The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-08
MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1864.
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AnC uuNhuCb VI kho ARSbtt1 oStVoo viz a Wv |
mac, and their threatening movements
towards Pennsy lvania and Western Virginia,
cngross the attention of the people hereabouts |
almost exclusively Proclamations, trumpet |
tongued, are issued daily, but fail to bring
forward a respectable response from the
people, so great Is either their apathy towards
their countrys cause, or their enthralment in
the work Of filing quotas under tAe coming
DRAFT. For our own part, we must confess
can sse no great danger from the army of
EABLY or It's movements II our forces were
managed by men Of ability. II General HAL
LICK would follow tho advice he gave another
general some time ago, and send column up
the south bank of the Potomac to Winchester,
he would soon force the Rebels to concentrate
and fight, and save Pennsylvania, Maryland
West Virginia, and Ohio nrom the dis
grace and damage resulting from
raid. II may be that even better
plans have been adopted, but they are
very slow Of contamination. We understand
that General GRANT has ordered General
SHEnIDAH and General wRIGHr to attack
EABLY at once, and fight the Rebels wherever
they are to be found In the meantime, let us
hope that everything may be done to assist
the Government In this matter by our State
authorities. Our people should at once pro-
ceed 70 fIl up their quotas and strengthen the
armies OF the nation, as they are now approach
ing anal triumphs and decided victories. 1t is
the settled conviction of all thinking men in
the army, that the present campaign win close
the Rebellion. Let us confirm this conviction
by using every means to aid the Government
and Its military captains.
Matters before Petersburg with the eEcep-
ton ofa failure in Rebel mining operations),
are In etatu quo, and will remain so for some
days. General LEE will take advantage OF
this iull in our siege operations to gather up
stores and endorsements. If offensive opera
tions are delayed for long period he will, no
doubt, feel encouraged to detach several
NOhhbho Va AEie bhNOPo w OPOA"eO AOA a . V"b
and HooD's temporary relief His strategy
of late, however, with the exception of
EARLY's diversions seems to be bending
towards steady and permanent concentration
Of bis forces at Richmond and at Atlanta.
General SAMUEL JONES retrograde step
from bis standard liberalization, in releasing the
Union officers placed under fire at Charles
ton, means something. We have no doubt
that the Rebel officers released in return were
sorely needed but we should not be surprised
fthe fall of Mobile, or the reported capture Of
Andersenville, Georgia, has something to do
with this sudden fit of fellow-feeling. There
has been powerful moral effect worked up
somewhere in the "COnfederacy," whose first
tidings may be expected by us In day or two.
The Rebels have determined to sustain
General HOOD In his bloody work at Atlanta.
His army was sixty thousand strong when It
crossed the Chattahoocheo river in retreat II
has lost one-fourth Of its fighting strength
since that time, but has been reinforced by a
large body Of militia; all the forces operating
in Mississippi, lately under command Of
Northumberland STEPHEN DEcArUR
LEE, and large portion of General RICHARD
TAYLOR's army FROM the west bank OF the
Mississippi river This swells HooD's army
very considerably, but does not make il equal
20 that Of General SHERMAN ia numbers, and
certainly not in morale and real militlry
strength. Besides, We csn reinforce SaERMAS
with ffty thousand veterans in q short tim'
itm the Departments OF Generals oASDY
RcsEcRAEs, and STEELE, and rciiev,
mony veterans, now holding the railroad from
Atlanta 10 Nashville, with new troops.
General STosEMAN seems to have per
fol med great work in his recent raid, buI
unfortunately made an attack upon the par
italy fortified city of Macon, and was repulsed
ard according 10 ex-United States Senators
HOWELL Com and A. IvERsoN, was cap
tured with many Of bis men. We do no
credit the capture. The repulse may have
some iOunuauoh, Dub OiONEnAN NONA'
get all the way to Macon, his work OF destruc
ton 70 the different railroads must have beer
immense. The probability is that be sue
ceeded in destroying the railroads to Atlanta
SayannRh, Columbus, and Mobile. five are
right In our cOnjectures our losses can bS
borne with good grace and pleasant face
General HooD is preparing to leave At
iantA- He thinks his army is large enougt
70 man@uyre with sHERMAN's in the oper
country south OF west. Ifhe is an able gene.
raj this Is good movement, and may be pro-
ductiye, temporarily, Of advantageous results
But we have every confidence In the superior
military ability Of General sHERAsAH, and
we know his army is now the heaviest Of tn