Year: 1864

see the government arise fearlessly in its
might and lay lis hand of iroa upon the
! throat OF resistance to its authority wherever
and in whatever form it may be manifested
They feel that the Union of these States
musl, at every cost. be restored and maintain
ed. To this end they expect the loyal people
to make all necessary sacrifices, not only Of
money and men, but even of their personal
liberties. No government can be perfectly
free when assailed by open and armed rebel
lion upon the one hand and domestic treason
upon the other. The power necessary 20 over
come such elements of opposition must to a
certain extent be arbitrary and untrammeled
And what true patriot is not ready TO consent
that it should be so rather than have his ceun-
try divided That people only is worthy Of
free Institutions which has the intelligence to
appreciate the necessities of a great crisis, and
is willing to submit 10 whatever temporary
suspension of natural rights may be necessary
for their preservation and perpetuity.





The siege of Atlanta still continues. The
position Of the goth Corps, except slight
| advancement of portion of the line, remains
Substantially the same that it was Is days
ago. The troops, being constantly confined
to their entertainments, and not allowed THEN
usual freedom Of motion, grow weary of the
changeless tedium of riae-pit life. The time
often hangs heavily upon their hands and is
mainly beguiled by discussing the thousand
rumors that are waited to them from no cue
knows whittier. Dispatches from he grape
vine telegraph" and "canteen rumors" contiB-
ually agitale the camps from Que end of the
line to the otBer. The variety OF these re-
ports and the rapidity with which they circu-
late are wonderful. They embrace all sorts
of news, both good and bad, and receive the
| usual amount of enlargement as they pass
from lip to lip. Each officer and soldier seems
to be always provided with his own particu-
lar budget Of --latest information" which is
almost invariably Official or traced to some
official source. rhe mutual exchange of these
treasured on dit affords a sort OF amusement
which. after all, is worth something. Mean
while the pickets keep up lively fusilade
! along the lines, aud the batteries ever and
auon belch their thunder in discordant inter
ludes. We have pow many quite heavy pieces
in position, which daily and nightly shower
upon the rebelions city of Atlanta Il worthy
baptism OF fame and iron. Even while
write their deep believing breaks wildly forth
upon the calm air of night and is followed by
the far distant explosion of the shells in the
direction OF The devoted city.


The enemy securely perched behind his for.
! tificationS ventures no attack upon our lines
/ but quietly awaits our assault, Or the expected
| fluklug muvement which is TO deprive him o
| his communications. He seems bent upon
holding Atlanta to the very last momeBi, anc
determined not to yield the vast advantages o
his present position except when compelled by
the NEST desperate extremities. That thost
extremities are near at hand there is but liz
tie doubt, and we live in almost daily antici
patton of occupying the rebel metropolis
| May it be soon realized.


A. +. scotland.