The weekly sun., 1864-09-10
Atlanta.
Rebel Accounts previous TO -herv,an'.
Victory.

Acu.rcsrondcut o; the Mississtrrt,N sketches
very .rsp icslly the siege OF Atlanta. We copy
iron bls letter:
"17r trenches" "a they nrc technically and
fam lnr'y du'l ell, ARE .mprcgnsle. II mtght lie
l. SSH i for he,vy ras-cl colhun to penetrate
them, hut nc' without imuev-c loss, and then not
10 p" b. if, IaC works which were admirably ltca-
tel al f-1t have hc'n materially shcu ythcgcl aud
the siil' a. tie enemy have only developed our
hn-' tcinu.Ar Y ~ Uo0iiuis, and dcmoubr'tt 4
who're ihc engineer s.ill auI tie m.ucr-' nl ur
clhd t' euri rl At hcs, advantgrr. IN front ut
the great e.ryilI' lu" ~ cutrcpohwcn,' flr many
rods he Fields sre rok ~ and irl 11Ilar, dotted
" d sunni and s,r, wn with a coilrcte tanglc uf
n tops and branches forming hsIfier against
uIi-''4h. In itu1i of ,ho La,tciies lliul pitmll
u hhturc s'octadcs AM pal y.dcs, and ehetdur
De yrse work n oil directions make net work
out o. whose ouia,lglcmcli wld fJX could barely
esc'rc. ~ ,he time n charging lrc could pass
these hn ricrs- under tornado oi gi7pcsAo', shell
aud laiunic tie Inc would he 40 hroksn aud Ie-
Ia.el as 10 lie totally elective. The WORKS are
almost iuyu!neratlc, AMI cvcry d'y aiiE some
thin. 10 their strength aul thc soil - uniGvOrahle
TO INNING operations.
Tao Columbus ija.l rIsls gives tie following
view oi the siege Of Atlanta;
IN Wc'lncsilsy night a larcv i2-round ehcll c',-
toicd Lc c,bvtcr an church on Mar eta street,
."i r''cr psSs.rr through the pulpit rKp',.rd Va
ne easement, Or Sbu .Hv-schoA rom. Several
families l'F ni' n th' Nicuty HAVING taken rcfi -
tL,-c, wcr, more or ,eas stunned ur mi rcd hy tn~
II" scene IN the room WAS ir.EtfLl--it was after
m,hi.gi', aud all he inmates were sleeping peace
h'v, perfectly conhjcut Il security. Motc-s
c"rglt up their Chlirca lurric'lv, and rIbhc.l
t-anrcall, into ur streets scrcarn'. though with
out my definite puipnsc N view, save that of co.
tali,, Tor H." tine ilHu Ihc sect" which hNI
~ ick such terror iuto their aouls and there, out
NJ ~ tie open street,, they stood crouch nC,
N Their little families clllgug around thctn,
sni knowing not where to ny FOR safety. Shell
/ a.tcr slcil in rapd slccesson came grc ming
"a ala. a Al. l.1. =
Ilusou-hke lightning flashes -qniycrcd over
them, ihc Azure of one pale faced mother could bc
aescrloed, with bare out,'rctchcd Grms- vsuly hop
iuy to shield her l,lle ones from the falling rag
Tents. oh the hrarllcss cruelty ot tie toe Oh
the mighty depths Of \ mother's love. Assistance
cam, at llsi, however, and the panic stricken
i.cn aud children were hudnlcd OF into the ONT
ircr uf md urigtlors IN more fccurc localities,
and tie wounded properly cared tor
rlc Richmond p rcrs had not vet herd of thr
,vacua, on Il Atlanta. A dispatch 10 ,bc E>4,,srG
dp,,d Atlanta, August 22l, s,a,c-;
TIC p,st lew ,iays IN II g bc'erglercd city have
not hc'n ir'LgW Tn u.ry in.iIcuis oi lniar rcs,.
= - luIeSsiut picket lrug, the constant shr.cuug
? u' thplls--wLCh occasionally kin woman, ch n
or u,gro IN the city; III. rambling Of al ambulna e
--npw aud then hc'r,ur Vounlci soldier 30 The
hpsptIl I've all that hrcut the almost SAbhah.lte
illness. the c,us,as R.o have r,mu ned have
col iruc,cd in their words homi proof cellars, ~
i wo'ch Ge'r Families I've ani by which they ARE
oaeliLL.iy protested nom due ahelH.
General Rebel Dispatches.
Tie chmond stSTlNrI- Of September |, con-
ta'ue tho FLOWING disratclcs;
Cortd, ki.s, Aug. %, rm Mob is, Aug. 3d.
TIE enemy, 80 ~ str lnr, In full Tor the
rycr. Colonel Scott bns AZ the roads block aded
IL their front. Colonel Lclsp n te'wecn
them and ther.yer. Colonel Ogden, " til his com
m iid, aud Major Campbell, win 'he Fhst LOUIS
gna. are N plruit. Prisoners are s'iil coming In.
e.. TAIN narow's battery Is close to the rivor.
Lvnchb.gq, Va, Arg. al.-Gcnera' whrelcr
hts burnt lAe Lpudou L.oge over The Ten
ncssee Il vct, and went thence ty haryry.c
e!.4 cspturcd 100 prisou"rs, and thence 10 Ncw-
iuirkei where lie tHp,ur"- 200 M e. So far $50
prisoners captured IN the hattie Of Thur7dHy, II
Reaus Station, have hccD re- stored ot II. Provost
M.sAgl's uAlge