, 1864-08-20
THE WAR- IN GEORGIA.
y he Hetef Raid EoDkInues-Reporred
Engagement ut ErATylIL~.

NEW YORK, F1idsy, Aug. 19.-Tte Herald
6as the following specl4l from Nashville,
18th: "The rebel Gtneral Wheeler moved
round on Clevelatd sfser his repclse at Dal-
leading to Knoxvil.e. t is reported that
General steadman engaged lin ne II Gray-
vile IN the 18th, and defeated him Stead
tsar is reported wounded, and Col. Streight,
Of ~ 5let Indiana volunteers, killed.
''Nlee1er's attack on Dalton dueiny Sun
t" htn4 of $50 men. Col. Lieboldt, CON
u,andipg the post, was reinforced on Monday
by Steadmhn. The 18th United States
crlored troops charged upon Wheeler, who
tell back and finally retreated. Our loss Wac
about thirty. Tie railroad track had not
been injured.
LOUISVILLE, Friday, Aug. 10.-A gentle
man just from the. front reports that on
Tuesday Gcr. steadmau started from Chat
tanooga, und met the rebel force under
Wheeler near Greysyille, eighteen miles dis
tant i severe engagement ensuel. The
thdt Gen. Steadmap Was severely wounded,
ara Colonel Straight, OF tue 5lst Indiana,
killed.
4 rebel ferce is reported ut Cleveland,
Tenu. 4 brigade for Chattanooga left lor
Cleveland on Wednesday,
Tue rebel cavalry have been divided into
small parties ant are demonstrating on the
towns Of the Northern GeorgiA aud Te1nes.
eee Railroad. Federal plckets were fired
upon at various points between Chattanooga
and Bridgeport It Is probably the Intention
uf the rebels to DESTROY the brloges bet tween
Falling Waters aud Bridgeport
As orr Informant left, MINOR Moore, G@D.
SteaJman's a6jutant, was leaving ';uattauoo-
raj Iol Granville, with cavalry force.
The receipt OF official news from Rich
mond Of the capture Of Mobile by the Fed
eralsbas crested profound sensatlon IN the
rebel army, and viii have an Important bear
ing upon Hood and his 54bord1nates In the.
deemed quite reliable, 1t is believed that
Hnod hss removed his headquarters to East
Point. where all his army 4s concentrated to
offend the 1allr. ads, Stevenson's division
apd The militia alone being left to hold the
works in front Of the city,
The rebel papers begin to howl over the
destruction of property in this city by our
shells, which They nos, admit are doing
mnrh execution. Since the mounting Of our
iorty anal sixty-poundtrs the enemy has
opened very little from their big guns. De-
eerters arc numerous and are usually saucy,
Sot a t3ay passes in which deserters do not
come into our lines, who agree With many Of
our prisoners in representing that nothing
bnt the most iDtolerable military depotism
prevents hundreds and thousands from aban-
doning the sinking cause OF the reoa!liona and
Yesfesfay mo1nls the plekets established
truce Along the front OF the brigade com.
msrd.d II by Brieaditr General =: P. Carl.n.
! Rigs Dl5ision, 18th Corps. Hundreds Of
our soldiers and officers mingled In friendly
i11ercourse with the rebels, and It was from
he lstter We frst learned Of the success Of
The rebels hny1ng got the range OF our
1f,es pretty accurately, do as mora d4aags
viii their 81 FOUNDERS than they did yester-
dat.
uish;rns comm erced about 10 O'CLOCK, and
1cut IS sleep with the sound Of co1aict
our snrariasle shower fel agaia yesterday.
I NAsaynIE; Aug. 1I-A gentleman tom