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-A-rRUVE""^" NEWS.
FROM RICHMOND.
Gobdsboko', July o.?The State Journal has
received the Richmond Ji7ii// of the 3()th lilt.
The following dispatch is published :
IIeadq'ks Army of Northern Viucmnia, )
June 2S, 1804. \
To Secretary of War:?The enemy has
been engaged to-day apparently strengthening
his lines in front of Petersburg and advancing
them at some points; 1-1 is cavalry, after being
repulsed at Staunton Bridge on the afternoon
of the '26th, retired in the. direction of Christiatisvillc,
where they encamped that night.?
The next morning they continued their giarch
towards Laurcnceville, by way of Brentvillc,
and part encamped last night eight miles
Northwest of the formci place. They appear
to bo making their way back to the main body
of the army.
(Signed) R. IS. JJS1S.
The Wht'y states that the tight at the bridge
took place on the 25th nit., Saturday afternoon.
Between four and five o'clock the enemy came
in view and nnnrnnrdmfl i--:
luuaiua till* urui^c.
Our battories ou tbe South side of Staunton
river opened briskly and checked their forward
movement. The Yankees placed a battery in
position and returned the fire. Halt" an hour
later the enemy sent forward a line of skirmishers,
who opened a brisk lire on onr gunners,
but without effect. The Yankees dismounted
and charged our rifle pits vigorously.
They were rccoived with a volley and recoiled,
which broke their rear ranks. In the course
of two hours they made three other charges,
each of- which was handsomely repulsed l>v
our small force. The Yankees becoming li- I
nally convinced'that they could not take our
breastworks, though defended by raw militia,1
made 110 further assault.. Early Sunday morn- I
ing the enemy began to leave. Between ton
and eleven o'clock, Gen. \V. 11. K. Lee's cavalry
passed the bridge in pursuit. Our Ibss was six
wounded mortally. The enemy's loss was nut
known. In Staunton Valley the enemy did
little injury to the crops, expecting to reap
them themselves. Many eases of robbery and
outrage happened.
It is stated that Captain J. IT. Maury has
been ordered to the command of the iron rl.id
Richmond.
Greenbacks arc quoted five to one of gold in
Alexandria.
Heavy firing was heard below Chaffin's Bluff
Wednesday afternoon.
The Petersburg Kxpcess of Wednesday savs
Grant's extreme left is said to rest, nnm-lv < -. 1
t - v <
Reams',station. It. was reported that Grant is
fortifying and felling trees for the purpose, it is
supposed, of protceting his line. An iinpene-1
< trablc abattis has been erected on the light of
Grant. It is reported that Grant was also engaged
yesterday felling trees 011 the banks of
the Appomattox and erecting batteries.
Peteusdukg, June 29.?Prisoners brought in
to-day report that a portion of our cavalry engaged
the front of Wilson's Ibrce in Pinwiddie
O. H. yesterday. In the engagement the enemy's
loss was some forty wounded.
It is supposed, from Gen. Lee's statement, to
be a Confederate success. It is also said that
parts of Wilson's force was at Laurcnceville
last, night trying to move towards the W'eldon
road.
A cavalry fight took place to-day at Reams'
Station. The result is not. known. The situation
in front remains unaltered.
FROM GEN. JOHNSTON S ARMY?ATTACK ON
GENERA I. CLEBURNE'X LINE?CONTINUED
SKIRMISIIIG? YANKEE ARMY MUCH DISPIRITED.
Marietta, July 2.?By a kind of tacit agreement,
there has been very little of musketry
firing between the two armies for the past two [
days. Yesterday evening the enemy attempted
to take a battery from General Cleburne's
line, supposed with the intention of concentrating
for some demonstration. Our artillery
opened upon them. The enemy responded
vigorously. Constant shelling with slight in
tcrrnisaion lias boon kept up along the wliolo
lino np to six o'clock this morning.
Latkk.?Maiuktta, July ?Nothing new
beyond the usual skirmishing lias occurred t<>dny.
A sergeant and two privates csunc in lit is
morning l'roin the Yankee lines. Tlioir terms
of service bad expired, but, ow ing to military
necessity, tliey were not permitted to leave, j
They represent the Yankee army as being j
j much dispirited and averse to prolonging bus- j
tilities. Many men whose terms expire in An- ?
i gust were determined not to fight.
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! r.t .ya'/'.Y; xkws. 1
Mawktta, July '2.?Lath Cincinnati papers!
received saj- thai>during the late skirmishing |
j on the loth, Kith, 17th and I Stlitheir loss has
I been four thousand live hundred men, as shown
by the oflieial and medical records.
