The New York herald., 1864-12-01

Ass sr Lee ana HooA saa sAas bosh Of those sssssas
~oald bs too mush ssevasd, Voc far removed from
ths sssae M ths cappaxS b abs 70 dssash any pos-
son u their fssess 10 spsTss against him, entertained
fear OF nssng any serious resistance 70 hs advance
aad anticipated 10 obstacles except those which might
- htrpcsed by hostile bas uDorganizsd and unsrmed
population. These, indeed to suggested ths
selves 70 b and 70 V prevent them, be adopts
the sysssm 81 much in vogue with his eoantrymeD,
and which has already bsea carried 70 10 high pitch
ef psssotos BY Sherman and other Yankee
In dssses whore The nhabilauts attempt 10 impede his
march BY obssrvcDg roads, burning bridges Or other
wise annoying hb Invading eolumns devastation and
rein 70 be dealt 0al The intODsky W sne panhmsns
70 bs propsrnase 70 the magnitude Of The esnes As.
sOsdng 70 heSmans codeand Sherman declares thai he
wishes 70 conduct war on oiyiaed prinsiplss-it 10
the duty Of people 10 welcome Invading foes NOT 10
hosp.sahs graves, but to hospi.abIe boards to treat
lhsm BY enemies, bus friends, d the
worst stranger guests 70 feed them beray sweet
potatoes and hog ana honny and 70 build brdges foP
them and dig roads--and do al manner Of amicabe
service Else Sherman win ravago their nslds destroy
their crops, burn their houses and perhaps " h0 hap
pen 10 be 10 very bad bumor, entirely exsrpats thsm
from the face Of The earth. But sh0uld they behave
themselves IKE good ehldrsn sesray their country and
welcome their Yankee masters shen sherman promises
70 do nothing than 10 eat up their provh
sions and give thew only md.and gentle taste Of star
walton.
win be observed that there is nothing fu these
orders 70 sustain she assertion Of tho Yankee prints
that Sherman set oat from Atlanta with thirty days
supply Of subsiseeoce. On IA contrary are led 70
infer tAat As took sohno neat = potAtn0, win AIM
IN As ~ay Of prossssons he distinctly tells bis men
that nsy 70 rely tho country for food and he
mprssses the various commanders tho necessity Of
collecting In their wagons, by forasing Al least ten days
supply 10 advance Having thus settled ths commissa
yas question 70 his satisfaction be seems 70 have settled
down ,nts the comfortable assurance that he
viii mske . SAFE and easy march OF Aheen milss per
day. snembafssssd BY obdurate Confederate soldiers
and uuimpeded oy anything like military resistance
encouraging 10 knoao tAat Ais limsted rate
" adpaacs has not, wp u tAis date, been accom-
ylisAed oy tie YaHks. amn We do not intend TO
inform she Yankee newspapers where Sherman now Vs.
but feel hesitation IN assuring them that he not
10 Charleston Savannah, or eaher In Macon or An.
rusta and lAat not one Of khess ettss has BEEN
Arsateed ~ AS forces We can tsi them likewise that
his march has been lisursly tan Ne anticipated
and tAat fds from accomplishing no modess sen miles
day provided fv IN AS ozdes, ~ has not attained much
more oreraSs Aas ne AeH Of tAas rate. u is
fifteen days since be lefs Atlanta. In week he 10
be In possession Of Macon, and In twelve days Of Angus
"a, and In . isw days moro Of some oher important
point; bot whore h be nowf We leave 70 the Yankee
papers 70 guess. supplyns only with she infOrma
tion that As hes not found susd yOtato my abdaasi
0soyao, and that hog ssd hoiny have not been
up the prandia OF hts bedeyed troops
sagRAAN's CAMPAIGN A RAELURR UNLsss ng oar.
7UREs MACON Oh AUGUSTA.
lErom the Richmond ExanDsv, Nov. 2s.l
The significance u shsrman's campaign W Georgia 10
magntAed beyond the limit, mot only OF reason, bat q
common sense both In the North and In those portions OF
cotton States whore the hardshps Of been
hitherto known only Ihroagh newspapers. Il repre-.
sepsed % regular selusion Of coutiaay between two
great divisions Of the Confederate States Look say the
maksss Of tho Of humbug alikelook ~
the track Of sherman the map II he from
Chattanooga be CUES The oonfedsracy
halves and every railroad between Virginia and
Alabama. He win intsrpose "a wall OF stes' DO
tween Lee and his supplies He has only 20 take eli she
sonns TOOK Atlanta and have them garrisoned es
tabsh chsip OF posts" across the country and shs
confsderacy win be srsDaed in the middle. With sncn
stuff can men be amuseoi Two hundred thousand unen
would not be suacient 70 establish such "ohain Of
posss." wsss sstAslshsd, the whole Hoe would be
napkeS any given point and every post gObbled" BY
concentrated force OF thirty thousand Confederate sol
d,srs Tins much theory Now for the practical fact
10 sherman doing or attempting 10 DO any such th'ns9
50 from shat he oblerstes his track behind with -
much systematic Indian covers bis war trail
began by completely destroy ing the railroad from Chat
tanooga 70 Auantathc first and most necessary link In
such "chsin Of posta" Then he burned Rome Then
he barned Atlanta. Then he burned Canton SO far
from leaving gasrisons % his army marches IN hollow
slusrss" with wagons 10 ther centre For supplies II
depends what 10 carry As 10 Communications he
has none His government docs not expect his iii
he reaches the In short, this expedition is
gig in,c raid. flying column march, not an occupa
t,on or . conquest. This II Is, On its face--papabiy
necessarily What 10 the use or the sense OF talking
about lie effects the coDfcderecy, Lees army,
any ether army.
II sherman could destroy Macon and Augusta ss he
has done Canton, bs might have additional acts
Of unsold erlike barnarsm 20 boast OF; but " Ne
DE, no, rceeed IN daaaJinoor capd~no estherand
b,liess 4 in.e has sons ty uAsn hs had sAGaes 10 A
aeaAe has nshins before him ba to tAs ssccoa.
This no may be expscted 70 he has
made trial either If thoee towns and fasd or ~
soon he discovers by Ms careful Ne Is
no,o malsno thai ne wil fan " he auemps either He
win make good time when starts because WIN be
tho result OF delay. Tie may reach s ,as,
aud by doing inhict disappointment the country
aud aissrace the ocia persons who should have
dered hs essaps impossible iu that direction IN any
direction, altar he burned Atlanta and "bussd the rail
roads, Bus 10, Ne suppose worst Lot suppose
that he takes The other OF those towns He viii
dict loss the citizens and some On the govern
ent but he stay ihors no could have stayed
al Atlanta for he would supply Communication.
s lcss VII he be able 30 leave garrison; Scr that
would be delivering the men who shsad oompose pris
hands. he do absolutely Doinns after
destroying certain number s' buildings but continue
his march 10 the coast.
he should reach the coast what would b. she
quencs9 The country from sCnatianooss 70 Savannah
would be then clear Of a enemy and except ths moral
effect end the bluudes which pancs fail 70 breed
We profess unable 10 ses the mighty results
which will have been obtained. II the fear u shis
flying column, ana The political sirsncss whch
the outcr,ss Of = population ses hardened by
the coptsct cf war nny bring 10 bear