The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-12

would then have been without eyes Or cara He could
neither have seen nor heard what Sherman was doing
nuncations could have been cut me State would
have bssn laid waste By raidng paIss and the enemy
pensed with the Of the road With his cavalry In
hand Johnston could keep Sherman within his nes. and
except BY railroad Every forging party and every raid
ing party Was driven In or crushed But is said that
He had determined upon nothing except the
OF his own army and the destruction OF Sherman'R
Atlanta could DO held he intended 70 hold IT, but he did
destroyed when and where was another be raisedf
With far ing sagscity he the peril 70 which this
fall upon its communicat He saw too the devasta
ton OF country and destruction OF property which
would follow In Shsrmans track be marched through
the country, with adequate military force 70
hold him In check oppose him. He anticipated, too,
LEFT to tender msrces Of an enemy with no army
protect them ne was not guilty Of the folly OF suppos.
without discipline or drill either could stop tho march Ok
army or NO Id attempt IT, The Senator from LOUISE
ana or semmes has brought in parcel Of garbled az
tracts from General Johns,ons correspondence 70 show
that he did not intend 10 defnd Atlanta Tho cores
gondencs can be seen by : Senator but not By tho
doses, as 70 destroy the reputation Of gallant and
patriotic soldier but from the public y is withheld lest
House, soon after the fall or vcssburs i asking for
the President during the months Of May June
and July ana sesr , rss promptly given When
dents bill Of indictments was LEFT ont il was immedi-
ately called for and has three times since been called
for but has not yet been given full clear con
Is withheld. Is this plain sailing fair dealingf Not
whsanding all the facts here presented has
general" Did he forget that Marlborough the greatest
Of all military genuses, fought but Eve battles
times q retreatng general In his opinion, General
Johnston's campaign in Northern Georgia was only
had been naed BY the nator from Louisiana that the
President intended 10 put Gen raj Taylor In command Of
the Army Of No but the President worst
enemy would advise him 70 remove General Johnston
and place In command his own brother-inlaw. He did
discuss General Taylors military ability. II
unadvisRbe that tho President should give him this
place beca tho Apo ntment accorded with what
already said and believed Of the President that he
Of the country The country fecoccted how General
Pembcrton whose loyalty he could not doubt though he
had come TO late had been promoted fom captain 70
lieutenant general before he had seen tho fash OF
enemys gun For the spe ia edncation Of Senators
he desired 70 read extract from one Of Foxs
speeches.
Before int PARTICULAR ilsu,es let nrst examine
ne
fundapentsny There argumsnt which has
] :S e
X.hsaans ana compared their casmts: with their
50 s d s sSss. IT, ~. 81
Into these y the q n Ia
4 on the they are the fruits Of folly and mSoa
ss s s may Be possible y wisdom ana repair
In conclusion he said he was responsible for this
debate. In reviewing the military situation few days
since he expressed desire to have the President rein
stated in the public confidence and good feeling once
more restored when the Senator from Mississippi asked
how proposed to bring that about. replied that the
first step would DO by restoring General Johnston 70
command. Every Senator who has spoken on the Dill
before the Senate, with perhaps two oxcep
TONS has taken the same ground. He was glad Of H.
He General Johnston restored 70 command
they should be lost He desired to all the dis
cordant clements and tho people throughout tho con-
ngs Of the North who have been to desoate or
land The fat has gone forth, and We have now no
s S Uas 70 G n,sS states
ne motion to reconsider was then agreed to and the
amendment concurred in As follows:-
We saa% sss sS.'' s'.'S
1sssrs Baker osper.0n. Graham Haynes Hunter
The Bill was then passed
Tho Senate then resolved itsek into secret session
The Rebel General Lee on tho Situation.
[From the Richmond Despatch, Feb. 81
Richmond correspondent OF Southern paper says:-
% Mr. y . s ss day
n =. would e %. ss ns enough T 70
M @ 0H s al. . hs 70 .ss 81
the press President panied him Lee) very lie
ind hotter man for that place.
We have also heard from another source which We
consider entitled 10 credit that General Lee sad he
surprsed at the dependency OF tho citisenso When
General Lee speaks thus; when General Lee says, I'VE
have strength enough left 70 win our independence and
certain to win II II the people will only not give
way foolish despair" the people ought 10 believe
him This Is not the irresponsible utterance of
cited politician, and stiti ss OF street oracle
Is Of the highest military authority In the
federacy Of better informed than any other Of the
Of the enemy and OF 1t spoken In the
freedom Of social intercourse and not for public effect and
comes from man who never exas gerates, and who
nown the world could give. Do The people believe
Robert Lees And u they DO, VIII they not dismiss Ut
once that sfoosh dlspair' which, he thom
the only obstAci to their independence
The people Of the confederacy know at last what the
loss Of their independence means They have that
knowledge from the federal Congress- and from the lips
ot Lincoln and seward. There Ia earthly hope for
them bit 10 stern and unsn nous and in that
there 10 everything TO hope 80 General Lee declares
and that trumpet gives no uncertain sound
How General Forrest Feels and What He
Wants.
from the Richmond Wing, Feb.
General Forrest avors arming two hundred thousand
tight for revenge, that time and feeling have past He
now only contends for principle for homo, wife and
70 e soo R Su o %
yet at Cornth Bells brigade Is In West Tennessee re-
cruiting
Aholishment or the Rebel Bureau Of Con.
scription.
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. o.
We learn that movement is foot In Congress r.
abolish the Bureau Of conscrpton, and 70 substitutes
plan for the execution OF the CONSUMPTION by mon
detailed from the different commands Of the army. The
plan 10 said TO be approved by General Lee.
| Gold Threatened with q Vap Decline.
From the Richmond Examiner, Fob. o.
Three every 70 believe that gold must soon TAX
pared In Congress pay the soldiers limited amounts In
gold and that the Legislature Of Virginia also consider
ing penal measure TO prohibit tranc IN coin Apart
from these the scarcity OF money n becoming
extreme and II will be utterly impossible for the broker
carry up gold against tho contraction going In the
currency. ssaau sSiao BIZ sold Seseddy at
zion fer Gfyo Tho country has great confidence In Mr..
Trenholms financial Judgment; and u II 70 DO hoped
that Congress will In way intcrfcre with his present
0rm and udious policy 70 appreciate the currency, ana
70 bring order Of The chaos in which hs predecessor
lefs the financial afalTs OF The government