THl PIDEBAL CAMFAION IN 1864.
FroB tk« Monlraal Tel«gr»ph.
So fftr tke Federal esmpidfB of 1864 Ium ftkil«d mor«
oompletflly tkso tmj of ita prodooeasora Tho variopa
BOTem*ntf hftvo bcms raffioiently developod to «B»bIe
tu to spe»k potiiWely of tho goaeral p1»n; the dodgn
WM of m«gnifioeBt proporUoaa; tin foreea ftad material
emplojed immenM; the reeulta have been auuiy dieu-
ten, oumeroiu repa^aee, fHgktfal WMte of lifl6 and
troMure, *ad not a dngle ▼Moiy.
The grand objeetive point of &e design WM the ieo'
lation and capture of Biohmond. The operationi Ijt the
Soathweat were dealgned to amiat thia objeot. Banka
in Northern Louiaiana and Smith in Southern Arkansaa
were directed to clear the right bank of the Miaaiaaippi
bj an adTanoe with foroea lappoaed to be suffioiont to
defeat tha CoBfedei^taa in thoae Statea, deatroy them
or drive them Into Texaa; thna leaTing the Father of
Wnterg firee, and prevti^mf any cooperation between
eaat and weat of the Mlaaliaippi. Later i
aa^ fMM waa to i«rae from Vickabnrg and march to
Balaa, threatening the Gonlbderate Army it
Georgia onder Johnaton in the rear; SlArman with the
main Western Army wan to break up at Chattanooga,
aad BOTe rapidly toward Atlanta, in the hope of defeat-
iBg Johnaton, andoaptoring thatimportan* arsenal and
depot, or at least preventing any re inforcementa being
aent f^om tl|at qu«K3r to Lee; while Sturgis waa to
BOTe flroB toward Chattanooga, eovering
SherBan’i coBaunieation Mid preTenting »oy daager-
ona ietemiptien of bia supplies- Northward thro^'gh
Tenaeaaee and Kentaekj the railways were guarded
by lari^ bodies of Western MUitia sailed out for a hun
diwl days’ serviee The foroes emyloyed in these ope
rations nuBhared fully 260,000 men, of whom one half
were under Sherman’s immediate command
At tbe beginning of May, Orant propose*^ to break
op at Qolpeper where he i*y a few milea north of Lee.
move ranidiy by his left, east and south to the janotion
of the Fredericksburg a^d Biohmond, anl Virginia
Central Bailways, thus getting between Lee *nd Bioh-
mood, aad threateniog that city from t'>e north-weat,
wli|le Sigel «as to a'^vance down the Shenandeali, and
with the 00 or er^tioa of Orook and Averill, destroy
Lee's oommanic\tion with Western Virginia and T?n-
neesee, capture Lynchburg and the supplies gathered
there, and (o break up the railway lines weat of Bioh
mond Simultaneously Batler and Smfth were to as
cend he James river destroy the Petersburg Railway,
capture that city, break up Ute Danville and Riohmood
line acd isolate and tbroaten the Confederate Capit*l
from the 8 >ath. “The best laid schemes of mice and
men frang oft aff1«*e ’* Is the West, dh‘rman, by dint
of narober', m^d» r spe 'table progresE; Johnston com-
tellfd h'm. how"v:^ t, pay d-»arly fo/ eve’-y mile of
advsn''(«. ll'i'iitiDi; him rhere^er the grouad wtsfavora
ble. infliotiag imm!'D8e Icsaes rn him at ttifling cost;
dezicrcuflly e*adiogaU hi^ flinkii>g movements; thrash
ing him bandsomely at R«saoa and Dallas, and finalIv
brioging him to «^tand sttll north of Marietta, where
the two armies nov ooafront each other, Johnston of
raring battle, and Sherman seeking to avoid it.
The co-operating ezpositlona in >his quarter have a!l
mieoarried In the Trans-Miaaissippi district Banka
and Smith were defeated wi'h enormous loss in men,
guns and materials; 18,000 prisoners, 27 armed and
transport steamers, 66 guns, and over 2,000 wagons
were among the trophies of the victories in this cam*
paign. The political results were the recovery by the
Confederates of the whole of the States of Texas, Ar
kansas and Louisiana ezoept New Orleans, Little Rock
and a few garrisoned posts *
The expedition which went out from Viokshurg was
repulsed and driven back; that which issued from' Mem-
ptds was deeisively defeated, with the loss of more than
half its numbers, aad nearly all its arms, artillery and
material With the exception of a few armed pouts,
the OonfsderUee have recovered the whole of Missis
lippi, and the river of that name is a^n blockaded:
eommunication is estabiiahed once more between the
two sections of- the Confederacy, and men a«d sup
plies freely pass flrom one side to the other Morgan 
has made a sueoessful raid into Kentucky and Forrest
is Boving in foree against the Federal *epots and lines
of communication in Tennessee, while Wheeler it ef
fectually stopping transportation between Sherman
and his base of supplies and grand depot at Chatta
nooga.
In the East the campaign lias been but little more
successful. Siegel was defeated, aad Hunter, his sac
cesser, with his coa^lutors has acoompllshed nothing
more than tearing np a few miles of railway, and
ravaging the country through which they passed.
Butler and Smith were defeated with heavy loss and
compelled to entrench thwnsetves at Bermuda Hundred,
nnder cover of the fire of the gunboats. Sheridan’s
raid, first to dMtroy the railway commnnleations north
of Richmond, and next ts oo OTMWate with Hunter,
Crook and Avetill, failed completely, effecting little
beyond the diminution of his force to oie-half. and the
exhaustien of the reauindw. And (hia brinn* m t«
Um opnrmH9m 9* Eastern army^ under Grant
nnd Ifeade.
At the beginning of May the grand army of the Po«
tomac lay around Culpepar, the army of Virginia, nn
der Lee, was in the neigborhood of Orange Court House,
its left reeting on that plaoe, and it« right extended
eastward to yards Fredsricksbarg, watching the f3rds
of the Bapidan, the wagons of the whole force paoked,
and the men ready to move at a moment’s notice tathe
threatened point. The Federal force under Meade’s
e mmand numbered, as near as can Ife aaoertained,
210,000 men, irrespective of Burnside’s corps and oan-
eist^ of the First, Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Ar
my corps, whioh had been consolidated int j three, call
ed Second, Fifth and Sixth; the Second was commanded
by Haneook, the Fifth by Warren, and the Sixth by
Sedgwick; Bamside had the Ninth to act as a reserve.
At day-break on the 4th of Ma?, Grant broke up at
Culpeper, and marohed saatheast for Gar^ian^ and
Ely’s Fox4s, where pontoons had been laid, and crossed
the Bapidan without resistance; Burnside remaining
behind to cover the trains, and by a show of foroe to
disguise the movement from the enemy as long as pos
sible.
