VOLUME 1.
Grand.Results of the Battle of the
Army of the Tennessee.
ARMY OF THE OHIO, )
BEFORE ATLANTA. July 26. J
As the details of the battle of the 22d
Come in. its Importance and rank among
the great battles of the war become more
apparent. Never, perhaps, in any cam
paign, has more desperate or more suc
cessful fighting under disadvantageous cir
cumstances occurred. Gettysburg with
its thousands of dead strewing the ground
Stone River, with its frightful losses—
Chickamauga, than which no bloodier
field can be found— present nosuch scenes
as were here witnessed. The design of
the rebel General was a daring one,
and was so nearly successful, that what
the results of its entire success would have
been, may be readily perceived. Nothing
but the most persistent courage and des
perate fighting saved the army of the
Tennessee from a complete route. Sim
ultaneous with an impetuous attack of a
well appointed column on the extreme
flank, its conimatiderfell, and parts of the
line were broken through by overpowering
masses. Assaults were repulsed from the
front, and the lines were faced to the rear,
and attacks repulsed from that direction.
This was particularly thocase in the 1 itli
Army Corps, where the rebel dead strew
ed in its front, tells of the desperation of
the contest. In such a scene it is imposs
ible to speak of the doings of regiments
or bodies: It seems to be a contest where
companies and individuals fought as rea
son dictated. Divisions beset on every
side by an impetuous foe, fought by de
tachments: corps and corps commanders
were lost sight of, and divisions and brig
ades forgotten. When tlicy were fought
as commands, they were marched Irom one
end of a ridge 4o another, or fought from
one side of a wfMf, and then from the oth
er. But the troops, tired on many san
guinary fields, were not to be thrown into
disorder or confusion. Assaults were re
ceived and repulsed, and attacks were
. made and improved. On the extreme
right of this army, in front of Gen. Woods'
division, the battle could be plainly seen
from Sherman's headquarters. Near the
right of the line, Captain Glass' battery
• of 20 pound Parrots was stationed, and
the regiments supporting it were driven
away at the first onset of the enemy.
General Wood observing the battery de
serted, and the enemy endeavoring to car
ry it oft', sent his reserve force to retake it.
This force, moving through ravines, was
not observed by the enemy, and gained
the work just at the moment that an ad
ditional force of the enemy, who had been
sent to assist in carrying off the guns,
mounted the work, and here was seen by
Gens. Sherman. Sehofield and others one
of the most stubborn fights that a soldier
ever engaged in. In the suspense and in
tense excitement of the occasion, it seem
ed to last for half an hour, w hen in reali
ty it was of short duration, and fiually re
sulted in the free use of the bayonet.—
From an extended point on the road lead
ing to the city, near the left of. General
llaseall's line, batteries were brought into
position, that played with frightful havoc
into the flanks of the daring enemy.—
These shells, plowing through their ranks,
already thinned by the destructive mus
ketry of our infantry—these missiles, com
ing with their peculiar screaming noise,
scattering death amidst tlicm— unnerved
them, and sent them in confusion back
over the field they had so nearly worn.
Their backs were no sooner turned,than
our men jumped to their feet, and with a
wild, exultant cheer, sent a volley through
their wasted lines, that told with fearful
effect. Thrice their colors fell with the
bearers, but each time they were picked
up and fiually borne off by the few who
were left to tell the story of their gallant
fight.
Such conflicts are beyond the control of
officers of any grade, and none but the
brave, heroic men who carry the muskets
deserve credit for such bitter, decisive
repulsos. Men with such hearts, with
courage that thus withstand the assaults
of superior numbers of men maddened by
delusions, are heroes and deserve monu
ments of brass. On this part of the field
one hundred and sixty-five dead rebels
were found. These figures alone speak
for the determined resistance that was
made. In front of the 20th Ohio just
such another scene might have been wit
nessed. Men of that regiment captured
and in the enemy's hands were literally
jerked out of their hands the rebels pull
ing by the feet and our men by the body.
REBEL LOSSES.
