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WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 9. 1864,

As the facts in connection with the evacuation Of
Atlanta gradually unfold themselves the public
mind becomes reassured ltis. already asccttained
that there was disaster, that the spirit Of
As u,.,mpa,rcd, and that they as defiant ms
they were the day before the evacuation took place.
General Hood never believed that he could hold At
ianta permanently Ills great object wa ito hold it
long as he could, and to make the possession Of
il by the enemy cost him much as possible This
ot,ec, has been fully attained The enemy has been
delayed IN has progress towards the South upwards
uf two months. ana within that time has lost more
men than the English portion Of the expedition lost
at the sicge OF Sebstopoi-probaily asmany ~ both
English and French lost Atlanta had done IFS
share of the duty assigned TO IT, and when II WIS no
longer tenahle IT was evacuated II was taken a
ias; by flank novemert-it never conld have
been taken bysdireet assault,
sherman has passed through an immense tract Of
country, and he has conquered as much OF 1t as hes
within the range Of his guns Has co'irs" has been
Ike that Of a ship through the .a The waves give
way before IT and close around its stern. The popu
lat,on u the country through which Sherman has
Advanced Yielded as he came oh to the mere weieht
Of his colossal force 1t scattered from his front 10
reunIte in his West Tennessee has already
slipped ftom his grasp and there Is every indication
that East Tennessee may shortly follow. In Ken
tutky a Civil war is actually raging at this mopent
The people al that unhappy land submitted to save
their property from eonfscation or destruction I'M
der the hope that they would be allowed to remain
neutral in the conflict, They never contemplated
the probability OF being forced to bear against
their conntIymcn. II they compelled 10
tight there were few of them who would not have
preferred 10 fight the Confederate side. But
they hoped to avoid the necessity Of fighting
altogether, They have now become-not too late,
We hopefully aware Of the folly Of their choice
They have not been able to preserve their property
for which they had sacrificed their honor, nor have
they secured an exemption from military duty by
submission. Lncons emancipation proclamation
has swept off their slaves into the ranks of the Yam
kee army Their fat cattle have become the prey of
Yankee commssaries; their blooded horses have
served to mount Yankee cavalry; their fine crops
have been pressed for the wants Of the Yankee army
As for that neutrality which Mr.. Clittenden ex-
horted them 10 maintain il has turned out to be as
unsubstantial as moonshine in the water. Their
country Is subject to the Yankee draft and they
expected to assist III slaughtering and onslaving
their neighbors and brothers a portion Of that
spirit winch distinguished kentucky in other days
still seems TO be slumbering III the bosoms vi
the Union men. They evince disposition, since |
hight they must, TO fight against rather than for,
the Yankees, and they said to be iocking the
standard with zeal which efforts of the Confed
crate armies themselves could arouse. The Yankees
have done for us what could not do for ourselves
They have made every Kentuckian who has spark /
OF spint and honor remaining detest them if each
man OF their nation was a personal enemy, 1t is |
clear that, III passing long distance through the
country, Sherman has conquered nothing but the /
ground his army occupies for the time, and that
which the forts he has left in his rear are built
Instead, therefore, OF being depressed by the
evacuation OF Atlanta We have every cause to exut
In the progress OF oui cause generally. The enemy
has evidently undertaken more than he can do He
cannot hold the country ova which his armies have
marched He Is compelled to concentrate to pre-
vent disaster, and when he concentrates he abaI.-
dons some portion Of the country HIS force Is not
suthcient-no force that marched under
the banner of created man would be sufficient to
hold down the enormous country he has undertaken
10 subJugate. This has become mere apparent
duI1ng the progress of the present Campaign than
1t ever was before. The enemy found from the ex-
perienee OF the three preceding campaigns that he
could not hope to suhdue the rebels uu,ess he
concentrated his forces. Accordingly, eoncentra-
ton has been the order of the day, aud it has COS,
him nearly all the Tertiary he had previously
overruh. Our prospects are far brighter now than
they were this time lst year, for then We had not
yet recovered from the severe blow inflicted by the
capture Of Ficksburg. This year We have received
40 severe tlow. On the contrary, We have been al
most always VICTORIOUS Our victories In fact have |
'polied US by making las too sensitive to a reverse
And yet, al the nature VI things reverses must come
sometimes We are but too happy that tie present
$ SO inconslderable.