As soon as tlie movement was pronoanoe-i Lee moved
east and by north to intercept the Federals on the
Spotsylvania road in column of march Tbe Second
Corps nnder Hancock having the advance on the morn
ing of the 6th, had got past the intersection o^ the two
road* from Orange t'ourt House on the Spottsylvania
pike, by whioh the Confederates were advancing, and waa
pushing rapidly southward; but the Bead of the Con
federate colamns oame upon the flank of the folbwlsg
Federa' oorpa now j oined by Bornside, who had maroh
ed aU night, and Ihreaieaed to out the^army in two
Grant did not kn^w that the advanoa oonaisted of only
a few weak brigades, t» dense jangle of the Wilder
ness concealed and mag. iiied numbers; >he Confeder
ates attaoked him with great vigor, and he >'elieved
that Lee and hie whole army wese on his ft-%nk. He
hastily determined that his soheme to get past Lee’s
left flank, aad into his rear, had failed, and that the
ottlj Gourde was to h.^lt and give battle. Hancock was
recalled, the traias harried toward Chanc^llo'sville,
and the li'ie of batiU firtnal went of the road leading
southward to Spottjylvaaia, and on either side of tbe
two inter'eating ro4l3 frjia Of%ige Court House, by
which tha Coufdjer-t>t;3 wore alvaooiag
Thus lie Cou'eicrate advanjo, only two divisions
strong, foani iistIf engaged with four immeuaely strong
army o rps of the eneoiy; iu ?ta hands was *he safety
af the whole army, and if need be it must perish to a
man to secure time to oouu' atrate Nobly did they do
their du’y; with a parsiateace, heroism and devotion
never exu;;lle 1 if c-v r (qa.lTe 1 in wkr, they devoted
thetDselv..i) DnI >i:ig Se ciiapparel taking advantage
of the e :r ' 'i ’ op eitr't aide of the roads, they
prepared lo T F. * nl i H*(aoked in massive
ooiumnij, cl >r lu; 'le r:ai and across the open
gladee; tas oaie ••'‘ai e b^iiiud th^ir oovcr opposed a
thin gray line, whiob, had the ground been open would
have becu aw t t y ike oha^; but now almost secure
from dacgjr, runt ih-o l.ne kept up a rolling fire, its
bullets orishei through the dense array of the enemy,
searching it from righ> to left, from front to rear; shatter
ed by a terrible slanghter, impeded by their dead and
w«unded, again and again the Federal columns were
driven back in utter ront, leaving the ground piled with
dead. Bat it is not our intention to fallow the fortunes
of oorps or the surges of each individual combat; but
to deal with results. For two days the battle raged
with varying euooes«, olosiag on the second with de
cisive advantage to the Cunfederates All the Federal
nttaeks had been defeated, tbe Confederate army con
centrated, the artillery and baggage trains were on the
way to Spottsylvania; tbe Federal attempt to turn Lee’b
ia^ had failed and the latter satisfied with suoh re-
■nlta. all he had been fighting for, prooeeded to take
op a new position, ooverinc his oommuaioation with
Biohmond.
As this movement was begun en the evening of the
6tk, Gordon finding that his flank overlapped Grant’s
left, made a furious attack upon it, drove it across the
main road in uUer rout, and broni^t the Federal army
to the verge of ruin. Germanna Ford road was lost and
had the sucorss been followed up. Grant’s defeat at
Wildemees would have been as complete as Hooker’s at
Chancellorsville. But the Conf'derate army was al-
ready on its march to Spottsylvania, and could not be
reoalled in time to take advantage ol the event. The
federals passed an onpleaeant night; their line of battlo
withdrawn and concentrated, and in the darkness
nxe aad spade wen plied throwing np defences to break
tha ssiaul* they anticipated on the Borrow. The mom-
iaC broka upon their trepidation, aad found thus
and okopi4»|^ aU mi^t Ihic
drains had toiled toward Frederi^aburg,. now looked
to as a plaea of retreat; noon oame and atill no attao^
a reoonnoiaaanee wna pushed forward, and it was found
that the enamj had dlMppea^ed.
Grant bunedlately telegraphed a deoirive vletory, the
eniag and the nanal fSederal eBbellishments That night,
enemyronted and flying ’n every direetion, Hanoook pur
Satni^y the 7th, the whole line followed dn Lee’s traok
leaving Ite dead nnburied, thousands of its wounded un
gathered to die miserably in the Wifdemess, and its
field hospitals to the meroy of the foe * Six we^u af
terward parties were eent on to recover the eurvivors
of one of the moet cruel abandonments in the histo^
of warfare; efpie hundreds of wounded eucoeeded in
reaching the bank of the Potomac and attracting atten
tion, but many hundreds more perished slowly by the
moet horrible of deaths, hanger, thirst, and the morU-
fioation of wounds in the glades and jungles of the Wil*
derneae.
After a severe encounter on Sunday, the 8th, in Aront
of Fpoterlvania, in which «he Fifth Federal Corps was
severely punished, both armiss again confronted each
other, the Conff^de’^tes facing north, and the Federals
south. In the centre waa Spotsylvania, through which
west and east ran the road from Catharpen to Bowling
Green, south fhe road to Biohmond over the Po Biver
to the rear; in front looking north were the Brook, Pine
Grove and Fredericksburg roads, diverging from the
left, centre and right of the tows; across these roads
covering the town and the communications in the rear
was the Confederate army strongly posted, and oppossd
to them the four Federal oorp« d’armee forming the
segment of a drcle facing inward, as the Confederates
formed a smaller semi-oirole facing cut ward
Lee wanted time for his wounded and trains to retire
on Biohmond, rnd he fought to obta'n it So far be
had not lost a gun or a w*gon and be had curied cff
all his wounded His killed, wounded and missing,
was only *,000; while the enemy had been weakened
by a loaa (f over 45 000; the disparity beinc oooasion-
ed by the dense columns of the Federals oharnng over
open ground, while the Confederate line fou^t nearly
aU the time In the eereen of a dense forest. In *he bat
tles in front of Spotsylvania, the Confederatea had (he
eame and greater advantages; they were posted on hills,
covered with timber, the Federals had to advance aoross
clear ground, exposed to' the eweep of bati^es flrbrg
poin^ blank into their masses. Grant attaoked on tbe
10th, and fighting continued every day, until the 19th;
the only result favorable to the Federals waa the assault
of the centre on the 11th, with a thousand prisoners,
an advantage which waa neutr^liied immediately by
the recaoture of the ground lost; a»i the surprise of
4he right on Thursday morning under eover of a dense
fog. which cost the Confederates between two and three
thousand men, and eighteen guns The grcucd lost
nooesflitated a concentration, whioh immediately took
plaoe Having Bueces”fO!!y resisted everr etteapt to
force his position and secured bis trains, on the 19th,
Lee. under oaver of a Airlous assault on Grant’s rivht,
withdrew aoross the Pe, and retired to Njrt*- Anna
Here he again halted aod gava batilr; for thr«>e day
Grant hurled hia forces upon him to beroll^ba*k witi
terrible slaughte*; then he sickened of his pledge *to
fight it ont on this I’ne if it takes all Summer.’
