East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-10-19
The Situation in Georgia.

From the Richmond Whig. Oct Z.
Although the enemy is laundering
at our very doors, and our whole at
tention might, therefore, naturally be
supposed to be concentrated upon our
own position; yet oar eyes are con-
stantly attracted to Georgia.
The Yankee General Sherman, fol-
lowing in tho footsteps of all his prede-
cessors, by dint of lying and exsgge-
ration, induced the whole Yankee ma
ton to believe that he had gained
victory over Hood at Atlanta which
was final and decisive. To such an
extent did that peculiar people indulge
the delusion thus creatsl, that day
Of thanksgiving was ordered by Lin
coin as for a great national triumph.
The infection spread beyond the bor-
ders of Yankeedom. Our own peo-
ple took il, and the o1ect upon them
was, as might have been expected, ex-
actly the reverse Of what it was upon
their enemies. An unreasonable de-
spondency porvaded the Confederacy,
whose people, Notwithstanding their
experience Of Yankee exaggeration,
give too much credit to their mon
strous and incredible fabrications: 1t
was firmly believed that the army of
General Hood had been, if not ami
hilated, badly crippled at Atlanta,
that hereafter It would be able to Of
for no successful resistance to the ad-
vance Of Sherman, and that that hero
had only to choose whether he would
advance upon Savannah and Charles
ton by one line, or Montgomery and
Mobile by another, being perfectly Sc
cure against meeting oiiectual resist
ance, whichever he might think prop
or to select. So small success was,
We verify believe, never so prodigious-
ly magnified even by the Yankees
For, in point Of fact, while Sherman
was where he was, the actual possess
sion Of Atlanta was VI no value 10 Us,
POLITICAL OF stragetic, while in the bat
tie we did not lose two thousand men,
and killed and wounded double the
number we lost.
To the surprise Of our own psople,
and, we doubt not, to the amazernent
of the Yankees, that army, which was
represented few weeks ago as utter
ly annihilated, has given signs ofgreat
vitality by boldly taking the initiative,
passing entirely around Sherman 5
right flank, establishing itself upon
his rear, and entirely cutting Off his
communication with Chattanooga, and
all that lies west and north Of it. -
We characterized the movement yes
tsrlay a. bold and critical. If it re-
suits as we have reason to hope, the
consequences will be beyond the reach
of calculation. In the meantime, we
would remsik, that great results are
never produced without corresponding
hazards, especially in war. If We
will not be content with anything less
than great successes, we must mako
up our minds to encounter great risk
in obtaining them. Our army is III
critical position, it must be owned
but in what sort of u position is Sher.
man's2 Lot MS see what it is.
He is I and around Atlanta at the
present moment. He is supplied from
Chattanooga, considerably more than
one hundred miles off. The supplies
come by single railroad track which
crosses the Chattahoochie considera-
bly, to the north of Atlanta. The in.
termediato country between Atlanta
and Chattanooga is desolate, rendered
% by Sherman's own burbarous policy,
He must get everything he consumes
then, from Chattanooga. HIS army
is certainly not more than fifty thou
sand strong. We doubt, indeed, whe
ther it numbered 80 many, but that II
the outside. He has large stores n
Atlanta; but fifty thousand mcn vii
soon consume everything there. Hood
with an army fully able 10 meet hin
in pitched battle, with every hope o
success, is on his railway line. lie i
thus completely cut Oft frou his bas'
Of supply. He must clear his rear
OF advance fai ther into Georgia. Il
The first case Ire must heat Hood ; il
the second he must march with lloo'
in his rear. In either his position
very critical. In either it would tax
but very partial success on our pal
to- render il fatal. He must attsc
Hood in his intrenchments, and b
must boat him badly and decidcdl.
A telegraphic victory will not sers
him now. Tho victory must be abs
lutte; a repulse or drawn battle WI
be fatal = almost as suddenly fatal q
rout. If he advances from Atlan'
to Augusta he has tho army OF 100
in his rear, cutting Oft his supple
!. .nd 49, ..h<xj., ,,onnlation around hiI