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f* ;~i * j / " KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESS IS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH." Vol. Ill] OA>IDEn7s. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, .1 WE 15, 1864. HSTo. 11 ? ? ?.?? .. II .?U1?).IU1 J? -.I ? n lI'Mlfl'll ?B? 1 maa?? ?ilt Coitfckciitc IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN," EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY J. T. HERSHMAN. BsS1* Terms of subscription?Five Dollars per nnnumUiitcs of Advertising?Two Dolars, per square of twelve lines, for first nsertion, and Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents for encli subsequent one. ('oiiiniiiTiieiitions calculated to advaue | the interest of our District and State, published free of charge. The following beautiful and touching lines we take from the Charleston Courier, written on the death of 1. S. Isarxktte, ofCopt Izler's ( company, 2"ith Regiment S. C. V., who was j killed at the taking of Drewry's Bluff, in Yir- : ginia: The strife had not begun : the cannon's dismal roar Had not yet rnng along our Southern shore? Only a few wild threats catne from the Northern sky. To warn us of the bloody days that then were ; drawing nigh : When, as if lie saw theui all, this young and i noble knight Bade farewell to home, and armed hiui for the I fight. The battle rages wild?old Sumter's smoking walls ~ < ?.. f V,?? f?tlo urow MlC'Ill liUH, 1V1 IV . lava VMUUVI 4?.>M Now all is still again?the knight stands on the sea, And waves his hat and shouts "the South is free I" Now for three long years he stems the burning sun # Along the coast, to watch the foetnnn'? gun. But now a louder cry from Virginia's bloody plains, Galls for Caroliniuus to. share her strifes wnd pains? He lifts his head, and hearkens to her cries. He runs to her relief, and nobly for her dies, | Amid the bursting bombs and rattling rifle : balls He cheers his comrades on until he nobly lulls. And while his precious blood is oozing from 1 his wound. He listens to tlie cannon's low receding sound ! Who shall recount thy deeds, brave souner, who can tell The grief that reached us when om hero fell ? ' Not man?he can but poorly sing of thee, 1 Who fell mid shouts of glorious victory. 50 * Iafjityredays, when thisli ightfnQv;iriso'er? . When only peace and joy shall mingle on thi? ' " shore? When on this sky shall not be seen a cloud? And on these fields no guns shall thunder loud, i Thy friends shall gather all around thy tomb. Andstrew it with the richest flowersth.it bloom: i And ere they leave shall drop a silent tear On their brave warrior that calmly slcepeth there. Maiuon. ; LATEST ARMY NEWS. Desperate Attack on Petcrsbug? : the Enemy Repulsed. Richmond, June 10.?The enemy.! oOOO strong, under Kautz, made a des- j perate attempt to capture Petersburg yesterday. They advanced in two Columns, and, after several assaults upon our works, which were repulsed, sue- j eeeded in flanking about 200 militia,.1 causing the latter to retreat, with the loss of G killed and SO wounded, includ- i ing some of the best citizens of Peters- J burg. The militia fought like veterans. ! The Yankees then advanced to the suburbs, but, at an opportune moment, Graham's battery opened upon them from Rossoavoir Ilili. Our cavalry hav ing charged them simultaneously, the enemy fled in irrcat confusion. The column which advanced on the JSV-- Bland ford Road, was repulsed by Sturdivant's battery, which arrived just in '" &* time. Our reinforcements pursued the Yankees several miles. The Yankees, in their retreat, sacked and