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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1864.

BANK OF ENGLAND, 15th Sept., 1861.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the DOVER.
NOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND
give notice that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the
Bank on THURSDAY next, the ltd instant, at 12 o'clock
precisely, to consider of a Dividend ; this will also be one cf
the. Quarterly Courts appointed by the Charter.
HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary.

from 50 to 100 rebels killed, 70 prisoners taken,
and one gun captured. The report being =firmed
by tic Richmond Examiner, there is no reason to
doubt its truth.

ho cannot prevent the trains which have hitherto run from
Montgomery to Atlanta communicating through the Mus-
cogco Railroad with the Macon Railroad, and thus with
Atlanta. Tho way is roundabout, but it is perfectly prac-
ticable,

" EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
" Major-Gen. John A. Dix, New York."
President Lincoln has issued the following orders
and recommendations in reference to the recent
Federal successes at Mobile and Atlanta :

The New York. Tinges contains letters from its
correspondent near Atlanta to Aug. 25, asserting
that at that date, owing to Gen. Sherman's determi-
nation to avoid extravagant expenditure of life, his
army was as strong as when it crossed the Catta-
hooche, having made up in reinforcements-. 4,000
to 5,000 in all—what it lost before Atlanta, while
the Confederate army, he declares, was reduced by
many thousands, Ho describes some of the opera.
Lions up to the date of his letter as follows :
Our leader, hitherto so prompt in deciding upon flank
operations, has deliberated long, and exhausted every other
means before making the decision necessary to this move-
ment. By extending his lines to the right and cutting the
Montgomery road he attenuated his front to the utmost
length in the endeavour to compass the city and sever its
lines of communication. The Decatur and Augusta road
was carefully watched by the cavalry, lest the enemy should
reopen it. General Sherman advanced his line so closely
around the invested city that at any time he could pour into
it the contents of 100 guns, In fact, for the past month our
cannon have allowed but very few hours to pass without
saluting the besieged city. The enemy however has made
no endeavour to evacuate, and to all appearance entertains
no intention to leave. While pushing the enemy in front,
Gen. Sherman has, by his cavalry, greatly annoyed his rear.
M'Cook and Stoneman were sent out toward Macon, with
what result is well known. The former was defeated, and
the latter captured, without any permanent injury to the
railroad having been effected, although many substantial
results were obtained in the way of captures of animals and
the destruction of munitions of war. The last attempt of
this character was made by the gallant General Kilpatrick,
who, with 4,000 cavalry, has just returned from the most -
successful penetration into the enemy's lines yet effected,
Gen. Kilpatrick reviled Jonesborough, on the Atlanta and
Macon road, on Friday night, and destroyed its shops and
Government depots. His command destroyed the rails and
some trestle-work along the line of the railroad for several
miles. The lighting up of the clouds, illumined by the fires
far to the southward, caused by the burning of the rebel
storehouses, was plainly discernible from our camps north
of Atlanta, As was expected, the enemy moved a number of
regiments of infantry by rail to attack General Kilpatrick.
By a desperate charge he broke the line enveloping him,
and sabred his way out, losing, perhaps, 500 men in killed,
wounded, and missing. His officers relate that 1,000 rebel
infantry surrendered in abject fear of his charging squa-
drons, bet no time could be spared to attend to prisoners.
The success of the charge may be determined from the fact
that the ambulances and trains of the expedition were run
uninterruptedly through the ranks of the frightened foe.
This expedition was as successful as it is possible to make
expeditions of this character. It has satisfied Gen. Sher-
man that no permanent interruption or embarrassment of
the rebel rear can be thus accomplished. The nature of
the ground is such that only trifling damage can be done
to the railroad. He has, therefore, with great forethought
and consideration of all the pros and cons, determined
upon the movement now being made.

