The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-18


press however, leave hut little room g. doubt that
Lnco'n Is reelected; AMI although the election
psssed oil quietly in Tie Eastern AID Middle States,
thcrc Is moi ~ much certainty that IL was quiet
affair everywhere, or II u was, that miarh.cf will
not come cut of yct.
No light is thrown upon General Sherman g oper-
atoms which evidently inspie tlarm throughout
the Con 'cdcrrcy. Tho ExAsisIR- however, come
ments uI-n tho movement in tho following bras-
gadocio style;
Altogether 4, may hc ripposei that he hsd swen-
" IA, ussrd mon with hiun. II, Nth this iu<e, no
has cut himself lcoso from his lotnIuuacat NJ aud
attempted ~ gain Ch.r'cston, four hundred miles
dmi M. living ON hostile country by the way, he
ins unuortakon u most estrsorriinary affair
IL IL n Tar cry to Llchov but II IL farther cry
" Charleston. There are circumstances which
rendcr ths news very suspicious relcsrHphic
COMMUNICATION with sherman docs not exist, and
u would te diihcuh w obtsiu inio .cnce from At.
lants. II is also improbable that he should have
announced such design through tho Now York
Journals, oven he had determined vi -p, IT, rhts
ncws ~ very Ike bg Yankee lie, inyontsi to
eo.~ UP the fact that Sherman has really burn,
Ausnts Tor the purpose Of concentrating his whole
fure srainst Hnot
Ga Abe other hand thore arc consider tasons which
give color u ihe story. IL burn Atlantis and 70.
irvs would 10 q deadly blow tu Yankee pride We,
Sherman u,ust come away from that us,les place
lic cannot keep bis army iin hero white Hood
marches into Tennessee. lie may SUPPOSE thu, thv
iorccr under Thomas. with the additions sent to
him from Atlanta, arc sufficient 10 hold IN cheek
and hat all o: HooL's army having been With
drawn from tho South, 10 would hnd nothing w
oppose him on tho road from Chs-loston. or ~ VII
mington- or TO y junction with Grant wherever II
may Ia des.rcd.
Balancing 10th considerations we are still In
creiu ous but VII te true that Sherman is now
MI, tnptng this prc,igous design. 40 may safely
predict that his march will lesd hun to NE pars-
disc VI ioos and that this mag gnhecnt scheme will
hereafter be reckoned
with all the grand deeds that never were done,
And al tho great books thai never were written,
Aui AL tlo good songs which never wsto sung
Was this indeed tho tremendous news Of tho
New York Journals, which Grant hAs thouyht pro-
yer 10 keep from ua Was th,s indeed the reason
OF the supp ressun " exchange during the last two
daynY Yet q g suppressaon Is certainly . fact, and
- "a curious fact, unA IL was sarbutcd by msny Ia
The clrcumftaucc Mat there arc slinctAlng wAsh
the Yankees arc trying 10 conceal from as long
81 psslble. out Of couaideraiion doult ltcsA tof
weak nerves.
IHE CAPTrLR vLohipA.
Upon this subject the Kiehinonl ExAshra Of
Nov. IL says:
Tho most popular hero In tho Yankee country o,
u'H uibmcut, NOT eNcciauy ShCri Ian, 10 CAPITA a
Collins, Of the msn-of.wM wachusc,t 10 ~
surpr lr"'l aud captured the Florida CouIedsr.to
steamship, while she was lying quietly ia a II, ulral
port.
Il was true thHt the Florida wss under the trr-
/ tctuoL oi Tue neutrality OF Bfazil, and her CON .
mander had no moro thought Of danger than II hn
/ hsd been IN Southampton or IN Chcrtourg Ru,
here was the very beauty of the case, In Yanlsea
eyes: Bra1u 10 lot England neither s II France
and The feat would De 70 easy, 30 blooGcss.
| There is no part, no feature OF this whole pro
eecJin3 which doea not enhance its value and vir.
tue as a sL,le, In the eyes Of COllins's country.
men. II is very complete and character site Yan.
