The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-17
THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. II, 1864.


Tho shunxion In GcorEin and Tennessee.
when We coniras, the presrn, aspect o. The mill
tai situation IN the South and south west with the
br Han, anicipations Of spccdy sni enduring
rurIt,hs hat we're ~ generally nlul.cd In after
l.. ptgre % Atlan,a, s., vii spl-Nr hat Their arc
srHc r3unIs FOR sappnnsuc', nd rc~ret. il
VIZ generally e-rtio, il, ~ carturc ~ me
.'..jc c'ty u H.. s.sN" -, goi a; PC our .ru -
~ elsv rnarci 90 o. q remaining t-ungLtlls s..
ceas.ur ~ Coorgis ,a1 tte C.ttl 6 .l,ss -l4 '1a.
u o7, <iC s,yarL.b, aal even Cat .,.l
". I'D . ~ our Isy4sos sion bcfore tbs tinc T.cse
" .reat expectations" were indirectly foin,ntod II
~. opcny cneouras 81 b. certain c'sss q Jour
Daa and politicians who Jrrvitc1uy i.uore the
f,t that var is matter oi science rather than
J tcs. and that nothing can h. gAnoi " the long
"a By Withholding or misrcprc' ting l4e trui. re-
fr"ci.ns Tie sctual situation oi aAa.rs. Thto par
TO- Ia thcr Excess, Of fcA overl'o' 81 fct which
wa pointed on, b. y = journal a. Tie tame, that
DC capture 81 Atlanta was not attended by the
'rufhing d.;cnl snd ,isorsani.nt II General
UooD's army, aud wis only .rnIortan, ma II CON
drccd TO that crd, md prccluded the work o. rvle
reorganization ard fresh recruiting ia that region
applied himself h. tho work IA hand by terrifying
a, anis and establishing fresh lafe at thss point.
IL knew that The enemy still m a poa,on II
nalc dcspcrato resistance to hie progrclg. and
vigorously prepared " meet his rosisianc,, from
Whatever quarter 1t might come---yyh.thcr In tho
shsfe of desperate defence against a frcsh I'D
vance or in a backward blow uron his roar
The storm which he Antic paied has burst,
not IN the line Of bis advance. ~ would
probably be more desirable, but upon his line Of
communications, and the srsuty Information that
the public had been lcd Ia un,lnrvslle Tire rebel
powers o. resistance in that region. The appoint
mont ~ General BEAURro.RD soctns To- have Leon
followed by total change Ia tho Confederate pro.
grnmme. We hear Of tho rebc, army t.-iny
strongly posted at Dalton-of the capture Of Roino,
and the siege Of Chattano.yt- and Ia. arrival 81
General sooriEtD, the commander Of tie army u
fhc Onto n, that place Tho mysterious bjastings
o. the rc,sl newspapers respecting tho
brifh'oning Confederate prospects IN Nor
fhcrn Georgia. sprcar To- have l-cr founded
on thcse movements. But TO bold and sL mo.
COMMANDER they merely present an opportunity
MI ~ W hsu'lnN Ilh tfVs' ~ y
cimid vacillatng general the situation might le
doubtful or even hazardous. Bul General suER.
Mans sn,ecedcnts warrant va In expecting thst he
will lie fully equal " the occasion. aud prove
himself more thau match for General BrAuEyaARp.
1t is significant that the Richmond au,horitlc,
hnv" not veuturcd 10 employ tic latter in
the hed since tho brst bsts VI Bull
Run. He has been engaged since then In
cgnstructing the Notifications N Richmond. and
defending Charleston and Petersburg. OF hL
engineering ability there can he no question bu,
we d. not apprehend that he can cope SUCCESSFUL
~ the field with SHERMAN and hie gallant army
BRAuRgGArD " probably resort to the Fabian pol
scy OF General Jonssros, in place Of the more REX
less plsn Of his immediate pres,ocessor -Hoop. II,
Will lie likely TO make tho meet OF hs sblity M ~
engineer, and attempt " convert the strong
hollis Of the South into s~ccs,son o
small Gibrstars. II will thus he his policy T.
syoid battle while It will he General sngrs AS's
object to bring Il on. The prcscn, situation within
General SnEhsAs's immediate theatre % action-tc
say nothing of the condition of affairs In The trans
Mss IS ppi regions extremely interesting: and III,
developments OF tn. next low weeks will L. lookei
Tor with anxiety, M deter mining whether the csn.
pngn for tho capture OF Macon and Mobile is to be
thrown over into u'a ensuing year