The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-24

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~ tsaeis short naps. Uf course there vas sos,ae
eisaky'taG. FROM tbs fnrcea character Of oar
y sscnes, bat not Gr~at many.
nannfs - say GFent has era lvosc fsem FsedeFicks.
his dfpDss fos supplies s.
Ieahaas think thai we Hre In fnsaeaiate danger
.. . Collision, for H.. reason that GsanI's men
WIN require few days q. Iens, to recruit and pet
NE hsen ~ high lag plight. win make no speem-
h'tons as 10 the fuure, or what GTsai viii d.. NY
wh W., opsnio, however, Is, that he Is d.sner.,.iy
",ia ,nap, ana viii eivc the Army Of EoYiherti
~, wMeinsa iuai work during fhs enmtng campaign -
I'm. eSs oar naas success Is certain, have a5iasng
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Newspaper Accounts From Georgia.
correspondent Of the Atlanta Canfederacygivcs
tho following further particulars OF the engage
ment at Rssaca on Friday marniag
1t became necessary for Gen Johnston 10 move
his army isoM Datan from the fact ,lat the enemy
concchfrrted hls entire force on, and passed len
johnston $ icit, making demonstration On Re-
At o'clock Tuesday he made an attack O n
ine place, Gen JOhnatnn's left resting upon the
banks Of the Oostenaula, near Ressca con,n,an led
ny sen Ihcatham sftcr slight skfsmlsh our men
tell haeh, apparently In confusion but In order 10
more etrctnasiy draw the enemy after them. The
enemy run up their artillery 70 within abcu, six
hundred yards Of our guns, when We opened on
our batteries, we made them stampede.
We @ere not expecting the enemy so near us SO
suddenly. All our eOmMssaiy stores weJe lying
In heaps at the depot, our sick were being PAT on
the train, Our Wagons ma, Guytgiag over the place.
and vast mu7tffude or negroes Scattered pran,ia
chousy over the whole region, so that II looked as
though a shell could not pass without being de
stracEve to lives But we rapuised them so soon
that but little daa.age was done TO US.
We are told by gentleman who ieft Resaca
aitrr the affair that our loss vas fifteen killed
about The same amount wounded, and that the en-
emy'S l0ss was 4JU killed.
Gen JohHstOns army is in fine health and sprits
and are sahguiae OF success. lhey now have the
enemy Out In the open field, away from his fo,tifi-
cations, where III as fair on side The Other
One of the special reporters of the Atlanta ZIP
peal returned from Resaca on sunday evening. He
gives the following news concerning matters trans
piring there:
The enemy are massing large force in Sugar
Valley. on the west side of the Western and AZ :
isntic read, and their advance is within sigh. of
Resaca.
he main body Of our forces have been moved 10
corresponding positions, and the two armies now
confront each other 10 such proximity that gene
raj engagement is immtnent and may be looked for
at amy a.Omeat.
Tie wires are so crowded with Government dis
patches that but little can be sent by telegraph.
Sunday afternoon, AT 3 o'clock, Stevenson 5 divi-
sioa, of Hoods corps, felt Of the Yankees, and
brought on sharp 1re OF Husketry and shei;s.
which was Kept up Until night closed III the scene
she'll passed through ihe telegraph office at Re
SAGA little after O'Clock, causing quite "A com
nioioa amen. the operators. T0e working Of the
lice, however, was Interrupted only for a few min
utrs.
Among the prisoners brought 10 by our forces
Saturday was correspond Mt OF the cincinnati
Times, who was taken near Resaca. u. says he
found kimSeif suddenly III the midst ~ The Cnn
feieIates, and he thought IL better to snTi. .des
than to have bail put through his body. H.. bad
70 idea when he came into that piac" ,nat he
getting SO near tue rebcis lie says that the Van
KEGS had become well apprised o one thing wE wEich
was thai they are not fighting Bragg now
The position Of the Yankees is the wtst side
of the Oisieuaua river and west of Snake creek
which runs into it, What force they have there is
NOT known.
oar ttoops are most eager for the fray, whoop;Bg
and yelling all The time, aad sapeuaa oi The result
They say, to man, that they are 'igong 10 whip
the 1ght.''
