The New York herald., 1864-11-27

Rebel Aeeounts OF Hts Riovs msnts.
General Sherman has suddenly become tho
only topic touched by tho Southern papers.
All other questions are for the time lost In the
all important ones that relate to his move
ments. Where 10 ts' where is be goiugf what
has bs takeni what has he not takens what has
he done, and what will he dot But few days
a.o they were all silent on this subject, and
they explained this silerce 10 their readers by
crafty the Yankees; but they have abandoned
that resolution, and now they give US In aband-
ance more real qualification than we had ever
thought it would be In their power to give.
They show US the panic excited throughout the
State Of Georgia by Shermsn's advance, and
give US proclamation to tho people Of Geor-
gia signed by Mr.. Hill, Of the rebel Senate,
but none from Governor Brown; and that Is an
odd, and, perhaps, even significant fact They
give US also proclamation from the ever
effervescent and windy Beauregard, who con-
jurss the people Of Georgia to trust in him and
Providence, and promises to be with them by
and by. They reoite tho precipitate attempts
to get the rebel stores away from Milledge-
Vile, tho stampede Of the Georgia LegisIa-
ture from the Same city, the fight Of the
Methodist Conference, and they give us tole-
rably definite accounts Of Sherman's where
abouts up to the goth inst-seven days ago.
According to these accounts Sherman Is
moving eastwardly from Atlanta on two lines
that are substantially parallel and that do not
appear to be more than forty miles apart at any
point. His columns may therefore be consid-
cred as within supporting distance. His left col
umn moves on . line that will very nearly cores
pond with the line of the Georgia Railroad. run
ming due east from Atlanta to Augusta. The
right on . line that diverges to the south from
Atlanta, and at Barnesville takes an easterly
direction, and thence runs parallel with the line
the left moves on till it reaches Milen, Geor-
gia, point due south from Augusta Sher-
mans columns continually connect and keep
up communication in the strip Of country, be-
tween these two lines, and his operations cover
all that strip. We may safely assume that the
operations Of his cavalry, Aankers aud foragers
cover the country to distance Of ten miles
outside Of those lines on both the right and left.
Thus tho movement Of this army practically
makes q swath of sixty miles wide across the
State Of Georgia The right column finds
Macon and Milledgevil'e on its line Of march,
and there can be no doubt that those places are
by this time in possession 81 our troops. The
value Of one Of these places is admitted by the
Richmond Enquirer. The possession Of Macon,
says that paper, would "give two advantages
besides the mere prestige Of occupying the
town and destroying whatever may be
valuable there to our government. He
could thus obtain command OF tho rail
roads which lead from Macon eastward
to Augusta and the seat Of government, and
westward to the Mississippi, thus effectually
destroying our communications with the Trans
Mississippi Department. He would, moreover.
cut of Hood and his army from his base Of
operations bis supplies, and his means OF con-
ferrng with the seat of government. In these
aspects the move is . formidable one, and it is
no use to shut our eyes wilfuily to the danger"
Here, then, Sherman falls incidentally upon
one real and very great advantage-he isolates
Hood from the rebel government. Hoods sup
plies, however, must be drawn from points
west Of Macon.
man, the rebel papers are also agreeable.
They speak vaguely Of combinations in pro-
gress to foil his purpose. but they speak Of
any attempt to stay bis march as thing of the
future. "Sherman is marching into the heart
Of the State, and meets with little resistance"
says the Enquirer but the reason Of this
would appear to be, according to tho same
sheet, that be has not yet got far enough
away from his starting point He could
still retreat in case Of disaster, and they want
to reserve their great blows until that is i'm
possible. There is wise discretion in this.
But what phase Of the Southern mind Is here
exhibited! Sherman is in the heart OF Georgia;
its capital is, in all probability, in his posses
sion, and be has his hand stretched out to
clutch even more important places; and, with
all this. the Southern papers tells us Of propara-
tons that are to be made for resistance ''as
soon as Shermans true intentions become suf-
fciently known" In all this noise of Shcr-
mans movements We hear Of Georgia continu-
ally. The people Of Georgia are appealed to;
the Governor OF Georgia is abused; the Georgia
Legislature runs away; the Georgia farmers are
to do this and that, and the Georgia militia
even more But the Richmond Enquirer con-
cludes that Charleston is one Of the points
aimed at. In view Of that probability, the Sa-
vapnah Republican asks timely question. 1t
wants to know what has become Of South Caro-
lima "in this great emergency" This is Georgia
impudence; as II South Carolina men could not
take care Of themselves! Aud this Georgia
paper even urges the authors Of secession to
"quit their wrangles over constitutional ab-
stractions," and come out and fight After all,
then, It is all about . constitutional abstrac-
ton."
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