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|fAll fBDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1864.
1864.
U CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR.
0 PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
ibonology of the campaigns.
fUCS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
flit EUROPE HAS DONE IN 1864.
U DU YEAR'S- PLACE IS HM!®
!t solus* Of War, Pence, Art, Science,
ui.covcry, Commerce, A (Hen.
In re, Enterprise, Ol>
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JUICABT.
PIUDAY, JANTTABY 1,1884,
,1 crest snow-storm oommonoos in the West;
riisl railroads completely blocked up.
■ revolution occurs at Matamoroa, Mexico.
e lakes charge of the city.
jpeat fire oocure at Yoddo, Japan.
[in polish lusurrectton stilt in progress.
Its King of Denmark and 'his sou meet with a
jjiome reception at Flenslmrg on their route to
lunlsh army at Schleswig,
lit Emperor Louts' Napoleon makes a New
tit's speech. In which he says that he hopes the
pot year will bring peace and reconciliation to
jsrlco.
BATOBBAT, 8.
Ins military Department of Kansas, Including
at Smith, created. Major »en. Curtis assigned
tie command.
Da. Borron assumes command of tho United
i*23 forces at Matagorda, Tcjtis.
B»i»AT, 3. ■ - . --- ;
ik wecl; or prayer appointed by the Evangelical
te-iifs throughout the world commoncas.
•jin Hughes, Archbishop, of New York, dies. '
' mobday, 4. ,
He trial of the Chesapeake pirates, Collins, Mo-
VifiT, end Seely, commences before the police
jtstrates at St. Johns, N. IS, . :
Headdress to the Emperor Napoleon intrOotaoed !
>5 tic Corps Eeglslatlf of France; expresses tne i
~that borjeticlal results mar bft derived byF tuna*
« the Chinese and Mexican'expeditions, and
ills extols the Emperor’s scheme lor a Congress,
TXT BAD AY, 6. 0
IM President ad dresses.a short mexsago to Con
.unilrtslrga reconsideration of the law paying
Canty of 430 i) to veteran volunteers up to the sth
Jar-nary, recommending that'the time be ex
to February Ist. , .. ,
Seieral stoneman appointed to the chief oom
4T,i of the cavalry under General Grant.
Ilia'll of General Corcoran.
Lfclalaxara, Mexico, ooanpiod by 14,000 Frenoh
a •.
nil Kick of Denmark visits the Danish fortifioa
at at Frcderlokstadt. - - • . - *
WSDNjSSDAT g.. k - •
O'rertor Seymour, of New York, addressed a*
s/c message tothe Legislature'of New-Yorh, ■
ffr.jrteen thousand reserves called otu by the King'
n eromrk to resist the encroachment of the allied
ettnPowers." «» ;
. wmasanx, T.- , , ,• t ,
Ir. s. Urant, brigadier general of tho regular.
r- promoted to be major general of. ttie regular
to,to da'Ofromtbofallor.yiokabarg. .. :
fciiael George H. Thomas, of the regular army,
;4 atejOT general of yolunteers, promoted to.'be-,
inner general to the regular army, to data from •
((tittle of Chlckaumuga. - - r ■ •»•••«*
IKtade, McPherson, and Sherman, of the regular,
fey. »nd allmSjor generals of volunteergj'promb-,
w to to brigadier generals in the'regular arflty, the;
[lolr.tniont of the ttrst-to.date from tMubatHe of;
fujeiiurg, ofthe last two from -the'fifti 'OfW»
' ' 4 t f :■ ' • 'f\ >’!
oulbaldt formally resigns his seat to the Italian;
arnicent* • - - . • • * .
. Hea I’ileb B. Smith, Judge of the United- States
liitilct Ctttrt dud ex-Seoreta.ry of the'lnterlof, dies
'ißdloEipolls. ' > : ■ . '
Tie banes make active preparations for war. The
trttern part ol Bandsburg oooapWa> by Danish
f«s.
, . iran>Mr T iB. , -,. . , .
jße Princess of TWaIM gives birth to a son at
: i rafttw mafl* lo expel the'Hon, 4»rfkt't)a,Vis,'
: Kentucky, fofusln*. treasonable l&ng'uagetn tbe
site,on the; 7th instant, ;
i siate Convention, held In Arkansas, prohibits.
iteiy. j •
■ . SATUBBAT, 9. •
St. Francis vflle, La, destroyed by the' Union
set. in retaliation for the shooting of the ox-engl
itr of the rebel gunboat'fllbßea.
StrKDiTjlO.
litiebr and his guerillas defeated In Loudoun 00.,
ti.i'uy Major Gow. f':..'’ ' "
. MOTTDAY, .11.
Toe I’otomao river frozen ovaHbr the first time in
tvs years.
i. Ttiierej In the French Ohamhor or Deputies,
r&i strongly In favor of Increased liberty la
Vand says: “If theOhlePof the State does
: inow how to ooncede, the country will, exact
hi which it now respectfully reaue3ts.’’ .
Jets Brongh Inaugurated Governor of Ohio at
folsmtua.
Its Union League of Philadelphia hold a meet
tt. in which they endorse the conduct
Uiioln, and recommend him as a proper candidate;
cr the next Presidency. ' ■ '• 1 -
fie battle of Smlthfield, Va. The Union troops,
a’ft Osptain Leafdefeated by the rebels. ; . ‘ .
tdbsbay, 12. ; 5
i at John Lament., the new viceroy of India, ar
j U: at (Jaloulta.
WMBWhT, lfr J. '
Srtradier General Marston makes a raid into
rntmoreland. Northumberland,* and ■ Richmond
■mues. ‘Virginia, said captures- 25 prisoners, ’60
insi, 20 mules,'dS.head of o ittlo, and 103 sheep,
l osEicerobJe nghiim? occurs among the Mexicans
r. Matamoros. General Herron sends a .portion of
lis torces across the HloGrande river to protect the
pntns and property of'Amerioan citizens residing
General ttelntzclxsati placedlttcbijatafttid of the
S ithern Milltaty Department, /fomprlstng the
iutes of Michigan, .Ohio, Jadiapa, and Illinois, >
*itk us headnuanexs at gMßifilraarOUe., - . i
The MaTvlanddsenate PCfWa resolution to odbmlfc ,
a He people, ataneaHyifay, adall ibr anKEman- *
diction Convention. i
t ii* Legislature of Kentucky pars a.blll prohibit- '
is. Uia Importation of slaveffinrto that State.,.
. i Tuunsujivp l<. ■ .v- * j -_*r.
' aistilin[protection of General Herron’s Toros?
.'.rcrlcan consul at Matamoros, with $2,000,000
u property belonging to American citizens and the .
' eitcil States Government, is brought over the Rio
3ueilb to Brownsville,-Texas. * ’-• _•" __ I
1o cardinal’s hat conferred on Bishop Bonne-
«.-‘-'e. The Emperor Napoleon responds la a speech j
ktcunclng liberal sentiments. i
..A rfpolutlon of the State of
>’•* Vurk, proposing a ohange in the State Oonstl
'v.llti to as to allow the soldiers to vote, uuani-
Alo'lro v!ti*raoognlzed by the President as vloa
ctiisul Ofltaly. ' . . '
SATUBBAT, IS. ■ _
Ti.e Western Pacific Railroad opened to San Jose,
from San Francisco, California. •
Sh<or General Ourtis assumes command of the
or Kansas, »■:
..rria and Prussia decide on the military ooeu
ol Schleswig in opposition, to th® i oaoral
iVo Spanish Ministry resign.-- <
[, BXI3SDA.Y, 17. .... * -
Ssmnel Jones, a Union soldier, hanged at Smith’s
fliljc n. 0.. bv order of the rebel G.eaeeai.Plehett,
h retaliation for a rebel soldier hanged December
‘f, 1883, bv order of Brigadier General Wild. .
The rebel army under Longatrcci advance towards
Knoxville, East Tennessee.
MOSBAY, 18.
General Bntler pronounced an outlaw by the robe!
" ’ Spanish Ministry formed, with Lorenzo
firli zaia 8S President. ..
A oanirnitary oonfllct takes place in the vloicity
c c z( jj steckan, -between the Polish Insurgents
troer Borsaoh.and the Rnsslans,
liemhari rejects the Austro-Prussian ultimatum
■ lit the withdrawal of the obnoxious Constitution or
[l* svciaber. - .
mmsDAy, v>. ■ .
hui rew a. Curtin relnaugurated Governor or
'iraerafstuigts retreats from Strawberry Plains
%h Kciixvllle, Term-. and is the evening crosses the
Hi.irtiu river, with the view of intercepting the
nuis at sevlersvllle.
WEDWBSDAT, 20. „ ,
'Me shin Elvira, Captain Andrews, from Calcutta
Boston, with a valuable cargo, loan cl era la the
i>-.y of Bengal. Only three out of twenty-nine of
mLi l EEtVOd*
TU- dustro-Prusslan troops'marck Into Schleswig,
t wee made between New Grenada and Equator.
thuksoav, 21. ■ .
Tt# port of C&mpaohy surrenders to the French
i te steamerLHly Martin oaptured
ttjr Napoleon by guerillas. .
Ti e President addresses a note to Lord Lyons,
It'iceniDK permission from .the British Government
h- pursue hostile Indians Into British America,, or
?■- restrain them from making Incursions Into the.
* sited states from the British Provinces. Lord
J, t ms promises to refer the matter to his Govern*
heat.
P8184.Y, 22. '
General Schofield ordered to relieve General Fos
“fi In command of the Department of,the Ohio.
.General Roseorans assigned to the Department or
J'iiesKii-ri,
,''to inauguration ol'tho officers _chosen by the
Convention of Arkansas takes plane at tdttle
i.OSlt, .
BATOKDA.Y, 23. .
