton to prapare for another, which, as the sequel will show, was @ brilliint sauce We found Eatonton agitated. The streets were tbronged with horsemen, some moving out to look for the enemy aud some prudenity moving the other way. ‘The windows and pizzas were lined with Indies und children, many of the former and all the latter very pretty, and all dreading tne advent of the vile van- dats whose despicable character fs best ilusirated in the fact that they are a terror to the helpless. A village waiting for the Yankees is a picture worthy Hogarth Leaving our bagzage, we took a baety dinner, deter mined to keep thoroad to Madison until our pickets should notify as of the approach of the Yankes, About three o'clock a econt camo dashing down the road ata Gilpin speed, crying, ‘To tho woods! to the woods!" and we worded, ‘ After waiting severe! houre tm the raio, under a rai! pen, improvised for the occasion, we determined to go Out On the road and see what wan goingon, We had not travelied a bundfed yards before ® party of ceruleaa clad equestrians came dashing wp, and ina vory polite manner briefly'requested us to bait, The request waa ac- companied with most significant eocking of carbines and pistol, which, brought toa horizontal attitude ip one’s front, are very persuasive, especially to an unarmed civilidn, and we halted, After a brief and hurried talk, in which we were questioned very closely about the country troops in the vicinity, &c., they drove on; we gathered from their setions that they wore the advance . guard cf the force from Madison, and were expecting to meot awother force from Monticello at the fork near by. Apprehending thi our overcoats and small re- sidue of cash, and other personal effects, would not be safe in the” motley crew comprising tbe Yankee army, w> resolved to keep the woods until they sbould pass, Wo therefore returned to our pen 4 staid sh! morn! ~ We then proceeded through the woods, within bearing distance of the road. Late va Sunday their main colucm ‘commence@ passing, and we found it vory difficult to-avold them. They swarmed through the fields, shooting ‘cattle and plundoring indis- crimipately wntil late ia the night. We were more jo dread of being shot as bushwhackers than wo bad of Deing plundered, and probably should have kept the road; but we sow bad ce choice but to avoid thom if possible, Their wagons wore rumbi'ng along the Monti- collo road en» our loft and on tho Madison road on the right, while hey swarmed in the country between could hear them talk and hear thelr caps explode as they passed within a few foot of us. The night war. inteusely cold, and deck, save whoo tho = distant. @ gleam of 2» bdurniog bous® Ughted up the-borizon. Thoir meia columns were pass. tog from avout two o’ciook oo Sunday afternoon until about nine o’ciock at night, The next diy they were passing during the morning, amd we eoutinued iv the Woods, This.was on the third day ont, during which time ft bad rained continually, aod we bad subsisted: oa parched corm. On Tuosday morning we determined: to take the road and push on. Gotog to McCredel's pince, wo found his fine house: in ashesand bis gia house burned, and every horse aid mule gone, In bis lot were about-one hundred horses lying dead; they looked like good stock, and were avidently xiiled to.cepeive planters of hem. A number of BMcCredel’s negroes were gone, Proceeding on, we found every planiution om the road simi- larly devasated, except that no other dwebing houes wero buraed until we reached the Saefarm of Hon, Joshua Hii (Probably the Hill who rao againet Brown. for Govarnor of Georgia.—Ep. Henaig.) ‘This is a perfect wrec; large gin house full of.cottoa, corn cribe, dwelling, all a smouldering ruin. Bis. ass wae renter than tant of any planter 10 this saciiou. Besidos the .cotten several thousand bushels of corn, pxtatoes, several hundred of wheat, and much olher valwable pro- periy, with every horse and mule, and many maproce are gone. No farm on the road to (his place and at far As we can hear towards Atlania excapsd their brutal ravage, They ravaged the country below here to tne Ocomse river, The roads ware strewn win the debris of ther progress, Dead. horses, cows, sheep, hegs, chickens, corn, wheat, cotton, books, paper, broken vescelt, coffee mitts, and frag ments of nearly every species of property that adornod, the Yeautiful farms of thie countey, strew the wayside — Monuments of the meanness andrapacuy of the people whe boast