Hitherto Lee >>ad succeeded in keeping open his com
munioation south and west, and Grant saw* that if he
was to succeed in planting himself to the north of Rich
mond, and thus cutting Lee off from it, he mrst fight
with the legs instea>l of the ums of hia soldiers. He
had been obliged by the loss of the Germana Ford
road to abandon his' base at Culpeper and estabfish it
at Fredericksburg; his failure at Spotsylvania threw
him back from this on Port Royal; and now he deter
mined to ont loose from it, and try a raoe for Biohmond
hr Hanover Town, with a new baee at White House
above the oonflaenoe of the Pamunkey with York Biver.
He moved rapidly to the south east, but the ene^y had
the shorter line, and when he turned west and ^ ttempt
ed to reach the no^th of Biohmond in this direction, be
found Lee in front of him, ready to give battle. In the
meantime Smith had been detached with the Eighteenth
Corps from Bntler’e comman-*, and sent by water down
the James, and up the York Biver to White House to
reinforce Grant, and the supplies of the army followed.
There wa^ severe fighting in t e neighborhood of
Bethesda Church, until the 30th, with the genaral re
sult that all the efforts of the Federals to force their
way to the north of Biohmond by Meohaniosville were
defeated); and Grant again began moving south-east to
find a more vulnerable point; fighting again at Goal
Harber on the 31st, and on the 1st and id of June,
with no better success, the iPederal army having now
reaehed Gainea’s Mill, its line of battle croesing the
ground ooonpied by Stonewall Jackson when he crump
led up McClellan On the 8i of June the Confederates
made a ftirious sttack on the Federal right and oentre,
the result of whioh was the with'^rawal of Grant’s army
to James River on the 14th.' and the at>andonment it
the White House The withdra 'al was managed with
much skill, the Confederates cot puraaing, bat guard
Ukg ik* bvldgM e««r tk* Cki«k»Hoaalay eait of Kioh -
Bond, and massing their foroee on the left bank of the
James, ooverlnj the city from the soubheajt in antici
pation that Grant would m»ke for Malvern Hill, with
the design of reaching Riat>mond from that quarter.''
Had he done so he would have exposed himself to a
blow which oould hardly have failed to be fatal. But
the Federal commander had no stomach for another
fight with Lae on ground of that General’s choosing
and hoped to secure by surpri*e in another field that
snocesB which had eluded hia: on this. The object of
the campaign, a lodgment in force north of Richmond,
w*s given up for an attempt from the south. Troops
were moved rapidly aoross James Biver, and as soon
as landed, marched at onoe on Petereburg only garrisoned
by a few companies of militia. Before the point of at
tack was developed, and Lee could send re-enforoements
the outer defenses were carried with eighteen guns,
fonrteen of which were re-captured the same day but.
much of the ground lost was not recovered. Simulta
neously with this attack Batler sallied out of his en
trenchments, seised and began destroying the railway
between Peteraborg and BiohmoQ i, but was interrapt-
ed in his work, defeated and driven back with heai^
loss. On the morning of the 16th Petershurg was in
the greatest danger, when the s*in went down it was
safe. Beauregard was there with all the army, and
I>e was on the right bank of the James, his left resting
on Fort Darling, and his right on the Appomattox, his
guns commanding the right flwk of the Federal advan-
oes before Petersourg.
The attempts to taka Petersburg by assault have
been repulsed with great slaughter; the Federals ad
mitted np to Weine.-tday last a loss of ten thousand
men; their aoi.ual loss is probauly doublti ihat numb.>r;
and if this covers it, it is the first time they have come
so olo^e to tae truth Of recent operations be(ore the
City, we know nothing more than that they have oulmi-
natid in disaster after disaster, the latest being the re
pulse of an advance by the left toward the Petersburg
and Weldon Railway with a loss according to their
own accounts of five guas and two thousand prisoners
uid the apparent abandonment of the siege.
A new aeries of operations if announced on the left
bank of the James Biver, ihe only point yet untried,
and by some deemed the weakest; but there is little
reason to suppose that the enterprise of reducing Bioh
mond from this quarter will be more euooessful than
those that preceded it.
So far, we repeat, the campaign has failed at all points;
the Feleral armiea have been hurled to certain slaugh
ter with a cold heartlasanasa worae than devilish. No
general ever exhibltid so graat an indifference to the
lives of his soldiers as Grant; U3 general ever achieved
as little by su3h saorifioe It is impossible to say that
his army has not fought well and endured ail the hard
ships, danger nod la^rs of the ctmpaigb with heroism
nnd docility. Th^y were flireoted by a butcher,
opposed by the greatest general of thie or any other a^e.
Posterity wiU rank Gan. Lee above Wellington or Na
poleon, before Baxe or Tureune, above Marlborough or
Frederiok, before Alexander or Cm lar. Careful of the
lives of his men. fertile in resouroe, a profound tactician,
iftei wi>h the swift fntuition whioh enables a oominand-
or to diaoem the pnrpoee of his enemy, and the power
of rapid combination which enables him to oppose to it
a prompt resistance; modest, frugal, self-denying, void of
arreganoe or self assertion; trusting nothing to chance;
among men noble as the noblest, in the lofty dignity of
the Ohriatian gentleman; among patriots less self seek
ing, and as pore aa Washington; and amoag soldiers
Aftihtning the religions simpUoity of Havelock with the
genius of Napoleon, the heroism of Bayard and Sydney,
and the untiring, never faltering duty of Wellington
If this great soldier had at hif conmand the forces
and material agunst whiok he is ca'.led on to contend,
the snpsriority on land and thr supremaoy on water, in
six months the whole Federal States would be prostrate
at his feet. As it is, he has mads his owa name, and
that of the Confederacy ha lerves, immortal.
In eetimating the future prospects of the campaign
it must be borne in mind that the Federal army in be
ing rapidlv reduced in nnmbars. Its losses in Virginia
since the 4th of May cannot be eetimated at less than
one hundred thousand; it is being also reduced by the
return 0 7 three years and two years men, whose terms
are daily expiriag. By this maaas ovar fifty thousand
men will be withdrawn from the Army of the Potomac
alone before the close of next month and these are
the best troeps in it. The term of the one hundred,
days’ men expires also during next month. The am^
of the Potomac, which at the commenoement of May
*** oo-operating corps in Virginia, over
8W.000 n^ is now less than 200,000. The rednotion
®f the Confsderata farce has eertaialj not bean Bora
thnanfo^lkafftUi. ^ i^a^
has alao been exeesaively heavy.^ Fav
Bonths the olimate will fight agunak
ready in Virginia the Northern troopa
verely fipom this oause. In the atta
tbe hope of the eo-operation of the Ft
to have been abandoned; vessels
stream below Fort F arling, wbioh
descent of the Conftderate rams.
