The New York herald., 1864-10-12
TIE Situation in Georgia.

although the enemy is laundering at very doors
Sopposed . be concentrated upon cur position yet
our eyes are copstsntly attracted to Eelrgia.
-Tbe Ysrkee Ge0erai Sherman. following in the foot
nsps OF all lis predecessors, by dnt Of lying aud eyag
gerntion Induced the whole Yaskea nation % believe that
BE had gained victory over Hood al Atlantis waich
opal and decisive TO such extent did chat peculiar
people indulge the deuson thus created ,hst day OF
thanksgiving ordered by Line, as for great na
Of Yankeedom. Our own people took It, aud the effect
upon them was as might have been expected, exactly
che reverse OF what II was upon their enemies
IA unreasonable dependency ls,oGdsi N.s c3nftds
vucv, whose people, notwithstanding their exDeri-
encs q Yankee exaRgeration, give too much creceucs
frmy believed that the army OF General Food had
besn. II no. annihiated badly crippled at Atlanta:
se M syan ee @ s@an rSs Gad a % a hs,o naa
ely 10 chcoss scieiher he 0oi addacs upoa SarIaadh
ord cAeren by on; line, o. Mongsm.ry and hosts oy
sssiaance whichever he might htnt proper setecl
60 small success was, wsv verify believe never SO pro
Of nol. whlIS sherman was where be was, the actual
possession Of Atlanta wa. OF no value TO political
strategic while In the baltic did not lse two thou
and gud killed and wounded at lens. double the
1unber we lost.
10 the surprise o, our people, and we doubt not
20 The amazemen Of the Yankees that army which was
represented few weeks ago as utterly annhiated has
given signs OF great vitality by boldly taking the nita
tive, passing entirely around Sherman right flank,
establishing itself upon his aud entirely cutting or
hs communication with Chattanooga. and all that lies
west and north OF 1t. We characterized the m )venen
yesterday bold and critical. II II results, have
reason TO hope the consequences VIII be beyond the
reach OF calculation. In the meantime, we would re
marx that great results are never poduced without cor
responding hazards, especially in II will not be
content with anything less than great successey
mako up our minds to encounter great risks IN obtaining
them Ctr army IN cruca position must be 1tonei
e.t - who sort Of position rs sheymsnsS Let
BE is at and around Atlanta at The present moment
lie Is supplied from Chattanooga, considerably more
thsn one hundred miles oil. The supplies come by a
single railroad track which the Chata hcochee
considerably to the north Of Atlanta The intermediate
country between Atlanta and Chattanooga Is desoIaie
rendered by Shermsn's xn barbarous policy He
must Get everything be consumes, thcn from Catlaooo
ga His army Is certainly no, moro thsn fiy thousand
strong. We doubt indesd, whether II numbers many
bat that The outside. lie has large at Atlanta
but fifty thousand will soor consume everything
there. Hood, with army fully able meat him f. a
psohed battle with every hope Of success. this
raOad line. lie Is thus peey cut OF from his base
of supply lie must clear his rear, advance iarthcr
On 10 i,eorea In the hrst ne must Hood IN
the second he must march with Hood IN his rear II
other bis position Is very critical In either " would
take but A verv partial part
fatal. he must attack Bood IN his ntrenchments and
be must beat him badly aud decidedly teiegraIhic
victory will not his Tho victory must
be absolute: repulse or drawn battle will be fatal
almost suddenly fatal as raut. II ne advance FROM
Atlanta Augusta he has the army q Iio in his
cutting off his supplies, and tho whole population around
bm preventing him from supporting his army upon tho
There seems a, present prospect or no, MY cutting
Sherman from Chattanoogs but Of cuttipg OF Cnstt
nooga itself from Its source OF supply. 1nut town is con
neced by railroad with Knoxville, whence nothing can
be gotten, and also with Nashville aud Memphis. Now
has already put into possession ofthe Memphis
road at Corinh Gnd are running 10 !; from
the SOUTH they also for fy miles ON the Aempt
and Chattanooga Railroad Chattanooga con- thcrcosc,
oxpcct rothiog from Memphis. II dcpeud alto
on the Nashville connection ard urou this Get For
operating ut last acc cunts with terrible energy
necatur and is probably now on lead ng throrgh
MurIrcesbcro and iuahoma. All these facts taken into
so"s,aera,i,n tba movement 10 sherman rrar soc 10
~ an well co1sderea as 1t was bold IL Shtrmas force
were 80 gre that could, OF itself, oyerwholm Food
then the vemcnt would be rash and desperate Bu'
fha lGn M
have said Hood far inferior that, IN pitched
bstuo In open field we might not hope for yioory.
AS for from Nashville and beyond q, we
have seen that matter Is in the hands % Forrest
Tho position OF shcrmans army at this moment s dent
n ,Se ,uhattan,s vii, only rcv to the rcscue row as
shey did thea, the result will be the same And why
should they noti Are they less patriotic than the lan
KEGS who sur ounded BurgoyDe.
fFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. III
Is no longer forbidden, we presume TO speak Of the
situation 10 Georgia since the eiesrHph hos already an
north side o tho Chattahoochec directly upon toe only
railroad by which Atlanta can DO supplied-wth his
whole army The position which he has taken. and
which II 70 be presumed he has fortified 10 It's grcees
capacity FOR resistance, renders shermans sitaatar
critical IN the He has With him ~ Atlanta ac
oording 10 inform lton derived from sources believed
be perfectly reliable, not than fortyhv thousand
elective men, al sod s me e M s ,ne no sss
'lrgoly reinforced since. He has lost N battles
skrmlshes and from sickness, acscrtion, atras
answer for tho difference between sixiy.two thou
eand and forty FIVE thousand The ridiculous stories or
cuIatcd about the strength Of his army while
she march 70 the Chaahooohee-cne OF which placed
at one hundred and twenty thousand mcn-are now un
deretood 10 have been nero Inventions The army o
General Hood & supposed 10 be NOT kreatiy fnerir % ma
ofNs adrersary Il has recovered It's spirits and disop
line In remarkable degree II Ia In position In tn
sueuny's rear upon HIS only line OF communication;
strongly fortified and s calmly awaiting for the enem
10 advance Sherman has, no doubt, collected man.
stores IN Atlanta; but Is impossible that hc can hav
collected than enough TO last him avey Few weeks
secus that be has but railroad TO bring them over
He mut either advance 70 Augusta or Mobiles or be mus
Gall back and swssp Hood out d bis way Either opera
zion IL diHcuIt.
An advance 10 thA direction Of other Mobile Q
Augusta would be the signal for all the country owe
whch he has passed 10 rise Ia hh rear. Ihe army
fIood, In that osse, would serve . nucleus aroun
which the whole strength Of Northern aeorg'a won,
rally Following closely 10 tbs rear BY Hood, no wo VI
be sssaed 10 nknk and front By svcry or boy WI
could carry . gun o. mount horse. Arrived befor
Augusta or Mobe hs would nnd force In his front prs
paSsd 10 resst him, and he would nnd Hood and d
cshsr friends suil 10 BIZ rear. 10 faii bsck,
she other hand 10 the direction OF bis sur
plies, would be eqvaliy hazardous
wopd in that case be compelled 70 ash Hood inreochs
x Ne 10 around him by nankiua. In n