Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-17

has gone, cfa Andersonville,to Charles
ton, Savannah, Wilmington or some
other ssa part Did 1T be write, the
other day, tia. hs guessed be would haTe
to take the Sanitary supplies d62stsd
By liberal people to eur prisonsz st
Andersonville in persoE' has = no
said that Thomas could take care Of
Hood, and that Georgis and SOuthcAro-
linia we're ct ais nsrcy7 OF eodrss,
sLsu, he has gone to Georgia, or sSuth
Carolina, or North casolins, or sSne
ether State in the COnfsdaacy. ster-
nanis ell right, yOs may sepend egOn
"You are sIf wrong" chimes in <An-
other, Who Ass been devoting sIsepiess
hours 70 studying the sisuatiop "He
has n't gone shs. ~ay at AL Hs is
making bold dash % Montgomery asd
Mobile. Alabama is disaEseted, and il
is believed that is only needs the pres
snee Of an army In her central counties
to dem0nstrsts the fact in tangible
method, Chattanooga il going to BE-
the base. II be ala. going % Mobile,
may bs he is tEyisg to get in the rear Of
Hoods army, that between himself and
Thomas, Hood may Be puiverissd-
ground up exceedingly Gne-as between
the upper Aad neither mili-stone'
Bat these profound representations
fail to solve the mystery, aud SSH The
dsspsiring cry is heard thrOughost the
laad, "Whas has become OF Shernan?"
Enulating che wisdom and shrewd-
mess Of the I.ouisvills Journal, we may
state that we ars not At liberty 70 mem
tion in what thestrs this expedition is
likely 70 operate, nor "a state its nu-
msrieal strength or its ultsrior designA
Il is snoagh 10 state that great good
win doubtless bs accomplished bY7 the
Army Of the Mississippi in few weeks
more important movement has not
been undertaken since the eoumenee-
meat Of the rebellion, and the Coufedsr-
aey will soeu receive shock which win
shsks IL from centre 10 circumstances
But wbiIs We are not At liberty to mem
ton the theatre in which the expedition
is likely to oParats, ne may guess, and
our rsadess will estimate orr susases at
what they are worth ~
We scsss, then, that Sherman is
marching on Mobile By the way Of
Montgomery. We think so--
lst Because, some months ago, when
the Government desired Admiral Farrs-
gut 70 take charge OF ,hs North Atlantic
Squadron, shsrnAa objected, on the
ground that be wanted FArrsgut to co
operate With him, and Mobils Is the only
point Al whieh The commander Of To.
Calf SausdFpn could cooperate viii
hin. sd o. aaa ~ sF
I'd Rseanss General shsrnsa ihrosEl
bis stsK. army sfscsrs and ,hs press hA
diligently created the impression thA
be inteadsd moving in an opposite al
reetlvn, towards AnSsrsonvilIe, Charles
loa and Savannah.
Sd. Because nsxi to Atlanta, sslml
and Montgomery are the great work
shops aud arrasrys Of sbe CoDfsderaey
whoss destruction viii parAiyIs all sf
forss teward rspAiriaE or stocking thei
railroads or arniag their eonscripta.
s,h Bseaass, susxt 70 the Mississipp
the Alabama river fu-nishes the gres
natural line Of eonmunicasion from th'
Gulf iasO ihs heart OF -AlAbAma, but
Is noe closed by Mobils at is mouth
This line once opened eould be control
ed By our gaaboAss, and would furpis
safe transportation for cur troops to q
parts of ths Confe@sracy.
While these are the reasons for OF
| guess, We fran kly confess ws know not
s-e s-iYlfiT. - -