The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-09-20

Opinion of Rebel Deserters.
! New YORK. Sept. o.--The Herald
correspondent with Gen. Grant, on the
| 7th says: Yesterday large number
1 of deserters entered Gen. Buffers lines
from along their whole lcngtb, impelled
to leaving the Southern armies on read
ing the recent generous order Of the
Lieutenant General Commanding
They aythat the more general circula
ton Of the orderwould have the effect
to bring rebel soldiers to our lines by
hundreds and thousands. They say
that the impression prevails among the
Southern soldiers that the Chicago
Convention meant peace, but if they
thought they were TO endure another
campaign the army of Lee would 'ul,.
questionably fall TO pieces. They as
sert strongly, and withapparent truthful.
ness r .at andrealweariness ofthe war.
Patriotism has given way to lassi-
ude, to heartlessness and hopelessness
New YORK, Thursday, Sept g.
The Richmond Eruminer of the 5th,
commenting, on Hoods official dispatch
announcing hisdisaster says how il was,
that after attacking the enemy with two
corps near Jonesboro, only Hardee's
corps was left to- resist, the assault of
the enemy, cam only be, accounted for.
by supposing that our attack failed to,
dislodge the enemy, Hood withdrew
one ofthem to Atlanta, leaving Hardee
to bear tile brunt alone. This he would
hardly have done had he not miscaleus
lated the enemy's design. He must
have believed the main body of Sher-.
mans army to have been in front of At
lanta, when in fact it was on the Flint
river near Jonesboro, twenty odd miles
south. T9IllR .d t0fnla~- rs
The Examiner congratulatns the.
South that although Atlanta is lost the
army is not and says the loss of the
former is nothing, while the loss of the,
latter would have been without remedy.
In another article the Examiner con-
demns the removal of Johnston, saying.
he was superceded.byI Hood, a comman-
der of division notoriously incapable
of managing anything larger than a
division. .ZO7lHOH f-EH
The result of the disaster at Atlanta
is in the very nick of time, when such
a victory alone could save the party of
Lincoln from irretrievable ruin.
After referring the absnrdity Of,
putting pand pulling down. a comman-
der in the field according to the crude
views or peeyish fancies of a Junction.
ary in Richmond, the Examiner contin-
ues SNOW is it not hard, is it not cru
ely hard that the struggle of clghtmil-
lions who sacrifice their money and
their lives who groan!in the ,excess Of
exertion ;'who wrench every muscle till
the blood starts with the, sweat, should
come to naught,-should end in the ru-.
in ofus alt, TAFT the prediections and
antipathies, the pitiful personal feelings
of a singlel oman, ,nmay be indulgcd.
Again it says, the mora, effect of the
loss of Atlanta, though it may be tenn
porary, wilfbe great: it willrender in
caleulable assistance to the party of
Lincoln, and obscure the prospects of
peace, istely'so bright. 1t may enable
them to execute the draft; it will diff
fuse gloom over the South. This de-
preston, however, may be speedily re-
lieved, if the administration has spark
of real sense or unselfish patriotism.
The reinstatement of Johnston, or ap.
pointment of Beauregard, would at
once restore the confidence fthe coun-
try and army.
The Examiner says the Bristol pa
pers state that it is a lie about Wheeler.
destroying the great bridge over the
Tennessee at london. The same pa.
per says she seems studiously to avoid
the, enemy's bridges and lines of; f;com-
and devotes himself to run
ming; about the country, picking ip
small lots of prisoners r,Feac. nj, -
The Sentinel closes an article on the,
as follows: "The only prac-
.ical moral we canodraw from all this is
hat the Confederate Statee never bad
more urgent need Of an effective army
ind stringent conscription, and vigilaht
caders, and all men at the front, than
hey have Mt this hour."roE nj smoo oi