Federal gunboats
On the whole, the situation of
more hopeful than at any previous period af the strug.
gh. They never were stronger in Ben aad Baterial;
the gloom of previous disasters haa bean dispelled by
long uninterrupted suooees in every quarter. T« res
tore their strength, the Federals must sewn resort to
another ooniicription, a dangerous experiment at this
time, whioh may fail, aad, «n failing, terminate the war
roa THS OBSIBVK&.
TnasoHBS naan PnTansBuno, Aug. 2.
Meesrs E. J Hale A Sons: We have a letter from Lt
Jno. D. Malloy, written at Fort Delaware, June 27. Ue
states tha* all t**e officers of this Reg’t (except Lients
McArthur and McEs^chern who were wounded) are at
that place and weU. Letters for them ebould^ be
forwarded to Col Robert Onl^, Agent of Exchange,
Bicbmond, earefully complying with the rules prescrib
ed by him, directed on the inner envelope to Officers’
prison. Fort Delaware, care of Capt. G. W. Ahl, A. A.
G. via Fortress Monroe *
Respt’y, &e. H. MoKETHAN.
P S. All qiiethern to-day. Tankees spent most of
yesterday burji«^ their dead. Tbeir mining ope'-ations
have so far been a costly operation for them
*See Judge Ould’s advertisement in the Observer.
1>0B xnv OBflKBVXB.
6th Divisiok, WiHDsn Hospirai., 1
BiohmoDd, July 31st, 1864. J
Me»rs E J. Hale & Sons:—Permit me to acknow*
ledge through you, the receipt of a package containine
contributions of cloth, soft old rags, &o &o , for th«
use of the patients in my Hospital, f^om Mrs. E J.
Hale, Mrs. P. M. Hale, Mrs DeB'rnier Hooper, a«t
Idre. M. M. Lane I am sure these kind-hearth laHeJ
frouM har^e been amply recompensed f>r their gene
rosity had they but seen the pleasant smiles that Ut cp
the warm countenances of the patient snffarers when
the soft clean old linen wna applied to their burning
wounds; and when told that these thiaga itad been sent
to them by the ladies of tbeir own native State, many
a silent pra>er asoended to the throne of Graoe on high,
pleading for the welfare and happiness of tbeir nct>le
hearted country wotnen
I would respectfnlly say to thn ladies, that there are
many things needful for tho siok au‘1 wonn''ed in *be
Hospital—and their oontrtbutions of all kinds will be
m'st thankfully rseeiveH; but wbil^t the soaeon for
active campaigning continues, there in nothing more in-
dispecsably reqiisite for t'^e eucoenaful treatment of
wounds than soft oH b«n Uges and ragi
Rispeotfully. vour ob’t sarv’t.
FR^NK FOULKES, Surgeon In charge.
jrOB T0K OBSCBVSR-
George Washington Harriss, son of Thos. B. aad
f^ancy Harriss of Chatham coun*y, N. C , was severely
woncded at Ashland, June t. 1R64, and died in Bioh-
mord, Va., June 8d, in tbs 21st year of his age. The
subject of this bri?f sketoh waa one of the most lovely
youtig men I have ever knawn A large circle of rela
tives and frien'’s raourn hia death In Sept. 1862, he
made a public professioa of religion and connected
himself with t^e M E Ohuroh South. From that time
until his death, at home rn J ir> tb« army, he was a con
sistent, exemplary-Christian. Uis end was peaoc.
W. H. Bobbitt
rOB THV 0B8EBVSB.
Killed, Jane 16th, near Petersb''rg, Va , Henry R.
'lovington, son of Rev. H. Covington of R'ohmond
oounty N. C. Ha was a member ot Co D. 26lh Reg’t
8. C. T. Henry was a noble boy. K’nd and generous,
he won the affectiona ot all wdo kn w him. But h*
has gone, we humbly tro^t, to that bright world where
beams an endless day. Farewell He 'ry, we shall rever
more se* thy face ou earth, but we will strive to meet
thee in a better world May Qsd comfo't the aged
parents in this their sore tri*l A Sciu)Oli(atb.
rOB THE OBSKBVKB
Killed, on the 16th June, near Peter^bure, Va , con-
tendirg with tbe enemy, Private Robert Graham, Co
D, 61st N C T , while gal’antly defending l»s country
from our insnlting foe Mr. Qrahim was from Robe-
Bon oounty, N C. ^e was a true soldier an l a ’^rfect
gentleman; w«a among tne many who left their tomes
without any one to o*r.-« for them. Ha parfcJ'fpaled in
the defenos of Charleston nnder Gen. Beaur£g*fd Since
then he bae b'0’> a groftt portion \>f the Mme 5" Va. Ue
wma In tbs ficiit at Gold Harbor, Rermada Hundreds
and Di'awr/’s Ulaff Then the ensT»y moved o»ur to
the South %ide, and in his advance on the town waa met
by our forces, amonjvhom was our Unaenfed friood It
is useless to say any thing more abo’.it bis qnaUties as
a S'ldler, as his oomradas can tesiify to his daring a?d
unfitnohin^ di^oos'tion in presence of the enemy. He
won the confilenoe of hi as well as his om-
radcs in ranks He was shot in the h»ad, wbioh oaiMed
alm-«st inst^ctaneons death H» leaves many friends
and relatives to mourn tbeir irreparable loss **ut an
all wise Providence has s en fit to rem>ve him from us,
and ws console oareelves with the hope that he is trans
ferred to a better world, where we hope to meet again.
jrOB THB OBSSBVCB.
^ied, at GordonsviUe, Va, on 2^ ’ April lf'64. of
Pneumonia, Wm. Henry Patterson of Co H, 2^th N C.
Reg’t, in the 21st year of his are, and only son of J. D.
and M J Patterson of Moore ooanty.'
