, 1864-07-02
FROM SHERMAN's ARMY.
Movements Of the Army to June 23d
The Battle Of Cu1p's Farm.
rFrom our Special Correspondent
Ir rur FIELD NEAR KESEsAw MouxrAy

vance made during the past week by the
grand army Of the Mississippi This is owing
to three causes: Firet and foremost, the de-
termlned resistance Of the rebels, who have
teen forced to fall back more bT tho aid of
strategy than by assault; secondly, the ma.
ture Of the country through Which the army
is obliged to pass-long ranges Of hills, IA
vines and sHamps; and thirdly, the very un.
favorable state Of the weather, continuous
rain having fallen for the past two OF three
days, causing the streams to become perfect
torrents and rendering the roads, many OF
which have been cut through the woods,
almost impossible. In the ra4incs the mud
is in many places eighteen inches in depth,
and Of the most tenacious kind. It is no un-
coBmon occurrence to see three or four
wagons, loaded with "hard tack and SOW
belJy,'' 40 gloriously stick In the mud as to
be beyond the reach of the Worn-out mule
teams, some member of which, from sheer
exhaustion, ia compelled to lie down and
give up the ghost.
Many Of the hillsides are covered with
waving crops Of wheat-almost ready for
for the Inhabitants have fled ut the approach
Of the 'tYanks, leaving, In many instances,
all their household effects and other portable
These grafnfelds are quickly ap-
propriated to forage purposes, and In haIf IN
hour after their discovery, countless num-
bers Of Bke1eton-lookIng mules may be seen
ffisking about, where only short time be-
ting In the breeze.
Row ruEY LIVE
There seems to have been but little wealth
or refinement In this section. The houses
are all Of the aboriginal ort7er-a fcw logs
placed one above anotherT;-while between
the chinks in the walls 1t would require but
little Imagination to drive six mule team.
The people-what few are 1eft-are OF the
most ignorant class, and their conversation
in every respect, assimilates itself to the
negro dialect The rebel authorities have
circulated the most outrageous stories, rela-
tive to the Yankees and their barbaritJ, and
these poor uneducated people believe them
all, and it WIS not until they hnd seen our
faces for some time that they could be satis-
fed We are not the barbarIaus the chiYalry
have represented us to be.
POSITION OF THE ARMY.
ski1mishing has been going on constantly,
day and night, since my last, and our lines
have advanced inch BY inch, and yard BY
yard. McPheTson's command-the 18th,
10th and 18th army corps-fs in possession
Of Bushy Mountains, q range Of hills, which,
at distance seem to be q continuation on
the east Of the kenesaW rnnge, but on closer
inspection 1t will be seen that quite ravine
lies between, through which the railroad
mediately In front OF the latter is the 14th
army corps, while to the right is the 18th ar
my corps, In front and partly In possession
Of range OF hills, which run In q eouthwes-
terly direction from the KenesaW Mountain.
4 DEMONSTRATION.
Yesterday aftaruoou q demonstration Was
made by the 14th and 18th army corps agalnst
the rebel works, In order to direct their at
tention while the 23d army corps, the ex-
treme right Of the line, which with the 20th
had swung round some ten or twelve miles
in soutbeasterly direction from Lost Noun
tain, forced Itself over Noes Greek, near the
Marietta and Villa Ricas turnpike. This
creek is branch nf the Sweet Water Greek,
which empties into the Chattahoochee River,
some twenty-five miles south Of Marietta.
This was effected without any difficulty
the only opposition offered being made by
the ekirmish lines.
4 BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
The demonstration made by the 4th corps
was the cause Of a brilliant little aflair. which
resulted in the capture By Whittaker's brig
nde, Of Stanleyes division, OF q ridge abont
one and a bait miles In g sonthwesterly d.
rection, from which the rebel sharpshootera
Whitaker Immediately on taking possession
int1enched himself on It, and none too soon,
for the rebels subsequently made two assaulta
to recover 1t, but were repulsed with serious
loss. Our loss was about ESQ in killed and
wounded. The rebel sharpshooters have be
come exceedingly troublesome, and our losE
Of field and staff officers has been quitt
the losses sustained yesterday, which werl
Tery light, learn the following: Col. Cham
pion, 18th Illinois, seriously wounded; Col
Price, 21st Kentucky, killed; and Major Du
Fissy, 35th Indiana, wounded.
An ARTnLERT FIGHT.
Yesterday afternoon the rebels opene,
quite an extensive artillery fire from bate
r. placed on the top of kenesaw Mountain
but it was soon eile1ced BY batter! l, ed LII
shooting your correspondent has get seer
| The sky was dark md cloudy, and as th
shells burst over the rebel batteries the tlas
| could be seen, resembling Q vivid streak c
sharp, fo1ked lightning. The effect Of eac
ahel was to make the rebel gunuers retire t
once In while run out and fire OF the
pieces. But our boys had them In tigf
lowed up 1nat me Tedt1s 5 y WeTc T obliged 10 r
tire altogether
H GEN. BAIRD ON An ADVENTURE.
Gen. Baird commanding the Sd Dlvislo,
14th Army Corps, met with quite little al
venture the other morning. In compau
with staff officer and one orderly, ali III
armed, he rode ont to inspect the lines, an
after proceeding short distance, met fl
rebels who had been cut of from their con
mand. The General inquired where the
were going, to which they replied they we,
going to join their reginent-an Alabau
one. The General told them to turn aroun
| and eyr x1-{+h him y.h{rt fhev Hid fh5ukyr
NIL the while he was rebel officer and final
brought up at the Office of the Provost Ma
sha1, by whom they were turned over to Co
Parkhurst, Provost Marshal Of the Depar
ment Of the Cumberland.
The prevailing opinion Is that anothe
flank movement is about to be made
| the right, and attack Marietta In the rea
Before this reaches your relders, it ma
be accomplished nnd Marietta ours. Cur.
IFrom our Special Correspondent
Ii THE FIELD n FRONT OF KESEsAw Moux-}
TAIN, THREE 1rEs FROM MARIETTA. (
June "a, 1851 J
80 CHANGE.
There is very little change in the "situ,
ton" since my last. kenesaw Mountat.
steep and rugged, still towers up In OF
front, willie on its summit can be distinct
seen rebel battery Of four guns, and 81!
nal station. Once in while SOUND of reb'
cayalry can be seen riding along In the nefgl
borhood Of this battery, where they renal
for lew moments, and disappear among th
trees. Tho army of the Tennessee, undt
the command OF Gen. Mcpherson, is still
occupation Of Bnshy Mountain, little
the east OF the Kenesaw, waiting, Micawbe
like, for something to turn up in the way
coup dc min, by the right wing Of tt
army, when it will at once lay violent hand
on the railroad and fsrca Its way int
Marietta, at present our ugtiu.a thu!
Owing to the peculiar formation .
the country, our advance is nece
sa1ily very slow, and during. the pa
two;or three days, but little progress hi
been made. In front ofonr centre the Ken
saw mountains whose top resemble doubl
bumped camel, and towers up steep and ruE
ged. lie precipitous sides Is in some plact
| covered with dense growth OF timber tn
unde1brush, while in others there is nothiu
te be seen but barren rocks. To the eoutl
west stretches long range Of hills and +
vines, through which babling brooks fin
their way to Noes and Sweet Water Greek
which empty into the Chattahoochce RiY,
some twenty fire miles almost due south
Marietta. The slopes Of many of these hill
have been cleared, and before the approae
Of the army were covered with waving crol
Of wheat and oats, which will never be ha
vested BY those who sewed them. tt
crests arc skirted BY thick woods. fro
which the rebel sbarpshooters pour forth
rery ann. oing jre-genera1ly reseryiug the
fire for mounted officers, OF which our los
during the present campaign, has been quf
heavy. -
Heavy skirmiahiDg goes on daily, and
now ceases to cause any sensation, exec
when the zip.zIp Of the bullets Is heard
TOO close proximity, then there is Eushir
TO and fro, every man for himself, Us tht
rush to the nearest stump OF tree for cove
: SAlr1nishing lust now Is dangerous occup