The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-09-14

SuSsits al Eeye asftaEsss. Tbs position Wass
weaRans kstaraliy na shers hsabesn bat Hitlb
tiuaa@ stsSpgsssn k-and upon thE Brigade of
Govan, IN single gank, aiih tho shealdsss If tbe
men scarcely toueksng thsss hurled fsaastsFsq
divergent points. q Ssnsc aid overwhelming mass
of the enemy. Three separate assaults weTe repuis
cd with terrible destruction to the foe each Sua Of
tho two battsxies having fired ten rsnuas ef grsPe
and canister ato The asaaslsing cnluaans. But tina
-a1sny cOatiHuea bring up fresh loops from his
heavy ssscryes. sad analls by volgat Of numbers
nn erex our bssAsxGxks slsa carried tie position.
About half of the Arksnsas brigade, iaelusiing
Brig. 6en- Govan, and srvsFai hundred Of the Ken
trlckians wore captured behind the works, andSoue
Of thesn bayoneeed while stiIl continuing to fight
T4Es meA who saysd, themselves and reiterated To
the reag, were not panic stricken, subdned bat
halted within one hundred and fifty yards Of the
works, and under the personal supervision and ex-
ample of Generals Hardse and Clsburne, reformed
snd eoatinued TO eight and babe the enemy until
the last Troops who could thus fora under a tom
Iorary reverse, and under q he&sy ere freE the en-
sy ana veterans Of the higSesi order; for il need
ed only few veal hearts to, create panic, and
then all would have been lost. Granbsrrys bril-
taee on the lcst OF the break, stuck to the works,
with the line foFniag upon lie right, and With
the rest Of me command far to the lsf remaining
rs firm as a rock, ssODtinusd until dark to pour
whitening fire inte the ranks Of bafhed and dit
eo1.dtcd foe. When night came and darkness had
set her truce upon the work of carnage and death,
il found the brave and reseAte corps still holding
it's groand, and usbrOken in line or in spirit. Bat
it bad accomplished aAthat MORALS could achieve,
end with the enemy aauking as on beth sides, the
commander had no other course to pursue but to
withdraw his brave command under cover of night
and then save himself the morro~ from being
enveloped and entirely destroyed.
The retrograde movement in the presence of
such nuHaerousand well appointed foe, ives n
difficult and hazardous undertaking, but was exc
cuted with perfect success, and we fell back four
and q half miles, bringing of everything, jncIs-
ding our sick and wounded. The eieat pieces of
artillery captured from u.s. Included SIX Napoleon
; guns which were taken from the enemy by this
same Arkansas brigade on the AID OF July. Our
foss in killed and wounded, wts comparatively
small. The loss of the enemy far greater than
in any eng SEGMENT Of the campaign, and they
we're made to pay heavy toll, IN flesh and blood
'for their partial success. But with aii this we
hadrtO fall back, and take up q new position with
the hope that divided forces might once more
be brought safety together and thus, will. our
concentrated strength, be prepared again to roll
back further tide of invasion. -
AS the rear of the troops were moving through
the gloomy streets of Jonesboro, at the dead hour
of n,ght there seem far behins US. a glare in
the northern sky, and soon after mingiing with
the solemn tramPof soldiers and horseuaen, there
game a Iow, rumbling pOise. like the InutterIng of
distant thunder. It was the destruction of vast
amouat of ordnance stores, and told The sad story
Df the evacuation Of Atlanta. The muffied explo-
sons in the stiffness Of that holy night, sounded
ike martial anthem impEovised for the mourn
full occasion. 1t was the funeral iirgs tnsSn ex-
pred campaign
But bright amid all this gloom and destruction,
stands forth the noble defence made by Hardees
corps, against the combined hosts of the enemy.
1t is the bright star illumine the darkness of the
hour, aud will shine ont in history the great
dccming feature ia the weeks eventful campaign.
which eliminated in the fall of Atlanta.
OBSERVER.