that they are not robbers and do pot inter. fere with private property. i Madison thoy buroed the depot and one or two.old house. They gutted and plundered more or jess on evopy lot. drag store aod several other houses, nad Thoy fred Aboir officers, with a show of magoaannity, alded:to put oot the Qames, Many families have nota pound of moat or peek of meal or flour. Many negroes were enticed away from homes of comfort to share the uncertain fortunes of a winter mareh to tbe coast, aod then forced to starve Families of wealth hare not @ house servant left, amd those who were the most trusted were often the first to leave. Tho Yankeos on. Jered the house of my next door neighdor, am old man of over three score yoars, and tore bin wife's clothes sad bedding, trampliag her bonnet on the floor aad robbing tho house aod pantry of nearly everything of vatue There was 00 provocation for any of those acts of vio lence; for everybody treated them civilly aod offered them all they wanted to eat. Thotr oxcuse is that they canoot control thelr men, Many of them, including offierrs, Lchave civilly, and my Rumble domuciia escaped any | serious depredations, hove ciitaens who remained at Rome and watched their premties lost Wilile save horses, food and stock, Thowe who {rom any canea chinoed to be away lombali, Als ir on the Fatonton rod, whose father ie in tho ariny, fedting afraid to stay at Lome, wout to the hous) of A deishbor, aad 9 Fevaraing fount every plate bro evors kaffe and fork avd spoow gous, aad ber Ch thes stripped to stireds and aexttore’ about tha lot No definite estimate can be formed of tho plans or fa- ture movements of tae evamy or ther oumbers, how Who passed Lurough here Ww ead to consiat of Slooum's corps, wader commiad of Geaerai Wiliams, and wero ov Uimaced at eight to toa thonaand, They were chisty Infantry, with threo batte: of attiliery, Thoy tat quite a large wagon train, ith pontoon bridges. They honsted that they were now whipping ag out ellectunlly; that thoy would destroy Macon, Augusta aud Sa vanoah, and then go into Soutn Carolina and end the war at Chi won. They evidectiy went Miliedgevilie, and their other columa bas jose by (his time reached Macon, From all that cao Joarn they lets Atlanta with four corps, of about tbirty five thousand men, nearly one-half of whom fe | fell back to Rowanty’creok, which was held by General re } ment of mor raw drafieémen, who havo no stomach for the war. They are being captured in the vicinity continually. Several bave come tn to-dxy, who had been lying in tho woods uvtil their rear guard left, in order to desert. By the time they reach the barren pine belt below Milledge Ville they will find Georgia » “hard road to travel. If wo can confront them with = smail force and baross thelr fiaoks vigorous'y they will meet f ebips to greet them wheo they reach tbe coast, It is a desperate kame, and in this fertile belt they can play it success. fully; but the swamps will be fatal tothem. They have unquestionably caused much sullering, and to-night families who bad an abundance last week have scarct!y a day's subsistence, The greatest inconvenience is felt. Tere is plenty ia the couniry yet, but thereare no horace to haul it, Our citizens are io distress aio for wood, for (he same reason. RICHBRIOND. Another Account of General Gregg’s Brilliant Exprdition, Capture and Destruction of Duvall’s id Stony Creek Stations, Handsome Morale of the Troops. ' CASUALTIES DURING TOE EXPBDITION, ae, a, os THE CAVALRY. Mr. S. T. Bulkley's Despateh. Fangvarrers, Graca’s Cavatay Division, ARMY oF THR PoToMsc, Dec. 1—Midoight, DRIAILS OF GRRUG'S RECONNOISEANCE. ‘Tho cavairy connected with this army have beon wait. ing for some three mouths! or an opportunity to repay the revets for their botd and success’ul raid within the lines of our army and the capture of alargs number of beef cattle with whieb to ‘ead their impoverished troopa, Such an opportunity bas finally presented itseif, and to pight I have the plorwure of recording one of the most brilliant and saccess/ul raids of the war, resulting io the destruction of an im:nense emount of stores, am- munition, arma, mills, macbinory, hacon and forage, and the eapture of two pieces of artillery, with over two bundred prisoners, Inciuding sevon commissioned officers. THE CATER? WHICH LED TO THR EXPENIMON It bas been known for a long time that the enemy had a depot of supplies at Stony Croek statibn, the pres- ent terminus of the I'*tersburg