, 1864-09-12

How The Fall of Atlsnta is Regarded
at Richmond.
CENsEJRE UPON TIRE REDEE,
GOFEHeNNGENX'.

From the Richmond Examiner, Sept. Ut
The only rews that We have to announce
this morning Is
TIE FALL OF ATLANTA.
After Elk weeks command of the army Of
TcnrcsEee, Gen. Hood abandoned Atlanta on
last Thursday light, the LIST inst An official
dispatch received from him on Saturday
| night, the essential portions of which Te
give below, explaius all that is Jet known Of
the affair:
HEADQUARTERS, Sept. :. 1861.
On TIC evening Of the 3o,h OF August tho cuerny
uadc Judgement across Flint River ne,r ,Jonrs.
boro. We attacked them there On tho evening Of
the 3!st With two corps, hut failed to dle1odso
item.
This made itucce.s.rr to abandon Atlanta which
"ss done on the night Of the 1st q September.
0nf ~ TO- o. the eTsng F IN 81 tes 5ist Tas small
deet corps, in position at Jonesboro, was assault
cd by a force Of the enemy. and being ou,0anked,
vas % compelled to Withdraw during the right, With
The enems's prisoners report the loss yer, Sc
Tc1e j. D. HooD, General.
From the above dispatca 1t appears that
the Army OF Tennessee ts on the Macon RltI-
road, somewhere south Of Jonesboro, prob
ably at 1orcjoy'e Station. Jonesbofo Il
twenty-five miles south Of Atlanta; Loye-
Joy 3, twenty nine. From I,oyejoy's to Ma
con, the distance by tho Macon road Is seven
Though this despatch scas not made public til
tetf1day morning, The facts set forth in II rsre
tic tfrttt talk so long ago as Ffiddy zno11iau Il
tcos teen a{o 7tpo7ted fhdt Hdod' sarnay had been
eat IN t'oo. From the dispatch, it Is clear that
tbis was at one time the csBe When "on
the essnfIg OF the lst OF September, Gen.
Hardee's corpe, in position at 'Jonesboro,
twenty-five miles south Of Atlanta, was as
saultcd By superior force of the enemy''
and ..'ontflanktd," the enemy pushed IN b.
tweer him and Hood ut Atlants, and that
| night Hood, By striking acroas the country
| in southeaster}y direction, managed to re-
join him On the railroad south Of Jonesboro.
=, Hcsc It ~as that g}t<r attacking TIE e,4epay,
't1ciM f1o cor7'F," mar .10nesboro, on Tsdaesdau
esxning, only Uardee's corps seas at Jonesboro
1Hu4zday eeening, to resist tie assault uftAs enc
~. can only be accounted for b.. supposing
! that our attack had failed to dislotlse tue eu.
envy, Hood Withdrew one of them Is. D.
Lee's) 10 Atlanta, leaving Hardee to bear the
brunt alone. This he would hardly have
| done had be not mi6calculated the encmy's
| designs. he must have believed the main
body Of sherman'e army to have been in
front & Atlanta, when in fact it was on the
Flint River, near Jonesboio. twenty odd miles
| to the south.
as to the losses incurred on either side,
Gen. Hood tells US only that sour loss on
| the evening Of 91st {when VIC attacked) was
port their loss very severe" he does no,
inform Us 1Thsther our loss In men was great
or small when, on the evening Of the 1stt
Hsrdee, "being ontaanhed, was compelled
to withdraw during the night, with the loss
q elgnt guns ri M @ Js pretty s]rs oS' loss o"
This abandonment Of atlanta, under Tie cir
et,nstanoes, Is not good thing, but 80 far from
being dispirited by It, our people ought rev.
eren.fy to thank God that it is no worse.
There are many persons who have had agreas
| weight Of anxiety raised from their souls By
this news. They haye been fearing for the
last month, not only that Atl1nta would be
abandoned, but that come great and irretrieT-
able disaster #ou1d overIake the army OF
Tennessee. Atlanta is gone. but the army is
is nothing; The loss Of tie army acoud hapc bee,,
scitAeut a Ten<dy.
EDITORIAL COMMENTS ON TIE NHws.
TFrom the Richmond Examiner Sept. 81
So much for the third removal Of General
Johnston. First, he was virtually removed
By being deprived Of power to direct his
lieutenant, Pemberton; and the cost Of that
qualification to the feelings Of Iii. Davis WAS
eeded b. Bregg; and The Organization Of the
second army was destroyed at Missionary
Ridge Thirdly, after restoring 1t, he was
removed at the very moment when his
knowledge, skill and Energy we're lndispen-
cable to The success and even the safety Of
mander Of division, notorious1y incapable Of
managing nything larger than division.
The rEsuif is disaster at Atlanta, in tic tgry nic
ef time tcAen such Victory d.oae could saee The
party Of Lincoln Jfena ivrttriese52e ruin.
Gtnera1 Johnston is thought over cautious;
too reticent about his plans; disposed to be
mystt rious as to approaching events. Hs
was removed because "he did not speak
with entire confidence shout holding Allan
ia" But results prove that If he was cau-
tious In movement, and chasy Of promises,
| It wns for good reasons. 1t Is evident that,
IN each case, he knew where he was, what
mste,ia1 he had In hand. and the best use to
make Of it. Whatever else may be said, it
cannot be said that he ever lost an army or
any considerable body Of troops, or incurred
any disaster or eyen disadvantage that OBJ
ecured our prospects for = moment. II any
either his military capacity, his courage or
Ills earnest patriotism, certainly these events
v;ndicate him. But a1asi Of .shat interest it
that? Of trhat in,por&anee Is Mat2 Of .ohat to,s"
siderafion il a sias1e reputation, If The country
must be lo.t T. justip IT. Who cares nop .she.H.
er Johnston acas right or JeB. Dauis toas right
Yet we must think Of these things, for
these are the causes which produce the el-