Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-26
she rmau's movements -ssebei specu-
lati0ns.
The Rinhmond rebel pancrs OF ihe I9th ins

The hlchmond rebei papers OF Tue lJtn inst
contain spccuations upon the movement or
rad" as they term IT, Of Gen. SHERMAN. The
Dispatch believes, for several reasons. that Pen
sacola l. the selected point 1t says that II has
been ascertained that for more than month
large supplies have been accumuiAting there IL
then argues that il he should fail 10 take Macon
at the first dash. the~ortifcations at which point
are represented to be very formidable. not hav-
ing with him sufficient supplies 10 enter upon
long siege. he will probably run to Pensacola
aud make il new base for future operations
Il says that III Georgians will battle Tor their
trenches as the Petersburg militia did for theirs
last June, or the Redmond militia did at Staun
ton River Bridge late in the summer, Macon
will be saved
The Richmond Wing IL of the opinion that
Mobile /. the destination Of SHERsAS's army
and thus speculsies upon his probable plans:
II is MOI known f5t what point his course is
directed whether he has selected Savannah or
Charleston as his base. whether he sims first
az Sci ma and Afterwards at Mobile. We are in
clined To think that be will prefer the latter be-
ing induced thereto no doubt by the refusalset
the Alabama Legislature. when summoned by
Governor Watts. TO make any provision Tor the
public defense a refusal which the Yankee Jour
nails have not been slow to interpret into desire
on the part of that State 60 return To the bosom
OF Abraham # we may be excused for adopt
ing for once the profane expression of Secretary
Seward. IL may be. however, that he thinks II
would teioand more u his advantage to seize
Augusta, the importance OF which has been
grossly over estimated and thence march against
Charleston which. with the advantage of wa
ter base, would allow free communication With
all the ports Of The United States From
Charleston he can lend a hand TO Grant
Who he hopes will, by that time be in possession
AT Richmond ia operations against Wilmington.
the result OF which. he Supposes, will sntirely
shut Us out from the sea The Yankee papers
several weeks ago. announced the determin alton
TO transfer the winter campaign TO the cotton
States. aud this. We presume. u the preliminary
movement Whichever of the two movements
sherman has in view. il is evident that be cacu
lates largely upOn the weakness OF theVounir,
through winch he designs TO march, or on it, dis
LOYALTY 20 the Contederacy In both cslculs
tons we are induced to believe that he will be
greatly mistaken IL will be the fault of the
people inhsbiting those countries # bis army be
not totAlly DESTROYED long before IL shall have
reached Mobile or Savannah.
The march sherman will be compelled TO make
IN order to reach the several stsges OF his jour.
net, are great. considering that he must carry
the greater part OF his supplies With him From
Atlanta 10 Macon. the first stage, j. somewhat
more than one hundred miles. and here there Is
understood to be strong garrison defending
powerful works From Macon to Augusta. one
hundred aud seventy miles farther. there i a
railroad the destruction OF which will. of course
be ATTEMPTED by our forces. aud will be effecte 20
at least 10 the extent Of rsiarding his progress.
until the portion broken down can bc restored.
From Augusta - Savannah the distance ).
about seventy five miles and a, Savannah
whatever calculations he may now make. he vii
be pretty certain to meet With = stubborn resist
ance Here, then J. march before him OF three
hundred miles. through country sparsely set
tied. aud q cotton growing country where he vii
not find the necessaries of life so abundant thai
he can afford TO dispense with magazines OF thai
he can be able to repienish these 40 often a. G,
ne able 81 al times 20 have them close in hi,
his
" hen lac shall have reached Savannah. sub
decd ths garrison aud taken possession, be nv,
think of Charleston, one hundred miles further
north IL Sherman cGn do AL this with the fore,
De has Il command. which We are disposed 1,
think does notexceed 30 600 men. then he l.
much greater commander than we take hun Il
DE. anu the Georgians are much tanner people
than thes have credit for being For our owl
part. cannot see ho~ the contemplated eau
paigu i 70 advance the design Of subiugstion. le
II terminate IS IL may.
The Richmond correspondent OF the Londoi
Times gives great Importance TO the movement
IN Georgia. AMI regards the success OF SttERN,,
in outsiting Hoop. il he should succeed 10 =,
doing. The turning point IN the war In nj
last letter To tbacprint he thus states his mores
si0ns:
Ny o~u Impression - THAI the success OF fail
ure shish NAY follo~ Hood dSring move il
Georgia cot which spoke mr. last letter MI
govern the operations OF Grant against Rich
nond The reciprocity aud mutually ~hel
have slssys existed between the various Armie
OF he Federsls on the one eide aud the Confed
erates on the other. in the aud west. wer,
never more apparent than at this moment. /
the coufsderAtes maintain their presen, sttitu I'd.
before Richmond. and continue 10 hold their en-
eny back until. as IL here auiieipatea. rtea
disaster has osarisken Sherman IN the west, | d.
seruple "a Jay that. IN nv opinion. Richmond
will laugh is own ASSISTANTS 10 scorn If. o.
the other hard Sherman Is able % exiricale hiu.
self from bis ueseat critical position. b, eilher
beating or oufvitfng Hood. there will he reason
for apprehension about Richmond during III.
coming winter. the Ike Of which has neFe ex
listed before.
a fr- csys win decide whether ssfasss ell