[Fsom the Savannah News
II private letters from lic front be CORRECT. re-
marks tse Macon fsteg opa, il most interesting and
desperate game Oi siTasagy has been going On in
The past lew days, which probably found It's solu-
ton yesterday, or VIII find II within a few kpnr..--
The move meat Of Hnoker's corps by way af Viit,
aanw, through Snake ,re-k Gap If at fts, intend
Cd by the eneesy as i'm isolated raid III Jsknsions
rear to tasc rsssfssi0a OF Reseca and dfs:ray ;.e
Onstcnauia bridge M iorger maintains that form
tmGienSe columns OF the enen.y, with their
tra;us of artillery and wagons, wera ON sa liih
piunciny down the vui:ey west OF tie C:saf;ananga
Ridge, and entering by Snake Greek Gap t.ie plateau
west OF Reseca and the line of the railroad ANA
Joining Hackers carps slreaty here This aap
has been left open to the enemy for a number of
days IL Is seventeen miles southwest of Dalton,
and The next gap above IL, IN the same ridge. is
Iug Gap, y.bic: hold, aud where the ,netnv
has made repeated assaults in vain. Dug Dap is
about four miles southwest OF Dalton.
1t will thus be seen that the enemy has trans
fered the bulk OF his force from right and front
ana pushed them seventeen miles TO our rrar
through Sake Gap. Meanwhile, Gen Johnston
has skii.frity brought up p0wetfnl supporting
force 10 the defence OF kesac1 and made cores
ponding change in his line, which now runs nearly
north and south, the right resting on Rocky Face
and the let upon his supports at Kesaca.
Here, then, in the rather narrow compass of SD
gar Val cy, with Snake Creek Gap the only avaiia-
gathered the host Of the enemy In grand despe-
rate neck nOthing effort to flank Johnston and
cut his communications
1, will be rccoIected that Dug Gao is in our
hands, twelve miles above Snake Creek Gap, and
this Is the avenue, tf Johnston has chosen avail
himself of II, through which 10 make flank move
ment In rear of the Snake Creek Gap and shut of
the enemy's retreat. Johnston has hut 10 swing
his right around, push it through Dug Gap, ana the
deed is done The enemy are apparent bottled
up for preservation, unless he succeeds in driving
Johusion's left, getting possession Of Rcsaca and
the railroad, aud opening free passage generally
Such is said to have been the situation 0n the
Him. and 1t Is pretty clear that Sherman pur-
saed policy which must eveniua,r In great
Federal success or "a terrible failure
From the Augusta Constitutionailst, May 18th,
BY the nanking movements Of Sherman the two
hostile armies In our front are gradually shifting
into new situation. BY private dispatches
were yesterday maTning informed OF the change OF
the Telegraph Office from Kesaca tD Calhoun. Our
own correspondent writes from Calhoun, unde.
date of Sunday, that call the tYaiEs, hospitals ad
supplies are being moved to Cassyie. Tie enemy
are still attempting to flank, and 1t would be diff
cult even to conjecture where the next heavy en-
counter may take place."
The Impression il universal that Gen Johnston
has his advers exactly In the position for htn.
Sherman evideniiy believes that JohHston is run
ning and the latter knows precisely what the enc
my and himself aie about
If excuse or explanation were requisite 10 s6ive
The mysterious motives Of our rciicent Command
er in Chiet In shifting with the enemy, il could be
made patent to the piest understanding that he
desires the very developments that are now being
made on the part Of the Yankee General. Every
advance By the left faux exposes ID. more the
ries him iaach further from his aepOt OF sup
plies, which, iflile road has been destroyed, would
Inconvenience the campaign of the IN
vading party. II IL an accepted principle In miii
ary science thai river Is mach safer In ones
front than In his rear. When the enemy has
crossed the Oostenaala be will be in imn'ineat dan
gcr Of destruction, f0r we believe Johnston will
hurl his army en- nsasse upon him.
We have cOnversed with many intelligent sol.
Hers among the WOunded who came down last
evening. When they left the field Sunday nighy,
he OOsteDauta tiver was our line. Our army was
this side OF the voT, and THAI OF the enemy ou
he Othsr II was said that enc corps Of the. enc
ny, perhaps, had cr0ssed at the tord west Of Cal
lonn. The Kesaca bridge was burued Sunday
nOTning. In the fighting ON Sunday our Whe4ss
lraay was not engaged. Indeed tile greater por-
loa os il has not yet been under fire, having hcea