burned the residence of Mr. Timothy Rivers, carrying him off with them. K v. Win Hall, Chaplain of the Washington Artillery ' was also capture 1. News From Johnston's Army. I Atlanta, June, 1(1.?The enemy deployed in force yesterday on our front at , Ackworth, and on our extreme right, east of the railroad towards Rossville Some skirmishing took place during the afternoon. Prisoners taken from Howard's Corps i teport that the bridge over the Etowah has been rebuilt by Sherman, and tha, ' traius are now rutiing to Ackwsrth. Sherman avoids every ct?ort to bring on j an engagementoutsidejof his breastworks. \ Captured Yankees say that he has orders not to risk a general engagement. * Governor Rrown, r} orgia, returned from the front yesterday, where he has been, in consultation with General Johnston. News From the United States. Richmond, June 10.?We have Northern dates of June 7. Grant's despatches say that the rebels attacked the Federal lines on Saturday night and were everywhere repulsed. Everything ft* was going on well. A correspondent of i ' the Philadelphia Inquirer admits a loss of 4 000 at Cold Harbor on the 0d in-| 7 ?*S it). General Tyler's command lose ; s^en Colonels wounded. The caucuses at Baltimore indicated the ^-nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin. Gold in New York ?IJ. Fit k.mont, iii a lei tor accepting flic i nomination of the Clevclaml Radical ; Abolition Convention, declares that Lincoln's Administration has been a military dictatorship, without its unify i of action or vigor of execution. Me says that if an acceptable man be nominated at Raltimorc, he (Fremont) will not re main a candidate; hut that if Lincoln be nominated, there will be no alternative but to organize every element of oppn?i- j tion, to prevent the misfortune af his | re-election. The New Yotdc Ifrrnlil t tin Ar.rtcitiAn tulrnn Itv 1? p,a. II1JIJJ\> illcll 1111 ??rr> i t i?m iiuivk vj - ... , moiit renders fain coin*'a defeat cer tain* * ' A Washington despatch, dated June j 21, says that 300,000 woundedhad been brought to the hospitals there. News From Johnston's Army. Sexatobia, Miss, June 0.?Cnnhy has been appointed a division cominan* der in the Yankee service; Banks, Steele ' i and Rosccrans retain their respective commands. It is reported that Mower defeated Poligoacon the 19th nit., near Yellow Rayon. Confederate loss SOU; Yankee loss 1000. Shelby is reported ! moving on .South Western Missouri, ' with 2400 men. Six hundred infantry have been ordered south from Missouri i to reinforce Canby. It is said that a raid* ing party has left Memphis for Cor- i inth. Gold in Memphis 22n for greenbacks. News From Europe. Richmond. June 10.?European advices to the 2nth ultimo have been re- j eeived. Pelisser, Puke of Malakoff, is dead. : The news of Grant's battles in Virginia bad caused a great sensation in England. The Time* a: d Stnr regards Grant's succcesss as indecisive. The /W expresses the conviction that Grant had sustained a crushing defeat. The Herald and (Huh-, pronounce the advance on Richmond a failure. "Pnftm ttin dnnvn-ia TJVnnt.. X 1/iV ? Army of Tennessee, near Kcnasnw Mountain, Jane 0?Midnight.?The enemy occupies our front, ihrce miles north of Big Shanty. They arc gradually moving to our right, with the supposed intention of striking the Chattahoochee near Ilosswell, twelve miles northwest of Marietta. Our line is in] peopor position. There has been slight skirmishing with some artillery firing this afternoon. Battlefield near Marietta, June 11?7 a* in.?John Mormu, the notorious Yankee spyjr was captured in Confederate uniform yesterday, in the vicinity <>f Home. From Ivmasaw Mount iiu several hundred cf the enemy's wagons can be seen packon near Big Shanty. Prisoners report, that Blair's 17th corps joined Sherman on the Oth in-t. All quiet during the night and up to the time of writing. From the West. Meridian, June 11.?Lee and Forrest routed a Yankee column near Baldwin, Xorth Mississippi, capturing 200 wagons heavily loaJcd with stores nt all (It-scrip!ions. Forrest made a forced march to meet tlie enemy. The Yankees arc more destructive than ever before in the State. Marmadnki' has erected another battt-s V on the Mississippi, at Sunny Side, below (.Ireenville, and has a number of forts, lie had hemmed up and destroyed three steamers up to tlie 7th inst. Monii.k, .June 11.?A special dispatch to the Tribune, dated Baldwin, lltli says Forrest made a forced march and threw a part of his command between the Yankee advance and Baldwin, where he held them bv'sevcre and gallant fight. i C ing for five hours, when Buford struck them in the flank, driving them four miles. An official note says the enemy was routed and we captured over *200 wagons loaded with stores, and many prisoners. The destructon property on the Yankee line of advance is unpnrallalcd. The negroes are vindictive. LAST NIGHT'S MAIL. From. Richmond. Richmond, Juno 13.?Telegraphic communication with Lynchburg is unbroken. Nothing additional from Sheridan. Grant has again changed his base, lie began to move to our right last night about dark, and commenced crossing at Long Budge about 20 miles below Richmond, on the Chickahominy. This morning our o.ivalry fought the enemy, advancing by Riddle's Shop, about 15 miles below Richmond. But our men, owing to the superior numbers of the enemy were compelled to fall back. The enemy arc landing supplies and reinforcements just below Malvern Hill, No general engagement to-day. 150 prisoners captured to day were brought in. Atlanta June 13.?No change in affairs. Raining incessautly. Richmond, dune 13.?Official dispatches from (Jen. Stephen Lee, says the battle of Ti.-himingo Creek was one of the most signal victories of the war. Besides the wagon trains captured, 13 pieces of artil lery were also captured. The rout of the enemy was complete. Forrest was in close pursuit. The rout of Banks is fully confirmed. f J. T. HERSHMAN?EditorCamden, Wednesday, June 15. An Owner Wanted, For a pair of gloves lcffcjn the safic- ' turn of the Confederate office. None ; need apply whose hand is not fair to j 1- t- ..o f n ti7i> 111 \"n JIJHh UjtUIl, (It It MI ?*o I.U .;i?- ) ? being small. Wo are requested by Adjutant J. M. Gayle, tosay that all Field and Staff j officers vvlio fail to return the <late of! their comission, or election, or appoint- ! ment to office, in accordance with Gener- j al Order. Xo 8, is-me I from these Headquarters?will be dealt with as the law directs. Morgan on the WingGeneral John II. Morgan, with a ! strong mounted force, has invaded the) Hi stern portion of Kentucky. lie had j reached as far in the State as Sterling. | We expect to hear stood accounts from ' him before many days. Reported Death of Burnsidc. A soldier in General Bee's army states tbat he has seen a copy of the Baltimore ! Sun, of the 31st nit , and that it contained the official announcement of the death ' of General A. 1). Burnsidc, of the Yaukce army. Travel Resumed. | The Provost Marshal of Columbia i lias received instructions to use his dis- I 1 cretioii pcruiittsng travel >>ti tho railway : I lines. It was stated by Yankee olliccrs in ; i conversation, which was ovcihcanl by | citizens in Fredericksburg. that Grant's j 1 losses in Spotsylvania, since tli opening i I of the campaign, would probably reach 1 To,000 or 80,000. The Huston Courier defends the act'-ni 1 of Gen. Forrest at Fort Pillow?no matI ter, it pays, how many Yankees were . killed. It cites history to prove that garrisons who persist in holding untenable ! points have always been massacred after j those points hive been captured by j assault. I The postoffico at Mobile is .