The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-12-22
The Situation

The Situation.
A. the present writing the military stu
alton l. most encouraging. AT no time since
the beginning OF the war has the prospect
been brighter than u present The Con
federacy has nov bui one effective army
that Of Gen. Lee. e Richmond srd Petsrs-
hurg--snd this Is held - witb the grip Of
giant BY Gen. Grant Lee cann0s spare
man for operations elsewhere. 20 extended |
i his line already. that the Richmond papers
are preparing their readers iof The evAcas-
ton Of Petersburg. The SheuaDe Jah VALLEY |
which has heretofore bsen tho granary Of
hichmoad hss been rendered desolaie b.
PHI. Sheridan; and al the rebel forcss
which have ben cent 70 drive hlm out. have
been "ssttled" in the most approved style.
IN the West and south. military aaafs are
wearing the mo-t cheerful aspect Gen.
sherman With be iavisclble army OF West
srn heroes. cutting loose from his base 81
supplies. launches forth upon one q The mos'
extraordinary undertakings. recorded Ia
military history Leaving large army
(Hood's) IN his rear. he set out upon
march Of yearly s00 mites through the heart
Of the ensmy's country. over roads unknosn
% him. aud ia direction where the enemy
could By means u biz railroads concentrate =
large number Of men. 20 oppo-e him 20
bold and unexpected movement 49, the
signal for rejoicing % the satire pre-. - The
South. They styled Il retreat from Al
Isnis, asserted that sherman w.s driven %
IL By che threatening altitude Of Hood pro-
phesisd that Il would result more DISASTROUS
~ % him. than did Napoleon campaign 10
Russia, and loudlg proclaimed that q So
just What they wished him 10 do..ss biz army
wsuld be captured entire before reaching the
eosst. Bat shAt i the result OF toe un~
psfallslod march, Sherman lsisarely moves
through the State Of Georgia (t-elve miles
day stretching out he army s0meumsg
over a space Of sisty miles. gathering ~ all
the sbls-bodiei negroes within bis reach,
feeding his army upon the fat OF the land.
and u0molested bY any organized foFes-
Loosing only about 900 men ia the whole
march, aud not = single wagon. ho brings
TO the coast 600 sble-bodicd negroes Who
/. win all make good soldiers. mere horses
than he nesds. and With his stock 10 better
condition than when he started. He has
closely Invested ssvaonsh. and io al probs
biIify it has fallen lnfo bis hands. with kis
base securely established upon The Atlantic
coAst. where be ca receive all manner OF
supplies By ship, aud Without sny oommuni-
catioos to keep open. he is Al liberty to oper-
ate When be chooses. South Carolina aud
Gsofgia are truly At as mercy. he has bat
short march 20 reach Charleston whenever
he desires; snd that may be soon. From
thence he eat march on q Wiimiugton II
IL y not already taken by our Navy;and /, Il
i necessary iaiuse new life Into the army Of
The Potomac by tie addition Of some Of hls
aneosqaerAbe Western troops.
Looking 20 the Department OF tie Cum
bsflsnd. where hat noble hero. General
Thomas. command. We sss tho army Of
Hood. beeisgipg Nashville, rosisd and Aging
before cur victorious oolanus. More than
bali h's entts force : either killed. wound
Cd OF are prisoners IN our hands. aud the re-
mAlnder - thoroughly disheArlened aud de-
morslized a. - be anhs Ior any valuable
service Tie artillery j. all captured. with
she exception Of four pisco-. and he has lost
nearly All TIE small arms ADD ammunition be-
longing 20 the force he has left. - that sc
nav safely conclude that there vii De no
more serious opposition 20 our army 10 that
region The opeus all Northesn Georgia,
Alabama aad Mississ,ppi. % our arms. ard
win prevent che gathering Of The immense
supplies, in winch these states have ahound-
ed. tos zoe sast-asocs 81 Richmond and
Lees army 10 addition to this. Thoma.
can march npoo sud destroy the immense
arsenAls and factories Of skot and she'll
which the rebels have ia Georgia; aud this
would be = mosg ssfious blow TO them. a.
tAsy ate nov. With al these At their dsspoaal.
short Of ammunition
In EAs, Tennessee, Barordge has Achlsv-
ed another victory over Breckinfidgs. cap
turing good part Of b. artillery. and =
number q pslssnsu, relieving ~ Of -.
psnse Fos sn,irf "a hat region. -hlch sos =
time looked oaliy
TIE efs~t expedition ~hssh lately sailed
from hsneiaa Raats vnl. sc conhiently
hop~. capture wilmiag,o~ ssd sha- elo-e
me las. poFi lAfoagh ~h.eb lhs reeeh ~
their supplies 81 .r9s. c.othine. A. When
tbs i efeeisi lhey 81 ilissd suffer fos me
nAss sssoaro-- % lie The boosted Gen.
iederscy. ,tls s.a.ass apoo ever side
isemelins, soss-s. 20 n. TAR. Rot long c.n
4 stand up aadss ,bsss mighty blo~s. ane
that there s1sii BE- a. cessation q then GO.
81 IS siak- - il. doom. ne Pse.sdsat Ia,
eailsd ios SO go more % s-ell our vicso-
sioas lssioss. Aaa .ecaFs he triumph <
ps.sls Won OAa - al ~ith coadasnc.
laF~Ard % The total osafshrow OF tbs afro
eious rebellion before iao,ass saiaa,a hs
rolled Foondl kfstyshiss sesus 10 ~Asssna
- b that belief
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