Named Entity Results, Atlanta (Georgia, United States)

Life in Atlanta. --A letter from Atlanta, dated the 12th instant, published in the Macon (Ga.) Intelligencer, gives the following horrible occurrence there: On the night of the 12th instant, a widow lady, by the name of Mrs. Sarah Collins, a refugee from Memphis, Tennessee, was invited to attend a ball which was to be given at the Medical College that evening. She attended the ball, not suspecting but what all was right and proper. Some time during the following day this lady was Atlanta, dated the 12th instant, published in the Macon (Ga.) Intelligencer, gives the following horrible occurrence there: On the night of the 12th instant, a widow lady, by the name of Mrs. Sarah Collins, a refugee from Memphis, Tennessee, was invited to attend a ball which was to be given at the Medical College that evening. She attended the ball, not suspecting but what all was right and proper. Some time during the following day this lady was found dead in her bed. No one knew at what hour of the night she returned home from the ball. When she was found it was discovered that her throat was perfectly black where she had been choked; her arms were bruised, and her body terribly mutilated; her clothing was torn and muddy, as though she had been dragged through the mud by some villain who had violated her person. Mrs. Collins occupied a high position in the first circles of this city at the time of her death, and was respected and be

d in the city two hours, during which time they robbed the principal hotels and boarding-houses, and captured portions of General Washburne's and General Hurlbut's staffs. General Washburne escaped to the fort in tolerable good order. From Atlanta. A telegram, dated Nashville, 25th instant, says: Matters in Atlanta are unchanged. The army is engaged in advancing parapets and strengthening works. On the 18th instant, Major-General Dodge was shot in the head by the enemy's shAtlanta are unchanged. The army is engaged in advancing parapets and strengthening works. On the 18th instant, Major-General Dodge was shot in the head by the enemy's sharpshooters, and it is reported that he had died of his wounds. General Lightburn, of Logan's corps, was wounded in the same way three or four days ago. The peace rumors. A semi-official telegram from Washington says; There are no grounds for the rumor, so assiduously reported, that the President proposes to send peace commissioners to the rebels. The rumors that an armistice had been, or is to be proposed, are equally without foundation. Miscellaneous. It is reported that t