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of the gunboat Tybr from that statioft
probably emboldened the rebels, and but
for t ie fortunate arrival of the gunboat
Lexington, the result might Lave beet
unfit vMrubie to us. Our forces fought
desperately, repelling several charges of
the rebels and driving them from the field.
Memphis, June 2:1.?Rebel -deserters
who have surrendered to our gunboats
below, say that Gen. Marmauder is moving
on Little Rook, Ark., to sttaok Gen.
Steele and capture that city if possible.
Louisville, Kv., June 27.?Col. Woolword
was arrested at Lebanon, this niorn,
iog,. by order of General Burbridge, and
nrougiit to tins cuy lo-mgui.
[From the New York Herald, Jane 2S.]
For two or three davs past the operate
ros of the armies in Virginia hare been
confined to picket firing, occasional
skirmishing and artillery out Is; but no
engagement affecting the general situation
has occurred. General Sheridan has
brought his cavnlrv force safely across,
the .lames, with all hLs immense wagon
train, which alone coveted ft space of six.
miles, while the entire cortege extended
to a line of twenty miles. After the attack
of the rebels on Saturday at Wilcox
landing, General Sheridan, with a large
force hanging in lus rear, brought his
command in safety to the river live miles
above Fort Powhatan, when he got them
over on pontoons protected by the gunboats.
lie fought every foot of ground
ttplendidly, and lost five hundred men including
four colonels. ,
It is reported that a fierce attack was
made by the rebels oa tue r uin ana 31x111
corps on Saturday night, but repulsed,
although with heavy loss. Meantime
Gen. Grant is gradually advancing with
his intrenchments towards the city, and
is said to express himself confident of
capturing not only Petersburg, but as a
sequence, the rebel capital also.
Tiie reliefs have an eighteen gnn battery
ou the heights beyond the ci ; bearing
upon the centre of our lines in front
of Petersburg. This battery has been
very troublesome, and so far has proved
too heavy for any artillery that we have
brought against it.
The expedition of General Palmer,
from Newborn, into the ceutre of North
Carolina; lias returned, and reports favorably
of its progress. They destroyed the
Wllupngtou aud Weldon Railroad, near
41. .1 Ili. unrl SmmanuA nnantinna rkf
t\JUJkt9UUlU} UUV4 1111 uiouav ^ummimiww v?
rebel stores. They found the country almost
deserted, and easily captured the
few troops left to guard the road.
By despatches from Memphis we learn
that a train on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad was attacked by guerillas
near Colliersville on the 23d. Two soldiers
were killed and eight wounded; one
citizen was also killed and two wounded.
Six soldiers, who jumped from the train
during the attack, were captured and
taken to the woods. One of them, who
escaped, reports that his companions
were murdered by the guerillas.
New York, Juxe 30.?There is very
little war news of exciting interest this
morning. Everything is reported quiet
with Gen. Grant's army before Petersburgh.
A dispatch, dated Tuesday
morning, says oar left wing has swung
around so as to take possession of the
Weldon Railroad south of that city. This,
it is said, was done without opposition.
A report from the front intimates that
enormous preparations are'going on in
our works about Petersburgh, from which
the country will soon hear important results.
Gen. Sherman's losses in the fight of
Friday, are reported to be considerably
L*ss than 2,0()(), instead of 2,t>0i), aslieie^
tofbre reported.
t , Washington, July Ist^lWWU.?Directly
after reading of the journal t(*day in
the Senate, a message wa9 received Irom
President Lincoln. It was opened by
the presiding officer jtro tern. Several
Senators immediately came up and
looked at it, when JIK Grimes moved
that the Senate go into executive session.
The motion was carried. The Senate
did not remain in executive session more
than two minutes, when the doors were
opened and it was ascertained that Hor.
WUlieui Pitt Fessenden, Senator from
Elaine, was continued as Secretary of
Treasury. President Lincoln nominated
.Mr. Fessenden withoLt consulting him.
The confirmation by the Senate was
nanimous.
