The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-25

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near the North Caroline line; and il he
thought-5t necessary to make baao on the
coast, he might reach LGssrel, 1.-The termi-
nus of . new railroad leading from Will
mington TO the interior, and which foad
might be used for his, supply. Such was
his course. Leaving Columbia about The
10Th Of February, he proceeded to Cherax,
and probably by way Of Camden, concen;
t!atang somewhere east Of Cheraw, and
thence 70 Laurel. Fayetteville, on Cape
Fear river. lies nearly east of Laurie. about
forty miles distant. As water commune
cations are the easiest, and the supply
transports are at Wilmington, Sherman
has no doubt gone on to, Fayetteville. BE
has not wanted for supplies At all; but it
VIZ oe necessary 70 refresh the men, and
renew all the material which il necessary
TO his 6nal march into Virginia, and that
VIII take. probably, two or three weeks
Il il not probable that he win 70 east OF
Fayetteville, for it 10 not necessary TO the
objects in view. To take such places as
Goldaboro and Raleigh, may be left TO Gen.
echoteld. The final objective point OF
sherman, AFTER leaving Wilmington, is
Danviile. or some other point on the Roam
oke, or. in other words, to cross the Roam
oke and complete the ,oork Of eating Lee
and Richmond from any possible SUPPORT
All tho operations OF the campaign have
tende6sto that great END. That is what
sherman has been doing ever since he lef.
Atlanta. His march through Georgia cut
Oft all the rebel territory west Of Savannah,
from any support Of the rebel forces anu
government at Richmond. His march
through South Carolina has cut of that
State. and his march on the Roanoke will
ca: of AL North Caroline. Any one who
examines MAP will see thai il Sherman
marches on the Roanoke, Bragg viii evac-
uate Goldsooro aud Raleigh as once; for, i;
not be will be placed directly between
Sherman aud Schofel3, without any pow
or TO escape. Bragg viii concentrate every
so.0ier III North Carolina on he Roanoke,
ana II there is to oe any ts..ie D; import
auce Which macy persons. imagine it
must pe Oh Or rear thai lite; for Sherman
once crossed into Virginia, aud completing
The work With Sheridan has begun, Lee g
army, RicnMond and the rebel govern
inert tAil iogethet. unless a miracle IS per-
North Carolina is defended i, shou1d be
Greensborough, forty miles south Of Dan
vile. But it is impossible TO proven. any
Of these places from being Ganked, and the
march OF Sherman from Dalton to Atlanta
il type Of what ill take place IN North
Carolina if Lees whole army was in 'front.'
OF him. It is not easy to see how the rebels
can Eight great battle anywhere. They
need double as many men as they have got
and where are they 10 be got? The white
men are unwilling to fight any longer, and
the negro armiDg act comes too late. II
the thing was practicable at all It is Of NO
use now. No negroes are to be had south
OF Virginia, and It is safe to say, they have
already used all of those they can got. To
have made negro soldiers available in the
Confederate army they should have been
called out two. years ago. It is now use
less. Sherman's army 10 en- route for Vir-
ginia, where il viii be in at the death OF the
C0nfederacy.
Sheridan! No one can think OF him
without surprise and exnltation. Since
the days Of Murat no such dashipg, bril-
liant, successful cavalry officer has appear
ed. His last ride has done the rebels more
damage than the loss Of great bstile.-
For months Lee has drawn his main sup
plies from the interior of Virginia, where
there we're many counties entirely un-
touched by the war, rich and prosperous.
These supplies were obtained by the James
River Canal-a great Notwithstanding the
whole James River Valley, and coming
within reach of the best counties of North
Caroline, and also, by the Central Rail-
road, running to Charlottesville and Staun.
denis work has beed to destroy these
communications, and he has done It most
effectuRlly. These works have been put
beyond the power of aff0rding Lee any
aid during the crisis he is passing through.
Before they can be repaired his fate viii
be determined. Now the remaining work
IL to destroy all railroad communications
In North Carolina, which 10 the work Of
Sherman and Schofield.
But it may be asked what are our
forces pressing on from New bern to Kings.
and 0oldsboro for7 s We, can very easily
zee what it might b for, and what proba.
bly, Is the intention. Troops operating
thDre are not for any immediate connection
Win Sherman. He don't need them
moves on to Virginia, no must be sup
piled from another line than that CT Fay
etteville. .
Our troops are demonstrating the North
Carolina Railroad, from Newbsrn, through
Raleigh to Greeneborough, and % Bragg
evacuates, (which he viii do,) they will
complete the road and supply sherman, ~
he advances upto the gatss Of Richmond,
from NeWbern. Sherman, % he advances
commands only tho south side Of the APP
pomattox but he will move on the line Of
the Danville road, and complete the in.
veetment. Such il the campaign, as We
suppose, competent General in.C Chief,
familiar with the 1aoe and resources of thie
country would make il. It 10 made all the
more easy by the fact that Leo has lost his
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tunity Of . brilliant military fame which
any one man ever had, unless he should do
something very extraordinary hereafter
DO will pass into history ~ . man Of no
great resource Of comprehension Of mind.
But for the present We only say--x0sts Ver-
SOns. 81 ~
In looking over the military situation an
attentive observer viii zee that from the lst
OF last September TO the present time we
have had uninterrupted Successes. In that
time the rebels have had scarcely anything
to encourage them, and some Of theirgreat-
est disasters have grown out of their own
plans, such as the march Of early down
the Valley and Of Hood upon Nashville
In the early part Of the war they were sue
cessful In such enterprises, and can scarce
IL comprehend now why they should not
be. But great changes have come over the
rebel mind, and still greater ono over
their resources. The delusions which pre-
vailed in the beginning Of the war have
ceased. No intelligent rebel now believes
in foreign interference, or Northern insur-
rection, or naional bankruptcy, or peace
parties, or any other OF their early delu-
sions, AS consequence the spirit OF the
South is sunk-their moral and intellectu-
81 yigo. is gone. The decisive battle was
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