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THE SONG OF SHEBWAN’S ARMY.
' u ‘ A pillar of fire by nipbt, ■ - ‘
i < A pillar of smttka by day, ;
Koine hours of march —then a halt to fight,
And so we hold bur way.
Cflojtua—gome hours of inarch, &c:
V : - Over mountain, and plimanfi stream,
} . .j; To some hrizht Atlantic bay, , . -, t
V \Yith our arms anablf in the raorningheain.
' •• We bold ou'r festal way. (p
Chorus -Wi h our aims aflash, &<?.
There is terror ofhdrever we corner
r . There is verier and Mild dismay,
When they see tire Old Flag and hear the drum
1 Announce ui iou the wty. j J
, Cnoaca—'Whea they see the Old Flag, Ac.
it Never uulimber a gun
For those villainous lire* in gray,
Draw sabres l and at ’em, upon the run !
• a ~ ’Tis ttuis we clear our way.
j Cnoaca-Dra W sc. _ _
\ j The loyaV who long have been dumb,
i Are loud in their cheers to-aay;,
1 And the old me® An their erutebes dome,
• To see us hold our waj.>
Cboeos—And the old men cot, &c,
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j Around us, in rear and flanks.
Their futile squadrons play;
I With a sixty mile front of steady ranks,
! We hold oar checkless way.
j Cuoßob—W ith a sixty mile irOrft, &c.
| Hear tic spattering fire that starts
From the wpods and Copses gray ;
fT here is just enough fighting to tprickcn our hearts
As we frolic along the way!
I Cjsobcs—There is just enough fighting, &c.
| Upon different roads abroad
The heads of our celurahs gay,
f r With fluttering flags, all leeward pressed,
Hold on their conquering way.
< baoßtrs—With fluttering lias** &c.
Ah, traitors ! who braggdl so bold / •
1 l ln the sad war’s early d*y, ,i 1
Hid nothing predict you §4a>ljd
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SAVANT AH, GA., WEDNESDAY,' JANUARY 11, 18(55.
tleTOan.Vho 16ft Savannah just before it was sur
rendeiedi into tho hands of the .enemy. The
works around the city were very strong, and tire
place, in ’all probability, would have been held
had it hot been iter the fyh of Fort. McAllister.--
The usual garrison of Fort McAllister numbered
about one hundred and twenty-five men. A day
or two before its fall, however, six huudred more
troops were sent to their aid. By its fall, we
lost between 700 and B(>qmen. The fort was at
tacked on the north side by (Sherman’s forces. It
is now known that if the fort had been as strong
on the land skle as it was oil the M ater side, it
never could h .ve been captured.
After Sherman had captured the fort, he com
municated with ihe fleet and procured a bounti
ful supply of ammunition. Sherman also trans
ferred heavy guns from Fort McAllister to a posi
tion from which he could shell the city, m case
hie wished.
No demand was made for the surrender of the
city till Saturday. On that day he demanded the
unconditional surrender of the city. Gen. Beau
regard in substance informed him that lie knew
the way to the city and could take it if he was
able,. Beauregard left the city on Saturday,—
The 1 residents of Savannah did not*expect that
the city would be captured, and they, were total
ly unprepared for this result, Auid but Very few of
them succeeded in getting aMtj'-J Those who did
were obliged to leave most of vneif effects behind.
The best order was maintained throughout the
Entire siege. All whiskey was loeked up, and the
stills were all seized by the authorities. Four
local companies were assigned to police duty,'and
kept lawbreakers quiet. .One pr two small fires
occurred, but little property was damaged. All
the rice oft plantations in the vicinity of the city
fell into, the ,bands of the Yankees. Some esti
mate the amount at 500,000 bushels.
The Confederate Government succeeded in re
moving jpost of its store. Tho main loss sus
tained Dy it was the loss of siege guns about the
place and gunboats. The pontoon bridge across
which our troops passed was built at the foot of
one of the streets of the city. During the siege,
several attempts to destroy our communication
on the Carolina side w ere made, all of which
proved futile.
S2lik>t4 wasdnhhe pity on Monday. Our
informant does.not know .<u.
A large portion of the Central Raffooad care were
sent down the Ssyau»ah and Gulf Railroad be
-1 fore that line was interrupted. Both (printing of
fices in he city /ell into the hands of the Yan
kees. Both editors left before the capitulation.
