New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-14
Marietta Occupied - Description Of th~
Place.
From Our Special coae,ponaen;.
MARIETTA. July ,. 1864.


MARIETTA. July ., 1854
We occupied Marietta early on the morning
Of tho % Of July the enemy having withdrawn from
Kenesaw Mountain during the night thus uncoTerins
the city and compelling its evacuation The movement
OF the 21d Army Corps upon the len flank OF tho enemy
Obliged him TO retire The position vacated by the 81
Division Of the 2Jd Corps the direct road and
within i've miles OF the town The first objects Of in
tres on the road going toward Mafiste nFe the de-
feusge works ~ the enemy their hfst line being some
distance IN advance Of the second and third The latter
being confronted by open fields. Their main work was
verv strvng-stTongeT perhaps than eny oth~ part Oi
their extended line. They protected by cbeyaur
acfrse lnterlaced with vines and bushes To pre-
vout passage ever without an enemy TO oppose tho
advance. Our batteries and mussrt IRE hard de
molishcd trees honses aud everything IN irDnt Ih'
omen field was commanded By eight pieces OF artillery
which ,gept every foot OF the ground making impos
sle for assault IN column 10 ave IN 'front.' Vi HEM
Within three miles OF the town the country improves
In appearance There are timely cultivated iAims and
elegant private residences Tie latter appear 20 have
boon used a, Rebel headquarters and rs natural con
sequence mostly dsemb'" oled. On On einihehcs
near tic iowa stands the college, ono OF the oldest Ia
the State and before the war thriving Institution OF
learning The building Is ample and well adapted to
the uurposes OF education The view from this point.
,io1y f.r exceeded by that from Kenesaw Mountain.
is gt! IA commanding one the town being IN full sght'
and making a beautiful appearance. Inc grounds are
vel shaded by fine forest and tho sides OF the
road from this point the town also bney shaded
Marietta IL pronounced by those who have visited u
as The finest town they have seen since crossing The ONO
River The streets well laid OUT tho private
residences arc upon an ample scale and many Of them
elegant. They mostly embOwered IN clunps "i
shade aud The better portion Of them are orni'
mented flower gardens exhibiting tasse ana cul-
turo The place contained. during peace, about 800
Inhabitants aud is IN good state OF preservation Mosi
OF tho people have followed the tide Of emigration
Southwark, the star oi Empire takes its way -negrs
and ALL The Court House IS large building. win
spacious grounds in which the horses OF the generals
and their stais might have been seen uxuriating IN
! !, 80 hr uriuc
for its sye and elegant % exterior has been ~ usf ns
Rebel hospital. The wounded had all been rcno'Td
/ The graveyard just N the outskirts oil the lOwn'
showed by the number Oi recent mounds aud new IN
scrptoa that the late actions here had cont bnisd 10
people this last res.ing'pace OF the Rebel soldier.
The churcbcs-a Denominations arc represented
have been extensively pgtTonzed since the ihnkee MT
nv Las been threatening Georgia In some Oh them
their congregations we're ascnbied listening 10 watery
sermons when this "VanGals entered the plhcr;;
They sogh. the sanctuary safety from threatened
destruction 1t was good place Ia which TO resign
themselves the long deprecated rule 81 the in'a
ders." The congregations were not disturbed h'gc
number Of prisoners were taken.
| The corps of Gen. Mcpherson, Just swung round
from et 10 right Of the Union ne Ii pressing forward
to intercept thu enemy az tho rVer crossings Inc Ju
CORPS Gen SchOhe,'s. advanced on the roads running
al right angles with the railroad closely following the
retrestinQ steps Of the ouemy. Morgan L. Smiths d.
vision Of MoPberson's corps. also took tho road 20
Rutf's station pushing tho enemy back beyond hickh
| jsck Greek where Sunday evolving BIO stu showed
/ disposition 70 contest our advance We had scarce
thirty wounded in diminishing along tho Line oil N'cAa
| lack Greek during the afternoon.
A light battery vas used with good effect upon tho
! Rebel works on the opposite side where. on com
handing eminence tho Rebels made stand during the
fore part OF the day, using 2poundcr battery Bat
tery H. lst Illinois, 10 FOUNDER PARROTS, was also
brought forward but the enemy having ceased hring
only few shells were fired from t. The night passed
Quietly with only occasional shot from sone battery
following up the retreatng enemy. The pontoon train
"a on the way to the river The Rebc roar Ia protected
BY strong lines OF cavalry aud infantry, who Toll BACK
/ Ill 40
massage of the Rebel trains the river. They have
| thrown up strong works at some points, and tnfll
believed by some that they do not intend 10 sbanypn
the north bank Of tho Chatahoochee without iu''n''
Capt Denning OF the s2d Indiana Battery. who was
/ wounded on the lst died this afternoon-N. b. D.