From reports now at General Logan's
headquarters, it may be seen that we have
buried or exchanged under a flag of truce,
three thousand and seven hundred dead
bodies. The usual proportion of wound
ed, to dead, is five to one. Iu this battle,
"however, it is brought down to two to one,
thus giving auother evidence of its des
perate nature. This proportion would give,
seven thousand four hundred wounded.
The killed and wounded and prisoners in
our hands, make their loss over 12,000.
We have seven battle flags now in our
possession. These figures, it is believed,
are none too high, and are rather consid
ered to be too low my those best acquaint
ed with tlie nature of the combat.
OUR LOSSES
Are not near so heavy as would be sup
posed. Our men were, for the greater
portion of the battle, under good protec
tion, and, stung by the loss of their uoblo
commander, were bitter and determined
in their work. The enemy bad at one
time in their hands fifteen pieces of ar
tillery. They were enabled, however, to
take from the field only eight of these
pieces. So far us the loss in artillery is
concerned, it is of little importance aside
from the moral effect. This army is su
perbly equipped in this particular arm of
the service, and can well afford to spare
the same number of pieces at the same
price. In prisonres our loss is not defi
nitely known, but it is asserted by Gen.
Logan that three thousand five hundred
will cover our entire loss. The losses
fell equally throughout the command. It
is reported that the 20th regiment Illinois
Volunteers went into tho figbt oue hund
red and sixteen strong,and came out with
their Lieutenant Colonel, one Captain and
sixteen men. < )ther regimenss were quite
as fearfully cut up, but, comparatively
speaking, our losses are light, and, as the
above figureswill show, the Army of Ten
nessee won, on the 22d instant, one of
the most decisive victories of the war.
GENERAL UARKAD'B EXPEDITION
Returned on the 24th, having succeeded
in destroying the bridge over Yellow Riv
er, some three hundred and fifty feet long.
They reached Covington,a point 43 miles
from Atlanta, and destroyed the railroad
at and about this place. Cotton factories
were destroyed, and extensive Govern
ment buildings, used for hospitals and
other purposes. At different points along
the route cotton Was destroyed, amount
ing in the aggregate to fifteen hundred
bales. Largo numbers of horses and mules
wore brought in, and about one hundred
negroes. The latter were turned over to
Gen. Harrow, who organized them into a
pioneer corps in which capacity tlicy will
be of great service, relieving the weary
troops of many hours of diggingand oth
er detailed labor. Every division in the
army should have such an organization.
Tb troops report thecountry thro' which
thoy have passed as tilled with refugees,
and many of their horses and mules were
captured from these people, fleeing from
the advancing armies of our Government.
Tho crops are mostly gathered, and cer
eals are abundant. Corn is growing fine
ly and there will he a very great abund
ance. The people are all frightened, and
know not whither to flee to escape the
imaginary " wrath to come." They are
leaving their homes and abundant bar
vests. and crowding into an already over
populated country, and all because they
have been taught to believe that we are
coming to their homes to desolate them,
to their lands to devastate them, and to
their State to rob them of all their rights
as men.
THEIR COMMUNICATIONS
I>y rail arc about broken. Their most di
rect road to Richmond is in our possession.
The railroad to Alabama is severed and
their only remaining one, to Macon, will
be before this reaches you. They can be
supplied over one railroad to a certain ex
tent, but the loss of prompt connections
with Alabama just at this time. Is very
embarrassing. It is so from more than
one consideration. Theirsoldiers,as soon
as cut off from mail communication with
their homes, become disheartened and de
sert. The Alabama troops have proven
faithful and brave soldiers to their cause,
but affirm that when their homes are once
in our lines, they can have no heart in the
further defense of their laud. Then, too,
the levy made by the Government on the '
crops of the farmers, which is one-tenth
of all raised, has not yet been gathered,or
if gathered, cannot bo carried off, and will
fall iuto our hands. Losing this levy
from the whole of Alabama makes it nec
essary to seize an extra amount from the
remaining States, now filled with refugees,
which must of necessity create great dis
content.
JULY 27.
Important changes have been made iu
the lines of the entire army. Gen. Lo
gan, with'army of Tennessee, has left the
scene of their sanguinary conflict and
goue to the right of the entire army.—
Gen. Thomas' right now extends one corps
front beyond the Marietta railroad. Gen.