Telegrams have reached Senator Fes
I t
/
! scnden from various northern cities, urgi
ing Iiiiu to accept the appointment of
Secretary of the Treasury, .vln!e his
political and private triencls here are
pressing him to the same course. He
has expressed his reluctance to do so owing
to the state of his health, which has
been impaired bv close attention to his
official duties. He has takeu until tomorrow
morning to come to a decision.
[From the New York Times July 3.]
Gen. Hunter has just returned from an
important expedition. His mission was
one of destruction, and he seems to have
fully accomplished it. Nearly one hundred
miles of - railroad on the Gordonsville
and East Tennessee lines were destroyed.
Many bridges, some of them
seven hundred feet long, were burned.
The James lliver Canal was thoroughly
diaihh-d Twentv rnnvd-hoat. loads of
supplies were destroyed. The Lexington
Military Institute was burned, and much
other damage inflicted. The capture of
Lynchburgh, was prevented by the
Strength of its fortifications. On his return,
Gen. Hunter had the misfortnne to
lose ten pieces of artillery, owing to the
culpable negligence of the proper officer
to provide infantry supports while the
batteries were passing a dangerous defile,
where the rebels charged on our artillerists,
and they were unable to get their
guns in position.
The Chicago Journal says: " Wc have
a confirmation of thri report that General
Canby's forces, in Louisiana, have embarked
on an important expedition?probably
for a movement against Mobile.
Most of the rebel troops collected for the
defence of that city have been sent to
Johnston and Lee, and the presence of
General Canby on board the United States
blockading squadron off Mobile, is portent
of a contemplated land and naval attack
on that city. Admiral Farragut.
thfl horn nf Mow (Irlonna nnmniunrk thf>
fleet at Mobile, and we bave iron-clads
enough in the Mississippi to organize a
formidable naval expedition in aid of
Farragut, should an attack be meditated.
GeneVul Canby was recently in New Oreans,
and issued peremptory orders to
* mount heavy guns on the works at Chalmette,
and ids visit to Farragut, we trust,
has mischief to the rebels in it."
[From the New York Herald of Jane 3.]
The army in front of Petersburg does
not appear to have been much disturbed
for the past few days.
General Smith made a demonstration
Thursday with a view to take the position
of White House by surprise, but
through some mistake of orders Barton's
brigade, which should have gone by company
through the rifle pita, marched in
solia column across , an open plain,' In
fuH view of the entmy, who were immediately
aroused and opened a murderous
Are upon thein. General Smith was thus
compelled to countermarch his troops
and get them as quickly as possible under
slielter of the breastworks. The artillery
firing on both sides was tremendous.
The enemy kept up a continuous fire
of musketry and artillery on the siege
batteries of General Lcdlie on Friday.
- His heavy guns are not vet mounted, i
but it was expected that his hundred
pounders would be in postion yesterday.
General Butler and staff arrived at
Fortress Monroe on Thursday night.
Capture op a Deserter?Attemptep
Escape?The Deserter Shot bt tiie
Guard.? On Tuesday morning, Jack
Hamilton, a deserter from Co. E, 1st S.
C. Colored) Regiment was captured by
the pickets at Braddock's Point. Yesterday
forenoon, while being brought in
to the Provost Guard-house, he attempted
to escape, when Sergt. M, F. Bacon, in
command of the guard, after an ineffectu a
attempt to retain him, fired on him with
his musket, lodging a Minie ball near
his hip. The bone was fractured, and
the man is not expected to live. He was
i a?1. am /> diiftrrl-liaiioft
UtKCU IU uii' i iwtwsi uuniiruuuoi-, iun.iv.
Dr. Hannen and Dr. Baldser, of the U.
S. General Hospital, attended him. His
wounds being found very severe, he was i
removed to the General Hospital, nos-1
pit;il Steward Win. C. Moore deserves j
credit for his care of the wounded man. i
LATE XJEWS FILOff REBEL PAPERS.
of truce at Beaufort, yesterday, !
rebek^papers to the (Jth were received.
