Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-25
Communications.
rerrcspondence Of the Charles CITY Intell!geneer.
Letter from Winfield"

a vicKsBUEG, Miss, Aug. I, 1864.
DEAR HHDRErH Through the kind
ness of my friend DR.. Carter, A. A. g.,
| was this morning permitted to read
Mobile and Meridian newspapers of
the 9th and 29th ultimo. ! have cop
led some of the more interesting items
for the ntcligenocr. The first is an Off
cial despatch from Atlanta, which /
give rerbatim ct Hteratim
HEApQuARrERs, ATLANTA, July 90, 10 P. NJ.
Hon. Secretary Of War:
The Army shifted its position from Peach
Tree Creek last night, and Stewart aud Cheat
hams corps, formed a line of battle around
the city. Hardee's corps made night march
and attacked the enemy's extreme left to day
about one o'clock. He drove him from his
works capturing sixteer pieces of artillery and
five stand of colors Cheatham attacked the
enemy capturing six pieces of artillery. Dur
| ing the engagement we captured 1000 prison
ers. WheeIers cavalry routed the enemy at
Decatur oday, capturing his camp ....
| Our loss is not yet fully ascertained. Mai.
Gen. Walker is killed. Brig Gems. Smith
| Grist and Mercer are wounded. Prisoners re-
| port Mcpherson killed.
Our troops fought with great gallantry.
| (Signep j. b. HooD, General.
This all sounds nicely. 1t is from
the Mobile Evening Nens of the 9th
The Mississippi Ciarioa of the 29tl
ocnsures Sherman severely for shell
ing Atlanta, and says that the "ene
my's cavalry have made raid upor
the railroad, below Macon, and torn
up, miles of track" 1t further states
that Wheeler was severely wounded.
1t is evident that -. b. Hood, Gen
eral," is not a Bible reader, or he
would have remembered the story o
Amanias and -Sapphira. 1t is upoI
such reports that the people of til,
South are fed until they are ready t.
believe that Gen Lee already has one
half of the Northern States. Th'
next item in the budget is that
: /" Lieut. Gen. s. d. Lee has been ordered Il
Georgia to command the Corps formerly com
manded by Gen. Polk Stewart to assum
command OF Gen. Hoods old corps and 1t
q Gen. Dick Taylor to assume command Of tn
Department of Alabama, Mississippi and Eas
Louisiana Gen. Maury commanding unit
1 the arrival of Gen, Taylor"
u / understand that this General Die
Taylor and General Writ Adams hav
promised to retake yicksburg. Mirdl
: : lie dictu! When will they do it T
!, promise is always easy; to fulfil
promise is sometimes a very ditieren
matter. But then the doughty rebt
4 generals can try They will find
to be one of the heaviest contract
> they ever took upon themselves. 1t
them come they will be warmly we
:. coined by the brave boys defendin
= this post.
'e For the perusal by the lady reader
= of the hteiligenoer, send you the fo
lowing notice. 1t is from the Mobi
,s paper: .........
- sUMMERvILLE FEMALE SEMINARY.
The mountainous region in which this scho
is located is 50 proverbisd healthy, that h
mi Principal has concluded to teach a summer 81
sion. beginning on the lst Monday in Augu
continuing twenty weeks. Suitable conve
- ances will be at Shuquaick on the Mobile Al
. Ohio railroad every day of the iirst week