The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-02
THE NEW YORK SUN.
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. ,, 1864.
View of the Csorr.sn ,anpsisn.

NkW VI INC eSUHEloU u.Ye'e"s
Tu-rs are nuucp,s indosi Thea we shall
ecou have news Of stirring and eSct ng events Ia
Geofga. The lull thai his ~" Icd 'or so'no TINE
in TIA; quarter has bceu~i re aIisrcui tsn rcs'
and has only covered an Intense activity oi prpaf-
r,ions on both sidcs for rcsImp'ion Of hosthhes'
The actual fzhnng makes UP the smallest and ia
most cases, the least important part 81 csupsgn'
although IL IL only the roar ard rssh
q. battle that attracts the attention Of the world.
The result uf the yrca contests that have decided
The tate VI empires and made and uarrvi the repu-
taiion OF famous goperl ,s, have generally been de-
cdcd by prctn nary movements that may lie ire
queutly traced back weeks and even months
before the Gnal battle. jus, such movements as
these have bccn progressing In Gcofgia since TOE
period ii General MornEi ios's death. az weeks
ngo. Both q oppos X armies ha'. Teen gamer
ing Mp their REQUIRES hd lencing Tor
the advantage Of ponhon preparatory "
itc grra, couicl. Which Irihably cannot be delay
% beyond q few w.rsa a. iar,bost. General sIscI.-
gtS's orcra,ions see ~ almost counterpart to tbose
~i General GrA,t before reicrbbury md n cAmond,
H. object has i,cn simply To Iresrve hts Of en
! nra n comnur atoms, and c'it on those Of tie
enemy and hls reduce General H1oi 10 tho ncccr,
siy Of lighting. refreshing, or Hhutnns up his
army In Atlanta ~ stand segc,
~ the latter event would be tln,smount,o a vles'-
lurg capture Of the entire rebel forces the ConicG-
crate general Ia restricted the alternative Of night
ing or rctrcating, with prohability-amcuntn AZ
almost W certainty tie rebel leaders will de.
eide in favor If trusting thor sinking iortuncs to
tho Issue Of smother battle. JErT, DAVIS during .
recent visit to Macon, Is sail to have declared that
Atlanta the Ost vital point OF the Cou'sderacy,
and would lie hold to the Inst. Accordingly, the
Confederate high pressure s. stem Of terror and c-
srcion has been employed Tor weeks past to force
all the boys and Incn N the cotton States from
fifteen to sIty years Of age into the service, and
with such oioct tina, HooD's army Is no~ said
20 have more than recovered its oriner numer al
strength. But Il csc raw lcvics lack the courage
and Discipline 4 DRlG0's trained Veterans aud sro
by no means equal 10 the inylnC Die heroes u
suUsAs's army. Our iorces now bold
Ahe Western railroads from Atlanta, and
srs pressing towards uio Macon limo
on the South. The occupation " the
latter line by General snKRYAS would 10 u
squrl importance 10 the SEIZURE Of the Dsnv liz
aud Weldon railroads In Virginia by General
GlAST, ard will Of course lie slouuy roasted b.
GenoIal Hoop. IN tho mean tine the retsl Leaders
nope W compel General snzsxAs To raise the siege
by cutting Oh hls communications. Tins const
tutes the chief danger to our cause In Ucorsia
For nearly two inouths guefriias have been har
aasslng our line at communications, but W fi
witt out irfic,ing any great damage. Genera
SHERMAN, in his progress IRON Chattanooga, estal
1ishcd U system Of fortified posts or bases, In hi
gear, With dcpols VI supplies. These exist In res
,llar chain for IL distance Of one hundred and hft
znes, and have successfully resa,cd all the attack
Of the guerrilla bands Nov, however, We hay
official reports from Secretary srAsToS 10 H.
,efyec. that FoEHE3T, WnEnwG, MolaAS, and IL
other rowing rebel leaders in that section, hsv
Joined their forces " attack General snEENAs'
communications between Nashville and Chatta
nooga. 1t 10 no, impossible that attack ma
10 made upon tho latter place. But
'success In these movements would by II
means para'yzc the operations Of General enxr
HAs, who, from tho hrs,, provided for such q cor
tingency. He can prosecute the siege Of Atlani
for q month without pound Of hard tack "
round Of ammunition nom tie North and Il
probable that nc could even endure the deprivsto
of kilograms from the War Departments snIr
oAAn's aruy has obviously hard work and despc
use Aghting before 1t. But wo have an sbdu
couhdence-not, indeed, unminged with anxiety
in the final result. Our fortunes may lie che
auerel but the heroes vi the West will secure q
Rltina,e victory.