The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-05
THE WAR NEWS.

-. g Atlanta had gone up;' but the vague nature
- .c,ounts previously received made IL all
- II conjecture, and no one seemed TO be pos
-, ~ sufficient information TO explain the true
..,;on Of affairs The report, a. usual, gathered
items as it progressed, and by nightfah the
',,o-s we're hrooding over the most exaggerated
l,s,-v,ents and false representations We give be-
.,,.b reliable accounts as we have received:
rur EVACUATION OF ATLANTA.
IA. f,nouine is the essential portion Of dis
,.h fro!n General Hood, dated
"HrApaUARTERs, &c, September ).
~, the evening Of the 3Oth August the enemy
III. o lodement across Flint river, near Jones
~, We attacked thom there on the evening OF
~. q,s, with two corps, but failed to dislodge
them 49,.
IL, ,rss done on the night of September lst. Our
-. ~, the evening Of the Slst was small
..o, tho evening of the LIST Of September, General
r,-1so,s corps in position at Jonesboro', was a.
.,,,,4 by A superior force CT the enemy and being
-T,.a,,kcd. was compelled 70 withdraw during the
night. with the loss of eight guns
s1be euenlys prisoners report their loss very Sc
we're D D. ii00'
,.,ost,ro. the roint mentioned by General Hood,
.,o Macon and Western railroad, twenty-five
.lcs south Of Atlanta, and eighty-one miles irom
,,,,an. The enemy having previously occupied the
VT Point railroad, had, by his lodgIneft al ones
,,,,, cut our communications, ard rendered 'hF
.b,n8gnment of Atlanta necessary. Tins we learn
g., unofficial sources, was accomplished WITHOUT
LIS and our army is now probably al LoVtJoS .
ls, m the Macon road seven miles rom Jones
i,ya, and twenty -nine from Atlanta lis position Is
su.b as 10 prevent any further advance oi lhe
enemy. and we suppose both the Macon ana " est
NJ. ,,Iroads Will be held to their southern teI1ni-
nations ,, ,,,z,,,pcp1rp1
The movement Of Yankee cavalry on frlday
briefly alluded 10 In our last, was, rs tl'1
stated. an attempt to surprise our forces on inc
eel Level road Some four hundred OF them
-ished into our lines from the direction oil DAVIS
,,,i,,r on the railroad, and succeeded in captur-
- 20, ,F our pickets They then commences
.L- 6,rc5atious upon citizens in the vicinity, anc
,-,or,ol 70 have carried of one or two as prison
90 When within one mile and half OF the Boyo
.,u rl,nkroad. they were opened upon by Dearlng
T. -, h,,gade. who, with the aid Of a hOwltzer
, c,,rsad hasty retreat The Yankees fled u
.,ir s.ro3cholds on the railroad, where they le
,o,5 and being heavily reinforced, started u
y-,,hon,s road with the apparent purpose OF Fedch
Tho Soutl,side railroad in that direction 4ie.
~ ,ot ,,roceeded far, however before they tai
,e.,l If brigade Of Hampton's cavalry anu "ei
,i,, co,,relIed to take the back track. Since ina
=. ,bo,, have made no further demonstration
n, the previous evening squadron OF 1ahhe
.r,lrv was driven in confusion from the BtuIsWlc
s.,,e road by portion Of Rosser's brigade Ie8fli
+r fine horses, with their riders and equipments Il
ON possession This is represented 10 nave pee
,rs If the most exciting races ever witnessed ou
was one man killed and two wounded
Passengers bv the Petersburg train last evenln
tr.urht the usual reports all quiet III Hoh''
There was no shelling either on Saturday or ye9'ei
5,, and, indeed, the Yankees have induced yer
ltt in this practice for several days past Inc III
,r...ion prevails that the enemy Is masSlh9 ii
,as on the left, and IN the Immediate vicinity
-. Weldon railroad He is doubtless preparing &c
e,,. Grand movement in that direction, the natul
Of which Il few days will determine
A small squad of prisoners were brought 0Ver d
ut evenings train
RRTTIsHER swINs THE APPOMATIoA'
The Yankee papers have found a nice nut " '''.'
IN the story OF one Edwin Wallace, ian Enghs
..,t.nsn ), who they say, ''swam the Appoma
tgxa and escaped into our their lines" IhS " "
hoo GAYS he has resided i'll Petersburg since the w
ana represents NilC PtO'INoN
m more gloomy than ever. The leaders are Tel
a,,i desperate because OF the miscarriage oil the
scheme 70 draw General Grant hence by lnVaoh
PENNSYLVANIA" II is further stated that Mr. Wa
ltse lost his wife and child in Petersburg she
time since BY the explosion Of Yankee shell l.
Petersburg Express is inclined to think the eheli
Inns been imposed upon by this man wallace i
editor Of that paper never heard Of him before,
Of the tragic event by which he processes 10 Ia
lost his wife and child.
KENTUCKY.
Tw.nty-odd Kontuckians, from Fleming count
ras,.d through Bristol, Virginia, a lew days ago.
i,in our forces. They report great excitement
their State on account Of the approaching draft :"
s,v that hundreds more may be expected out IN
f-w DAYS II Is stated, further, that many OF /
merchants in kentucky, bordering on our liiles'
hacking ND their goods and refusing to sell them
grecnba,ks: that a hundred dollars IN "Conleo
Will buy more there than three hundred Will Ne
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
It's stated that Brigadter-GeneIal Johh Ech
has been appointed TO the command oil the Depa
ueut Of Southwestern Virginia, TO succeed Gene
John Il Morgan. observation-disclosures JohH
Ts.lv, Of the Ihirty-seventh Virginia reg liilSi'
low in command Of the poet ~ Bristol.