The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,343, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1864. SHERMAN. | SHERMAN’S TRIUMPHANT MARCH. The Gallop Through Georgia. Forty-two Counties of the ‘Rebel Empire State Laid Waste. The State Capital Formally Surrndered to Ten Scouts, who Stampede Two Hundred Rebel Soldiers, THE COUNTRY STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING armernei: All the Railways Dostroyed ‘and Iron Burned. THE BATTLE OF GRISWOLDVILLE. Walcott Almost Annihilates Throo Rebel Biigades with Ono and Cap- tures the Rebel Commandor. Sherman Subsists on the Fat ef the Land and Does Not Lese a Wagen er Gun The Spoils of the Campaign 4,000 Prisoners, 15,000 Horses, 10,000 Wregroes, Thirty .Bieces of Artillery, &c. MILLIONS WORTH OF COTTON BURNED. . Sherman’s Total Loss Only Fifteen Hundred. STORMING OF FORT McALLISTER. The Garrison and Twenty-four Guns Captured. THE FLEET GOES UP TO THE NEW BASE. . The iege of Savan-= nah Opened. t4UTINY OF THE PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH! They are Beady to Give Up-—-Warehouses Throwa Gpen and All Told to Help Themselves, wre., &e. Ga, “The United States steam transport Fulton, Capt, Wot- ea, (rom Port Royal on the 18th, via Fortress Monroe «sm the 20th inst., arrived at this port yesterday morning, The Fulton touched at Fortress Monroe to land Lieu- teoant Colonel 0, F, Babcock, bearer of despatches from G0, Sherman to the War Department. Also Colonel A. B. Markiand, General Soerman’s mail agent, Savannah wan still in posseasion of the rebela. Ite worrender had not been demanded by Gen. Sherman up te the time of the sailing of the Fulton, Among the passengers per Fulton are Col. W, Gurney, ‘One Hundred and Twonty-seventh New York Volunteers, miveteen otber officers of lesser grade, who were wounded te the late batilo at Pocoteligo, South Caroling, and our “ore: pondents who accompanied General Sherman in his ‘maereh through Georgia. THE GRAND MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA, Oar Sxpeai ry Cor respendence, Fout SCALUsTER, Ocrnc nar Rive, } Deo, 1, 1864, ‘The winter cempaign of Sherman, which for tho past Qwo weeks bas caused #0 much anxiety in the minds of ‘he loysi people of the nation, and spread terror and sierm throughout thé contederasy, from Richmond to Arkansas, may 20w bo considered onde! for the present. To the casual observer its importance ia a military point ot view may not be at first arent, but a careful study the roule traversed, and the situdtion previous to ite Sanuguration, will exmibt the ‘act (bat Sherman's month vat raiding ip the confederacy has produced results even reater than that which followed the tall of Atlanta, I iproposs, brieily, te inform ihe reader of » THE OMNERAL MtrUATION, Previous to the commencement of this bold and an- Aacious movoment through the enemy's country, going ‘4s far back © the Commencement of tho spring cam. eit, Twill renew the sitvation aod record what seems to we to hovo jafvenced the recent movements of Shorman, 00 aeuming command of the Military Division of the Wiesiasippl, Sherman found Johnston in force at Naiton, | aod Longetrect wintering in East tenndesee, confronted by fehoteld, Batore the oampsiening season arrived ina gatreet withdrew, leaving but one large army (Jobn. Pon's) 1a the Southwest to be assailed, Military men ail Ayre thal the East Temcessee route to Virgiota is the moat (eanible mode of investing Richmond, by the cap. lore of Lynchburg, the key to whole miliary post. tion (io the Kast and [ betieve that Sherinan’s keon sagas sity pototed that But he had no alternative, With Au ormy of emy & hundred thoumind be could not hold tus joug line of supjiies from. Lou'syitle and protect MMidie Toncesseo from invaaiod hue oporating from haoxyuld, COomeanentie ba wan forced to follow Jubn- Routes of the Army from Atlanta to the Ailantic----The Investment of Savannah. EUL ies. QNNNETT & : ‘\ F TON iy i ALN ON RIVER 7 fi: i sow EOTHOMASTON = 4 CxS ” CRANEZJORD bes <a a {avons . re aN : - MVSOP CRE ee » NO B\B8 ra mee =" TAWKINS VILLE 2 ‘3B nwo ONAN LER ZE\¢ y ae (WVLKES | x , ie ad W—weree ssa. s0-—G8 ston into Georgia further and farther from his base, anti! Atlanta fell into our hands, amd