~-'i»ilmlllan, Archduke of Austria, accepts the
e.txlcan crown. . , . _
Ihe Government of Spain proposes to appoint a
■blister to Mexico as aoon as it reoeives official
Sll 'lce of the eoronatlon of Maximilian.
„ BtrtfDAV, 24.
.. haihoiuan leaves for Trieste to make prepara
‘tong for his journey to Mexico.
, KO3BAY, 25. -■:
“'tens captured by the rebel Gen. Forrest.
„, T te President authorised by Congress to confer"
l l .* rank or lieutenant general, by and with the
“"'.lce and content of the Senate, on any officer m
;™ military servloe of'the Dotted States. Matin
f’whedfor eonrage, skill, and ability, and not under
i, * tank of motor general, who shall command all
armies In the United States.
r .jte Prussian troops enter Kiel. The Saxons
l,;“ <! faw, Duke Angnstenburg’s citizen Guard
18 apo withdrawn. *
K .*tlonal Committee of Home publish an ad
•™to the ettlrensof Italy, calling upon them to
tc I’.oms the capital of Italy,
it TT7KSBAT, 28,
•ZS:?!!**! of Gen- Grant's staff, appointed to
telin ll , (>en ' Stonoman as .Chief of theuavalry Bn
storeman assumes commend of the
guy in oen. Grant's Department.:,; . ; s
~‘',\ctWditlon sent into Jones and .Onslow ooun
** ” ■ ti-t tout! thc xcbeiSj ; oepturo3 tirenty-threo
VOL. B.—NO. 131.
men, destroys large quantities ofproviilans, and
captures a large number of mules and bosses.
‘ten. Graham,sent out by Gen. Butler on an ex
pedition on the' Peninsula, north of the James, cap
tures a number of the enemy, and a large amount of
stores and provisions.
WEDNESDAY, 27.
. Gen. Sturgis gains a victory over the rebel caval
ry, near the “Fair Gardens,” ten miles east of.Se
vlersvlllei Tennessee; sixty-five rebels billed and
wounded, and two steel-rilled guns and over one
hundred prisoners captured.
The ladies’ Great National Sanitary Fair in
augurated at Washington.
THURSDAY, 28.
The rebel General noddy driven by the United *
States forces to the north side of tho Tennessee
river; all his trains captured.
General Sherman organises sin Important expe
dition at Memphis.
»BIBAY, 29.
General Rosecrans assumes command of the De
partment ol Missouri.
General Palmer, with General Davis’ division,
makes a successful reconnoissance five miles north
of Tunnel Hill, Ga, driving la Che enemy’s pickets
and capturing a company of rebel cavalry, causing
the rebels to retreat from Tunnel HIU, with a loss
of thirty, two killed and wounded, Union loss, two
wounded.
SATUfiSA? 30.
An expedition under General Sherman leaves
Vicbtbnrg, Mies.
The Union garrison of Petersburg, West Virgi
nia. under Col. Thobnrn, evacuate the place in aa
tioipatlon of an attach of the rebels with a superior
force. • •
Marshal Wrangel summons the Danes to evacu
ate Schleswig. Gen. De Mega, the Danish com
mander, refuses; whereupon the Prussians pass the
frontier. Shots are exchanged, and the Danes re
treat after blowing up the Dong Bridge.
The Austrian mad Prussian ambassadors leave
Copenhagen.
Governor Gamble, of Missouri, dies at St. Louis.
SUNDAY, 31. .
The Navajo Indians, New Mexioo, defeated by
SPol. Kit Carson; 23 Indians tailed and 150 taken
'prisoners.
FSBBIT4BT.
MOSHAY, FBB3UTAST 1.
The President orders a new draft for boo, oo® men,
to serve for three years or during the war, to be
made on tbe 10th of March.
The Allied German cavalry, entor Schleswig,
through Kendshnrg. -
Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, having taken the oath
of allegiance, tenders his resignation to the U. S.
Senate.
TUESDAY, 2.
The Danish war begins. An engagement, lasting
six hours, takes place between the Allied German
forces and the DanesletjNassundl. TheGermansare
repulsed fonr times. The Prussians lose 100 men,,
the Anstrians 619 men and 30 officers. Danish loss
from 150 to 200 lulled fnd missing.
The railroad, between Newport and Moorhead
City, N. C., seized by the rebels, who 'destroy the
gunboat Underwriter and attack the United States
post at Newport and surround that of Evans’ Hill.
WEDNESDAY, 3,
The rebels who destroyed the Patterson-creek
bridge yesterday, overtaken.and routed by General
Averili, and .the prisoners recaptured.
The rebels leave Newport and Evans’ HUI, N. 0.,
and retire towards Kingston.
The U. S.'steamer Levi captured and bnrned.by
the rebels at Bed. House, on the Kanawha river,
West Virginia. -
A cavalry expedition, under Gen. Smith, leaves
Memphis for Corinth.
The Danes attaoied at Bistore, one mile south or
Schleswig, by the Anstrians, lose one &eld-piece,
but hold their position.
Marshal Wrangel; Of Prussia, issues a proclama
tion to the Schleswigers, saying that tho civil com
missioners of Austria and Prussia will assume the
administration of the Duchy of Schleswig only, and
not of Schleswig and Holstein.
THURSDAY, i.
General Early defeated by Colonel Mulligan, at
Moorfleld, W. Va. !
General Sherman attacks the rebels near Clinton,
Missf, and loses 15 killed and 30 wounded.
Opening of Parliament.
: • FRIDAY, 5. - '• ’ !
Porter and Sherman’s expedition arrives at Bar
dalla, on tlo Yazoo river. .
BAfutoAY,'e? * - i -
An expedition, under Brig. Gen. Wlstar, attempts
to Bbeiate the Libby ‘prisoners In Richmond, bat
falls on account of information given to the rebel
authorities by deserters from the union lines.. . -
- The Daces evacuate soMeswle; luidDanueworke,
and retire to FleuSbnrg, pursued by the allied Ger
man loroes.
A rebel force of Indians and whites routed at
-cx... - ■ ■ ;
iCuannvuffU, x,. vj., x ....—. ;
Gen. Sherman’s expedition crosses the Big Black
river* 15 inaos'above Vicksburg. . - - • - •
■,■■■■. . t MOHDAY,.B. ..•
Gen. Logan leaves Huntsville, Ala., with, theasth :
. A why Corps, to co-operate with Geh, Sherman.; i ’ ’
The Danes attacked ana aoreated bytheFrus- ;
siaaß atDujppel. • - - • -
X■ < : : TIEBSDAT, 9. . . ‘ .■ .r '
The Klgsrad, at Copenhagen, Denmark, vets mi
address, to thbf Danish army, announcing their de
termination to prosecute the war energetically.
' The Prussians . occiipyTlehaburg and the’Aus
tlians Trocup. V. I *?—. ■ . .. '
Auatrl&aqcepts the proposition of Denmark* that
a delay of eight weeks shall'UO allowed for i)ardslx
and-Austrlttn-shipSrWlthcargOMfihateriala of war
excepted) .to leave tie hKhdas.-fitoOth countries, -*
DenmajKOMefSHßat-thh ateafot and Keirya*
mail steamers shall not bo mplested. , .*.•, •.
• ■ ‘. - 10. r
Judge-Stewart, of’the Court at St.,
Johns, N. B-, decidesthat the Chesapeake and her :
cargo shalfberetimaed toher owners upon the pay
ment ol the legal expenses of the court.
■ . . I'BUitSDAY, 11.
The great 20. Inch Hodman gun successfully cast
at Pittsburg, Fenna.
One hundred and nine Onion officers escape from
Libbyiprisonj Richmond. . . . -•
•. IMe Danes evacuate Dappeln and retreat to the
strong fortress of Alsen.
ykiday, 12. .
Ferguson’s guerilla band, which destroyed the
steamboat Levi on -the Kanawha river and took
- Gen. Soammon prisoner, captured by Gen. Dully.
The rebel armies in Arkansas, amounting td 14,000
men* under Price, lYTarmaduke, Oabeli, Shelby,
Cooper, and .Steele, distributed through various
parts ol the State, ,
The Austro-Prussian forces take possession, of
Jairano, Denmark, . .• .
• BATOKDAY, ISf
' The entire line of the Memphis and Charleston
Eailroad abandoned by the Union troops.
BUH»AY, 14.
The rebel Colonel Ferguson defeated by Major
Gallup In Western Virginia, with a loss of slaty
prlsoDera:aD«l ft large amount of military stores.
General Huribut’s corps, of Snermaa’a expedi
tion, enters Meridian, Mississippi. ' *
MONDAY,. 15. -
. wliole of Skerman’e expedition enters Meri
dian, Mississippi, from widen place expeditions
are ‘sent out wlucn destroy 100 miles of traofc on tbe
Mobile and Ohtb'Ksllroad, and 30,000 feet of bridg
ing and a large amount ofrollinK stock on tbe one
leading to Selma. Six tkousandf negroes follow tke
expedition on its return to Vicksburg. * ~ .*
The. pirate Georgia runs. away from Oiierbourg
Uoads, France, eluding tne United States war
vessels. - - ' ~ ~ '
- -WBJMWBDAT, 17. •
The United States corvette Rousatonlc destroyed
by a. Tebeftorpedo inOKarlerton harbors i '■
Gene>al, Smith’s expedition from Memphis ar
riTes at PoiltotoO. 1_
• The, extensive Baltrworks near St. Marks, Florida,
destroyed by an expedltlonjtteil out from tha united
States steamer Takoma. * ’
thurbbat, 18.
The port of Brownsville, Texas, deolared open by
Pr She™an’?expld?tSn'aSlvek at Quitman, Miss.,
having torn np the railroad and burned tho bridges
' I*, bf Q TpQW.