and Weldon Ratiroad, and were preparivg 10 construct a railroad from there to convect with the Southside Railroad over which to transport the supplies for their armies defending Petersburg and Richmond. It bas been the fotention of Generals Grant and Mead for several weeks to Interfere with this plan and to put a stop to the bulld- Ing of the road; but it was ardly expected tha: our gal- ‘nut cavalry alone would be able to accomplieb the object, and jt waa purposed to send a division of infantry to sapport them; but the whole thing bas been accomplished ‘Dy the cavalry aod with a loss of only a smal! cumber of men. ORDERT To MARCH. Is was some two hours after dark last night when the order was issued to the different regiments composing the division to be im readiness to move at three o'clock ‘hie morning, each msn to carry one day's forage and provisions. FORWATION OF THR COLUMN. At the appointed hour every regiment in the command was in readivess, the Socond brigude—under the com- mand of brevet Brigadier General Irvine Gregg, com- posed entirely of Poonsylvania troops—having the ad- vance. The First brigade, under General H. E. Davies, Jv., came next in order, while the Third brigade, com- manded by brevet Brigadier General C. H. Smith, brought up the rear. ROW ANTY CREEK. Day had not fairly Jawnad before the plekets of the enemy were met and captured, and very littlo resistance was offered to our lie of march til! we reacbed Howanty greek, a small stream, where we found a reserve pick: pest, consisting of upward of one hundred me, who seemed dispored to dtepute our further edvance, It wi | the work of but a faw moments & disperse and drive tn |; tis amall force before they bad time to more than par- tially destroy tho bridge crossing the stream, and, leav- | ing the Third brigade here to protect our rear, the balance of the coramand pushed oa to the accomplish. impertant objects, DEVAL'S STATION. ‘Tho next point of importance was Duval’s station, some two miles from Stong creek station, whore was a large steam saw and grist mill, besides several machine and Diacksmith shops im working order, which contributed largely to the.support of the rebet army, Here the First brigade, under Gevera! Duvies, halted and made preparations to destroy the government buildings, eros T CREUM BTaTION Meanwhile abe Secoud brigade advanced to Stony Creek Station, wien was known to ba one of the principal depots of supplies for General Lee's army. Here a stub Dorn resistance was expected, as it was kuown tobe ap important point, and despatches had been captured from the officer commanding the post to General Wate Hamp ton the forcathe Yankees could bring againat bim; but the soquel showed bim to bo-mirtaken, av three Yankeo cav- airy regimesis not oaly captured bim, surrounded by the strongest kind of foriQearions, bus also bis guns, wea, works, &e. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, Oup forces destroyed five thousand bags of grain, two thousand bales of bay, cme bundred barreis of rosin, #ix busdred carbinos, tao thousand pounds of bacon, a long train of cars loaded with commissary supplies, ene thir ty-two-pound Parrott pun and coe twelve pound brass gan, berides burning a fue depot, filled with stores, te: geaph office ands beuse, filled with ammunition, sm ma, Kc. THR DRFENSTVR WORKS AT THR STATION—DETAILS OF THER carrcan, # To protect shia point the avemy had built a large fort in a commaading posicion, which wae surrounded by @ wide and deep ditch, and had two guns, with some two bundred men to work them, The bonor of charging and carrying the position, as well as the capture of ihe eo Pennsylvania, regimens, To accomplish thie & was necessary to charge across an open feld of more than baif a mile in extent, and all the time exposed toa raking Gre from {bo uns and mea inside of the works, The Sixteenth regiment charged ahout half of the distance mounted, when, finding it impossible to carry the position in that war, they cooly diemouated under @ bervy fire and formed io line and carried the fort, capturing the whole command, with two pieces of artillery. It was found lunpossinie to bring of tho artillery Im consequence of want of horsea, bat the pieces were \boroughiy disabied, eniked and wo joto the dite! The work of truction now commenced wae thoroughly completed, resulting not only im the destruc tion of =all the §=6goverwment buildings stores ‘and euppiter enemersted above, bat aloo” an quantity of ties and ‘oad iron collected for new braveb rallroad to be neeomplished in great e, ae Generel Hampton's whois cavairy corpe war co, and it baye i Knows to De enoamped within a short dist wie the Inteotion to get away before they covld time to come ap, ACOOMTLIGERD ANO TINE TROOPS WrrTmRaw. © work was fully accomplivhed and the brizade rt back. fost ae the rebel Gonoral Rutter, with ie of South) Tar Kaa tronps, nade bie appears 0 interfere with our p ent but patie avice’ bie brig ¢ ind attempt: aa bad igade, which being aw and grist Ly crock. For of w fa tata fetl bac’ 1 Tenth aad b New York open enn Eber Ate stetidn, white A, Socom (od States aetillery, wader Lim lo’, waa atatteaad in taeerr oft vit ited and propared to ofa upon mf ho enemy The whole thog 1 " fully, aod exactly in accordance with Genural Gragg | expe ceactons, | Tut Peewy ACT® The onemy came np with one rene guard joel ae thor Feachod Davall’@ etotion, whew they were sn@s ed by the Tenth Now York usdor Lieutenant Coronel Avery, and tha Twenty fourth Now York, under Lieutenant | Coionat Newturg, who kopt nd brigade bad safety withariwa and (hem tid General Davies compieles his arrangements to give them a warm reception THE RNEMY ATTACKS. Word was then aent to the Tenth and Twenty fourth Now York to fall back rapidly, which the eoomy per. cotving followed ap at acl , when Denniawn’s Dattery opened a furious fire of canister and shel) hort rANKe, which seus (hom reeling deca wish areas loss, We Wea them on ying he bad forces suffeient to bold it ogeinst all | , | lets steam dredging me ‘Smith's brigade, where the enemy again attempted to leterfere with our mareb; -but the brave boys of th Firet Maine, with their sixtoen shooters, and the Iw Orst Pennsylvania gave Bim such warm reception that he conchided that it was a losing game. ‘THe CLOSING OF THR KXPEDITION The halancs of our march to camp, whete we arrived about eleven o'eisck to-night, was uninterrupted. SUMMING UP OF TAR AND RRSOLTR The whole loss of tho division to-day will aot exceed some twenty five or thirty in killed and wounded, while We taflicted * much greater loss upon the enemy, besides the capture o over two hundred prisone’s, eigat army wavous. thirty-two mules, a vumber of borses, aid the destruction of sufficient stores to feed the whole cavairy corps of tbe rebels for two months. I! this la not more then ao offset for the capture of our bee’ a few weeas tince, then we will try agtim soon, Ihave heard of ouy | one officer who was kilied to-day, Lieutenant Day, of | the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, was killed whule char ing | the enemy's works at Stony Creek station Captaw !. M. Irvy, of the Fourth, and Lioutenant White, of the Toirteenth Pennsylvavia, were wounded slightly, Among our captures was Major Fitzhugh, ebief quartermaster of Hampton's corps. General Gregg feels highly pleased with bia success to- day and with the bearing of his troops. The meo were hever more full of fight, and it was with the greatest diMeulty they could be brought oif, so anxious were they to measure their strength with the rebels ‘The distance marched today io going and returaing was neariy forty miles, and every one, #8 may naturally be supposed, ig greatly exhausted, The captured prisou- ers were obliged to walk the whole distance to camp and keep up with the ropid movements of the cavalry. They doubtless are much more tired than the rest of us, THR WOUNDED BROUGHT IN, Our wounded were all brought off with us, and have been kindiy cared for by Dr. Siarch, surgoou-in-chiet of the division. mur casALTING. The following I# a list of the killed and wounded re- ceived at the Second Division Cavalry Corps Hospital, from the fight at or near Stony creek, December 1, 1304 — Killed. Liout Day, 16th Pennayivania, Loamma Mays, L, 4th Peonsylvania, Corp. ——, &, i6tn Peonsyivania, se Wounded. First Tout. Charies A. White, |, 18th Pennsylvania, left Sergt. Wm. H. Neardstey, D, 16th Pennsylvania, right leg. Wm, B. Sourwine, &, 10th New York, left thigh Sergt. AS Girt, %, 4th Pennsylyanta, neck, seriously. Gorge H Townley, k, Ist New Jersoy, left arm, fracture, Bide, serious! Israel 8 Yard, K, 4th Pevnayivanra, left leg George Ulan. F, 16th Venuaylyania, right thigh. Corp, Wm, F. Audrews, B, 10th New York, chest, serioualy. Wm. Voyfair, F, 10th New York, chest, serrousty. Berton 1. Rock 1uth New York, lett hand R. D Graham, H, 10th New York, wrist, sertousiy Corp. Welimaa J: Robinson, C, Zist