Leo trick, m,do only the more delightful by thu
spocta &c oi tie ,nslGlted Emperor Of brazil lott In
! dlgnautly r,monssrat!ns On the shore. Indeed, VI
hisn,cn the charm Of tho whole affair, tho
Ne" York papers print At full length
tie Emporor's PROCLAMATION Of neutrality,
| maIo ou tho occasion Of this very war,
auf dchu.ug tie privileges OF he'll .,ercft vcssu :
while III has h.rbors. Good, wor,hy man Sinai
account a Yankee makes Of his pruclatnstions !
1hurc IL nothing, In fat, which could add higher
rolsh to ths io,t Of naval warfare than the outcry
1t 10 HuToto rase all over the world shout The su-
ia, .oIn insUlCuCc Oi tho Yankees, and thoir con
tmptuous tramphng upon tho ccutral rights u
| Brazil. The Yunkoc nation expocts TO DO accused
vi al this, alI will be eharu.,I w own Tie soft
Impeachment. This su Ia .hem exactly, for IL Is
OL,y yuui htrJns tIst rate, CunquoIinX, bull ing
nsuons that can 'onturo On such acts; and bo.
s,lcs, II Enellsh ministers mako any NOISE about
1t thcy can cat English example ~ lustifica alton,
and IL Is eli The justification they noe OF will look
| for. We May be very sure that Mr.. eewsrd ~ Gl-
ready preparing his list oi Enxlish and pro-
ce!outh- 10 (uOt excuse, for ho soornB ;uss but
| authorize tAs capture oi Tho florld., well as
any other htroeity his people may choose 10 COM
nit by land o. ssa. II Sheridan leaves the
| Valley Oi NIg1nis = smoking desert u sahss.
NJ tie knsish papers complain wi,h
| much virtuOus indignation, Mr.. Seward eau
| say, do you forget how tew years aso, in 1912,
your generals did the same thing Al tic Valley VI
| tabOOl, buriuug lie c,Ops sLd dwellings, ami evt q
eating down TIE fruit treos And lor respoct-
| ing thc r.gh.s oi neGlrals, WIPE Qua Of your OVID
| history TITO Two uansA~.sons ui COIelIhsseu, and
the many times t..t your bullying htGt ilnb
pied The Tngus' mouth III defiance Ui Portugal, and
pointed i1s guns over the f'r"uH, a seorn oi tie
! Urcoh- beiOge you De;in baiictimonIOubly 10 re-
buke ~. Brazil viii, Uf course, renonsirste Tut
uneas sLe can Interest ia Lor cause the great
tinc nitioiIs, her remembrance viii DO wholly In
| vain T.ero hal lately teen cuoiLcHs Uetwoen TIC
| Emperor and TIC Enyhsh government, and dplo
IDalic relations were suspended. For uat, and ior
| otLcT Teasonss tho protest trOm EnSsnI, II any,
| Viii prot ably b. rather cold aud Iorfunctory and
| ensily answered by Mr.. seward. France aud Bra
I'll are ou very friendly terms yet there Isi.
aurat!Ous which u.ay csus. France also h be very
| cautious Ia stirrius tie matter TOO roughly. On
the whole, VIC ucod not e'pocl any serious trouble
TO grow out OF il tho god Bhlp Florida ID lost
snd our cruisers VIA have loaGLod tho lesson Ma,
lly bad Letter for tho future oyoiI VI ports except
tloee of England sLd France, and theH vA.ious
! colonies
The rebels don't ike 5hcridan's mode Of opera
lions in the valley OF the shcnsndoah--that valley,
which by its groAt agricultural resources has
enabled the rebels ~ constantly threaten ashins.
ton The EXAMINE ssys
couiIlittee consisting Of th.!ty siH citiAen and
u, sac nulI.Dcr Vi ua.lstT,ics, appointed by tue
County Court vi Rockingham, iur tLe purpose Of
maxim. hn estimate u TIE IUss1s OF the county By
tho execution Vi Suerldsn's Infamous order, nave
mudC, alter 1bor. .U4B luveslg aton oi tho subject,
the following report ;-Dwelnny houses burned,
20 barns burned, 45O mails burned, 81 ioncins