Sherman found that Hood’s army was still formidable for mischief, With Atlonta we severed the railway communications for atime, butthe branch roads around Milledgevilleand Macon still enabled the evemy to draw qupplies from Florida, Southern Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, for ‘the subsistence of their armies, while it gave us one hundred and forty miles’ more of railway to guard against raids upon our flanks and guerilla depredations in the rear, ‘The further pursuit of Hood, consequently, seemed frought with davger and perplexity, and Sterman seems to bave studied well the problem how to shorten his line of supplies, and at the same time hold Chattanoogs, the key to Tennessee, The campaign of the summer had ended, Hood’s army being not less than thirty thou- sand, while the draft bad very largely swelled Sherman’s + ranks. It was, then that the great genius of the man solved the question; and this campaign was created and'worked out upon the map. The moment he could draw Hood away from his front, beyond the reach of railway communication with the rebel base Of supplies, Sherman saw that by dividing bis large army he could with the one wing keep Hood employed and by bold and rapid movements strike the coast and open up a ‘Rew line of supplies, via some of tbe large rivera, from which he could operate agatost the interior of Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, Ibave the best authority for saying that the subse. qient advance to the coast was of Sherman’s own concep- tion, submitted and explained by bim to General Grant and the War Department, and by them heartily ep- Proved. With the subsequent movement of Hood to Sherman’s Fear, the cutting of his communications, the apparent tardiness of Sherman in pursuit, and ths escape of Hood into Northern Alabama, the reader is familiar, and at the time, no doubt, felt like consuring Sberman for not showing more determination and eaergy Qgainst inferior numbers. But they must now see that thie was a part of Sherman’s well matured pian, While Hood was boldly pushing away from his base Sherman was gathering all his strength for a desperate Diow that was destined to break the outer shell of the Febeilion and expose its vitals, PREPARATIONS YOR THE MAROH, Sending the Fourth and Twenty-third corps to Thomas &sa nucleus for a new command, a new army wae or- qanized under that well tried general, and thon Sherman bade the North good bye, destroyed the railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga, refitted his army at Atlante and cut loose—deetination, the coast; object, a new base. Loading his wagons with sizteen days rations for a march of over three hundrod miles through an enemy's country, he first divides his command into four columns, marches via the Augusta and Atlanta Rail- way, destroys it in bis march as well as the road to Macon. While his right wiog threatens Macon the left cecuples the capital of the State and lays waste the railways, cotton mills, foundries and machine shops. In his march he subsists his armies upon the fat of the Isnd, branches off, threatens Avgusta, cuts the railway communication with Savap- mab; then rapidly turns south, croases the Ogeechee river, and concentrating his command covers his flanks with the t eams aod moves direct upon Savenoah and tho coast, completely destroying the railways of Goorgia, leaving not enough gubdsisteace behind him to winter a kid, invests Savannah, and ia (birty days from the tine be cut loose, opens up @ new line of aupplies with his base only ten miles from his army, And sil this marching of over three hundred and fifty miles throngh #n enemy's covatry is performed without the lose of @ wagon or mule, a gun or @ pound of ammu- nition, ‘The Intelligent reader will now see the importance of this campaign iv a military potut of view, With Georgia atrippedof all its surnmer crops, the rallwiye do- siroyed, Hood’s trmy oannot subsist upoa or occupy it until the return of another crop, aad with Thomas coo- from. ing him he canoot burry to the relief of Savannah and Charlesion, which are now totierlag to their down- fail. With a large army under Sherman and agraod navy under the gallant sea dog Dabigron threatoning them, thoir porsession by us