-erv- d entire' ly by ladies. The llichtuond Koimincr . - ji proposes the adoption nt the same plan in* j order that the clerks?one hundred or j more?may he released for service in the j j field. Fremont's Letter, Accepting the nomination for President, declares Lincoln's Administration a military dictatorship, without unity of action ; ! or vigor of exccutim ; and says that if an acceptable innti be nominated at Ihtl- I timore, he will not be a candidate; but if Lincoln is nominated, there will be no ' alternative but to organize every clement of opposition to bis re electi >n. Tim Herald says Fremont's position secures the defeat of Lincoln. A gallant Act. i The Richmond Enquirer says: During the fight on Friday, in front of. Kershaw's division, a most gallaut charge was made by Keraliavv's old brigI ade upon the enemy, in which Private Pickett, of Company H, 2d South Carolina i Reijiincnt, seized the color bearer of the I ? 4Sth New York Regiment, and wrested | from his hands the splendid silk colors 1 of that regiment, and brought them off : to within our lines. We examined these I colors, which bore many evidences of the 1 ! e * I j markmanship of our soldiers. Upon the staff nf the colors was a silver plate, in | scribed "4Sth New York State Voluufeers, : presented by the city, in 1803." Com, menting upon the superior material aud . make of this beautiful trophy, a soldier | dryly remarked, "The flag ought to be j i beautiful; it is all they arc fighting fur." ! ' /no Confederate War-TaxWe publish, for the benefit of the , | readers of the Confederate, the following : list of items, advertised by the Assesj sors of Kershaw District, as taxable : j 1. Number of acres of land. 2. Number of slaves, 3. Number of shorscs, mules, asses and jenets* 4. Number of cattle. 5 Number of sheep, goats and hogs, i 6. Number of ibs. tobacco, : 7. Number of lbs. cotton, and woul. 8 Number of bushels wheat, corn, I oats, rye, buckwheat and rice 0. Number bushels potatoes of all I kinds, peas and ground peas. 10. Flour, meal, sugar, molasses, baj con, lard and all others groceries, goods, ' wares or merchandize, spirituous liquors, wine cider and vinegar. 11. Value of all household and ki'clicn furniture, agricultural tools and .implements, of mechanics, musical instru-. i ... -ill orhnr articles of domestic IIIUU13 tt?u vv,,v* I USC> 1 4? 12. Carriages, wagons, dra)fl, car.s, % 1 urn] every >pecios >]' veliiele on wheels 13. All srold ami silver \v?ires and plate, jewtds, j- welry and watches. 14 Hooks, maps, pictures, paintingsstatuary, and all oilier works of ait. 15. Number of sitan s in any bank or railroad, and other joint stock companies. 10. G dd or silver coin or bullion. 17. Amount of all solvent creditbank bills and paper currency, excess nAi,M.to..jJ K/virin.r I\?n K?Ji>ri f ? TH?:L< ury notes. IS. Value of all other property not enumerated in the foregoing. All kinds of property above mention e<l, owned 17th February last, arc taxable under said Act* Two Weeks of the War. The following enumeration by the Sec tine! will be acceptable, particularly ti such nf our readers as have been during a portion of the time cut ofF from tlx mails: May 4th ? <5rant ero-sed the Ilapidali at Eiv's and (iennatina Fords. May 5ih and Oth.?The great battles of Wilderness, Grant repulsed and driven at all points with grant loss Abandons his dead and wounded on the right, and retreats to his entrenched lines btween Wiidi mess and Trig"'.