, 1864-07-17


North or death to their cause. Hence their
determination and the desperate clances
that tAey are tuking.
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.
IMPORTANT RRR01E sMER.
MANS ARMY.
Details OF the Grcnt Flank Movement
chee-Johnsson,s netfca1.Wiu q
ne Fight
From ou- Special Correspondent,
NASHVILLE, July Is, 1864.
Another flank movement by Sherman, aud
another retreat by Johnston! If it Indeed
be true that the rebel commander in Georgia
he formidable only In a retreat, he must,
now, be one of the most terrible fellows on
record, as he has been retreating steadily
since the first day of May 1ast-two months
and a half
When Johnston abandoned the Kenesaw
mountain, On the day he promised the citi-
zens of Atlanta victory-inviting them out
to see the Yankees run-he pledged his word
that there should be no further FILLING back;
that the Chattahoochee should not be aban-
doned, while chiyalric southerner could
bare his breast to Yankee steel; but alas !
he has again violated his faith, and the hu-
inflated ladies' of Atlanta, who stood on the
tops Of the kenesaw mountain to see the
Yankees run on the 18th Of July, are now
compelled to contemplate the home where
they shall be left without chivalric protec-
tion, and be compelled to throw themselves
upon Yankee honor for safety.
Somehow, notice, wherever our armies
60, they 6ucceed-concilfntiug the women
with the grcatest readiness. Ny observation
has convinced me that when this cruel war
is over" many starved rebel, driven into
the service by his betrothcd, will come home
to find her whom he en- tered the army to de-
fcnd, the Nifs Of one Of those terrible Tan.
kcts-fbose hated puritans-and he will
d"ubt4ess be spurned away as trattor, de-
serving the Ecorn aud contempt of espects.
bic people, deserving to be deserted by his
So it will be in Atlanta, Many Georgia
maiden will, ere year has elapsed. tlla1k
her stars that some Yankee whom she hoped
to ste slain on the 4tb, was allowed to snr.
yiyed apd bless her for life. But e.ough Of
tAie-Mars, not Venus, calls.
AEDEI. woRKs.
The rebel works on the south bank Of the
Ehattahoochee, Sherman declares to be the
mist formidable he has get encountered.
siDce leaving Chattanooga They are i've
Dllts and quarter in length, and are com.
p1etely protected ny an abattis, which is i'm
reLet!ablc. There can be no donbt OF the fact
thst the rebels have been mouths In ptepar-
lug them, and TINT it Is their Intention to
defend them to the last, ut least that it was
the intention Of tue people of Georgia that
they should be 80 defended, though joe
Johnston may not have been so determined
10 fight. ''~'oN
Gt,y. Brown lent not only the Influence Of
the state in constructing. but his own per.
konal services in supertntet'dfng, the works :.
every negro demanded-and they were thou-
eande-to dig bitches aud throw up iutrcnch.
menss, werc Forthcoming; aud Joe Johnston
was urged to stake all upon the result OF
battle there That he would gladly have
done go. bis own forces making direct as
eault, We Aayc no doubt; because one man
within the breattWorks is equal to twenty rs.
eailants over the ground from the river to
the rifle'pfts; but direct attack was lust
the thing not intended by Sherman, aud &C.
eofdinEly nank movement vas nude.
TIE CROSSING.
MCPHERSON, after come mancuverinE, sue
ceeded 10 affecting andiDg on the snuth
bank Of the river, in the viclnity Of Btnning's
Station, OF Friday evening, about suu-doWn.
The rebels had evidently expected that our
right would advance to turn their left, and
had accordingly made the necessary prepaa-
tions to meet Hooker, when, to their aston
ishncnt, they foundMcPhcrson's . cannon play
ing upon their works with fearful effect,
causing panic in their extreme flank by its
suddenuess and severity.
But the rebels We're not easily frfEhten ID
from their formidable works; on the other
hand, they resolved to remain In them II pos
sible; but how they expected to hold tiiem,
now that pioneer brigade WIS eouth ofthe
river, ! cannot conjecture, Nevertheless,
they continued to hold them throughout Sat
urday, though our troops we're maseiag in
large numbers, constantly, and were In COM
plete possession Of Z rnnge Of hills, from
which they could not be driven.
SUNDAY MORNING.
On Sunday morning, discovering that our
army was nearly all over, Joe Johnston
gave orders Tor another retrcat. The heavy
guns had been removed during the night, and
at caSllght the railroad bridge, the common
road bridge and thu pontoons we're in flames.
thing to avert the destruction Of these struc.
lures, nor could they commence pursuit o1
the h}ing Toe till they had completed thef1
own communications. The pioneer brigade
however, vas industriously ut work, and
soon half dozen pontoons spanncd thu
noon, occupying the works abandoned by
the rebels.
TO ATLANTA.
Whether OF not a further advance has be.
gun, nm unable to fay but certain 1t fs, II
Will lot b. 1oug delayed. The chief obsta
clts have now been overcome; the mountain
region Is passed, the CAattahoochee is now
b. Eipd ", and only q level plain now ex'
tends Its broad surface Between Sherman aud
the objective point Of attack-Atlanta-
Sherman has now no natural obstacles to
overcome. There are Notifications, we pre-
sumo, completely protected By the usual
atatis; but they are on level plaiu, and are
vulnerable to the heavy artillery with which
l'c is abundantly supplied. The distance to
the town Is less than seven miles; aud to the
fortiffcations, four or FIVE. The investment,
taen, cannot long be deluyed.
WILL JOHNSTON F1duTs
don't know. If lie could not make sue.
cesstul stand, either ST Resnca, Etowah.
Dali -, henesaw, or the Chattahoochce, hat
can he do In Aslantas Certainly he cIunot
he reinforced; the last man has long stnce
been obtained. He may dght-flght desper.
stely; that is what the Georgians demand ;
but Joe Is not inclined to Eratlf7 them.
though possibly now, having retre1tcd en-.
tiIcly to Atlanta, he will be compelled t.
| give battle
We captured 500 prisoners between Ma,
rtetta and the chattahoochec, and over u
thousand south Of that strcam. About {, O01
OF these hare already arrived here, and othera
arc coming on every train. They are ali sent
North Immediately. A day or two since, 100
from the vicinity Of Nashvine-the young
bloods who entered the rebel army in 1851
were here, rngged, dirty and forlofn Many
If them begged to take the oath Of amnesty,
but were hot allowed to do go There wcrs
number of deeerters released here, on &C.
ecptng the amnesty, day before yesterday.
InnE oT1T rnp NEura
We sball have "import mt news" In q
| sef5 ehort time; rest assured Of that, as
| sae5mau Is not the man to be Idle. He has
sannclrnt force to overwhelm Johnston. and
nls communications north of Marietts are
| peliect, and thoee south Of it will soon be
| perfected. So look out for news.
An Appeal to Bankers.
| lftou the n. T. Tribune, 1uly ISL
,,H ,Ae1oice with us, fellow citizens! that tho
o.oasSSo, S., hollow fabric of speculation and
ffaotoltant ~, prices, conjured By the Joint eE: