The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-19
What sherman will do.

from The Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 8
Sherman is stut up in Atlanta by For,
rest with his lines of communication so
Destroyed that his Government has not
heard IRON him for several DAYS He cap
iured Atlanta, bot il may YET prove his ruin.
/ We learn from a reliable source that in
Washington City there is great rejoicing
over the reported movement of HOOD
;owari the Alabama line. II is said TO have
been just The move that Sherman desired
Hood 10 make That sending off the cav
airy toward Tennessee, and marching his
army toward the rear of Sherman. was
playing into The lalier's hand. Sherman is
said TO have accumulated from fifty to sixty
days. supplies in Allanta'durine the truce
and as soon as Hood is far away 10 the
right, aud Forrest and Wheeler deep into
grand cam paign for the seacoast at Savan>
nah-.he men of Sherman's army carrying
in their knapsacks ten days ralIons, and
ten days rations in wagons. The army OF
Sherman, concentrated into a solid mass, is
is believed TO be strong enough 10 over
COttIC du1 lOICC Tic ma VI ia lie HOAi1
and his start OF Hood will enable him to
keep far enough ahead OF him 10 prevent
any delay or consumption of supplies tie
fore reaching the seacoast. The country
overrun will be stripped of all supplies,
and the march through made in fifteen or
twenty days. This is said 10 be the cam
paign. Will it succeed!
The distance TO Savan nah is about two
hundred and fifty miles, aud from twenty
10 twenty FIVE days will be required 10
make The march. Ii The people lura out in
Georgia as they have lone in Virginia,
blocking up the roads in his front, hanging
upon his hanks. harrasS ing his rear. and
capturing his f~oraging parties, his march
will prove his ruin but it the people fy
from his pain aud do nothing 10 relard his
Such a march across Georgia would destroy
the railroads and devastate much of the
country, but otherwise would do no harm.
Tennessee and Kentucky would be open 10
our armies, and the way TO the Ohio invite
Us to enter and re orcupy. The enemy
would herald this flight of Sherman Of his
victorious march through the ConfeGeracy
and claim that it was The completion Of he
campaign. Il may succeed, and il may
fail ; if il is no, successful, Sherman is ro-
ined and his army captured.
BY some it is believed that Sherman will
keep within Atlanta aud compel Forrest,
for want Of supplies 10 move off his lines
Of communicat ZION, and that the accumula-
lion of supplies wS TO enable him to stand
an ordinary siege. Bal we are rather in
clined to believe that the bold and despe-
rate efTor; TO march TO Savannah will be the
solution of the Atlanta problem. To un-
dertake TO retreat 10 Chattanooga would be
to confess failure upon the heels OF admit
ted triumph, and would make his name a
%by-word OF contempt as we'll as raj The
prospects of Lincoln. To march through
Georgia, crushing under the weight of his
army all Opposing forces and capturing
Savannah, with its depot of prisoners, and,
from The seacoast, turning ia early Spring
to reopen a NorthernwarJ cShpaign. would
be a military achievement OF no ordinary
character. The very difficulties that ap-
pear 10 beseI such an undertaking may
contribute TO lis complete success. II our
authorities, because OF these difficulties,
take no step 10 prevent his march, Sher.
man will overcome the difficulties and
reach Savannah. lie: General Be~auregard
lock out both front and rear.