The New York herald., 1864-10-02

Ths Military Bitastion-oar Recent
Great suocess-Oar Generals tho Oaly
Hope er the Country.
General Sheridan reports the progress Of his
operations in the upper part Of the valley
and announces the almost total destruction and
dispersion Of Early's force. He announces
also tho victory Of our cavalry at Browns Gap
the fight at which point the Richmond papers
had assumed was q rebel victory, on tho very
slender reason that they had not received
any Of the particulars of il. From General
Grant there is no later news Of the movement
of Meade 10 Poplar Grove church; but our cor
respondents give the full particulars Of the
movement on the north side Of the river, which,
indeed, We may fairly regard a. but part of
the movement toward Poplar Grove church,
since it led directly to it, and was doubtless in
tended solely to facilitate that operation. 1t
is worthy Of note that this is the third success
sive time that General Grant has gained his
purpose and completely fooled General Leo
by this Same ruse. At the time wa a the mine
strated on the north side OF the river, and
drew Ices forces so efectually that way that
Petersburg might easily have been taken had
not either the army or corps commander blum
dersd very greatly. Later, when Graut was
all ready to seize the Weldon road, he again
demonstrated on the north side of the river
and with such success that he actually got his
position on the Weldon road without resis-
tance. And now, again, his demonstration on
the north side Of the river has given him a
position on or near to that important South
side Railroad that Lee has watched and guarded
with so much care
By this movement to the Southside road
Grant has added another to the important sue.
cesse, that have recently crowned our arms,
and that are the basis of the only just hope
that the people can have for peace. How glo-
ri0us is the record of those recent successes
Sherman's success alone has robbed the con-
federacy of an empire, and even Of the hope of
success in the Southwest. His many victories
between Chattanooga and Atlanta, and his fin al
enabled him to OutmaDeuvre the wary John
ston and Outright the resolute Hood, have made
this man. whom Greeley calls orotchetty,"
and who was declared by Cameron to
DO crazy, such power in the South
west that the confederacy will never
be able to confront him with any resistance
that he cannot easily overcome. It moves
smile Of pitiful contempt to hear that the
doughty Beauregard is to be his future antago-
mist. Farragut, the Old Salamander-the grand
old believer in wooden ships and iron hearts
who, We are told, is to have command in the
James river, has contributed to these great suo-
cesses by his captures at the mouth of Mobile
bay; and Sheridan, in the valley, has contribu-
ted two positive and most decisive victories.
and pursuit that has demoralized and des-
troyed that rebel Army Of the Shenandoah
which Early led to the intrenchments Of the
national capital. So splendidly has the war
gone on in the last nonth; and now, bsst of
all, Grant tightens on Richmond that hold
which will never relax until the vile treason
has breathed its last.
Grant and the men under him, in the con-
tinuance Of the great efforts that have led N
thus far, are the real and only dependence Of
the country. From Grant Sherman, Sheridan
and Farragut only can we expect any satisfsc-
tory progress in the solution of the great ma
tional problems that have been forced upon
this generation. And it is national humilia-
ton that while this is the fact bordes OF small
minded politicians make it the business Of their
lives to keep this great fact out Of sight, and
have some success in that unworthy attempt
On one hand large division of the men Of the
country proclaim the virtues, the greatness
and the glories Of Lincoln, and on the other
hand an equally large division declare that Nc
Clellan is still greater man, and in some
cases have the impudence to declare that Nc
Cle!ian is the only great soldier Of the country
They compare the Peninsula campaign with
Grants Chattanooga campaign, and with Sher-
mans recent great campaign against Atlanta,
and say that. They din in our ears the praises
OF men whose names will hereafter be most
conspicuous in the histories Of our national
dissraces, who are humbugs and nusances,
failures and nincompoops, aad they turn away
their faces and persistently refuse to see who
the great mea of the country are. With half
dozen giants in sight they hold up our natioaa.
pigmies and iusist upon it that they are the
only giants. But the masses OF the people are
sound at heart, and are not deceived by this
palaver; they know who the real great men are,
and in due time they will show that they know
it; and then let these political schemers and
cheats take care.
TAAMAsY HALL NoMyATIos FOR SHERIFF
Tammany has taken step In the right
direction in the nomination for Sheriff.