, 1864-05-14
NEWS By Telegraph.
rt-E .s-s,s INlGEOEG1A.
Hl.hly Interesting fror7 Cen. shcr-
fHunA

fEcrsHATl, NAY ts.-Jshu7Ion erar-ated Dali
ton lest night, Or forces now occupy ths place.
NAsHyutE, Tesu., Ms! l3.-I yesterday coz
ye.eel with = Captain viz ls!s Chattanooga at
o'c:oc1 IN the efernoon ION "wednesday. Aoout
four hundred Of our wouaisa III the 1ato skirmish
had arrived M to roon d tnat day. Tnere were
abont sight hundred tii|al snd wounded. The
1eorls naye been driven slowly hack. with loss
greater than oun. No have captured some
p1i.oners.
Iw.s unable TO eliaft any tns'l,cs particulars.
The nel. WAS in tic vicinity Of Dalton, at Rocky
RIDGE
:. FROM OUR oWN REPORTER.
Especial Correspondence, Of tho Chicago Tftauuc.l
M:ADQuARGx1ss Gsx. PALNkn's Iclf A. c.,
, NfAH EIt8uLD, Ca,
May &, 15Gi,-5 O'Clock am. !
Il viii rot tc coptrnhand to tell your readera
what the rebels will hkve learned loa. hesoru this
can appear in print, that Gen. shermants grand
army IL moving on tht enen1Y'e works, and 1t
Rcc1ns to mo that We haso broom strong and still
enough to sweep eyerytAins beforu us. Toe read
ing community Is prctr1 well supplied with w4r
maps and can bring 10. mind the bearings OF Dsl-
ten. Georgia. about thfty mics SOUTH In an east
er}y direction from Chattanooga, VIC ara going to
capture Dalton a. the first step towards tho oc:a-
patton OF :At1anta, soge eight miles further to-
ward the heart Of Geqrta. - '"'.s
TIE mountain range makes tbs extreme barrier
Of our right. This ne1ehbosing country IL the d.
vid1ug lice al the watersheds that respectively
feed the tributaries OF the Ohio Rtyor on tho north
and the Coca and Alabama on the south. All the
frequent ema1l streams are fed by springs. The
rcsds ere narrow RheeltracEs and horss-p7ths,
fofkiug in erety direction among tho pine under
eruwth., Tht,wcather Il warm and dry. Thus
mueh Of tope*:t. phles1 and mete0rosies' pfo''ni-
Nnj. Gen. Iogaf$ with the gallant 18th aEmy
corpr haa the extreme right, to bo strengthened By
yct Other arrivals from Northern A1abama. MAJ.
Gen, Hooker. with the a3sh army corps at right Of
center, has his headquarters To-day nt Gofdo1's
Mills. His diyisis1 commanders aro-1st division,
Gen. Williams I'd division, Gen. Cory; Sd div'-
,sion, Gen. Bu.hrseld. Rousscau's division wss
left behind 10 guatd tho railroad. uoukes is the
idol Of his soldiers, vho viii follow him
anywhere. Gen. Bu.terheld, with the 81
Division will aGd to bis larrels well earned on
the Pctnulac. ,Hooket's whuie comnlaud are to
muvc at dnsbzeak m,a-morfow. - satnFdt y 7th. With
91. 9gt whe.s, aud slt1 thrss dsys' cooked ra.ons
Hooker will move through Ei:koja:k * Gap, an in-
significant cut in ons Of these timber covered
70 s
ness. The center column Of the Inc is tho 14sh
Army Corps. TED hJ your brave Illinois Nt)ar 3sa-
I,n:suld, | mn Kfltin.. Major General Howard,
,,lsl Tue 3lh Army Carps. and Aaor a.nesil -ho-
fed is on the lcit Of Howard,
We xre 10 more carefully and only short distsn-
ces for sure work ia to ba made. The traasporta-
tiot' has been sasn severely cat down. There Is
new only one wagon to Il Etgra'ent egcty availa-
EflpatEick's cayatry force IL Cooperating with
Gen Palmer In tho centre. This Is tbs hur9edly
esetched eit1ation At the present writing. rhs
peepls n,cy confidently 1ook for handsome and
speedy return on this ARMY investment Ia Georgia.