Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-07
The Situation IN Georgia.


AMI oer ~hols Atsanton might, therefore, naturally b.
su,possd to be concentrated upon Cur own position,
yes our syss are constantly attracted 10 GeofsiI We
s.ad,d 20 this subj %. yesterday visb considerable
frssdoa, Which No thought might venture uPO1, IL
view Of de fact that the enemy is already agPrissd CT
tie .lultcn aud hat the Telegraph, o. our side, had
spoken Of days ago with perfect uorsasEvs. We cAn'
no, therefore, be charged with bAVng been Tie means
81 conveying any lnisn TO the enemy OF which ne
already in PSslessiou while, win regard 70 cur
own Ops, is eAe scarcely ~ Oui Of order 70 speak
Spoa ESasiscI to them 90 intensely interesting.
The laEes G.lsrAl Sherman, iuS S!rg IN The foot
stspl o: 81 bis predecessors, BY n' # Jns snd e.
ssgsAlun, lduosd she whole Yankee IA ion II s0sTS
taAs be aad gained = Ue:ory ever Hood at AlAnlA
-aisa va alAl and decisive. To such Al Cx3nt did
coat peculiar people indulge the de iOa 'hus created
-hA. day Of GhALk giving ordered by Lincoln, az
fJr grSA: national triumph. Toe in eoion spread be-
yord The borders OF YAnkeedon. Oar oWu people took
q and ,he ,fse. upon them Ua', as might lave beer
exp eed tIaJty the reverse Of what IL We upon then
snen.isL Al Unreasonable despondsGCy Psrvaded the
OOatsderaey, Wbcss people, Notwithstanding their expo
raGce of Yankee sGsggeaton, give too much eredeLce
20 taer morsTJus and incrsd be iablcagons. /; va
6smy believed thai gne sny Ct General Hood bad been,
Il lot AllihAted, bady crippled at AaAnEsi that here
after is would be able to Off no saul resistance &c
tke adncs Of Sherman; sld that that hero had only
70 .1ooss via.her hs would advance upon Savannah
snd vtar.s..a 0y one line, or N1ngomsry and Mobile
~ saoAs5, os,ag iss:y secure SgAins. meeting e.
Sexual resistance whichever 10 nigh! think proper 10
EelseL So small = sucse.I vas, We verify believe,
nver 90 ProdiS ously msgu6 even by tie Yankee.
q, nr &. l. :. uhc "a
fss aeuA possession OF Atlanta was Of no value TO Us
political or s.rAlEc While in the bAs.s We did uO lose
T., 'aoasa-d men and k Id and Weuadsd a. lsAs.
dJusis the lumber We lost.
T .as surpriss Of cur oWn people, sad We doIb.
not . the ansE m,nt OF the Yankees, that army,
WhiCh vas IePrCs nsed ieE weeks ago. es utterly an
nihulssd has given signs OF greet ay by boldly skg
ne lei i've, plsi entirety srolud SlermAns right
Il INK e. sbshiEg i:ssh upol his rear, ard entirely
cutting q bis communication with Chattanooga, ara
AL tia LIS west and north Of it. We character ID e
1ovsmsl', ysss rday 81 bold aud critical. Il /. results
SgEe rave reason - hops, the e1nsoqlnce5 viii be
beyond tle reach Of olc llton In the Meantime, We
would remark TIA: great results never produced
W..hoGi oorrespoadig tag rds, especially in war. II
ve viii no: b. eHs with anything lees than great
T-,sessfs, We nus: make up Cu' minds TO encounter
eat risks in b aiming them. Or army is in criti-
position /; mus DO owed bu. 10 Wa. cor. Of pO
On ia Sc. nal'= LIT Is see Vhas & IA.
lie IS a, aud ar0u d Atlanta a. the psesent moment
is supplied from Chat sn9Jsl Considerably more
, Al one hu d,ei il,s CT. Tae supplies come ~
gle railrcad tr Ok iol CIoss,s the Olatshoocbee
Iusiderasly 10 ID north o. Atlanta. Tie informed
=, county be.aeen Atlsa acd Oha,tsoocga is d.so-
a - , horh
10 must got everything he coueunss, them rom Chat
AgOcgI HIS amy is certainly n OF mere than 90 900
roDg We dOub,, indeed, whether il numbers 60
many but ia: is tie ou;sida He has large storss a.
Allan. bu 80 600 men will coon consume everything
-ssis Hygd, VITA a. nv fully aoe to meet him in =
cAsd battle with every hope OF success, Is on this
lroad Inc. H. 3 thus completely cat eff from bis
90 Of supply. 10 rlg5. olslr his rsar, or advance
father mo Georgia. n tho 6rs. case he must beat
Hood Ia the ssooli no mu'i ca with Il 1od in his
L. either, ais position very critical either
Il V9ua take bu very partial success on cur part to
EsnsSs il fatal lie must attack Hood in hl5 rtrsnch-
noo'S, and be must beat him badly and decidedly.
telagrSpaic victory viii not serve hs tn now. The
vic DRY must ba ab5ou,e rspulse or a drawn battle,
Ill b. hat-a'noss a. sujj My fatal as a rou.. If he
advance from Atlanta 20 Auyls,1 lie has the nv o.
cd in his rear, Cuins OF his u5pes, and Ls whole
Population sr5uld him preventing dim from supporting
h army upon tie resources Of tas country.
There seems, a. Presen' peopecs Of not only cut.
tin sherman eff from Chattanooga bu. Of cutting of
CaeslAnoogA iEss.f from iia source Of supply. Tha
tOFa h connected by railroad with Kloxvlls, whence
nothing oan DO gotten, and also with Nashville ana
Memphis. Nov Forrest has alrssiy pat Us ia:o pos
session Of tho Memphis road at Corn.h, AID or own
cas- sre running 10 i. from the souh a. thoy are ao
fcr afty miles the MsmPbi3 and ChattlEooga railroad
ChassneoyA can, therefore, eEpso. n1jhing fem Mem
Phs Il must dspsni altogether on td5 Nashville ON
ne0tOn, snd upon this connection Forrest vas operl
ting, a. Last accounts, with terrible sryrgy. He ha
ALREADY dsuAuded the line which leads through De-
eAtar add probably thas lea Ing through Eur
-.eeiooto aad Tu lahoma. AL these fac taken into
Consideration, the movement to Slarn.ns rear sesn7
to M a. WI considered as wal bald If SAermao'e
t>'cs vc.J 20 great tia, Il could, Of se!f, oysyhelu
A0od, then the nov mt ull Be rash and desperate
Eis this Is By th9 olac. o. the coatrsrv a,
We have said, H1o1 il no. 50 far Inferior that IN
Pi1ohsd battle, il On open fed wo might not hope
Tor vic ory. As for reinforcement from Nashville
Ana beyo1d H. We have seen ihas taA matter is in tho
hAnia Of Forrest TIE petition Of saerm,ls army a.
Lna moment is iientc,l si,h that Of Tgoyne on The
N'rih RVe IN l777 1, ne iahlol.anss will only rally
20 ne rvsose nov, Es they cid III, the ylsri w be
the same And Why shouli hey cor Are they iets
patriotic than the Yankees Who surrounded surgoy,ep
Yankee Gunibility