if ooly a question of afew weeks, Bot it hos hed another important eect upon our com. mon enemy. & Of subsistence from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Missis- sippt and Texas, Thie raid of Bherman’s hag not only out every lino of communication with the Southwest, but Diotted out the machine shops and iron works that furnished the material for re. Pairing these rejiway artorics aod veins, Hence for the futuro Loo must depead entirely anyon the Caro. linge and Virginia for eubmatence for bis aruy, He may MeAVOR tO Invade Bast Lennessve end obtain supplies from that quarter, bat the with: al of any considerable force for that purpore would evdanger Richmond and open the gates to Grunt, ‘Inken as @ whole, Tam forced to tho conclusion that \ |Next day the corps; reached the Chattahoochee river, this campaign of Sherman’s own creation and execution is one of the most fruitful the war bas produced, !t is @ biow from which Davis and bis satellites will never recover; the effects cf which will be felt {rom one end of the country to the other. . But there is still another effect it will have, Tt demon. strates to European Powers the weakness of the rebels and the power of the national government to cope with armed treason and rebellion. But to the detailed narrative, which opens with TEE CONCENTRATION OF THE ARMY. Om the 11th the army was located as follows>-The ‘Twentieth corps at Atlanta, the Firteenth and Seventeenth corps at Powder Spring road, ou the Chattahoochee river, and the Fourteenth corps at Kingston,Ga, Sherman’s headquartersvere at the latter place, On the morning of the 12th the army commenced Concentrating around Atlanta. The Fourteenth corps, Brevet Major General Davi# commanding, remained at Kingston to cover the shipment north of the govern- ment property and rolling stock of the railway, and at noon of that day the Third brigade of the First division, Colonel H. A. Hambright, Seventy-ninth Pennsyl- venia, commanding, who, by the way, was the fires commandant at Kingston, moved out, and the place was evacuated. Notwithstanding that the Colonel took every precaution to prevent a wanton destruction of the place, the negroes, who brought up the rear, fired several buildings, which were con- sumed. The corps reached Cartersvilie at nicht, and, after provisioning the troops, the public property was destroyed, and on the following day (the 13th) Big Sbanty was reached, and the troops bivouacked for the night, and on the 15th Atlanta, CHATTANOOGA RAILWAY DESTROYED, Tho railway was torn up from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and ai] the bridges laid in ashes, as well as ry build. ing that could be of benefit to the enemy. The straggling negroes and cavairy destroyed quite @ number of uoio- habited houses, and, I regret to say, three or four eburches, On the 14th and 15th, the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps, under General How1rd, marched to a camp one mile south of Atlanta, to which point Slocum, commanding the left wing, moved on the morning of the 15th, leaving the city entirely empty, except a few citizens, who remained cattered over the city, preferring to dwell inthe city until the return to its ruins of their disloyal friends than to accept of free transportation to the land of ‘Yankee mudsills” and ‘Puritanical abolitionists.” The after. noon was spent in emptying the storehouses of clothing, commissary supplies, &o., and their transfer to tho per- sons ef the troops of the Fourteenth eorps. During the entire day Atlanta preseuted a very busy appearance, every street of importance being biockaded by wagon trains and mouuted oMocers and men. Quite a number of houses were fired during the day, and regular detailed parties from the Twentieth corps destroyed ail the public buildings of value to the enemy. GENERAL PARERMAN’S ORDERS TO RIS TROOPS, After the men had bivouackea for the night tho follow- ing orders, issued by General Sherman, wore read to the troops, and were greeted with :many manifestations of approbation by the veterans, who, in so many bivody batties, have followed the lead of Sherman:— ANERMAN’S ORDERS, Specias Field Orders—No. 119, BEERS, MILITARY DIVISION OF Mississirri, Fiasco, Krsaston, Ga., Nov. 8, 