Logan joins to the right of this and ex
tends his line toward the Macon railroad,
which, it is hoped, he will be able to con
trol if not reach.
In moving into this new position Gen.
Hood may attempt tostrike another blow,
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IT, 1864.
but it is hardly to be supposed fliat, after
so perfect a repulse,and such fearful loss
es as wore inflicted on him on the 22d,he
will again attempt an attack- This new
disposition of the troops gives up the old
line of communication with Marietta, viz :
Rosswell and Isham's Ford, and brings
into use the ferry and bridges further down
the river. Tho railroad bridgo over the
river is being completed, and this will
bring the base nearer our field of opera
tions.
THE ARMY OF THE OHIO,
is again on the left of the army,and holds
the line of works nearest the city, name
ly : General llaseall's line. Dispositions
have been made toeover the flank and rear
of the army with a sufficient force, and it
is to be hoped that the rebel General will
bo of the opinion that this flank will be
easily turned. He may find, iu such an
event, a hearty welcome.
THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
is in the center, and holds strong the lines
of investment. Its batteries are in plain
view of a portion of the city, and give
the chivalry constant reminders of their
presence and warm wishes. The thous
ands of wounded now filling rebel hospit
als will bear testimony to the gallantry of
this aifny, for tlicy wero there onthe 20th.
General Thomas has issued a congratula
tory order to bis troops for the great suc
cesses on the 20th and 22d. lie gives a
statement of the losses, which does not
differ materially from the figures given
above, and affirms that we have reason to
bo thankful for our great successes. For
the prompt and ready manner in which
tho attack, of the 20th was met by tho
troops engaged, he compliments them.—
Coming from General Thomas, this order
has a peculiar significance. It is not for
mere buncombe or empty show. It is a
statement of fact, and from one so far-see
img and clear-headed, speaks hopefully
for tho. successes to be derived there
from.
GENERAL BTONKMAN
Started this morniingon an expedition,
with * * * days rations, and from
his usual success and energy it is to be
supposed success will attend him. Ho will
no doubt * * and destroy such
other works as may be of benefit to the
rebel cause. Gen. Garrad and Gen. Me-
Cook also * * * *
THE SITUATION.
From these statements it will be seen
that great work is marked out for the
coming few days, and it is confidently hop
ed that the result will have a marked ef
fect upon the results of the campaign.—-
The past few days of apparent inactivity
have been well improved. Get. Sheridan
lias gathered his mighty hosts for a weigh
ty blow, and as these dispositions promise,
it will not be long in making known its
effects. He is uot tho commander to al
low an enemy to recover from au exhaust
ive battle, while be sits tamely by in qui
et. He knows full well the great advan
tages now offered him and no man is ever
more prompt in improving such advanta
ges. His armies are in the best of spir
its; his troops confident, and in the few
days to come great and glorious successes,
will be ours. It is useless to speculate or
to promise of success, for ere this reaches
the public, tho telegraph will have given
the results. Of one thing, however, the
people may rest assured, and that is. that
this campaign is not yet ended. The ob
ject is not the possession if Atlanta, but
the destruction of the rebel army defend
ing it, and that will be accomplished be
fore this army spreads its tents over
these hills and plains to rest or quiet.—
This part of the rebel Government is to
tering, and it is uot the intention to give
its defenders time or opportunity to prop
its weakened frame or gather new materi
al for additional aid. The blow must fall
on the armies while they are weak and
these will uot Ue few nor long spared.—
Wlieu Hood, with his aire ady thinned
ranks has been thoroughly beaten; when
his army bears no organization; when
troops are scattered and disheartened;
wheu the hospitals of the South are filled
with those who will not yield so long as
life or limb are left them, then this army
will settle into quiet, then this campaign
will have ended, and our work finished.—
Cincinnati Commercial.
THE PRESENT INFLATION. —RiII S
is a good accountant, but like all men,
will sometimes make mistakes, and in one
of his bills figured up that " 8 times 8
are 88." The debtor was not slow in
discovering the mistake, and demanded
au explanation. Rill examined the ac
count and saw that he was " down" but
did not like to admit it; so putting on a
bold face, he said—
" That's all right."
" How so ?" was tho inquiry.