Wm. Henry was a youth of uncsual promise; his in
telligence, parity of life, and kind and affectionate dis
position, endeared him toallwho knew him, and though
he fell not on the field of battle as many of his com
rades did, he is no leas a noble 8aorifi''e on the altar of
his bleeding oou’itry. He never shrank from duty,
though in feeble health. Most of the two years (nearly)
of his service in the army, be was ever ready to act
where duty called '[(^ongh he is gone from a world of
trouble to one of peace and joy, he has li>ft in the hearts
of those who knew him an undying memory, among
them an affectionate father and an only sifter. But
the? sorrow not as tho^e who have no hope for their
fri^da. A few days bef«re he died he said to GhapWin
Ow^n of a Missi'^S’ppi Reg’t, am not afraid to di>, I
oan .trust Jeeus for my salration ” He oftsn qnoted
fro^ the Bcriptares many of tho sweet premises therf-in
coutaiaed, daring his short but pai^a] illnera and re
peated verses of several hymns, oiie versa of which
seemed a special favorite, viz
Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are, «
Waile oa his breast I lean mv head,
And breathe my life'out sweetly thors.
Thou art gone, dear brother, but thy memory will be
cherished by friends and relatives as long as life en
dures.
' Green be the sod above the>,
Brother of my belter days;
None knew thee but to love the*,
Noae named thee but to praise.”
8iSTaa.
HaADQoanTaas Ransom’s Bbiqadx, July 81.—The
following ia a list of the killed, wounded and missing
in Gen W Ranaeat's Brigade, N. C. T.y daring the
action of the 80th of July, 1864:
24th N 0 Regiment. Wounded: Lt J P Bethea
shoulder severe; Sgt N A Rmith severe; Jeremiah Beav
er, Aujustus Tatum.
25lh N C Regiment —Killed: Capt J M Cathey; Hen
ry Green. J H Colbert. C M Pasey, R H Garrison, £ A
Drake; B F Hensly. Woundgd: Maj W 8 Grady, Capt
L B Tatham, Lt lW Smith, Sg. M A Courtis, Sgt J B
Patterson, Corp’ls Amos Boon, '.'nrp’l R J Burton, Corp’l
B J Wilson, Corp’l H C Edney, J M Summy, J B
Laughter, E Curtis, James Drake, J R Uigham, P M
Rich, D C Burgner, J B Smith, J A Rsagan, B P Bar
ton, T D L Clayton, J MoWilson, G W Alexander, H
T Bugg, B F Edmondson, D A. Stsmy, J W Conner,
Riohard Allison, Will Owaley, J Divis E B^dwin,
Corp’l J B Mann. Missing: from tbn Skirmish line:
Jeff George, W H Grigg, W Gibson, B Qarm, J CEvans,
L Godwin. C F Johnssn, N P Johudon.
85th N C T —Wounded:* B^ Biisdcn, hip serious;
Hosaa Baisden, arm alight; Thomas Davis, arm broken;
W A Bass, foot slight
49th N C Begiment.—Killed; Lt Col J A Fleming;
Captain E V Harris, M M Patterson, Isaac Litton.
Wonnded: Cept C H Dixon painfuliy, Lt Bioh’'d Bailaj
slightly, Lt T Y Lytla shocked by a shell, Sergt
Henderson fleah, Sgt Henry Shell slight, T Howell arm,
M Reid sli^tly, J D Dellinger slightiy, J HFall slight,
G Whitesides mortally, J Holland, in hand; L A Fox
severe, J Wiffliug, flesh, E Anthony, mortally
N C Beg’t. Killed: G Hart, Jno Horton, Seth
E White. Wounded: Thos Gregory, severely in hip;
Markham Wood, olight; Jno Er^ett. 1st Sergt, thigh
severe; Rufus Parker sligbtljf Henderson Lnther leg
cevfrely, A W Bridgara leg severely. H C. HoUifleld
slightly.—Ptttrtbwg Exprn*.
One man, twelve miles south of La Crosse,
Wiaoonsin. has taken with a net this season 30,-
000 pigeons. Another mnn at Sparta lus taken
f 1,800 wOTth, nl 4 oenli «ndu
0A8UALTIBS IN N. C. TROOPS,
nm THl oB8ny»„
Hnanq’ms Gaikaa’s BmiOADa, \
July 28th, 1862. /
Messrs. B. J. Haia & Sons: I sand the enclosed list of
eaauajtiea of this Brigade, one the lat to the 18th
Jnly, the other tha easnalties in the engagement near
Saieker*8" Gap, on the 18th of July, whioh you will
please publish in your valuable paper, and oblige,
Yonrs Bespt’y, , W. L. l^NDON, A. A. G.
Grimes’ Brigade, from 1st to lAth Jtfly.
Thirty-Seoond N C T.—Co D—Wounded: Lt Vinson,
private Grant
I—^Wounded: Cornl Tysor.
K—Wounded: Columbus Long
, Total: 4 wonnded
Forty-Third Reg’l—A—Killed: K L Mathews. Miss
ing: J E WeHbrook. Wounded: R M Gndy, .^erry
StrickVud, Wm Blalock.
B—Killed: Corpl A J Graft WoanJed: Sol Brown,
Hugh Boyd, Wilson Brown, L J Fincher .Vtissinf,: W
F Bay, T M Manos, G Sykes, E P Harrington, A M
StegaU.
G—Wounded: John Pope, J R Ell's, N J Walker.
E—Killed: Bob’t Alford,-W H Crisp. Wounded: W
H Mayii.
F—Wounded: Lt W L Perkins.
• G—Killed: W H Donnell. Wounded: Lt A W Bridg
ets, private J R Watkins.
H—Wonn Jed: H J Willoughby, Sgt Jno Williams,
He»«ry Hall
I—Minsing: Rioh’d Lee. Evan Hudson
K—Wounded: Sgt L J Kiker, Corpl T B Lowtharp,
Q T Boswell, A Meggs, C E Tuoker, D C Candel
Killed 5, wounded 23, missing 8.
Forty-Fifth R«g’t.—A—Killed: Qorpl P Smith, B
Turner. Wounded: Lt R M Martin, Tqo Davis, Wm
Fuqua
C—Wounded. Capt B C Donnell, oomd’g Reg’t.
Corpl T Riley, C Layton, N Benson. Missing: L Steele.
D—Wounded: F Powers, Jno Crews, J Gentry, P
Amos, P Carter, ThoS HaU.
E—Wounded: B L Apple.
F—^Wounded: G Diamond, Wm Suits, M Cox.
I G^JVoundad: Sgt L-Starly, J Biohardson, J T M >ore
H—-Wounded: Wm Jarratt, 6am’l Rrtle, Thos Jones.
I—^Wounded: G Reagan.
K—^Woonded: And Jackson, S Smith.
Killed 2, wonnded 26, missing 1.
Fifty-Third Reg’t, (insertel in Observer of 1st inst
except the following:)—A—Wounded: J T Cook.
B—Missing: C Orters. E ^aton
E—Wopnded: Wm P Gardner Miasing: Coq>l Jos
Richardson, J J Adama
F—Wounded: Corpl E Isley Missing: B A Ray.
0—Missing: Thos Campbell
H—Missing: Corpl A G Jones, Wm Hartman, Wm
Magee
1—Missing: D F Webb, J M Nelson, W E Rowlanvl
K—Missing: Wm Walsh, H Walfh.
