Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-10-19
grom the Georgia Front
A correspondent of The Mobile .Re9tsfe,

!. A division Of S'ewart's corps lFr:nchsl
met with reverse in an attack made upon
A,ato ma day before yesterday, and SITTER
having taken some of the outer fortihcaticnS
WERE compelled to withdraw. si
There were several rumors aaoat last eve.
ming in regard to it, but this morning the
CHARACTER Of the news is better. II iS sup
posed, that we lost some five hun lred in
killed, wounded and missing in making the
assault, though am in hopes that official
accounts will reduce the number consdera.'
bly.. Ala.oona, as you we'll know, is natural
ly strong, and the Yankees have doubtless
rendered. IT very formidable. ltis more than
probable that it is garrisoned By portions of
the two corps which are said to have been
sent away from Atlanta before Hood moved
from Palmetto.
: Gen. Ho ID will doubtless send a sufficient,
force against it to reduce it:
The truth j., Imagine that our men had
become so eiated and enthused with the idea
OF gettiug astriie of the railroad, that they
began taimagine that everything must fall
before them.
This reverse at Altoona will doubtless
awaken our generals to the fact, that great
deal of hard fighting is in store before We
can make the. Yankees in these strongly for
tilted posts succauib.
Gen. Hood's Headquarters are still at Dali
las, although the Indications seem to be that
shs army will sooD moe still far!herzup the
railroad.
!. This pleasant little village, from which,
Eave been seudiug my letters for a week
back, has ceased to be b sc Of supplies Tor
our army; and yesterday all of the trairs and
supplies on hand were moved across river.
and the pontoon bridge taken up. Nothing
more viii be shipped to THE point and every
thing Ell route for the army will be turned
b ok and sent forward to the new base at
Blue Mountain. TLis was. very advisable,
both in point,nf distance and security, and
Sherman would now lind considerable Cliff
Guilty, ii be had the means st his sposal, in
interrupting our communications.
Three hundred aud seventy Va ,kee pr:so-
ncrs, captured by Loring's division on the
Sd aud 4th atBig Stanty and Acworth, arriv-
ed here to-day on their way to prison. They
belong to Blair's 18th army corps, and hail.
ed principally from Illinois, Ohio and Mis-
souri, They have never been as far down as
Atlanta, but were used all the time as guards
upon the road.
ThesYankee prisoners to which I.referred
aboveswcrc,all re-enlisted men, or "vete-
rams" as they are called, and are open mouth
ed abolisionists. conversed with quite
number OF them, and found them all defiant,
aud of the opinion that the. South if not
whipped now, would soon agree to recon-
strurti0o.
Some of them said they had been inform
ed hy their officers that Gov. Brown. of
Georgia, had gone to Washington city to con-
fer with Mr.. lincoln. AZ
With such falsehoods as this are the YAM
KEGS deluled from day to day:
The Macon Intelligencer has the following
review Of the positions:
The utmost secrecy has been maintained
during several days past, concerning the
movements of the Army of Tennessee. The
Yankee also ssem TO be enveloped in cloud
that mysteriously hides them from our view.
But this cannot remain much longer. Fhey
must make their appearance and either fight
their way through car dense lines at POINTS
where we oppose them with great advan-
tages of position, and against which their
strength will be hurried only 10 be dissipa-
ted into fragments, certain destruction or cap
ture, or they must escape by quick flank
march. Either method seems .fraught with
destruction. We Go not think the enemy
has sufficient numbers at the present time to
successfully eombst our army in i:s present
condition. therefore, he is probably seeking
an o.tlet ofescape. What with very short
supply of subsistence, and without the nee
essarymaterial fora march, he will soon be
placed in most distressing condition, and
with his,weakened columns will make but
feeble resistance to the .harrassing attacks
that our forces persistently keep up, and find
his escape almost impossible, or retreat q
most disastrous operation.
ATLANTA.
Whilst our army is thus managing the en-
emy in the mountains of North Georgia, Or
rangements are being made to occupy Allan
ia by our forces, and, very soon the means
yill be.so applied that q strong aid aYsila-
Bile force will occupy and securely hold that
City henceforth: Already thework is rapid
y progressing that will place the city in
communication with the world again and
make it secure depot for US hereafter. In
the plan now being pursued, the enemy are
lost sight of completely, faF the reason that
they will not be in the way. The m9yemes.s
now in progress are sufficiently ample to
march over The feeble opposition they may
mako, as they viii simply displace them and
give the city into our possession again and
then for successful and decided movement
on the enemy's rear and fianks.
From all quarters the means ara coming.
The clans are gathering. Not only from
Georgia, but from Alabama, Mississippi and
South Carolina, there is quietly accumulating
o formidable power whose presence and ef-
forts will provefean insurmountable barrier
in any advances again of the enemy. Our
eEiay on the front will increase in strength
add nu4ihera by the addition Of those whose
places will,be;tlled by fresh troops-in the
rear. The campaign will entirely olesr the
country South ofths Tennessee of the enc
my. It will be decided success.
The troops that are rendezvouSing in largo
nuabers at stated points in this State, are
full of enthusiasm and spirit, and in few
days will be on the march Cor duty where
they will be of great service to tho army,
and where they will do this State service
whose benefits are incalculable. The plars
are working W ell, and in their certain suc-