The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-13
THE wan News.

Ine glorious victories IN fennsylNanla' OhlO,
and Indiana, for the Union cause, have for the
time carried public feeling away from the
progress Of the war temporarily. Yet our
armies are doing well in every department,
and now that the smoke of the battle in the
North Is clearing away, we can take a calm
look at the position of military affairs.
The Armies Of the Potomac and James, |
having gained temporary Victories, hold their |
ground most persistently and bravely, while |
great movement Is being organized in which
the moral and physical strength OF both armies
win be tested, and that very shortly. AS
sured Of the victory before, our soldiers will
be doubly encouraged in the strife when they
know that they have been SO noby supported
at home. ~ s1oH 2 r
General SHERIDAN has been the most sue
cessful man for the past and present month.
His army is resting and recognizing after its
glorious labors In the valley, in the vicinity of
Strasburg, from which beautiful region it will
soon move TO new Victories of greater Inn
portance than those already gained. We
give some further details to-day of the triumph
Of General ToRBERT over the Rebel cavalry
in the valley the other day. Such defeats
cannot fail to use up the little remaining
morale Of the Rebel army. 1t is very poor
stuff now, and, as General HOOP says, his
soldiers straggle horribly and that the officers
do not try to spreventit. He says that they
do not straggle from the line Of march because
they are worn out, but because they want to
plumber the houses of those high-spirited
Southern farmers who made the war.
The Savannah Republican says that HooD's
army was more dreaded by the Southern peo-
pie than SHERMAN's army. Is not this a
very dangerous admission2 Hitherto South
etn journals have only declared that the South
was united people in arms against the Yam
kees. How will Europe now open its eyes to
hear, on good Southern authority, that the
people of great Southern State dread less
the presence Of Northern army than of the
army that is to set them free from Yankee
rulel Are the Georgia farmers no longer
ready TO give the last dollar for the Rebel
causeP .. ....aH--
But worse than all Is the blow leVelled by
the Richmond Enquirer at the fallen Rebel
army of the valley. The Enquirer says that
SHERIDAN owes his victories to the fact that
the valley "is running with apple brandy"
al tuc hSDtl army Weo o'hNNA't
men, Gploneers, and alp" too drunk to com
mand themselves, much less an army, divi'
sion, brigade, or q regiment" This includes
EARLY, GoRDoE, RHODES, RossER, RAM
sEuR--eyerybody. Well, how long will it be
now before this drunken crowd destroys
SHER1pAN9 Win the Enquirer tell us
And will the Repubican let us know on wha
day next. week HooD's mob OF stragglers is tC
AnnihiIate SHERAGAN2
General FoRREsT has been whipped every
where in Tennessee. He has retrcate1 and his
wagon train has been captured. PRICE i
trying 10 get away, too but he will find him
self osged in his beloved State. He says hC
has come TO Missouri this time "to stay" ThC
very same observation was made by For
REST some weeks ago, when he entered Ten
nessee with sixteen thousand men. 81 have
come north Of the Tennessee river 10 stay
he remarked TO one of our officers who hat
an interview with him. He did stay-5ut no
long. When ROUSSEAU got after him, h
docamped out OF Tennessee and consdere
himself very fortunate to get away. w
expect an attempt at the repetition Of th
same maneuvre on the part Of PRICE, whe
ROsEoRANs gets his forces fairly in motto
against him; bat we hope "Rosy" will compC
Old PRICE to stay.
From New Orleans we are informed of a
expedition which General AsBorH is rC
ported 10 have recently made into the II
terror Of Florida. 1t is stated that on th
23d Of last month he reached Euchee Ann
Court House, in Walton county, which h
captured. together with twenty prisoner
including a colonel and lieutenant-colone
and a large number Of horses, mules, catn
and boats. AT last accounts General AsBor
was at Mariana, in Jackson county, which
in the northern part of the State, and border
on both Georgia and Alabama. This stor
wears a rather doubtful aspect, as we haN
dispatches from Key West, Fla, dated as la
as the Sd instant, which make no mention
any such expedition.
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