, 1864-07-31

tremcly bold. "epccula,Ion on news" Is
not permitted In this department.. One thieg
Is aeturedly certain, either dig battle Will
Be fought, or another funk movement made.
ia alleged Hood was given the command Of
the rebel army on condition that he would
make desperate sta1i at the 'tGate City,"
Palmfrs Corpa-the 14tb, which forms the
| hight OF the army-moVed down the main
rad to 4 point where 1t strikes the railroad,
| mile and oue.halt from the suburbs Of At
laotl Here the first thing that attracted tho
! eyes OF tho htsd Of the Column was couple
| Of hsgB Of truce, dlapsa1 ed In front OF doll.
faIy honet. which stands on the edge OF the
rnnroad: On rldirg up toascertatn Its mcan.
Ing We found therein IN old man, 8 couple Of
women: and three or four tow headed chill
drer, ri Of whom begged In the most plteoaa
Inannts that We would not shoot. Behind
TIE house was constructed model "gopaer
hole" where, In case Of danger it vas the
intention Of the people to repair to: These
people and some s1ragplers IRON the rebel
| arny informed us that the rebels had not
| evacuated Atlanta, but had only retired from
their position on Feach Tree Crtc ck to their
main works on the suburbs Of the "Gstc
City,. i sksrmtsh line was quickly thro IN
facts, and few nioutes later some signal
officers Who bad found hill, Informed Us
that the rebels were working Ike colony
Of btcs on the tortiacatinns. Digging
with them was carried on glorloasly
aud II would bare dono un Irisnman good to
have observed the Danher In which the
"wbfte t1nsn " handled tie shovel The re-
helllou, Il 1t has accomplished nothing else,
has most ussure1ly taught tho 6uuthcrrers
how to labor, ma that In style In accord-
ance with the exfgeucy Of the occaston, and
the first law Of nature Finding that our
an1ance could 70 no further, tie various
corps, divisions and brigades -ere dcployed
into line, snd the work of intrenchlng be.
gan. batteries were assigned position aud
IN the afternoon considerable cannouadtpc
was tndnlg ed In. In the Afternoon. about !
o'elocs, terrific mpaket1y was heard away on
the lett and about dusk 1t was ruu1ored that
GeDere1 Mcpherson had been killed. Suhse-
4uentiy this was confirmed, with the addi-
tlon thAt after sanguloary battle the rebels
nad ocen forced to retire. However, your
correspondent with the Army Of the Tennes-
zee VIII iurnish you ~lth the full particulars.
ABOUT eeTsn O'Clock In the evening an attack
vas made on the skirmIsh line IN front ar
Johpeon'a dtvision Of the 14th Corps, but Il
ga not amount TO anything. It was only
done by the rebels In order to feel our posi-
Onsaturday morning the everlastler pon
Pop OF the ssirmish Inns give notice that the
cnbte1dtpg lines had ones more resumed the
chaSaifous custom Of firing on each others
pieHets. ARTILLERY firing became quite zen
cfal On both sides-tnc rebels using solid
damage was done.
Yesterday nt1ernoon the 11th Indiana bat.
te5J-AEpouader Parrotts-was placed on
the crest Of 4 commanding ridge on the r,sht
OF dooters corps, and very heavy fire Was
Toured ihto Atlanta aud the rebel forts, Of
sight Las! night about 10 o'clock dense
columns Of smoke and hisslng flames were
seen in Atlanta, evidently the result OF a
81 shen thrown BY This battery. Emboldened
oS t!eir succ' So, the battery men kept no
eonllnuo1s nre oil night lobe, to the infinite
o1 offers, to whom "ba1my Sleep Is decl-
ded luxury.
Our lines form scmi.circ1e, the right
tPalmer's corps) resting on ridge west OF
ths STATE kailfosd and two miles north Of
the Atlanta and East Point Railroad (tho
junction OF the Macon and West Point rotItis),
and the left (the Army of the Tcnnesseoj
resting on the Aususta Railroad, ten miles
east OF Atlanta -.
The Idea held By Northern journalist. con-
cerning th9 country through her3 ia very er.
roneons- have seen 1t stated times With
out number, that as Boon as the army crossed
the Chattshoochee 1t would find the ground
quite level, affordtng no obstacles to our
march. 1t Ia not 60. the coutry north OF
Peach Tree creek ls about as rough aud woody
tain. South Of the Peach Tree the couutryfis
, more open, but stin quite lilly, being in fact
EucceEston of ridges and ruyiueS, The
country ia well WateEed, aud gushing springs
OF pure water are In abundance. Black perry
patches are numerous and extensive, and
with an hours labor the soldiers are enabled
to PICK enough 10 make Wholesome meal
wholesome because 1t tends to keen off
zcnrvT which Is beginning to exhibit itaelf
Gen. Rousseau arrived here yesterday and
reported to Gen. Sherman. AIa mid ID Ala.
ban,a md Southwestern Georgia has been
perfect success. He destroyed the iron
works ut Inliedega, Ala, burned the railro I'd
bridge at West Point, and tore up sone
Lb1rty miles of the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad: and captured come three haaored
mules. There isl.it only one rosd to the last
u1tcb, via the Macon and Atlanta Railroad,
and If we manage to get possession of a hill
Immediately In front Of Davis' division Of
, the 14th corps, we can then plnnt battery
which will prevent the rebels from making
use OF the road between Atlanta and East
Point.
Among the many s'grapevines'' in c,rcula.
tion here, ! give you the folio wing, which
5eu1 readers may Or may not tako g-a. 20
eo..s. Leg T. said to have been mortaliy
wounded at Petersburg, and Inc say has
come cay has since died. Bragg came to
Atl"nta, and after considerable consultation
Johnston Was relieved aud sent TO the army
Of the Potomac, and Hood was assigtcl
to the coDMand of tho army in t;rorgia
Herdce -bairs tho rnrklng officer, was Ten
dtted the command, but refuecd 1t because
Brsgg Eoult not e;runt bin what he cnnstd-
cred modicum Of discretionary po~er.
Rebel dese1ters and prisoners DO not Hike .he
change and tsy that It does not meet with
the apl roval Of the army Cur.