New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-26

us invasion Of States believed 10 sympstSe with them
eRcbmond expected to fall IN the fret campaign nous
kout TO this dav Washington has been repeatedly ~ a
Igresf peril In England the cODtutatiOn OF we nvs
Unsuitable predictions has been more remaIh i'
If sny body had asserted in April 1861. that tls eo,
TRY cOnd dispense with its cotton msnuia, IN
ttbat the paralysis Of the whole industry OF
for years together would be attended WIN uio i,,
ing and absolute Improvement III me pupiiv
The prediction would nave been regafdeu d. 'n '''
ance Of a mGdman h,., s,,,
speculation The chances OF the war ~ W! "Pp'
us At present The last mail indeed; teocn's " i,"v
sbeyOud this--tllt Lee, though uiaOie 70 suIn III!
Eesecndaucy oyrr Grant is no; only undismayed Dnf
active and that sherman has pech compe!ieu to ac
With greater circms pecti0n since Johnston has once
Wore iok., The field against HIN. His advance iTOm
Tnyetevillc 10 GodsbOrough bears very little resem,
bj,uce 10 his march from Atlanta 10 Sasonnah ana
from Savannah to COiumBm. In those operations ne
WINS practically unmoesed. for the army which should
bhaye been opposed 10 Inn had been sent away on q
Ehopoess expedition 10 his But since his arrival
HIT Fayetteville lie has found very different work
before lin. Johnston has gradually collected aud
consolidated respectable force IN his front. and l.
Imanouvorng that force on the same principles as
those which he acted lTst summer lie IL unable
10 Withstand Sherman in pitched battle, but he en-
cages him in skrmshes and defends every adj
YantageOus position In the conflict OF reports descilb
Ing the recent operations can only conjecture the
ruth rom The actual result and IL seems probable that
sherman, who advancing in northery direction
from FL, etoyii upon Raleigh must have deviated to
tic east and marched upon GoidsDOrOush because
Johnstoa wa too srOn. FOR him IN his 'front.' There D.
no longer any doub that the battles at sborough
and in the nechb0rlocd were fought between john
ston's army anu SheImans AyciysboTough is on the
direct road from Fayetteville 10 Raleigh, and the check
received tbc 10Th Of March apparently induced She'
Imam 10 abandon biz advance on that line aud TO move
of e. Col. sh0rOuCh to iOln Schched ana Terry 10y
the last accounts the three Federal Generals were az
that town. while at SGithfeld, directly between them
and Raleigh Johnston had once more taken up pos
Z ton Of Getente.
ne critical tate OF affairs however, was signal
demonstrated " Council OF War held III The i,"u
quarters q tic Army oI tue Foiouac on me -"h "a
Starch. SO closely ere the Commentaries hnW thtHu
ma ssed ard small IS the circle 10 which fhr 'pid
mons are confined. that Tie Commanders oi thiee
Fedora lrues could a-se able Together 10 meet the
lIes ct o. tie Republic and concert measures Tor t'
econsumuaion Of whai is believed 10 be the last cam
pagu Sheridan had at last fought biz way through
The >Lenerdoah Valley aud bad deseeuIed upon tle
scene Of Grants operations. sntrmah han uoHe IN
same from L. opposite direction, or AT leash had al
kvanoed fsr that he could easily Join the Conference
Nv sea So there they met In conclayo-tir1ut, SheT
srIsn and Sheridan together and President Lincoln
could hear ard estimate thelr plans. Wheeler me
Chief Of tie state thought the end so near that axe
Louis XINth at the conclusion OF tiege lie has re-
paired 70 the fpOt 10 witness triumph or Wteihoi nc
bsnticpatos that negotiations may ne resumed WIN th'
[Ciederafc Cow rmeut We cannot s-! out tue hcAo
soc the Republic ceroinly present witt the Army o.
I ae Potomac and presided a. the Council {" war IL
NAV now b. anticipated that Tie three armies o. tlc
North viii act in concert, and mat the operations OF al
Twill be directed toward single end.
Tie events Ol the lest few weeks Will have demon
Eetc The truth W remark that Tic recent change
IN TIE ASPECT of toe has been due IN rcn measure
Ia orc unfortunate the part Of the Confederate
tGoycrnuert Whoever decided on removing Gen.
JoAs sion from TIE command Of the sontL western
army OF the COuiederatcs gave sherman ihe game. II
was not because SheI was Irresistible that hc ala 80
fmuct hut EecGuse De was not rcsisied We see nov
svhct cen De done liz Inferior Force IN hGr s
iug AID impeding the advance of IN army IN hostile
scolnfTy Had Johnston been retained ~ command 81
stne amy which rciroetci f0m b.tcn t. Atlanta u l.
not too much % assert hat sherman would never have
hroacrad SAVANNAH a. all Two snch hkirmshes Ms
tl9sa a. Aycrys borough and Benionyile would have
been iatei 20 lis advance ioT they N~nd nave cost LII
his ammunition ad bis provisions tog'tlel IL was "n
~ tie kroW bclCeOf any Antagonist 'hat e Yen'u ed
Ton s1oug and azUaCas an Expedition, enc NE result
show ed he gaciy u bis calculations oI a. uaye!sed
Georgia almost 4icut burning clfrti a, While tht
army which sauuiL have made INN pay lo every step
,gts vliny ass,irg Nashyip behind his back II haL
ssvdeaty been concluded that what sherman might do
y ~ Georgia Hood uigi do with even gTeeier ehcci IN
81 tennessee; but the lacy OF tbs presumption cost The
& South dear Hood did nothing but loco lis army ohci
nan did a tta. intended. ard much moro than nc
Pcoud have hoped He wac enabled 10 convert dorb
~ adventure into splendid success, and 20 march Al
. length upward through SOut Carolina 20 TIE ail u
sGTint Not Until he entered the territories Of North
sCaroina was lie confronted with hia Old antagonist and
tie result hrs already been that his march is scd
lud As tactics transformed fo has now Hctualy
haed his army for period Of IeJose. before once more
emiuIk.ns on what he owns 10 be dangerous cam
II pIiga.