Johnston was reported to have had
his left flank turned by Sherman, and
had fallen back ten miles to a position
on thtmbuth bank of tue Chattahoochee
river- There is nothing new from l>efore
Richmond and Petersburg. Grant is rcported>to
be extending his lines towards
the left. Quite a number of refugees,
among them several ladies, were brought
through the lines by the same flag yesterday
afternoon. The following are extracts
trom late papers:
Ne ar Marietta, Ga., June 30?0 p. si.
?The enemy, at 11 o'clock this morning,
made a demonstration to attack before
ClebunyfB line, who anticipated a night
attack. Polk's brigade opened fire,
which attended along Cheatham's line.
\Y lien wan angle ot our line?on the left
centre-?Jrtie enemy's works are within 40
yards of ours. There has been heavy
musketry firing on both sides, which continued
for an hour, producing the impression
of a general attack, but the enemy
soon withdrew. Their attempted surprise,
if such was contemplated, proved
a failure. We lost a few wounded, principally
by our own fire. Col. Jones, of
the 33d Tenn. was killed by a chance
minnie ball this morning.
Lieut.-Pen. Stewart assumes command
of the late Gen. Polk's corps to-morrow.
Goldsboko', N. C., July 1.?A despatch
from Weldon, dated yesterday,
says: "The Yankoe raiders struck the
Petersburg and Weldon railroad to-day
near Belifield."
A later desDatch. direct from Belifield,
states'that much of the enemy's artillery,
together with his wagon train, had been
captured, and that the greatest part of
the raiders would probably be captured
also.
A fight Is reported to have occurred today
near Reains Station. The raiders
here gone from Morgantown, through
Watauga-r-burning the railroad depot
and passehger train. Our troops are after
them.
The Atlanta Confederacy of the 30th
June says i The enemy are reixnted to
be retiring from our left. There is plausibility
in this conjuncture connected
with the "Federal accounts of Pillow's
operations in Vherman's rear. All was
quiet/doc g the lines yesterday, as far as
we were able to learn.
A Yankee Lieutenant was brought
down Wediesday, but no other prisoners.
It is reported that the enemy sent in
1 under flag* of truce from New Hope
| Church the, other day a request that provisions
be rtnt to some of our wonnded
prisoners in their hands. We understand,
also, that the provisions were promptly
forwarded.
The Ke^ister of the 3d says:
The enemy's rear is now certainly suffering
from the machination of our cavalry,
trains hive been of late repeatedly
blown up by torpedoes, and it is stated
that for five successive days there has
been no stofes brought ower the road.
These operations Lave been made by a
force sent from the immediate front It
is believed, also, that Gen. Pillow with
four or five Aousand mounted men, are
now in the neighborhood of the tunnel,
and that we will hear stirring news from
them soon. If it were possible our troops
are more confident and enthusiastic than
ever, and it If as yesterday remarked by
Gen. Johnstdfir, "that there never lived or
died better Hoops than those under his
command."
In every way the situation is encouraging.
*
The Intelligencer says, dating the night
oi tne sytn:
. We learn that on yesterday, Tuesday
noon, Gen. Johnston sent a flag of truce
to Sherman, proposing an armistice, to
permit the burial of the Yankee dead and
parole their wounded and permit them
to be carried to the hospUais?tu4dimn*?n<'
aceepte4 the^fej^irtbn, and our troops
have been engaged since Wednesday noon
in burying the Yankee dead, and carrying
their wounded lroin the ground before
Cleburne's and Cheatham's lines, where
such dreadful havoc was made in the
enemy's ranks on Tuesday. There was
almost a general cessation of hostilities
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n/j .(ill 'jilt lo
'ov/ >/!/ fv.wjtifeiln'1 ovi'it
~~ T~ ; To '."jMrtf ;3;!7Jtft&l'Hiit
ployed, though on out,extreme wikgi
desultory skirmishing ^on^nvfed. '" ,
Si KG K M attebs?Tii iMstf ;HC*Prei> *A*ti Y'
Fiftt-mstb Day.?Tlraty-4\ri>8fctott! tnafcerl
tired at the city durinip^uftl 'jtaWPto
ending 6 o'clock, Fri^yJ;jeye*^v<54,(( .
lively cannonading between batteries,
on Sullivan s and Jamds? Kfei&te;! aroI( '
ii-"?' - n _ 1 luj-! o_rii .-jfM
uauenes uregg auu Hugneriwjfc' pmtte r
Friday morning, lasting abcMltvorbooril"
There is no change to lywfKiMillMrft
T -vr i ' hAl'/Wf&r/t
Fourth of July:?Monday ncxtqelng
the 4ih of Jul}*, no paper will
from this office on Tuesday. AdVttffceirtf!f
will take notice. t L?tlo/ bar.
The Courier of July 1st report j
of live wounded from our sheliin^.^'asjtUL;..
Piuckney the day previous. . 1 !
A Wise Ordkr.?Gen. S. D.
command of the department of AlafeMMte^'i
Mississippi, and East Louisiana, tab-rot-.-?
dered that no officer, without expree?^.,A
ders from liis headquarters, shall desUxwv
any railroad 01 stock thereon, unless tne
uomo la In tin* ncp AnH iVKfipfifiinn /\t'
enemy. dido
Marietta, June 29.?Unusual quiefcia .
prevailed along the line to-day; the ene-^,
my being permitted lo buiy their fast putrifying
dead. r
As the facts of (Jen. Ilardee's great
victory are brought to light, they prove 4
that it was at first much undeiuted. The
enemy admit a loss of 1,500 in front of
Cleburne's divisiou. and a loss hi killed in
front ot that division and Cheatham's of
85o. Five hundred ambulances were
counted yesterday from the summit of
Kennesaw Mountain, transporting their
wounded to Big Shanty from the front of
Gen. Hardee's corps. Their loss along
the line of this corps is estimated at 4,000,
and about the same number in front of
Gen. Losing's corps.
The Yankee Generals McCook and
TT A Jr/Ml AAWfdinlfT Vr
llai&ci n cic tci laiuijr nuicu.
Goldsbobo', N. C., June 21).?On Monday,
a raiding party of Yankees or tories,
under Col. Wisk, three hundred to four
hundred strong, entered Morgan town at
the head of the western and North Carolina
Railroad, and captured some reserves,
robbed the bank ana destroyed a train of
cars. The bank is supposed to have had
a large sum of money on hand. The
raiders are said to have come from East
Tennessee.
The Kantz raiders have gone to Grant,
having crossed the Petersburg and Wei t
don Railroad near Belifield.
Charlotte, N. C., June 29.?The latest
advices from Morgantown states that the
Yankee raiders are in possession of that
place. No advance had been made by
thetu.
An ample force has gone to check and
capture the raiders, who comprise four
companies of deserters and lories.
The Yankees is Florida.?The Lake
City Columbia of the 23d says; The enemy
have again landed at Green Cove
Spring, and taken prisoner Capt. Henry
Henderson and Mr. George Clinch. They
have ordered a number of families beyond
the lines, in other words into the woods
without shelter or provision. They captured
a quantity of sugar belonging to
the Confederacy which was stored there.
Our friend, Paul Arnon, collector of tho
Port of St Augustine who has resided
there for some time, was compelled to
flee with his family. He arrived in Lake
City yesterday.
basD Rose Leaves.?Surgeon J. J.
Chisolm, Medical Purveyor at Columbia,
S. C., has requested the papers to ask *
contributions of rose leaves from the ladies
of the Confederacy. All the blue
1>ill required for the army has been from
ast summer's contributions, and the Medical
Department would be again under
obligation to the ladies if they would assist
in collecting these, to be used in
manufacturing medicines for our sick
soldiers.
a uctioiTsalk of wines,
J.X. ?*ATLKJJAY, |ILLX^UW^<
Nine Casks of Native Wise, -and Te? Cast* Blackberry
Wine, will be sold at publie Kftftdttta
Adjoining Adams Express Office, Union Square,
Hilton Head. __
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