Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-08
From cur own Correspondent.

ACToRTf:, GA, blSy I4lnJ l|-"f.
Mn. Ep1roR:-Since We left Dalton, the weath-
cr has been serone and exceedingly pleasant.
This suits us all remarkably ell,-especinlly now
TINT ne have the earth for couch and the sky
for r. curtain. Indeed, the season Of flowers and
of singing birds, SO lung deferred, this year, is
delightful and lovely beyond tho Poets dream.
And yet thero are moments when the future looks
50 dark, and when the past seems go much like
chaos of fearful shadows and of brooding SORROW,
that the smiles Of nature and the gladseme music
ringing through the forest, appear no better than
mockery and discord But this gloomy feeling
ia only occasional, and momentary. In the main
&c arc hopeful, thankful, trustful, and not with.
out the bright ray Of happinefs. The citizens in
general and tho army in particular, arc enthua-
a.tic and full Of fiery energies. But better than
this. andsaboye oil such considerations, the God
in whom We trust is both merciiul md just ruling
among tho children of men, asNell as the shining
Courts Of Heaven. Therefore rc riH nsr:r DIS
pair!.
To the student Of History, Geography becomes
siudv CT intense interest. To the leader Of
armies, maps are essential. To the antiquarian
and tho tourist, the eraet spot where the fate Of
empires has beon decided, brings up associations
frausht with peculiar delight, and strange emo-
tions. To tho general reader, the Pfeeife posi-
ten, and the relative situation Of great battle
fsld cannot bo matter Of indifference. Dalton
IL 90 m;l.s fr.m Atlanta. To the West OF former,
and only q few miles distant, yon sec tho rocky
be;rht Of Taylor's Ridge, which extend South
ward, and slmost parallel with the railroad, for
o5 or so miles, swinging around at last in Wss-
tctiy direction, and oring itself among the hills
and mountains of fi;;0rth Alabama East of Dalton,
and miles off, you come to the Conneesauga
river. which also runs neory parallel with tho
ra;,road, IS or 20 miles To .Ganl army COM
,al,ed to adhere to this railway as a means Of
.urply. was athing easy of accomplishment to a
farce advancing from Chattanooga, ard it was
tLc very thing that Gen. JonSsreS, the master Of
stratcry. wished the enemy to do. Dalton, Which
is too much hemmed in on every side to man@u~'
largo ayhy, uas never intended 10 be the battle
GSld Of the present campaign. Tho knowing
ones say the place or places, 'shere 'letory '''@
NOT B.. fruitlcss were selected months ago. Ard
il Is confidently believed that the future Mill de-
m.nstrats the consummate wisdom Of tho selcc-.
tiou. F" So mote Il Be-"
On Tuesday, the 18th, inst, . or 8. of our Di-
visions met the cnemy above Adsirsvile, nud
,rove him back In disorder, and with considerable
earnare. Our casualties camparatisely few. In
tais regard, thanks to kind and protecting
proy,.noe our men have been wonderfully fa-
y,red. The bluo-coatod braves having continued
their Gankiay operations, opr fercOs were, on
w.5n:saa- sarning, sear Kingston, 10 miles
bs,,w A,airsrilo. We were then opposite Rome,
and 20 miles distant. skirinishing in front, MS
usu,l. in the afternoon, but it was not very &C.
we're. Thursday mornings aun shone upon ua
near Cas-, Station, 9 plilss below Kingston, cam
rorod;np st intervals heard in various directions
during the day. The stars cleaned forth that
nigbt upon our heavy battali9ns all thrown into
hr.t,, or,ov on each sids OF the Railroad near
cassxi,,e. pr.astworks rrrc erected, and every
bodv on the tip-toe Of expectation. Stermess
and so,emn;ty were blended in every fsco. But
the v;,o foe refused to- accept Gen. JoHSsroS's
offer of battle, and preferred to dodge around
Ike an 5lI fox. To the most of us, Thursday
night was o busy, sleepless, and restless period.
never 10y down for a moment Afte. breakfast