- Mill, nearly co-incident with tin; Brook road lead ing from Wilderness to .Spottsylvmia C II. (Jeneral IjOng.-trofet wounded on tin It. May 7th.?Skirmishing. Grant re treated towards Fredericksburg. May Stli.?Two battles foijgbt tO-da) at SpottsyIvania (J. II., between Long street's corps under Anderson, and tin nth corns, under Warren. srmDoitcd b\ cavalry. Tim enemy rjpulsi.*?l with boa vy loss in both instances. May 9 f i i.?k i r 111 i s h i n g. May lUlli ?Gralif attacks fj-e ill lii: iiiiroiicliTiK'iits m\ai Spotfsyivnnia (J. II ami is defeated with great hiss. Map 11 i!i ?Siiiriiii-liintr. May l'-'ili. -tirr.it h.ittie "I Spottsyl vatiia .Court House. (iraiil attacks on lix>' S, breaks over a part, capturing sever al tliiiitsaii'l Mica of .Johnston's Division but is driven out, an i reji ilsel a' a! points Willi cmiriii'Mis hiss ? the grouti in front of our lines being piled with hi slain. May 141li.?Grant in >Vi-<1 h's lines !>j his left Hank, taking position nearer tin i!ielini"ii.| ami Frederick sinrg Hail iv > n lie then remained pivlty ijuief, until Mav ISili?11 rant "a Humped an as sault " on K well's line, h',; v.-i- easily r tmlsed. 11 is loss sail lobe eon?i ler.i bin. H MUS Mllie'i I<?i' (Irani > illinium in lii-tviiKMiis, with t!i<1 tumps nil icr hi eye- 1 >'it, other im]'c>ri; nt o; ration around Ui'iiiifiiil form a put > film sum drama, *i:i I must In: uientio o-.l as a pr?r Ii ?;i ol Lis procopiliiijis. MayOth.? iiufler land- in larao f oci at llcrmuli Hundreds, mar thejunetioi of the James ami Appomattox. Skii inisli near Po'T. Walthall Junction ? Kneiny defeated May 10th?(iivat c ivalay ( xposli;i..i against llichnioml, under General S!i ii dan. J?at 11-.* near Chester Station. (Ju airy li^'litino. May 11 til.?Heavy cavalry fi.'lifin.' (I -iutiI Stunt wounded. May ll.'tli ?r-ivalry lighting confiu lied. Mticmv attack second line of bat feries on the Mechanicsville road. Lion oral (Jracic skirmishes with the enemy ot tli- Meadow Hridoe road General (lor don (cavalry) wounded. General Stunr died She'idan re crossed the Clticka iionii'ty. and disappeared towards tli James. May loll).?Heavy cannonade at Fur Drewry. Knciiiy demonstrating againit l>y lain!. May 14tii ami loth.? Heavy cannon ailing ami skirmishing with the cnein mar Fort Pre wry. Mav loth.?(i neral Rreckinridge ilc feats Siccel near New Market, ami pit liiin to flight. May Kith.?fiencral Reauregad at tacks the enemy near Fort Drowry, dm them nut of their iiitrenchinents and cap tureil many prisoner?. May 17th. ? Hutler retires tn Dcrniud Hundred and fortifies. Railroad Accident A severe accident took place on th South Carolina Railroad, on Thursday afternoon, hy which several lives wer lost, and a number of persons injured The train was a short distance helm Lcwisville, when an axle of the mail ca broke, and almost in an instant th sever..1 coaches were jammed togethei The following persons, who were stand ing on the platforms, were instantl ' > ' t? w i u n ir o' KIIH'U: .i ? HI II ?