The New York herald., 1864-09-09
IxErE stCr1ATSoN.

II was reported il General Grants army O. Tuesday
o,enie nat portion q General Earys force rram ae
sheusodoah valley 1sd arrived ia our 'front.' and ,hat
oaobcr attempt regain possession q tho Weldon Raj
road might bo expected
GeGeTs Grant ad@resssa . very important letter 10
sHon Z B Washbarne, member Of Congress from ILLINOIS,
sdaod August ls, which publish ,o.cay n says that
there is nothing wanting the rebclon ID.
ter mined unity Of sentiment In tie Norb that the
rete have Their sst the field that boys and I'D
men only are found guarding the hridges ths cradle
and The grave alike robbed get their rreaeu, force
and that they losing a. least regiment day by de
scrton and other causes.
We have General Shermsn's Official account OF the ral
q atlanta, which give in nnother column. 1t dated
from Atlanta the 7h BE roooun and substart,atea
AL the main facts OF the movement which we have
already published. The army followed Hoods forces O.
far as Iovejcy's station, thirty nine miles; but,
finding the enemy strongly irtrenched there,
General Sherman thought that az assault. "wouM
not pay" so be withdrew bis troops to Atlanta
whore they went into camp eight es south the city
1hc rebels lost Eve hundred dead twenty-five hundred
wouuded and three thousand prisoners while loss 10
che aggregate only fifteen hundred "If this nc,
saccoss, says General Sherman very crr,!y q don't
know whal Is
BY the arrival Of The steamship Ariel. yesterday from
New Orleans, with dates 10 the 1s we have important
news from the Gulf An expedition from Nstchez, under
Colonel Farsr the ives! bank or tho river on
The 25tb ult and after advancing eight miles surprised
party OF the rebels, Killed three and took eight
prisoners and forty horses. Another expedition from
Baton Rouge under General A. L. Lee set
ont on the .ith. search OF the rebel Colone,
Scott Considerable ssrmshlps took place whio o.
footing crossing 0, the Coplie river. The rebels
we're driven from their position and our troops advanced
on the town Or Clinton Ia, and took possession ot h the
rebels retiring, Colonel scott Iert letter for General
lee. asking him TO spare the tour from pllage.
the sunken rebel Nashville has been blown ur
Mobile BY torpedo dred by the launch 0. The sunboa,
Neacomet.
The transports White Cloud aud u zry ChCutcau while
passing UP the e9,b III above Bayou sara lrod
jan 10y rebel battery. About twen.y shots nred,
or which sye eeci in the cabin and hull oC
Chouteau. I've shots hi the white Cloud one shell
erucK the steam pipe from which the steam escaped =
the outside o, the boat Tue White Cloud
tog by tie ChoutssG
There Is very little to report from General Sheridan-
position TIE enemy are SIN on the west side q tic
opequsn. General Early had bis headquarters a, Perry
vile Tuesday where several rebel orders AID des
patches iound by troops upon entering there
Toe from tic rebs Journals q TIC 9th iostaut
witch We publish 70 day very significant They a.
tpcs regard The loss or Atlanta trlfe bit
Il i not very long ago since Governor Brown, of
Georgia declared 10 publc proclamation that thc loss
o. Atlanta would be toe iass a the rebel cause. The
Fcbmond papers ccn,inue q exhibit great bitterness
concerning the defeat the removal oi Zoe
johnston ReyssiuG Tie progress X tho war th-
R,chmona Eg1aiacr says tuat, in all probability the
war viii BE- ended successfully for the South within
sxty esys Il assumes thst the rower q tie North
Is exhausted and Ar Lincoln vii make despcra,c
otraroe ch stif IA f.ie the war will fail