1864. ing deems it proper at this time jon of the Fourteeuth, Fit- at Twentieth corps, that ho baa organized them into an army for @ special purpore, woil known to the War Departmont aud to General Grant. |t is sufficient for you to know that it invuives a departure from our pretent bese, and & long and difficult march vo Anew ong. All the chances of war have been considercd and provided for as (ar ms baman aagecity can, all no asks of you is to maintsin that d soipline, patience and courage whieh have characterized you in'the past, avd ho hopes, through you, (0 strike « blow at our sueny that will bave a material eect in producing what wo all fo much desire—his complete overthrow, Of all things the most important i#, that the men, during marcnos and jn camp, keep thet » Sand not sortter about as atragglors Or foragers, to be picked up dy hositle peopie in deta I ts also of the atmost importance that our wagons Should not be losded with anything but provisions and ammunition, All Kurylus servants, non-combatants aod gees should LOW go to the rear, and none sbould be encouraged to @houmber va on the marci. At some future time we will be enabled to provide jor the poor Whites and blacks who seek to escape the boucaga wader which they &re now sullering, With there few simple cautions tn your winds, be hopes to lead you to sch everments equal tu impurtanve to those of the past, By order of * Major General W, T SUERMAN 1, M, Darrow, Aid. de camo, ( MiaTARY Devine, Mrasteerrrr In rem Fimty, Kixorton, Ga, Nov. 0, 1864 Speetal Pirld Orders— No’ 120, I. For the purpose of military eperatious this army ry divided into two wings, via— The right wing, Major General 0. O Howard command ing--the Fifteooth and Seventeenth corps | ine loft wing, Mor General HW, siooum commen fog-—the Fourtewoun and twentieth orp Il The habitual order of march wilt be praetionsle, by for Fomia, aR neKe par we aeities fod cou verging At polnta Horaaiter Ww be Indtieste | in dere, Tho cavalry, prigmajor General Ailatricw oom: | whenew ber ding, Pa receive special orders from the Command- er-in-Cbief. Paragraph Il. relates to the position in the line of the ambulaaces and wagons. IV. The army will forage liberally on the country dur- ing the march. To this end each brigade commander ‘will organize a good and efficient foraging party, under travelled corn or forag by the comms: of and forage at any distanoe from Power to destroy milis. houses, them this general priacipie and neighborhoods destruction of such pro ers shou'd order and enforce mainating, y the rich, who are generally hostile, and B@ icduatrious, usually neutral or friendly. parties muy also take mules or horses to animals of their trains, or toserve as pack mules for Tegiments or brigsdes. In all foraging, of what kind, the parties will refratn frot language, and may, when the officers in command thit Proper, pre certificates of the fact, but no receipts, they will e:deavor to leave each (amily a reasonable pot tion for their maintenance. bd bd By order of L. M, Dartoy, A. D. ©, ATLANTA ON FIRE, * yr General W, T. SHEXMAN, unexploded si hold, were being re-enacted. ON THE WAR TRACK 4GaIN, On the morning of the 16th, at daylight, the whole army once more took up the line of march—the Sevevteenth the Fourteenth with the railroad), with the Twentieth on the jeft and the Fif. I accompanied the columo the MeDonough road, (running peraliel corps on on the Augusta road teeoth on the right flanks, of the Fourteenth corps, which passed out through De- catur, and wl encountering any enemy, On the 17th the march was resumed at deylight, through @ country teeming im stock, yoretabies and grain, that were found jo abunds on all the large plantations that lined the route, This part of the State gives evidence of woalth and prosperity, and as wo moved further into the titerior the works of war's ray ages became jess frejuent. Te covery is quite open, well watered, good roads and dolightfa’ climate, About half-past nine o’clock in the morniug, conyers, a town of about five hundred inpabitants, was ri ed, but no helt was made, and the troops o tioued the march without tnterrupting tha ocittzens, who flocked im large numbers to tho abors and windows to sea the long expected and much