"It's all owing to the inflation-of the
currency," said Rill, the multiplication
table, like every thiug "else, has gone up.
WAR SONG.
Now eh nil the cannon roar
Proudly along the Hhore,
Shaking tbo earth like Jehovah's command!
Let the brave battlo-hymn
Rise in the forest dim,
Loud aathe thunder-bloat riuga through tho land I
From the bold ocean-crag
Send out our biittl«-tlag—
Unfurl it—unfurl ii—high over the main!
Brothers, heboid it there!
Brightening the Northern air!
It never was borne through a battle in vain!
Wide o'er the bat tie-path
Sweep in thy stormy wrath !
Bird of the mountain ! w h"«r broad bloody wing
Darkens the flamiug land !
11 uniting the warrior-band!
Bird that the pomp of War ever will bring!
ANTHOKY ALLY*.
WIT AND WISDOM.
HOT —the present dog days.
MOTTO for a Hairdresser—Cut aud
comb again.
WHY are some men like corporations?
Ans. Because they have no souls.
WHAT sort of birds makecool summer
pantaloons? Russia ducks.
THE pleasure of doing good is the only
one that does not wear out.
MAN was created "a little lower than
the angels," and he has been getting "a
little lower ever since."
Tni;v N. Y. Post discovers thi't "Ii
natural'' is called tho key-note to good
breeding.
".JOHN, goto fhe pump and bring me
a can of water—l am as dry as a fish."
'• So is tho pump, father."
WHY is eating soup with a fork like
kissing your sweethart ? Ans. Because
it takes a loug time to get enough of it.
llow does a man appear when he is
without chairity ? Ans. "As a sounding
brass and a tinkling sytubal."— PAUL.
A LETTER-WRITER describes a beauti
ful young lady as having a face a painter
might dwell upon. That would be a de
lightful residence.
MANY persons, like a mocking-bird or a
blank wall, say nothing of themselves,
but give back imperfectly the utterances
of others.
AN American abroad remarked at a
table d'hote on tho Continent, recently,
that Austria need never fear national
bankruptcy so long as she retained her
hold on Venice, for it was her " floating
capital."
TOM THUMB retires on a quarter of a
million. This is but a fair illustration of
the strange freaks of fortune, these topsy
turvy times. It seems much easier to
make a fortune by litllenes* than by great
ness.
IT is a common trick of one of the
principal American conjurors to make his
wife suddenly disappear from tho eyes of
the spectators. If he could teach to oth
er husbands this trick of making wives
vanish he would have a fair opening for a
fortune.
" MY father was one of the framers of
the new constitution," said a youth of pa
trician blood, the other day, to another of
more than plobian origin.
" Who cares for that," quoth the lat
ter, '• my father was one of the framers
of the new meeting-liouse ! "
As a school-master was employed in
Scotland in teaching a sharp urchin to
cypher on the slate, the precocious pupil
put the following question to his instruc
tor :
" Whaur diz a' the figures gang till
when tlie're rubbit oot "
THE man who doth no paper take,
drudging two dollar* a year,
Will never a px>d husband make,
Because hi.* wife can never kn >\v what
ia going on in the world and his children
will very ignorant appear.
The last line is ratliM long for good
jingle, but the moral is sublime.
WHEN Archbishop Laud was on trial
ho was told that if he had not committed
one great act of treason he had perpetra
ted so many small crimes, taken together,
made him a traitor.
•' 1 never knew," said the Archbishop,
•• that one hundred black rabbits made up
a black horse."
HEAR THIS, YE LOVERS I —A young
lady who has been married six mouths says
it is all nonsense to talk of love in a cot
tage. The little rascal always runs away
when there is no bread on the table.—
There is more love in a sirloin of beef
than in all the roses and posies and wood
bines that ever grew.
ONE of tho fair daughters of North
ampton was recently singing a fashiona
ble air at a high pitch of voice, when an
Irishman, who was passing by. rushed in
with a look of astonishment, and exclaim
ed, —
"Sure, I thought some one was being
murthered."
A WINDY orator once got up and said :
"Sir, after much reflection, consideration,
and examination, I have calmly, deliber
ately, and carefuily come to the determin
ed conclusion that in cities where
the population is very large there are a
greater number of men, women and chil
dren, than in cities where the population
is less.
