, 1864-07-11

from our Special Correspondent
liz TIE FIELD, MILES Fnon 4AR1ErrA, Ga,
June g, 1864.
Important movements are now on foot, and
the programme to be followed il now nearly
perfected, which will materially alter the
complexion Of affairs, and force Johnston to
fight us on an open field, at the same time
causing Marietta to fall Of its own weight.
The demonstration made on Monday by JEFF \
c. Davis and Newton, against the position ut
present occupied by the rebels was quite
fruitless, and, at the same time extremely
costly. It has, In the opinion cf yonr cor
respondent, satisfied our commanding gener-
als that It would be too costly an operation
to attempt the capture Of the Kcnesaw Noun
tains and Beighboring hills By assault; and
did We succeed in capturing them the result
would at best be a barren victory, one which
in reality would prove far more satisfactory
to the rebels than to us. The rebels have
position tho1 :, 50 strongly fortified by na.
gineezing ekill to strengthen 1t, and
what is Of still greater moment to the
rebel cauEe& takes comparatively few men
to guard it. Afew words on the topography
Of their position-their right extending some
SIX miles directly south from Kenesaw
densely Wooded and Eeneraliy e. D quita a steep. CO.
The left Of the line runs in sontheasterly
direction (sather more east than SOUTH then
making the Keuesaw Mountain the u pex Of
the angular position Of their lines: Within
saw Mountain, is the city Of Marietta, the
county seat Of Cobb county. Our lines of
works run almost exactly parallel with those
Of the rebels, and in no instance at q greater
distance than 800 yards.
Our right-thc I'd corps, OF which Cox's d.
y-$e$ nh $4% %hn .{grH+ $rH -
tect onr fanks, is about eight miles from the
Chattahoochee River. The country in this
neighborhood is much better than that around
the Kenesaw. Along the various roads, arc
large and well improved farms, and the
houses and surroundings indfcatetthat preyi-
prietors were men Of wealth md education.
There are no cotton plants. to be seen any
where In this part Of the State, but instead,
waving crops OF golden grais, almost ready
for the sickle. These crops will neyer be
reaped by the planters, for they have oil ig-
last ditch, which will yet turn ont to be the
Gulf Of Mexico. The pike roads throughout
the country are in dry. weather excellent
your correspondent having to-day riddeo
over them some ten or fifteen miles-and
should the weather prove any way favorable,
an army could be marched over them with
out any difficulty.
In relation to the movement referred to,
your correspondent has received no ofncia!
particulars, but from the "cut Of her 1io,"',
be developed in. this wise: Two, if not
| three corps, in all probably the l4th, 4th and
| Goth, will under the cover Of darkness, be
moved to the right Of schodeld's corps: the
| 23d and McPhersou and Schofield will de-
| ploy their respective commands, IN strong
skirmish line, in order to make bold trout,
and conceal, as far as possible, the move
mcnts from the enemy. This would then
make our extreme right rest on the river, for
which pontoon train and corps Of pio-
neers started yesterday. This will at once
compel Johnston to cvacuate his position on
the Kenesaw and move to the rear to protect
Atlanta, from which we would then be moi
more thQp ten miles distant As natural
consequence, Marietta must fall OF its owl
weight, and re then make that city our bast
: Of supplies. But your readers may ask. does
, not Sherman endanger his communication
with the 1eary Not at all. It would b.
, merely repetition Of the strategy pFacticet
at the time the advance was made on Dallas
!. IN order to flank Johnston's position at th'
. AIatoopa Pass, or Grants strategy IN leavin!
= ton. Johnston world never undertake such
= movement. He is perfectly we'll aware Q
The fact, thot he 1s forced to dispute ever
= inch Of our advance, in order to protect, q
;, far as possible, the important positions {
!. Macon and Milledgerille, to which cities th
| government HOIkb. lOIuEI&3 AA QtAAAL01 4AF
~ ~ been removed. There is another feature !
, this movement, and that Is this, 1t will d
I, priye Johnston from making use OF 8 setie
!; 4 Of hills which run in an eastetly dlrect1o
r from Atlanta to Stone Mountaan-a distant
"a Of some twelve miles. These hills are, {
a and fortlfled-al the works having bee
~ ~ made by the negroes, whom their masters IA
ae5 SOUTH 1T the approach OF Our army.
~ The death Of Lieut.. Col Chandler, OF Il
II S6th H., and Gen. Harker has created pr
- ! found sensation throughout the army. The
p timeiv deceasc. The Ssth Illinois has add,
~. fresh laure1s to It's already brilliant nam
~ and its friends and patrons-the Chica99
Board of Trade, bare every reason to
p proud Of t., and so has the city Of chisag sas
70 he was at the head Of the regimen
4. heroical1y endeayoring to gain the G
- emy's breastworks, but it was OF no ava
10. for once more nature laughed to scorn 4
id puDy efforts Of man. Your. corresponds
a brilliant though 1esA known officer
~ ~ Lieut., William Knowles Il the G5th nliuo
II He was brigade inspector On the staff Of Ct
~ | Daniel Cameron, OF the 5th Ill, now col
by mandiDg brigade ~ CO.'S Division, 2
~ vest Of tho brave" and in the discharge
~ the duties deyolving upon his office was ey
30 on the alert. He never shrank from any .
a. ty, no matter how difficult and dauyerou
n. In some respects, he would have been &C
r eidered endowed with too much reckleesne
~ ~ He receiyed q severe wound some ten
e e twelve days since, while inspecting his SIX
m n, mfsh line, and after..suftdng the most excr
r cd ciating sgony, depart ed to the spirit world
ID Monday morning Last. BE leaves disc'
NJ eolaie idow and one child to mo1rn hts
81 timely decease. Gof