, 1864-06-02
FROM 6IEERNIANsS ARMY.
ThcMovement on Atlanta Progressing =
FnyorabIy-lnc1dent Of tho
Advance,

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!. Na..s ..aa,vaa d,.aet 49,, " r.
BY telegraph says She rman arrived at Dallas last
Saturday. and pushed reinforcements to McPher-
eon. who vas 10 reach Atlanta bv uext SATURDAY..
nnless heavy force OF rebels WIS met On the way.
At1ast secounts be WAS at Sweet Water town. and
driven the rebels ac1ozs Powder and Nickaiack
as, ana so' possess'on ol tae os'9se ae1oss Inc
chattahoochee, twelve miles from Atlanta.
1.-THE naaln army under General Thomas WAS
advancing, aud occupied Marletta on Monday.
takIuc 4G3 prisonera. and RAILWAY train of a1ct
s~s -sa,,ssss ~a1.,1 ~, aa1 VI a4~.
'1'o "oaooeo teoels. "ln seFetai cannon and
cur possetsicn before next Sunday. Johnston,
With fracmenta Of h,s a1so,ron,zed arrnv h.s
crossed ne cnstt.hoochcs .ua fs,,1a ae
Atlanta. N "4' 'A's D1'A -
THE SITUATION.
1Ero.o rho vacbvillo T;1.,s ~ ~. on,h
We have bad conversation with very In
tenasent gentleman who had leh Gen. shesman's
aI9y Iss1 Tuesday: He sisted that o7r soldiers
dent, md easef to reach the Eetreating foc John
stems army was still FILLING oacl. the bulk Of it
s Esing then It Atlanta, and The cavalry six miles
that It would be wholly Impossible tor Johnston
no s,sn4 tsfs A. ohr
ywhe1erer he mioht ~ "'A' =1o3e4e1' ~ N@1A "'n
4 large portion of the country through which
We a5e patEinc Is deserted 6T its iohsbitsnts' In
have Been scized Wt nanie,n aoa a1s
hoods and ed 1urher santh to escene tha s2nc
Cd ~ q the invading army. The sisres ksSe
derre nit onrs Ehn hsve heen fefe ~ 49,. 7hr ~.
tneir owners, afer toi!ine for haif ccntur1 Wiz
out psy: The:e ale son:sqaeas5y hardly my sisTes
On List Tnesdsv ahont noon = xaceo .eo1. t,,fr
tnTninr rom Ein1st"n Wib .msi r,s+a re r.
a:taeEed bv BODY Of rebel c,Talry. and f,,+tv
was reinforced Ind fifteen w,pons Wene qetsEan
the rcet hayinr heen iastTnFeJ Sarersi ~ m.
soldiers were Killed OF captured.
with at!snta ana iii tie adiatcnt feIr;tor1 for
mary rrara ,isn ;n1armea ~ ~ sstnrds11 +het
ihere Taa no earthworks At At1anta. nnles3 thex s
nr Itt ha1,ct3ea and III IL pss, IT da n,s i1e
eenels who came fu resterGay confirm tt1is state-
mr1,t cha,i.hoocbs Hr;sRte t1hich II "7 .re cioht
f.rd near fhc rsnt trhcre TIE rasiras1 coeaes ~
river. T'htre fortidcatIons ,Fi1i he ~ ~ svsi1
hnwcyer. A. thfT ~ can cnsifV he aantscd Ho AVAIL
The ahsndnn1nrnt ,f na;tnn 80 deen o1a,-o
over many rebels who had hefore ,een cont3denf n
tucccss. 1t va e1nec:ed t1,at Johastnn 1Iou1d
make Stubborn aud I'll amphaut resIstance thera.
saiu lev weeks aco: 1H We canst hold Daltnn'
we may g well give mp, for we can't hold any
va1ior.le some pups enGats r 39hnss9ns HS9 1oce
WEo slond esims,s lis ye,c9ans at so1na q ETH "n
strong. He may have gathered up, IS be has been
falling back, a,OG0 or coo contc.ipts and green
troors, Who will do little else beside coas1mc lis
provisions. The present consc1iption ie sweeping,
hardly any ptreon escaping Its grasp. Severe
punishment IL inflicted on Quarter1nnsters and
other officers who shelter persons liable to cor
suipt1on, end persons wis rtcclred legal cxenp-
tIon Elk weeks ago are now snatched up and
put In the ranks. Men with one hand, one
arm, one leg, or otherwise rnafmed, arc con-
seripted, ard put on duty In hospitals, so as to
allow able bodied attendants and guards 10 70
into the ranke Great indignation exists IN Attain
IL and in 1he country round about at this cruel o-
prc7 aion and many Of the PEOPLE wieh to zee John
ston defeated, 20 that theY 1nuy BE- rescued from
au oppression 70 remorselcss and horrible. Our
inf su{f $hnf ha bod haArd r,.-. +ras saou