The New York herald., 1864-09-03

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Brilliant str"tcgicai Movement OF shsF-
man-FaIl OF Atinnta-The Progress OF
ths Var-Our Prospects, Sc.
General Sherman on the night Of the 2Gth
ult raised the siege OF Atlanta, and moved
from his position in front Of it to draw Hood
from his defences and force fight in the open
field, which would give him the benefit OF bis
old troops and necessarily rob Hood Of tue SER
vice Of his recent reinforcements of militia; for
these, though effective enough in the position
at Atlanta, would be useless, or worse, In open
battle. One corps OF Sherman's the
Twentieth, under Gen. II. W. slocum--was left
on the Chattahoochee to hold Sherman's line Of
communication. With the rest this enterprisDg
commander turned Hoods left, fanked the i'm
portant strategic point where the Montgomery
and Macon roads 10 Atlanta unite, and marched
for 'Jonesboro-a point on the Macon road
twenty miles south OF Atlanta. This move
ment OF course cut Hoods line Of communica-
ton and broke up the deadlock at atlanta by
compelling Hoodt to come out and fight, just as
Grant has lately compelled Lee to DO or the
Weldon road The result Of this stratcsicai
movement is the fall Of Atlanta, aud its occu-
patton by the Tweatieth corps under General
Slocuni Sherman engaged Hood near East
Point--the JUNCTION of the two railroads and
L. reported to have cut the rebel army in two.
The ecemys loss wa very heery, and General
uardee was killed. Our tclcgraplio commnnl-
cation il now complete With Atlanta direct.
81 accounts agree ~ 70 shs present almost
hopeless condition Of tie rebel cause.
Accounts from rebel pagers, no less than The
accounts OF our own correspondents indicate
That the rebel armies are worn out with tie
iucessant tel! and battle o. the last four months.
Miitia-a contemplate crowd Of trembling,
nerveless old men and barefooted boya--are
now the principal reliance for the defence OF
certain important points IN tie con-. IeTacy
All the able bodied men we're long since forced
into the army, and tine va. majority 81 pe.e
have been slain IN battle. Union soldiers that
have escaped from rebel prisons and trsverscd
sections OF the Southern States greater in cz-
tent than the space between New Ytrk ard
Philadelphia, unanimously declare that they
never saw an able bodied man. The armies to
compose which the Southern country has been
thus swept are used up, and there can be no
knowledged in the acts OF the rebel authorities.
Southern Governors and generals no longer
prctend 10 force more men into their araies;
bat they call upon The population 70 rise and do
what can be done. Mobile show held By these
collections OF feeble .old men, and boys that
can hardly carry muskct. Hood could on'y
be reinforced with the same material. For
loa Il,
Weldon road, or as Ho od required Of his men
when Sherman Grst crossed the Chattahooo.ec
this material would Of course be q great deal
worse than useless. But yet some cfec.iyo
ice may be gotten out Of tbem In defen6.
Ing intrenohed positions like Atlanta arl
Mobile And II is now the tactics OF tha rebel
leaders to carry on the war so as 10 make
them effective In ylst that way re 1-td
plan now Is TO make tn longest fgkt tdt "
possible in their Iptrenched po,.ions, and IL
defy out the struggle la that way till TIE last
possible momcni, ia the hole hat Yall.n.
digham and bis fellow laborers ppv be able 10
oring about revolution in TIC No..a walc1
will do moro for their cause than all tbcii rleat
armies have been eble TO DO. JED Dsvis ba4
done ali that he can do, ard the corFe8Oagy
now only waits 70 sec What Vel snGighGr can
do, and cherlshes the faint hope that u may g.
able to told out TIL tLis esococ ron ne SC 4.
efn friends can reach Il.
How different a-e all ne sppemsn es at &c
North. Men were never moro plentiful. nc.
was the activity In military preparation c,e,
greater than now. Three aud four columns Of
military advertisements appear In our page
every day. Many Of these ara advertise ntnts
for substitutes, for which many persons aic
rev giving o thousand and twelve huvdrcJ
dollars This lie not government expense u
Is Che munifeept price that private individuals