The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-22

: 'N' 'V'NN Nus pHItIPti lHt 'NI0It
: through Pound Gap, and at last nc
counts the rel els were in Fiovtl com
= tv. The invaders are variouslv csti
, mated at live to fifteen thousand, hui
, VIZ presume their strength does no,
exceed the inside number The ob
lcct is to affect sherman = operations
hut IN this 1T will fail q, the Mary
land raid failed to Interfere with Gen
, Grant plans. Gen Bnrhridgc is
gathering re.enfoi cements and is Wig
!orons'y preparing for the contest -.
There are ihtimations that Forrest is
expected TO form q junction with
B0ckncr, who is believed 20 he IN
command of the rebels coming into
Kentucky from the East, Int it will
bc rccOllcctcd that Gen a. j. Smith
is looking alter Forrest in West Ten.
ucsscc, aud we presume that he will
have enough IT, do to take care of
himself in that quarter, besides there
are other movements in progress in
that direction which will keep NIL the
rebels actively employed. Upon the
whole we do not think Forrest will
cooperate with Buckncr, and from
the latter no trouble is tn be appre.
hcnded except the necessity for the
concentration of II force sufficiently
large to whip him.
An extra issued by the Nashville
Times announces that on SUNDAY last
Sherman again llanked Johnston.
crossing the Chattahoochee, both
above and below the railroad interscc-
tion, probably at Nickajack Creek and
near Nipings' bridge. Whereupon
liardec's corps abandoned it position
on the north side of the river, and riv.
cr, and the whole army precipitatelv
fell back upon Atlanta From the riv-
er To Atlanta the country is dead
level, with no chance for Notifications.
Sherman army was rapidly folio "
ing up, and it was reported that John.
ston's forces had fallen back eight
miles further south to Cedar Bluffs,
where they would make Il stand and
give battle.
HAERIsBURG, July 1S.--One of the
mail agents from Hagcrstown reports,
on his arrival here to-day, that a we'll
authenticated rumor prevailed in the
place Yesterday OF a collision betwecn'
our forces and the rctreating rebel
raiders, at Lcesburg, Virginia, result
ing in the capture of 500 wagons
heavily laden with corn and oats
Many of the teamstCrs cut their hor
ses loose and managed to escape. but
in the effort to repulse the tremendous
onslaught of our troops, 100 rebels of.
the escort were captured.
Through rebel sources we have all
vices from Atlanta to tie 18th inst.
1t was then in rebel possession, but
the Conl'edcracy evidently anticipa
tel its speedy fall. fisherman could Il
not be checked, it says, on the Chat I
be could not be anywhere
south of Atlanta North of the river
were very important mills, which our
forces destroyed. or these CORES
pondcnt writes:
The destruction ofthe mills at Ross
well proves to have been n very severe
blow to the Coniedcracy. In addi-
ton to the Touring mills, which were
very complete and extensive, there
we're large and well appointed mills
Tor the manufacture of cloths. The
regular monthly product of these es-
was 10000 yards ofcot-
Ton and $1,000 yards ofwoolen goods
principally such goods rs were used
BY the army. The machinery, which
was Of the hest aud most improved
patterns and inventions, was made ut
Patterson, New Jersey. The mills
we're thoroughly destroyed. The op-
'ratives, some three hundred women.
ire thus thrown out OF employment,
md will be sent North, il they wish.
Il is understood that nearly all of them
will avail themselves Of this PROPOSE
ion. |
From the fact that johnson left
.hese mills with all the manufactured
md raw material accumulate at them
$ evidence that he did not retire from
he Kenesaw line with any great de-
Iteration. The fact alone is sufficient
evidence that he deemed his position,
,cfore Marietta one that he could
lold..
Considered only with reference to
hc Injuries inflicted upon the Confed-
'raey in the destruction of Govern
nent manufactures and work shops,
he campaign of Sherman has so far
Iesmted in immense irreparable dam
ige to the rebellion The extensive
establishments for the manufacture of
ordnance, alad numerous other mills
md workshops have been destroyed
~ Davis-the great foundries and
ron works ut Etewah and Alatoona
Dv Gen Schofieid, and now the mills
N which the clothing 0f the army has
hitherto been made, besides scores of
small mills and shops on the route
rom Resaca thus far.
At Atlanta are other very import.
ant works, which will soon be in our
hands Johnston manfcstiy did not
retreat because he would, but because
he was forced to, and having been I'M.
able to hold his strong position north
of the Chattaho0chee, he is Of course
unable to meet Sherman in open field,
or to hold Atlanta. Flanking grows
easier rs we move south