Sneed, of the Republican, left early last week
with the Government funds, of which he was the
custodian. Mr. Smith, of the News, did not leave
Until Monday night.
(From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. 29.)
The reader will find in another column the
enemy’s, boastful account of the bloodless occu
pation of Savahuah. If it be true that he found
there thirty three thousand bales of oottou stored
in warehouses, it is a painful story. Savannah is
a town full of Yankee merchants and Jews ; the
cotton probably belonged to them, and we may
be sure that they left ho stone unturned, no ap
peal nutried to prevent ft foom being destroyed;
The excuse for not burning it probably was that
the Conflagration would have consumed the
Pup*- <R,a*-eftvannali had better be in ashes than
pnYankee possession. The selfish proprietors
of the cotton probably gained nothing—the Yan
kee would not miss its confiscation.
NORTHERN NEWS.
New York Dates to Jan, sth,
We are indebted to Purser Fred. W.
Ely, of the steamer Arago, for our full
files of Northern papers to January 2.
By! >thd politeness of Mr. Rico, of xYdaros
Bxfprefc, we have a New York Herald of
sth-L A.< ' ).■<:>. •'j . ;•> •}'
A We mafee extracts containing the most
flßpoitanl iitws. I .'1
•jj. the ijeravld, Jru. 2d-i
' It is &ua that the important repel
movement Witicu is ttf the
'wdHop’ afed wh&n hfld heek so mysteri-
OUtfly'WlndoclMo Richmond pa
pert) is dfcsigfced W.oonsiaf; of »a grand
all the
rebel military forcqft rand amarjeh thence
lino' ‘ NoratfriV fctpcsi. ‘' ere they
'a'*peace oF^dle
in/ Y .71 dlTL'l A) o') .oT vil‘l
had retume<Fto
Fortress Monree on Friday last.
During the siege of Nashville by Hood
we were cut off from news from the im
portaut post gs Murfreesboro’, where the
rebels ufider Forrest and Bate have been
ncrAl Housstswi. This mom
fug we a full account. December
4, M-hroy relieved the besieged
garrison at Overall s creek, ami on the
7th, with fw > small bligadea, attaeked
Batc’i entire rebel division, and, afU*r a
sharply coat* stod engagement of nearly
an hour’s deration, carried his breast+
works and captured two pieces of his
artillery and nearly two hundred prison
ers. At the same time General Rousseau,
at the head 4f two hundred cavalry, stir
prised and routed Buford’s division of
Forrest’s cavalry, driving them from the
town of Murfreesboro’ and compelling the
rebels to raise the siege. The principal
part of the fighting was on the old battle
field of Stone river.
The steamer Gahawba, which arrived
here .yesterday from New Orleans apd
Key West, Drought us further important
news regarding the progress of the expe
dition under General Gordon Granger,
which left jSast Pensacola, Florida, on
the 15th uit On the luth of December
General Granger was at Franklin creek,
Jackson county, Mississippi, only thirty
miles from Mobile, having met with but
little opposition. The rebels in Mobile
are busy day and night in endeavors to
blockade the water front of that city,
sinking large scows filled with old iron
and bricks, j The rebel ram J&eoville,
from Selma, was expected to come down
the Alabaiaa river to Mobile shortly.
THE EXCHANGE QV PRISONERS
, A Tinges Washington correspondent
says 1 •> !' :j; ; .Oil
Covode, who has been for
several days lu coniotvut with tpe au
thorities about the exchange of prisoners,
left for his home this evening. He had
several interviews with the' President,
the Secretary of War and Col. Mulford
on the subject of an early resumption of
the exchange, and received from them
the assurance that, as soon as a few pre
liminaries could be arranged, the ex
change would be immediately resumed.
This will be welcome tidings to the coun
try as well as to our suffering heroes in
the South.
As soon as certain intelligence is re
ctived from Savannah, which is
daily expected, Col. Mulford will be sent
to Richmond to complete the arrange
ments necessary to secure the exchange
of all our prisoners.
Mr. Covode visited Annapolis yester
day, and passed through all the hospitals
there. He represents that great mortali
ty, consequent upon their treatment in
the South, continued among our returned
prisoners.
