Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-07

"Thers is yet NO official intelligence from Gen.
Wheeler, Of any importance, or if any has BEEN
sce'ved it's purport has not been made public
:, now believed, however, that the State road to
;onatnnooss was found too strongly guarded to q.
Sw any material damage 10 be done; snd beyond
.er OF prisoners, but little was accomplished on this
inc = -. a.
On the lina from Dalton to olsavs,.nd .ad Knox
nue. the road has been badly injured; even the
Yankee journals admit this; aad if 1t u Of any i'm.
.ortance to them IN military point of yiev--I
'soubt whether it is Of much IS far - operations
tgalnst Atlanta are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will feel it
VI the cattle captured by Gen. Wheeler, 966,
ave reached the vicinity Of this srmy. The Chat
'snoogs Gasstte says he captured 1864 part Of
anlcn stampeded, and they re captured nearly four
>andred The same authority SAYS the notorious
Strelght was not killed as has been reported.
From Mobile.
MOBILE, Aug. sl.--The Committee of Safety
wave held meeting and resolved their entire salts
action with Gen. Frank Gardner recentiy appoin-
led to command this district They express en-.
tire confidence in his ability, and ask him to hold
que city to the last extrimity. flag Of truce
BOAT arrived At Pascagoua bringing thirty Confed.
crate Surgeons.
From Louisiana. .-~
CLINTON, La, Aug. Sat nix o'clock ysster.
Gay morning, one of our batteries, six miles above
Fort hudson, opened the transport Flying Cloud,
pursuing hersteam pipe and disabling her, with the
loss Of her supplies, and some lHs monitor
came up, and the battery returned. Another bat
terry came mp and fred I've shots at another trans
port three miles above Bayou Sara The loss is
not KNOWN Yankees all gone back to the river.
From Europe. $780, .
New YoRx, Aug 24-The steamer, New York,
from Southampton on the 18th, reached here this
morning:
The steamers Europa and Marathon arrived on
the 18th, ard the Belgium on the 10TH.
The London Times expresses establishment ct the
aanner ia which United States bonds are absentsd
st Frankfort, adding, that each successive fall is
regarded by the investing bondholders with graf
i6caton instead of dismay. The Times believes
that Grants campaign will continue unless the
| danger to Washington be great to demand
! the return of the main body of Grants army. The
capture of Richmond is considered the test Of the
| ability Of the North to make permanent impress
| sion on the Confederscy.
| The rebel loan advanced three per cent. on the
news Of Grants repulse before Petersburg, closing
| Att 80.
A three tunnellcd steamer anchored eff Favez
Island on the 18th, and sailed again the same
ming. She is supposed to be blockade runner,
and it is believed she is to carry an immense sup
/ ply of clothing to the Confederacy.
Consols closed at S9b S94.
| From Macon. Fall Of AtlantaI
MACON, Sep. 3.-Durng the last two days the
|
operations the line of the railroad communication
with Press Reporters at Atlanta is impractcable-
The result of the action. Thursday was that Hardee
was overpowered with overwhelming force and fell
back to Lovejoys Station. Lee, by order of Hoed,
withdrew towards Atlanta leaving the railroad in
possession Of the enemy. Its now ascertained that
six corps Of Shermans troops were thrownupon the
railroad. Only Hardee's and Lees corps confronted
them. Losses on both sides heavy but as the Yam.
KEGS on Thursday attacked our entertainments, it
is supposed they suffered much more heavily than
we did. No reliable details can be obtained.
Reports are current that Hood evacuated Atlanta
yesterday morning but no positive information has
been received.
"A collision occurred yesterday on the Macon rail.
road at Barnesvile killing 20 prisoners and break
ing up the train badly.
[sEcoND DISPATCH.
/ MAoorr Sept: B.-Psr&ies from sAe frest report
that our losses Wednesday will not exceed 6O0-
Thursday the enemy made four assaults on our lines
in heavy column and were each time repulsed with
great slaughter They then concentrated on Nc
Gowan's 'front.' and breaking our lines our retreat
become necessary which was effected Thursday
night. Prisoners report only four Yankee corps
engaged the others menacing Atlanta and guarding
their communications. No reliable information re-
garding yesterdays operations or tie position o.
Hood
THIRD DISPATCH.
MACON, Sept All doubts about the fall of At
lsnta are ended 1t was evacuated Thursday nigh
and occupied by the enemy at eleven o'clock Friday
morning. Gen Hood blew up his supplies AMI
burned his commissary stores, and the troops wer,
drawn off on the McDough road, leaving nothing il
Atlanta but blood.sta ruins. Yesterday ou
whole army was concentrated at Lovejoy's station
on the Macon and Western Railroad. The enemy
are reported retreating from that point towards Az
lanta. In the fight at Jonesborough, on Thursday
+ Gen. MCGOWAN in trying to get here with the 6tl
| - A. i Al.
lost six pieces of artillery and captured six.
Official Dispatch from Gen. Hood.
i. RICHMOND, Sept 4.-The following official dis
: patch from Hood has been received:
= On the evening of tho 30th the enemy made
= Judgement across Flat river at Jonesboro.' We al
n tackled them on the evening Of the 3lst with tw
corps, but failed to dslodge them. This made
y necessary to abandon Atlanta, which was done O
i, the night of the Slst.
Our losses on the evening of the S1st were small
r. On the evening of the LIST Hsrdee's corps in pos
ton at Jonesboro was assaulted by superior fore
r of the enemy, and being ou,fanked, was compelle
to withdraw during the night with loss of eigt
guns. The enemy's prisoners report their loss yer
q severe.
( From North Mississippi, New Orleans, &c.
MOBILE, Sept q Official information receive
a from North Mississippi is to the effect that Smith
force is certainly retreatng to Memphis, large pal
IF Of the army having been mustered out of servica
q The flag of truce boat at Pascagoula yesterda.
in addition to Confederate Surgeons, brought up
number of New Orleans exiies.
=. The New Orleans Era claims that the Confede
ate camp.at -, on the west of the Mississippi
J. had been captured with Ss men killed and woun,
y ed, and go horses captured.
T. T. The Yankees are dragging Mobile Bag for torp
joes and are also buoyng up the monitor 1scunssI
~ with prospect Of raising her. They are braggn
| tharra To nd how on
1t ..d tbo Confdr.ta. - 10 .n,ount IF .oor.l h,
y bred thousand dollars. Their soldiers loaded then
y selves With all kinds of plumber.
~ The Pseavune SAYS our loss was 100 killed an