The New York herald., 1864-07-27
Newspaper Accounts.
TCo6reep0udence Of Ihe Cincinnati Commercially

ICorrespoudence Of the CiDcinnati Commercially
NEAR ATLANTA, July 2o-2 p. NJ,
Via LousvnLs, July "a, 1854. I
1saders already familiar with the particulars Of
1A~son's passage OF the river; how Howard nade q
3ssSston, who had become nystihed sherman's
l1ssrsns Inactivity that he neg ecteo look his
lhsS shs Roswell factories and governments property
VAe all destroyed, ana Dodgeg corps sncamped upon
sssssa before the enemy could offer opposition with
~ nank exposed, n contest the passage Of
oos' nave % es sas
ssro6s 70 the rebel works, from which Joho-
eos. few days before, promised 70 drive the
INVADER Into the river with loss OF less than hty
On rear crossed on Sunday Mcphsrscn bad taken ad-
vantage Of time, and while our right nskng the
SssSd via Cross SsY~ .oxsrds the Atlanta aSa Augusta
kA.hoad and, on Monday forenoon the whole line ad-
III centre howard the ceDsre, Acoker tho right
ossrs and Palmer the right. The Fourth corps
Sss,on's house near Ninnies creek three miles from
~ river Bradley, of Newtons division, had the ad.
unoes cooas
- rebels opened with artillery and carbines, ou
sStvsn back BY tho skirmshsrs and Goodspeed's OHIO
bAsssry bah hour, with loss Of lieutenant col.
ssss Killed and twenty mon wounded Our Ioss wss
- wounded. Tne Eighty second OHIO and EMssenth
SAsrs the right On being driven the cavalry
PsAssassd Minnie creek and burned tho bridge
sEsassd and drove them In disorder. No
Oee opposition was encountered and the Yourth Corps
r. 1., y
uss formed in hastily constructed works, and = nall
nAas for Tho night A. dark Hooksr nsa force arrived
~ had moved parallel road. and erconn,eea but
fAs opposition h is ~ night, rested near Decatur,
=. Tuesday Howard sen. out rscounoi.erius
l.ss.S On the vsrioIs roaas IN our irsnt, COM
Sss'.s 'ss ssysoy.a'h & % il,aOis s Colonel Barnett,
lyAs divkUu, with Cross brigade in supporting
lssascs sns seventy third and seventy fourth ininois
SwDty fourth Wkconrtn, and details Trcna other reg-
0ssS Of Newtou's division, and the tEty.ninlh ONO
80 Eighty sixth Indiana from Wood divsi0o. The
. halt miles Ibis side oi Atlanta Wood, hnding
Gss@y iuircnched pretty strons works the south
ea feel deep Newton wen. with little hiudr.nes 10 hx
while Stanley who struck she further up
sew no loroc IN Ills frcs,. Ho kor also made recon,
ns.apce 70 point inrtaer down the crees and finding
~ bridge destroyed, threw skrmiehers over snd
Qassd the snemys cavalry, who lied his approach.
~ Wood received orders 10 advance he stream
eo1 eisct crossing. Selecting Beatty brigade under
osionet Kneer, Wood depoysd 70 tns right the road
ahoos half mbe. The creek here takee . winding
oouvse through ravinc on piantatiep 30 that the
sShel works In iul view Detailing the seventy.
DAnsn ipdpna aud Ninth Kentucky as skrmshers knei
~ we'd cautiously down under or w the creek
vnSch was iped with = small growth Of bushes A few
skkmhers as thsy passed over depDoyed 20 Inc right
AAd lefs, and advanced the rebel works Many Of
H.sGiers command nnding Tue process Of crossing
1ssel works under an annoyu artillery ro from rebel
bsssry, ana participated n the capture OF thirty forty
prisoners 6iobOns' brigade epdesvorsd TO cross In
trsat, bu, the position exposed that waited.