(Educational §cjnwtmcnt.
Kindergartens.
Kindergarten means a garden of Chil
dren. Froebel, the inventor ot the sys
tem of instruction symbolized by this
name, was German, possessing all the pa
tience characteristic of tho German tem
perament, combined with the philosophi
cal tendency of the German intellect.—
Tho poets have long classed children and
flowers together; it remained to Frccbel
to show the similarity between the right
culture of the child and the plant.
A gardener does not endeavor to make all
his plants blossom intorosesorcammcllias;
he knows he could'not if ho would. He
is charmed with Nature' endless variety,
and wishes not to thwart her own sweet
plan. In the Kindergarten the im livid u
ality of the child is never' sacrificed to
loutine instruction. On tho contraiy, its
development is indirectly encouraged by
the play given to all the mental faculties.
As, for instance, the artistic element is at
once appealed to, and, molding in clay,
drawing with chalk or pencil, or when too
young to handle the pencil, pricking with
a pin the outlines of birds, et c., drawn on
paper by the teacher, form a part of every
day's exercises.
The social instinct of children is grati
fied by the society of their equals iu the
Kindergarten, and yet they arc kept under
healthful restriction by the wise and nev
er-ceasing oversight of tho genial teacher.
They have the pleasure of
working iu company, but at the same time
rival pretensions and the thousand ami
otic forms of the selfish instinct are check
ed by an appeal to the affections or the
conscience.
Children are eager to learn. Their
■restless curiosity is well known to all p:c
occupietj mothers, who find it impossible
to slake this perpetual thirst of mind;
yet they soon tire of one subject, and are
disgusted with tho book or the teacher
that wearies their attention. In the
Kindergarten, while it is the aim of the
teacher to occupy constantly, the child
is never allowed to feel weary of learning,
and thus form habits of inattention. In
struction is invested with all tho charm
and variety that Nature offers in the count
less successions and changes of the out
ward world.
Again : In childhood the senses are iu
their fullest activity. The child observes
details which quite escape tho duller
senses of the adult. In the Kindergar
ten this fact is seized upon as the basis of
all instructions of scientific character.
Objects themselves are presented for in
vestigation and examination. Leaves,
plants, insects, shells, and —animals are
the subject—colored prints, all find their
appropriate place and use in tho Kinder
garten. Observations are drawn mil of
the children in regard to these objects;
thus they learn to think for themselves,
and also to ejrpren each thought as it ri
ses.
Too much cannot be said in favor of
any system of education which cultivates
this power of utterance. The gift of
speech, that golden gift—the distinguishing
characteristic of man—is the very facul
ty whose culture we seem most, often to
leavo to chance, flow few people talk
half as well as tlicy can think. How
few, however large their powers of obser
vation. can so describe a place or thing as
to make it a livuig reality to the auditor.
What an motive power does
that man wield who is capable of pour
ing his living, burning thought into the
crystal forms of language, leaving them
as " things of beauty forever" in the
memory of his fellows. Is it not. worth
while to begin the cultivation of this
wonderful power even in childhood?
The teacher of the Kindergarten, like
the flower garden, preserves and cultivates
the mental peculiarity of each child
while destroying those hnrtful weeds of
selfishness and forwardness that spring
up in every mind, however fair its ten
dencies: hut is not satisfied with this a
lone. It has been well said, that the
mind can afford to wait for the body, be
cause it survives it; but that the body
cannot wat for the mind. If the educa
tion of the mind takes precedence of
that of the body, the latter is stunted or
irretrievably ruined;'not unfrequcutly
dragging down the mind into its deformi
ty. It is not necessary to sacrafice ei
ther the mortal or immortal iu education.
The mind and body should grow togeth
er, and we believe both will develop more
harmoniously if both bo wisely exercised.