"Executive Mansion,
Washington City, Sept. 3.
"The signal success that Divine Providence has recently
vouchsafed to the operations of the United States fleet and
army in the harbour of Mobile, and the reduction of Fort
Powell, Fort Gaines, and Fort Morgan, and the glorious
achievements of the army under Major-General Sherman
in the State of Georgia, resulting in the capture of the city
of Atlanta, call for devout acknowledgment to the Supreme
Being, in whose hands are the destinies of nations. It is
therefore requested that on next Sunday, in all places of
worship in the United States, thanksgiving be offered to
Him for His mercy in preserving our national existence
against the insurgent rebels who have been waging a cruel
war against the Government of the United States for its
overthrow, and also that prayers be mole for Divine pro-
tection to cur brave soldiers and their leaders in the field,
who have so often and so gallantly perilled their lives in
battling with the enemy, and for the blessing and comfort
from the Father of Mercies to the sick, wounded, and
prisoners, and to the orphans and widows of those who
have fallen in the service of their country, and that He
will continue to uphold the Government of the United
States against all the efforts of, public enemies and secret
foes.
." ABRAHAM LINCOLN."
" Executivellausion; September 3.
" The national thanks are tendered by the President to
Admiral Farragut and Major-General Canby for the skill
and harmony with which the recent operations in Mobile
harbour, and against Fort Powell, Fort Gaines, and Fort
Morgan were planned and carried into execution; also to
Admiral Farragut and Major-General Granger, under
whose immediate command they were conducted, and to the
gallant commanders on sea and land, and to the sailors and
soldiers engaged in the operations for their energy and cou-
rage, which, under the blessing of Providence, have been
crowned with brilliant success, and have won for them the
applause and thanks of the nation.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Executive Mansion, Sept. 3.
The nation's thanks are tendered by the President to
Major-General William T. Sherman and the gallant officers
and soldiers of his command before Atlanta for the distin-
guished ability, courage, and perseverance displayed in the
campaign in Georgia, which, under Divine Power, resulted
in the capture of the oity of Atlanta. The marches, battles,
sieges, and other military operations which have signalised
this campaign must render it famous in the annals of war,
and have entitled those who have participated therein to the
applause and thanks of the nation.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Executive Mansion, Washington, Sept. 3.
Ordered-1, That on Monday, the sth day of September,
commencing at the hour of 12 o'clock noon, there shall
be given a salute of 100 guns at the arsenal and navy yard
at Washington, and on Tuesday, the 6th of September, or
on the day after the receipt of this order, at each arsenal
and navy yard in the United States for the recent brilliant
achievements of the fleet and land forces of the United
States in the harbour of Mobile, and the reduction of Port
Powell, Fort Gaines, and Fort Morgan. The Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Navy will issue the necessary
directions in their respective departments for the execution
of this order. 2. That on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the hour
of 12 o'clock noon, there shall be fired a salute of 100 guns
at the arsenals at Washington, and at New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Newport, Kentucky,
and St. Louis, and at New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola,
Hilton Head, and Newborn the day after the receipt of this
order, for the brilliant achievements of the army under
command of Major-Gen. Sherman, in the State of Georgia,
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With regard to Hood's communications the cor-
respondent says
:
"Notwithstanding what you may read in some of the
papers in regard to Hood's communication being entirely
cut off, I have only insisted in telling you the truth in re-
porting to you occasionally that auch is not and has not
been the case. Up to the last raid of Kilpatrick their trains
arrived and departed daily upon the Macon road; 111'Cook
did remove a few rails from this road, but they were re-
placed almost as speedily as they were destroyed. The West
Point road, which leaves East Point (six miles due south
from Atlanta) has been badly cut many times. M'Cook cut
it in three places. Rosseau destroyed several miles of it,
and Kilpatrick has made two raids upon it in the last few
days; this does no great harm however,as it is merely a spe-
cial line, just the same as our railroad between Chattanooga
and Knoxville. Wheeler has cut this road badly in several
places, but the garrison of Knoxville can be supplied by
river as well as when there were three large corps there,
and if 'worst comes to worst,' our forces at Knoxville can be
abundantly supplied through Kentucky; Burnside and
Scofield both were, if you recollect, at one time. We must
not flatter ourselves that every time we dash upon a rebel
railroad, even if miles of track are removed, that the rebel
army has gone up;' no indeed they stand these things as
well as we do ; and to tell the truth, they manage to repair
all such damages as speedily nearly as we do ourselves. But
to return to the subject proper, Hood, up to the return of
Kilpatrick from his last raid, has experienced no trouble in
supplying his army with a sufficiency of food and powder.
Kilpatrick however, as I last informed you, did cut the road
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pass over theta, By this time, no doubt, that road is in
running order."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

A Washington press despatch of the sth says

Deserters from the rebel army report thut Atlanta is in
our possession, with a large number of prisoners ; that Rich-
mond papers contain accounts of a battle there on the 31st
of August, and that our troops were at first repulsed, but
finally drove the enemy back with heavy loss, including
three generals—viz., Anderson, Patten, and Hardee.

