The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-27

sSAy pcss, We must submit To tAeir bcttg Judgment
OPINIONS OF THE ENGLIsH PRESS.
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VAs "0rand March, EQUAL % Name
Icons Assault on the Allies Going 10
Par1s-SheTm ans "NOW Theory and
Practice" OF the Art OF waF-specula.
ssos, Anticipation and Hopes OF his
nseLIsH REroRrs ov HIS ADVANCE, HIS oBylor,
AND THE GREAT CHANCES or HIS DEFEAT.
yNew York NOV. 22) correspondence Of London Poel
The absor bpg topic has been and still H. the
osaions and whereabouts OF General Sherman He has
ssnica,ion with the North and the only infomatios We
receive from him comes through Southern sources.
~ The Atlanta and Chattanooga Railroad boldly cut him
sslf OF from all connection with his base, and plunged
onds %. Ss :. sa. v
Rsss OF the country through which he designs pass
HE aim Is beyond oil question, to secure position upon
the seabord where he may receive endorsements and
supplies At leisure, and, having there established his
Base TO prosecute further operations spring
Il 10 for what point his course y directed
Whether he has selected Savannah Charleston 40 his
Afterwards Al Mobile is perhaps NOR. rsssonsSls -
suppose that he will prefer the latter being induced there
e. doubt BY the refusal Of the Aabama legislature
when summoned BY Governor Watts, to make any pro-
vision for the public defence-a refusal oAicA TIE North
ienrxais have been so,1 to interprN desire
however, that he thinks will rebound more to hn al
vantage 70 seize Augusta the importance OF which has
thence march
Charleston shich with the advantage Of water base
would allow free communication with al the ports OF the
Omitted States. From Charleston he can lend helping
hand TO Grant-who. ne hopes, will BY that time be In
possession OF RichmoDd-in operations d0anA Wlmtnp
Nm the 2eui! Of which, no supposes, win entirely shut
o0t the C6nfederAtcs from the sea
The federal papers, several weeks sso announced the
1alsrmtna,,qo n yany the pter campaign to Tie cotton
.yx :ss % Ws,.s:y. s ' 4. G sxo ', %S,s
neDts Sherman has In visw, Il Is evident that he
sascoiatss largely spon Me sssaiss1 Of ne oo4si,y
ssWfedrocy. In both calculations am induced, with
rood reason believe that he will be greatly mistaken
wtss his army be Dot utterly destroyed long before
hail have reached either Mobile Savannah Charleston
70 reach S Ss o 1
great considering that be must carry the larger portion
Prom Atlanta 70 Hacoa, the capital Of osorss-tbs
Arst stags-Nm more imam one hundred miles, and here
ssers Understood " 30 . strong garrison defending
yren Macon 70 Augusta, one hundred and seventy
miles farther, there 70 railroad tie deaructien Of UAieA
sest :. sss 70 ss s.ssss q rssardiDs his prssess
uosil the portion broken down can b restored.
AsDdrsA and thirty two mikes ana Al savannah, what
ever calculations he may make, hs will bs pretty
ssrsn % mse. Win stubborn resistance. Here then.
country sparssy sssed and Gotten growing country
whore he viii Aud the q life 30 abundant
Mat h caa rsplestsh these 20 often - 70 be
ssas At all Zines % have them close 10 his
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subdued the garrison, and posssss,o be may then
aAtnk Of Charleston, hundred miles further morrill,
snsrnan can % ell this with shs force he has q com
hyy thousand mes, thea he Is . much greater DOM.
ander than ne has hsrstofore shown himself 70 BE- and
Another very popular opinion that sheruans objsc,
- Beauregards communications, In The hope OF cuttir
% and capturing the quarter part q the Confederate
Asa.gemsry, the capital Of the State. Before
ss.eSss ne former ss mus. ars, pass through Mont.
