Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-25

bscsed forth their Kissing shots and clouds Of smoke
teDtimes pieces we're fired by battery tna Ia Dy
di ing all guns at signal or order IL was
appalling bear these fearful iron messengers as they
literally tore through the air Not less than thirty heavy
guns have maintained cons'ane Donoafou gu. upon .ne
The Accuracy Of artillery firing Up to the present
hour Of writing midnight 10 report has been received
f Gen Sch field concerning his progress to day This
fact looked upon od evidence that every hihg mas
80 far progressed favoraby.
NEAR ATLANTA, AUGUST III, 1864.
We have passed seepess night under the oeaselefs
of artillery that has been firing into Atlanta Inc
din the most terrific and unearihy that have ever
heard shots following each other 10 such rapid succession
that impossible to count them For nearly 40 hour
tune the chsrge from our guns OF various cabre
were so rapid that almost imagined that he was
listen ng to medley of thunders from the clouds And,
only think every dsehag carrying with It, to the rebel
city, amessenger If death Our guns command the Macon
rallrosd eehhs Of mile distant as am informed
by the Typographical engineer of the Fourth Corps whs
learns that the rebels have not venured to use the road
for three days
Near atlanta, august 10, 1864
Gen. Hood true to his word, holding to Atlanta,
but he does much in the humo Of attacking US
He his big guns with great deal of pertinacty but
he msy arn to-day, that there are two parties VINO
handle big guns and that he has to damage IN
the beautiful town Of Atlanta than VIE have out here 10
the woods But you deceived if you think we are
asleep idle. Gould you ride the ten miles along
which line extends and the lines of earthwerks,
heavier than any have made before, and notice
the fue forts lately erected you would give credit for
industry even if you could believe that it has been
well directed Let it then be understood that we are
ady work day and night at work. Do you Imagine
that al toll will be unproductive Of results
When such an army Gen. Shormans has closed In on
three sides fortified with the skill and labor that
been expended Atlanta their advance is necessarily
slow We the east aud north des, within
easy Smelling distance The extreme right OF the army
reaches toward the Macon railroad, which we are trying
get possession, and the rebels are opposing our
by ali 10 their power Day by day we are
steadily working way up. Ii Is done In this way On
Que day. by aid of artillery advance our pckets,
three or FIVE hundred Yards They entrench their
posts and the rebels speuly yield the ground make
attempt at night to regain it, But sooner had night
clothed the earth in darkness than the corps of eogneers
aided perhaps by regiment, advance and commence to
throw up ue earhworks in the of the pockets,
but greatly advance of the nes OF the brigade In the
morning. whenever the work is DONE the whole hne ad
the works and it is much permanently
gained This kind Of work not rapid but safe and sure
and will take vs. into Atlanta great mishaP Details US
But il would Be wiser set particular day for the
trumphaI entrance than it for Miller to appoint day
for the world to blow up There is singular perverse
human s rs that has always been very annoying
| to men of prophetic incinatons
RIGHT WING OF THE ARMY
Utoy Greek. august III, 1864
This portion of the army still continues be the sole
point interest but the time to have arrived when
here the lively activity and advancing Of the past few
days must subsde il has all the Of the line into
the monotony Of siege All the swinging around, Of
which the Twenty third Corps has accomplished so much
of late opposed it would appear only by the enemys
flank forcss-ther lines defended by only temporary
works-but the advance has at last developed line Of
massivensss and strength which defes all assaults.
Gen Hascal's dvi,ion pushed over Utoy Creek
the morning of the h, in support of the third Brigade
which had crossed the day before And advancing
NV a If
works which it msdnrss to assal The skirmshers
approached them wi hin three hundred yards but there
1 they must needs make pause
The engineers give IL their opinion that this ia part
of the great system of defences about Atlanta and that it
will be fou To stretch continuously from Atlanta to East
Point. By pressing ues strongly inst theirs
developed this system Of defences from Atlanta down
~ ia have yet gone and as we are but mile and
half ots East Point aud these works stretching
dow a valley in that direction baf mile it Is highly
probable that they -ncirce that important point Begin
ling north Of Atlantis, they circng around TO the
west then nearly southwest t. Utoy Creek then south,
sod fuay southeast to East Point They lose of
their formidable character they recede from Atlanta
In our here only mile and half from East Point,
here regular FASHIONED fort, not quite completed yer
snd lives of ahats aud carefully constructed esrthworks
capable of of ring the most serious resistance to an
saut The bells be from our lines still at work
peng them aud they promise to be when finished
there nothing which will avail against them but regu
ar siege.
Capt Shields planted his battery (the 19h Ohio) yes
terdsy on knoll from which he declares be shell any
thing that tn track There is large trestu
brinqe plainly visible from this stand point, mile and
qua ter daut aud il il believed that batteries will
b- able to knock this to Fragments 1t devouty be
hoped that shall be able break the railroad above
Point since, If 1t is done below, il will be necessary
| TO cut il twice.
Pretty substantial preparations in progress here for
| carrying IN a vigorous siege. Heavy gums of
| inches calioer brought down few days ago. and
plated the railroad aud have sready the rebels
tate of their quality The heaviest tery yet employ
ed by the rebels against US OF and three
quarters bore throwing shell Of sxyfour pounds Good
gunnefs state thai gun OF the sZe eupoy edby every
way effective than such ponderous affairs as those O
the rebels.
The engineer driving the train which brought these
large cannon to the army being gay fellow his
gne clear up against line of ortfcaton, thrust
ing the catcher into the breastworks lay there full
ten minutes, while the whistle sbrekng at its top
most The boys Of the corps, who we're within hearing
distance heer upon cheer aud the wralhul rebels
opened the saucy locomotive with showers of shot
and she'll.
he labors of the past week have been excessive With
in FIVE days the second DIVISION Of the Twenty bird Corps
built heavy lines Of works besides marching picket
ing and skirmi-hiDg almost necessarily. All this
cessay to safety but it at fearful cost If
and muscle. Beside all that, it extremely diff
cult to push the supply after them, through
thick wooks and ravines and there lack temporarily
OF supplies and forage
on THE BANKS OF UToY CREEK,
Fulton County, august ~
There movement OF any importance yesterday
the relative positions Of both armies remain before
To this however, may mention exception. There
advance along the front Of portion of the Tween
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