Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-21
CROSSING THE cHATTAHeocHIE

The Nashville correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
writing under date of the 18Th instant furnhs the an
71ed account OF the crossing Of the Chaahoche river BY
the army of Gen. Sherman:
Mcrherson, after some mar auyerpc snccsadad IN az
andng on the south bank Of the river in the Wei
ivy u D,mnnings Station Friday evening about sun.
uoWh' Inc rebels had evidently exnerted that o,tr
s woud ADVANCE TO turn their left aud had accei dinghy
no necessary preparations TO meet Hook az wbsn
W 'neir astonishmen they found McPber.on. csnnon
Playing upon their works with fearful effsct cauina
panic IN Their extreme flank by lis suddenuess AID
Inc REBELS were not easily frightened from their for
uaoo WorKs on the other hand tn resolved RI am;,
I'D ihen II possible; but how they expected 10 bla 1t
nom hat pioneer brigade was of the river can
Nevertheless they continued to hold them
ioushout Saturday, though troops were massno IL
larso numbers constantly, and were in complete
driven. 'o' oouu not Do
On Sunday morning discovering that or
on over JOB Johnston orders for smother retrsa2
Ing hevy guns mad been removed during the n;sbt and
~ me railroad bridge the common road bridge
ahu tns pontoons were IN flames. Our forces were
position 10 do any thing to avert the desruction nf
structures, nor could they commences pursnit of
nys i"e tli they bad completed their own commuu-
oaons Inc pioneer brigade however was ndustriousIy
a. WORK, and soon half dozen pontoons spanned the
nn ana our army was across by Monday noon occu
pying the works abandoned by the rebels -
w hetfer or not further advance has begun am nm
o 70 say put certain it it will not be long deIsvad
80 ei obstacles nave now been overcome the m1p,
V. al soh passed. the Chattahoochle is now hind
between Sherman and the objective point If surface
lants po'u' VI a'sacK-At-
has now no natural obstacles to overcome There
aohs we presume, completely protected bv tba
usuai abatsls but they level plain and ar vnI
neraoe TO the heavy artillery with which he ia abupdantju
supplied. Inc distance to the town less than seven
miles, and to the Qualifications four or Ave The inyas
ment, then, cannot long be delayed
Win Johnston hghtl don't know. If he could not
nuke successful stand either at Resscs, Eowah Daes
kenesaw or the Chattahoocbie what can he d. in
Certainly he cannot be reinforced the Last man hs I
s,nce been obtained. He may fght-fght desperstev
mat What the GeorgIans demands bu; Joe is not in.
olneu 10 gray them, though possibly now having re-
treated entirely to Atlanta, he will be Compelled 10 Dive
battle Poi'ou W give
The rebel works the south bank of the Chattaboocb
sherman declares to be the most formidable he h "a,
encountered aimee leaving Chattanooga Thes are 6ss
ulaes ana quarter In length, aud comDe,ey pro-o
" an soaiIs, winch is impenerabe. There can bs no
parng Them aud that il their intention to Jatana
mem 70 the last at least that it the Intention of tba
OF georgia that they should be defslded though
johnston may not lave bean determined 70 ight G;y
Brown lieut. not only the influence Of the Stats n
ou MS own personal services in experimenting tia
every negro demandedand they were thousand,
70 dlg dches aud throw up entrenebmenta war tnr,h
coming and Johnston urged TO stake ali mon th "a
SUIT Oh battle there Th he would gady have Doe an
us own lorces making direct assault we have no doubt
because ohe man within the equal to t.ntv
assaanls over The ground from river to the ria pts
put direct attack just the thug not intended bv
arman, ana accordingly flank movement was made
tween Marietta and the Chsttahoochie aid over tbon
sand south of that stream About two thousand Of the
have already arrived here and others coming on
train They are al sent forth i'm nediatrly dsv or
two since four hundred from the vicinity az Nasbv;,
the yoanR oloods who entered the rebel army IN
were aere, ragged dirty, and fVrlura Macy OF than
oegRea 70 take the oath OF amnesty but were nt Uad
20 90 SO There were numbs: of desertats rAJasa5
mere on accepting the amnesty day before yeste rday
Geographic despatch from Nashville states hat on
Monday last, the 18th Instant Gen. Sherman moved ont
81 MS works on the south side Of the Catahoochs to Ar
ok Gen Johnstons forces il found in front or To occuov
'be city IN the event OF Joansons retreat Nothing later
tnan ne Information thai he had moved had been received
d NASHVILLE tin believed there that during tba hi,
on'ttanooohie Gen Sherman completely de- stroyed Al,
rebel commentators between Atlanta and richmond ,a
Atlanta and Montgomery
Inc correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette writ;po
from the banks Of tho Chaahooche speaks thus OF the
nacatons OF Atlanta:
Ascending high bill which overlooked the river oot
splendid view OF the doomed city Of AtaEts VITA TIA net
wo OF d-ences From the banks Of the river ALI The
way up the city there Of ca thgorks IL
nld De iup sable to conceive Of more strongly for
h-d place. Not far from the banks Of tn. river no ce3
fort which said to have some twenty siege pups II
regard 10 the railroad bridge my former letter stated
that we held it, was misinformed-Ae do nat aid r
but the rebels have not destroyed Tue cars run 10 a.
Tar as ur lines and into the ears of the
rebels on the other side of the river
DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE