, 1864-09-11

How ,he Fall Of Atlenta Is Regarded
at Richmond.
Gems URE UPON THE REBEL
GOTE1kNN1ENT.

From the Richmond Examiner, Sept 81
The only news that ne have TO announce
THIS morning Is
TIE F4LI. OF ATLANTA.
After tix weeks command OF the army of
Tennessee, Gen. Hood abandoned Atlanta on
Inst Thursday night, the 1st inst. An official
dispatch received from him on Saturday
night, the essential portions OF which We
give below, explains Ill that is yet known Of
the affair:
HEADQUARTERS, Sept 3, t:6i.
Or ths evening Of he 391h Of august The enemy
bo1o. We attacksd them there on The evening OF
tbs B'st With TWO corps, but filled to dlslodse
This made Il itncce,sa.v to abardon Atlanta, which
Was done On the night OF the LIT Of September.
Onf !ots on the evening Of the 8lst was emaL
does COPE IN posit."n It was assault.
cd By force fthc tneus5. and being ousAauked.
wsSeompsl!ed "a withdraw during the night, with
The enesns's prisoners report the 1oss ye.5 g.
From the above dispatch 1t appears that
the Army Of Tennessee is on the Macon Ratl-
ably at Lovejoy's Station. Jonesbofo L.
twenty-five miles south Of Atlanta; Love
joys. twenty nine. From Loveioy's to Ma
con, the distance bS the Macon road Is seven.
II. four miles.
Though tais Ges,zteA sods not made s2,.Hic tn
= >
the ttret& fo'k 70 long d9o az Ffiday morning. n
4ras Htn olso ftpoyfed hat Hood 'sar.ny had dbsen
e.tt in tuo. From. the dispatch, It Is clear that
| tlts was at one time the c.so. When .'ou
the evening Of tho 1st Of scptember, Gan.
nnrdee's corps. In position at Jonesboro,
twenty-five miles eouth OF Atlanta, was a.
| sau1ted BY superior force OF the enemy't
aud .'outllanktd," the enemy pushed IN be-
tween him and hovd at Atlanta, aud that
night Hood, bT striking across the country
4 1xSn ttAa d. In
join him on the railroad south of Jonesbono,
Hotc it toos that a}ier attacking TIE enemv.
"nika t,eo eo4zu,ss NOR Jonesbo7p,o on Tednesdau
etvning, enly Hardests oos7s xas al Jonssboro
11srtdey e.e"sng, 70 rfst.f tAe dssaaM 81 Me enc
/ ny, can only be accounted for by supposInr
That our attack had failed to alstodge the en.
cmy. Hood withdrew ono Of them Is. II.
1ee't) TO Atlanta, leaving Nardec 10 bear the
brunt alone This ho would hardly have
done had be not Iniscslcula.ed the encmy's
dcsiGns- He must have believed the main
body OF Shermanes army to have been fo
front of Atlan1s, when In fact 1t wns on the
Flint Rayer, near Jonesboro. twenty odd miles
to the scnth.
Gen. Hood tells Us only that our loss on
the evening Of Slst lwhen VIC atsacked) was
small" :" and that "the enemY's prisoners re-
port their loss yery SEVERE" He does 60,
inform us whether our loss In men was great
Of small when, on the evening Of the 1stt
| 0tIp{5 QAtNAuAGU4 WA
to withdraw during the night, with tho loss
nf eight gums" Fl ta1 pfrftv surs our ,os, o.,
khts coeasson soas not snail.
This Abandonment Of 4tsaata. under tha cir.
ca,asfaae<f, q not a god df"g, but SO far from
esently to tbank God that It Is no worse.
There are many persons who have had dagrtat
weight Of anxiety raised from their souls by
this newe. They hare been fearing for the
last month, not only that Atlanta would be
able disaster ~ould orcftake the army Of
Ttnueesee. Atlanta Ia gone. but the army Il
eti>l 4 Unit and 10 safe. The loss Of Atlanta
Is nothing; &he loss ct the army aou,d Aeas been
se4thoss Teanedy.
ED1ron1AL COMMENTS on TIE NEWS.
IFsofn tho Richmond Examiner Sept, 81
So much 1pr the thIrd removal OF General
By beipg deprived Of power to direct Ii:
. lieutenant, Pemhe1ton; and the cost Of tha,
!, | 9ratit1cation to the ieeliogsot Mr. Davis wa:
The army Of Ficksbnt9. Next be was super
, stdcd By B1sgg; and tho organisation Of th'
? Rioge Thirdly, affer restoring 1t, he va!
7 removed at the very moment When hi.
, knowledge, skill and energy were lndlspen
!. sable to he succeas and even the safety d
t the esmpslgn; superseded By Hood, com
managing anything larger than . division
t 1At rtsslt & disastT At Aadnta, II Qs rxTv mic
; ef tie teatn such victory alon1 could sass ii
< tastv ef L{aeosa firm ir5sfrietaNe r,in.
l. General Johnston is thought OVER cautious
j Too retcent about his plans; disposed to b
= mysterious as TO approaching eTents. 81
!. vas removed becaose "ha did not spea]
with entire confidence about holding Atlau
i ia" But fesultB prove That Ii he VAS cat
i tious In movement, aud ehaFy OF promises
T. it was for good reasons. It Ii evident thai
= IN each case, hehew. where hn was, VIII
y matt1ial he had In hand, and the best use I
's make Of 1t. Whatever else may be said.
!. cannot be said that be ever Loaf an army q
+ any considerable body Of troops, or INQUIRE
IA any disaster Or eyen disadvantage that oil
=. ecnred our prospects for = moment II N
+ man has been 60 great a fool aa to quest3o
- either his military capacity, bis courage {
~ his earnest patriotism, ceeta1nly these even
=. y;ndicate Elm. But e1asf Of naa& txte.es&
h. kAdtf Of saaa& tmportanes Il Ihatf qf teads eo
stdsratso,a II sia9ls reputation, i Tie eoxat
rnutt b. lost to jxstltv ", Who ea5ss nos, saaet
r. e. JaAnstoa suds s9ght Or JeS: :Dagss sa4srigat
r Yet We must think OF these things, Il
these Aro the causea which 'producs tho Z