The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-21
4 1E'FIIRS " GEORGI1.

Il fT4i mo IN ri EOhUIi.
All intelligence fton Georgia, JUS: how, Possesses
a great deal of interest. Oar Georgia exchanges
have a good deal about the operations Of our army,
but it is not very reliable. One of them reports
attack by Sherman on Hood, in which he
pulsed anl four thousand Of his Yankees captured.
Another announces "a second assault Altoona by
Stcwtrts whole corps, and its capture Both Of
these reports are, OF course, without foundation--
The La Grange Georgia E"iietin says:
Atlanta is now garrison'd by General Socum and
the Twentieth Yankee army corps. General Iver-
son, last IhuTd day, captured East Point and drove
the enemy pt,kcts beyond Whitehall which place
General Iycrson held FOR scvaIal hours aud from
there he could plainly overlook Atlanta and its gar
rloon ui blue coats Al the stories about the
cua.lou and burning of Atlanta are false.
Genril lrcrsou captured fifty wagons at East
Point, III splendid condition, together with an i'm
Hitnse quantity ut extra harness There were also
near thclc-ti,,re and thercthouts-the wreck ana
dvhrIa Il -cyeHty-fiyc burned army wagons and
hcc!tOuib II equine bones. Ono Of the captured
wagons wds loaded with bacon. Three hVysheaia
OF also urc bu. given TO the citizens.
our {iCket3 are Just outside 1T musket range Of
III" Yankee works, and 10 blue cont evor leaves his
work without being greeted wIth "a load of lead.
The enemy have not 4 mounted man in the city
all h, light horses having been sent after Forrest,
Wheeler lnl Hood Nor have they any forage
upon which t. feed their stock If they had any stock
II toei-sD that tAn people OF ucorga need aPPre-
hcnd no raid at present.
The same paper give. the following version of
Conceal Frcnch's attack on Altoona which Is
doubtless correct
General French, with hi, division, attacked tho
enemy at Altoona Wednesday, and. after
ry.nE two lncs hr found the enemy concentrated III
loEts and -tockaics, but held the ground captured
until night, when ho withdrew and fell back 10 New
Hope ,.4Iy ing with HIM such captured coIni4SsrY
stores - his mcu could carry, destroying the ha-
luncv. lie took two hundred prisoners, which ha
brought ha, k with him. General French. loss
pretty serero Tie loss oi the enony WAS not 49,
eeltlucd.
The Columbus In.rs says that Il prominent citi-
2cil VI Atlanta, who was detained there until Thurs
day hast Gl the following otrtcnirnts OF the sit
uation Of affair 1T that point lie says that the
Yankee reports Of large numbers of tralns having
sTrv, at that point, Lndel with surIos, Aru false
kLat only four through trans have arrived since
WLafler started his expedition The Yankee
aIny hIs been consolidated INTO three corps, COM
unuIoI r. IeotIyylr-Sy Howard, Thomas ahd Sio-
cum TLa tvU first h4yo gone III tbs dIrYttlon Of
Chttt.u0Jgt IN. last Is IN Atlanta, closely
guarded ty GeUurpI lversOu'a cavalry, which cap
tunes kill, every Yankee vino shows himself out
-lIr Of the Trenches. Ia addition to tho loss OF
horses from staTyatIJH many are dying from GlaIl-
dora disease fatal and epidemic IN tts caaracter
i Ie:ter in the Augusta Cifra'cir gives an intel
giIle lrx oi tly situation. We copy the following
extracts:
The plans oi the Federal commander are Begin
ming II br developed At Atlanta, his detcncc- have
been contracted that guitn portion Of the ,lty
haze made two three da she's IntO the suburbs
There ar" 40 Federal cavalry around the city, ami
patrol make daily observations on = line ex-
tending trol East Point to Decatur. mat none oi
the Federal force has set moved i'll the direction ~
either Macon OF Augusta has thus been a'orrtained
..tI-tt:tory The garrison at Atlantis Is composed
Vi >!o'tn.s corp5 dboat eleven thousand strong -
ihr tsiIEce have been withdrawn. and the question
\, where IL
W. have ruulsl that two corps were sent TO Grant
Iul igIIu, that theY Terr halted at CHATTANOOGA.
= IftJ L
should like to know that either true tOr II ~.
Hood's amy would be mQre than u match for thu
remaining four corps in any Held they might choUso.
rms tate o things, too, Is our strong hcpe " sue
trn7t campaign, and consequently tie great IIes
toI tno"tcd - has Sherman been weakened 10 such
an extent that hp can only leave single corps Tor
garrison and carry perhaps less than forty thousand
10 the field.
II has been definitely asccrtaiuel that shcrrnan's
last movement rUm Atlanta with troops 10 operate
against itopi Wa Inaie by way Of Sanitown, where
he crossed The r4y"r TINS endangered cOmuunIca-
tiun between our afIay and the Atlanta and West
Point road = Iii i extent that the change ui base
noted above "a; once made rrUvding Tor this
contingency HHs Wis, pr.cautluu, as 1t rendered
our army dvuh!y secure The H1yurEHental tole-
graph Office. Amy ii the Teune--ee pos-oticr, and
9TH. hxture", at the old cave on tho railroad at
Newman, c,ua dssu yesterday, ana route tor
Blu. mountain, ttd Selma.
II 4 supposed Gg gnora BcduTGVaTd isHow with tho
army He arrived At Newman In the evening and
only renamed long cTuHgh to tai" supper, whom ha
started overland 10 IIliadegi. From the demon
s,rt,Io!s inate Oh his route, ana what know OF tha
spliit oI thu amy, Judge ms appearance at tho
front Will be universally hailed with delight
The Macon futeIhgcnctr hazards the prediction
that Atlanta will b. occupied by forces. lt
adds:
The troops that rendezvUusing IN large num-
beTs at stated points IN this State full Of entbu
slasin and spliIt, and IN IA few days will lee on tho
march for duty, where they will be OF great service
TO the amy and whore tlSy will do this State a
service whose benefits are lncalcuablo, The plans
are working WE'LL and III their certain success SEQ
the utter discontinue and total rout of the enemy
To assist the desirable and the duty OF every
man hativ duty 10 come without delay, take his
place, ANA make ihl5 campaign a brilliant auI ev-
nous ending oi the