> full, < > i !1 | I.I I I _> M, Georgia; Q Hayes, Company F, Hit Flo iida Battalion; a c??loro<I buy, bclongm to Mr. AJnwry, ami a train hand (negro named Spencer. Several others wer more or less injured. One man had hot I lops broken and two had each a leg br>i ken. U'c barn that one of the injure* men died at the hospital. C trolbuan o 11 tli ins I. The Richmond papers have advance* the rates to 840 and 850 a year. Th Examiner is S50 a year, or 815 for thro months. The Atlanta papers are 85 mpnth. The daily papers of this Stat are now the cheapest in the Oonfedera cy, but the tapid advance in publicu lion will soon compel'as to follow tlios of Georgia and Virginia. * Jfc. Our Captured Cavalrymen. Wo ar> iri'li.'liteil to (lie courtesy of Wm. C Bke, lwj, for a slip from ill Ni'tv York Ileralil of June 4, giving the j following nanus as amongst the "icbel wonmlrJ" captured in the recent caval; ry lighting in Virginia: ! Willurn liell. K, 4th South Carolina i cavalry. Jamos L Hoe, K. 41li South Carolina cavalry Julm Saunders, G, 4th S >uth Car lina cavalry. Ij ii Dcas, J-', Till South Ctroliua : cavalry. Corporal It'her? Adams, K, 4rh South : Carolina Cavalry. I> l' Strothcr, F, Till South Carolina cavalry. i J 10 Murray. A, 7th South Carolina j cava!i v. 1 C D Sander-', 15,-4th South Carolina 1 j cavalry F \V Hendricks, F 3'h Sauth Carolina : jcavalry. D \V 1) hhius, A, 7th South Carolina 1 cavalry | T Ij Boykin, F, 7th South Carolina : cavalry. ! Charles Long. D, 7ih South Cuoli.ju cavalry. 1 i Daniel Proctor, C, 7th South Carolina ' c:iv?lry. Captain J J .MeGee, 7f?? S ?iif !i Cai'oliu i ' cavalry. j Thomas llcflcy, 15, 4th South (.'a nil in a ': cavalry. S Pringlc, K 4 r 11 South Carolina civ airs 1 J li D sel,K,4lh South Carolina cavalry J .J Marshal I, lih South Carolina cav' ; airy. ; Promotions. r An army corresponileiH of the 1'ichmoii'l Kiitjiiiri r says I he lolhuvino promo, ri-ms were aniioiineel in a special oril- r | from the lieaoftnarfcrs of tin- ariny: i Major General .J 15. Kershaw, per . ! man l>rly t i the c mnnnl of MeLnw.s' : I>ivisii-ii ! ?5rioi'li r General liryati Oiim-'s. p. r inntMir 1 v to the coinmami <>l l)i:iiet I : ( .\ C ) i5ri?mie. i I5i io.eli ! < i'-neral James C inner, tern. p r.irily to the e onmaml of McGowan's I iJiieajj" I Ijriira'ii' r General llufus IJ.arrancer, s permanently to Gordon's IJriira le of Cav ml! v. i- . IJri-iilicr- General John ^ic!*.:ji-IjiihI. i- rmauuiitly <> JftiUin.-' Cavalry JJri1 l>r!^a?lii-r-(! ii!i-:il Win. i! C"X, tem. |?inril v to K 'insenr "s 1 >:i ale. i . lJri^rnJi. r-(i'-ni'ial Th?*~. '!" ???n, tempo | rariiv t > .! iiu's , X C ) llii-ailo IJii-iMi?.T t leiieral Win (J .Lewis, ten a piraiiiv fit ! I k 's llii-ade. < 41.i ijm.il Lilly. temporali!y ? |.i IV-r Mil's Uri- "I'-'. 1 >i i--rlicr (icm-ial Zrbol mi \ ork, i . jH'iarilv 1" i lays' <n i StaH'oni ? Hri-mlc. Major Genera! Unnscur, reniji :aivy ! r i Lilly's Divi?i> n. i Major (i.'iii-ral M ilione, f in| >iariiy fn . Ani< r? 'ii .- Division. Iji> ufenaiit CI !!?.'nil II II Amb rs . fi'ii;|. ii'.iily io Loiijsiivei'.* (" 'ips. i I. . ui.'tiaiii f! iwial ) A. Iviriy, 'em. jioraniy lo I *\vi l|'? Corps. How the I?cws From Grant's Army is SuppressedTin: fbllowiii- rx tract from -iii e?Iif r ia 1 in tin- X' w Vork WorM slews 11 \v . the news from Grant's annv as suppic-. ; se.I : i In common will, all theinortiiiio jour .. mils, save one, \vt* rctraiiii ii \cst>r :sy ( (V-mii gi\ ing sueh news as wa> in our s.