[From the N. \. Herald, January 8.l
General Thomas’ army is in motiop.—
The sick and wounded have been sent to
Nashville,- and preparations made lor an
active campaign. It is said that news of
General Thomas’ operations will hereaf
ter come from anew direction. The
most of the remnant qf Hood’s rebel
army was still horth of the Tennessee
river, which it was unable to cross, at a
vory recent date, i ; • i ’
Mr. Simeon Draper, Collector of this
port, sailed for Savannah yesterday, to
take charge,on behalf of the government,
of the cotton captured in that city. Col
onel Julian Allen arrived here yesterday,
in the capacity of agent of the Mayor
dnu Common Council of Savannah, with
the permission of General Sherman, to
purchase supplies of food, to the value of
fifty thousand dqUare, for the people of
W be pkM fb*
maniclpal authorities
dPffefe* ns iii nni
The decision of the Canadian court 1(1
the case of the re-arrested St. Albans raid
ers is expected to be given in a few days,
when it is supposed that they will be
discharged on the point now raised. In
that event they are to submit to a trial
on thy. merits of the case. At a mectiiii
oi the Montreal Common Council oa
Tuesday night a resolution was adoptafl
censuring Chief of Police JUmofhe far
his conduct iff connection with the raid*
era. and accepting his resignation. 1 ' *
The Richmond Examiner and thte Senw
tinel have recently been discussing th#
question whether it would be better fur
the rebels to submit to the au
thorities of the United States or to Ixh
come subjects of some strong European
Power. Tho Examiner says that th#
Sentinel’s proposition to claim the pro
tection of England or Franco originated
with Jeff*. Davis, and had its birth in a
panicky mind.
Washington, Jan. 4, 18C5.
The question as to the proper disposi -
tkm of the* twenty-three thousand bale#
of gotten recenUy captured at Savannah*
and the additional supplies which may b#
expected to be gathered in Georgia and
elsewhere, now. engages the attention and
consideration of prominent officials. Th#
Ckroniele recommends the exportation
to Europe of the cotton captured at Sa
vannah, and estimates that u million ot
bales, or more, may be obtained within
the rebel lines. This policy, it states*
would transfer the balance ot trade andt
course of exchange to this country, and
turn the tide of the precious metals uithi*
direction.
General McCallum, Director and Gen
eral Manager of Military Railroads, haft
been ordered to despatch a of 018,
cers and operatives to take ctftsge of that
railroad stock and property eaptured uU
Savannah, and, in coujuirallßi with thea
officers of the Quarternnurti-r’s Depart-*
went In the Department of the South*
make flit arrangements necessary foY
their efficient repair and use in the opera*
tions in Carolina and Georgia*
“Hullo, stranger!” said m* fToosier
to another, “you appear to iratttlUnr*
e ®> {“lwaji travel \fhen mi H jour
n7' M Unnk l hav <• seen you sum©*-
where. “ Very likely i have often been
there. And pra ,r what might your
name be?’ “It might be Sam Patch,
but it isu t, by a jong slide.” “ Have you?
been long in Uese parts?” “ Never any
longer than nt present, live feet eiae.’’
“Do you get anything new ?” “ Yea, £
bought i* new whetstone this morning. **
“1 thought so, you’re tiie sharped, blade
rve seen on this road.'”
“ ‘.zzse: V,/. 1 w *
Tall Stoky.— They are bragging of $
tall soldier among the Koval Scots p’uai
iier Guards, who is (> feet 7 1-2 inches
high and proport ionably stout. Such a
man as this is but a trifle compared with
a man in a Maine regiment, wbo was bo
tall that he could nt be measured with
anything but a ten foot pole and was em*
ployed to Idt the sharpshooters up iut#
the trees.
5 I r is reported that Stephen K. Mallory,
ex-Unifed. States Senator and the hfca£
man of .led- Davis’ Bureau of Piracy or,
(iu rebel parlance; “Navy ldptmftvymt*
has absconded from the Conk deracy artrl*
is in Paris. ‘ ,r , aaea
*' ’ ,' I,f 1 "*“
The Albany Knickerbocker rivoMBIPS
following rebeipif to kill tUfn i
boarding' Ikm** pie; e\it
slices; and lay -it wherpthe
have full Access4o, In BBTOjjPmRiTi ,
minutes thq >yhpl<ical>odilfcfl£f
W’deid with the ttUuftntffM «*l ba»
*r? **£-*£? *»m*n**"*M
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btcujwnaifef)
Jenkins, help yourself to the bacon. i)pn x
be afraid of it.” “No, indeed, madam—*
I’ve seen a piece twice as large, and it
did not scarce me a bit. ’
i PRICK ;
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