The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-19
MYSTERIOUS eEoRGIA cAurAuaN.

From re TircS.
The spec aclc which is nov presented 10 the
imsginat ions Of the Northern people. of GeucrlI
Sherm . leRions pUrgiug oil in.o the darkness
Of ar nemy's territory, burning their shelter
; hll them, as Co.t,g his ships. never TO he
t( fmorc ZOO the ou,my reports tu It's victory
IL ser, Is corta MY something dramatic aud
exit IS. To march "a body of fcIm 5000 10
I5,OOV CO, "a q "uyins Cu.umU" t,r d I'D niles.
without connection % u. bt.r ana Iiyin,, i'm Or 1i
Tat on the co1urry, wuu Il, if successful. ba the
most ttmHlkube military achievement Of the
Var' In fact We or no. recall march vach
can bC tumIR with 30, boo modern military ri.-
tory, kuuOr has IL, that Ten DAYS prlyi,i On are
20 Je cAtticl ou he back and twenty days ia
compact WaRou.trIu, and that Clustrlc ton
ualns ana poutoon trains are to acaO upiuy the
amy, with heavy mass Of artillery.
Such daring enterprise could nor even have
pecu uider aiken earlier Ia the vir, especially tor
INC reason that 10 requires q yGtorn's experience
% save ratOu', and yCietau'- iron muscle 10
b'Ar tUCh u march, with fifty to seventh live
pounds on thC back. The French soldiers iu the
Itninsular war sometimes carried ufteen days
pru'tettus 100 their huycr.aCks aud k1IpstcE., out
ihey uld not have such weight OF iutrc1c1ing
ttcs aud Q. her matters tu bear.
- should not bu disguised that march o.
H'u.rM Sh.rmau's Uuy through Georgia Il.
such ts really b ing maiel would 10 peril l.I-
thWG, OuCNpyCted DELAYS through bad weather.
OF iuC discovery 10y tlc ReHeis ut NJ, plau5 au
llue O march, may have given the enemy o1uo.-
tunity 20 hiock up hi, way, To- burn brdg,. fell
trees over the roads, aud c'pscilg.-wgtt most
ls 10 10 tuaTCd-tO sweep the country Of forage
aud supplies. In the meantime, his army word
OC consuming their email stores VI ratlDus and
forage, ana might be reduced 60 shlr5 CJmuDu,
Or even ultimately forced TO FIJI back.
rms IN the worst pO.suiuy; but on the other
Siue General SNelmtu has an MS favor several
most ma Hest advantages. The season OF the
year males it prob ,blC that the rmu4riss AMI
Idrus OF the farmers OF southern Georgia arc
iull otsupPIi s, lt Is the riCuust region of the
Conicdemcyi 10 war has wls'ed it; immense
nclds of corn and wholt have been pltule there
on he old cotton lands.
There alc NJ heavy gauis1ns, or any e1ular
troops, who can delay his HdNuu C a day: AMI
above all, he II safely rIcbon On a graf seryo
pOIGiaiuE, ready 90 ud HIN Iu tDra ding, 20 uj
camp work, or even tO bear arms, it he need thru.
Certainly halt of ths slaves ut the COnfVdu Hcy
must now he CCucyntrrcl 10 this very region
he is all, ~ 10 invade. H. wi ] q Il there an army
Of auXihaucs. No where could we strike u nljre
damaging blow to t1e r bel resource, than lust
there, III Southern Ge.r-A
IL may safely be concluded that Shermln's
mach 10 tie sei vi ne q track OF dc-ol tJruI and
ruin, for he believes that humanity in war dc.
mauds that Il should DE short ami severe
lt must further b, en- IN cred, TINT almost in
The line of hls c arse (u he he tending tor >i-
vannaL) lac wi, str be AadyTsouyiC, alu it he
poor Union CapuvuS Iutt there have any health
eut strength ett, he may b. able not only to free
them hut q arm them.
sun morr, The march through Georgia Is
mGrch towards base, NOT from 10 aud whenever
he reaches the sea, he is sure Of ammuuit on and
supplies II be did in Tact C., is rumoroD leave
Atlanta on tue II t, b. may reach Augus.a by
Monday next, and ur GrsE new, OF him come to
US through the Rchm0nd papers.
Taking AL considerations IN view we incline
as VI have laid before, & believe that tue grtt.
est mtsttke made hy the Rebels in the war Ia,
been Hoods movement TO cross he fences zee;
and that, like sOme Of our campaigns made
solely tOr IlIti'gl or sens ltiuual end il wilt
10 the face cf such a th rough mititlry leader as
sherman, ing the Ecbc' cause OF the South
west 20 disaster, which in their case will BE- ire
tiievRbe.