Wounded 21. miseicg 14
Second N C Bat.—A—Missing: Presley Francis.
B—Wounded:, Sam’l Kee. Miseing: Sgt M Gordon,
'.Lee Wood.
F—Missing: Lt Z J Williams, Corpl Z A Lewallen,
A Redden
Q—Missing: Harrison Idole, G Pettrend.
H—Woan*ed: J H-Gillespie, A P Worley.
Wonnded 8. missing 8
Beoapitalation of casualties in Brigade.—Kill^^d 7,
wousdcd 77, mifsing 81.
J H
Grimes’s Brigade, Battle of Snicker’s Ferry on the
Shenan'^oah River, July 18
Thirty)-Second Rag’t N 0 T.—Co A—Wonnded:
Horton
B—Wounded: F Akman.
E—Woundrd: Capt G M SherriP, G P Caneler, A
Kline
F—Wounded: G D Larkin. T B Sherrill.
G—Wounded: Sgt T H Mitohell, J P Hoggard, J M
Hsggard
H—Wounded: Bich Moore.
K—Killed: Nioh G Long. W'>unied: Sgt J A Mitch
ell, C)rpls O H Harris, Wm H Newby, aad AS Joyner,
prvate J T Jones
Kil‘ed 1, wounded 16
Forty-Third Reg’t —A—Killed: L D Grady, L R Ed
wards, J W LofUn. J H Outlaw. Wounded: Sgt Iiaao
Bri'wn. J W Can. J E Cavennaugh, J B Outlaw.
B—Killed: J K Stearns. Wounded: Sgt J H Hunter,
C H H«lma, I H Starnes.
C—Killeii: Wm Whitley T^ounded: Sgt B Bullock,
Corpl K W Taylor W B Joyner, W F Rowe, Henry Kir
by. Noah Wheeler, Elias Btanoel. ■
D—K-llad: Corpl Aud Parks. Eli Lewis. Wounded:
Lt Wm B^avao", W D Ball, J H Winfrey.
E—Killed: H T Jones. J R Long. Wounded: Thos
Cobb, Lemaa Dunn ^
f—Killed: Agt M N BeU Corpl E J DiokeTi8,.J N
Diekens, J A Peaman Wounded: Corpl E G L Utenill,
Hawkins, J J Bryant, R H Harper, G W Morris, R
H Pieree, Wm Land. Missing: T L Branch.
G—Wonnded: Levi Perkinson.
H—Killed: W J Smith, C M Ballard.
I—Killel: Corpl E D Liles Wounded: Lt S W El-
lerbe, Sgt G W Threadgill, E V Dabbs, Alex MoQoage,
A H Wilson.
K—Killed: Corpl J W Phifor. Wounded: Dunoan
Waolbum, Alex Phifer. T B Harrington
Killed 17, wounded 86, niiseiDg 1
Forty-Fifth Beg’t —D—Wounded: J P Dalton.
Fifty-Third B^g't, (inserted in Obeerver of 1 st inst.
except the following:—A—Wouaded: W R Shepherd.
B—Killed: W N Merritt Wounded: J W Williamson.
*1—Wounded: L Chaney.
Ki|^d 4, wonnded 17.
Second N C Bat.—A—Cilled: J 0 Hill.
B—Wonnded: S W C'>okerham Aug Fulk
H—Wouaded: Capt Van Brown, oomd’g 21 Bat, Jas
White, Martin Muse.
Ktl'ed 1, wounded 6.
R?oapirulation of oaaualtles in Brigade.—Killad 28,
wounded 76, missing 1
rOB THl OBSXBVKB.
Camp Poaohb’s Battai.ioii,
Near Chester Depot, R. ft P. B R., July 81, 1864
Messrs, E J. Hale ft Son*:—Enolosed I send yon a
list «f cabualties in Charlotte Li«;ht Battery, Capt. A.
B. Williams Comd’g, tro”* May 6th to this date.
Battle Wilderness May 6‘.h—KilU-1; Private David
Fulbright Wounded: Privates W P ElMngton, severely
in back, W G Hoover slig-'tly in leg, Wbitner Broada-
way slightly in hip, Reuben Underwood slightly in head
Spottsylvania C. House May 12th—Killfd: Private
Tilmon Jenkins. Wrunded: Capt A B Williams severe
ly in side. Private Andrew Kanipe mortally, sinee died.
Near Cold Harbor June 1st—Wonnded: Patriek Cain
painfully in leg.
Cold Harbor June 8d—Wounded: Private K C Nants
severely in leg.
Turkey Ridge June 11th—Killed: Ptivate William S
MoDuffio.
Juae 20th, near P#tersbnrg—Wonnded: Lt Abdon
Alexander severely in head.
July 8th, Chesterfield Hei|^ts—Wonnded: Lt T L
Seigle slightly in hip. Privates W W Shelby slightly in
head and shoulder, John C Fite slightly in knee.
July 11th, near Petereburg—Wounded: Privates Jas
H Potts slightly in head, W P Ell’ngton slightly in face.
Ju'y 12th—^Private Jesse B Baker severely in hands.
July^d—Kilted: Private Jayson ’Tonrey-
Very respeotfully, T L. SEIGLE, Lt Comd’g
Charlotte'Lt Batt’y, Poagne’s Battalion Art’y,
8d Oorps, Army N. Va.
Presbyterian please oopy.
Soldier*' Endowment Fund.—Roy. Dr. Deems
has given a full exp''$e in the last Deaf Mute Casket
of the origin, progress~and design of this Fund,
together with interesting refleotions and facts.
Tbe subseriptions paid and unpaid up to 1st July
last, amouu. to $345,094. Of this amount $340,-
504 is from Narth Carolina, $3,770 from South
Carolina, $800 from Virginia, and $100 from
Maryland. Buncombe is the banner County in
this State, having contributed $23,590 to the
Fund, Caswell next, $22,200, and Mecklenburg
next, $17,215. Accortiii^ to the plan, the-Coun-
ty whioh «ontributes the largest amount, will re
ceive the largest amount of benefit.
Ral. Christian Advocate.
Sufferings oj the People.—people in the
lotrer part of Prince Geor(;e, and Sussex and
Surry, are suffering considerably' from the outra
ges and depredations of the enemy. Three of
tbe most estimable young ladies in the vicinity
of Cabin Point, have been violated, and doubtless
there are many others, whose timidity has pre
vented them from making known the'r injuries
An elderly lady was knocked down wi^ the
clenched &t of a Yankee officer, for protesting
against the stealing of her property,' and an el
derly gentleman was shot for going out with bis
gun to ascertain the oause of nn unusual eommo-
tipn in his hQg pen. The Yankees swore that
Iw was a bushwhacker, and murdered him m the
THE C0N8PIEACY IN THl NORTP.
