, 1864-07-29
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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1854.
SHERMANsS VICTORY At AT.
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We are opposed to the happy but decep-
Iiye fncnlty which enables many to convert


We arc opposed to the happy but decep-
Rive faculty which enables many to convert
into victory, by processes Of honied
's-soning aud pleasant words, proceeding
{, Ut from vigorous and candid Judgment,
? =. fsn weak and eangutne disposition to
| 'Iicye that "all goes well" But we are
c~nHclled By the Acts to regard the results
achieved by Sherman in the battles Of We'd
ntsday and Friday ss more satisfactory thRn
would have been the quiet evacuation ol
Atlanta, without battle. The occopa"ou
Of point after point, By 1ank nose"enS, -
to certain extent diepiriung to LIE encu!'
and encouraging to US, but 1t merely post
1,oucs a trial of strength Which Is alumatcls
Inevitable. and which alone can be occlslSe.
THE d,,vInr of the rebel army from toft
Henry ia barely remembered, but the pen
ni,r :hcm up at Fort Donelson is one Of the
e1or;ons cpochs Of tic war. The occupation
., ylcksburg wos Of slight importance, but
tic s,lrreuder Of Pembertona WHOLE army
vas the scycrest blow the rebellion has sui
fercd. SO while the withdrawal OF the rebel
amy from Atlanta, In consequence OF the
failu1c Of Hoods attack on SAerman's ngat
on Wednesday, would have been succeaa,
the severe and telling losses Inflicted on ms
arn3 in the repulse Of tis assault on our ief8
on Friday, are more important in military
poiut OF view. In front Of our 18th, 1GtA aua
1;,n Corps alone, a{Hr Fridays battle, .. -
deud r, bcls were buried By our men. VIC
captured o,1o0 prisoners. None estimate the
r.hc, loas at less than IL 600, or lot fAr from
uuc fourth Of Hoods whole army rs nsoa'1y
ri mated. The ordinary proportion o.
uo,nded 10 killed would exceed these hs"
u,cs, Our loeb In killed, wounded and miss
;,,s is 3,,n0. OF the three railroads running
cut Of atlanta to the South yard, two have
pcc. severed a-d stonemau is raiding against
thc third. While Hool, with the defeated
tlrcc.tourthe OF his army, is st1ll at Atlantis,
his situa,ien is growing, We oelieTe, hourly
moro critical. The defeats heretofore nAlc'eo
on him required but the use OF from third
tokrlI Of Sbermap's entire I, rec In each in
stance, and though our troops are sadly
wcu1ied By their protrac.ed and exbanstlng
labors, it is difficult to believe that the ut
most desperation of the defeated rebels can
render them cquR1 nan for man to our own
men. While We fhall rejoice to learn taat
our troops are In secure possession Of Atlan-
IA, re fixing beyond paradgcnturc the success
Of tie campaign, VIC cannot but hope that
She,mauss efforts to cut of the retrcat OF
Hoods arlry msy succeed, and that there at
Atlanta the last soldier Of TINT army
MAY stuck bis arms In surrender.
The effect Of 60 conclusive q victory,
though purchased ut the cost OF protraeted
endurance and tome losses, would be msgi.
cal. It would re open the entire cotton
market Of the Eouth and exert m incalcula5le
chauee In the condition of tue commercial
world 60 fur as affected BY the supprsssion OF
thtt source Of supply. 1t would furnish
Grant with an additional army for the cap
turc Of Richmond. It woald be the York
TOWN OF the VET.