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i 11v- ?.ii<(iiaii<KigU irarct'lic, ol till' 2tHll, con- j
tains a dispatch from Ccn Sherman. Stan-|
toil's dispatch to I >ix, 26th, says a dispatch |
tVoni (ion. Sherman, received this morning, re- I
ports : "Yesterday wo made an unsuccessful j
attack on the enemy's position, and lost ho- :
twoon two and three hundred men. (Jar loss
was particularly heavy in oIlie-T:.. (Jcnernl
J'arlter is reported mortally wounded, Coi. Dan.
MeCocIc, eonnnaiufing a brigade, and Col. j
Rice, c.f the 5tMh < >hio, were very seriously1
wounded. Cols. Craukin, of the -Kith, and Augustine,
of the 55th Illinois, were killed. We
took a few prisoners, hut do not suppose thpt
we intiicted a heavy loss, as the enemv kept
behind his fort ilications.
Ati.axta, .1 ulv 2.?The Louisville Journal,
ot the 25th, has been received. The news is
mostly anticipated.
(Inerrilla operation:!* continue in Western
Kentucky. A tight with the Yankee troops
occurred near Uniontown. Another party demanded
the surrender of Owensboro', but retired
after occupying Cleverpert ami llawesville:
The Washington -S'tar ol the 24th nil., says : |
"(irant's works command Petersburg and- the j
rail road through I'etershurg, and slop ail con- j
fain nous communication* between Richmond ami j
the South. So long ais (.'Irani elects lie can '
hold the enemy ifl front by threat and move I
Southjjwith twenty day's rations. Lee. must, j
j follow or risk a heavy engagement on uuforti- j
tied ground.'1
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oi-i-ii.-uii v i ?ana; who arrived from (iranl's
headquarters, says tin; Federal entire loss in recent
.engagements was over ten thousand.
A correspondent of the (.'hallannoga (fuzcltr '
says: >11 the 'Jllth a rebel force cut the rail 1
road above Tiiton, and burn-d two trains ',
heavilv freighted with supplies. The travel |
on the trains wjv. very dangerous in consequence. i
of fretpienl ambushes."
(_)ii one train four hundred men were cap-!
t tired.
One hundred vessels and a largo quantity of,
(iovernment freight were collected above liar-!
petli Shoals on the Cumberland river. Xo :
more bonis were able to ascend the Cumin r|
laud river, the. (.iovernment being unable to
furnish couriers to convey information against
the guerrillas.
The Sandusky Rr//islc>- of the '2:bl nit. states '
that the rebel Gen Archer has been transferred
irom Johnson's Islniul to Washington. and will
be sent to (iencrai Foster to be placed under
rebel lire in retaliation for the treatment of
the Union Generals at Cha'rlcstoii.
in a lebate in the Yankee llottseof Representatives
on the. 2."?th nil., on tin- repeal of the J
commutation clause of the Draft law, Sehenek,1
of Ohio, supported Secretary Chase. "The rebellion,''
he said, "must he put down, if not
now, hereafter, if-not in ten years," in twenty
years. If peace could he made to-dav every
sensible man knows it. could not last sixty
days. If we recognize the Southern Conlede-;
racy as a distinct nation, with its border from :
the Potomac, to the Gulf of Mexico, we may ex- ,
poet, war, murder and everything else."
Palv, of New York, was opposed t<? the repeal
of the commutation clause.
( nrfichl said if the commutation clause was
retained llicir 1 1 - 1
wuiiki iKM nr :it!(>?|n;it(*1 y
fed and 1 lio rebellion would not. he put down
during this term of Congress, nor under this
administration.
AJallorv, of Kcntucliy, made a speech list
tho policy of resorting to conscription, and said
it was tho worst policy the Government could
adopt.
Nrcw Youk, June. 28.?Gold opened at'
two hundred and fifteen and declined t?> two
hundred "and (ourteen. It again advanced and i
I closed at two hundred and twenty-one and a
| half.
' Oli, that my father was seized with a remittent
fever!" sighed a young spendthrift at college.
fciege of C'liaVlosloii.
THUKK HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH DAY.
Since our last report, says tlic Charleston
Courier, operations have heen unusually active.