St. Louis,'July 28.—The Democrat publishes
a long account of thft (JOnspiracy for the erection
of the Northwestern Confederacy referred to a
few tiays since. The oiganiiation engaged in
this conspiracy is known as the Order of Ameri
can Knights, and the objects are to embarraM
the Gh>vemment in the conduct of the wat, end
overthrow the Government, if necessary for the
supremacy of the Order. Its profession and pur
poses are different in different States. It pro
claims a war policy in New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and other Sastcrn States, while
in the West it is for peace. The order is a South
ern organization, being erected on the ruins of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, and Gen. Ster
ling Price is supreme Oommander.
Vallandigham, while in Biohmond, was made
Supreme Commander of the J^.irthem section of
the Order; and a conspiracy wss entered into be
tween him and the rebel authorities to divide the
East and the West, and then aid tho Southern
rebellion. Vallandiguam's time in Canada was
principally spent in furthering this soheme. Ue
had a oonferenoe with some of the leading spirits
in the North soun after his arrival in Canada,
and arranged for the establishment of the Order
throughout the loyal States. The smmes of all
who visitoH him at the Clifton Bouse are known
to the Government, among them William B.
Reed, of P^iladelphia; Pendleton and P^h,'of
Ohio; Kriben, of St Louis; Storey and Merrick,
of Chicago, are published. The results ot thid
oonferenoe are also known to the Government.
About the first of January Vallandigham is
sued an address to the loyal States, in which he
calls upon the members to renew their vows. He
says the time is fast approaohing whioh will test
their sincerity: That the prosecution of the war
is a violation 6f tbe rirhts of the States, and that
President Lincoln is a usurper.
A meeting of the Grand .Commanders of the
different States was held in New York on the
22d of February, for the purpose of organizing
an outbreak on the 10th of March, the day fixed
for the draft, but no definite plan was resolved
on. The names of these conspirators are abo
known. The same Commanders had a conversa
tion with the Supreme C/ommander at Windsor,
Canada, early in April, for a general consultation.
Among those in attendance were McMasters,
New York; Chas. L. Hunt, St. Louis; Lafayette
Devilin, Indiana. _
The programme adopted at these meetings
was, that Vallandigham should represent his dis
trict in Ohio in the Democffttic National Conven
tion, and there proclaim the doctrine of their Or
der, viz: To pronounce the existing administra
tion of the Government a power usurped; which
the people had a right to expel by force, if ne
cessary; in fact, inaugurate rebellion in the North,
in which he was to be supported by the order of
each Grand Commander, and was* to have an
armed body guard at the Cnnvention, for the
defence of Vallandigham. This, it was thought,
would procipitate the people 'f the free States
into armed conflict, and would be the signal for
the members of the order to unite against lawful
authorities, kill or capturc the civil and military
authorities, seize arsenals, arms and public pro-
pbrtj of ail kinds, and proclaim the Government
overthrown.
There is most oonvinoiog evidence of the
trnthfulness of this statement, ^e reason of
Vallandigham’s sadden return to ^io was tbe
fear cf being defeated as a delegate to Chicago,
and it ^as'only by his presence his election was
secured. The numerical strength of this Order
is said to be considerably over half a million
One hundred and fifty thousand arc armed and
organised. The Order iq New York is called
‘^McClellan's Minute Men.'’ The gratid Com
mandor in Missouri is Chas. L Hunt, many years
Belgian Consul. Deputy Grand Commander,
Chas. E. Dunn, city officer ol St. Louis. A long
list of the names of members cf the Order in
different States, together with full information
concerning the whob soheme, is in the hands of
the authorities at Washington, and will probably
be given to the public in a short time.
St. Louw, July 28, P. M.—The statements
contained in the dispatch of this morning con-
oerning the existence, plans and purposes of the
Order of American Knights, are based upon very
voluminous testimony, taken during several months
past by the Provost Marshal General of the De
partment of Missouri.
Yankee Ru^e in Kentuckif.—Caibo, July 25.
—Gen. Payne has prohibiced all persons from
occupying houses or building’s woods or lando,
as tenants, in the district of Western Ken
tucky, and from paying therefor, except to the
landlords or owners of un^^eviating loyalty; and
after the 1st of August, the rent for ooeupying
the buildings or land of disloyalists must be paid
to the Post Qoartermaster, and no payment of
rent to disloyal persons will be valid. He also
restricted the sale of arms and ammunition to
persons connected with the army, and to such
only by permit from his headquarters
The purchase of sappli^s can only be'effected
by permits from the Surveyor, and merchants
oan only bring goods into the district by conform
ing to regulations of the Treasury Department.
Several stores have been closed and large num
bers of disloyal citizens at Paducah have been
ordered to leave the State immediately. Gen.
Payne has already confiscated to the use of the
Government fifteen stores of disloyol parties at
Paducah.
Louisvillb, July 27.—Last night as Gillison
Mallory, State Senator, was returning to his
house, about five miles from the city, in a buggy,
accompanied by his son, he was accosted when
three miles out by a man in soldier’s garb, who
demanded where he was going. He replied
‘‘home,” and the soldier rc>^ponded “you had bet
ter go back to the city at this time of night.^’
Mallory then started his horse, whereupon the
soldier fired at him, killing him almost instantly.
It is rumored that the same evening Dr. Gil
pin, formerly physician at the workhoose, who
had been in the military prison, was sent for a
few miles out of town by a guard of four men
under charge of a Lieutenant. He told the
Lieutenant he would not be taken to the military
prbon asrainalive^ and shot the Lieutenant, where
upon the guard killed the Doctor.
The Confederate Strength in the Late Raid.—
The force consisted of one division of cavalry and
mounted infantry, and two small corps of infant
ry, all under chief command of Maj. Gen. Early.
The cavalry force is under chief command of Maj.
Gen. Robert Ransom, and was 5,300.
The two oorps of infantry numbered 16,400.
Grand total 21,900, with three^ batteries of artil
lery. Of this foroe, 3,000 to 4,000 men were
left south of the Potomac—at Lynchburg, Staun
ton, GordonsviUe, Winchester, and in the gaps
of the Blue Ridge. The total force wbioh cross^
the Potomac did not exceed 16,000 of all arms,
inoluding non-oombatants of all kinds. The
fighting strength with whioh they appeared in
front of Washington did not excocd 12,000.
N. Y. limes.
WAR NBWH.
PiglHing Commence4. at Mobil*’..—Mobilk,
August 4.-—Yesterday and last night the enemy
threw an in^try. force on Dauphin Island, 7
miles from Port Gaines. The fleet outside is
large this morning. A Federal double-ender
opened on the transport Dick Keyes, and then
on the fort, which is replying slowly.