The true Kindergarten provides for both
tho mental and physical restlessness of
children. The utmost freedom of mo
tion, consistent with regard to the com
fort of others, is allowed ; while plays and
songs representing the labors of the far
mer, the cooper, tho woods-man, or the
habit of the hare, the bee, etc., give all
the variety of movement so dear to the
child.—These plays, however, are not
merely outlets for bodily vivacity, but
become easy intellectual exercises; as
whatever is done with a purpose must
quicken intellect. <
The history of Kindergartens in this
country can bo briefly told. Tho idea of
Frcebel was putin practice by Miss Pea
body of Boston some three or four years
ago. Tho system was seized upon by
kindred minds in New York. In the
San Francisco Kindergartens, Frujbel's
idea, with such modifications as change
of country and nation necessitate, has
been thus far carried out with a success
that renders it certain, that playing, set
tojuusie, and made to mean something,
is Natures method of tuition for little chil
dren.
The San Francisco Kindergarten has
one great advantage ovor all kiudred in
stitution*, which should not be left unno
ticed. It it is a dissideratum to learn to
speak one language well, it will no doubt
prove a subject of congratulation to pa
rents, that they can place their children
under such influences as will enable them
ut the age when the vocal crgansaro most
plastic, to learn to speak and read equal
ly well the two great modern languages,
French and English.
Yet, perhaps, tho most intetesting
thought with Kindergartens is the single
fact, that so deeply has the importance of
early education fixed itself iu reflective
minds, that the finest genius of the Old
World and the New has not disdained to
lavish its fairest gifts of mind, its labor
and its time, on children. When we see
rare scholastic attainments the culture
of true gentleman and the generous enthu
siasm of an ardent mind, consecrated to
the service of little children, we may
well look upon the spectacle with rever
ential attention. Surely such men as
I'estalozzi and Frcebel, aud others like
them, have partaken largely of the spirit
of llini who " took little children in his
arms and blessed them", " saying, "of
such is the Kingdom of Heaven."—Cal
ifornia Tracker.
The Late Raid of Qon, McCook.
Tuo MILES WEB* or AII.*NT4,
August 3, 1864.
I have been able to gather a few and
only a ft w, partieularßof the unfortunate
raid by Gen. McCook south of Atlanta,
and such as 1 believe reliable I will send
you.
About ten days ago, the cavalry belong
ing to this army, marching iu three col
umns, under command of Generals Stone
man, Garrard and Ed. McCook, left here
intending to form a junction at a point,
as nearly as I can ascertain, about twenty
miles south of Atlanta, and on the Ma
con railroad. The column under Gener
al McCook. about two thousand in num
ber, was obliged, starling from the right
wing, to cross the Chattahoochee, near
the railroad, go around north of the riv
er, and again cro.-s it below where the
rebel cavalry were posted. Everything
progressed favorably till after the com
mand had crossed the West Point Rail
road. no opposition was encountered worth
mentioning, ami there was good promise
of sucoe.<s. At Fayetteville or more ex
actly Lovejoy's Station, ou the Macon
Railroad, General McCook learned that
there was encamped a large train of sup
plies, and he determined to capture it.—
In this he was completely successful com
ing upon it in the dead of the night, he
took it completely by surprise, and riding
through it, distributed his men among
the wagons, and ata signal, each cutdown
a Wagon, and fired it. The destruction
was complete. Five hundred and fifty
wagons, loaded with clothing and valua
ble stores for officers, such as wines and
choice provisions were burned, and 300
prisoners were taken while asleep. A
large majority of these prisoners were
commissioned officers; one a major gen
eral and several brigadiers. I could learn
the names of none of these; but since
they have all, probably been retaken, it
signifies little The clothing, also, was
very valuable, being intended, much of it.
for the use of officers. Besides this they
captured tho teams of the train, amount
ing to six or sevon hundred horses and
mules. They then immediately fell to
destroying the railroad track, and tore up
thoroughly about ton miles of it, bending
the rails and burning the ties, so as to
cause the rebels much delay in restoring
it.
