The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-07
From NORTHERN GEORGIA.
The army correspondent Of the Atlanta Register
writes from Marietta (June 39l as follows:


The army correspondent Of the Atlanta Register
writes from Marietta June 3ol as follows:
The troops of Cicatham's aud Cieburne's d.
visions were yesterday engaged In most pleasant
pasiine, Fepaying them for fatigue and exposure.
Early In the day Yankee fiag of truce came, ask
Ing permission 10 bury their dead, which be-
coming vtNy offensive 10 both armies After lit
tie parieyInk--, was sfanted, and the work began.
IL was no small task. They we're lying thick upon
the ground In every direction. Ihe Yankee bury
ing squadron was not aitoWeu 70 Come inside
oi picket line, our nssn carrying the bodies
out 10 them while they dug the uenches. About
two thousand were buried m Cheatham's iu,-
mcdiaie iroat, and one thousand hve hundred III
C.eburne's front. Some estimates go over these
nsurrs Whilst the intcrmeHt was progressing,
tise Yankees, with their usual fairness, began to
i9rliY the line behind the hss OF trace
Gen iiatdee promptly tnicimcd tnein thai unless
Il was pTlmptly ssSpended he would open ungn
them, u6ieh caused them to aesfst Instantly ihe
flag Of truce Y covered the ground where the
dead lay. diminishing progressed rs usual to the
ian, where Stfahis AMI Arght's brigade Were
posted, and durIpg the line, Col Csrrier conHaHt-
Ing the latter, advanced his akirmish line one
hundred and fifty yards The small arms were MOI
T. moved trom the fed by either army, aud that
gncsuon of property Is yet 20 Ia decided. Some
of the Yankees were very cgfious 10 see GensIai
eaestham. The nld hero WAS icfnted out to them,
standing on our fo!tihcsii0ai, aTray'd in bue
shirt, with sleeves rolled az, coo''y surveying,
aad, dOubuess, enjoying the scene. They were
fDcfedoous a, lfs,, but upon be ng assured. took
a coed look al him I'll former vision Of him has
been rather ecbfused, over the shoulder a,
double quick.
furious canGonading occurred yesterday even
lag In front Of foik's Old corps AT least three
thousand shells were thrown, but with iittie dam
age, The Yankees ss0n have learned by This
iiiis that iacy can't irighteu our sruy by hoise,
aud jeL lhey persist In a needless and eATavsgant
expenditure OF Bmmuriiion,
This morning at haiti past ono O'Clock, was
weakened by the crash OF small arms, with an oc-
tffttan .
and ciehurnt's ftnnt The firing asted for halt an
hour, ard then Ceased | have not tad an OppoE'
tunity OF a=ceftainins whether the attack vas real
or faaCied, aad reports conflict OGe man tells
me Il was genuine attack, and that he Yankees
were ferut-rd Hilh great slaughter IN front OF
CheethaBl. don't youch for this, The hdhg
was vTy incf att the flashes from The guus illu
min1ttng ihs hight
osp9naCnt Of rho kppeat says that the
Fl - OF truce asking permission to sGry ,heiE dead
asd remove thtir wounded was cent 10 the enemy
by General Hardce aud that 1t was agreed TO
w.b the ?, quest that the dead 8nd wounded bs
; sent to their lines, the wounded u be accounted
fof as prisoners Of war. TIE same correspoadcn
says that large number Of Henry rflcs, le:teI
| known Us sixteen, Shooters together with severa
tsoasand Enhelds, have been col, cted by our old
| nan officers.
Tie .9pPsdt has the following
| Night before last, as Soma OF The Federal pick
ets we've being relieved, they .hauicd out to su
plCh-ts, $50 bye, febS. We Sru going to ltaVt
you Soaio Dutch are going 10 take our places
AID We ho g YOU viii Kill every oae cf them"
There are Two OF three FEDERAL Kentucky Iegt
meUts confronting a5 many Kentucky regiments
On our side te, days since the &Ontederdtes
received letter from tho Eedelais, saying tha,
t;Iur Tins would S9o3 expire, abi thoy INT, HHed
to quit the concern, doubtless, ike Can't tir ed
Of ifie undertaking" " They further stated ihui .
4
rs iiry would surrender. The letter WIS si5Rot
by palty anCwG TO ouT gallant kilns, who
scarcely kEow whether tue Feds are iu earnest U
trying 30 dup0 tl,eu. They 1t" satisfied, however
that something Is IL The wind.
Wounded kyntHcstdns it0n jhe Federal SIDE
dee nfe ti!at, although Eh"y hted oil thtir guns
thy ntvcI huit anybody yet, tni are SICK Ut The
Wa.
The Atlanta iHtetig2!2ef comments upon ,hg
= uatiou as follows.
buhng tWJ days past Iac afa!cs confronting
each other II krHGrea~ GIyG tD,G quietly slIa
the euetuy, doubtless, 10 recover from the Ell
i,cs oi his late disaster, und oGT troops brcaus
ilic!I inprtlucnt5 only depend On the hostile de-
lu0GsitdtiOns of the opposing army. ShtTniII
w!l doubtless clear sway The wreck of his tutiI'
and disastrous assaults before tc G!ves bittls
again. Ills numerous rcpHlSeS and The ttITibi'
deslIuctip and iOss he has sustained must =urti!
have had iats, d'spiIling influence on his troops
Hitherto they have come Up galiant!y 10 tht
gitef, but are aStoGIaod at tnU terrible r,cCI
! tiun aud rtpu!s taCy have met ~; II. Tneir con
| Gtcrc: iii their iaYinc tbiii;y Eius, have beei
! shakeu very materially BY this time, ANA we an.
l ticipate more feeble, perhaps more cautious, II
pfuaches hereafter.
J Shetman's Yankees have been saturated Giil
Whiskey courage in every ass ult they have ma@'
! ON Gus deicAces dudng the present campaign Tht
result has been that thc viclir!s have always beer
! very numet"us, when their lilcs we've exposed Il
the cool and deliberate Are UI our sober troops
Sherman has hoped hefrsotofr, by piiing his sol
| dieTs thee to ten lines deep, on what he sup
| posed were weak points, to carry positions
aud force tu iuILer II treat. He has been me
| IN every instance with The WHY ssiii of maste
who inlicd hini III tve.y tiiOft.
lhe ankct commander 5 successes have con-
sisted in dlsplacng troops from poslti ons b,
| rapiiIv concentrating overw nemug nov, mel. .
against our wings, ANA thus by the mtTe weigh
| or brute t1tce gradually causing us abandon Il
| him all the territory he has gam d. Speculation
rha, Ia has iaiIed most sgregt 0usiy, and not con
! ANIMATED Il uihe OF the pian glOp0scd by him Z
| The offset ot the campaign and tis ccmmisslo
| troo, the Yankee War Depart Rienl, Is evident
| We cannot divine what he hopes to do next.
| The following is the i1Iesl from the ileld:
| HARrGT:A, JuGe - - u Two O'Clock this mCrl
Ing the enemy drove IN Gen Cheat hams pic t L
| and attempted to storm his bre8stworks. The
| were received with must teuifr fire of art.liei
| snt n,uskCtTy, which caused lneEl II retreat pr
cipilatcIy. Tae loss Of the enemy has not "
| hyru aFccItained. OHt lo5s only one killed an
| Two wyunded.