Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-08-12


his artillery and 500 prisoners. Nothing off.
cial has been received from Gen. Averill, how
ever. p II. SHERIDAN,
Maj. Gen. Com'dg." !
(Signed) EDwIN VI. STANTON,
Secretary of War. |
THE SITUATION AT ATLANTA. In recent /
letter from Atlanta to the Mobile Ne,cs the
writer says he can give no idea of The excite
ment in Atlanta. Everybody seems 10 be hur- |
ryng off, and especially the women. Wagons
loaded with household furniture, ard every
thing else that can be packed upon them, crowd
every street, and women, old and young, and
children innumerable, are hurrying TO and fro,
leading pet lambs, deer and other little house
hold objects of affection, as though they intend
ed TO save all they could. Every train OF cars
is loaded TO its utmost capacity, and there is
no grumbng about seats, for even the fair
ones are but too glad to get even standing
place in box car, This, of course, was before
the railroads were cut by Gen. Sherman, and
what the excitement has been since may be i'm
agined. A correspondent OF the Macon 7ele-
graph writes of the Smelling Of Atlanta:
"a great many houses in Atlanta have been
! pierced by Yankee SHELLS. A dozen shells have
struck Wesley chapel and the parsonage. Two
batteries have the range OF the car shed and
Wesley chapel, and they peg away night and
dav. making line shots ir the direction of the
State railroad bridge. The women and chill
dren fv TO the cellars, and the men walk about
carelessly, watching where the shells strike.
Every one is sanguine Of success. We re-
frain from abiding TO the army. Suffice 10
say it is all right"
A correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel,
(Which is not published at Chattanooga. but at
some place in Georga,) writing from Atlanta,
thus speaks of the temper and opinions Of the
soldiers composing the rebel army
sour soldiers say that the war must end even
here. The immediate prize for which they
struggle is Atlanta but they look beyond TO
. political and personal results which must affect
, them and their poslerity forever. With them
The issue made up By politicians. The ghoSt Of
the negro is erorcised and Mammon is no long
Ell deemed the god ufthe temple of freedom.
They fight simply for personal and State indie
pendence, for their homes, their wives and
children
: The Richmond Enquirer in speaking of the
capture OF a portion of McCook's division near
Macon, says the damage done to the railroads
by the raid more than compensated the Union
8 commander for the few hundred men lost
f Further rebel accounts from Atlanta we copy
from special Washington dispatch to the Id
rerizer:
n "Rebe dispatches Of August /, admit thai
e our cavalry forces have DESTROYED about foul
= miles Of the railroad south from Atlanta, " hicf
= was the last means Hood had for communica
i ton with the country. They claim, that it car
e be repaired in IA few days however.
i, Rebel dispatches of the % indicate tina
. Sherman has complete command of the situa
II ton at Atlanta. He treats the enemy TO al
d hours Smelling morning and evening, and
e said 10 be massing aud swinging his fore
around TO westward OF the city.
There appesrs to have been some fighting o
: the Both, of which we have no advices. Re
o ports show that our cavalry raiders were crea
= ting as much excitement thereabouts as thos
of the rebels create in Pennsylvania, but on
B. dispatch significantly says that the militia ar
~ pouring IN.
g Hoods official report of the battle of tn
n 2Sth, says that no decisive advantage ensue
to either side, but he claims that they hell
their ground. Other dispatches say their los
&c was only about fifteen hundred"
ARMY VIEW OF THE SITUATION. The las
U .irmy and Nary JouUaL says that, in the las
n attack on Petersburg, we were unfortunate a
is well as uuskilful The delay of an hour in tn
l.. explosion of the mine, through defects in th
, fuse was sad calamity. Then there was ha
- an hours delay in getting the charging colum
'e in mOion-which is enough TO account for ih
d whole disaster Ten minutes aher the instar
p of explosion were worth ten hours at midday
But still an hours further delay occurred at III
% ruins of the exploded fort. After that, III
d doom OF the charge was sealed. The facts shoy
:, that there was a want of hearty cooperation
L. among the subordinate commanders entrusted
e. with the charging troops. The latter were no
At wholly adapted to the work in Land, which r.
ally required picked storming party from tn
whole army. Besides, an impression that tn
j. enemys ground was mined, or something q
,e the sort, seemed to dispirit the men. But
= they had been skifully and vigorously handled
= this would hsve been dispelled and victor
would have been ours. The depression, how
e, ever, may have affected officers well as men
e The disaster is TO be deeply regretted IN ac
= coun' Of these unwelcOme developements, anC
II of our losses and the enemys encouragement
but it affords no cause for even moment o
" despondency. Our cause and its resources art
the same, the spirit of the army is unconquera
y Bile, and the Lieutenant General has temper
. ament too elastic and q heart too stout TO bi
, suhdued by disappointment.
n With regard to the situation at Atlanta, III,
d army and Nary journal says that at no tint
has the prospect presented such encouraging
features us now. Hoods three attacks mus
% have cost him twenty thousand men, while hi
I. chance for reinforcement is seriously diminish
; I'd. He has lost the opportunity OF being saw
! ed by assistance from other quarters. II no
permanently destroyed, the railroads connect
ing Atlanta with the South have been INTER
= fered with sufficiently to delay reinforcement
and supplies until Sherman can tighten hi
i hold about Atlanta into death grasp. o.
}. comparing the situation in Virginia with tina
IS in Georgia, the editor finds a decided baanc
n in our favor
!. SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION IN FLORIDA. Tn
5, New Orleans True Delta has the following
d news from Pensacola:
We have direct information from Pensacol
& that on the 10Th Of July, General Asbolh, viii
force comprising the Seventh Vernon