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ATLANTA EVACUATED.Macon, Sept. 4.—All doubt about the fall of Atlanta is ended. It was evacuated ou Thursday ' Light, and occupied ou Friday at 11 o’clock by the enemy.Gen. Hood Jdew up his surplus ordnance, named his coinuiisiary stores, and drew off on the McDon-: ough Hoad, leaving uothing iu Atlantu but blood-Jstained ruins. **yesterday our whole army was concentrated at Lovejoy’s Station, on the Macon and Western railroad.The enemy are reported to be retreating from that point towards Atlanta.I lu the fight at JoocsDoro’ on Thursday, Gen. j Go van, together with the 6th and part of the 2d i Arkansas regiments were captured.We lost six pieces of artillery and captured six ! from the enemy.Macon, Sept. 5.—Atlanta was evacuated by Gen. Hood at 2 o’clock Friday morning, and occupied by the enemy at 11 o'clock. Gen. Hood biew up his extra ammunition and burned his surplus supplies, and drew off on the McDonough road.At 1 o’clock Saturday Hood formed a junction with llardee at Lovejoy’s Station, on the Macon and Western road where the whole army is now concentrated.We lost 8 pieces of artillery, and many killed and wounded. The Wounded were alJ brought to this poiut.Whilst the fall of Atlanta i.i regretted, the army and people are not at all discuuiaged.GEN. HOOD’S OFFICIAL DISPATCH.» Richmond, Sep. #*e (The following official di.— patch from Gen. IlOucf^ dated 3d iuat, has beeu received:On the evening of the 30th, the enemy made a lodgment across Flat river, near Jonesboro.’ We 1 attacked them at 3 o’clock on the evening of the 31st, with two corps, but failed to dislodge them This made it necessary for us to abandon Atlanta, which was done on the night of the 1st. Our loss on the evening of the 31st was small.On the evening of the 1st, Hardee’s corps in position at Jonesboro’, was assaulted by a superior force of the enemy', and being outflanked, was compelled to withdraw during the night, with a loss of eight gunsPrisoners taken from the enemy report that their loss was very severe.Luvejoy's Station, Sept. 4 —The army is in line of battle conlrouting Shermuu’s advance at this poict.All the trains were bruught away safely.The Federals entered Atlanta by the Peach Tree road, on Friday morning at 9 o’clock, left a garrison and post-eoiniuandiint, and passed through to join the main army. Since they took possession, the city has beeu very quiet and orderly, and citizens who remained were unmolested.All along the lines comparatively' quiet this morning..Macon, Sept. 5 —It is believed that the enemy-wili not make a general attack until he re-organizes and accumulates stores at Atlanta. All reported quiet to-day Our army is re organizing and recovering from its reverse.Richmond, Sept. 7—Gen. Hood reports officially that the enemy have witbdrawu from his front and are retreating to Atlanta.rj he enemy have fallen back beyond Jonesboro. The valuable public property destroyed at Atlanta cotisWrvd almost wholly of ordnance stores, and of these not a sufficieut loss to incommode the army. The first reports were exaggerated.The enemy continues to retire his main force on the Maeon and Western road towards Atlanta. We drove them out of Jonesboro yesterday aud retook a good many wounded prisoners.Our loss from all causes in the battles of last week is now ascertained to have beeu fifteen hundred. •| The Richmond Dispatch says:J At latest accounts from Georgia our army wasresting quietly at Lovejoy’s station, on the Macon j | railroad. it is stated that the Federals will re- j organize their forces aud collect stores at Atlanta ! ( boii.re entering upon another movement. Atlanta I was evacuated by General Hood at two o’clock i Friday morning the 2d oi Sept., aud the enemy 1 occupied the city at eleven o’clock. As heretofore staled, the extra ammunition was blown up . aud the surplus commissary stores destroyed. Gen.I Hood formed a junction with General Hardee at • Lovojoy’s station at one o’clock Saturday, and the whole army is now coneei.ffated at that point As j a matter of course, the fall Of Atlanta is regretted;' but neither the army uOt the people are at ui! discouraged. All was . quiet at last accounts. Our ! army was re-organizing, aud taking the rest so i much required.j Hood’s Army.—The news from Georgia is encouraging. Th-' toss of Atlanta has not at all do- !j pressed the spirts of the army or the people. So !if usay the telegrams. The truth is, that as hi ^that army is in the field confronting Sherman, will he ho unable to effect the reduction of Georgia. W e take it for granted that the scries of flankmovements by which he succeeded in reaching Atlanta is r.ow closed, and that he will have to makehis way hv hard fighring He cannot be permitted to push his lines any further ip the direction f Macon or Columbus. General Hood is, w£ feel assured, fully alive to the necessity of preserving those cities and the railroad connections which they embrace, between Virginia and Mississippi.We are much gratified at the cheerful tone of the despatches in the last two days. There is every indication that before Sherman can make the attempt to advance from bis present position towards Macon, our army will be *n a condition to make an effectual stand against him, and to frus-trate bis expectations of further successes. One thing is very certain that if he meets with a serious disaster, his case will be a desperate one We do not see if he should be defeated how he could escape destruction, osit.g that our army | tollow up his defeat with a vigorous pursuit. i
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Charlotte Western Democrat
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Tue, Sep 13, 1864
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