, 1864-09-16
Total ki1led and wounded
Rebel prisoners captured, 1o7.
Fines, Z.


tive min, II that t;n,, -.
ofths con.oda-a., s'ms ,'a.n 4.ep ~ ~ sao oo"e's
%a, - .ne 1on'soe'aes' os1"eea "nlch and tho
Federal army was large, well apppointsd
army of rebels under skli1ful General. thu
whole pathway throuph which n ,,,r.. ~
s.,-o,a,,.. - ~. o'. oe
stp.oa.aeo. aP"..s 80 ~ 'ue moes 1usgea aetensiola
cna9sc1er' anu entirely destitute Of supplies
n}dsblo obstacles, was ours. The stcna of
onr aarance. tha f,a,c. esno,,,a:. ~
49, ee' sAosou'aE5 oast4es,
tne g,eAt P1lsaslons ana lneess:nt iabors
~ pave ~ oeen 'olnisoed " tie TRIBUNE to
M 40 ~ leaoee, ~ ~ snlaA lapnf ana d'sro.nfort
~ .Ae IePHst stntallTes OF the press. With
ont Doubt there Is great unanlnity among
all men OF this divIaed Americn In gr7titlc<.
lion that this army has at last found hottl-
Gay and rtst: The rebellIous Individuals
Who disputed our advance, and that whole
Eebellious population who have aoandon.l
are undoubtedly passing glai thas the army
which has ploughed a deep turrow Into tho
heart Of the Cotton territory, has gont fntu
caI1 and for time ceased to trouble tuetn.
Ny last letter lett the army In fsuut Of thu
rebel position at Cedar Bluffs. on the nirht
Of the LIST. Your readers will perhap, re.
collect that msutlon has been often made In
the Journals Of the duy Of fbia 1,1ace q. -
potti,on which Jobnston conte p,ated nc
cupyine In the event that .Iu Shermpn sju,nti uI
tsh4ffAh1nnhkA ThA
the old country road. rpnninr e,st M w..s
betTecn Fayeiteyf1le and Hcf1oron.,h 10
IL at rIoht a1vlea with ths r,fi.ost e., ~
rni1es nnrth nf T oyc;ov stat;or aYna. ~
font va a trorh1as3m. mo.a:. -. nont .nat tss
Ipc covered with titubrr IN IN wh;.h h Esre st ~ ~
ani haif m11es hx III era9a = st1net.
fhe time onr t,oons drova =, tha raha; .,.fN ~
mfehrrs and fhraW ~, a hast;,x aaSete, sot. oen
rife BIT Along. their 'front.' thg rehe1a ws-s
found to hc heb,nd a strnnp line ~ waf, CO.,
etructed earthworEs, with Reads1oss Ind t enl-
dentiy been comme1ced some 40 time S slnce
Tie age of the works Was quite evident frnm
one point on the left OF the 9Th corps. Rnt
phefher the works were recently c1ustrnct.
cd, US they might have been in ii. day aod
night after Lees shattered corns arrived
tion Of Johpston's Fabian policy, they ware
quite too ugly to- Justify an assault. III
should become uecesssrY to nut Hood m, of
their poseession, it mi;ht BE- done in other
ways. I have ea1d this much bY way Of e.
pianation of eubeequent events. that oar
seldom satisfied WITH the results Of battles
ard c.u,ragne, may understand why. even
alter the SUCCESSES Of two days' baft.e. Sher-
msp cid not hull bis corps ktraieht uuou
the rebel worke.
When the enemy lett his works at Jones'
IhlV AhA lCAEkLFA 0QulA TAFu, utk0tHI7 W1k
known Of the situation At Atlanta At the
time Of the explosion, scouts were sent to
ascertain the cause Of the distant, unseemly
nohcs. They returned with information
thnt the cneu.J FAs blowing up hia mAya-
zlnea. beJond this simple fact nothing WAS
Known OF itheefkcnhtlon. When the pur5uit
commenced, Iater iu TIC forenoon, Gen. Gar-
tatd sent . negro to Gen. Sherman, who
nated that he left Atlanta In the night; that
bir. Hoou vas ouInin' up his ainnunition
Ino nls cars. 1ac 1n1lilst was a-sWcArin; the
buns was h;ln', and he thought It Mas time
to leave"
During the night the railroad from Jones-
boro to our line war DESTROYED. Early the
next morning, dispatches were received from
Gen, Slocum. stating that fhe ene,ny had
eyacrated Atlanta. and that lie lad noved
uu from tie Chattshooci1se with tha 2oit
corn. and occuuied Tie place abons ii n'cfneE
on ihe "a. OF the occunat,on ri tns ritvn.d
the amouut. Of proper:y lestroyed hv the
enemy and captnrei l1y onr trnnns vo' viii
haye RECEIVED full pafticulnrs from t,3osr ,hn
rc1uainfd hehin5 when fha aTm1 mors9
aronnd in strike 4br rehe,a IN +he ~, Hal
bayipr been torccd to retreat 1rom Atlanta
con Ra,lrcaa WIS accommodated -A
On The fourth. the n1inc,nal t,ains of the
army Of thr Tsnness.n wtra movrd 1,n5rr
ruard across Flint RiYer. t},ose of tha nro,srs
Of The Olio and Cnmher1anI towards Rorirh
end Readv. On the e1nnirv Of ths tifth, ~.
troops wsre withdrawn-ttem msir h1tly mor-
iry 1t tioht and N, .n1rksta at i, o,,:1oct