The New York herald., 1864-09-08
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

The News or the Fail or Atlanta Re-
Ceived IN Richmond--Censure Upon
ralship Condemned. sc.
from the Richmond Examiner, Sept. s.
The only news of importance we have to ansoinos this
morning is
THE PAIL OF ATLANTA.
After six weeks command Of the Army OF tennessee
General Hood abandoned Atlanta last Thursday nigbi
the lst Instant official despatch received from him
Saturday night the essential portions Of which
give below explains all that s yet known Of the affair
HrApeuARTERs, Sept. s. 1864.
the evsning of the soh Of Angus. the ene%y made
hs here The evening of the sist with two corps but
THIS made Il necessary to abandon Atlanta which was
done tho nvht OF The ist Of September.
On s EVENING
" y spso
10 wSdra during The nsht with the loss Of eight anna
The report 'htr s65p
From the above despatch IL appears that the Army OF
Tennessee on the Macon Railroad somewhere south Of
Jonesboro. probably lat i.ovcjoy's station. Jones.
boro is twenty two miles south OF Atlanta. Loveoys
twenty nine From Loveoy's Macon the distance by
the Macon road is seventy four miles
Though this despatch not public til yeseTd0y
ysoy,i,q he facts set forth IN ,pere tic street talk 50 long
ago Friday morning. nien also ,cJoy1ed thdi
Hoods army Add been cut iB t,oo From the despatch il
is clear that this was at one time the case When 'on
the evening the Jst OF september Generai Hardees
corps, 10 position a. Jonesboro, twenty-five miles
south OF Atlanta was assaulted by superior force OF the
enemy" aud outdanked, the enemy pushed in between
him Atlanta, and that night Hood by striking
the country in southeastery direction managed
How srcs mot after otack'.o nc enemy ''''h tco
corps" Jo,,estor0 Wednesday sWnino only Hr-
des zoos at Jo"eboro, Thursday erening, resist
the assault Of the enemy, only be accounted for by
supposng that after attack had failed TO dsCdge the
enemy Hood withdrew one OF them u u. Lee's) to At.
lanta edrng Hardee TO bear the br1s. aions. This he
would hardly have done had be miscalculaed the
enemys designs he Dva haze belierd e man body Of
Shern,ans army 10 hare bean ia front of Anana when iu
fact IL on the Flint river nenr Jopesboo, twenty
ond miles 10 the south
As 20 the losses incurred either side General Hood
talla Onlv hat Of
when attacked small, and that 'thc enemys
prisoners report their loss very severe He docs not
inform whether our loss in men was great snsh
when, the evening OF the 1st Hardee, "hcing out.
nanked, was compelled 10 withdraw during the night,
with the loss Of eight guns VIZ feel pretty loss
thtS occasion not snail
Thus dtdldon,ae7 Of Aunt1 pndsr The circumstance,
our people ought reverensy 10 thank God that il is no
worse. There are many perscns who have bad great
weigh, OF anxiety raised from their souls BY ns
They fearing for the only that
Atlanta would be abandoned, but that great and
retricvabe disaster would overtske the Army Of Ten
nessee Atlanta Is gone but The army still unit and
is The OF Atlanta Ia nothing the loss Of the
army socnhd hare been loittoW q remedy
EDITORIAL COMMENTS ON THE SRws.
fFrom the Richmond Examiner, sept. ST.
so much for the third removal OF General Johnston.
First, he virtually removed by being deprived OF
Of that srsiiaOatIou to iSe feelings Of Mr. Davis
tho army Of y!ctsburg Next he was super.
ssded by Bragg and a,sor. the ossanisa'l0n Of The
Ridge. Thirdly, after restoring IT, be removed a,
the very moment when his knowledge, skill and energy
were the safety OF
the campaign superseded by Hood, commander Of ~.
vision nosoo~sv ,napcbe OF managing anything larger
than division The rssuR disaster al Atlanta, inhs
c.7y nick Of ae chen svch r.coys alone could sdp ss
r's t isSSss @ @sssS.bi sisl slsi E sssIou. too .c,p,
about bis plans disposed 30 be TO approach
ing events ne wns because ,he did 20, spesk
with entire confidence about holding Atlanta" But 70.
snlts prove that II no was cautious 10 movement,
and ohary OF promises, 1t for good rcasons Il
evident that in each he knew whesc he was what
material he had 10 hand and tue best Use TO make o. IT.
lost army considerable body OF troops, or In
any disaster or even disadvantage that obcured
our prospects for moment II any man has ocen so
great fool 10 question either his military capacity,
his courage or his earnest patriotism, certainly
these events yndcats him But alas Of uAat spe7cs
af9 Of ,ysat tmpoyIance IS that OF hat consdrc,on Is
single yspptnfioa ne county 1rua b. lost 70 usVp f'
WHO rop wheiaey JchvsIon xds r'ga or JEFF Det.
Yo, We mus, think OF these things for these the
causes which produce the effects IL manResty %.
surd TO put up and pull down commander iu~ths ned
according TO The crude views peevish isnces OF fluc
iionary in Richmond. Suob conduct Of government
aipy and success 10 war Absolutely nposssle
Nop Is no, A1-d--s MT creIiy hayd-Aaf ~ aysge
o. neht miii,en', sao 'ae,ife, tArg MONEY, neos Nsr
muscle f ,bs toou adris uph the seashold egns 10
napoit4.,a nd M vta Of Us alths the p,ssskc
cis and dnti afhie hs spu9ul prsod' teetfcs Of rn
with the scaniy INFORMATION at band Il is impossible 10
estma, 10 The lato AMIR ID Georgia II Is certain thas Al
lanta has been soanaooed by our trcops. We do not
know whcher the guns were let or mol Ine loss o. ,ns
Rs' m,s,s .nsrr ,nO h"s no s,e ssae raassSs l.
Was once important tne junction OF ran.
roade, but has ceased 10 be so since the ra,l.
roaas 70 the north wero lost. sherman could no
hold II q week the Confederate army N the neIghbor
hood was IN proper hands. But the moral eject Of s
and obscure e prospect ofpeaee, tate bright u may en-.
render ncalculable assistance 70 the parry Of Lincoln
over tho south. This depression, however, may
bp WesdlU fcleysd v lhe admlnAlraliop haa 4