Peunsyivauia, con sion. Unkvowa, head, mortally, EB Myers, C, 16th Pennsylvania, left thigh Sorgt. Waller Govaird, B, 4th Peansyivapia, rigbt arm and side, seriouely, Augustus 'L, Morrigon, f, seriously Jobo AB. Yost, 4, 4th Fenrayivania, seriously, Montvomery Sprowis, K, 16th Penneyivamia, rent erm 2 C. Clare, F, 16th Pennsylvani, right angie loughiating, M, dtm Penneylvauia, ert eide, in Peousyivana, iuuga, rigue ebourer, ‘aatman, D, 10th New York, ngnt hand Christian Neting, H, 16th Penney vania, bead, sigbtiy. George N. Crodie, H, 4in Pepusytvania, left arm Corp. Alpheus Mays; L, 4th Peousyivadia, right shower BUTLER’S HEADQUARTERS, Mr. William HH. Serriam's Despaich, In Frowr or Ricemonn, Ree 8— Morning. ARTILLERY DUEL ALONG THB BERMUDA DUNDRED FRONT. On the night of the Ist inst. as 1 bave already writes to you, the rebel pickets opened on our line on the Ber. muda Huudred front defences in retaliation for some funciod wroog on our part. Yesterday morning, the 2d, it transpired that io roturolug their fire we bad killed some fifteen or twenty rebels, whose bodies were lying between the respective picket lines, The epemy at- tempted te send out a fag of troce, aeking for permission to bury their dead, which we resisted for adequate rea- soos. Upon the refuse! of tbeir request they reopened upon us with light artillery about teo o'clock yesterday forenoon, The Oring wheo it commenced, w: 0 rapid as to Induce a genfral engagement in the nature of ap artillery due) throughout fhe tines of that frent, with no damage to anybody on our side im the oariy’ part of tbe affair the Howlett Houge battery (rebel) opened op our right centre, but was subsequently aticaced by the batteries o our extreme right. this being (he fourth oc- cagion on which this rebel work hax been silenced by these batteries, manned and worked by the First Cou- necticut heavy artillery, Colonel Abbott commay ding. Firing nearly athday yesterday was unusually beavy on the Dutch Gap Canal. FIRING ON FORT BRADY. The rebel batteries opposite Fort dy subjected that work to avery heavy ag well as constant fire during the afternoon, there being, however, far more noise made than barm done, Brevet Major Goneral Terry and the officers of the etaif of the Tenth corps were splendidly eatertained Inst even- ing at corpa- beadguarters by the headquarters pur- veyor. PROMOTED, Captain A. ©. Adams, of ti teers, having been promoted 19 nt, resigns the position of Aesistant Commissary of Su! tence at these dquartere, und is to be succeeded by Captain Dandy, of the Tents corps ‘The Pross Despatch. Reapgrsnrmas, ARMY OF tHe Potomac, Dec. 2 5864 Among tho prisoners captured by General G: 10 his Tecent expedition was Major Fitzbugb, who will be re- memberedin connection with the raid toto MaryJand ast summer, when be took ove of our captains prisoner, and, alter talcing bts boots off, made ‘tim walk some twenly miles barefoot. ‘To bring to bis mind Dis conduct ab that time, he brmseif was compelled to waik from Stony Creek to camp withouthis doots, General Davies, during the expedition, was struck by a speat dail during the action, but suffered no injury. The evemy bad quite a stretch of road graded, ties cut, and the rails om the ground ready to iay down, but {t 18 be- Neved they wil! abandon the project as they have learned that cur cayairy can at any time strike it io afew bours. cavalry Dad nearly all been and tbat the stores found at tha. iepot were fer the eupply of their borses, which a | supposed to pave beea run off when oor troops were found he auvencing, ihe @n aseful we great gredit on all who ware enga wan gommanded the Fourth Pen! spoken of tor bis gallantry on the browwer killed aud guotaer wounded in the action, Nearly ove bundred contrabands came 'n with the colamo, ‘They are of al) ages and very poorly clad, but seem rejolcod to Wave reacbo.t our fines. Haangcanrsns, Deo. 3, 1864. ‘The prisoners capturad during Grezg expedition were Sant to City Point youserday, to be forwarded to Wasb- ‘ugton Eleventh Maine Voluo- ter Cam- About to be , Dec. 1} to be carried op to the end of the year. Altbough “ail is quiet’ oa the Jamon, s:iI! there are movemenis known to be going on which jodicate an early resutaption of bostilities, The attack of the Monitors on Howiett’s, reported (urs morn. tng, is doubtiose the forerunner of the: graod combined mova) and !acd attack.’ of which the Veokee pavers bave prated se much Intely. Ag the Yapkees persist ip ignorance waen experience would make thom wise. 1t 1 presumable thut they cxpest to derive great advantages from thelr austization of Dated Gap. Comindful of oma’ achioveneuts scored py the famous Vicksburg caval, (hoy will o tempt the caual at the fe the can completion, and the encagewnent at Ror i# bot a feoler to tet tbe vigiiance of our by to make preparations for the advance ot the fleet which bas boom gathered Ip our waters very recently. Granemay succeeded in porsing » few transports through the Vicksburg Cane! apd deented Soweo, who, bed he beep supported with timely reio/orcemeuts, would havo aquelehed (be great Hank movenent agaiust Vicksburg; but, tp attempting to pase throneh Durch Gap canal, Ulyaser will meet with obsiacles whch hia ongineers have not calculated upon, and then be wil fod the Army of Virginia prepared ar in the part to repel, with tbe #ame wncopquerabie valor, bis assau'ts at every point. : let bim dig while be may, while be wearios of bom. bardment, the yrim throvtening “doge of war’ await him and bie mimons, who. as # burled againat them, wil) be Opened, * {From,the Richmond Wh The campaign of 64 soems destine: z y , uoon what seemed the 1 Crnek was mageing pis troops on tbe river. There is vottm kaly sent tare ape! of foo Tt was reper best authorit cb Cuse, the Oot side of be the theatre of bie of yet, there has been nothing dicate such & ef operat ervable on ths ede ok tha river tc MaRt eXCePL Lhe report above mer Below Richmond. yeimond (ieyaten. Lee. 2 troops to the north The ¢ttunt | (rom the ne tGrent was erase! 1 #'orday it we Delieve 't to bave my foundation, We thing i fae more | no will Lake advantage will be on bis left, wy bis right, oo General Piekevia’ h Gap aril ooatiques, It was report 4 1rOM Lhe How iets bat reeanal, This 6 4% New Yous Henarn, who eaye bing bas beow auuk by ove our she ‘This was thie ster mer, The Vecersburg payors of yesterday morning C108 U9 | uo nows. A Struggie An ent Fr the Kichmood Examiver, Deo 2) al quiet oo Usual in the lines of Richmond, but with atria indecawons of an appteacheng srigas on (he regi 5 of Petersburg, the old scene of Grant's favorite evola- tions, fie bas issued a0 order driving ali the inuabiulacts living within five miles of bis rear from Weir houses aod bomes, The amount of cruelty to the helpleas perpe- trated by this and nis brother miscreants who degrade the name «f general, and the sum of unhappiness which they bave caused, will make the Distory of tues days paze to sickev @ Nero, 1 me the Yankee newspapers are fol! of @ wonderfi whieh they wil! get into position some time between the pr and. Christmas, which will throw shell mto f and in pound " can briug & gun it Derbytow Armatrong twelve ponnder ix said to have throw #ix miles; but thy conutry was a level plain ona hillock, The every may have found artillery that wilt torow as far; but Richmond is on bills, and ihe couotry siopes dowawards to their lines, The humane expecta vion of Naw York will end in disappointment if the range of any gen is ever tried on Richmond; and even if they did throw shell into Richmond, what of it? The Negro Pickets in Front of Pickett's Division. [From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. 2.) We have mentioned the appearance of aegro pickets t= front of our newly acquired lines above Howlett’s, Gem. bey wil be | Hampton's meu did not relish the idea of confronting the sable soldiers. and a cordingly, with the ( 's per. miesion, no doubt, the sharpsbooters opened fire on the darkies ‘on Monday, and picked of a number of them. The Gro was returned by the enemy, and the skirmts was kept up at intervals until this morning. when t nee of white pickets, belonging to the Fixbt ed Hampton's men to discontinue their target Two coldiers of the Fighteenth Virginia regl- killed by the explosion of a shell, Uptow y evening all was quiet along the Co praci ment were lite hour yesierd terfeld picket Ii The Chartor Election. NOMINATION OF A SCHOOL G)MMISSIONER. Mr. James Monteith bas been nominated for the office of ebool Commissioner in the Seventh district by seve era) democratic organizations, and the Darling wing of Mr. Monteith hae been for (weaty years ind this is (he reason he baw forward, He knows what the schools necd THR THINTRENTH ALDERMANIO DISTRICT. Alderman Masterson, of the Thirteenth Aldermanic dis- trict, states that be has po intention of withdrawing from the can and that there was no movement om foot which contemplated bis withdrawal. THB