-ioii touching i|k? movcmni's of General < Jrant's army This was done in compliance with the very proper ret quest made by ilie military authorities, t One paper, however, the only one which 'distinctly and npenSy - <?n |??r r s \I r I,in. . coin lor tlie Presidency, disregarded the V request of the War Pep irftiieiit, and published as full details as it could. It . there was any force ill tin- wishes of the * , War Deportment not to make this newpublic, if must have been hcause it . would give aid and Comfort to the ,. enemy, and imperil 'lie lives of our soldiers in ilte field. We again retriiu IVoiii publishing the details which ale ., in our possession of the nioveiiieiits of General Grant's army. A Tree Ilcwrx Down by Bullets Host people have dmiliteil the literal ae o cliraey of the despatch concerning the y battle of Spotsylvania, fought mi the lOil, i, I if mi, in I, i.. t, ii 11,..1,1,1,1 flnit tl'PeS i_. II UK ..... -- - I, were cut dmvn under flit* concentrated v (ire of Minie hulls. We doubted the r literal fact ourselves, and would doubt it c still but fur the iudisputablc testimony ut" . Dr. Charles iWaogill, an e\e \vitii? >s of j. ' the bailie. The tree stood in the P ar of our breastworks, at a j> i 11 r upon wbieh (j at one time the most murderous musketry . lire that ever was heard of was directed. it The tree f< 11 inside our works, and injurj ed several of our men After the battle Dr. Macgill measured the tiiink, and j. found it twenty two inches through and i. sixty-one inches in circumference, aciu* | ally hacked through l?y the au ful aval* f allelic of bullets packing against it. The foliage of the tree was trimmed away a> effectually as tlinugli an army of |.**usfs j had swarmed in its br inches. A grasshopper could not have lived liiioiigli the e pcdtiug of that, ieaden storm, and but for ( the fact that our troops were protected t.y breastworks, tluy would have been swept away to a man. It is reported that Early and Atuler c .s.m have heiMi both c iinmisMtHicl Lieutenant (juueruls. ' ^ Johnston's Army. A private note to us from a division commander in Johnston's army says: "Sherman is at the end of his rope. His losses in killed, wounded, stragglers and sick, owing to the masterly manoeuvres of Johnston, have Lecu not less than 40,01)0 men; and as the two arrnsea now stand, we can whip him any day in a fair general engagment. Sherman can j < ome no further " We learn, says the I'ichtnond Exam \ iner, of the 4th, tint Lieut. Gen. Grant has resolved beyond the power of change to avoid a decisive engagement, and that ; the army of Northern Virginia will uever have the honor of shooting as many Yankees in one day as it had upon the 12th ol last month, in the county of Spotsylvania If hceould be provoked to let out his full length ajrain, he would have be< ti so provoked on yesterday, when he had also every opportuuily that could, under any ciicuinsiarcefc, he desired by i a gentleman On Thur.-day evening, lie had been attacked in his entrenchments. Tlfree lines of breastworks had been wrenched j from him. Seven hundred prisoners had ' b.'eil captured with them. An niportant position had been 'aken, whi.'h forced him f.om the high ground on O'tr left, and Itoiit ids own right hack to the Piimunkcy. He.o wis provoc.-nion. Observers of ; IJ ra til's career anticipate)! a jil>>ri"us tic id ; ! day no flie in Trow l>nt tlie anticipa rioti was fuitillo'l in a partial manner mil). There was, indeed, a sharp strngifl-; ycsteiday?t!ie most. sanguinary Ii_111i11o wliicli lias occurred since the 12th of' May ? hut mi general engagement inj vnlving the winde forces of either army? still less a decisive battle, i fvi far as we are t? \v iiifofiw d, the ; all'i r of yesterday was hi attack by the ent'inv in ;;i(at I'rnce titnir lines in front of (jr.iin- Miii an i C?>I ' II rI? It Was Hiade u t!s I m i oy I f inn.-r a.milled t:11f I.J rant ! a- i'.npaited mi smile "cca( >ii)Iis, an inj>lt!se f i Yankee MO'p- which , 11 > other Federal 1.1 .11- i! His \et e!Veil 't 'th in. Miii ismtie r n:i iiiis, or on any *?il?er crasimi, has iMn-i ii 'lie better for j (In*iii nr fir Iii<>i I'liey rt'.