G„, walSroith’s expedition arrives at Okalona,
130 iht'eb southeast of Memphis.
fEIBH, 19. • • •• >
/iffonoral Smith’s Expedition marches to Egypt
igiaWWi on'tha Mobllo and Ohio Railroad, where it
‘separates Into two columns, both of which destroy
6 vast amount of rebel property. - _ ■
The Danes evacuate Holding, In Jutland,
SATDEDAY, 20.
The steamship Great Eastern chartered to lay the
Atlantic Telegraph cable In May, 1860.
An unsuccessful expedition under General Sey
mour made to take City, Florida; Union loss 800,
&I Xhe K rcbeTloroes ’ under Dongatreet having re
treated from Strawberry Plains to Bulls Gap, Gen,
Sot ofteld occupies the place. . " - _
General Smith’s expedition advances towards
"West Point.
SUNDAY, 21. , , ,
General A. J. Smith engages the combined rebel
forces of Lee, Forrest, Ohalmers, and Roddy, at
West Point. On account of the superiority of the
enemy in numbers, he falls back slowly
Point, destroying all the trestles on the Memphis
and Ohio B&Iroad, several miles of track, and
large Quantities of corn. ■
6 MONDAY, 22. •
A-call foT a National Union Convention at Battl
"efßohemten wrecked near Portland,
arrived at New Albany
on Its return to Ktomptiis, .
TUESDAY, 23. • .
Gen. Grant’s, army moves from Ringgold towaras
- Tunnel Hill* Ga* The rebels retreat towards Dal
; ton.. . .. .
*W3BD3SratSI>AY, 24.
: Gen.-Grants army advances to within three
miles of Dalton, . - •
The rebel General I*ongsfcr«efc retreats towards
Greenville.
, thtirbdat, 25.
• General Steel assigned to tie command or the
safely to Mem
also brings to 1,600 moles and horses, 2,000 negroes,
and 300 rebel prisoners. _ __ . .
The trial of the fonr Italians—Greco, Trabneo, ]
Imperatorl, and SagUo—accused of a conspiracy to
assassinate the French Emperor, commences.
If BID AT, 20.
The widow of General Harrison dies at North
Houses of the Blgsrad, Denmark,.adopt an
address to tbe King In favor or a vigorous prosecu
tion of,the war and the maintenance of the union
General Sherman's expedition reaches Canton,
Miss., on Its return to Viokslrarg.
’ SATURDAY, 26.
Denmark refutes to comply with any proposition
for a conference with respect to_the settlement of
the Danish trouble until Schleswig Is evacuated by
the Austro-Pmslan forces,
The rebel Government works on Goose creek,
Florida, destroyed by a detachment of inarlnes under
the command of Acting Master Weeks. Tnerobel
loss In this expedition and that of the 17th, 18th, and
10th Instant, *8,000,000 of property.
SUNDAY, SB. . ... „ -
The English schooner Idly captured by theUnlted
States steamer Penobscot, eight miles from Yelasoo,
Kilpatrick starts on a raid towards Kloh-
Custer males a sueoessful reconnolssance
to Stannardsville. Virginia? 60 rebels, a large num
borof negroes. 800 horses, and a large quantity of
Bt Graieral Sherman reaches Vicksburg in advance
of his armv. and shortly after leaves lbr New Orleans
to consult with General Banks In regard to the Bed
Biver expedition.
MONDAY, 29. •
General Kilpatrick's expedition arrives at Spott
MARCH.
TtJEBDAY, HAKCH 1,
General Kilpatrick's expedition arrives at Bouisa
“IffiSftIaSSS.MIS.SSMS. 1
A ‘“’* WBDHBSnAY, 2. ■ ■
mbs nomination of Major General Grant to the.
nf lieutenant general In the army, of the
Vitos oonflrmea hy the Senate.'
W Gm* KUpatSok arrives*safely within Batter’s
Unbaring o« ofif communication between Kloh
“an«ntS?2i the oil regions, oil ereek,
pf:ffromSo oil destroyed.
A new postal lawpassedrequiring tke.fteddo
lively of mail matter fey aan»^*
Gsn. Sherman’s expedition loaves Canton, Miss.,
“i&ffiMi&Stod Governor 6f Bouiel
ana at Now Orleans, '
The Kev. Thomas Starr King dies at San Fran
cisco, Cal.
„ . „ SATURDAY, 6.
General Grant arrives at Louisville en route to
Washington.
Secretary Chase refuses to be a candidate for the
next Presidency.
The Archduke Maximilian arrives at Paris, on his
way to Mexico.
A severe earthquake felt In San Francisco, Cal.
The Austrian troopß arrive before Duppel, Den
mark.
SUNDAY, 8
Twenty-three Union North Carolina volunteers
hanged by the rebels, at Kingston, N. 0., for deser
tion.
The U. S.jßtoamer Peterhoff sunk off Wilmington,
N. 0., in a collision with the U. S, steamer Monti
oello. The orew saved by the steamer Spaulding.
MONDAY, 7.
The Italian man-of-war lIBe Galant.uomo foun
ders at sea, In long. 64 20, lat. 40.40, with 460 persons
on board.
The rebel tug TltaS burned by the rebels at Free
port, to prevent her falling into the -hands of the
Union forces.
Bear Admiral Porter assembles a formidable fleet
ol iron-clads and of light-draught wooden boats at
the mouth of the Bed river, tor co-operation with
General Banks’ army. A portion of Major General
Sherman’s forces, under Major General A. J. Smith,
rendezvous at the same place.
TTTSSftAY 8a
Telegraphic communication established between
San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. ,
General Sherman’s expedition returns safely to
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The’ Prussians advanee to Londerskogh, Den
mark, driving the Danes back to Frederica, and
capturing 1® prisoners.
■WBDNBSDAY, &.
A lieutenant general’s commission presented to
General Grant.
THURSDAY, 10. *
General Slgel assumes command of tne , Depart
ment of Western Virginia, with his headquarters at
Gemberland, Maryland.
FRIDAY, 11.
The president sends a message to Oongress
establishing the initial point of the Pacific Ilailroad
on the Missouri river.
„ SATURDAY, 12.
The reservoir of; the. water works at Sheffield,*
England, covering 76 seres, bursts, and more than
200 persons are drowned.
Major Gen. T. Sherman assigned to the command
of the military division of the Mississippi, composed
nr the'Department of the Ohio; the Onmoerland, the
Tennessee, and the Arkansas.
The land and naval forces commanded respective
ly by Gen. A. J. Smith and Admiral Porter move
up the Bed river to form a junction with Major
Gen. Banks at Alexandria,
SUNDAY, 18.
Indianola, Texas, evacuated by the Union troops.
MONDAY, l*.
Mansanilla and Aoapuloo, m- Mexico, declared in
a state of blockade by the French Admiral.
Tuesday, 15.
A draft for 200,000 more men ordered by the Presi
dent. Bounties to be continued to the 16 th of April.
Fort Do Bussey, on the Bed river, oaptured by
General A. J. Smith, with 2® prisoners, 8 heavy,
gut s, 2 field pieces, and all the munitions of war. ’
The Fiussian ports of Commin, Swinemunde,
Nolgast, GiieAwalde, Stralsund, and Barth do
clared.by the Danes lir a state of blockade.
WEDNESDAY, 16.
Duppel, Denmark, vigorously bombarded by the
allied German forces.
THURSDAY, 17.
Lieutenant General Grant formally assumes com
mand of the armies of the United States.
A battle occurs between the Danes and Germans
at Duppeln. The Tougeberry position is taken
from the Danes alter a heroic resistance.
FRIDAY, 18.
Brig. Gen. 0., Wilcox assigned to the command
of the District of the Clinch, in East Tennessee,
with his headquarters at Tazewell or Cumberland
Gap. . .
' 'Three'Prussian men-or-war attacked the Danish
blockading, squadron off GrlefswaddegFonieranie,
but afteraa engagement of two fiSSifStho' former
retire. , xf/fT.
■;,3 satubday, 19. '* ''» :*■
The . Danish Government decrees the release of
Hanoverian Bhlps'uidef embargo in Danish ports.
■- • ~ MONDAY, 81.
"A jneeesSful recounoiesaneo made to Natchi
toches, seventy-five miles above Alexandria,- La.,
by the Union forces under Gen. Blower j 4 guns and
caissons and 200 prisoners captured.
• Major General Wallace assumes command of the
Middle Department, with his headquarters at Bal
timore.
' TUESDAY, 22. ‘
The Earl.of Aberdeen dies. .
•; - ffihe;lala»d of Femern, near this-Dutchles of Schles
wig and Holstein,' blockaded by the Danes.
* ynbnoBSAY, 23.' , ?
; The Artny of the' Potomac reorganized by. Gen,
Grantand consolidated to three corps under Han-„
CObh, Sedgwick, and Warren.
-.’. i. „.i. . THURSDAY, 24. -
Lieut.. Gen, Grant assumes direct command of
the Army of the Potomac at Culpeper, Va. -
I, . FRIDAY, 25. ■
Paducah, By., captured by the rebels under For- -
rest. • ■ ■ - ■ •• ..... i ... .
Death of Admiral Penaud,of,France., (
Gen.-Sherman commonces a tour of Inspection of
.the' armies under his command iff Alabama and
Tennessee., - ' i « • " :■; >
- r* SATURDAY, 28. '
The gebels-nnder Forrest evacuate Paducah, Ey.
A successful reoQunoisssncß, under Captain Ora-:
ham, ’made 'WH&af Greenville; N; O. pS *lOO9lB
■ Gen. Seymour relieved of his command In Flo
rida, and succeeded by Brig. Gen. Heth.
TUBBJJAY, 29. ! ~
The Ist Army Corps of the Army of the Fotomao
reviewed by Generals Grant and Meade.
, * Wednesday, 30.
A Union expedition to Mount Elbat, Long Vlewr
Arkansas, under 001. Clayton, destroys the poa- ■
tooh bridge at Long View and 35 wagons contain
ing military equipments, and captures 326 prisoners.