feared Yankcos, and listen to tho music of & Roore of bands that eave forth their martial siraiae, Oniy one an was seon in the tows, Al! the others bad “ rera geod,” of tha obouy o 2 otagaically Oxpresved them A rebel feotovant, named Lewis A. Middieon, od a8 provost marshal at that place, loft vory borriediy} forgetting to call at the post office for several letters, which wore taken possersion of by an aid de-carnp, and turned over te Ganeral Sherman for examination. fhe ietters disclowed tha (act that the Georgia miliite ac- compautd Hood as far as Gadeten, Ala, when Govercor Brown ordered them back to (he State, where they ar rived on the 6b, after a march of pearly tye buodred milea One of the letters ts w ducing here:« A RewmL LRT Mosteower’, Anguet 18, 1844 My Dean Protmen—t hace deferred writiiy t a for viwet two weeks, dolly Noping tOgeba te « " y to voll ue whore you are and Low 00 fared during and ’ Yokoo raid bot i vaio ' ' , OV OU PhO My JaLler Rey or coMOMUe Yuu, Ln [Hgty commang of one or more discreet officers, who will gather any kind, moat of any kind, vegetables. corn meal, or whatever is needed alming»at all times to keep in the reas toast ton days = ions for the command three days’ fo diers not enter the ‘any trespass. but be permitted to and otber be dies, and to reguier tho gather a jhe road travelled. 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To army corps commanders alone is entrusted the , 008 8, &o., and for is laid down:—In districts ‘where the army is unmolested no ty should be permitted; but should gueriilas or bushwhackers molest our march, or should the inbabitants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise manifest local hostility, then army oommand- javastation more sr leas »place the jaded abusive or threatening “Now nogress night came solemn down’? upon the city, and as the flames spread from the public buildings and the depot that bad been fired the whole heavens became illuminated by the lurid glare, while the js in the dwellings and storehouses became heated, and as they exploded in rapid succession one almost imagined that the scenes of August jast, when one hundred thousand heroes confronted the rébel atrong- Standing upon an eminence overlooking the doomed city, I bad an excellent view of the conflagration, and bad I bebeid so grand a sight, As night waned the gentle breezes carried the destroying element from house to house, and biock to block, until one-half of the rebel City was in flames, the glare of which was so bright that the soldiers a mile distant read their last letters from home by the fight Next morning I rode over the city among the ruins, where nothing remained to tell the tale but tottering walls and Diackened chimneys, that, liko gravostones, stood there as monuments of depurted glory, game evening encamped in Lithonia—a small town twenty miles goutueast of Atianta—without | retreat I scarcely ‘know where or how to direct this. Mary is down ut Greenville on a visit to Mise Kiug, where she has been over two weel t for her health, which bad been very bad ing and summer. She writes me that she bas improved and is enjoying herself very much; but mo wonder, for abe says she gots 80 well fed; that no one at Greanville seems to feel the but live in fall and plenty, as they did before: izh Margaret King always did live well; but she has her money and nothing to do with it but suppor hersel We had a terrible alarm the night the raiders were expected in Montgomery. This is the most excitable family the world ever produced, from the Judge down to the smaliest negro child in the lot, Words of mine would fail to give you an idea of the time we bad. Sufficient to Sey, tess the Ludee snatched up tM and —_ ’ w down to 1 take care of bix own preciuus sel, Tmaere tant we all sbould follow as the first alarm bell, &c. Such a scene F rSecapea t ren ae aad without stopping to reflect, I jumped out o meticed gathering together my clothes, for | waa deter- mined to try and save them, as | never expected to get any mere) and where to got trunks or boxes to pack in I koew not. Sol was up the whole night long, flying and there, balf dressed, and six o’ciock came .in the morning before I even sat down. Of course my servants wore of