TWENTY-SKCOND WAKD ALDEKMANIC CONTRAT. In thts ward the idea of party distinction appears te be pretty well superseded im the Aldermanic contest, Ave candidates being in the field. Of these Jas. F. Contter, a reaycctable and upright citizen, bas the cisim, apart from politics, of baving creditably served bis country aw captain of a volunteer company in the Sixty ninth reat. ment, and of having fougat all through tbe McCiellap cumpalgns. He bas peculiar olements of popularity im the district which aro well Known, and would make the most available compromise candidate for its citizens of all parties. . ‘THR FOURTH COUNCILMANIG DISTRICT. Mr Hamlin Baticoct desires to state that be is aot @ casdiaare for Coanciimaa to the Fourta disérict, TO THE EDITOR OF TH HERALD. in this day's Heratp you antntentionaily do megresé Injustice by stating that I have withdrawn from the caa- for Alderman of tbe Twenty Grat Taxpayer will po opti! the closing of the polis on Tuesday nex hevdus person deceived you in the matter, and I beg you will Correct 18 In s0- morrow's paper. ALES BRANDON, Councuman Twenty-frat ward. Doc, 4, 1604. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. . New Yorn, Deo, 4, 1864. You will do mea favor to hayo my name withdraw® from .ne tsst of nominations for choot trustees adver- used im your paper, having deciined to be a candidate for erection. 1SaAC M, PHYFE, Fifteenth ward. THE QUESTION OF THR ELECTION DISTRICTS. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE BERALD. ‘The’ uascrupulous and corrupt men of both politcal parties who are endeavoring to defeat my re-election to the Board of Aldermen played their lest card ta a letter by Samuel T. Webster, one of the Counctimen, published in several of the Sun papers. The mere fact of such a-pubtication on the very eve of the eleo- tion, wheo the persons who were guilty of the trick eup- posed that {it could not be answered ip season to counter- act the injurious effect it was calculated to have with hose who know oeithor Mr. Webster oor mysoi!, should be auMcient to secure for it the condemnation of bonora- bie men. Those who are acquainted with Mr, Webster will not be surprised by his letter, or by the ungentio manly terms io whicb it ig couched; but as many wit see the letter who have Bo knowledze of either bim or 1 deem !t a duty to my friends and myself to expose tire (alzeness of his accusation. chargos that ao ordinance to make addt- districts. in the Tenth ward, wich election Uonat passed tHe Board of Councilmen, was referred in the Board of Aldermen to the Committes on Ordt- ances, and there smothered by me. In the battie I am mow fighting against Peter B Sween: and the corrupt imserests of which he is the type a represeotative, 1 am opposed by almost the entire power and patron of the city and county government, | have observed the notices of the Ordi Aldermen pave been wrongly published with came aschairman [ supposed it was @ mere mis! bus E was (oo busy to have it corrected. it Bow appears thad ublication of my name as the chairman of it committae was by design, a8 @ preliminary to this charge Alderman Shannon is obairman of that com- mittee, ang bad charge of that ordinance. The Tenth ward js mostly in bis Alderm: district, and entirely Mr Webster’s Councilmanic district. The ordimaace failed to pasa solely bocause of # difference on the subject between these two goutiemea. | bad no knowledge of the ordinance Neither Mr Webster aor apy other person ever spoke tome about it. Why did be not? It | was £0 import- ante member of the Board of Aldermen as he now pre- tends, it surety was bis duty to speak to me on the sub- ject. I could not know of the wants of the Tenth ward ules they were Communicated to me, Jt ie absolutely faige that soy ward bad ao insufficient number of elee tion districts through apy fault or neglect of mine. Me, Webster knows very weil tbat it was utterly beyond m: Power to accomplish the passage of the Tenth ward be obtrudes bimseli 10to the Twentieth ward this false charge against me. It surely ‘to do auything ro mean as to do it a6 the tool of Me, JOBN HARDY. that; but 18 18 ev Sweeny Yours, respectfully, Naw Yours, December 4, 1564. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘Tho Cunard mail sseamedip Asia, Captals Moodie, wilt loave Boston on Wedceeday for Liverpool. for Europe will close 10 this city a arter- 4 at balf-past five o'clock to-morrow after- noon. 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