Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-03
SCUTHERN NEWS.

| From late Southern papers we gather the fol.
low IL & TENS OF news: .s
The Richmond Sentinel OF Feb aith, treating
upon the campaign in Mississippi, says:
We are inclined 10 think that sherman is
| the victim Of a bafiled eombination Three
ereat movements, concurrent and simultaue-
/ bus, formed the plan. Far1agut, with a pow
0ful feet, was TO capture Mobile; Smith and
% On. rson, win an overwhelming force OF cav
| airy and mounted infantry, were 10 penetrate
missi>slppl from the North, and advance
| southWaroIy and eastwardIy, driving Lees
eavaLIy before lhem sherman, starting from
flcksburg, was TO penetrate TO Meridian
"lf all these columns were successful II
| would at once give the cityof Mobile. and its
ane OF railroad to the North, also the whole of
mississippi and the western frontier of Ala
| bama, to the Federal arms. But while grand
combined operations promise great results If
fortunate, they are extremely liable to dislp-
Pclnfment II Is difficult to secure success in
al paris OF complex scheme; and failure in
one is often the failure or the whole Sher-
man seems to be the only column that gained
its point : - . >N
The Richmond E1am,ner SAYS it has been
agreed TO exchange Caps. Sawyer and Flynn
for Gen. Lee and Capt. Winder., "a. -r-r.r -
The E1GH.iaer, treating editorially of the id
diligence from Dalton, thinks itrather dubious
and says I" the sudden aud unexpected retrea
CT sherman, produces some anxiety, though
re great excitement. II appears TO have bee
well understood at the North tnat n a rh eF
object Of Sherman's movement was 10 decov
tie Government into an order of troops from
JchpstoE's army tCfeintorce Polk, while Grant
n should advance upon Johnston at he head OF
S9,GCD men. The stratagem, after the iPsso1s
O. oEMurfreesboro and Lookout Mountain. nav
rsaEoLSpiS ne supposed 10 have beenswortL-
iess. The army OF Northern Georgia has not
teen a2aln cIyld while the eu5ny was mass
ing troops in Chattanooga. and y hile tle rD..is
are as dry as ihFy have ever been in m;dsum-
mer. Polk's forces, as the event proves were
&bEndanLly sufficient to check s;serrnau's moy
lt-t CCitlnI q hurry II IkCL Iauda
1t htit deselatcd, over the ro-ds il had ruinad
to Tie bridge i. he'd burnt. But tire faiinrs OF
Sherman does not compel GTart to II ye q his
cciR. he has, unaoubledly, a powerful army
~ tI;s{ ooGs;, and The utmost Fecity,ef his.
raltrcccs has been taxed to arnlss at this 10 Ii
ICu camp The supplies and stores To sU UtInor.'
him curing some weeks or battle and march
a great Latte may be fought in the neighoor-
Ecoa o. I&!tcn be:ore many days have passed.
pcrhars IL is alTSady fsAir Z. The exact re-
iatiVe proportions of tne two armies are OF
course unknown. Grants force ie unroubted--
" very i&rGe-aiter the dreadful fall of Rose
CIGEs, he viii do nothing Withoutscrcns which
lie thinks VIII ensure success. Johnston's
numbers have been efectUally, and quite
properly. con ceaie d from the pu Ol!C knO Sledgg
1t Is cert ain, howeysr,t thathis army, whae yer
rs SHtnGlf, is 1uu Of spirit and confident OF
its comncrder. White we will not venture to
Preaict res u!tS, 1t may De said with ASSURANCE
that it v i'll fight witI desperate energy and o..
handle d with the higEest sItil''
Relative 10 Longstre mo yements the same
psTer says:
1T is 10 longer disguised that Ilongstrea.
has fallen back TO Green vile an d Bull Gan IT,
is reported that a portion OF his forces crossed
The river at StraW berry Plains on Saturday
last, and Were attacked on Sunday by the enc
my, who drove our forces back. The pontooa
BRIDGES were cut loose 10 Eenp the enemy from
pursuing. The report is that Longstreat fell
lack 10 prevent flank movement We NAV
say, however, that the public need feeI no
anxiety as 10 the movement of Lon gstreet and
we ale assured that its real object which of
course IL would be lmnruQbnt Al is
very far from being the occasion fer any mis-
giyings. - -
ssFCr long time Lon gs streets army has baap
an idle force in the Confederacy. When il fell
back from Knox vile it went into winter quar-
ters near Morristown, where il has been in a
state OF isolation until recently" ~