, 1864-08-01

ttemely bold. HHpecnlation on peHs'' Is
not Permitted In this department One thirg
1s assured)y certain. either big battle viii
be fought, or another flank movement made
Current opinion says the former, bec.use It
Is alleged Hood was given the command o1
the rebel army on condition that he would
make q desperate stand at the "Gate City,''
Palmsrs Corps-the 18th, which forms the
raad to point where It strikes the railroad, los,
mile and one-hali from the suburbs Of al.
lanta- Here the first thing that attracted the
eyes of the head Of the column was coupIe
Of hags Of truce, displayed in front Of soil.
tary house; which stands on the edge OF the
5antoad: On riding up toascertain Its mean,
Ing We found therein an old man, q couple Of
women and three or four tow. headed chi1.
dreps al Of whom begged In the most plteous
manner that we would not shoot. Behiud
the house was constructed model "gophc1
hole," :" where, In case OF danger. it was the
people and some stragglets IRON the rebel
army informed us that the rebels had not
evacuated Atlanta, but had only retired from
their position On Peach Tree Creek to thei1
main works on the suburbs Of the "Gate
City" A sk1rmfsh line was quickly thro WI
out, who reported the correctness OF these
facts, and few minutes later, some sigusl
that the rebels were working like colony
Of bees on; the Notifications. Digging
with them :Was carried on gloripnslV
and 1t would have done IN Lishman good to
have observed the manner in which the
"White trash" handled the shovel. The re.
bellion, Ii 1t has accomplished nothing else,
has most ass red1y taught the Southerncra
ance with the e1fgency of the occasion, aud
the first law Of nature Finding that our
advance could go no further, the various
corps, divisions md brigades we're deployed
into line, and the work of intrenching be-
gan: Batteries were assigned positions, and
IN the afternoon considerable cannonading
was indulge In. In the afternoon, about /
o'clock, terrific musketry vas heard away on
the lett, and about dusk it"was rnmored that
General Mcpherson had been killed. Subse-
qnent1y this was. confirmed, with the adif-
tion that after sanguinary battle the rebels
had been forced to retire. However, your
correspondent with the Army of the Tenues-
sec WI turnlsh you nth the full particulars.
About seven o'clock In the evening an attack
vas made on the skirmish line In front of
Johnson's division Of the 14th Corps, but it
did not amount to anything, It was only
t. done BY the rebels In order to feel onr posi-
On Saturday morning the everlasting nan
pup vi Ine sktrmish line give notice that the
contending lines had once more resumed the
chivalrous custom Of firing On each other's
p1ckets. ARTILLERY firing became quite gen
eIal on both sidea-thc rebels using solid
shot and our forces shell-but very little
damage WIS done.
Yesterday afternoon the 11th Indiana bat
rL-20.poander Parrotts-was placed on
the crest Of commanding ridge on the right
oi Hookers corps, and very heavy fire was
poured into Atlanta and the rebel forts, Of
which two vfry strong ones are In plain
c0lumns Of srnf7Ee ard h,ss9nr Gamee eea wero
seen in Atlanta, evidently tie result of =
shell thrown hv thIs :hatfarv Emhn1denoS ~
bY their guccs 6s. the batterT men Lcns mn a
continuous fire I'll nIeht long. to thu 1nnnftc =
disgust of your correspondent and thnusani5s
of others, to whom ttbalmy s1een,i ia n deci.
ded luxury,
(Palmer's corps) resting on n ridee wesf 81
the State Railroad and two milps north NJ
the Atlanta and East Point Rai1roai 1+ta
junction Of the Macon ana Weat Pn,rt "oaSdsV
and the left fthe ArmV ~ tha Tonaossa9,S'
resting On tbs Auen.ta Ra,,ro.d "a, 1n,ie95
eaet Of Atlanta. @A-'"4' 'eA ''1'Ae0
The tdea ha1d hv No-tha-n ,,n.n.,,,.. ~
cern;nn fha n cn1n2r ~ r'ut.nI thnJ JOURNALISTS con-
roneons bave scen Il afatad t,Ma1 10 se,y t,tl
ont nnnnber that a. SOM as tha or.,1 a.n.aaa
dbe Chattahaochee r. Wnn1d IN f,nS - ~ G1usoe9 rn
nni.e Iere7 ntTordin~ ~ ahstai J ~ s.ounu a'a
march II ia nj az ~. eontr, o.s naet, - oof "
peach Tree crenl- ia hnnt az oUs JILL y.
~ IN Tho neio1hnrhooa aT a9 Taa.a1 auu Wpouy
saln. sonlh OF ne ne REACH ITse the countryfs
mole oPsn, onL BILL! quite hillJ, being In fact
aeucseeslon o. Iiaees 'and ravines. The
ceeuatry u wen Watefed, aud gnsh1ng springs
" & p4le wafer are IN aoondance* blackbefry
PAtSAes Ut numerous ana extensive, and
VIII ,111 an nouf laoof me soldiers are enabled
hpl:esoa ~ pcA anona lu aAg Maolesome meal
ecnTrr 1vh;o,, ~ - tenas ,t,. 20 KeeP OH