no use whatever, and the Judge’s, whom he thinks agons, were in open rebellion, What influence they ould have bad op aa wheo the time came to leave T Fortunately they were not tried, as the but when the excitement was fect, I thousht bow fooleh it was in me to worry about running away any more, esve- cially with Judge Jordam; for, in avy great danger, he is ® broken reed to lean upon -self is No, 1. and I have re- solved berea‘ter to just etey wher: mm, and only regret that I was indaced by the entreatics of the Juage to jeave my all in Pensacola, not that I would huve takeo the Yankee oath. Selflzh motives were at the bottom th the Judge. I hope | may do him injustice. ‘Iheday after ti 1m T was taken with a violent, nervcus pain in my bead, which seemed to get worse daily for about ten days, ‘until I suppose the climax come, and ben such excruciating pains run down the back of my bead and neck that was senseless for some time. A powerful remedy was administered—opiates and quiet—and in a few dayslwas myself ugain. In any great alarm, or I composed and do ailithat I od prostrates to stand my and, com- reaction comes me. But after 1 think 1 shail bi ground und take the Yanks as I find them. Now, ! have Teserved the Lenn- bouche for the last. On Monday, greatly to my surprise, a letter came from the port office, direcied to Mary. It’ was so like your haadwriting, though from Wilinington post office, that [was sure ib was from you, and, while broxking the seal, wondered how you came to be there, Just think’ ! was a block- ade lotter from dear Peyton, written eve of January—ouly seven months since. rived at Panama and found in the post oftics they letters from Mary aod one trom you, dated, I t said, 22d of Joly. It seems he bi at two years His honiti seeking and traveliiug about to various fo search of a climate to guit Oim, found that New York was the only place. intention was to ov Dixie, but eould not succeed; and af burg had to give up. Some of his go to got him in Fort Lafayette, but falled, al; Dut it takes a ted to he should go to Nt OF perhaps accompany write and let us know; etched, for tl and afte in York, and he would-iorward them to bim, no matter in what part of the world he was. I have lost and forgotten his di rection, I know it was a Mr. et, but or tbe Do you now, though i 1 write | don’t see how we can g: er to him: aod as #0 much time has pasved he may Writo us soon es you can, The servants ray, “Give their love to Massa lewis.” Goodby. is ever the prayor L'il adopt Peyton bould fail tuto ov jt remember? lan and not Aiqu my name, in caso hands, Love to Mary when you he afternoon of the 17th was spent in destroying the Atlanta and Augusta Raliway from Conyers to Yellow river, whero Davia’ column baited for the night, and Colone! Buell, of the Pioneer corps, threw down poutoons, upon which the army crossed on the following moraing THR RROMIS APPRAR 1 OUR FRONT. To day tho First brigade, First division, Colonel Hobert commanding, bad the advance, with Major Box, of the Twenty -firet Michigan, in command of the advance guard. While riding in advance of bis command, he was sud deniy confrouted by a rebel eavairymab, who demanded his surrender, Tbe Maj t was ubafmed und vn the point of enrrendering whou his regiment appeared in sight, aud the rebel end bis compunions, woo had come up, re treated without taking the Major, AN ADVANCH UY TH LADUE. Op the 18th the army moved at helf-pact six, the First division in the adeance, and the Seventy-oinch Penuayt varia, Llentenant Colonel Miles, the advanced guard. ‘The fret piaeo of Importance encountered was the beauti ful Liste towa of coviNGrow, noted, as geographors say, for its water power aad pretty Worst, As Ham bright’ brigade eotered the town the Lan. contort (Peno,) baad struck up “Dixie’s Land,’ wheo two hundred women rushed to the ptazzas and duors to view the Yankee invaders of whom they had so ofteo read. heory stodow aad door swarmed with blooming war widows, tstoly mairons and shy virgins ia bomeepua acd coarse Une, But whea the band had faisbed “Dixie” aod broke off on «Yankee Duodlo,’ om, what ® The pioguas were cleartd of thelr beeutifut ia wots, windows cand? dowa with @ viam aod doors wed very abruptiy, aotil noe @ (ait