Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-07

THE uueasiaess OF the Yankee papers On the sub
i lee, OF sherman - growing greater day by day
The, have heard nothing definite from him since
he hem columbia, and only Surmised that. few
DAYS afterwards, he had reached Wmnsboro', whence
h. would march on Charlotte whence ou Greens
hoo, whence on Danyille, whence on Richmond
10 assist Grant In finishing up that little pace Of
business wien has now been on his hands ier teu
mouths All this was TO be holiday work ioT The
iuyincible aud ~ uPeratlc sherman HIS m"FcL
was o. be Ouly series Of held Parade' nom the
Savannah 20 the james, with the Confederate PEG
ne for immediate spectators-who, indeed, were t.
shr!uk ia terror from his path, or welcome I'm.
with adnuiuE plaulits Il httle mattered Winch.
As TO such Confederate forces Is lac might eac"an-
Ter. no account vas taken of them-a mere fabbl
rout OF fuzitives The debyls OF hall dozen de
f,atsd armies the of thc dying garl iSon>
OF conquered and captured cItles.
Ill OF which was a very comforting way Of put
ting tie case, 10 doubt. II nade quite unncceS
sary. saa indeed supeIhdous, the calcua'iCaS o..
those damaging chance which might mteriers VIII
the cousu1nma1iou of the brilliant proggauHe laio
ont for the Yankee aIG.ies Ii everything could .
as smoothly As the march ihropgh Georgia, g.
Sherman ana his men could make thoif daily pro
xress through al Uuresisting country teemng "lIi
bacon aGl sweet potatoes, ami md nobody (" mo
let them or make them afraid, it would b. eN-
rremsly gratifying. To barn few cities and desc
late the country would constitute an agreeable di
vsrsty. and ne sTaper CORE, ondents would hhaIA
give tall and glowing accounts of the affair, aitrI
arriving u Richmond and di-posiug decentIy "f tn,
remnants OF she COntederacy. Nobody, wheu
cd hlf It
was to encounter ans opposition. Railroads weI,
% b. destroyed CitIes captured, territory cecu-
pied, without let OF biudrsuce ON the past o. ia,
.crror-gtsicken Coutederdtes. Just as last year.
aud ,as year before, and the year before that mag
uiGceut programmes characterized By ho cid
extraordinary combinations, and brilliant ma
n9uyres and tremendous victories, all eliminating
in al immediate suppression OF the rebellion,
we're got up for the edicatiou OF the universe
Yankee nation. JUDGED, the Yankees are never
without their programmes IL Is their iayarN.
way Of conquering the South. The pertina,it,
with which thew adhere 90 1t shows that thel be.
Sieve &c must succeed al last. So, OF cours e tue,
had O programme for sherman, aud a mos
remarkable programme If was hvUvm.
nothilg less than the conquest Of ali
she CyniederGcy the destruction Of al O.
the Confederate armies aud the capture ol al
Of the Confederate cities. Sherman 70 fiu,s
up il about a month work which his pred e'-
soTs lad Teen LaAu.oTIbs ~ ivr iOUr year.
Strange, then, tha, Dispute, should begiu TO per
wade the gentle and confident Yankee bosom
Strange thar alarm for THIS irrepressbe and ia 10
chile Sherman should invade the courageous soul
Bat, after all, the truth must be told. The Ian
.r-f.f rb IL oTt
accomplish his great task so easily. But tueni -
default OF his appearance before Petersburg, The,
have resolved tia; Lee aud Iis army shall taxi &C.
flight, and they are now busily engaged IN dis
cussiug the exact dat2 on which the evacuation
OF Richmond will take place
They are determined, al least the most OF tbcm.
that the thing ia 10 be done, that Lees army, ate
having whipped Grants in a dozen battles, noy to
run away from it, and that Richmond is to b lie
serted Just at the moment when i5 is most secure
and all this without waiting for sherman. For, by
this tiEe, they have given up the hope that Sher.
mau VIII have a holiday trip TO Richmond, and
beginning 70 speculate tue chances OF has gvtunl
away safely from those grim aud ragged CoRie1er
ates who are supposed 10 have gathered around him
Oae writer declares that Gen. Johnston has aceu
mulsted a force Of 60, 900 wen which wiz soou b,
5000, and that Sherman viii be lucky il he escape
at ali.
The Herald now thinks il would bo great tIi-
umph Tor sherman TO march of to the sea Without
u. battle and all fthem appear to cOnced6 tha,
the great plan for catching Lees army and taking
Richmond IS a igsco. Sherman has, perhaps, found
one or more lions in his path, Those aggregated
remnants Of defeated armies aRd fugitive garrisons
Of captured ciIies may have wrought terror i'm his
soul aud turned him from his purpose VINO knows
Not the Yankees and We do not intend to eplisLt;
.en them until We can give them information v Lict
they viii not like to hear That will be soon, per;
haps but, in the mean time, let them wan ana
discuss the evacuation Of Richmond.