The Prussians attempt' to carry Duppel by storm,
but are repulsed altera five hours engagement.
.360 persons, professing “ peaee prinelples,” under
Sheriff john S. O’Hair, attack some Union soldiers 11
near. Charleston, ill. A portion of the 54th Illinois
. Keglment sucoeed in quelling the outbreak.
- The Illinois
A number of marine disasters occur along the At
lantic toast o! the United States.
APBIT..
FRIDAY, APRIL' 1.
The United States steamer Maple Leaf destroyed
by a rebel torpedo, on her return from Pilatka to
Jacksonville, Fla. , . , .
The Bed.Blver Expedition leaves Alexandria for
Shreveport. ...
BAT.ITBDAY, 2.
. The rebel Gen. Shelby attacks the rearguard of
Gen. Steele’B expMlttea Into Kansas, but Is re*
pulsedwltfiaioßs-dr WO killed and wdunded. Union
foes 44 killed ana.woueded, and 16 prisoners.
r- •'■smiMxi't. , . ..
‘ Cape IrOOkOut Lighthouse destroyed by the rebels.
Garibaldi lands at Southampton, on to
Eohdoß, England. • ‘ i . ‘
. Sotfderburg, Denmark, bombarded and bumofliby
the Prim lans. SO women and children killed,
, mohijatt, 4; ; =
The OreatPair/or the benefit of the Uolted States
Sanitary Commission opened at New York.
. The Monroe doctrine unanimously re-asserted by;
the House of Bepresetatlves at Washington. . a
■ The schooner Mary Darley captured off Glaives
ton. Texas, by the U. S. steamer Sciota.
A gunboat expedition leaves Norfolk for the
Chlckahomlny river; ‘ ,
General Martnadnka, with 4,000 cavalry and five
nlecet ol artillery, attSekathe expedltionlnto Kan
sas, nnder General Steele. Alter five hoors'flghtlng
the rebels are repulsed..
- ■ ‘ ■- - VUBBDAT, 5. '
The-Red Elver Expedition, nndor General Banks,
arrives at Grand Ecore, La.
* • WMMtSKDAY, 6. i -
The Military-Department of the Monongahela
and Susquehanna consolidated nnder the command
of General Couch. • < — :
THTTBBniT, 7. , ...
General Steele’s Expedition arrives at a point on
the Little Mlsßo&ri Elver, five miles south of Ekln’s
Ferry. ■' ■
i The bottleofPleasant HIU, Louisiana, commences
between the Union forces, under General Banks,
and the reb els, tinder Elehard Taylor. The former
are repulsed
FRIDAY, 8.
Major General Hunter mates a reoonnolßSance
from Martin sburg towards Winchester, daring
which, he .encounters the rebel General Imboden,
near winchester, and from 50 to 100 men are lost on
both sides, •
The second battle of Pleasant Hill, Ha., Ibught.
The Union forces, under Banks, are successful.,
The Prussians recommence the bombardment of
Sonderbsrg.
SATURDAY, 9. v . '
Tie third daj’s battle near: Pleasant HflJ, I«a,,
fought. The Union troops are forced to return to
Grand Ecore. Thirty guns and 4,000 prisoners re
ported oaptured. ... _ _
Tie resolution to expel Alexander Hong, Kepre
s rotative Irom the Second Congressional District
'cf OMo from tbe Honse of Bepresentatlyes lost. A
resolution censuring Harris for doing tbe same was
carried.
SUNDAY, 10.
Maximilian, archduke of Austria, formally accepts
the Mexican crown. . ...
The water In the Bad river suddenly fells, leaving
forty transports and gunboats of Banks’ Expedition
above the ratt. '
The Dutch steamer Hewhrandt, from Stettin for
Amsterdam, captured by a Danish man-of war and
taken Into Copenhagen.
, MONDAY, 11.
- Garibaldi visits London and meets with a oordla:
reception.
TUESDAY, 12.
Fort Pillow captured by tbs rebels under Forrest,
wbo make a general massacre of the Union troop's,
ruthlessly murdering men, women, asutobildren.
Tbo Uonierenco wHii regard to the Banlshtroubles
meets at London.
wbd»kbi>Ay,_l3.
The "Welland Canal to Canada opened.
A successful expedition under General Graham
made to Smlthfleid, Yn. One oo'mmisslonad offloor,
fivemen,seTeralhorcea, &o.,oaptuted.
THCBSnAT, 14
•ijauttSJi/AY« J.“t
Pllatka, Florida, evacuated "by tie Union troops.
Admiral Porter, with. 6 BTraboats and twenty
transports, arrives at Grand Eooio, from Spring
field Landing on the "Bod river, whore he finds the
vessels leltai that point still detained above the
bar, and the waters of the river falling Instead of
tisirg.
MMT| 16.
A rebel attempt to capture General Grant, on Ms
route from Washington to the Army of the Potomac
Fort Pillow destroy ®d and evacuated by the rebels
under Forrest.
SUNDAY, 17.
Brigadier General Kilpatrick ordered to take
command of the cavalry of the Army of the Cum
berland, under Sherman. _ - „
• The United stateß steamer Bavaria, from Ham
burg to New York, captured by a Danish frigate at
the mouth of the Weser river. _
A great female riot occurs at Savannah, Georgia.
A number of women march through the streets de
manding bread or blood.
The rebels besiege Plymouth, North Carolina.
MONM4.T, 18,
Duppel to Denmark assaulter! and captured by
the Prussians. Tho Danes lose 83 cannon, between
80 and 100 officers, and two or three thousand pri
soners. The Prussians lose 2 generals, 00 officers,
and oco privates. The Danes retreat to the Island
of Alsen.
An unsuccessful attejnpt made by tbe rebels to
blow up tbe United States steamer Wabash near
Charleston, by a torpedo, results to the destruction
of the torpedo boat.
The Emperor Maximilian arrives at Borne.
Major General C, C. Washbume ordered to take
command of tbe military department of West Ten
nessee Instead of General Hurlbut, relieved.
! , TOBSDAT, 19.
. xhe rebels defeated at Patotsvllle and Half
-Mountain, In Eastern Kentucky. 200 horses, 400
saddles,Boo stand of small arms, and all their camp
equipage, captured. Doss, to killed and wounded,
The ports of Dantzlo and Plllan declared In a
state of blockade by tbe Danes., *
Tbe rebel ram Albemarle descends tbe Roanoke
river and attacks tbe United States gunboats lying
off Plymouth, N. 0., sinking the Smitb&eld, ana
seriously injuring the Miami.
Tbe rebel attack on Forts Gray and Wesaelre
pulsed by tbe Union forces, with tbe loss of 100 men*
Rebel loss I*6oo.
WBDNBBDAT, 20.
Pljmonth, N. 0., captured by th» rebals ÜBder
Gen. Hoke. One brigadier general„MM men, ell
the Btoies, and as pieces of artillery .falllate their
hanae. . ' - ‘ r' ' j'
PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1864.
The Emperor Maximilian sails for Mexico. ,
A great portion of Hlokman, Ky., burned by gue
rillas. -
•THT7UBDAY, 21. ' ;
Messrs. Wade ana G-oooh, of the Committee on
the Conduct of the War, arrive at Cairo for the pup.
pore of Investigating tlie FortPllloir mals&ore, ;■
The rebel General Beauregard, with a large num
ber of troops, passes through Wilmington, N. 0., en
route to Richmond, _ ’ J
_ FRIDAY, 22.
The steamer Idaho collides with a United Stales
guDboat at Paducah, Ky,, and la Bunk. ,
Garibaldi leaves London on big return toCaprera.
An expedition under General Burnside sells up,’
the Eappahannock river.
General A. J. Smith, with the 16th Army Corps,
leaveß Grand Eoore, La., and moves to Natchito
ches, to guard the flank of the United states army
under Banks, and afterwards cover its retreat.
SATURDAY, 23
The New York Sanitary Fair closes, having
realized f 1,011,000. ■
The Governors of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois,
lowa, 'Wisconsin, and Ohio tender 100,000 hundred
days’ men to the Preildent to serve in whatever
capacity he may elect.
The tercentetary celebration of the birth of Shak>
spear o takes place in the principal oitles of the
Northern states. _ _
major General F. P. Blair, Jr., assigned to . tie
command of tie 17th Corps in the Army. -of the
MtesiEßlppl.
MONDAY, 25.
Tie G-overnnr of Indiana issues a proalamatlon
calling for 20,000 volunteers for one hundred flays,
to serve In whatever capacity the President of
the United States may requite.
ToasDAY, 28, ' ;
The rebel Adair, with 325 troops, driven across
the Illinois rlvor above Kllleqatb. . , . ' - :
WEDKEBDAY, 27.
The Maryland Constitutional Convention aesem-
Wes and organizes at Anhapollß.
General Birney makes a raid Into Florida.
THUBSDAY, 28. _ , ,i
The lonian Isles transferred to Greece by Grew;
Britain,
20a
Hon. Simon Cameron ohoscn chairman of thC
Union State Central Committee of Pennsylvania. ,
_ The Daokawannaßailroad bridge destroyed by
fire. '
satubbay, so, ,
The, army on the Bed river reaches a point 40
miles below Grand Ecore.
. MAT.
MONDAY, MAY 2,
The Army of the Potomac, under General Granti
commences Its advance towards Blohmond.
TUKSBAY, 3.
Commodore Wilkes, of the United States navy,
reprimanded for nnofflcerlike conduct, and sus
pended from duty for the term of three years.
WSBBBSBAY, 4.
General Sherman's army commences Its advance
against the rebels under Johnston. ...
The rebels routed at Bull’s Gap, Tennessee, by
General Schofield.
A cavalry expedition, under General Kants, sets
out from Portsmouth, Va. \
THUKBDAY, 5.
