Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-19
sbsrmsn's Expedition.

TINA
There no longer remains any doubt that sherman
hss torn I'd the alamo aud Chattanooga Railroad
h,Id;v On, himself II from al connection With bic base,
"a nIupged bead-loaz toto the heart OF Georgia, de-
D.ndinv entirely upon The fOIes he has With him. ana
tbs weakness OF the sOuuUy through Hhish lie aSSisus
"a uss. His aim is, beyond ell question: 70 secure =
,ositiou upon tbs ssaboaTj, where he NAY receive le-
Inducements and supplies ~ leisure, and having tAeis
Established bis base, 10 prosecute farther oPerAnoLS
mex. sOring OF during tho Winter. l. ~ nt Gn0"A Ter
that poiut bis course is dirsoEed-uhethe be mas s-
lse,ed savannah or Charleston - ha bAse, or uhetheF
Ia aims 6,st Al Selma, and afterwards at AoTls. We
ara rather inclined 70 shiHk lbathe VII prefer the later,
bsiUR induced thereto, no dOE6, by te Te'uaA Of the
Alabama Legislature, Uhea summoned By u vernon
Watts, TO make any provision ~ The pablo dsienoe
rafusal which he Yankee j4utnas have Lot been
,lov 10 ME pet iato : dsTs % the pant Of that stA's
= u.tBrn To me ID: som VI Abraham" If Ne may be
,,,p-sd for adoplI :, Tor once, the Profsne eIPrC :
zion Of Secretary Seward Saeh q movement on hs
mart would. moreover correspond NiIh she design The
New Yo.k lanes gave hiG credit Tor entertaining last
summer. Wien he L ads lis tam3us march from Vets-
burg. !. may DO, however, that be thinks It would
rebound more 70 HE advantage to sezs Aigu5;A, tie
importance CT which has been GrOSly o~Vsrsstimated,
and hence march sgsinsG Charleston, Which, with she ad-
vantage Of q water bsss, Utu q ALLOW free communication
nth al The poris Of The Uaiied Safes. FrOm Oharlss.
ton hs can lent . hand to Grant, Who be hopes vi,
by shat time. be in possession Of Richmond, Ia opera
tons against v Ilni0 gton, the rssal! Of which, he sup
uoses, viii entirely shut Is cut from the sea- The
Yankee papers, several weeks $50, announced the d.
termination 20 transfer the winter campaign 10 tie
cotton States, aud This, 30 presume, Ia the preliminary
moTsmsut. Whichever Of the tso movements Sher-
man has in yisu, il q evident that he calculates largely
upon tie UsaEGOss Of the country through which lie
designs 10 mAel, Vt on ia d~zl1yAlty to she COrisde-
ssoy. 10 both calculations, 80 aIe induced to bslsVe
shat DO ell be greatly mistaken. Il EHl be the fault
Of the people .~ntabldng those countries 1t Ls army b.,
not uute4iy dsasl Oy,d long before il shall have reached
siher Mobile " Savannah.
Tue u .Tchss saau.n I'll 6s compelled to make ip
order to rssod tie several stago5 OF hs journey, are
great, considering that lie musE carry the greater part
OF his suppiss sitn bin. FsOm Atlanta To Macon, Cd,
Cat ssEs, it is soHsShsi moro than one hundred miles,
AID here tbsTs 10 understood 20 bs a stroCg gstris,u
defending powerful sOIks From Macon TO Augusta
one Hundred and seventy miles further, there Is a rai-
road, the 5eigF, oian Of which vii, OF course, b = .
tempted & our forces. sud will be ,fsotsd at least 70
the extent OF r~stlEjing hs progress uatl the portion
broken doEa eau be restored. Fiom AuguJa 70 s.
SAnnab the distance ia abou EeniT.hve miles, snd at
Savannah, whatever calculations be may nov make, hs
ell be pretty certain to meet with a stubborn resistance.
Here, then, Is & march b5foro him Of three hundred
miles, through eouqtry spar5ely sOttlsd, and q Gotten
growing country, where he vii no fad the necesssIiss
Of lie 90 sbuadl1t, that Ls csa adjrd to dispsnse with
mag zines, or that hG Con rcPlc1ish ihase SO ot.eu as ~
be able, a. all Zines, 10 have Ihen close in his rear -
When bs shall nave resOnsd Savannah, subdled the gsT
risOn and taken possession, TO NAY then think OF Charles
con, one hundred miles further north. II Sherman can
do all this VIA the fOIco be has at command, which sc
are disposed to think does rot exceed forty thou-
sand men, then DO Is ? much gestsr com
mandsr than No take him 70 be, and the GsoT
EiA1s ere = much tanner Paoplo shsa they have
credit fos bsng. EOr oE cEn ISsh We co not sce
how the contemplated campaign ia TO- advance the de.
sign Of susjagaton, let u terminate IS il may, l; N J
serve 80 Al additional annoyance 70 the people, but il
must be as destitute oil results - the arrow "a destitute
Of the power 10 wound the sE through which it passes
Il lsaV 8 absolutely open tie entire country 10 the rear,
from chattanooga iO- Guf Nh.IeVsF The Yankee
army L. 10. for the time sUcamped.