Sbandon Georgia altogether To subsist his army a
sslms, Or between that place and Montgomery he
from that place BY way of the Alabama river. That
would be hardly practicable since river communication
close the Alabama readily as they did the Ton
hsssee, and therefore Shermsns safety win depend
chiefly on his ability 10 take possession Of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, and draw supplies from the seaboard by
Shat route. TO do this he must march into Mis-
Sissippi and occupy Meridian, and that point Is
some eighty mics west OF Selma, and two hundred
md thirty miles southwest Of Atlanta the possibility OF
obtaining any supplies from the formeripace viii
be perceived To present the matter briefly Il rs sucent
% ssy that, Sherman ia aiming At Selma he
tinue bis march to Meridian, Mississippi 60 south 70
Mobile He cannst subsis his army either at Selma or
Montgomery Viewing any OF these whether
upsu Charleston Mobile Selma-bowe successful
they may he 10 point Of conquest how the
contemplated campaign 10 TO advance the design OF subju
CATION. may serve additional annoy ance TO the
people but must be destitute OF results arrow
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passes leaves absolutely open The entire country In
che rear, from Chattanooga TO the Gulf, wherever the
federal army 10 not for the time oocsmped
sHsEMAs THE NAPOLEON OF TEE pAY-rHs LONDON
Tuss' ARGUMENTS FoR HIS DEysAr.
Prom the London Times. Dec q
The moyemsn, seems, SO far as We San judge
Eaid marca q Napoleon in Isi4to s. Dsar. ey Ys.eh
hs hreo hin@f upon the communications Of the allied
1s.n ss psn IF ana s
compelled their retreat Al the very moment when the
object Of all Their soors seemed be within their grasp
On the same way sherman instead Of seeing In the opera
Aon OF Hood necessity to fall back upon his original
base OF operations, has read II a. Invitation
new one, and instead OF falling back Tennessee and
Kentucky 10 the northwest he has turned his face
towards the Atlantic, and rs marching In souheastery
direction.
There 10 remarkable consent Of opinion probably
resting on sure though unavowed information, that the
object Of the General Is principally perhaps 20 destroy
lbs railways Oh connect the Eastern with the Western
States o. the federalism, and inen divdag his army
snto two parts 10 attack with the town OF Auguss
cpal powder mandatory of the south, ami with the
aber " advance 70 the mouth Of the river and capture
nc city o. sssannah ITSELF which, although II was taken
Jet de0ed all the Efforts Of the North take by sea.
II this enterprise DO brought to Successful termina.
Sion, Ge~er0I Sherman ,lt undoubtedly be snsled 10 TIE
Aonw Of having added fresh ehnpsr 70 ne theory and
yvacttce 81 mcdyr warfare Instances, doubt, have
secured where bold general, under the pressure Of
come nsuperable difficulty or the seduction ~ ire
sistble mr,stion, has abandoned the basis Of his
search another base But history records very
few instances Indeed whore operations OF this KIND
have been crowned with success. The attempt has
generally been made IN the hope OF raising .
country disshected IN lie existing government, and
With the pros. ect OF almost entire security the
point sought for be reached Genersi sherman
eas neither ~ these conditions 10 bis favor the country
INTO which be punses entirely hostile 70 him he can
eouns on no Information or assistance OF any kind but
Guss look the other hand every opposition thu,
go possibly be osered 10 hs advance BY people wAosS
ey crHsnoe saked on the aife ndue Of his failure
sseres The country through which be to penetrate 70
GOT hied vtn large towns Or popuoas villages; u In, 90.
cerdinE 70 English sotons, very tbniy inhssted, and
soers no reason 70 suppose that It's inhabitants viii allow
any Of me means OF subsistence which IL 10 in their
power " destroy " fall into The hands invader
1Aroe6s which 10 comes 70 destroy rendered almost
unnecessary other lines OF the ceupty
- thcky tmbsrcd and insersected with streams and
Ssvinss Offering innumerabe points his march may
- delayed apd bis advance harasssd the
~ labor In large plantstions each under the absolute
Mrecsson q single chief b favorable 70 any s.nems