The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-09-13
ATLANTA EVACUATED.

! Atlanta is ended It was evacuated on Thursday
night and occupied on Friday at IL o'clock by
| the enemy.
Gen. Hood blew up his surplus ordnance, burned
his commissary stores, and drew off on the Melon
ough ROAD, leaving aothing ia Atlanta but blood
stained ruins. Pa~a
Yesterday our whole army was concentrated at
Loyejoys Station, on the Macon aud Western rail-
] road.
/ The enemy are reported to be retreating from
that point towards Atlanta
/ In the fight at Jonesboro' on Thursday, Gen
/ Gevan, together with the 9th and part of the I'd
| Arkansas regiments were captured.
| We lost six pieces Of artillery and captured six
| from the enemy.
MACON Sept. 5.-Atlanta was evacuated by
Cen Hood at O'Clock Friday morning and oc-
cupied by the enemy. at ii o'clock. Gen. Hood
! blew up his extra ammunition and burned his sur
plus supplies, and drew off on the McDonough
road.
AT o'clock Saturday Hood formed junction
with Hardee at Lovejoy's Station, on the Macon
and Western road where the whole army is now
concentrated
/ We lost pieces Of artillery, and many killed
and wounded. The wounded all brought to
! this point.
/ Whilst the fall of Atlanta Is regretted, the army
and people not at all discouraged.
GEN HOODS OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
D RICHMOND, Sep 4.e Che following official dis
patch from Gen. IlGGd,, dated Sd inst, has been
receved:
On the evening of the Both, the enemy made
! lodg ment across Flat river, near Jonesboro.' We
| attacked them at O'Clock On the evening of the
31st, with two corps, but failed to dislodge them
This made it necessary for us to abandon Atlanta,
which was done the nig ht of the lst. Our loss
| on the evening of the 3lst was small.
On the evening of the 1st Hardee's corps in po-
sfion at Jonesboro', was assaulted by a superior
force of the enemy, and being outfanked, was COM
PEELED to withdraw during the night, with loss Of
eight guns
Prisoners taken from the enemy report that
their loss was very severe.
LovEJoY's STATION, Sept The army is in
line Of battle confronting Shermans advance at
this point
All the trains were brought away safely
The Federals entered Atlanta by the Peach
Tree road on Friday morning at 9 O'Clock, left a
garrison and post commandant, and passed through
to join the main army Since they took posses
sion, the city has been very quiet and orderly and
citizens who remained were unmolested.
All along the lines comparatively quiet this
morning
MACON, Sept. Sit is believed that the enemy
will not make general attack until he reorgan-
ICES and accumulaes stores at Atlanta. All re-
ported quiet to-day Our army is re organizing
and recovering from its reverse
RICHMosD, Sept. Cen. Hood reports Off
cally that the enemy have withdrawn from his
front and are retreating to Atlanta
The enemy have fallen back beyond Jonesboro
The valuable public property destroyed at Atlanta
consisted almost wholly Of ordnance stores, aud of
these not sufficient loss to incommode the army
The first reports were exaggerated.
The enemy continues to retire his main force on
the Macon and Western road towards Atlanta.
We drove them out of Jonesboro yesterday and
took good many wounded prisoners.
| Our loss from all causes in the battles Of last
week is ascertained to have been fifteen
hundred
The Richmond Dispatch says
At latest accounts from Georgia cur army was
resting quietly at Lovejoys station, on the Macon
railroad. 1t is stated that the Federas will re-
organize their forces aud collect stores at Atlanta
before entering upon another movement. Atlanta
was evacuated by General Hood at two o'clock
Friday morning the I'd OF Sept, and the enemy
occupied the city at eleven O'Clock. As hereto
fore stated the extra ammunition was blown up
and the surplus conlmlssary stores destroyed. Gen.
Hood formed Junction with General Hardee at
Lovojoys station at one clock Saturday, and the
whole army is now oncefitrated at that point AS
matter of course, the fall Of Atlanta is regretted;
but neither the army nor the people are at all dis
couraged. All was quiet at last accounts. Our
army was recognizing, and taking the rest SO
much required.
HOOPS ARMY.-The news from Georgia is en-
couraglng. The loss of Atlanta has not at all de-
pressed the spisits Of the army or the people. So
say the teegrains. The truth is, that as long as
that army is in the field confronting Sherman will
he be unable to effect the reduction of Georgia
We take it for granted that the series Of flank
movements by which he succeeded in reaching At
lanta is cow closed, and that he will have to make
his way by hard fighting, He cannot be permit
ted to push his lines any further in the direction
of Macon or Columbus. General Hood is we feel
assured fully alive to the necessity of preserving
those cities and the railroad connections which
they embrace, between Virginia and Mississippi
We are much gratifed at the cheerful tone of
the dispatches in the last two days. There is
every indication that before Sherman make the
attempt to advance from his present position TO-
wards Macon, army will be an condition to
make effectual stand against him. and to frus-
trate bis expectations Of further successes. One
thing is very certain that if he meets with a Sc
rious disaster his will be desperate one
We do not see if he should be defeated how he
could escape destruction, sd osing that our army
follow up his defeat with vigorous pursuit.
Bank Of Charlotte,
August %, 1864.