Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-24
GRANT ANn SHERMAN

Their achievements as risNd from European
STANDPOINT o. Td' " Ym1i9g Pomt' Of The Var
Regchfi.
lliom the London Spec ator, December 81.
Wednesday and Thursday. tie l4th and 9Th
December, Wtre eytutiu dOys in tie gitat war
ON the other side Of the Atlantic. On the for.
mer lay Gen. ShoimGh's eICat nnnhasis which
the Times has IT last ceased to call ietiest
pnlel ia his gaiuiug the searolst of Gaoran
aud restoring his ejmmunicaiions with his 0Wn
Government lg storMiag For; McAlli=fr az The
mouth Of the Oteechel o. ihe iltter day the
mere remnant which h. LETT Of his ''fugitisv
amy under General Thomas 10 defcnt Fast Ten
uessrr, niter amusins the ri,Aut Hood iar n
month with dim hopes Of il.- capture OF Nash
vile Brl IL vast azores, aud the consequent re-
clnques. OF sll renuo5s3e au1 dJmmaui uf tho
Cumberland river, issued fsom his lines at Nash-
vile, and, in o battle lastipg two days, com
p!e,ely defeated the l9s from whom G N She
inso is supposed by some to have led Ths two
events aIe nearly simultaneous, and doubtless
not without design.
On the l2th, tie Federal admiral at Beaufort
received news Of the arrival Of Shermans army,
iu excellent lealfh aud spirits, within few miles
Of Savannah. Ol the 1jih, the intelligence had
doubtless reached Nashville by telegraph, anI
General Tbomn5 knew that the motive for de.
tanning Genc1al iIoOd's whole army in the west
TIL Geaeral Shermans march should be beyond
the ,ach ot injury from that quarter no longer
existed, and that he might ventura an engage
meni. The consequence viii be, that II tho de-
feat Of The Contederates before Nashville really
amounts to rOut, as is reported, their Army Of
the West viii have been disposed Of hy thp
smaller part Of the Federal Army Of the West,
while iis main army, under the most brilliant Of
the Federal generals, transferred to the Aihiutlo
coast, will frim q second great army Of ~ T. T.
ready 10 co-opetate closely with tue piaus Of the
commander-in caioi, by conducting a winter
campaign in States where winter campaign is
quite feGsibla a campaign which must tell fear.
fully on the results Of the next spring campaign
in Virginia.
Gen, Sherman, rith his base on the seacoast,
will soon be in position TO commence a north
ward march on tho railway system uniting
Richmond with Augusta, pf mach less difficult
character than that which carried him during
the arring Of this year from Chattanooga TO
Atlanta. Aud should be succeed, the eject
will probably lie to crush the gallant ViTgniaD
army Of Gen. Lee out Of the Intervening States
between the Army Of the Potomac and tho Army
of Georgia--lhe upper and lower jaw of the
military double lever Augusta, too, is tho
military workshop of the CJDleieracy, aud the
Confederate Government viii probably think it
almost as necessary In defend ~ as 10 defend
Richmond, We should expect, thea, 10 hear
that all the rtm aims of Geo. liolPs army would
De summoned TO garrison AMI defend Augusta,
50 that TENNESSEE Will be probably set free from
any invasion more fornllhle than that of cav.
airy raids. Thus the escape" ol Gen Sherman
from Atauta viii probably, as The Times re-
marked, be "Ihe turning roint" OF the war ---,
But this " turning point will consist in proyl-
ding the North with double instead Of d single
military lever for cmcsing lint hard nut, the
Richmond army of Gen Ice, aad yet leaving the
fortunes Of the Uuion in the Wes, brighter than
they lave ever been before
With the Savannah river opened 10 the Fele-
raj navy, as it now must be, wh=thsr Savannah
iisef was tuken or not, when the lust mail lsIt
with formidable Federal army. under the most
brilliant Of their generals, soiiug in this new
quarter in concert with the guublsts. which
have always achieved 80 much for the Northern
cause with disaster SO terrible in Tennessee.
where the Conf drrates were hopag TO retrieve
the loss OF Atlanta; with new naval AMI mill
tary expedition under Admiral Furtor aul Gen.
Butler, despatched 10 some new roin, IN the Gan-
iedeTacy, probably Wilmington, tue sole re-
naming p-ft for the blockade runners with
Richmond closely pressed throughout the winter
and prospect Of double pressure, eseu i. it still
holds out. before another harvest, it rs problb. |
enough that the deep gloom waich oyerspreaI
the Coniederacy after the fan Of Atlanta will
return in double intensity, aud that the ConfeI /
crate Government mby have to deal throughou, 1