Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-21


The Richmond Whig of Wednesday has
been received. The following is the most
interesting part OF its news:
Breckinridge Is not only Intellectually
great, but he is as brave as the bravest, and
seems to have learned the art ofwar by intui-
tion. Like Forrest he Is ever able to accom-
plish what others deem impossible. In East
Tennessee he has at single blow swept
away the prestige Of what the Yankees
claim as great victory. The following
dispatch received at the War Department
last night, speaks for ITSELF and hardly
needed the brief preface we give it:
"IIEADo'Rs ARMY OF NORTHERN VA.l
November l5.
'.Hon. James A. Seldom, Secretary of War:
General Breckenridge reports that on
the night of the 18th he turned Bulls Gap,
when the enemy attempted to retreat
About o'clock on the 14th, with Vaughn's
and Dukes commands, he struck their col
umn and routed it. Several hundred pris-
oners, ten stands of colors, six pieces of ar
tillery, with caissons and horses complete,
fifty loaded wagons with teams, and ambu-
lances with medical supplies, were cap
ltured." ~
Gen. Hood is in motion, and his destina-
tion is thought to be East Tennessee. On
the other hand, we have reason to believe,
from the best information that has reached
us, that Sherman designs evacuating At
lanta entirely. The larger portion of his
force is reported already moving toward
Selma, Alabama, and if this be true, Mo-
bile must be his destination. Apropos to
this conjecture, we learn that an immense
fleet of transports, laden with stores, has
arrived in Mobile Bay, which looks as if a
M of of ri W
day in that quarter. We have, upon the
above hypothesis, the most singular fea-
lures of the war, that is, of two large ar
mics passing each other by sort of flank
movement and moving in an opposite di-
rection. Sherman may be shrewd bank
er, stubborn fighter, and prospective can
didate for Presidential honors but we ven-
ture the prediction that he has been woe
fully out-generaled this time. We shall
soon see. The Situation is certainly increas-
ing in interest in North Georgia.
The Richmond Examiner of Tuesday, and
Wing of Wednesday, have lengthy editorial
articles on the situation of public affairs, as
influenced by the reelection of Mr.. Lincoln
to the Presidency for another four years.
Both accredit him with the powers of a
military despot, accompanied with dispo-
sition to use them, and it is little curious
that both OF them agree in drawing from
this assumed fact conclusions by no means
reassuring to their cause. His species of
government, the Wing says, is not the best
possible for the preservation of liberty
Perhaps it is the most formidable of all
others for the prosecution of offensive war.
Abraham Lincoln can command at mo-
ment's warning, and in spite Of remon-
STRANGE and resistance, the services of every
individual in his huge empire. That he
will command as many of them as he may
think necessary for his purpose of reducing
us to slavery, does not admit of moments
doubt. The writer then proceeds to con-
slider the measures appropriate to the crisis
and the best means of preparing to resist
against the bulwarks of the Confederacy.