The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-20
SHERMAN IN HEORGI HOOPS
mOVEMENT AND FAILURE.

From ne Tfves
General Sherman has been mauuuvring for
nearly six months to get into Hoods rear. or.
in other words, to get south of him. The whole
campaign which has just ended in the capture OF
Atlanta, consisted of series of attempts on the
part of the former 10 get between Johnston and
Atlanta, and Atlanta was not evacuated until he
had actually succeeded in getting to the south of
portion Of the Rebel army. In short, if at anv
time during the first four months of the cam
paign the news had come that Sherman had
iairy succeeded in putting the Rebel forces be-
tween him aud Chattanooga, the whole North
would have been filed with rejoicing. IL was
therefore not little curious to witness the attsmp
OF the Copperhead journals, u day or two ago In
Cheat timld people irto the belief that the news
that" Hood with his whoearmy was between Sher-
man and Cbattano' ga was very dreadful and
spch as TO warrant tue most dismal forebodings
as 70 Sherman's fate. That it did not pro luce
greater elect on the public mind is, VIC think n
signal proof of the great gain in sense and iudg
ment made by the mass of the peop'e within a
year or two. The absurdity of looking upon
hoods movements a. anything but those of a
desperate man, is apparent, in fact, on moments
reflection.
He and his "whole army" are not by any
means SO strong nor so formidable now as they
were last summer, when Sherman was driyiny
them southwaId. They then had their own
country behind them clear communication with
their base, and an abundance of supplies; and
yet they were not only unable TO give Sherman
Dattle in the open field, but were unable to stay
his progress behind Notifications Since tben
HOOD has lost the Georgia militia to saw nothing
OF his losses by battle, and deserton and dis.
easei and It may he guessed what condition an
army is in for an offensive movement, which like
his, has just failed in defensive campaign on It's
own soil.
1t must not be forgotten that Hood has had
uuilng MS late movement no base. He has no
ranrOad TO move along and no means of pro-
curing supplies except by seizing whatever he
hnds on the line Of march, or carrying them with
him IN wagons. The idea of subslstlng an army
OF invasion in this way, in such country as
Northern Georgia and Tennessee, for anything
more than raid, was of course prepos,erous
AS 10 bis getting on Sherman's communica-
tlons, this is not a difficult thing to do. ANY
General OF ordinary ability can always reach an
enemy & lines by hard marching aud a little
secresy. This is nothing wonderful or dreadful
The great problem OF the art of war Is not to get
on an enemy's communicaions but TO stay on
them, SO as TO completely stop his supplies lust
as, according to Dickene, the great problem of
social life is not to "COme out" but being out 10
'stay out, instead Of subsdng once more into
ObscuriIy.
If Hood could maintain himself on Sherman's
railroad, as Grant has done on the Weldon rail-
road, he would undoubtedly achieve O great sue
cess but what sign has there been thar he ever
dreamed OF Dythlng of the kind Sherman no
sooner started in pursuit of him, than he took TO
highti and flight in dcsolated country, with no
peuer means OF transport than baggage train 10
ieiy OuI IL hH eNnauSunB process even III he
should succeed in escaping he necessity OF giving
battle. o9
IL is hardly possible that either Davis or Hood
entertained the smallest expectation of perma.
nently dislodging Sherman rom Atlanta 10 AZ
movement porthrard. They are mncb tno O
sGfewd for that. The most probable eXoIsn,tioo
oi II Is, that It was intended as demonstration
70 diyert attention from the recent reverse of the
Cohiederacy; or, az all events to satisfy the
Worlu that they were not so serious as thev
seemed just as Stuart was sent into PennsyIyi
MA hltef the battle Of Antctam in order 10 show
that Ihat action was nO' defeat aud that il left
the confederate energy aud ENTERPRISE min.
pared. And we shall see the shrewdpess of il
ipN week or two VI ~
just now the Confederate cause in Europe Is IN
y pau stale. The cotton loan is "heaVy and
declining under the influence of the fail of
Atlanta and Sheridans victories But when tbe
man arrives with the news that "Iood is on Sher-
mans communication with his whole arm" few
people Will stop to inquire into the circumsiances
anu ihere VIII be projigous Outburst of iubil-
ZION ID al ihe COnfedera,e circles IN London and
Paris. Moreover, there was, we have no donbt
coupled with the desire Of affecting the pubIie
mind abroad the still stronger desire of afisctng
the public mind at the North ia preparation fnI
the electioni and in fact, the eagerness of the
Coppelhead papers TO trumpet Il abroad as chad
news from the Southwest" proves how anxiously
the faction whose opinions they represent ara
looking for disaster 10 our arms, and how mucb
service 1t weud do them.