, 1864-08-23

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The following Interesting letter from Gen.
Hszen, u biave and Intelligent officer, ap.
pears In the Cleveland, (ohio) Ls.dsr. II
was written to friend, who furnIshsd por.
tions Of It tor publicstioh:
NEAR ATLANTA, Gn., Aug. I'd, 1874.
The csmpaisn is running to It's fourth
month, with scarcely day but large part
of the command is under fire. Ny lossss' 10
killed or wounded arc already over thous.
md, bur this Is no fair proportion of the
10EGcs OF our army, aA tile fares flaye,as usuul.
put NE In warm places.
Will the people keep up their pluck and
fight the thing ont? It all depends upon
does OF 1all sooner, .he Army OF the Vest
Hill finally uako its way to the back door, Il
hone Of the eastern rebel army comes here.
Te Wiil wear this ont ont before the close oi
the season, ahd 1t is but matt.r Of time
when the entire force of the enemy must
WEste viii the people hold out?
HEAVY LOSSES or THE REBELS.
Jebnstcn's veteran army by Ills official re
port June 25th, contained 46 Gos arms-bear-
ing mep, including 6,G31 of Whccler's cay-
aIfy. They have lost since that time 5, 900
prisoners, AMI in their three assaults noon
our works efncc arriving In front of this
place. at least 20. COO men. They have re-
ceised from Mississippi 3 500, and aer rscciv-
about 5000 militia S., eco in ali.
These figures are substantially correct,
TIE hope Of lscing reinforced by Kirby
Smith is at lsst giTgu up. Alter exhau tag
the militia Of AlabaNa und Eastern AIisefs-
sippi, which may aIaount to ten Thousand
mere, Il they hage ths power to force rhsm
out, cannot for my lite eee how the enemy
can make up the Wn6taEc Of their army.
lkrow that the repel army 1hen It vas
joined by Polk just before thc fight ut Resaca
WIS Il, ,0G0 strong. Thte Included Polk, and
beside the nd ditions before mentioned, It has
received brigade {nartIcg's) Of at least s, ,0C0
from Mobile. This gives the enormous loss
to them eince the camp.isn Of $1,000 men.
low before us j? These figures may seem cx-
agge1atfoue, but they arc not-they are reati-
tits and when it Is rem: mbercd that 1e
have tatcn Il, GOO prisoners, have hed no less
than twelve engagements, where from one
to thrae corps have been in battle, with the
ofatnary detertiogs and losses from disease,
the 52,oC0 's rcadily msde mp What will
hinder the dstly attlfAon Of the next three
months from completing the overthrow Of
the foe before US.
WHY ATLANTA Is NOT ASSAULTED,
You will say, perhaps, why not assault 30
contemplate q foe and put him out of his
misery ut once. The art Of war here fs no
9 full supply Of intrenching tools, and no
forces on either hIde ever rest till they have
before them q complete line OF works, strong
enough TO resist the heaviest field ordnance,
with distractions in the front in tho way OF
aba!tls. palisades and diutrenchmen1s, that put
ton. I thi1k the battle Of Chtckamauea
on tie left, taught both 6rnies the value ol
these works. No assault BY either eldo In
this campaign has been successful. It would
surprise son to see how quickly and willing
u these men couBtruce.tneir works. None
appreciate their va1ue more trulT.
IMPORTANCE OF THE cAMrA1GE.
We ale losing some good officers and OF
coursc tone men, hut wish all could un-
Ing the rebellion. Did you read Governor
Browns proclamation calling out tue militia
and detailed men : There was no blossom-
i3g pslmttto about that, but a plain and
open grcan, showing clel1ly how deep the
travel Of our army is moving down upon the
terder places Of the Confedefacy.
You know, Of couree, thnt Johnston has
been relieved ty Hood. z man of inst halt his
ability. Gossip has It that hls government
wus dissatisfied with his continued retreat
ing, ana sought nlsn who believed their
army could check Us. Hardee Is eatd to haye
been OF JunH6tons oplnlon t1At the eude2-
vor to hold Atlanta would be the destruction
Of the army- Hood was then proaerca the
command, and accepted the task.'
He has commenced we'll !; has already as
saulted us three times, We being behind our
works, md 1cstug In MI nine thousand Ave
hundred, while they are SHOWN to have lost
20 0GD,
I have never believed thet the aboye YVES
the true reason for the change, but that John
ston was taken cast TO assist in planting
country thoroughly. Il is the theatre Of his
first operations In 1861. Besides, next to
Bfsgg, be Is the first General In the army in
point OF military ability.
The greatest victory for thcm-ereater
than GO ManaeEases. and the only ooe that can
give them particle Of hepe-win be to de-
It they can BY any possibility keep their army