The New York herald., 1864-09-17
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

There runor yesterday that Fsrrsgut had le or
.ae eoos 70 leave Mobile BAY and bring ms hset 70 ,ns
Atlantic ccsst u aid bined land and naval attack
On wilmington We have NO ofspl esnnrmasion si sn~
rumos.
The sftsa sation In Georgia and Virginia.
From tho Riohnond Examiner, Sept IL.
SherH an desires Hood has consented 10 truce
Atlanta be depopuased ana converted into huge
military campa vast magazine or munitions and sup
plies Nashville. Chattanooga Atknla are 70 be three
the Ohio river into middle Georgia. and TO be extended
IN due time south to Savannah or bent westward 20
Mobile, or prolonged eastward 10 Charleston. Unth
sherman completes the deences OF Atlanta he prefss
quiet, and Hood granis him truce.
rs pisn that active operations in tho held are erded
for the time being in Georgia Tho federal army much
shattered and much fstigued. The hong limo of exposed
communications to the resr-which is s,sndns de
grace the councils al Rchmond-need looking after
and streng gtnenirg And the renforcements wbicn
would enable sherman TO push forward in further epet-
nrsss are rsquked for another and more important pur
That purpose is the capture Of Richmond. On this
OBJ ect the whole military of the federal Unos viii
now be concentrated. Grant will no longer ne distracted
by two great cnerpr CDe OF them is sccomp shed
and well of his hands He al liberty 10 give his
whole foroe 70 the other He commands all the armies o.
the United States, and hrs pride The task which
engaged bis immediate personal supervision Is yet usc
compliehed while that which entrusted 20 ieu.e
nsnt has succeeded Every b,gaae and regiment that
be spared from any othcr quarter III
now certainty be ordered to Petersburg The Northern
people and their Peneralissno in the oon
that thew have the rebellion at last that
great blow must certainly destroy ~; and they Re
Petersburg Is falsely esteemed the key TO Richmooi
Tho fall OF they enormously suppose nvolves the
olher. but II cannot be denied that II they bring To-
gether force large enough TO overwhem Lees army
whereeoever the theatre OF battle rsy be- they do i'm
peril Richmond and with il the Confederate itse
Ia this view OF the military situation. what is the Con
ederie polcy2 ls II 10 strengthen the army IN Georgia
at the expense OF that in VrgnN The strategy OF GEO
bragg ~ well known. 10 was illustrated at Missionary
Ridge whom defeat ensured by detachng the best
corps Of the army OF Teaoessee, under LonAsireet on
Wild goose chase to Knoxville II illustrated IL the
attack IN May last upon Butler, when division which
assigned 20 most important part OF the programme
by the sners 10 the iee ordered on a Jack o Ian
terr pursuit 10 an opuuel.e point OF the compss II w,a
sgaiu repeated al Atlanta, when a power equiv
aient to twenty thousand naeu, in the form Of
commanding General who possessed the enthu-
siastic confidence OF the army, taken
from il the ~ the most decisive operations
OF The campaign. IL was reiterated when Whe eeer
precisely at the wrong moment detached With many
thousand men on an expedition two or three hundred
lis vitality important the safety OF this conrsteracy
that this Same policy Of dividing armies about be
ragged In decisive conflict should not be repeated nos.
The enemy cannot get Richmond except through the
same blunders which surrendered Tennessee. North
Georgia and Atlanta. They concentrating Grant,
and we should concentrate on Lee All that is for the
present needed IN Georgia is commanding general cara.
bile OF securing the confidence the army and people
there IL s not merely man who can charge bayonets
and rush boldly upon works that IL wanted in Geor
Ra but who has aso enough strategy avoid being
tr'cked out OF vital position without respectable fight
The want N Georgia is commander Of talents and<sp
proved reputation but IN Virginia tho great men,
for We are supplied with commander.
Western campaign. The determination OF the executive
power to interfere in that sapagn 30 nveerate ana
that the country hasceAsed expect anything positive
and decsve in the West IL will be content hereafter il
the army there shall hold ts own
is Virginia that the decisive operations OF the war
are TO take place The s.s are made up here and The
contest will be decided BY Lee and te Army OF Northern
Virginia. II We make sure Of the issue this theatre
for the whole conrsdsracy. We cannot there
fore. afford to any risks In this quarter single d
vision OF the army possibly single brigade or regiment
out o. place Virginia may loss OF great bat
tie The danger OF the confedsracy not from shermap
Il s not from Grant, is the scarcity OF troops
bot 10 from that n!auation from that evil genius Of
that persists in dividing armies the eve
Of Important and decisive sosasements.
Military Movements In the sAsnandoah
Valley.
From the Rockingham IVA fsRegeter, Sept o.i
1t is next 10 Impossible 10 &c, Authentic and strictly
accurate accounts OF the movements Of forces the
forces. horse 100, and drasoous from tho vcintg of
Strssburg 70 hartineburg harpers Ferry and beyond
the po,omsc, b. infantry have not been dsposed TO
trouble body very much this SIDE OF the Potomac.
But his cavalry. OF which bo has large numbers, are
holder. more active, and seem determined TO do all
the damage they can They move n large and ormida.
ble bodies their movements taking the form of 'radg
They pretty closely watched however, and whenever
the Coniedsratcs get good chance at them they are
pretty roughly handled They had 1t seems organized
and started upon OF those raids Thursday Friday
OF Iast week. and their movements had created 10
little excitement a, different points 10 the valley AZ
several pisces excited courier had created quite
Tme by bis startling mess age to the quarter sstSrs
and commissares along his track TO "look ouiln At
Rsrrsonburg the horses, cattle NC, belonging 10 tao
government we're quickly gathered up out OF the
way OF the enemy; and valuable papers, anbulances,
Ae &c, wero cent 10 the same direction An impression
prevailed for hours after excited courier left
thst me enemy most certainly coming again To.
wards night however all apprehension that the enemy
COMING began 10 subsidc, and eight O'Clock IN
the evening almost every boay fe satisfied that they
could retire without OF being disturbed bv
villanous Yankee raiders.
All heard OF the relative positions Of the force. be
low that Iitz Lee divislop bad been sxirmish.
ing with the enemy ID the neighbo5booa OF Newown
Friday afternoon last had driven them back aud tne
Conederates had retired 20 fishers hi. whilst The raid
bad passed tnrOush Frop. Ros Ard The Page val
ey thus nasrag Lee or ihs representation Of
the condition o things was by means pleasant the
people iv ing above Mount jackson accordingly we
learn quarter raster, or conlmlssa9y. commandan,
Of above that place gst ready 70 so dswn the valley
With nis government property.
Il was sscsrtAned pretty clearly however, on Monday
shat there was danger Of the Yankees coming into this
part Of toe valley the raiders having gone up
PAGE valley but mad crorset he side OF the
Bus Ridge. where they went have yet 10 learn but
say conm,sersIe the situation Of any section
they may visit
The Rebel version % Jorgans Capfurs
ahd Death.
frcm the Abingdon virginian.
On saturdsy, the 50 Instant. accompanied bv tte
orgsdes Of 6iltner, Hodges aud smith, aud dctach.
mont OF Naughsns With four pieces - artillery. General
Morgan and hs sia approached the Of Greeuy lc
Tennessee scouts hal brought ine information that the
distant aud, ip Addition. guard had beer ssDtsnto the
village 10 reconccire Upon tbs report of the
sencs of the enemy, CtssoPs bstsiton commanded by
Captain N Clarke together with the gvns were
horse, when Gensrs Morgan and his star entered and
exssh sbed their HEADQUARTERS Mrs