Gen, Kautz’a expedition-pass through Wind!
sor, Va., cross over the Wall Bridge, and at night
halt at Wakefield, on .the Norfolk and Petersburg;
Railroad, and tear up the track for a considerable;
distance. . ' -., •
Gen. Butlor moves his army from Newport NeWdT
to City Point, Va. .
Fighting commences between Grant’s forces and
those ofX.ee.
Capt. Melancthon Smith engages the rebel ram
Albemarle, near Plymouth, N. C„ with hla gun
boats. The action continues from 4 401»7.30 P. M,,
when' darkness Intervenes, and the Albemarle re-,-
treats up the Roanoke river. f
YKIDAY, 8. f
The Army of. the Cumberland, under Major’
General George H. Thomas, secures a strong posi
tion at and hear Ringgold ; that of the Tennessee,!
under General MoPhemon, at Gordon’s Mills, on
the” Ohidkaroauga, and that of the Ohio, under*
.General Schofield r near Bed Clay, on the Georgia
line north of Dalton.
General Grant hurls hla entire army on Dee at
theWlldernesstanddrfvesjhim three miles; 3,000
of the rebels -killed, 10,000. wounded, and 2.000
prisoners left in the hands of theUnlcn forces. The'
rebel army retreats to Spottsylvania Court House,
hotly pursued by the Union forces under Grant.
The TJnlon foroes under General Butler at City
Point advance towatds Petersburg.
General Blraey returns to Jacksonville from a
raid Into the Interior of Florida, having captured
, 5,000 cattle, a large number sof horses, mules, and
other means of transportation, and more than
$1,000, 000 worth of cotton.
The United States gunboat Commodore Jones
. blown, up by a rebel to»>edo, near Turkey Bend, on
the James river.. Several of the officers and' mon
killed and forty wirandbd.
The Unlted-Statesgunboat Granite City "and
Iron-clad Wave captured bye the rebels at Sabine
Pass. .. ■
SATURDAY, 7. -
" Tie Union forces rm'def'Gen. Thomas move
Elnggold towards Tunnel, Hill, which they occupy,'
drlvingthe rebels through Buzzard- Raoet Gap.
Gen, Kauta’s expedition captures a train of three ’
Wagons, filled.witli ammunition, on theroad to Lit
tie ton. A patEpf the Weldon ‘and Blchmond Rail
road la tornSJi;' by Kautz’s' cavalry to preTent rein
forcements Horn reaohing EeeV
’ An engagement takes place between the Union
and rebel forces near Petersburg, In which the;
'latter are driven bask three miles. 1
SCHDAY, 8. ;
Fredericksburg, Ya., occupied by the Unload
forces. ;
• Major General Sedgwick klllodln an engagement
near spottsylvanla, » i
The Siberian Telegraph open to Irkutsk. OWus
W. Yield receives a message at Queenstown, Eng';
land, at 10.10 A, M., whloh was telegraphed from
Irkutsk, Siberia, a distance of 6.5Q0 miles, at 8,10 A.
11, The line is ,to Be extended to the Chinese
frontier, a distance of 470 miles.
. HOBDAY, 0. .
■ The Union forces, under Gen; Schofield, march
towards Dalton, Ga., while Gen. ThOmas makes a
demonstration against Bustard-Boost' and Boeky-.
faeed’Rldgo. • . „
The President oalls upon the nation to render -j
thanks to God for the signal victories gained fovar
the rebels In Virginia. J
ofuaaiiM!-
artsv, Slwiva-LTit TBeaver Damr'where he destroys,
three large trains of cars, two fine locomotive,
200,000 pounds of booon, and other Etores. amount- ■;
ifigto 1,800.000 rebel rations’; also the telegraph and.
railroad track for about ten miles, and several oul-1
'verta, and recaptures a number olUnion prisoners.
The dam constructed across the Bed river, to
releosetbe gunboats and transports of Banks’ exps- ’
dltlon, completed.
: TUESDAY, 10, •
A sanguinary battle occurs at Spottsylvanla
Courthouse, between tne Union army, under
Grant, and the rebel army, under Bee.- General
Grant holds his position, ana severely punishes the
enemy.
The U. S. gunboat Brewster blowtrup by a rebel
battery on tbe Appomattox river, Ya.
-WBDBBBbAY, 11.
General Sheridan, operating in the rear Of Bee’s
army, captures Ashland Station; destroys one loco
motive. one train of cars, an engine-house, two or
three Government buildings containing a large
amount of stores, six miles of railroad, six culverts,
two trestle bridges, and the telegraph wires. He
attacks and routs the rebel cavalry under Stuart, at
Yellow Tavern, driving them back towards Ash
r Sid and across the north fork of theGhlokahominy,
a distance of four miles, and, pushing on towards
Blchmond, captures tbe first line’of the enemy’s
works around that place. ; .
The conference at London .in regard to the Danish
trouble agrees to’a suspension or hostilities for one
’month, commencing from the'l2th of May, on ooa
ditlon that the blockade of the German ports shall
rjjg T&ICQ{3 ’ ''
Little Washington, N. 0., set on fire by the rebels
and entirely destroyed. „
-The whole of Sherman’s army, except Howard’s
corps and some cavalry, move towards Snake-creek
Gap, Georgia.
THtTBBDAY, 12.
General Hancock captures three rebel generals
ana tbitpdlvisions, amounting to 4,000 men and SO
ipieceS.Ofi|Stniery, nearSpottßyivanla.Gourt House,
if Gcnerar Kautz’B cavalry start on another oxpedl
ftlou towards Pettfsburg. They aioabßeut six days,
.duribg wbloh timWHey.pass over #6O miles of rebel
torrSery, destroy property to the amount of tiro
mnfiSßtddUars, and temporarily out off oammuni
cati&bwitb. mehmond.
TbSbloekade of the German ports raised by the
Dane's. One'month's truce between the Danes and
Germans; *
FRIDAY, IS.
General Sheridan’s cavalry, after having de
stroyed three Burge bridges over the Ohlokahomlny
river, encamp at Bottom’s Bridge.
The dam constructed by Lieutenant Colonel Bai
ley baying reaches! a height sufficient to enable the
gunboats ofßanks’ expedition to move; they pass
down towards the iuoutli of the Bed river In safety*
Sherman’s forces occupy Dalton.
' SATURDAY, 14.
Johnston’s rebel army, occupying a strong posi
tion behind Camp Creek, with its Tighten some high
chestnut hills, near the town of Kesaoa, forced ■to
evacuate the town. General Hooker oaptares a
large number of prisoners. Union ices, 5,000; rebel
loss the same.
General Sheridan’s cavalry reach the left bank
of Turkey Island and form ajonotlonwlth General
ButterlsJferoes.
The first line of rebel works at Drury’s Bluff, on
»the James river, carried by the Union forces under
General Smith. '
General Oanby arrives at the mouth of the Bed
river, and takes command of the Department of
WCBt MISSISSIPPI.
SUNDAY, 18.
The rebel army, under General Johns ton, retreats
south across Oostenaula river, hotly pursued by
Generate McPherson.and. Schofield. :
General Steel dereated by the rebels under Early,
at New Market, In -the Shenandoah Valley, with a;
loss of fire pieces of artillery, 800 killed and wounded, J
and BO taken prisoners. He retreats towards Stras-;
tU xfio Eed river expedition arrives safely at'the'
mouth of the Bed fitter. ‘
MONDAY, 16. :
Besaca occupied by Geneva! Sherman's forces. A;
fonr-gun battery and a large amount or stores found,
Butler repulsed by the enemy at Drury’S
Bluff j regains his lines and severely punishes the
yAhalo
A rebel attack on the Union forces In front of"
Petersburg handsomely repulsed.
TUESDAY, IT.
Gen Kautz returns to City Pointftom his raid on
the Danville Ballroad, having destroyed it for se
veral- mileß, burned the railroad bridge, over the
Appomattox, and destroyed the dams, locks, and
of the Bynchbnrg and Biohmond
Active preparations for war made by Peru and
some other South American republics against
Spain, on aeeonnt of tbe Spanish possession of the
Ohlncna. Islands. __
WBDBESDA.T, 18.
Gen, Sherman’s army advances to Kingston)
° by Ewell’s corps to turn the right of
Grant's auny foiled by Blrney’s and Tyler’s fllvl
alone and some or Warren s troops, A great num
ber or the rebels are Wiled and wounded, and 300
prisoners taken. Union loss ISO lulled and missing,
and 600 wounded.
THURSDAY, 19.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the great American au
thor, suddenly died at Plymouth. N. H. ....
Major General Hunter placed In command or the
military depaitment of W estern Virginia, including
the Shenandoah Valley.
vridat, 20.
Gen. Grant, by a successful flank movement, eomt
pels I.eeto abandon Spottsylvania and fall back be,,
yond the North Anna river. _
A severe shock of an earthquake felt at San Fran
cisco, California.
SATURDAY, 21. ~
A rebel attack on Fort Powhatan, on the James
river, repulsed by Butler’s tioojps.
A disastrous flood occurs at Cherry Creek, Neva-’
daTerritory. Fifteen or twentyjpersons are drowned
and'fifty houses swept away. Boss of property $l,-
°°Gen.' Hancock’s forces occupy the bridge over the
Mattapony river, seven miles south of Bowling
Green, Virginia. ~
MONDAY, 23.
Grant’s army moves towards the North Anna .)
river, closely following Bee. A number of rebeiJ
prisoners are oaptnred by Hancock. I
The rebels make another assault on Bntler’allnes,
near Bermuda Hundred, hut are repulsed with
heavy loss, and the rebel Gen. ‘Walker captured. •
Hooker’s corps and Geary’s division of bhorman’s
armyorosstheEtowab.
