New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-23
Rain, Rain-Cars Running to Ackworth-
Arrival OF Gen. Frank II. Blair's Corps
Stories Of Georgia Deserters.
From Our Special Correspondent.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Wrru TIE Army NEAR AcwoRTB, Cobb Co, Ga,
June -, 1904
Two more days and nights Of steady rain.
have never witnessed such continuous and heavy rain
except on the Isthnus Of Panama years ago during
the rainy season 1t is needless TO diate upon the
barrassments occasioned by this dismal weather. The
only compensation for II lie the reflection that Is quite
az troublesome the enemy TO If hereafter any
impatient member Of the Home Guard should inquire
what Sherrnans army has been doing fof week ten
days past Acvorth and Alatoona the answer Is,
was upto its arnpits and a1es in mud and water,
still skirmishing watching and pushing the enemy
back toward the Chattahoochee" The train has ar.
rived at Acworth The whistle Of the locomotive at
that point only hours walk from the center OF our
position is at the welcome announcement OF sub
stantal victory and the earnest Of future triumphs
Wit the railroad in possession, and the cars bring
ing supplies 10 within five six miles Of the extreme
wings Of the army, We can defy the mud for time.
Gen Blair with the 18th Army Corps has arrived.
1t timely and powerful addition 10 the effective force
Of this already invincible army. They left Cairo the
10th Of May landed at Clifton Tenn and marched via
Pulaski, Tenn TO Huntsville, Ala, thence westward TO
Decatur crossing the Tennessee River and over Sand
Mountain 10 Rome, Ga They reached Acworth on
the eth Of June travelling about $40 miles from Clifton
Gen Leggett had command as far as 70 Huntsylh The
corps escorted by brigade OF Ohio cavalry which
has reported 10 Gen. StOneman.
Mcpherson has been engaged most OF yesterday and
to-day GU the extreme left Smelling the enemy and stead
lily developing his lines. This while the army IL
drenched 10 the skim and the roads and The earth every
where knssded into one vast mortar bed Of mud and
mJy sl0ugls
Skirmishing IL also kept up along the front Of Gems
Hooker Palmer and Schoeld but the weather utterly
precludes active operations The losses are not
large Johnston's wagon trains are several miles be
yond Marietta the roads toward the crossing Of the
Ihaffahoochep- They hayetthp line of hills along the
river ntrenohed 1t is about eight miles from
the top Of the hills this side to those the other
Of the river. Beyond the country becomes level and
so continues plumb down 10 Atlanta" Whole dis
lance 81 miles from our left and center.
-Four deseTters from the enemy came In early this
morning. They belong 10 the list Georgia, and have
como up from Savannah. They left there two weeks
place and though well fortified, they say 1000 men
could take Savannah without difficulty. They say
they had nothing 10 fight for, and wanted to get out
The whole army, they say except the Georgians would
come TO us II they knew they would be well treated
The officers tell them they will DO fod on parched corn
and sent prison during the war and some tell the
soldiers that We kill all who fall into our hands They
are all tired shy these men, and believe the war "a
nearly DONE JOhnstons main force il in strong line
Of works q mile and half distant. and his 'front.' line
consists Of MERGERS brigade, in our immediate front
which will retire TO the second line when we attack
The officers represent 10 their that Gen. Johnston
has constantly offered battle but that instead Of
lighting Sherman keeps all the time thanking him.
- The soldiers don't see 1t In that hight
and don't like the falling back programme
They would rather fight and see the end OF IT, they
are worn out" These men, say they have had nothing
cat since the day before yesterday. pone oi cVID