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fl1as On the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road: -
The train On the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, coming to, this city, Vas STACKED
yesterday afternoon, near Forrest Hill, by q
guug Of guertiias, who fired several yoI1eyB
into the cars. One citizen was killed and
two wounded, and two soldiers killed aud
eight wounded. The fire was returned By
the soldiers On the truan, but with what e.
feet ne are not informed.
We arc unable to lean. the names Of the
killed and woEnded. We are also Informed
that the train WAS fired into On this road On
Monday, resulting In the death Of the brake
man and a negro -
TEE WAR N GEORGIA: +.
Latest from Gen. aAeFman,10 Operations
New YonK, Sunday June od,-1hc HsrasGs
Nashville letter OF the 21st eays that Colonel
Gage, Of tho 29th7 Who was wounded at the re-
cent assault On Keneaaw mountain, passed
through here tonight en- route for ST. Louis
On the 18th three companies OF the 54th reb-
el inantry came into our hnes on the Chat
tahoochee, took the oath Of allegiance and
were employed as teausters aud labo9prs
a camp OF rebel consc1ipts On the Hcnder.
sopv1lle road, stx miles from Atlanta, Friday
broke for our lines. They Numbered eight
hundred, SIX hundred Of whom were recap
tured by the rebels.
In B: Tpttle, chief ct scouts Of the Army.
ofthe Cumberland, on tho 11th instant With
four men made daring descent on q forage
post. fourteen miles Southeast Of Atlanta,
and captured rebel Lieut. Col. Captain pud
containing fallJ Thousand bushels Of com
md large lot Of bacon.
on the 18th, J. Il Maskiton, Of Ind, one
-Uf our scouts; was captured at Kingston,
Ga., and hung as Federal spy. ::
Agantleman from Atlanta saYs the citizens
are removing thelr yalables further South,
agd that II johnston Is driven from the chat;;
5i1ea :soath ill., Of Atlaata. % He He
reports that the Governor Of Georgia had
Issued proclamation warning the Confele-
rate forces not to destroy Atlanta nor the
railroads contiguous therrto. as they are the
property Of the State, and that If necessary
he will call out the Georgia militia and with
draw the Georgia troops from the Confeder.
acyt to carry ont the purposes OF bis procaa-
Cedar Bluffs have been thoroug ghly fortified
nT the rebels, and by.them considered im-
: Mobile is gar1isoned by two small br1gades
Of rebel troops, the remainder having been
. sent to reinforce Johnston's, left, and, are
makeed ut the Williams House this morning
From Our Own Correspondence.
- =: -. NAsHTn1E, June ~, 1864.
In postscript to ny last letter, stated
that 3, sutler had arrived from the trout
bringing intelligence that fighting had been
!, renewed on the 18th, but that he could give
ne particulars. am now able Il, confirm
his statement, and to give some Of the gen
era1 featnres and results of the engagement,
which, I scarcely need say, we're Of a. highly
Satisfactory character.
WHAT sHEBMAN WAETED..
Gen. Sherman evidently did not desire to
drive the rebels from their position, by d.
rect atenu1t on their Works; hut. his army
was In such position that he could not
make successful flank movement. until
first getting Possession OF the strong POSI-
1ions yn the rebel right or left; and Us an
assault On either, separately, would Indicate
to the enemy the character OF his tactics,
and reveal his designs, he ordered that both
wings Of Johnston's army be pressed close
II, and II possible, turned, alter which be
could choose the direction IN which to move
! 10 L0E AAuk6%-.
TIE CONTEST OPENED ON TIE LEFT,
The right having experienced the most
stubborn resistance on the 18th, and being
[ the most fhtigued; the left was ordered to
open upon the enemy - soon as daylight
would admit, aud the order Was faithfully
obeyed- Dodge made direct assault upon
the line Of hills directly connected with the
kenes4W Mountain, while Logan attacked
| Black Jack Knob, and Blair moved: around
] kn1A An4a f.N 4 = L.
fighting, he kept the enemy IN m uneasy
posltiop, occupying the attention Of q. .Wnols
division, which was thus diverted from the
corps that were a4saulting in front. It
Il Is indeed useless TO pronounce any en-
comiuul upon either Dodge or Logan, O.
that no fire was sufficiently terrific to cats
shs e3SaaeRk sagse e t ther6sbT of ssfie! ssf
the bloodiest battles Of the Wal.
j 81 =. THE OFFSET AND RESULT.
Our columns were closed In mass, an.
moved forward with rnyidtty, and carfiet
TWO or three OF thu rebel lines, and also pos
tessed. after bloody Struggled Black Jacl
Knob, together with tive guuB and 500 pris
onerr, besides some 800 OF the rebel wound
ID, aud uearly, or quite, all Of their dead
Not man OF ours-noI even skirmisher-
10 captured. The battle lasted till late II
the afternoon, Wien the firing ceased on til
lett, aud the TWO armies, by niutunl consent
but without my formal agreement, ceAse
firing, md commenced taking their eveniu
| repast. ,
| LOGS on TIE LEFT.
Our loss on the left did not exceed ], 80
men, In killed and wounded; and as thez
] were but few stragglers, and no prisoners
the missing will not reach score.
PHEss1NG on THE oEsTRE,
| The 14th and 4th Corps pressed heavily NJ
On the centre, keeping sktrnishers conBssn
| y 1rtf and tteaN IN
into collision, but no general battle eusuel
and our loss is small--say $50, all told
HOOKER AND souorIE1D. 4
Soon after the left had become fairly e1
Gagged, Hooker md Scho1c1d renewed th
| battle go giorious1y begun on the prcyiou
day. The fought with their usual Talor, an
succeeded in ginning much ground, but :
the sacrifice Of many valuable nves. T"
or three more of the rebel lines were cal
tured, together With 500 or more prisoner
| but the rebels succeeded in getting away a
their guns, except one, which Was disable,
The loss II killed and wounded In the r
treating army was equal TO, d supposed b
nss, perhaps zoo in all; but tue prlAore
taken we're ali In our favor; and many Of Il
| cnemy's wounded fell fnt5 our hands, mo-
| OF whom are no = at Chattanooga.
In the ten days fight closing ou the nisl
Of the 18th We captured about 800 pf1s1
: ers, bteide wounded, which will Nuke 1
| aggregate OF 1,JU. AT least Aau The rco
dead were buried by our men.
Io11NsTox's RETREA1.
, The night was stormy aud dark, aud IL
, rebel General took advantage Of 1t fully
! exercise little in his fvorite tactics-th
of "erawIrg oa'' Sherman, aud mus. 81
that he succeeded most admirably, for
did drsw nearly bis whole arnsY to the Chs
tahoocte by the night OF Saturday.
THE SITUATION.
!, | At present Gen Sherman has his headqus
tess 1t Marietta, while the main part OF b
. army were ut OF near Chattahooche, ready
again advance when the order Is given; b
, that will hardly be till rallrusd communie
ton is perfect to Marietta.
RAIDS.
l Wheeler has succeeded In burning one
q two traias, recently, In the vicinity Of R
saca, but no damage has been done to Il
railroad. ns bis visits art necessarily ve
brief have little fear for our commune
. tions, even II Forrest, with his ,000 men
and be has no more-is enabled to- join Johr
| ton.
GUERuLAS ABOUT DECATUR