TUBSDAY,24. ' ‘
Hancock’s corps - or.' the Army of Urn Potomac
reaches auinney'sStaUon.twelvomilosduesputhof
Fiedoflchsburg, is |b» monOn#. and 'Bsiflih®
Green, eighteen miles from Fredertoksburg, at
night.
WBDNBBDAY, 25.
The rebel army under Dee crosses the North Anna
Jive closely pursued by the Army ol the Potomac,
under Grant.
_A rebel attack on Butler’s position, at Wilson’s
Wharf, on the north side of the James, below Fort
repulsed by tiro radntsats of colored
troops under Gen* wild.
The battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, Sought.
The2d Division of the 20th Corps of Sherman’s
army gneounter Hood and Hardee’s rebel corps on
the Pallas road, two miles below Pumpkln-vlne
Creek r am) drove them two miles. At night the
Union? foroes, throw up earthworks within three
hundred yards of the rebel army.
An unsuccessful raid on the mainland, above
Beaufort, feouth Carolina, made by 001. Montgo
mery. It falls through the unfaithfulness of the
pilot.
THURSDAY, 28.
Gen. Dee’s army ocouplea a strong position be
tween the North and South Anna rivers. The
.army of the Potomao, under Grant, withdraws to
.the north side of the North Anna river, and moves
towards Hanover Town, on the Paiuunkey river, In
order to cross It and flank Dee’s army.
, Ail accidental explosion of four torpedoes takes
place'at Batchelor's Creek, North Carolina, by
which forty negroes and soldiers are killed.
. A... YRIDAY, 27.
Gen. Sheridan, with two divisions of cavalry!
takes possession ol Hanover Ferry and Hanover
town.
Hon. Joshua B. Giddlngs suddenly dies at Mon
treal, Canada.
BATOBBAY, 28.
; A-great battle occurs between the armies of Sher
- man and; Johnston, at Dallas, Ga., in which Sher
man la victorious. Rebel loss 2,600 killed and
■wounded left In the hands of the Union troops, and
about 300 prisoners. Union loss only 303.
. Two divisions of Union cavalry have a severe en
..gagement with the rebels south ol Hawes’ Store, Va-,
NMylng them about a mile to their new line. Union
,16k) 850 killed and wounded. Tho rebel dead and
left In the hands of the Union troops.
- ' Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz and addresses a
prfinvmclamiento to. the - Mextoan people. Santa
Annaj Almonte, Mlramon, and Marquez appointed
grand marshals of the empire. , .
SUNDAY, 29.
The Army of the Potomao under Gen. Grant suo
• ceasfnlly crosses the Pamunkey and occupies a point
. threemllcs smith of the river.
A- A, -E MOHBAY, 30.
. SovereffightlEg stiu continues between Grant’s
and Deals armies,
The union army la the Shenandoah Valley make
a recoonolssanoe in lorco from Edinburg, and'flnd
the enemy, in front, 4,000 strong.
Dardanelles, Ark., with 200 prisoners, captured
by .the rebels under Shelby. ? : ' *
s- TtragDAT, 31.
< /B& r*h?l forces under Lee having secured a
' ?«obir position on the Meohanfoavtlle road, south of
- tin - Tolopotomy Creek, and between, that stream
TOi Hawes’ shop, their right resting on Shady
mako an attack on the left of Qrant’s army,
Archel attack on Bcrtler’s worlff on Spring Hill,
onlhometeideof theAppomatto*river,repulsed.
• Tire Badical I)emceraey hold a contention: at
Crcreland, Ohio, and nominate-John O. fremont
and John Coohrano for Vloe
*3l nfchl attack on Sherman’s armyrepnlaed. The
letter Ifco Onion army occupies a: position new the
the’vicinity of Marietta,
’4'‘
_ ■ ar'OKifc '
tiL, WiDKitsr>A\', aTOBI.'
•tjen.Sherman, by a strategic movement,- flanks
..thombel Sjfiny under Johnston at Altoona Pass: ;
f , (MB. Sheridan attacks and routs Fite Hugh Lee’s
WJMIAri of rebel cavalry, together with eilngamn’S'
brifcado of Infantry coming to Leo’s support.
Wen. Wilson has a fight neat Hanover Court'
Htfjjsewltli Young’s brigade or rebel cavalry. He :
r®i» them, killing andcapturlng a great.numbor,
destroying a large portion of the Virginia Cen-'
tr&l Railroad.
' Arefierifori-ciga domes down .the .Tames.river
sndatlaeks the Union tloet assembled there, but Is
forced to. ret urn. (i'v
Gen. McPherson, ofSherman’s army, moves from
Dallas to a point in front of the rebels at New Hope
' UUljfrGtae V i
_*sfrel)6l attack on Gen. Butler’s lines at Bermuda
Hundred, commencing at 9 o’olock F, KL, and con
tinutßg'neariy ill night, repulsed.
• j'r' ibubsbay, 2.
i. TfflS. conference with regard to the Dano-German
r .quea3pn again meets at London. A proposal is
accepted therein for the prolongation of
toßermlstlce fifteen days.
„ Beru, on Bcoonnt of the seizure of the Ohincha
8" r, refuses to hold further intercourse with the
lit:—
lockade- runner Rose run ashore near Charles
,.O.t by the XJ.S. steamer Wamsutta, sta
&t GeorfietowurSt GiK v - . •
iulco, Mexico, captured by the Frenohfleet.
Hunter occupies Staunton, Va.
iSt pbiuat, 3.
7 Gesy&rabt makes an assault at A. M. on the
rpbelStXoar Cold Harbor, driving them into their
entrenchments at all points, and capturing soo pri
soners. 'At 6 P, M. Wilson’s cavalry falls on the
reyr of a rebel brigade or Heth’s tilvlSlon endeavor-
JSfc; to envelope Burnside, drives them from their
ajjifirpitß, and takes a few prisoners. AtTKP-'M.
ASrathelktander Lee attaok B nalth’s brigade of Glb-
but after a fight an hour are
ffaral .with 6,000
en as reinforcements forGen.Grant; ' ;i: :
' it.- .
fV •'Fhe.leftWll® of the rebel army, under Lee, In
Jfeont pf Gen, Burnside, being drawn In, the rebels
[eeshjfrtin sttaok on the t/nlon troops under Han
’SSright, and Smith, but are repulsed. Han
;• bringshl3 lines within forty yards of tho rebel
Tbc -jebels in the evening constrnot en
tente®' Bottom’s Bridge, on the west side of
Hominy, and throw a party across to the
SfcsUKe- .i ■
left ef-“She»man’s am; covers all the roads
nsh&ke south o.f the rallroadabout Ackworth, and
ofSmjilea iifforee all the AltoonaPass.
vi: JChn O. Fremont. and Gen. Cochrane ac
eepfetljs nomination of the OlevelandConventlon.
7.3*. fitrnDav-,6.
RflsateCements for Gen. Grant sllll oontlnue to
taWtjl Wlteßnav-' -
Arnoo stand of arms, 3 pieces of artillery,
■ha ANKet quantity of stores are oaptnred by tho
3gp*i*bel forces nnder Johnston abandon their
in front of Sherman at Altoona Creek.
A : lj&Se lasting an hoar occurs between the
IJnlbn'f'-Sjes under Gen. Smith and 3,0e0 rebels at
ColuftradArk. Union loss 20 killed and TO wound
ed.« Eo'SH loss the same. _ . , „
King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, holds, a grand
review at Torln to celebrate the anniversary of tho
estaSH&thent of the, Italian constitution.
I HOHDAY, 6.
Gotti/ tPlicrson moves toward sAck worth, Ga.,
TBwww towards Marietta, on the aireot Marietta
road ' v.’ Schofield on hte right. At 12 o’oloofe IVI.
they. iiUfs .the railroad at Aokworth Station, and
havc'ty '.possession forward to within one mile of
■A rbo&attaoi on Burnside’s forces repulsed.
•,: i ' V-. TOTSDAT, T.
'Tie <?>reat Central Fair for the benefit of the
xafiift-’StatfS Sanitary Commission, opens at Lo
g&fr'Su'lare, Philadelphia, at 4 o’clock P. M. The,
buiiatosird lt&tieasuros are dedicated to the army
aWhavy of-the Union; Bishop Simpson accepts
tbe'ofetlng in behalf of the President of the United
Stat«M the presence of about 7,000 persons.
TtSHetiODP-l Uiilon Convention assembles at Bal
timoro7 jShfcdiimdied delegates are present. Dr.
Breekenridgeappotnted;tempprarypresident. >
’ Gen. Sheridan on a raid. ■sraSoSßesthe Pamunkey,
Elver, marching by way of Aylett’s, and encamps
oh Boning Greek. „
r.“ . WSDSISDAV, 8.
The National Union Convention unanimously
nominate Abraham Lincoln tor the Presidency, and
Andrew Johnson,' of Tennessee, for the Vice Presi
dency, antthdopt Aradloal anti-slavery platform.
GenV-Biunliss forces In the Shenandoah Valley
effect a sgn6tion with those of Crook and AverlU.
Gem saMtdan’s expedition resumes its march by
•way «f:Poi§eat Station, and encamps three mllos
nest of
Some oKjßfe rebel forces under John Morgan en
ter and oeaftry-Mount Sterling, Joy., and destroy
thehrldge&Sear-up the track of the Kentucky Cen
tral Baditxad'betwoen Oynthlana and Paris, and
out the telegrfch wires. A portion of them attack
afcaßsengrSfWn'wi the Louisville and Lexington
Ealtroad near jEpsithßeld, burn the passenger and
‘bgjfeaee ea&and rob the express ear. . Another
gangvOf 500 tiws possession of Paris, Ky,
• VT ' THCKBDAT, 9.
