The sun., 1864-12-12
THE NEW YORK Sun.
NoSDiY noRNING DE-. u, 1884.
.runt, sherman, and Thomas.

On wednesday last 10y portion Of The
Amy .. ,Le Potomac, which waS probably
only the rro'ud, o. grand attack that may no"
lie iakiny place along - csilo line rom TIE James
yer to the weldon Railroad. It arpcas that
rron tla, date the Fi!.l Army Corps and portion
81 ilc Second, under the command of General
wAaary, marched south of the N'ts"ay River,
which was crossed IN ioutJons. Tar''c- sweeps
iI 6"uIi-lirclc between 'voniy md thirty mica
4, =, and south o. P3tcrsougg, an tie cntre eouu-
try intcrscc,ci b. .p IruI'a-.'s nui streams
Most Of these streams rIc tad o. be- strongly f-rti-
fsJ, and Hatotcr's Il 30, hiud which General
IIASoocK recently folpi tso enemy in aposliion
of great strength, Is known 90 be 49, General
wArrrS'a advance NAV therefore bc intended as
grand flank movement j, the direction OF the
f,u,hsido Ra.l-Jad and Lyuo'bIry. Hut whatever
iis nature aud purpose of the cxpedltion-unlcss
intended ~ "a lciu' % r'conlaissrucc!t Ia slnost
certain 10 he accompanied hy grand dcrnonstsa-
ton On the rebel works at tlc james River and
Petersburg. General G7ASr 10 said to have receiy-
el heavy f..rn!yrc.mcu.B lately, and 4 i3 not ini-
probable tna, a conrIe, able q not the larger pN1
al General suTatpASl forces have reached L.m
before th!B. Tie could therefore dctach twou,y or
thirty thousuud men under General wAaELN g. o'-
let diyoFs.ou pr u" icuc TANKS aud rcai, while
b., pressed them on the. non: sni rsht The dc
Neupm,ut Of this movement of tac Army Oi tie
pJtotnsc is not yct sufficiently clear 10 idge of rs
Lgtdal bearings Du Il viii Goub,'rss uc found To
Constitute an unp niant element OF the caupAst5
!u Geoiyla aui Tennessee
For ncws re pcctmg the ope-at ons % General
fufRAss we have still to depend on the southern
% "a . ~ no Eeaturg tfal an
iar they have not been able to record a su.o di1.
.sicr 70 any portion d hs command. Nearly
month has now clapscl since he cut away from
ne bsse ~ Atlanta and all hiG operations seemed
to have Leen worked by tho same mingled bold
hess aud prudence that distinguished the earlier
part oi the campaign, previous to the capsuro
u, the "Gs,c CITY " oi the South. snEHNAs Is
{. great master In lie AT Of warnot a mere rerylc
,opyle; Of the acts Of others. lie possesicsa creative
genius that ennUos him to apply slmos, intultiSey
great principles to the solution of new problems.
Hence the rebels complain Of him as the Austrianh
did Of the great NArolsoN, .that he hghts and wins
battles in defiance of the rules Of Wa. Bat i is re.
mGrkabie that they have not yet bon able to
tll;o advantage " siuglo one Of his So
lied bundcr, II IN said tba, Genera. JOE ions.
sI,S, tic renowned ltIat,git u. the Cou edcracy,
whose crab-hLe muyrmouts cGtlr rear LOSING
Georgia 90 the REBELLION General DICK TAYLOR, Of
Rcd River notor.cty, and General nEAuaEGArD, the
engineering Creole, all weaving a net to outrsI
him General suraYAN, however, holds them al
ut bay, aud has evidently bewlldcred them by III,
apparent compcSity Of his movements which seen
10 threaten hafa dozen different places At the sam,
tine. The last Union and rebel accounts reprcseA
g.. -. A..
r4iI to be going Oh ; but this report may be n,
more reliable than tic representations that he va
teseging Macon aud Augusta. few days mort
vii solve the question Of his destination. In TN
meantime, !; ~ enough for us that the Rchmon,
papers admit that lie has not ye, met with a check
aud that he can p,ob Wy reach blue water Il l.
plesses.
From Tennessee tie uows !, apparently NOR
serious The rebel Gsnera HooD appears to hAy
did s'e7e t. Nashville, and o,eup,es positio
which menaccs Chattanooga and Murirccslor,
That Nashville Is Ia any r ~ dancer we do Il,
auprehend E,-enforceilcnts viii promptly /
cent forward from the lr,at N1rth-wes', that ",
.oon place our brave army IN a condition to II
sume the offensive. But even in casc Of the mo
iu,xcusable rcmissn OF the military authoTitie
iauooga, can only be taken by the uld Of sic
guns and supplies, which are utterly beyond Il
ovumaud Of the rebel leaders IN that re rion. The
Places are strongly fortified y.ciuallcd
stand siege of several months' duration, aud
auy case We may lo certain that the comrades
ucaerils GnASr, suEHuAN, TnoNAs, RCsEcvAN
a., nobc aud lamou'cl MoPuEasoN, aud tie !
i.rs who have wrcsiel the Miqsissippi and the /,
der stat,s from, the cuu!cdcracy will give good
,oilut of themselves aud will more than sust,
their established fame and glory. There nre
wanting indications that General SREuNAS N
shortly succeed ''' completely changing the s,u
uou In Tennessee by swit decisive movement Il
a.hleult II not impossible.
thus on all sides We find the evidences Of
uyiiy More than one powerful fleet IL threaten
the Atartc tier o' the dsloyal States in co-opc
t,uwith rurm.cs. Il thunders all along the Il
and the air q flied with the din aud prcparat
.ar battle. The period has evidently arrived
s,nsc thc enemy at various points before
aruies 20 into winter quarters, and it Is proba
tl.t within a lew days may obtain the II
Important nows from the entire vast theatre Of
,aI The recent storm may have somewhat
a. sl or impeded operations IN Virginia but otl
80 erythiug appears favorable for our ca'
.'l, 70, ohuu was never before 30 closely presse
"a, u.ony important aud vital points, aud ther
....y f.Gic lion that il may receive its death b
,e tit ycar oxpiros from GGANI, snGaaAN
.uI.A--.r irJm al these & G5uc.as-ac,ng rs I