face was visibie, iho (touws ae they)=— moved «ay thy right | shoulder PRICE FOUR CENTS. sbift, the State amt pational colors fivvwg im the silken Southera breez, and the nicely paved streets resounding to the tread of tue sol- Giers of tbe Union, presented an imposing appearance, Rot sovn 10 be obliterated (rom the memuries of the gp- delious sympath aera with Davis and the Dewi, The co ums encamped at eleveu o’ciock A. M near Allacnevie river, distaut (eu mils aorte of social Cireie, and halted for the day. VORAGING PARTING Were sent outin the afternoon, and at night returned to camp with a large amount of fine stock, graim and vege- tables, THE RIGRY WING. To-night (18th) Howard’s (right) wing is encamped af Jackson, and has met no enemy, Slocum, on the left, is Paralie! with Howard, and uss ond vo dybting, sur MeADUARTERR, General Sherman mrkes his beadquarters wit Thomas’ veterss corps, now commanded by Brigadier General Jef U. Davi, SHYRMAN TASTES SORGHUM, Many little Incidents ocour daily that go to show @ leader like Sherman can wake biaself familiar with bis soldiers, and stitl reiain their coniidence and miintala thorough disctpling A colonel commending a régiment, who witnessed it, ioforma me that to-day @ number of soldiers who wore filling their canteens from @ molasses barrel, neer Sherman’s hevdquarvers, were quarreling over the division of the ayrup, wuen Sherman passing vy cooly crowded in umong them, and dipping his dager ia {t put it to bis tips, remarkiog, “Don't crowd, buys, there ‘is enough for ali.”’ A PLANTATION SCORN. About six miies south of Coy ngton we struck the plantation of Juiye ‘jirris who s@ Massachusetts mam and owns over two hundred pegroes. Lae plantation is one of tho most exteasive in Central Georgia for the Production of cotton and sarials of all descriptions. As tho column m ved past tho Third brigade First division band struck up @ quick step, when from the village of nogro huts the dusky sous of Ham swarmed forth in large numbers aud rushed to the fences. Arich scene ollowed. Toe negroos—men, wo- men and children—struck off into a dance, swinging themselves round and twisting themselves Into grotexjue ghapes that calied forth peais of laughter from the sol- diery, while shouts of “Glory be to de Lord, de Lincom’s hab come!” * Won't we go long wii yous |)? “Ize of to glory 1? Brose de Lord)? were heard on all sidea, They followed the troops for half a mile, m.king the alr resound with their exclamatious of gladuess, until driven back to the rear, ANUIHER RENKL ATTACK. On the 19th the column moved at daylight, Morgan’s division leading, Baird pext and Carlin covering the Feary The column took the Sandtown rogd, and when out about three miles, were dred upon by a few rebel scouts, who retreated, WET WEATHRR AND BAD ROADS, Up to this time wo had beautiful weather, but at duyiigut the roads wore found almost impassable from the rain that had fallen im tor- rents during the night, Nevertheless, nine miles were made through @ pouring rain, and we evcamped at eight O'clock in iho evening three miles south of Sundtown, On the 20ih the command moved at the usual hour, rain still falling, and the roads in a horrible coudition. About neon we arrived at Shady Dale, the plantation of an old mau named Matidew Whiifleid, who owns oearly the whole of Putuam county, aod an abundance of stock and crops, There we found ANOTHER VILLAGE OF NEGROES, who worked the large piantation upom which Mr. Whit- field resided, and where apother scene sinilar to that enacted at Harrie’ greeted she men. Doub twenty-five women followed the column a mile, und were driven back by the staff officers. Nearly all the male negroes went with tho army voluctarily, At night the command encamped near Eatonton, and om the morning of the 21st resumed their march, making MURDER CREEK before night closed in upon them and rendered marchiog over muddy roads and swollen rivers too dangerous 10 be attempted, 1ue country through which we passed wag the garden of Georgia, the plantations furniabing am abundance of everything necessary for the subsistenne of man and beast, which was very generally appropriated ‘by the foraging parties, who obtained 50 mach potato apd moat that tue commissary wagous wore