The New York herald., 1864-09-30

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R,ysssIos and siscrsas ny way ,s-Sgss ~ ''"'-'
.s,sssh ss esp Y spss s:sp. :sss %. tho nss
crss, -rsA : ..ss volss--a peace ism
i n~sws is,s,oM THE SOUTH.
ynt.,..,'QR from Co. >'rgia,
From The Rich NQnd Papers, scs v - ~ 1
President Dsvis srrlSsd &Aooa. Ca, go y, mss
ara made speech a, the BaLs Ls>sss church then a.
s'ss ,1s%sns %y q soy cos..au.u ~ the snsos '
The 'sion OF tho citizens cs Atiadt has D0'n COM
Il wa, rsA v,sd yesterday tia. Hoods a~py ws in
Shsgnaus rsA between him and Chattanooga
Gem. shsrus>sa and Goveraor Brown.
fFYom the larlesto0 Courier, sept. "
ps easstrouss vse has s The pon as n was
nss ~ Ds;ss,g rSss o. ID Ssss Of the duties
States recurrcuce to ne States must therefore form
ns q ssu q Il.
must be oondtioa OF pe.n aouos and SUCCESS for any
league Or compact saa. car formed for any numOer OF
We must look to the ssasA therefore. aud. notw.h
standing sorespec. and pscs a"a sSo aaa
appeas Of Yspkee politicians or ke fraudulent contriv
ances OF Yankees sham aovsrns 20 soass Or asare me
nsres OF states, we must oe prs su 70 500 ae ssse'
The whole spirss and sssA OF the o0ns,.a
tion violated in tho under axog tne war Whcn
was no. conempa,od or pr0 ided for and % get peace
the North must-eud, Of eaurss, the oa!h msss--go
above and against tEe consNutson rhsrA 70 uosnins "a
the spirit Of the constitution asd % geA ae
institutions and eis.ens OF 1os Win
a,o,ssr st.,s any Nor,Serr Hat Is prss arcd in the
county consideration OF the evgnai UsA on nna w.
proposals. towards peace 70 any sooeaerD saA we see
nothing to forbid the acceptance Ct these ps ''aS '0e
Governor Brown has noting to do With hSrrn ., eut
to 90 all he cant9 se' him out Of Gsorsa or keA o~
Governor Brown coua not erly rsesivs and wor
state.
recurrence TO ths distinctive principles Of theorA
nal Union--.he sevoraIty and equality OF the ssa.osA
plain and obvious duty aRd only sac line Of poa
We mean not TO weaken or sn,barrass In any w,oths
Confederate or common coparcensry authorities who
can cuy be strong wisely and hea,huIiy In keeping
right or power il should not be exercised BY the ccn
federal eauhorittss but, indlcates sooua
be done by the States
The Psaoe Conference.
spss on tbs proposisons for reaoo rendered By asuey
sherman, concludes by sayins:-
very much to this snsctTsll General Sherman taat
understand him TO be only general Of one OF Ne fedsf
iedsrsts States don't zee nov ". can negotiate or
should undertake IL. how our negotiations can lead
TO any practical results
AeknovvIed msnt or GsnsrAi shermnn's |
Kind Trsat0ent to the Citizens Of At
[Erom the Macon Tesssaph.l
1n ssessss Gsss, sIS sssmss ssa *
sspsons may have ocSarrsa haze sssa 70 Violation .,
b. 1 snd IN many
friend whose wife was LETT an invalid in Atlanta. and
came within our lines day two since, says thA at
her request General sherman came 70 ses her and md
Ing unable TO attend 10 the arrangement Of her NOV
nh 0p
and transported 70 our lines, even TO her washtuo.
nS "sa Z S order ro
insisting that 10 biz exposed postioD liable to be cst on
and u: e pS
tons and psrs 70 which bis army must probably os
sSs 1sS T:
asd duplicate receipts gwen with shs Fromse sna' 'nsy
Rerusses report that shermans army s going North
by thousands. and hs force Is now very small whether
this = osnsd 70 NEE ss,S GU; o.
to say.
General Hood and HIS Policy.
rrrom The Columbia Is g. CarclniaD, sept q :.
claiming against General Hood and against Ae govern.
for orgnsy appointing aud for now retaining hin
dinary ssgaoity and demand immediate recognition Of
their wonderful precedence; but they certainly cannot
claim credit for reason fairness The nrs loss Of AZ
lanta Is GOT by any means ths test in this Inc
ability to hold thai osy depended upsn many ccansen.
anybody else Could general absolutely command yio
tory by controlling all tie clements OF success, II would
nowers have NOT yet been conferred any human being
nor they ever, we believe, claimed ior Gen. Hool
tho army was required no doubt. with his own consent
and approval, to carry out preeetermned out hewy
adopted policy aud to MAINTAIN position which hs did
not brio4 aboa. and for which he in no weerespon
sibe Now the correct method Of cstmatos tins merits
.on 1ns and sTH as os" adopted BY Hoods
make either Of them depend on the nna prescrva.
,ion OF Atlanta But General Hoods condrct s 70 De
N JOhnHtOue must DO SUD-
jected TO the same test. II General H.oa 10 %
condemned because be LOST Aanta er sa,er cscsra,
Johnston who did mot intend to nehs for Ell sx days
who rcreated ~ the way from no , icnprss s ad
across rapid rivers, and who brought Soornsns
ut Las, before the very city the preservation
object OF our campaign, while ts capture was obviously
the object Of the enemys The true test 10 hs cass
probsbe results OF the nes or policy retcrred TO-
iad tho retreat Of our army bean continued osyoad
Atlanta and that place surrendered without struggle
Sherman would have gained SIX wteks tms tor the !
prosecution OF his campaign IN Georsia and WIN troops
com par fresh and numbers comparatively stroug
he could continued the same movcmsnts by which
he had driven Johnston from the Tennes.es TO tbe Cna
last strongly defended point on his route, have
overrun and overwhelmed tho whole OF Northern |
and Central Georgia: perhaps even capturing hacon
and Augusta The six weeks resistance al Atlanta has
completely d'scosccrted any such designs, WIN tns
capture Of that plsce Sherman nds himself too much
exhausted to advance another sep. aud sees D.
army suffering rapid depletion By tie ct'rn home %
all his three ycars troops fhs whd has en gained
BY The policy OF rsssapcc and we did noi loss our
army lost Atlanta. but are, on the coa.raIy,
relatively stronger inan when Sherman crSsed the
hocchee wo may take for granted tha' Gsnsrs
Hood saved Georgia from emporary CONQUEST
and has by holding sherman back preserved TO us tne
important and valuable line o communication between
the Atlantic and the Guit states which Is the object o'
the enemy TO aud destroy.
No Evidence nj Prcaent of HOODS Move
monts.
Tho Lovsjoy correspondent OF the Griffin 3ees says
General Hood appears 70 be In se cheerui Eow @
spirits ns bis brave and patriotic veterans ssw him
10 day surrounded by group Of major seneraa and
brasdics In social converse under an oak tree where
the next campaign will be is sc,rcely even dlsoesscd