On Friilay night a considerable force of the
enemy, under the command of Col. ileiner, of
the 103(1" New York regiment, crossed over
from Dixon's Island to the.South end or Peninsula"
portion of James' Island, at Bcgarc's
Kami. About four o'clock, Saturday morning,
they attacked our picket guard, composed of
Blake's Battery, 1st S. CI. Artillery,'and a detachment
of iV.o Palmetto Siege Train, stationed
at iviveFs Causeway. Our men were
posted behind a small jnfanlrv breastwork. A
sharp light with ntusketrv and artillery ensued,
bisting-.about an hour and a half; the enemy's
lirr-t Hilvane being repulsed with considerable
less. 1 'ri.son.orf> taken since the engagement
report a loss pf niijety-six ine.h killed ami wounded
from the tiro of Blake's guns. Out of three
hundred and lil'ty men of the lOJld New York,
only two hundred and fifty answered to their
names after the rvr-rion
Alter llits repulse of lite enemy,' heir'officers,
with great labor, cursing and threatening, induced
the men to renew the attack. They
were again handsomely received by Blake's
Battery, and allowed to approach within thirty
steps of our men, before lulling back. Two
of our guns and somot.cn t?r fifteen men in
front, fell into tiie hands of the enamy. We
Thought off some three or four prisoiicn^jpUur
losV'-Wijs slight. Two wounded-pB^^r were
brought I struck iuLU^ffpund the other
in the chest, the"I)$lffH^nugth rough the hotly.(ieneral
Tafhfiero, wh^cmtiiM^mds our forces
ot^Jdffies Island, speaks in high yfhaisc of the
gallantary of our men, and the fi rt nil with
which they stood by their guns until overpowered
by surperior numbers.
The enemy, on getting possession of the post,
immediately commenced intrenching. They
were also reported to ho receiving reinforcement
?.
l'ri-niiers say that Foster has about four
thousand troups on Folly Island. The enemy's
llanK and rear protected bv a monitor and two
gunboats in St?>no liver.
A despatch dated Saturiav, 5 o'clock, I'. M.,
says : uTlie enemy areat a stand,- extending
from (himball's aloitg the causeway,-and number,
say OoOtj. Ao lighting since this morning.
"A column is advancing up the Kiono on
John's Island where Bcner-al llober-tson coinliinnds.''
About daylight, Sunday morning, another
exj?edition of the enemy in barges, commanded
by Co!. Jingo, made an attack on Fort John-son,
and were brilliantly lepulsed by the garrison,
under the command of Lieutenant Colel.el
Josel'h Yates 1 <' A i-f 51
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Tin* following oilieml dispatches were tvccivod
:
Si*niiav, .Inly J?, 1804.
The enemy assaulted Fort Johnson in !?;n*trffs
at dawn, lnit were handsomely repulsed by the
ifarrison under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A.
Vales. Several Yankees wore killed and wounded.
Over 100 prisoners wore taken.
II. W. FKIBN-X,
Assistant Adjutant (Joneral.
Royal's Uors2, )
James' Island, A. M., Jnlv 0, 1801. [
(.-apt, Fiki.hjnu, A. A. (I.? in the absence of
Col. Black 1 have the honor to forward the following
report of Biont. Col. Yates : * '* *
The commander of the expedition. Col.
lloge, odd Pennsylvania Regiment, says tlie
expedition was about f>00 or 000 strong, hut
the Adjutant, who is mortally wounded, says
they were 1000 strong. His statement is
credited by most of the prisoners. 1 have the
honor to report the capture of 140 prisoners,
including live commissioned ollieers, and some
wounded, also live barges, 114 stand of small
arms, with accoutrements. Enemy's loss in
killed and wounded cannot he estimated, as
most of the wounded were taken oil". We will
be able to tell better at low tide. Our loss verv
small. Tim enemy's expedition was composed
of incii o( the army. Thev advanced in two
columns of barges, about twenty-eight in number?one
column around Gregg and or.c down
Schooner Creek. As far as ascertained they
numbered one'(1000) thousand strong. The
expedition was formed at South end Morris'
Island. The prisoners have left for Charleston.
The enemy brought implements foi intrenching
and also rations.
"(Signed) J. II. TlilNGLK,
Lieut, and Assistant 1 inspector General.
Oflicial : Ciias.Stkinofki.low, A. A. G.
The prisoners arrived in the city at 11
o'clock Sunday morning, and were lodged in j
jail. They all, with the exception of Col. <
iiogc,.the commander of the expedition and ]
one private, belong to the Fifty-second IV:,'i
sylvania. Among them were the followin
officers:
Col. Henry M. 1 loyt, Capt. T. R. Cnrtip, Is
Lt. T. 15. Fvans, 1 st lit. James G. Stevens, UFt.