The Philadelphia Age of the sth has the following
review of General Serman's late movement ;
It has been about 10 days since General Sherman began
a movement, much of which is still involved in mystery.
One corps of his army, under General Slocum, was left in
the trenches in front of Atlanta. The remainder was gra-
dually withdrawn, forming a long column on the south
bank of the Chattahoochee, and slowly marching down the
river. Parallel to the river, and about eight miles south
of it, is the Montgomery Railroad. East Point is eight
miles south-west of Atlanta, Red Oak is twenty miles,
and Fairburn twenty-five miles south-west. At East Point
the Macon Railroad begins. It runs south to Jones-
borough, and then south-east. Jonesborough is 20 miles
from Atlanta. But very little intelligence of Sherman's
movement was transmitted north, for during almost all the
time since it began Wheeler had the railroad and telegraph
to Nashville cut, and there was no commurication. Sher-
man marched his column down the river until the rear
reached Sandtown ten miles west of Atlanta. He then
swung the head of it around toward the east until it struck
the Montgomery Railroad at Fairburn. From Fairburn a
raiding party was sent across the country to Jonesborough,
on the Macon Railroad. The road was cut, but no large
force of the enemy found. On Aug. 28 Gen. Hood tele-
graphed to Richmond that Sherman's line extended from
Sandtown to Fairburn, thus being south-west of the city,
and Hood at once began moving
his army to meet the Fede.
ral advance. Sherman's southern flank marched unopposed
up the Montgomery Railroad, from Fairburn towards Ate
lanta, until it reached Red Oak, 20 miles from the city.
Here the Confederates met the troops and they halted.
Sherman's southern flank was then marched south-east
from Sandtown towards East Point, 8 miles from Atlanta.
On Tuesday last, Aug, 30, Sherman's line extended from
Red Oak north• east, along the railroad towards East Point,
and his northern flank was pressing towards East Point from
the direction of Sandtown. Hood, finding the enemy south-
west of him at once abandoned Atlanta, and gave Sherman
battle. A contest began on Tuesday afternoon along the
Montgomery Railroad, from Red Oak to East Point, a dis-
tance of 12 miles. Slocum, who had been left with one corps
in front of Atlanta, began to feel the enemy in front of him.
He found the city abandoned and on Friday morning en-
tered it, He at once announced the evacuation of the town,
and by a strange coincidence Wheeler was off the railroad
to Nashville just long enough to allow the despatch being
sent. Scarcely had it gone when Wheeler again cut the tele-
graph, and a veil once more hid Sherman's operations. Slo-
cum, having the enemy between him and Sherman's main
body, could not tell what was going on at East Point. He
retreated across
knew a battle was being fought, for he heard
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morning this was all the intelligence seat us.
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drawn up in
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Ready, a village 13 miles from Atlanta. In front of their
position Flint River flowed, and the hills on its eastern side
were intrenched. It was this position which Sherman at-
tacked on Thursday afternoon. He carried the Confederate
works at Jonesborougb capturlng 10 cannon and 1,000 pri-
soners. Hood blew up his works evacuating Atlanta, and
destroyed some trains loaded ammunition. The spoils
secured by Slocum were 14 cannon and the ruins of the de.
stroyed trains. When the works at Jonesborough were car-
ried Hood abandoned his line on Flint River and by a hasty
march to the south-west moved the portion of his army
which had been north of Jonesborough to the east of the
place. He then retreated with all his forces to Lovejoy's,
six miles south-west of Jonesborough, on the railroad. Here
he took a new position. Sherman writes to Stanton, " his
army needs rest, and does not seem to intend an attack upon
the new Confederate position.
The Louisville Journal in its correspondence re-
views the topography of the neighbourhood of At-
lanta thus :
South-west of Atlanta are high table-lands, partly
wooded, which may be the scene of operations when the
city is abandoned, while nine miles directly south may be
found cedar ,bluffs, which may prove to be the theatre of
desperate battles, should we fail to get Hood in our hands
before he reaches these strongholds of nature. Rumours
reach us that already are works in these places being pre-
pared for the reception of the rebel forces, should they be
obliged to give up the place they no w occupy.
The Richmond Sentinel observes ;--

