The New York herald., 1864-08-17
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
Correspondence OF the Cincinnati Commercial.
OroY CREEK, FoIR MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA, Ga,

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial.
Since my last writing matters nerea6outs have gone at
snaips pace and dulaess na, reisned supreme. II is
.sdvance the skirmish line and take up position y
deploy the lines and hold the ridge" "refuse the
tsnce;" "reconnoitre and fall back" and all
that from the beginning Of the day TIL the end thereof
lf there thing than another which is odous
pAd exasperang II is 70 be compelled to make daily
the petty angles and frctions OF two large armies fac
ne better of M other without getting in the way Of buI
tsts spiipg blood. The extreme length OF this
patgn and the Numerous hard knocks which the armies
have dealt time and another upon each other,
bave produced spirit OF caution which will permit moth
Ing TO be done on least without the closest
possible previous calculation Of chances The
Aundred wa,chtul eyes. sore and smsr.ing from
TENTS and passes before venturing the solid
thrust which comes straight from the shoulder.
Dit and sound ts depths carefully before
sent skrmishers push about every whore, beating all
~ ohsr o re .f
and fences and df6cks before regular advance Is at
ssmpted All this is we'll because necessary, but 1t is
very show.
As clue to the whole operations for the past
week two s perhaps not too early to say that the
aim simply and alone To get possession OF the railroad
Atlanta and East Point This gives meaning aud
point the whole business ese so mudded and sense.
less This accomplished and all the effort and sacrifice
days Is fully repaid, for failure IN this
failure TO take Atnta-a failure In every thing Right
Shere before US about half miles our front,
this great artery OF lie to the rebel city and long
% the federal expectation held back
severng this ugular Of treason long is delayed
the hour 1t shall utterly consume the whole rebel
Iious carcase Atlanta might, perhaps be taken by
direct assault but it would be too costly Flank
Ing has wresied from The hands OF traitors strong
given aud shall fail give this oneY requires
sme, sometimes much OF II, but time Is cheaper than
rhc rebels understand tho Importance OF this ralrosd
sufficiently well to make them exceedingly vsilant
against all our attempts upon II The promptness
a. hvvh fhaUf ~ooutu
southwark presenting always an audacious front to
our 'front.' something kabe, and is getting
thug not little puzziing I seems TO have been the
expectation our part chat, by pushing successive
masses OF along down our line with secrecy
and celebrity and then, a. soon as they began TO
extond beyond our lines that were fixed and
solid, making them bear hard agains. the
with works. snould in the end, be able to gain the
railroad by simple extension This has failed upto
this time Corps brought around from the left 20
Sbe right wing and were, piled up, Peon on osss
southwark IN the hope that the rebels would draw their
OF the city IT, and thus IL
90 attack the north oes were on the inside
and their regiments proved 100 numereus and still the
sny advance towards their railroad What remains 70
Besides all this they appear to have
supplies OF artillery ammunition Tor their cannon:
hitherto SILENT fierce and riotousy lavish OF
their thunder as ours have neen They have thrown
into lines within the past two days Shells per-
haps, than within any whole week OF the campaign.
Yesterday shell tell In rank OF prostrate men In the
fourteenth corps, and cost four men each leg Out OF
about thirty OF wounded In the second division,
Twenty third corps, the surgeons found twenty
shell wounds needing amputaton-a degree OF sdverity
seldom, II ever, equaied
We seem TO be unable to attempt any movement OF
importance toward their flank but the rebels sp
priscd OF IL, and hurry heavy of 10
with the greatest promptness The tall spires Of Atlanta
douess give them wide range. but how they are able
the tangled woods and ravues OF the Country
ana SPY out our columns so accurately, is strange.
AUGUST 3.
will give you n diurpal succession whatever OF 10
serest has TRANSFERRED along these lines past three
days Un tho I'd tho business hand TO done
10 effect u Judgement on th south bank OF Utoy
greek small but deep channellcd creek running east
and west about on line OF latitude four miles south OF
Atlanta. 10 was supposed this would be work OF dim
Guilty and General Sherman accordingly allotted the per-
formance OF u to the Twenty third corps General Scho
Geld aeked General Hascal II his division ttbe Second
could do IL. He ~ could "You may try Il them"
The banks OF the steep and their sides
tangled with vines and bushes. rendering IT difficult
OF ascent In asdihon there dam just at the point
where the road CROSSES where the crossing was 10 be
efscted thus rendering the water deep above II that
the rebels could urk behind and deliver rakng nro
uuon the bridge oar men crossed they could have
done g., they ID DOT. General Hascal called upon
the fine brigade of COLONEL W. T. Hobson for a skrmish
line charge tho bridge and up the opposite h
They came promptly forward and, supported by the
Thirteenth Kentucky the Colonel's own regiment,
MIarged rapidly over the Rridge, and depfoyinv into
IN, , pushed SO impetuousy np the hill that they ran
drA tly over febe skrmishsrs and captured them
n a nan A rebel captain IN command OF tneis
line nd, II seems. had iuss received mes.
ssue from his superior officer, iuquirnc what
All that bSuss was about, and commanding tim
10 hold hts ue At all astsrds. aud promising