The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-13

The public has often heard OF Confederate armies
srouted ana demorai'zed," which a week Afterwards
my that VIII be slow to believe in the pleas ng pros
spec held by federal or an in this co ntry OF Gem
Thomas reoccupying Southern territory far south
sthe Etowah riyern
THE FEELING IN MANCHESTER
From the Manchester Guardian, Dec. col
Even On tho slight authority which II is
reported we are, Therefore disposed believe that
General Sherman has completed has perstous anabusis
and may be fairly styled sue. essf il his obje were
only to retreat No eifcctal opposition was likely to be
male to him by The Confoderaies without the aid Of
fortified works and these he has attacked sparngy
has conductng do not merit the name OF an aggres
campa en- will be Understood, of course, thai we
aisa e. nc sa not 70 BE- Saye
in New York, that Savannah had fallen to tho
fedsIas Win vast nunber Of pr oncrs after
triumph is that he has ot down the sea- and TO
appreciate its extent ought have accepted def
milton of the meaning of rather equyocal phrase.
When speak OF the movements of seneral We refer
not only TO himself but to his army and long that
thing Of multitude retains its organization we contnuoto
consider " az whole is quite conceivable, howe err
that IN campaign from which the possib lily of obtain
ing reinioreamenls Is excluded the whole which remains
the whole at the beginning; and thereon arises very
important question. How large proportion, in
stated from Atlanta is that which he has brought
the coasr OF this have no means whatever OF
judging By the inability Of ono section to anything
and the unwngness of the other the which took
place the interior of Georgia from the middle Of No
vcnlber TO the middle Of December practically
corded. We can only be Of things The first Is
that the ing army has Indicted infinite deal OF do
vasation and misery In its course nd the other that 1t
has not attacked successfully if all any place the pos
session Of which IS a matter Of military importance
to the confederacy What amount Of direct or in
direct opposition 1t has encountered, and, by
sequence, Oaot losses it has suffered, 1t Is left
for future revelations to disclose We shall probably
not CIR in regarding 1t now lxed upon the Georgian
coast in sufficient strength to enable H. with the aid or
the federal feet TO retain tho footing which has gained
Whether this result is worth the cost inclusive Of the
Abandonment OF Atiantr ard of every OTHER place. with
one or two exceptions, N the north OF Georgia and The
south Of Tennessee, mus be- q matter Of opinion now
entrance has been opened into the territory OF the
fedciacy il ONLY for little way. poiat d'aPpai
has been found for future operations against the South
ON towns, although the reduction Of Sa unnah should
ultimately he found as hard a task as tina. Of
Charleston has a!rcady proved The final verdict OF
impartial judges General Shcrlnan's singular
mo encnt viii be reserved null IL seem firstly, 2ntct
he PROPOSES do O.h Tie position he has ga aea am
secpRd qoadi atlaCtc attends tie opr0tteas e
tie a07uaera GeneraG with whom he has boon play ne q
game OF peep in The ,orner.H At present the federal
Gcnsal Thomas reports that in battles extending
the tao da3 inmedalci, pre- edin the depart u he
mail General Hocd ad been worsted, wih tho loss of
many pr and !, we shall be perie lily jcs
tiled alter experience Of federal a, reno Is
oengtng j,gsae respecting the probable It's Of
this battle Until OF lis roa eiala ter has been
ccrtained.