C^n. Maury calls on all to enroll themselves
for battle, (xreat confidence prevail*.
A Federal foroe estimated at 16,000 has occu
pied Holly Springs, Mibs.
Prom —Atlanta, Aug 4.—Lateyes
terday afternoon heavy skirmishing occurred at
the central line, and continued till after nightfall.
Every effort to dislodge our skirmish lino was
defeated. We still hold our original line. The
city is vigorously shelled in the meantime Dur
ing the night one young lady was killed by a shell
More Fighting in Georgia.—Atlanta, Aug.
5 —The enemy have been unusually active during
the,last 15 hours. Yesterday afternoon a heavy
assault was made upon the works held by our
skirmishers on the extreme left. After some
stubborn fighting the enemy succeeded in gaining
possession, but were subsequently driven out and
our lines re-established.
About 10 o’clock last night an assault was
made upon our skirmish -lines, extending from
oenti^ to extreme left. The movement having
been anticipated resulted in a complete failure.
Brisk skirmishing continued through the night.
’I'he city is comparatively quiet But few
shells are thrown in and no damage results
From the North.—RICHMOND, August 5.—
Baltimore papers of the 4th say that Gen. Hook
er has been ordered to report at Washington, for
the purpose, it is supposed, of succeeding to
Meade’s eommand [army of Potomae ]
Gen Early’s rebel forces still occupy positions
west of Harper’s Ferry. An engagement is re
ported near Cumberland Mountain, between fede
rals under Gen. Kelly and a boiv of rebels
under Col. Bradley Johnson. Confederates said
to be defeated with loss of wagons and spoils
brought from Pennsylvania. The Corfederates
are reported again crossing into Maryland at
Dam No. 4.
European advices to the 20th say that tbe
Germans have po.sscssion of all the Islands on
the west coast of Schleswig. Pesice- negotiations
were probably commencod at Vienna on the 19th
ult.
Washington Washinoton, July 27,
1864.—The question of the officers and men of
the Alabama, who were carried off so perfidiously
by the Doer hound, English royal yacht, has been
submitted to a board of officers, of which Rear
Admiral Sliubrick was chairman, and they have
decided that these persons are rightfiilly prison
ers of war. This decision is approved by the Gov
ernment.
A large quantity of elegant furniture, including
pianos, mirrors, parlor ornaments, &c , seized near
Fredericksburg, have been brought to Wa.«»hington
to be s'’ld nnder the Confiscation act.
There will be a sale of the property of John
Letcher, Trusten Polk and other noted rebels,
on the 8 th of August, under the confiscation act.
Nieto York Herald.
Yankee //«»»«.—Richmond, Aug. 4.—The N.
L h “‘“1 ?«tersbnrg was work-
9d by the 48th Pennsylvania, composed mostly
ol Schuylkill ooal miners. Tho work commenced
on the 28th of June, and was done with so muab
secrecy that the other corps around knew nothing
dcfiritp about it.
Two hundred and sixty-five public and private
buildings were destroyed at Chambersburg. Most
of the Htocks ot merchandize were removed before
the rebels arrived. The losses by fire are largely
over $1,000,000, and 3,000 people are rendered
houseless.
A Lancaster telei^ram says the raid towards
Wheeling is auperintended by Breckinridge, while
Longstreet is threatening Washington und Early
holds the valley.
The Com Orop.—Vfe are happy to state on
the autlxority of one well qualified to speak on
the pubiec*, that corn oivp of North Carolina
promicM to be tUo best nuse4 in the State during
the last twelve years.
QMbont SSuiUjommak
Georgia —RicttMOND, August 3.—The ici-
lowing dispatches were received yesterday:
Atlanta, July 28.—Hon. J. A. Seddon: The
enemy commenced extending his right about 8
o’clock this morning. Lieut. G^ns. Stewart and
Lee were directed to hold the Lick Skillet road,
for the day, with portions of their commands.
About half-past 1 P. M , a sharp engagement en
sued, with no decided advantage on either side.
We still occupy tho Lick Skillet road. I regret
to say that Lieut. Ge^. Stewart and Maj. Gen.
Loring were wounded In my dispatch of yester
day, 1 should have mentioned that Brig. Gen.
Rector was severely wounded that day.
J. B; Hood, General.
Atlanta, Aug. 1.—Hon. J A. Seddon: The
following dispatch is jast received from Brig.
Gen. Iverson. “Gen. Stoneman, after having
his force routed yesterday,, surrender^ with 500
men. The rest of his command are scattered and
flying towards Eatonton. Many have been al
ready capturedJ. B. Hood, General.
From the Enemy's Rear.—V^Q saw a gentle
man yesterday who was just from the enemy’s
rear, where he had spent several days. H e brings
very satisfactory account] (to us) of the condition
of Grant’s army. The de'^ertion is very great,
and the countics of Prince George, Sussex and
Surry, are filled with these men, striking for
places beyond the reach of Grant’s power. So
great has this evil become, that the enemy now
have a picket line of infantry and cavalry around
that portion of tho army, and then as an additional
precaution, they have a patrol outside of the two
picket lines.—Petersburg Express.
The Looses of Saturday.—The enemy freely
confess to a loss of 4000 from all causes, in the
fight of Saturday. Pending the flag of truoe
Monday, sundry yankee officers oame out on the
neutral ground. Among others, a Gen. Ferrero,
well known in New York city, as a coxcomb aod
dancing master. Gen. Ferrero commanded a
Brigade of negro troops. He acknowledged that
he brought over 2200 ebony soldiers, and that but
900 returned to the yankee lines unhurt. If ihis^
danoing master’s statement be true, as it doubt
less is, the gentlemen of African ’scont, must, have
suffered heavily.—Peterthurg Exp-tts,
Col. Barry.—We had t^e the pleasure yester-
(?ay of meeting Col. John D. Barry, the gallant
comtnander of tho 18th regiment, and, young as
he is, the senior Colonel of Lane’s brigade, of
whioh he ban been in command since the General
■Wa? wouided in Spottsylvania.
The Colonel looks well, notwithstanding the
painful character of his wound, bv which he has
lost the second and third fingers of his right hand.
He was wounded at Deep Bottom, below Rich-
mond.— Wilmington Journal.
Death oJ Lt. (Jol. J. A Fleming.—We are
pained to announce the death of Lt. Col. John
A. Fleming, of the 49th N. C. Troops. He fell
pieroed with a minnie ball, and died instantly in
the fight of Saturday morning last, July SOtli.
Col. Fle.oiog was a citizen ot McDowell co
and was among the first to enlist in the service
of his country 1^2 entered the perv’ce as a
priv3‘ the Bincooibe Rifles, and was in the
fi;?!u at ilet.^el, nnder Colonel (now Lt. Gen.)
UilL Col Fleming was a son of the late SMiuel