not called, upon to disgorge a portien of their bard tack and bacon, TOR ARMY TRAMS bad become thoroughly rajuvinated by the acquisition of hundreds of fine mules captured from the wealthy se bobs who had nidden them in the woods, where they were lound by the ald of the negroes, Some of the fines? horses I have seen in the South, were also impressed into the United States service. BOWELL COB’! AG’? GOBBLED. Among the blooded stock captured was General Howell Cobb’s celebrated pacing mare, that cont $25,000. She wag found in @ swamp near Milledgeville, by private Wolter Burns, Company F, Tweuty-first Ubio, whe, tenos twelve days after, was captured while riding her end murdered. He was acting as orderly, aod wh.» bis com- panions dug open bin grave they found that the enemy had cut his throat after shooting him through tie head, THE APPROACH TO MLLEDGRVILLE. The rain cleared off om the 20:h, and the qpld north wiods came down \ike good apirite to wid the onward march of the victors by drying up the roads aud reliew, ing the frithot friend of the soidjer—tbe mule, Thq bracing wind and warm aun were bulm tothe tolling veterans, whose clothes (or four days bed been dreuched with Georgia rains and mud, and as they were near Milledgeville—the capital of the Sta.e—where was parsed tbe ordinance of secession, increased apeed was plainly disceruable in the movement of the men. At twelve o’cioek nuon, Davin’ advance, composed of Baird's divisiow, eacamped in the city, and by dark whe woods and shrubbery around the city were !!inmiaated by the camp fires of Sherman’s grand army of ‘ine vaders.’” But let me bore dwell a moment upoa the OFRRACIONS OF THE TWYNTIATH CORPS, which formed the left, aud moved from Atianta ons road parallel with Davis’ route, through Decatur, Madi- sou, Eatonton, &c. General Williams, of Michigae, corms manded the corps; Jackson, the Firet, Geary, of Peansyl« vanii, the Second; and Ward,of Kentucky, the Third divisions, The corps made exceiieat time from Atiasta to Milledgeville, encountering no evemy, aot even fricg ashot, except at ventureseme swine aud cattle whe strayed too post foraging parties, NEW YORK PLANTS IT OOLORS ON THB CAPTTAL Major Gecerail siocum, the weil tried commander of tha left wing, accompanied the corps, waich moved on a better road than tas travelled by Dari, aad reacped the city one day in advance of him, planting upon the State House of Georgia the nattonal colors of the One Mundrek and Fourth New York regiment, which regiment, with the Third Wisconsin, whe fought iu the Vailey of Vire Ginia uuder Bauks, were detailed as provose guard. These, however, were Hot ibe drat troops to euter the capital Tbe news that “Old Ligbtning’’ ( ie cow applied to Sherman) was coming( spread jiko the wind, 4 on Saturday Governor Browa aud the Logisiature, which was in sexsion, packed up their yailses and Yamosed the raocke, leavigg about 1.000 rebel cavalry to cover their rr to Augusta, where (Ley baped to flud rest (or their wearied (eet, CIty CaPrURED BT SCOUTS. | Thecavalry left the seme ight, aud oa Saoday, the 20/h, Captaln Donean rut into town ov @ alry clarge, frightoving the old ny who ocoupied the Mayor's chair into a surrender aad stampeding ail (he taale popilation, with a small equad of tea men, One rebel lady, whose husband iy @ hich official 1a the Stato, and whose fam‘iy is among the bon ton, described (be surrender in the following wore “Boly on o aternocon five Yankees sooote came dashing p+!) ell into (he town, whom the men— the musa, craveo-bearted wretches, fully two bundrod atrong—skedaddiod, leaving our baby Mayor to go out and, quereoder the piace uucouditionaliy % ave greaiy Yam. koes, (oa milea {n Advance of their army, Ob, the crow are moan, chicken-hearted wrevwhes, ead the Mayor a pafted ap vid fool, tad 1 been ia town I'd collected) al the women aod drivea the skanks out with op nandics aod vroom sticks.” This isthe whole story in @ ootehel, The @aven. hearted biveds of the masculing’ gend-r ram aWEy God. tender morciea of the jot thor wives to bho Yankees, who, they have time and again asserted, Grane vere (0 favieh, bore aud pluater todigorieminately, — THe RAUL CAPITA SEES eee | Wea vory protiy little gitn. cayanle of cones ‘. vag Le