For some unexplained reason the col
umn under General Stoneman failed to
make the connection which Gen. McCook
was relying upon near this point; aud af
ter waiting for him as long as he dared,
he began to fall back. Two divisions of
rebel cavalry had appeared in his front,
and to attack them single-handed and
alone was more than the General with his
inferior force could presume to do. lie
moved back with steadiness, holding on
firmly to his booty and prisoners, and was
NUMBER 35.
in a fair way to have escaped with a good
part of it, at least. Unfortuately, how
ever, the rebels at Atlanta learned of his
movement iu time to push a division of
infantry yipidly dow j on the West Point
Railroad, and throw them iu his rear, be
tween him and the Chattuhoochie. This
rendered matters desperate. The con
stant skirmishing with tha rebel cavalry
in the front had exhausted their supplies
of ammunition, and hemmed in by three
divisions, and completely surrounded,
nothing remained for tho General but to
surrender at discretion, or throw himself
desperately upon the enemy and attempt
to hew his road out with his good saber.
Accordingly lie sent a courier around
to each of his subordinate commanders
that they were at liberty to escape, if such
a thing were possible, as best they might.
He declared it was his firm purpose to re
main with his command as long as auy
body of them kept together, nnd fight jt
out to the end. Seeing that the case was
hopeless, several of tho officers made tho
attempt, and several of them succeeded.
Col. Jim Brown low, of the Ist East Tenn
essee, called on all who wished to attempt
to cut their way out to follow him. Sis
hundred of them who were dismounted
rallied around him, but they becaino so
scattered and broken that only twenty
came out with the Colonel. Others will,
doubtless, straggle out to light, one by one,
though tho hunt for them will bo desper
ately pushed by tho rebels. Some who
had fled away would have es
caped probably, but on riding into tho
treacherous quicksands of the Chattahoo
chee, they were overtaken and captured.
Major I'urdy succeeded in bringing off
two hundred with him, and sinco then
enough stragglers have come in, I under
stand, and reported at Marietta, to swell
the number of tho escaped to nine hund
red. Some few more will probably find
their way in yet, though their number
will be few.
Colonel Brownlow expresses it as his
opinion that General McCook and his
Staff are probably captured, togothcrwith
about a thousand of his command, either
captured or killed.
Among the killed I have obtained tho
names of Col. Harrison, of the Bth Indi
ana cavalry, commanding a brigade, and
Major J'aine, of the Ist Wisconsin caval
ry. 1 have not been able to obtain tho
names of any others. Meantime tho col
umns under (icnerals Stoneman and Gar
rad pushed rapidly on, and day before yes
terday a courier reported them at Macon,
and meeting no opposition.
It will probably be allowable to state,
at this stage of the proceedings, that his
destination—at least one of them—ia
Amerieus where the rebels hold in con
finement IJ,OOO or 15,000 of our prison
ers. A Lieutenant from tho rebel force
at Atlanta, captured a few days ago, when
questioned as to the chances of success
for a raiding party going on such an er
rand, gave it as his opinion that they
ought to succeed, as there was absolutely
no force of any strength to oppose them.
H' the General has made as good progress
since as bqfc>Te the courier left he lias
stricken the chains from our prisoners at.
Amerieusand A ndersonville before to-day.
If in no other way, he can escape by way
of I'ensaeola.
[subsequently intelligence of the safe
ty of Gen. McCook and from twelve to
fifteen hundred of his commend has bceu
received; also of tho capture of Gen.
Stoneman and a small part of his com
mand.]
GEN. IIOOKER. —It is understood that
Cen. Hooker will be assigned t« a new
department, to bo composed of upper
Maryland and portions of Pennsylvania
and Viiginia. The force he will have will,
it is believed, be large, to operate in tho
valley of the Shenandoah against the reb
els and possibly invest Rfchmoud from
that direction. This will be but carrying
out Gen. Grant's original intention, but
in executing which, Sigel utterly and
Hunter measurably failed.
Preliminary to the campaign in tho
Valley will be the work of driving the
rebels from the border, for which tho
force now iu tlie neighborhood is probably
quite sufficient. We look for military
operations in the Valley of considerable
magnitude, bearing directly on the siege
of Petersburg and Richmond.
There are those, however, who maintain
that Gen. Hooker will supersede Meade
as commander of the Army of the Poto
mac. This, we repeat, is quite unlikely,
although a change at an early day is not
improbable.
i
£&* A Young man who has recently
taken a wife, says he did not find it so
hard to get married as he did to get the
furniture, and when he came to get the
bread and butter, he had to fall back up-,'
on the old folks.