-hed.np yes i lefiiay inmnii.g wi'ii deep lines, and mm:ee. ded, a.- a! Sj* Is\I > '.nil ('"lilt II"*l.?C, I ; III htirst.- II o over "lie [lilt "i the (Jollied- j ; crate hre.-istwuks. Tw<? eun.s nf all artillery cMnpanv from ilielimmid fell for a iiiiiiiu nt iiitu ti.e enemy's hands, after J liltO'.'ii oilier!s ami nieti, working tIre -ai'l guns, iia i been killed or wounded. Hut the result was ?iil;er> ni limn that nt mo , similar inci h ur ;it Spni.syIvaiiia Court fm U -llsc. Tin-re, I lie (.'iml'mliT-.Irs Jpcnv- J M ered neither tucuiius nor :he allele of ffl C V tli.- brt-a-Ytv-irk . ivhieli was taken. "iruf re, unr do >ps wjre - r-ipldly rallied jl [and r frif?reed; t'tsft tin- Yunkcu J wholly vanished he fore tliey c u! 1 evtf j . cli i r. They wcr< *iuugh ereii or j Mj .-imi not -if th- ir. uche- in ihe briefest ; l|p time, il.e uiim- were certainly ) p3 i*i i-..vep -1, iiii.-|? k u, i.tiiiai tin il. ai.il ar - \ m w in ('"i'l h iIi.i'f.s 1'ie rest iif Kg! III.- Iiairi, wit* a n |M*t il i n ill Chlllge after .1 a. in-- s-y ?h*-\ w.-i.- brought up 1 '.-even time- ?l-ui I in-\ nt v. r in > . 'air ill- alld th IT line- Ceil lii-olnr ?tn g ,-i-af'i-r I !?t!.it- iii lii> . A In hi r nm. ihv tli * enemy r Iimj u-iu-1 di s'lii^-^le. V, We I'l'taitieil all our w i i;- intaef, wi ii H evi-rv inch < tiie ^rouml mimti mi tie- "- > evenii r fl 1'lie loss id mill wti.s i|i jiruportinfint e. jb i a- it In:tst cv. ic u ln-ii del- I mill- : \ jUtf I unsiieC"- i d as-aiilt.s ire iii iht oh an m| army h- lii-ul hre.<>twi>rks. 1 i- in I :-,? believe i tii it 'lie C-nifed'-i:ite- r ?ix Ii ii ml i ml, while the en- un's Itilled and ggj i Wi.nndml |ii"nhahly number innre then six jgi Ili'iiiMi'l. I lie Ucl<*> are uiiir wiiii Mii'ir -lam. Tim :nlv iiitiii'fs t'? our side are 9 rlie p -iri ?n- gained iiiur-day ; mi .j? M'CiiiC'l "ii Friday. (jrant ir>w sit- in nw lilt! seat ol Met 'h'llau. lie lin- to V.^B get a single advantage I "'in liia Fred- S ericfc>burg mute. II did not destroy or "^B injure Lee's arinv. mi in* lias ii" position A ii tli .\<rt He is it?w, - A in 11f w inl, at fro* icntiea point wlier* S MfClellan begun It i - v? . r ic. tiroil's $$ |i|v> ii' .ii - i i |n" hi t 1.1:1 i>| ;|o* 1.1 rm sh, ..1.a nij!It . Xjl 1 wit ii -l Ii arliij. n and iitt\ Hit r p? !-? I j wifl? >liai|i atta-.ks iiuo the >! IVhia v; bill. avoiding any engagements which would wj compromise his wliolo army, iftiiccliaiicc f II against Iii 111. ^B Mrs Lincoln and the DisemboThere is a story going the rounds at if the Capital to the eff ct that. Mrs Lin- Tss colli, 1 few 11 ys since, consulted the ^B -pilil- "Ii tile sllhjeel of tin; next Ptvsi- -|ffi .! IICV, al}d til it she Would Unl he m'tit-- "7S8 iivss it ftie whit*? U'Mi-i' l -u^tr tliiin flu- 4rii ..f March, 1865. Mrs. L. 9 inilIi 11if11? i-'o an orthodox number of i In; nipping fraternity expressed her M disbelief in manifestations," ami tie-. partcil the "circle" fully per'U:i?K??J that"the iiifiliuin was a chailitan . Before the days of flic teetotalers, a i). iclilmr .if Mr. Bi*bee saw fliar gentle11i i11, at an early hum* ?|t" the day. craw; ling slowly luuiii ward nil Ins hands and -igl knees over the frozen ground. "Why !&5m don't ynu get iip ami walk. Mr. liis fyjs bee? Why don't you get op and Walk?" ^Ka said his iieighb ir: "w-w would, b-b but r^K its so almighty thin li-re ttiat I'm af- j||S raid ( shall b-break through.*' ()ur neighbor, Grant and Butacr, are evidently in the same predicament. ;$!8j l-icti I: .nf. Ii...oi lir.iii.riit to their knees. vSwSi and botli liavo in??re fai'h in their le^s than in their hearts. jk,J mM mm