The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-27
THE NEW YORK sun.
MONDAY NORNING. mr. p ite5.
what WiliIer noe

What WIN lee Uo'
ort7 hire courses seer' orcn T. General Irr.
AMI B.. Will soon te 'oreod n adop, oIc NJ them.
~. must dofast hsAns or sHE's.. rctfeM INTO
~. Interior, M eise invade ne Srth. The over
mastering necessiiv that mpsls him to ao' irne-
dianly invosted the rh.lA!slIh a report of an at.
tack uton our lines With degree IT probability that
would not Otherwise hsve belonged " n. We hsve
toen Ing for a concentration sgs!u1 surrnAS
~ against soue point 10 General hEAps's extend
IL line iot umc. IL simost certain. however,
inst General hr,pt has provided for the obvious
dAnror ~ an stack IN force VI on our eenna with
the object IT rolling up one Of our wings and rails
ing the rsre Of Richmond. That the sesmr, has
not hson m sds long nnce may 70 regarded a. pre-
sumppv. evidence Of General LtEs weakness
and General MIApgs strength. Fat the
failure q almost every direct assault upon
fortified places thu, have been made BY
etter Flde since the coume1ccmeut Of
the var " no, calculated 70 impress the rsbol
leaders IN favor oftts plsn n charging ,eAnh our
'orthc,tons Al Petersburg. There sa possibility
rather than . probability n such = desrNrste
movement Assuming hat srDuAs ia aide 70
Take esEc Of hInislf, AsJ thAt hEAps IL abis 70
prevent LH trpn concentrating sgnns' sBIRsAs,
Re ghe cholce 10 EsLsovei down 10 retreat
W TIE famous Asf diioh, an tnvSion Of The
Noah. II would ~ hard for LIS 10 End
tsuer dlLh" than chmoni. There 10 Ger.
tainly no bc,ter place IN uo Confederacy open N
him whore he can nsintAin an organized army an
e'sly, ~ ~. Tie great railroad lines r.di.tins
ir.m Hammond. be.r. u u tho supplies II food
ard men RON every Place open 70 the Confod-
efAcy. removal from Mat place would DEPRIVE
ne army Of many supplies that ~ now
'orolv needs. It 10 men that arc wanted.
ord The frightened Confederate Congress. has
Aiop,o a hll for rAsng two hundred thousni
aegro soldiers. Tho ch.yAlry are Icing now re-
o.tci t. the motufying necessity 81 calling upon
tcttIate% to help them. But Il does not spyear
= ely that tNesc no.ro troops vii ever - organ.
So u. There seems 10 tine for IT, sHHRNAs will
B.. Richmond within month sooner
&. the unwilling terrified hNck. can
10 gathered from the 81 taut plantations.
A rtleIn invasion, then, SCANS tho only prscti-
,srle course oTen. Rut even this :, tcse' WITH
lununerahlc airScult,s Il u'k suERN,S seversl
months IN supply his army from tho hill srs.nal-
oi the North, and Pace II in = condition
m uav'rs" The open, fertile Saie NJ Georga
ne exhausted Souih ca hsrily sustain LEn's
army 10 "a rresent posiion, much less enable
% - move to distant poin,. II must
te remembered fatt.' Shenandoah valley Is er.
taus'ei, and thst Lrs iu order 10 move W the Po
tomso, unlike snlrVAS IN Georgia must carry sup
Iucf with him, o. establish dcpot- In advance
Then, snHulnIS sta Ike a lion In TIE path. Bu,
war q sercs u possibilities, aud IL may 10 tina,
the tremendous executive energy Of The rebel lead
ers may overcome existing obstacles in the way o.
Las advance. 10 that case, Pitshurs, not Wash
ingion would h she probable dcstnsuon of n.
tcfc sr0y. 1t could IL reached aud capture,
IN 20 easily. TIE Oao Is worth more TO tho rel ell
than the Potomac Pttshurs and Wheeling NJ,
tho great utorchouecs and arcrals Of the North auJ
IKes army might hupc At east to sustain itscl
on. enough to grow mt.