The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-24

shaptv The Rebels came laundering into Big |
Shaniy but previOus 20 their arrival All inc stores
had been removed and lne't caPlures e IN that ,la
longing 10 an Indiana regiment. They next
dashed into AokwOrth, and found II deaegted.
They then hastily, moved towards Alatoona,
where they captured considerable spoils.
Learning from citizens o few miles from the
nlace that there were large stores in the town,
which was defended by garrison Of only $50
mon, the Rebels, about 10000 strong, expected,
In capturing the place, 70 have easy work and
rich booty. Arriving within convenient distance,
a formal demand vas sent ia for the surrender of
the town. General CUrse, in command, peremp-
torily refused. The garrison consisted Of 22J0
men, and, within the forts he calculated on being
able 10 hold the place The grey backs approa he'd,
their igC Of battle nearly encircling tAc garrison
After considerable artillery hrlDs, they made
several desperate charges on the works Out were
repulsed with terrible slaughter. For the mum
hers engaged & is allowed there has not been
such desperate fighting during the var
The Rebels we're most thoroughly whipped,
and drew on, leaving 1000 hundred OF thelr dead
and wounded on the field. The fght took place
on the 9Th and the number of Rebel wounded
and the nature of their wounds may be guessed at
when our surgeons, mp TO yesterday, although rs
busy as possible, had not flushed their work OF
amputatiun. Towards the end Of the fight our
ammunition was about exhausted, and the
enemy, taking advantage OF IL, swarmCd into
and behind a large brick house. II so happened,
however, that there were exactly seven solid shot
left. General COrsc, to make the best possible
use Of these, with well-directcd aim riddlcd the
house from top 10 bottom, aud sent the frightened
Rebels flying in confusion. And that was their
last attempt.
The Ua,Iyiag Cry Of the Rebels.
From those who were IN the light, earn 10 ns
positive fact that the advancing Rebels, in their
first charge on cur skirmish line on nearing oar
lines, yelled Out at the top Of their voices, iiur-
rah tor MCClCllanw 1t 50 happened that almost
every man in the garrison was an Mcclellan
ite, which partly accounts for the warm reception
the gentry received whose Oattle-Cry was Little
Mac" IattcIlY, the hero of che ChlckahOInlny y
has been banded about feted and idozed among
Democrats" peace men, aud Copperhends, aud
now, TO cap the climax, the name ol"Lttle Mac
has at last become the battlc-cry OF the Southern
| Rebels and traitors in arms.
A good Joke is told IN connection with che
| political phase of the fight. In Company h, OF
The 7th Illinois Regiment, there was, before the
| fight, one man, and only one, who advocated the
! claims of Mcclellan. This man was in the sliir
| mish line, and heard the name Of his ftyoritt
| shouted ong the whoe Rebel line AS 10 advanced
| After the fght sergeant of the company wen
| up and addressing him, said "Well, Bill, wha
| do you think Of Mcclellan now !" Bin fount
| himself IN a tight place and didn't know well hov
| to get clear, but, at last, essayng desperat
dodge, he blurted out, 'l'll be id ii l ever wa
| Mcclellan man.
The situation.
Hoods army is In very fair way Of being cap
| ured. sherman Is completely in his rear, an'
| will very likely have him surrounded in 5hor
| time. At this writing, the Re0ci army IS net
| Rome, about sixteen miles west from here
| Sherman is here, and movements are now OF
foot which will soon eliminate in something dc
cisive. Rebel prisoners here say that Hood
army is thoroughly dispidted and demoralized
anu, as il is out of supplies, they look for IT.
complete destruction or capture.
| / was talking to a gentleman about an houl
since, who left Atlanta yesterday. He crossed
| the Chattahoochee on the cars, the bridge being
thoroughly repaired. There was only small
part of it swept away. The track is destroye-
for a few miles near Ackwortb, but will soon bC
in running order.
| To sum up: The road between Chattanooga
| and Atlanta is now almost intact. The Rebe
| Amy is completely cut off from les base of sup
| plies, and cannot conveniently retreat; and
| may be set down as something miraculous if it i
| OF prevented from further raiding, by either II
| capture or destruction. Stirring and eXcitin
Yews may soon be expected.