The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-09-14

respondent Of the ChattanoeEs Gazesee faiEaishas
9 narrative of the late Federal Sank srozaspA cod
tie Yankee view Of the present oonditipa OF At
lanta which is not without iutaEests-x. -sFs -
MAsrEf.A, a4,. ips, 4 ihe4&s
EniroE GAZETTE =
have just returned nom Atlanta. whkAsr1
vent Yesterday morning in chiEgs e <fan Ios4
e1ty, with few particulars Of is sspsnrea HQqA
not be qniuseresting 70 y06sr yeotSssaz xeslAbttz
IL appears that the rebels,dA nqk 6iaaszeE lzntiI
me morning OF day before yestEsssss shs ekieot
and Importance Of General EhGEEsan' BEneeE4 move
ment- They supposed the eddie lisaYpearanee
81 our entire army from their Eest. a. eussrely
as they remained quietly IN .A1snfaSEDr nserly
twenty-four hours after our people I'D nsaseed on
the expedition against the Macon ROADS, Tie time
thus gained through the iganranss aud in6BcsslOr
OF the rebel commanders was Of inesaeslSble-sd-
vantage 70 General sherman. II eznhAed bin, bY
r-pid IN arching, to reach q poink ozt<ka. Rl1rua6
more than twenty miles south Of aAEAaEkA. slnost
before the enemy learned that any gnzaion Of our.
force was moving III such adiFeoticn-odKaEss Sher-
man took up position aHd maasede' ais army,
gathering his strength, and cfOuehiRg kkslb tiger
Tor a desperate leap as ssoa Is the zxeAalA game
within striking distance. = ~ - = s--ss-S ~ ..
just the oriental Coo Of day VISA eitaiu1 the
eastern horizon on the H1arnink ofs Angus4 zTth,
General Hood IS supposed 10 haEa aoaeTzod from
bis boarding house, and ssnntered, EaTths Tor bis
walked down to the fort occupied bynas-hsfhsry 81
heavy siege gums hfted 6ela giasa IA Ail eyes
and anxIously surveyed ths Yazles.e Efflb slIks'
VIGOROUSLY he directed his optics ia. 0fheR poirta
and made circuit OF our entire sSegks . Nc blue
coats wcreto be seen, rot even apca Che aAlSS1ish
dine, while the perfect Giienea ahieh eEeFJrwhsre
der cover of darkness, our army had naizzled. A
gentle breeze shook the dew drops from surro,,pd
ing trees-the air seemed laden with Q curious
aroma. Hoods nostrils di.ated as he snuffad the
tainted gafe-he evidently had scented rat of ex-
trkordinary proportions.
The movement Of Federal troops south had now
7 come to the knowledge of tho rebel General but
still he conceived il to DO only big raid, composed
of probably q corps two Of infantry, coutempla-
ting the effectua destruction Of the Macon Railroad
for several miles. Accordingly Hood, with the
corps of Hardoc and ioring, ut once took up the
line of march for LovejCy, while Stewards corps
and the Georgia militia left TO garrison At
lnnta. Hood continued Southward for twenty
uliEes without cnoouEtering opposition, while Gen.
Sherman with bis army as carefully concealed as
possible lay watching the rebel movements for all
the world like hawk gloating oyer fet hen roOs
At tho proper time Gen. ShermaK unEaaSked-him-
SELF moved forward, and lively skirmish
menccd. The rebels surprised. Sherman
attacked Hood with great vioieace, snd after =
hard battle OF four hours duration, ia which the
i&th 10th and 2jrd corps participated, succoe ded
in capturing several thousand prisoners, driving
the rebels in Infusion, and throwing whole
say in their rear. Thus the encnys- forces. worc
cot in twain, Sherman occupying the railroad be-
tween Hood and the portien Of his army remain
|, ing in Atlanta On the 2Oth the, baAtla ragged
1ereely all day, the rebels repeatedly charging
fines and being uniformly fcpulscd uieh terrible
slaughter. The latest accounts say that NO ere
speedily driving the enemy towanl Macon. all this
information Is derived from persons with whom I
converted in tlAntS INST Hsht aud ,iay not beenr
rect.
; OF course General Stewart on being Acquainted
with the pSrilOus condition of things, foss No TIME
in evacuating Atlanta and in u fcw hOura after.
wards the Goth corps marched from tho Chattaboo-
che river and occupied the city il ali pTpbsbil-
ity Stewards corps and Browns pets viii be ami
hilatcd befo they rcjon the balance Of the army
Moods troops constitute the advance sad Stew
arts the rear guard the march to Macon.
No considerable amount of stores or munitions of
war feR into our hands mt Atlanta. Tho rebels
were compelled 10 abandon xix heavy guns, tEo
hundred ac four sixty -four Founders, after having
spiked them. A great quantity OF ammunition
for small arms and subsistence stores, I've To-
comotivcs and two hundred ears, destroyed
by Ere ON the night ofthe evacuation. The explo-
sion caused by the burning Of tue ordnance depot
distinctly heard at this place.
Atlanta presents frightful spectacle of dilapi
lation and the horrors of war. I travcrScd the
dirty streets for two hours, noticing the deserted
houses that had been perforated by artillery.
On the west side II dozen buildings, suppose had
been fired by hot shot from our batteries and cn-
tirely consumed. The northern portion of the
city, against which most of our guns were direct
ed, tells fearful tale: story which is however,
very complimentary to Yankee artilleriStS. The
wallis of the buildings have been nearly razod to
the ground, and what a magnificent
stone front structure at the head of Peach Tree
street is new the terror of few remaining rag
ged urchins wha tremble TO approach it, Gnr 1t il
But owering ruin which threatens every moment
to come down with crash:
Many of the shops in the Interior of Atlantic
contained vast amount of the finest smoking and
chewing tobacco, which the soldiers very properly
appropriated to their Individual 3eaefit i'm
mediately after entering the town. TheEe was
little else left to reward tho boys for the inbor of
pillagng aud breaking down doors Tie business
houses, except those used rs depots for public ,
stores, were generally empty. sud Che traaiesmen
had nglOriously flown. e. .-,.-.
In tho lower part of she city, in quarter which
best protected by the hills from onion shells,
there are many families Of women and ca1ildren
sull@esidiBg. Some of thcae wonlan- profess 10y
atty to the Federal cause, ind tell dOfsfn stories
officer sufferugs since the siege began. Some
sag they have husbands and brothers WIN ''ruH
from the conscript" and are now probably in the
Union army. The rebel authorities barbRronsly
refused to issue sell provisions to these families
for FIVE weeks, and at the sumo forbade them con-
ing into lines or leaving the towns The poor
unfortuuates were almost starved TO death as
punishment for the crime Of having loyal husbands
: or brothers.
so the Gate City has fallen. Where now arc
Hoo&'s vaunted boasts that he would hold the city
while he had live man in the tTenchssI Ten
Thousand human lives have been added 10 those
already sacrificed In the mad EFFORT 10 successfully
resist the authority of is~ and the onward march
of Federal soldiery. -t- SrIDER.
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