Gen. Sheridan’s expedition march through Ohllds
bdrg and New Market, and encamp at night on a
creek zi&r Voting’s Bridge. ■
The rebels under Morgan occupy Falmouth, on
tho Kentucky Central Eallroad.Wllllamßtotyn, on
the tnrnplge 30 miles from Cincinnati, and Gaorge
t°Geii. Bui bridge attacks and defeats a portion of
Moixan’s’ibyoes at Mount Sterling, Ky.
The Unton.forces under Hunter burn all the Go
vernment and railroad buildings at Staunton, Va.,
and destroy a portion of the railroad east of that
place, burning and bending the rails.
-While a’detachmontW Gen. Bntler’s forces under
Gen. GDlmoro'make a demonstration on Petersburg
arid carry She rtAef outer works, Gen. Butler sands
out a forcewhlch succeeds, without loss, In destroy
ing three ot four miles of the Petersburg and Rich
mond Railroad. • "■ v,
xniDAT, 10.
. Gen. Shirldan’s expedition marches via Andrew’s
Tavern ana Levlman’s Store, crosses both branches
of the NorthVEigm, and encamps at night at Buck
child’s, three tailsf north of TrevlUlan station..
- Gen. Sturgis, defeated by a portion of the rebel
Forrest’s command, at Gnntown. '
. A portion ol&Motgan’s. forces enter Lexington,
‘Ky., and bum the Kentucky Central Kallroad do
■pot. rob a jmmber of stores, and leave at 10 o’oloak
P. M. in th* direction of Georgetown and Frank
'ford, pursued by the' Union forces under Gen, Bur-
Charges the rebel works at Peters
burg, Va., carries -them, and penetrates the town,
capturing, 40 prisoners and one piece of artillery,
but not beiiog supported by Gen Gilmore, Is forced
to withdraw. ...
One thousand two hundred rebels commence an
attack on Franktbrt, Ky., at 6 o'clock P. M., which
lasts till datk, and continues at intervals during the
rilght.
SATF-KCAT, 11.
Gen. SkwMan’a expedition encounters some re
bel cayahvat BuekchUcbs Sc ation, which it defeats,
driving them from successive lines of breastworks
'back on TreViillan Station. Gen. Ouster getttngin
the rear of the rebel cavalry, tbey break into a com
plete rout.Mca.vlna. their dead, nearly all their
wounded, 20 officers, 600 men, and SOO horses, in the
bands of the Union forces. Gen. Sheridan encamps
ior the nlgbti.at Treyillian Station.
Gen. Sherman disposes bis forces in such, a man
ner aeto break the rebel lines betweenKenesaw and
: PJne Mountains.
Frankfort, Ky., placed under martial law,- Three
thousand rebels occupytke stockades three miles
from that place, to prevent aid reaching itfrom Lou
isviile. They commence an attack on the place at T
A. M., which continues until S. F. 11. Two rebel
demands to surrender the fort are refused. They
abandon theattaek af* F If., and at IF. 11. move
sway In an easterly direction. Union loss a wound
ed. Hebei loss uoknowh. , , ~ .
Cynthiano, Ky.. captured and burned by the re-
ThStleu ehleFofh scouts of the Army of the
Cumberland, with four men, makes a daring descent
on a,forage poßt fourteen miles southwest of Atlan
ta, capturing a rebel lieutenant colonel a captain
and others, including a- sergeant, and burning a
storehouse eontalning-COjtCQ bushels of oora, &o. '
Cant, Blaser’s scouts capture I canal boats, con
taining 6 cannon, 0,000 rounds of ammunition, and
a largeamount oicommtfiary stores, near i-exlngr
ton, Ya. -y
BUX'DAT, 12. • ,• A . .
The rebel forces under Gen. Morgan defeated at
Cynfhlana, Ky., by the Union forces under Gem
Burbridge, after an hour’s fighting. Three hundred
Killed and Mft taken prisoners. Nearly all of Hob
son’s command, and oyer l.doohorses are recaptured.
The Union losb iso killed. 'Morgan’s force disperse
Sherffiaa’s .expedition destroys, the railroad
from TrevUllan Station .to Louisa Oonrt House,
. burning the ties and rendering the rails unsemcea
v,ie. At 3 f. M. they encounter a rebel force at
Gordoneville. by whom ,they are twice repulsed,
when night oWs the contest,. Being out of ammu
nition the expedition withdraws, during the night,
and next-morning orosaes tke North Anna Hlver by
way of GarpeEter’s Ferdr near Ilium’s Bridge.
The fugitive slave law repealed by Congress.
The Emperor Maximilian enters -the Olty of.
Mixioo. - t
Mi,: ! ,.v;-:.MX»»»ILXrIB.M'! My.,,- , £
ctep. Sheridan retuma'from Msr»ia, u*Ytti«
lured SO com missioned rebel officers and 37# prison
•Hi with a loss of 80 men killed, and 49# wounded.
, The rebtt Qen. Jones, commanding the rebel
forcee at Charleston, sends a communication to
Ger. Foster staling that be bad placed 5 generals
and 4S field officers of the United States arm;, prl-'
soiers ot war at. Charleston, under fire from the
States fleet. Gen. Foster, In redly,’says
that he will send his communication to tlie Presi
dent, . asking that an equal number of rebel officers
be seat him to be placed under thblr fire.
TtTBBDATt 14.
The: battle of Kenesaw Mountain- takes place.
The rebel Gen. Polk killed, and bis bodysent to
Marietta.
Tie advance or the Army of the Potomac crosses
the James Hirer at Wilcox’s Landing.
-WBDHBSPAY, 16.
At 7.20 P. M. God. Smith assaults and carries the
principal line of the enemy’s entrenchments before
Petersburg, capturing 13 cannon, several stand Of
colors, and between three and four thousand prison
ers.
Gen. McPherson again advances against the re
bels strongly entrenched at Lost Mountain.
Yallandigham returns to the United States after
his exile In Canada.
KETOAT, IT.
Death ofSmlth O’Brien,
. The 9th Corps of the Army of the Potomao carry
two more redoubts forming the defences of Fetors*
bunt, capturing 460 prisoners and 4 guns.
Gen. Hunter attacks the rebels In a strong posi
tion live nones from Lynchburg, and drives them
two mites.
Tbe PresUent and bis wife visit tbe Sanitary Fair
at Philadelphia.
The site of the battle monument to be erected at
“ Trophy Point;” at West Point, to the memory of
the officers- and soldiers of the regular army who
bave fallen in the present war, dedicated. Gen,
McClellan delivers an oration.
• SATURDAY, 18.
The Union forces make a number of assaults on
the rewi lines in front of Petersburg, but are re
pulsed with severe loss.
Keiaforcements under Early coming to the rebels
near Lynchburg. Gen. Hunter, having captured
two cannon and sixty prisoners, withdraws. Haring
this expedition Gen. Hunter captured altogether
100 prisoners, 7 cannon, and SCO horses.
, 2,1.00 rebels, under Geo. Wharton, cross the rail
road between Kingston and Dalton, Georgia, and
capture-and bum five freight tralnß, loaded, with.
Sen Gilmore relieved of his oommand In front of
Petersburg.,
The pirate Florida arrives at Bermuda and lands
the crews or two Amerioan vessels destroyed byher.
.Tiedown of Laclede, Missouri, on the Hannibal
and St. Joseph Railroad, sacked by guerillas, '
SUNDAY, 19.
The pirate Alabama, commanded by- Captain
Sommesysunk in the British Channel by the United
States steamer Kearsarge, commanded by Captain
WUislow. Captain Semmcs,wlth some of his crew,
escapes on the yacht Deerhound to'Southampton,
England. The rest are captured by the Kearsarge.
The brig William O. Clark, of Maohlaa, bound to
Matanzas, captured In latitude 30 deg. longitude 63
dog. by the pirate Florida.
. Three companies of the Sfth Virginia rebel In
fantry come into the Union Uses on the Ohattahoo
chle and take, the oath of allegiance, after which
they are employed as teamsters and laborers.
HOBDAY, 20.
, .The rebels make seven assaults on Gen. Whitta
ker's brigade Of Stanley’s division of Sherman’s
army, but are repulsed with a loss of nearly goo men.
The rebels under Generals Fite Hugh Loo and
Hampton make an attack on tke Union force* at
White House,, under Gen. Abercrombie; but are re
pulsed by the Union gunboats.
Tko rebels surpSSdthc Ist Brigade 3d Division of
the Army of the Potomac,, and capture 1,000 prison
ers and 6 pieces of Olark’s battery.
WEDNESDAY, 22;
The cavalry under Gen. Wilßon start on an expe
dition from the Blaekwater river, about four mues
from Prince George Court House. They march* In
a southwesterly direction, and strike the Petersburg
and Bellefield Railroad at Hearns’ Station ten
miles from Petersburg, tear up the track for six
miles, and bum everything in conneotloa with the,
road. From Hearns the-, take a westerly course to
Dinwiddle Court House. 10 miles west of Hearns,
destroying grain and breadstufis. They thenoa pro
ceed in a northwesterly course to Ford’s Station,
on the Lynohburg and Petersburg Railroad, twen
ty-two miles from Petersburg and sixty-one miles
frym Lynohburg, where they destroy 04 oars and 2
locomotives.
A rebel attempt to dislodge Gen. Faeter front hts
position on the north side of the James, opposite
Jones’ Keek, foiled. »
Six hundred rebels of Marmaduke’s command at
tack two companies of the 32d lowa Infantry, near
the mouthof the White river, Arkansas, but are re
pulsed with a loss of 24 killed and wounded. Union
loss, 1 killed and S wounded.
THURSDAY, 23.
Gen. Warren, with the 6th Corps, onthe extreme
left of Grant’s army,'advances and destroys six
miles oftiio Weldtgi Railroad, between Petersburg
and North CaroUna,but Is driven baokby a supe
rior rebel force. ■ .... - -
The Senate repeals the commutation clause In
the enrolment bill.
