The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-02
sherInn.,'s Great uareh Army
10 be Beaien and DESTROYED Before ~
Touches Virginin soil.

IOhehG- arg ahth
.5 From tho Richmond Wing Feb "a
The march OF sherman through South
Carolina seems tO have inspired the an
KEGS with good deal OF that sort OF
brappart confidence which they have 80
often exhibited i'll the coarse OF TINS war
II ia amusing now To read the northern
uaprrs One would imagine the whole
Yankee nation To be afflicted with Shel-
man on the brain While the rage o1
plophesy has broken out with uncon
trollable tiertenos as often before pre-
dictions of the imminent suppression ot
the rebellion are rife throughout these
matchmaking journals, they refuse To see,
ol eVen To conceive, any possible ODsta-
Gle Ia the triumphant progress ot their
darling chieftain The unOpposed transit
of Union army through the hated State
of South Carolina has raised TO unite an
mparalleled eXaltation The easy cap
tnrr of Branchville aud kingyille, and
the occupation Of Columbia, are herald
Ell as so many prenionitions ot a contln-
ued series of successes, eliminating III
that grand theatrical comp which forms
the denouement OF every lalkee pro-
gramme. Sherman finds no resistance
in South Carolina, cries the Imes. The
rebellion is dead. Sherman Is burning
ad !iLitum," shouts the Tribune. How
charming the spectacle, how grateful TO
the Yankee mind, which can at last con
ceiye the picture from afar. aud satlato
It's cravings 10y imaginings OF lneXth-
suishable cOntiagration aud uhre
sisted destruction! How coale,T de rose
appear Yankee prospects through the lu-
rid Glare which Sherman Is supposed TO
have cast upon the southern sky For,
no less agreeable than the assured prog
nosticatiOu of ot victory over CYn1ed-
crate armies issthe thought OF the Cal
mage which Sherman's columns may
wreak upan the terror-stricken pOpula-
tion of the districts through which THE
Federal forces arc tot pass. but, after al,
there is some misgiving mixed with all
this seeming confidence. While III one
place Sherman's march Is described as
the unresisted advance OF conqueror a
mere triumphal procession through a
devastated and subjugated country, IN
another we tind speculation as To the
probabilities OF final success, guesses as
to what are Beauregard' intentions, and
what Lee may do, surmises as to why u
battle has not already been fought. and
as to when and where it will be fought.
In spite of ALL the situation differs much
from that which presented itself during
the march through Georgia; it was then
subject of cougratulatisu that Shcr-
man tiually reached the sea, even when
there was nobody to oppose him. But.
4. fh.apa ~ al 4.
hood that Lee will let one part OF his
army be devoured by Sherman, while the
other is devoured by Grant. Neither OF
these voracious Yankee commanders will
have the pleasure Of satiatlng his appe-
liir ON anv part of the Confederate army
hut even the confident Yankees know
Hoi n f,gi o,u,t take pIdcs before Sherman
reaches HE objecire point rhe,Frer that ob-
j,c,ire Doipi may be. The Tribune specu-
lates much US To the forces that can be
brought to oppose sherman, and by de.
prrciating the Confederate strength, ana
conveniently eXaggerating sherman ;
forces by about one hundred per cent,
reaches some very flattering conclusions.
Nevertheless it is plain that the Yankee
papers. i'm spite of their assumptions OF
superior llliDlHldllou' lhIli ''hi''Oh' I''-
dictions. and their aStutr spccuIatiOnN,
are entirely in the dark a. To the true
situation They have heard nothing
from or of sherman since he entered Co
lumbia Ihey rU not hem anything e'thtt
from on Of him. until they get "etr' Of the
oyeat hattie irbich he trW hare 10 fghf some
,rbeye on hi, route In the meantime We
may expect that their tone will change
from its present bOastful confidence, 10 4
sort of timorous and inquiring coiioslty.
In vain they will CLEAN the Richmond
napsrs for news from the South In vain
they will listen for reports OF continued
marches. occupations, and victories. 8
N0fhip0 ,riH 90 10 them from here until ',
send them ncrs which rerg prob1bB "i1
much abatc their appetite for information. .-
We intend to tell them only one thing,
and that is that SheImaH's army ~lH hf
met and defeated. and probably destroyed,
| ,rjtbont ere,. setfipg foot on Virginio soil
They may not believe this little piece of
! inflammation. but we can assure them
that the Confederate mind is fully made
mn on that point, and that consequently
| SteyDah's doom may be looked upon as
sealed How the thing will be done, when
| il will bo done, and where, We have no
intention of informing our inquisitiye
Yankee friends, all these things they Will
learn III good time.
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