The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-16

| the basement AMI the rrIi ,u. AN iha time Ter
Are, be nuR.ly tOOt shelter iu me former, and 40
Rn au,pCious moment spraus Into enc street,
! gay, Mis-. Fry parting blessing i'm his c>.,
| mounted hor,e hnhed near by, and made hts
| e'CHIC. A great many shot, were fred by tine
! Yankees, bul the only one that took DGrsJ WIS
! iba' which klIl,d General Morgan, piercing his
| u-ht huast and ra1snE through dHgOuply.
! Wulcrs, X Ecr., G. my, aud Johnson are u wv, We
| presume, ia % i1ah,c prison, ana Major GA,s.Jt
/ ls ngalb On uuty with his command.
llc General was determined never 10 snrrcn-
| DER, ard told mcmbgrs OF his stan hey must NOT
| give up. He was heard TO say, "tuey have cot
| u' shIe, when he drew his pistol and commenced
| firing.
| The SituntiOu-.Thp Struggle ia afr,rinj,
.'Tisi~ nt Hhnd-tcnrs for the ErsuIt
| From "s R01hioHf EraHasr IEHtg,tlv.
sherman desires rest. Hood has consented 70
tuce. Atlanta Is TO be dcp0puatcd aud con-
Nrted into huge military camp; vast naga-
IuC OF munitions aud supplies. Nashville Chat
iauOogh, and Atlanta arc to be the three strong
bunS iu wall OF iron and blyonets, stretching
from the Ohio river into middle Georgia aud TO
be cNtcndcd in due time south To Savannah. or
bent westward % MOBILE, or prolonged cas. ward
10 Charleston. Jutl sherman completes the de-
Ienses ,l Atlanta be prefers quiet, and Hood
grants him a truce,
II is PLAN that active operations in the field are
ended Tor the time being in Georgia. The Federal
| army IS much shattered and much taugued The
when ,s s,,I,,e gilr, 10 tne re
hchmond, need looking after and strengthen
/ ing. And the rciuturccmcuJs which would enable
sherman to push forward in iurthcr euterprIses
are required for anotherand more important pur-
Thatpurposc is the capture OF .SfTG;hmond. On
ths one object the whole militia YpOwcr of the
Federal Union win now be concentrated. Gran.
VIII no longer nc distracted by iSO great enter
prEes. One of them is GCaompl shed and well Off
DIS hands. He is at liberty now 40 give his whole
fl rec 10 the o,her. lie colnmlnds Mn the armies
of the United States and his n,lo IL mn Lo
task which engaged hrs iuredi,,r nersnn,I s,,1
prryisou is yCt rnnrc,,,,,.Iist PUiSVu"l su-
which was e1trustpd IN " Iio,',,,, ~ ~ u,U ~ @ 'l,a'
cccd,d Every mi,adc and reirnt t,at n.Ns w.
snp. cd from ar,, ,,. ,' ] ,'uTut 'uuI CdN NC
VII row, crrtairI, bo nrro " % ,uo Coulpa
Tho Northern ysonic IrG ,t t' =! J. C.o.Sou5b
concur i'm tbc conyintirn tLo, t i.s'il'o
L. ,,,, o. ',ot ~ ElCuuls. .HuvoI 'hat Que great
Vo" Hust certainly de'iroy ~ Npd they believe
lhat OW Is TO be stricken in \il.uid.
moud Tba fan of one th,v. rrr,,-n,,,si,, s, l,,
involves The other. But il cannot De denied that
II they bring together force Urge cuouph To
ovuwhelm Lees army, wheresouycr the theatre
oil o'tIt may e,they do impcril Richmond, and
with il the Confederate cause iU.,lf
In this view of the military situation, what is
the Confederate policy IS 10 t3 strengthen tb,
amy in Georgia at the eNpousc of thai i'm VIr-
Ema The strategy of Genera Brlr,s il ,vnI
~
when defeat was insured by def ching Tho bpsi
corps Of tue Army OF Tennessee, under Long
street, on wild goose chase ~ Knoxville. il
was illustrated in tn attack in Nav ast upon
Butter, when n division, which WIS assigned 10 a
most important part OF the programme py che
General IN the fed, was ordered ON a Jack 0'lnu-
tern pursuit 70 an opposite point of the cOmoaSs.
10 was again repea ed al Atluuia when Il uoyver
equivalent to twenty thousand men, in the form
ui commanding General who possessed the an
thusius iC confidence Of the army wl4 tnlan
away from IT, on the eve Of the rnost decisive
operations of the campaign. IL was rrterttnd
when Wheeler was, precisely at The ,yr1r,r ,nn.
II eut, detached with munv thousand rppo On an
expedition two or three hundred miles distant.
IL is Vitally important to the safety of tbis Cor-
ttd,ruCy thar tins same policy OF dividing armies
about TO be engaged m decisive copu 90 >lguld
not be repeated now. The cusmy cnnO5 let
Richmond, except through the same hlunders
which surrendered lcpurgg. yortI C,"n.rJs
ard Atlanta, They are conre1tr,ting ON Gt7nt
and we should concentrate on Lee. Am tbati il
fer The present. needed i'm Gcorgm Isaclmm4nd
Ing general capable Of securing he conUdeucs of
the army aud people there. Ir IS NOT mcrelvn "A
man who can charge blyonlis. ma rpgb 1oliIy
upon earthwurEs, tuat s'wauted I'M Gagr.,i, I,t
one who has also enough suAr. ~ 10 ayot,i nein,
ulckeu out Of % vital pu,ir,1u V.rhont n rss,,,t.
a. lu FIGHT The want IN Gaoryf,, Ia d, ,,r,n, l,.
of talents and approved rrDurltr,n. Gnr H., W.
ginia tic great want is men. for va are s,,r'i,I
with q rOmmander.
No positive results can now I. oy,rcatoI from,
tho u gst, m, plrpppi,,, NJ, -