The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-30
Geograp phieal Position OF Atlanta.

THt C9slS1sfofc nas an afncfr ON Tue ActHfophs~
cal position Of Atlanta, which st this junctare Of
affairs possesses peculiar interest;
ia poiat oi popui Jioa Atlanta is the largest ciiy
la 8eagsia, although IL Is Of comparatively recent
growth. IL - oae al Those piscPs where several
fsitoats jnsi hsfpenei to tefai,n ATE, aad almost
tFani iai Iiet atone is u indebted TOR Ia tmPof
lance, i1E The cnahtTy around IL As among The poor
esi seetions of |. 3afsia aud IL has recently ,ia
consequence OF its usual luck, become military
3ini which, some peTseas assert, h not seeead to
that OF tue capai Of the Confederate States Itself.
There aie ioaI railroads terminating in Atlanta
the Georgia Railroad, Western and Atlantic, the
Macon aud Western, and The Atlantic and Nest
Poisl. fha ifal eBa oi tAese-the Gsorsia--was
eompietrd about leg6, sad theR Terminated at
whitehall, a small country tavern near The centre
of Fulton county. Commencing al Augusta, II raa
10 northwest digectioa to that point Then the
Macon aad WesteTa Railroad Was CONSTRUCTED
lsani ihis city to Whitehall, aad suoa aft.s the
a.s.a yitlaga nf Whiishaii aaiilxJ The ci
stiasia Ihr West Point Ioad \. as iGa next con
straeted thinning tD ,be tha,iahoochee Tivss, on
tisr westeff s1sadiit "i TIE STATE. fbe western
1nd Atiaasic, ftsIiaiag agstHuSst to titiIIaoega,
cgnt.sSvs, itiif4Hrd.
Fn,aa yiliass Ii ssua grew to a .owa, then 80 a
sBt,ii sad thea ts great clay, with endless iacto
iiea si,ops, uefchss, alcs haaics, traders, sPesu
tstsiis in everything else appeI tatiihG to hfst
,tles eotItaerciii' eGtpa4iaso All North Georgia
aed Wtstttn Alabama Nrat tfere Ia .maIkei, To
SCH daa d, buy The i,5t bgaas,iut aud Intricate
taaaitsn ~ The mtcbantes . tslls, and farming ia
fiemsats, together with sI.ias of the smaller ee
nteHts OF tue ''a0tiUh oi has SeTe forged iH her
iauadtiys
Now, Ia front OF Atlanta s,aads two immense
uutifc artnfe wftieh perssaps bst0ro thts atneie
Is printed, win decide whether the Yankees or
SunihrohS will domiheeE In her halls. AS there
are allusons made every day 10 Its local geOgra
phY, mtHut3 description ot Ii viii be ln place
here The COUNTY oi Fulton, of which Atlanta is
the centre, IL bounded on its entire northwest
face by The Chauaha0chee liver. This stream
| rises IN The Black Mountains spur of the Blue
kidge, in tiabeTsham county, and not tar tom
where. In the same county, by the lncion of the
iaiiulah aud thattoOga creeks the savannah Is
formed. Flowing southwest, tor "a distance oi one
hundred aud fifty miles, II stnkes tue Alabama
line south OF the thirty Third parallel, and trom
thence iunS almost due south, dividing The States
o Alabama and Georgia, and finally empties intO
Apaiachic1ta river and ihe Gulf OF Mexico
Seven miles north of Atlanta Is the Chattah0O-
| chee bridge, where the Western and Atlantic
Railroad CROSSES the river. This bfi g. has been
destroyed by die Cunrdetates, and Is again being
| constructed by the Yankees. A few hundred
yards above this bridge Peacbuee creek comes
| intu the thatlahO0chee from the east. lttie
| creek called Nance's runs into .Peachtree just
l above The mouth Oi Tue iJtteI. Farther up The
| Chaltahonchrt aud sixteen mileS northeast OF
| Atlanta, GA It's northern bank, and in Cobb coun =
", is the iJIlc town OF Roswell, which II present
| is the base al the left wing OF Sherman's army
| This town is due east OF haiittta. Decatur Is a
toan, or rather The fist depot on the Georgia
Raliroad, tQur miles from Atlanta and sixteen from
RosweIl. sIoHe Mountain is an is5lated, barren
L
Two mites around the base, abruptly rising from
| the plain like one OF the Pyramids of Egypt, ten
miits tfum Decatur and sixteen miles iium Attain
"a. IL can be seen from 4 long distance off, and
uUm its summit grand view OF the country can
DO obtained. There Is not tree OF shrub
up0n il, but presents nohi : 90 view but rocks
aud rocky cliffs IL is supposed that iogans corps
l OF Shefman's army has now possession Of the
| muJniain and the IhifO3d near ~; IL Is The ONLY
elevation OF The slightest Importance anywhere
| about Atlanta.
| II Is one hundred ana thirty eight mites iroH
1 Atlanta 10 Chattanooga, one hundTrd and seventy
| un+. tfoui Atlanta 10 Augusta, eighty iUnT Ii
| .vest Point one hundGed aud sky eight 10 Mont
| g0mely, aud one hundIet and len from Atlanta Il
| Macon. East Point Is SIX miles west OF the ives
! Point Ioai The Macon and western ana Tue Al
| llnta and Weai Point Eiiifoa55 loIm luHciioI
| Al East Point, bui Trains OF eHhet company iuI
into Ghe hratt OF the civ. Al one place feach
| Gee creek !un- within hve miles ct ibe clty A
| last accounts The enemy "eit All diohg this III
| significant lille branch.
! Futoa county Is bounded on The ei5t by br
KaIb on tht south by fayeut, oa the west b.
| ramubeli ind on the aoIth by Cobb counties
| Ii is oddly shaped. I0f whilst ais exitehe tehSu
| from uoflh south is thirty mites, It's Width ho'
| cas-. 10 west Is only ten IL Is drained by ti'
| EnatlabO0chGc and PeachtIee creek GA tht hottt
| aud another little creek In the southwest, w
| name of which we have forgotten. The land
| of tho pooTtsi red clay and serS nnuiodnftive
| Thp su,lac., oil Ihp country Is generally M, VIII
| hatr aud IhrTr small tiists, ahd "h"''t ""i'
1 vIuug ~ tue IiIIcI Ut the auii.
KHt la the vast system oi railroads centeIiHs
| Atlanta, IL AS Inilitaiy Importance. once ih pu
| sea ION vi Il, thr l3nkte GrHeTai would hold
| position ui Iniaiense lHi aiainauht sttiireir
| importance lie has pu>hPd "uI array ddt ui III
I lnountaln stg0Heholds at NOilhrtn GroigII, aud
nuw upoa irvei plains which p"saesa no "lla'
| stlrHgIt I.am Atlanta he cda ch"use either
| march in ihe dueC ti0n of AugustI "a 10 this ci
l or turn west Iowards H1oBtsumr
Eut II he captures Atlanta We viii siiit ha'
/! another line OF IaiiIOdd connecting The East wi
| the West. That iiGe runs from Augusta 10 III
| city from here 10 Columbus, tfom Columbus
| Opeiika, oa the Montgomery aud West Point ka
| road and from thence TO Montgomery BY sei2iI
| Oppiika owrver or Augussa, the Coniederat
| would be again cut in IWo subdisided.