John I>. Cunniugh.lm, wounded in the fact
1st. Lt. S. A. ilunyons, Acting Adjutant, '"ho
tally wounded ; Scrg,t Geo. Scott, mortal!
wounded.
The following were also received at the Yai
kce hospital :
Privates T. Lit?, wounded ' in thigh; 1
Needlv, hand and hreast; T. J. Jenkins, mo
tally; John F. Miller, hack; S. Reid, knc(
H. C. l'etit, ankle and leg.
>Gur own loss was one^killcd five, woniideu
two supposed mortally. The following is ' tl
official list.of casualties:
Fout Johnson, July H, 18G-1.
List of killed and wounded in the attack o*
Fort Johuson Sunday morning:
. Field and Stall'?Lieutenant-Colonel Jos. A
Yates, slight in hand. Surgeon Jos. McCaulo\'
lllll't. iii tlio ?i'il-l" t" C..U *' 1 * 1
-, - ... ?? *iv- .i 1.111 inun ms nor i
in the marsh near Battery Simkins.
Private Woodward, 1st S. C. Artillery, Cor
puny E, killed; Serjeant B.Stnbblelicld, Cot
E, 1st 8. C. Artillery, wounded in the abd
men, dangerously ; Private Brown, woundt
in tlie abdomen, mortally ; Private "A. L. Ke
saw, wounded in the thigh, bone shuttered, da
gerously. J. GLOVER, *
Acting Assistant Surgeon Post.
Some twenty dead bodies of the enemy a.!
reported to have been found in the marsh lie
Fort Johnson.
About nine o'clock Sunday morning a boi
of the enemy landed at White Point^oln
Island, and made feeble demonstration on Gc
oral Robertson's lines-.- They were easily driv
off During.Sunday the enemy's gunboats at v.
two Monitors in Stouo, kept up a heavy fire - \
Battery Pringle and Seeessionville. We ha
not learned the result.
A virgorbns tire has also been kept up
the city. Sixty-three shots were tired fro
Friday evening up to nix o'clock Sunday aft*
noon. One Monitor left the fleet inside t
bar and steamed round to Stono;
It was reported fchuidriy evening that t .
enemy had recreated from Legate's farm, at ;
that our former picket lino had been re-esta
lished. No such information had boon reeci
ed at Headquarters up to a- late hour lie
night.
Passengers by the Savannah train yestcrd
report a demonstration made on the rail ro
near Posotaligo. No oflieial information w i
received and the report is believed to be ,wit'
cuit foundation.
Heavy firing was still going on in tbo dirt tion
of Stono at the hour of dosing our rcpo
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Ti'ik Pai.mkkston Ministuv ix Dakgkk.?
A telegram announces that on the 1st of June,
in a full house of Parliament., the Government.
was defeated on a motion by a majority often.
As this vote preceded the Lindsay motion but
two days, it is more than likely that I'almerston
may resign ere that l>c put to vote in the ]IouSc.
It will be borne in mind that Mr. Lindsay de-mauds
that the Queen shall take out of the bands
of her ministry the recognition of the Davis
(.iovernmout. Lindsay's motin will be supported
by all the Derbyites, and the blockade-running
interests represented 111 Parliament, and
as i'ftlmcrstoii must anticip. ted a defeat ill'
this, it may be that he will' resign as a result
of the vote mentioned above. We await with
anxiety the upshot of this affair, fraught asi tis,
with deep interest to this country.? Yankee
J* a per.
(Jen. Johnston has issued a strict order in
which lie forbids all subordinate commanders
to give any data to reporters and correspondents.
A staff will visit the correspondents
and inform them that if they do not desistfrom
giving exaggerated accounts tof Bmall affairs,
or tlm details of operations, they will bo* ,
excluded from the lines, if non-combatants.
Tlip. Monmln* ylmwi/ nnno!' "*
j -?/'y/tui. VASliaj uvih tniH oraer p
right and proper, and sees in it besides, a val- 'f
liable auxiliary to tbe editorial fraternity, ;.in ' '$$
saving- to it time now lost in perusing'ahd aiftng
long-winded communications.
The London 'Vimcs\ in an editorial, says that
in the debate in Parliament, tbe foreign enlistihent
matter has been exaggerated. England
cannot, under the circumstances, make it a
canms bcl/t\ if emigration ends in enlistment
afterwards* Its event is beyond Government
control.
Mass meetings are being held in New York
and other cities, to impress upon the ChicagoConvention
that tho people arc in favor of"
peace.