The New York herald., 1864-07-28

[From the I.ynchhnra kepuhllcnn. Inlv 1


Johnston from The command Of the Army Tennessee as
effected too Late 10 avert impending disaster in Georgia
He assumed command al rplton several months ago
the assumption OF power By any officer From csuses
which needless tod'scGs, but which are mostly
attrortableo The shameless conduct o the Ataaa press
Geoer Bragg had far os the conddenca Of the
try, and extent, OF his officers aud men,
make Is prudens and desirable even In nb own
command. 1t la true he had defeated Roee.
sraDs with almo-t double bis npmber, at Muir.
that willy general in cn6Sk Al Taal ma aud ihe bszk
OF the Tennessee, for uoutha He had fought The bril-
liant battle Of chlotsmsugn, and won Of the most
miscarriage OF Iopgstrces expedition - Knoxville and
ss a omar Ridge and gsa
polled 10 .al back Dal,on At tlie point under
into M rom bs s
try--even Ba,gs beat irsnds--reoeed in the change
and cave theIr wsrules, symratsies 70 the new com:
FER, simply because the pecuiiaYCiTc Of
the case rendered change desirable and auspi-
coas state Of things was eagerly anticipated as the re-
suit.
oAston was given ssveral months TO recrgauize aud
dgcipne hrs artby and was heavily reinforced BY Gene.
had ruthessy pursued Bragg his death now eagerly
came to the support and tho applause OF Johnston ard
fsrmore brilliant fame than il had been able to Ia
under the bad management OF hs facn rodecessor On
stany electrified with the glad tidings our army
splendid trim for the gauge of battle 70 he
thrown down BY the enemy y hga been the armyt9
Of victory and of advance under Johnston. Scch
the predictions OF friends and such the hopes be
country. No dreamed that there would be any falling
back from Dalton: but did the advance
than johnston with splendid army nearv ss large
Lees proceeded torxeoute OF m brilliant retro.
grade movements which alone hive given him all the
nme he has in this war sud all 20 which he
entitled Tic fe back 10 Ressacea and then 30 Ktowou
river 10 prevent he enemy from fankina him. THE
country startled, bat IL did not complain Johnston
i was said had gwen up we.ker Tor stronger pc 81
and hQt litaea
and his adversary u was here, wc think he issued
OF his stirring addresses to hs troops in which he prom
sed them that there to be s'retreats - and
that the enemy was TO 10 met and vanuuished upon
the banks of that sircnm. Bu, no sooner Ia the
lrst 10 Alaoons, then 20 Acsworth. and Afterwards
to the Kenssaw mountains. 1t Is not arrange
shaken by repeated retreats bnt feeling
suppressed by She confident that Johnston bad
could neither be whipped nor hanked Here, in The
mountain Businesses OF the Kenosaw, was TO he tho
Waterloo OF sherman. nut The amusement aud deep
chsgrn OF the country could no longer Ne disguised when
after few indccisiye comba,s gallant army was
agao' put in molten TO the rsar and the mountain
passes OF Kenossw abandoned FOR the lowiands OF the
Chattahoochee river, Only ave miles from Atlanta. Tbs
might have heon to!arable, and even pardopabe. had
there been sny belief that Johnston would join
battle aud arrest The further advance Of The enemy.
But the whole tenor Of the press and OF all the
fio thatsqnarter made Il perfectly certain that John
ston was stl alarmed or his "anks aud that he was
ready TO abandon Atlanta and again fall back the n,e
rior
At this critical stage OF the csmpsgn he has bssn gu
pers cded hy General Hood We know nothing oG Hoods
intellectual cabre snd cannot pronounce upon hs d,
succeed to The command Of n great army But
know that no has a.spiendld reputation in the army
and IN the country th't the Fabian policy hs
exclusively 10 his 6aDks, and that when he retreats
will be because his men cannot stand. We fear Atlanta
reach epvirous: we have tho utmost confidence
that the day Il far from beus lost in that quarter and
.nsaa ns - m ,pan month a o no battle w ee
Rowling hack 10 the banks OF the Ohio.