The Atlanta Journal Constitution Presents
The Atlanta Constitution
August 21, 1864
VOL. 5 - No. 21 (235)
"Front Page" 

THE WAR DIARY 

Intensity of the Indian Raids in the West continues, resulting in death, property destruction and disruption of train and stagecoach communication.  Latest depredations have occurred near the Little Blue River, Salina, and Milesburgh, all in the area of Ft. Riley, Kansas.  Sent West to bolster army forces is the 1st U.S. Volunteers, a 1,000 man regiment of captured Confederates-and deserters-who have taken the oath of allegiance to the U.S.

New York 
 The Rev. John M'Closkey is being installed today in St. Patrick's Cathedral as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York, succeeding Archbishop John Hughes... 

Washington
Secretary of the Interior Usher left Friday for a a two-week visit to his Indiana home.

Indianapolis
 Representatives of the Brotherhood of the Locomotive Engineers opened their first convention here Wednesday...

Bangor, Me.
  The U.S. District Court here has found Dr. Brown of Liberty, Me., guilty of applying poison to drafted men in such a that they were exempted from service for piles and other diseases.  He had charged the men $100 each... 

Mobile, AL
  Gen. Frank Gardner has assumed command of the Confederate District of the Gulf. 

Washington 
  The Court of Inquiry probing the federal disaster after the late-July mine explosion at the Petersburg, Va., has been suspended...

Vevay, Ind. 
   The steamer Highly Chief sank Friday near here after a collision with the steamer Major Anderson.  Several persons were injured.

Cairo, Ill.  
   Citizens met Wednesday to prepare defenses against guerrillas raiding the area...

Washington 
   The Postmaster General has signed a contract for the overland mail service, from the Missouri River to California for four years, at $750,000 annually.

Providence, R.I.
   Gen. Ambrose Burnside is here on a 20-day leave of absence from the army at Petersburg, Va.