The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-06
Atlanta.
Rebel Accounts rrcvious 70 She rman.,
Victory.

cu-rcspunScnt of the MissrpsIrrrAs Sketches
very graphically tho sisye " Atlanta. W, copy
nom His letter,
Tie trenches" ~ thew ara technically ard
'am linIly dubtcl, src impreynable. II mi-ht Ia
l"ssibe ior q heavy mas%ed column to penetrate
,hein' t'r not without Immense loss AMI then no,
{" Il" htlds IL" vorks which were admirably lcr,.
yea At hrsa have been matcs ally siren ng,hen,st and
VI, assaults ~ the enemy have only dcsclopeI our
Ia ,up.. G1inmshdng Positions AMI demonstrated
were ihc cng'necrs' skill aud tic miuars' lsbor
.'hu " rmpic. oi st best Aivantngc La front of
We fr,@i c.pt...t line ri ci itrcno hmenta for m.ry
r"is the fields are broken and irregular, do,tci
WIN "uris and strcwn With u complete tangle Of
w" W" AMI branches forming barrier against
uPproa'h In mont Of the batter es bhnl pitfalls,
immature roC Na.'ts ana pal sades and eheraur
f gr~ work In all directions mako . net work
o.. "' whose euiangcmen, wild { Z could rarely
.~"le' Hy inc tur . charging line could rass
tSesu tiers, under tornVdo uf erppesbo, smell
anu minnie, the line ould be 90 trukrn and re.
euO"u shtO oc totally elective. The works aro
.t .iin -. lnvuIh'rnbic, AMI every day siGs som.-
.hS TO their strength and tie 5oil IA uniayurahle
" mining operations.
Tho Columbus tGa) Tnrs gives the followin,
view Of the AeGe Of Atlanta;
On Wednesday night q largo lo.rou,d shall on.
terei TIE FrcAbyt.r.sn church on Marietta. street
snd s'ter passing through the pulpit -xplsicl in
.ue uN.rhcnt, or sunday school room. Several
inin Len living In the vicinity having taken rch,c,
'peie were moro or lcss stunned or inIursI hy ~.
sssposoh' and one man had his r sht arm TAX On Of
llc cs,ene In the room WAS frighthll-!, was .ftcr
hmnnisn,. hm and all the inmates were sleeping peace
'uUY, PERFECTLY confident u security. Noher,
e'uftt up teir children hurricu y, and rushed
nhht t,hly INTO tie streets screaming, though with
"" an! uchniIe purpose In view, that Of es-
oApihs tor tho time nom the scene which hn
struck such terror into their souls and ttero out
ulVn t-e oita sLce,H, they stood crouch NJ,
Win " eis Little f.Ini'ies Gin In. around them.
snd Knowing not where TO fy for safety. shel
through n. air. aud a. the light o. each tcrr tc ex-
plrsi"n-hkc lightning fsshes-qrivercd over
ihein, the fsure OF one r,c fsed mother could he
dosiritod With bare outstrciched aIL4s- yAuly hon
ing to shield heT little ones IRON tho falling frav
mon's. Oh the hoGrt.oss cruelty Vi the ioe Oh
tue mighty depths ~ mothers love. ASS stance
eano Al iaS'' however. and the pan,c-strioken
men and Children were hudded % int the bomb
proofs u KIND neigh tors Ia moru SECURE lu.,u.t cs
and lho wounded properly cared for.
Tho Richmond papers had not yet heard Of a..
evacuation ofAanta. dispsieh 70 the EsqrtaEn
dated Atlantis, August 2gd, states,
The past few days In this belos guerei city have
rot ieen nauph, with many incidents OF interest.
Ine incessAnt picket frlng. the constant shrickina
OF shels-whioh occasionally kill a woman. child
OF negro IN the city; the rinbne NJ an aInbulaDce
how aud then bearing a woun led soldier to the
hosp tsl-are al that break the almost sabba,h-lks
stiffness. The citizens who have reinained have
constructed IN their yards lomb-p proof cellars in
which their families 1--we, and by which ,hey are
eioctuslly protested from tie shells.
General Rebel Dispatches.
The Redmond SENTINEL o' ssrtcruher I, oon-
talns the following dispatches;
f'oyia, h.ss., Aug. 20, v,a Mobile, Aug. co.
The enemy, 10 Z" strorH 10 IN ftl retreat nr tho
river Colonel ssoit has all the roads block AIDED |
In the.g front. Colonel Nc Lellan Is between |
them and Ne riyer. Colonel o. 0yIon, with lis CON.
msnd, and Major Campbell. with the FIRST i.ouis- |
isna, ave IN pursuit Prisoners sr, still COM no in.
Captain Bartlow's battery is close " the river.
Lgn"hbvrg Va, Aug. 8i.-Gencrsl Wheeler |
has burnt the Loudon bridge over the Ten |
nes@e RIVER and went thence by Msrvsville |
snd captured 200 prisoners, and thence to New |
market where be captured 200 more. 80 far 1000 ,
prisoners captured IN the battle of THURSDAY, at
Nenms' Statlonhsye been registered at the Provost
Msrshsl's Office.
k.ridrn, Avg. e9.-Th- lines at Wick sbnrg are |
completely cloSd. For the next twenty days /
n siesS aud egre8s are not allowed, under any |
circumstances. II "a thought another movement \
u on hand, ns al The tor-.s Ia the city arc |
being impressed by The YaHEccs. The prison. /
srs captured in Memphis by Forrest, Ion tels for
Cabs" ba Ills mornlL+.