Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-07-27
PROGRESS OF THE cAmpA,oy
The frequent reports of the c.n,n..

Inc frequent reports of the capture Of
Atlanta in advance of the fact ind;o.,.
general confidence that the event is c,o..
at hand. The sebels do not abandon ~.
position. however, without an earnest os
fort to defend it. This purpose is,no.
doubt strengthened by the fact that Cen
Sherman has interposed his army between
Atlanta and Virginia, and holds the rail
road by which alone safe and quick re.
treat in that direction was possible. Gen
Hood. who had superseded Johnston h.
cause Of the latters chronic habit Of ,.
treating. must necessarily act upon fl.
opposite policy, and lie has not only mad,
stand. but began his command bv
bold attack upon General .Sherman's line.
on Wednesday last, in which. he lostbeav
lily and gained no advantage, while Cen.
Sherman's loss was trifiug. On. Thurs
day the attack was again renewed, with,
the same result, Gen. Sherman not onlv
holding his ground, but pushing bis line,
forward at some points. Rebel accounts
claim that they won in these battles, But
the fact that they left their dead and [
wounded in our hands, to the number Of
1000, tells the story. Gen. Rosseau's on
erations west of Atlanta prove to be most
important He left Decatur, Alabama, a
fortnight ago, and went southwark, strik-
ing the railroad between Atlanta and
Montgomery at West Point, about mid.
way between the two places. The rail.
road and telegraph we're thoroughly bro.
ken up. 1t was Gen. Roseau's intention
to go forward to Opelika, where the
branch road to Columbus Ca, unites
with that to Atlanta. And it is possible
he may push on to Montgomery and de.
stIoy the rebel property at that original
capital of the rebellion. Gen Rosseau
will not probably find many rebel troops
in his way, as they cannot be sent from
Atlanta to pursue him, neither can rein.
forcemepts reach Atlanta from the south.
There would seem to be no doubt that
Gen. Shermans final success is close at
hand, and that he will be in position and
strength to make it sweeping and to poss-
ess large part of Georgia at once.
The guerrilla outrages in Missouri are
distressing rather than alarming. The
treachery of many of the local militia
creates general distrust, and nobody knows
who is friend or enemy. The accounts
arc undoubtedly exaggerated in lnany Ca
ses for the purposes of fiction, but tho
truth is bad enough. The papers give
accounts of cruel torture and martyrdom
Of Union men by the guerrillas, and ofsup.
posed rebel sympatbizers by Union men,.
The military authorities are now wide
awake, and Gen. Rosecrans means to pae
ify the state If it can be done. A Tribune
correspondent at st. Louis says that Gen.
Rosecrans has been much embarrassed and
hampered by the reversal of his orders at
Washington.
On the James all is quiet, with the ex-
ception of the artillery. There is moth
ing to indicate what the next move viii
be. or that any immediate activity Is to
be expected, although the army cores
pondents continue to give out mysterious
hints of something coming. A new PAN
ic in Maryland along the Potomac seems
to have no larger cause than raid by
Mosby's men.