The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-04-05
THE NEW YORK Sun.
yruyEspAY MOANING, APRIL 5, 1865.


.,., outt-irr, 4 Joy regarding The capture
ehraond has psssed, and with the powerful
..,-t. shat defended the city nov opon 10 in'pec-
ton. ~s t.c1n " resliss Tie fun extent q Cen
,,,. GRAFT, brilliant ,chievemenl and 70 rrhec'
are calmly upon u consequences. lner
Abundant reGsou 10 believe that the robcs efpcc'e
a. defsDd their position successfully. Tho sA'uu'
-. civihsus from Riohmond cid no' occur unN'
t.ai,y 4 zht, and there Is every evidences tn" 'ne
.. ,t, vas hAAtv, and al sLori nouoe- uen'rH
Wri-zE captured twsnty-esh' Locomotives ann
"a hurdr,l and hny railroad cars which 'he
,..sl. certainly would have destroyed had urno
,,rntt,ed Their war vessels In the james hlNer
- ,,,, d.,.rovci un,l late On isuDday night.
-..,,. .t.c,r,,,.ncss In connection with the FEC,
r.ttl, rebe I'D psir mos, desror,,s hghtng on
to,.av. goes 70 prove thsa they lad strong hopes
,f,.eacss until BnERrDAs sue seded In turning
p, n lcfl flank, rendering their defcnces untsnsee'
sd leaving no alternative but retreat WIN inc
,,scrful detsns VI works In which Lrrs army wr
.nionchod. II Was not strange ,hs, our forces worr
20 l,ug hold at bay. Al hs, science and mastery
engineering skn could accomplish vss done
20 lender tho rcbel position imprcxnsble' and 'hs
.Cortw a. nearly successful. - human talent .nd
Ingenuity could make IT, To dsfesd "es'
,-orks Les bad the choicest troops OF The sou'h'
,ad although numerically Inferior 10 GEAHT'a
army, they were abundanuy adequate 70 man INC
,fenocs. Yet IN tho face Of iii these Obstacles
general GRAsr has s.s mosi Important victory
Il The war and achieved military success that
does rot pale IN comparison with Tho most brIh,n'
mi AIRY achievements recorded 10 history lie
tas ir.vsn the hitherto dclsni army OF Lss from
80 supposed imprcrnSals defcnces; ho has do
f,isd that army To the eItout OF probably one
thfl It's force J., has caused It 10 retrcn, ~ per
cipl:.tely as TO leave . large portion Of im mum
tons Of war, and now ho - In pursuit " hnlsh H.
W. LsE be ali, 10 oscApet il now tho importAn,
question. Up T. ihe pr,sen, writing there Is no
news whstcycr indicative q tho direction which
lIs army han taken. Tic general inference ia that
le is striking for BIrksvle, with TIE design
e rruc cl'ng ueuce TO Dlayills n CO.
,p,rnio with = 'naton; md MS 10 perhaps
'Uc mos, probable tho ~. To e. In any other d.
ic tiou would completely cut him or from COM
nun cation with a army in North Carolina and
v.,hou. tic consolidation OF tho two forces LIS
csuuot offer another battle under any crcum-
r'sn,c5. This leius the eAse, Ito vital question
n Lsz is, whether he can roach B4rksvi!lo he
sore being cut oG Dy snEnlpAS, and thus secure
,e,e massage 10 HinvIle. Allowing nN 10 syacust-
80 "cIershury At TN early hour on Sunday night
and struck ont drectly for no nearest point on the
U,ny.Vc road, which Is in the nsighborhood Of
twc4i. we n.los distant he could not, even by
fr't march. reach The latter before the afternoon
o.. no following day. Assuming that means Of
trau. citation were ready Al mo said railroad
g.. - ntghl
ioseh Rlrgs,vdlc ON Monday nish.. On tie other
fqnl, lie =, treat was known 10 General GRANT o.,
- Ia IN Monday morning. Ills hrn movement
e. doubtless 10 10 head of LIE on the Dan.
.n Dad. snEVipAs's command ressed on the
,p. At,ox, IN tLo extreme len OF our line, Al .
p. ~ shy less than twenty miles
..- yanyille tosd Therefore, II snrn-
l.4', go his mounted column. had been
displt he'd at an early hour In iko morning 70 tho
ncaf,s. point on Tic ra,lrosd, lie would doubtless
he able TO ioreEhll LEE whose infantry could not
travel 60 fast. In that evont 1t would 10 easy
TASK for SHERIDAN TO tear up tho track and retsrd
lg's progress until reinforcement could req n
20. or, ]! is possible that enough rolling stock
might have been found Al or near Petersburg. on
ac southside railroad, 10 enable GhASr ~ send .
frce directly to Burkesville by rail. This is NO.
probable however, aud Ne first IA the more rea.
tonshle theory. Tic issue, thon, would depend
'Ipon whether LES or snERrDAs could frs, reach
the Dauvile road Ln would have the advantage
al perhaps nights start but he would also hsv,
tre dlssdvantsse Of having hfom Ave 10 ten mile,
further to go and OF moving Al infantry pace, in
s,esd OF cavalry. Under the circumstances, IN,
chances would seem to 10 nearly equal, end
since SHERIDAN is noted Tor remarkable forced
marches we have hope thAi he has succeeded In
eating TIE Daavills road.
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