The Columbus Times, a Georgian paper, gives the 1,
following picture of one of the scenes in Atlanta
during the siege :
" On Wednesday night a large 42 pound shell entered
the Presbyterian Church on Marietta-street, and, after pass-
ing through the pulpit, exploded in the basement, or Sun-
day-schoolroom. Several families living in the vicinity
having taken refuge there were more or less stunned and
injured by the explosion, and one man had his right arm
taken off. The scene in the room was frightful—it was
after midnight, and all the inmates were sleeping peacefully,
perfectly confident of security. Mothers caught up their
children hurriedly and rushed frantically into the streets,
screaming, though without any definite purpose in view,
save that of escaping for the time from the scene which had
struck such terror into their souls, and there, out upon the
open street, they stood crouching, with their little families
clinging around them,and knowing not where to fly for safety
Shell after shell in rapid succession came screaming through
the air, and as the light of each terrific explosion, like
lightning flashes, quivered over them, the figure of one
pale-faced mother could be discerned, with bare out-
stretched arms, vainly hoping to shield her little ones from
the falling fragments. Oh, the heartless cruelty of the foe I
Oh, the mighty depths of a mother's love. Assistance
came at last, however, and the panic-stricken women and
children were huddled off into bomb-proofs of kind neigh-
bours in more secure localities, and the wounded properly
cared for."

The New York Tribune gives a biography of the
guerilla General Morgan in these terms :
" John 11. Morgan, the notorious rebel scout, and com-
mander of the rebel rangers, was born near Lexington,
Kentucky. From his boyhood ho was noted for his skill
and recklessness in horsemanship, In September, 1861, he
assumed the command of a band of guerillas in the vicinity
of Pilot Knob, Missouri, where he shot down a number of
Union pickets. He next appeared in the neighbourhood of
Bacon Creek, Kentucky, at the head of his band, burnt the
railroad bridge, almost within sight of the Union head-
quarters, and escaped before our forces recovered from their
surprise. In the month of March, 1862, ho boldly attacked
our lines on the Franklin Pike, Ohio, and somewhat de-
layed the march of our troops. He afterwards disguised
himself as a farmer and entered our lines, dining at the
best hotels, and escaped without discovery, after obtaining
the information he needed. On onother occasion he nearly
caught General Nelson in a trap he had laid for him. Be •
tween Louisville and Nashville he stopped a railroad train
and took several prisoners. During the winter of 1862-3
he commanded a cavalry division of Gen. Bragg's army,and
greatly annoyed General Itosencranz' outposts and com-
munications. 'With him were several smart telegraph ope-
rators, who would attach wires to the telegraph lines, take
off the messages coming from the headquarters of the
army, and send back counterfeit ones. To these operations
many of the Union defeats in Kentucky are attributed. In
the summer of 1863 he headed an extensive raid through-
out Indiana and Ohio, in which he was captured with a
large number of his command. In Nov. 1863. ho with six
of his officers adroitly escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary,
after a great deal of persevering labour in undermining the
prison, Morgan was a tall, heavy man, who usually rode a
black horse. Ho was e bold, daring, and merciless thief and
murderer, and his followers were like hire. They would
ride into towns and cities, capture the chief officers in
broad daylight, having been informed by the Copperheads
of their whereabouts, and then ride off before the , citizens
had recovered from their surprise. Morgan was by pro-
fession a negro trader, a gambler, and a libertine. Where-
ever ho was known he was regarded as a low-bred fellow
whom no lady could recognise. In several street fights
he had gained the reputation of an assassin rather than
that of a hero. Yet this wretch was the fellow upon whom
the Secesh women of Kentucky and Secessia lavished their
brightest smiles and most liberal favours."
The !ollowing account is given of a cavalry fight
at Berryville between portions of Sheridan's and
Early's armies, in wilich the Federals claim a vic-
tory. It is dated from the Headquarters of the
Middle Military Division, September 4 :

From East Point —about three miles beyond which the
Yankees now are—to West Point is 81 miles. From West
Point to Opeluka, where the Muscogee Railroad strikes the
Montgomery and West Point Railroad, the latter being
continuous with the Atlenta and West Point Railroad, the
distance, we should judge, is about 15 miles. At any rate,
it is hard upon 100 miles from the junction of the Muscegee
to Fairbum or East Point. Sherrnan's army must be very
long indeed if they ou regal thtta far, and maim they MI

" General Torbert's cavalry corps, which were encamped
at Rippon's store, on the Charlestown and Berryville pike,
lett camp at nine o'clock on Friday night, and proceeded to
Berryville, reaching there at midnight, where they went
into camp until daybreak next morning, when they moved
out through Berryville on the Winchester pike, taking the
road to the left, about seven. wiles beyond Berryville, and

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