Ekkmi suins continued until evening, between Kns.ter
esd she reb naLty under Bates tue latter continually
nsial ground. Troops fought better than ours
n thought OF getting into Atlanta seemrd 70
spur them to dare ining During the evening the
brtuge rebAiit by Hazen and the diytson passed
ever. On Wednesday morning General Ihomas ordered
General Howard TO move by the eit aans aud the
gap between him snd Schohed. woods division
ered from the position or the previous day and Newton
ecd s with orders TO press steadily forward upon the
1usct road " Atlanta stanley moved down the rosd
lAdDe AtisntsApd formed Juoction with scnoheid
- twelve O'Clock noon Alter some iLiic delay 10 brldg
the day previous formed junction with acberson at
Decatur Meeting EotbiDg oct cavary. Mctherson, ON
three mes OF The city, Alter having up
stx mics oi tine Atlanta aud Augusta Railroad,
sssween s.oae MeaniAn and Decatcr with the aid ot
Csrrard's cavalry. echoneld iinmedialey advanced
upoo q road running direc, 10 The city, ana when
within three miles eDoogn,ered tue skirmsbers Of The
ensny. Pushing rapidly forward his sxIrInishers and
Batteries he deveopcd the s,rength Of the enemy, who
With infantry bad takca strong LosAon u bteastworks
Howard Immediately advanced Newtons DIVISION upou
tbs rebel works, erected by irem they been
erivsn IRON tho crock by knelaer Knbsl!, with his
bfgade, led tue charge upon the works. carrying them
about two O'Clock and iakine . number OF prsoners.
okirm,sLng continued soag the whcie line until evening
with css OF 20 or 80 men ana the gaining OF
On the 10Th General Bragg and JEFF Davis arrived at
Jcsnstons beadqarisfs aud On tne 10Th pFotraoted
council OF war hold between Davis johnson, pragg,
eevcrnor Brown aud ho d. On the l'th johnston issued
Aia farewell 10 the army.
On sne ls,h srass DAVIS ena Johnston took their de-
eroos IRON General Hood
For severa days previous - theso addrs.sss vague
rsporss were rife put In circulation by TINT
Gvope IRON Jqhnston's army being set u Mobile
CaArleston and Virginia but little credit kven 70
SAsso stories, as was believed The rebels baa ialcn
Back 70 stone Mountain. Mel ncrsor however, developed
Ne fact thar they mad not disappeared that direction
go the destruction OF the Alanta POINT Rail-
sd by cavalry rendered is very improbable any
0nnsderabe urtiop VI the enemy re.reated In that
Airectirn. But when advance was made and wc
(hued 10 find force other than Hindmsns and Fate,
Gvscns, ahd brigade " Reynods coupled with ths
ssVors Of seouls VINO troops shipped south. the
snpressiou sreupheued thai Johnston WAS merely
Ne oSaM re4yr Of hs army, and that tD-y gong
wen Atlanta Hoo coysrina The lenora! OF the asiny
- government property and u lao remains longer
orr frent be must be captured. Atlanta W already
eHiy evacuasd Men, children, human and other chat
~; are being hurried south; and tho Atlanta Appspl
sns hiore 10 staud st TIE post OF danger. Our loss
ssce crossing the river sboutrevepty i've Amory
snsp.s wounded are the Major Of the seventy ninth
msiM ga Captain Eaton, OF 6a1en's stat.
Ine hsp,a Aprcn reports that Rousseau has made q
vuu INTO Ahoama and out tho railroad al opeliga and
LeckApokh inc formsr u The Janet Nl between the
nehbOnery AMI Atlanta, aud Monty nesy and Macon
ssar"ads ooslng the door o. the o NOBLE
tColtespondcuce ot the Cincinnati, Commercially
HarffxfisiD, fouR MiIss rpuM ArlAv,s1
Yout correspondent has furnished YOU with ,l
Gthe ioovsneDis OF General ShermaDs army op 10 he
wpo~at yesterday Afternoon whep Tho daah.ny ma