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From Sherman's Army

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
November
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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JNew ïurk, Nov. 23. The Herald's Washington special says Advices rucoived hero to day froin Oen Sherman's army, show tliat !,e wis, on' the lijth instacit, wituin thirty milei of Macon, and it ia beliuved that by thii tiuue he has possession of tbe. place. He has thus i'ar Biet with but little oppogj. tioo, and bis campaign 3 progrejsing with all tho success tliat could be desircd. The Tima' Washington special iatThe latest intelligencu iroai öhennn reporta l'.im within twenty-five mile of Macon, bis march uuoppo9ed. We my therefore look for the aunouncsment of the capture of that place any hour. li,. con ia 104 miles froin Atlanta, and on of the centres of the great raiiroad syj. tem of Georgia lts capture will foro, the firsl of the seriea of brilliaut resulu to be hoped for from Sherman'a grDd eampaign. Tbe latest intelligence representa Gen, Hood, with two corps, nuuiberiug togetber about 35,000 nieu, to be still iñ ta() vici.'iity of Florence, Alabama, on tbs Teuneesee Kiver. Thore are reporti that Diek Taylor had joiued bim witli an additional force of 10.000. Hi I. teat morements do not indícate any j. tention of offensive operations. Beauregard, with the rebel Genend Stuart'a corps, was stil) at Corioth, Mii. sissippi, when last heard from. Gen. Thomas, co;nmitnding the Union array, designed to check Bfood'a advance, is rapidly concentrating' bis force9 u thoneb disposed to make an attack on tbe rebels iu some direction. We now learü that there was only ooe building in Jobnsonville, Tennessee, deatroyod. Tbe place is tttill held by división of Union trorps. Tbe rebel Gen, Breclmiridge is sniliécted of a desire to march from Eist Tennessee on an invasionary eiptJitioo into Keutucky, and Gon. Eurbvidge i making rapid Oisposition of kiafotcesto preveüt the movement. Washington, Nov 23. The Repullican of tbis afternoon hi the followvng : We are permitted to announce that the Richmond papers of yesterday (Tueaday) morning, 22d, contarn dspatcheí fruni Macon, tbat op Sunday last Gen. Sberuiau was withio eighteen miles of that place, marchingoa the city. Tt is believed in high military cjuarters that before this Macon hu fallen. Information considered reliable ha been received. that the city wasouljgirrifoned by Georgia urilitw, oompoied chiefiy of old men and boys, and that no ntteujpt would bo made to defecd t, fearing that its destruction would follow, No reports from Richmood papers of to-day hnving bceu reccived, tbeinference is confirmatory of tbe abbvoptobik. bility.

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