The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-27

q,,si1 ,sovH 1ass he'd aotting 70 far
Charleston isoali haze fallen, Weldon
.gop.ld hare been in The snsHgs hands in a
foe days, the grand federal eo"5inat'o"
lsald have bsen near coH5au.HsatioE 's.tb ne
appearances ef Gen Sherman N The rear q
Gen. Lee We hsse, therefore, much
reason 10 be thankful
An very we'll The second armada
lid succeed, in conjunction with the
army. and the result is-but we viii let
the Columbia Editor tell what will now
De the consequences, by copying hl1-
declaration CO 70 what would have fol
loved, had Butler been successful
The great combination is now post
uoued. If not defeated, and if we nave
10 suffer instead, we shoald do SO cheer
fullv, because to the benefit OF the en-
tire country; serious danger q 0eaeTat
Ire ard lis indonfiaJts army has been
avettd Wilmington being still ia the
hands of the brave General Bragg
General sherman is compelled 70 strike
General Lee by following a circuitous
route, upon which he viii meet with
many unforeseen checks.
Now we have Fort Fisher, and we
presume By this time, Wilmington
also; and the serious damage 70 Cen
eral Lee, and his indonitable army, is
present, and pressing; and as all OF
the physical obstacles, Of which the
Carolinians boosted, were contingent
upon the ability Of Bragg 10 hold VIII
mington, Of course the rebels have no
hope, and Sherman will march where
he pleases, at his leisure.
Asa literary curiosity, and as mon
ument of the instability Of the rebel
affairs, we append the conclusion Of
the article, in which the editor tells
exactly what Bragg and Hardee can
now do, Jsoasss Butler Jailsa al Fort
FISHER
If ne has men to spare he will no
doubt send q raiding party or two To-
wards Charleston but they Will only
be gratified by look at the 5till up,
wards pointing spires of the noble Old
city of the sea, but nothing more.
As in accordance with the orders OF
the Governor and the spirit OF our
planters. everything that can be OF
service to the invaders viii be re
moved or burned, General Sherman
will soon discover that without a per
factlv assured line of retreat, and OF
easv communication with his base at
Savannah. he can venture upon moth
inc very brilliant He has at present
only one-the Savannah rlVer-and II,
If our military authorities and the PEG
ole of Georgia are not asleep, VIII soon
be a doubtful one He will then be
compelled TO move with great circum-
sreotion. and in every direction we turn
We see difficulties in the way OF the + ed
arsl commander which should raise up
our hearts and courage. At Augusta
he will meet the returning veterans OF
Hood. az well rs Cobb's and Smith re.
sarves at Bianchville he will be vel
coined by Generals Beauregard aud
Hardae and at Florence he viii
be received by General Bragg.
If General Sherman should occupy any
one of the four railroad points 10 TINS
State-Hamburg, Branchyilie, CoIula
bia or Floreuce-it will be only unil
our troops can be concentrated to dis.
lodge him. He cannot aim at all--not
even st any two Of them. II hamburg
or ADpuste. he sewers Us temporarily
from a country from which We at pres
ent receive no strength whatever; II ne
takes Brapchyille ne would be merely
a little nearer to US, and the communl-
cation with the far South ought not
even to be interrupted if the Hamburg
and Columbia Railroad Company is pos
sessed of but ordinary energy. 10 Ell
feet therefore, anything at ali, ne must
hold Columbia OF Florence. IL ne
taxes Columbia ne viii have no more
strategically speaking, than had ne re.
NAMED at Augusta; and, politically,
he will have an empty town, with de-
fanceIess women and children, and per
hans a few croakers, left behind. And,
| finally. if he takes Florence, he must
! have Branchville also 10 hurt Charles
| ton. This would necessitste the occu-
patton of line one hundred miies 10
extent. which would be out of the ques-
ton, because of its impracticability
Gen. Sherman, toilsd for tie FIRST time BY
n: failure Of Blsaer bgfors Fort FiShsr, Is
now determined to push Gen Hardee
to the wall before achievements, now
Fastening to the scene Of conflict, can
arrive. His grand combination being
postponed or miscarried; we do not de.
sire TO Judge him nor any other general
before all of his movements are devel-
| oped; we wish, however, 70 say that we
! will consider him great captain II he
! ever reaches Weldon with an army IN
/ tact; IL he does not, his successes IN
the State of South Carolina can only be
temporary, and his march through
Georgia will have proven what we now
strongly suspect it in reality to have
/ been, an absolute necessity move
ment which, while we cannot help ad =
miring its aUdscity, we would not wish
10 cite IS an example to be followed by
military students.