, 1864-09-16
FROM ATLANTA.

FROM ATLANTA.
Important oalcinl D1spntehes OF Grant
and ds1,errnan-Incfden-s 8 az Atianta.
TIE DISPATCH From GEN. oRAs7.
C1rr PoHr, Va,
Sept sih-3 p. u,.-ls64
To NAjor General Sherman:
I hare just received your d1fpatch Announcing
the capture Of Atlanta. In honor of your great
victory, have tat. ordered eslate TO be fired
with sh0ksed guRS from eTtty battery te4ring upon
the enemy; The ssinte will be dfod within the
hour. a!1ldst great 1*joic1ns.
Lieutenant General.
AL the corpe, regiments and batteries composing
the ar1ns may, without fpErher orders, iuscs}bs AZ
Aa4T By oraer u T 81 &ajer Genera, Sherman.
L. ". DAYTON Aide-de-tkmp.
By command Of Major General Thomas.
1dBT. Il. IAA6Ar, i. 4. G.
THE TEN DAYS TRUCE.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION. Mzs.,l
IL TIE FIELD. ATLANTA, GA Sept. u. 1854.
srEc1A1. Fun 0EpEn, No. ~ Pursuant to an
aEret ment between Gen J B. Hood commanding
" r Sherman, commanding this army. trncs ia
hereby declared to exist from daylight Of MOndav
Sept. u. until daylight ot Thursday, Sept. cad
m Sn aa; sa a tss
try ndahont fnE circle Of TWO ta mile r4dfua,
together with the 7oadH leading 10 and from, In
pec.irely 70. the purpose Of atfording the people
ct Atlanta es!e mcans o. removal to points
Z. The Chief Qusrtermas+cr ut Atla5ta, Colonel
Eas,on, will afford nil the citizens OF A,lauta who
elect to 20 South a the facilities be can tpn.e to
remove them comfortably and satclE. vita their
and ambu]ances for th1t purpose, and command,
CITE Of regiments and bf1cadcs may use their resI-
clcttR and ttafr teams TO carry ont the object OF
this osde1-the whole to cease after Wednesday,
5. Maii Gcn. Thomas wifi eapsc guard to be e.
tab!isbsd On road. out beEona the camp ground,
paee hat sre usea mapiieeily tor ills purpose
SID Mnt. Gen. Howard vii send n guatd OF one
hundred men, with held officer IN command. to
With orders in concert with gnard from the Con,
fede1ate army Of like s1ze, to .lnalna1u the most
perfect order in that vicinity during the transfer Of
inr lie % iIuee, and eaara Vii caase al xaeoas to
leave at b. N. Of Weuuesdayf the 2lst inst end
the guard 10 withdraw at dsrk-tae truce to ttrml-
h''s the ns "ofnnSi &.j p &tn. a'aSF +. susnsAs
L. y, Dayton, Aid.du-t;amp.
TWO INCIDENTS At Ar1ArrA.
A repentspt YcLrl Captain, VINO came into the
Onion lines recently, says thst when the nnrning
oi the eth Of August was ushered In, aud the BE-
Cbat1ahoochee, there Wss grand gala d.y In A.
lsnta Hood was IN ecs'acics, and ordered his
cs'11lty ~ II pussait Thsy ATTACKED he ss corDs
6tasto, Eupposins 1t was the rear guard covering
6he.msn'e rct.sa.- The rebel hosts had an old
shlored jubilee; cheer upon cheer racg from
their lnes- Thf people assent bled Ut 1he different
cha1elE and poured oct their Eous In thankaziy-
ipg and prayer t. God for 10 unexpected celiv-
efy isop n tns e1seay: rsri1cs sonss, dances ras-
dc whole city uaI sq sae 1asP ana Pff'.uss Pef "ae
hundred 1a guns shsling the Macon Rs!!-
j. they lad been deceived.
But on the LIGHT ot tue list Of September there
Nns pane fn Atlanta as imtneasurable as iad,s-
cT1bablc. There Naf hpr1ying to and fro; the busy
tFanp Of defeated koEt; tie blanched checks Of
a-yo1ng chieitain, coatclous Of hagihg been out
Ee5esal. {, and The deep .ild eaddsaed 1ooks of
thrown open to the eager enemy. There were
Strange bondres, here, there, everywhere, in the
esS; followed " explosions. concuss:one and
atior.
TIE RATION QUESTION.
Apples. peaches. po'stocs, beans, raelnns, yams,
nsf srs2es and green eorn. are grown In thit part
OF 6eoteis, sa5 Ing nothing about The live etock,
poul.iy ana honey found eFeIy whE1e, which proved
q sa!nable aux'].srE to the comusls.asy OF the
6nrd 6Sa,T a3o 3 IKE ln.EIy wolves they r4venously
Esnitary condition Of tho nrmT viii be rooif and
tne1t 1oFGfe excellent. ~~
LOSSES III THE % IOWA,
"A enp5 Of The Casualties o. the ID Iowa has ,ccn
'c irnd, aaa tananlt them for the beaat Of
Major II. G. uamill, wounded.
! Sergeant Cyrus Bn1tou, Z, Killed
| Sergeant Charles Teryeg B. killed.
Corporal 0rto In6er, 4, wonuaed.
Corporal George r. johns on. d. won,ded
| Corporal D. M.res, II, wounced.
F. 6had wick, o, wounded.
EDWARD Stre'chef, Q, wounded.
Lafayette Tnsuer. g, wounded.
Killed 2 !; wounded 7-totsl9.
IossEs-Tm SITUATION,
In the operations on tle.Nactn Railroad the enc.
my'e loss Ia estimated At I've thousand ipcudinr,
d briEndfcf General and one thouesnd prisoners.
Ehernsp'e loss will not exceed one thousand
Making Reconnaissance Of the country IN for.e,
thu troops have retired to East Point, Atlanta end
| Decatur, where they will rcet little while, aud
| lhcu commence lle fall campaign.