YBEDAY, 24. J
Tie commands of Wilson and Kautz separata at
Ford’s Station, Virginia. Kant/, movesiln a south" I
erly direction towards Wayne 'Greek, thence west I
to Lewistown, 12 miles east of Drake’s Branch, on
the Richmond and Danville Kailroad, destroying
grain, *o. ; thenoe north to Bnrkesville, at the jane- j
tlon of the Fetersbufg and Bynchburg Bailroad, so
miles from Petersburg and 1% from Bynchbnrgj
thence south along the Blohmond and, Danville
■Bailroad to Price’s Station, Meheria and Keysvllle,
destroying, the railroad along which ho marches,
lid forms a junction with Wilson at Keysvllle, when !
they nsltcdiy march to the Nottaway river - and
cross it at Doable Bridge, 10. miles north'or Baw
renoevllle. They then march to Stony Greek Sta
tion, on the Weldon and Petersburg Bailroad, >
where they are attacked by Ewell’s corps, fight a >
pitched battle and drive back the rebels, with a loss
of SO killed and wounded. Hebei loss, 170.
suk»ay, 26.
Death of .the King of Wirtembarg.
Ibt Austro-Proseten squadron leaves Arzhaven
forßromerhavcn.
Brig. Sen. Meredith assomea command of tbs
UnlfjW States post atOairo.
MOB DAT, 27. , --'I
Four regiments ofoavairy, under command of
Brig. Gen. Carr, attack the rebels under Shelby,
between Sheridan and St. Charles, on the White
be^t^uOenOtty.^UWon
ed,2CO. Kebel loss, SOO.
Two nnsuecessful attempts made by Gen; Sher
man to carry the rebeljworks on Keneeaw mbantaln
by storm result to a repulse. TJnloh loss, 2,800.*
President Lincoln accepts the nomination o; the
Baltimore Convention.
TDBSDAT, 28.
The Great Central Fair at Philadelphia, for the.
benefit ol the United States Sanitary Commission,
oloses, having realized over $1,000,000.
tVBDiraBDAV, 29.
The cavalry expedition tinder Wilson and Kautz
attacked at stony Creek Station hythe rebels, un-:
derfWade Hampton end Hearing. They hold their,
ground, and send to Gen. Meade for reinforcements.
Thebloekadeoll'anUloand Plllan re established. '
thtosdat, SO.
Salman P. Chase resigns his position as Secreta
ry Of the Treasury of the United States. The posi
tion is tendered- to Governor Tod, of Ohio, who de
clines the appointment.
JUJ >Y ■
MBDA.T, JIJI.V 1. _
The cavalry expedition under Generals Wilson
and Kants returns to Bermuda Hundred, Having
destroyed 60 miles of the Weldon and SoutHslde
Bailroads s Union loss between 780 and 1,000.
An expedition, under Gen. Slocum, leaves Vlobs
*l?te gold bill repeated.
An expedition, Under command of Gen. Fatter,
leaves Hilton Head for the North Edlsto river.
BATtFKDAY, 2.
Gen, McPherson moves his division of Sherman’s
army towards Nickajack Greek and Turner’s Fer
ry, across the Ohattahooehto river, in order to
threaten the rebel position atXenesaw*
Bins DAY, 3. , - ■
Kenesaw abandonedby the rebels.
The Union troops under Gen. Sherman occupy
Marietta, Ga. Generals McPherson and Schofield
pursue the flying rebels towards the Ohattahoochle
liver.
The rebels threaten an invasion of Maryland and
reffiforcemakes its appearance near Martlns
burg, destroys the railroad, and marohes on the
town.'
MONDAY, 4,
Stronß deroOnstratlohs made by the Union forces
along Tuckajaek Creek and Turner’s Ferry—Sher
man’s army mores towards the Ohattahoochle
river, Gen. Thomas’ left resting on It near Paloe’a
Ferry, Gen. McPherson's right at the mouth of the
JNlckajaok, and Gen. Schofield In reserve.
Mr. "Fessenden, of Maine, accepts the office of So*
cretary of the Treasury of the "United States.
The rebels still threaten the Invasion of Maryland
and Pennsylvania,
TUBSDA.T, 5.
The Habeas corpus suspended In Kentucky by or
der ol the President, - .
The rcbelß wider Early make am attack on Bigot's
forces occupying Maryland Heights.
Governor Onrtln issues a proclamation calling for
12,000 men for 100 days to repel the threatened rebel
invasion. „
The President also calls upon Governor Seymour,
ol Herr York, for 12,000 militia for the same purpose.
WBDBBSBATI «• .. , " " .
Eiirly concentrates the rebel forces at Harper’s
Feiry for the purpose of invading Maryland and
pßpsylTanlft. ' -
The rebels under MoOausland, eater Hagerstown.
The Union forces under Lieutenant McLean fall
back to Greoncastle. _,
The Govoraor of Mwsaohnsetts Issues a call for
6,000 men to garrison Washington. _ ,
General Slocum’s expedition occupies Jackson,
Mississippi, with 8,000 troops and destroys the rail
road between J aokson and Gan ton.
' THURSDAY, 7.
The President Issues a proclamation appointing
theftrst Thursday to August as a National-Fast
S&v*
The rebel Invasion still continues. The rebels oc
cupy Hagerstown, Md., and levy a contribution of
ISOO outfits and $20,000 on the citizens, which is paid
under threats of burning the town, Ohambersburg,
Pa, is placed under martial law.
A battle occurs at Monooacy, Md., between the
rebel invaders and the Union forces under General
r Lew Wallace. The former are repulsed three
. t *A? expedition under General Stoneman sets out
to release the Union officers Imprisoned to Macon,
Ga„ but arrives too late, the prisoners having been
removed to a place of greater security. General
McCook starts at the same time to form a junotlon
[ with Stoneman.
FRIDAY, 8.
The "Whaler Golconda oaptored. in lat. 37 deg. 3®
min lonir. 72 deg. 18 min. l>y the pirate Florida.
The Chapel Eoyal of the Savoy, In England, de
stroyed by lire.
BATDKEAY, 9,
General Sherman, by a threatened flank move
ment- forces the rebel am; under Johnston to cross
the Chattahoochle river. . .. _ „
A severe battle, lasting from 9A. M. to 5 P.M.,
takes plaee at Monocacy, Mil., betireen the Union
forces under 'General I.ew Wallace and 90,009 re
bels. On account or the superior numbers of the
enemy the former are forced to retreat towards Bal
timore, Md. Brigadier General Tyler, under orders
from Major General Wallaoe.assumes command of
the Union forces In iront of Irederiok City, but at
10 P. M. evacuates It, to follow up the rebels, whose
design is to march on Washington. _
Thomas Briggs murdered on one tf tha carriages
of the North London Railway, by Franz Muller,
who flies to America.
SUKDAYt 10*
Sherman left undisputed master of the country
north and west of the Chattahoochle river. The
rebels bumthe bridges across the river to prevent
(Vin afivAnM ol the Union foroos*
The adrohee or General Hunter’s forces capture
IffarUneburg, Ta., with a large number of prisoners
and a great quantity of stores.
SffOK lie
A portion of the rebel raiders, under Harry Gil
mer, capture two trains of oars, set are to them,
and rob the passengers, at Magnolia Station, on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Bali
road, eighteen miles south of Havro-do-Grace.
Major General Franklin, being on one of the tRUna,
is captured. They out the telegraph between Bsltj.
! more and Philadelphia, and then destroy th# rest
deuce ef Governor Bradford, of Maryland.
aetigxieclJo the command ot th.Q XM>rtk&ra defeno&s
L ol FredOHck, Kf.j
FOUR CENTS.
rebels, who oonceih’ratc on Washington, The United
States troops make- a grand charge on Cheat fnfrorrl
of Port Stevens, and repulse them with great loss;
Messrs Olay, He%iombe, and Sanders; through
Horace Greeley, ask i a sate conduct to and from
Waihin&ton, to lay behbre the President reset pro
positions for peace.
WBDNH.SDAT, 13,
The rebel Invaders lean' Washington and resress
the Potomac river Into Virginia, at Edward’s Feajy,
closely pursued by the Uniov forces.
Major General A. J. Smltvh engages the rebtfir
under Porrest at Pontotoo, Miss.
The bark Mohtloello, Captain E. A. Chappal,
bound lor Hudson’s Bay, haviogtm board tho Hall
Arctic expedition, arrives at St. Johns, ff, if, ■
THURSDAY, 14.
General A. J. Smith, In another engagement at
Tupelo, defeats the rebels under Forrest.
» engegement takes place at Feohs between the
Allied German and Danish gunboats.
Missouri swarms with guerillas.
„ ’ FRIDAY, IS.
Seven steamers burnt at st. Louis, Mo., by rebel
Incendiaries. Loss, nearly *600,000.
111 her engagement with
Forrest’s forces, drives them below Tupelo.
batttbday, is.
General A. .T, Smith’s expedition, being destitute
of supplies, starts to return rrom Tupelo, pursued bv
Burord’s rebel cavalry, who are repufselr ’
SUHDAV, IT.
General Sherman orders another ad vauco against
the rebel armynnder Johnston,which forms a general
line along the Old Peach road. General Thomas is
ordered to otoes at Powers' and Paloe’s ferry bridges
and march by Bucfeland, General Schofield to
march byUross Keys, and General McPherson to
direct bis course frdm Bosewall straight against the
Augusta road at some point east of Decatur, hear
Stone Mountain ; General'Griffith’s cavalry to act
with General McPherson; and Generals Stoneman
and McOook to watch the Ghattahooehie river and
roads below the railroad. <
General Johnston, commanding the rebel army at
Atlanta, Is superseded by General Hood.
General Slocum’s expedition encounters 2,000 re
bels at Grand Gulf, MJsb., and defeats them
- The'lndians commit depredations in Colorado
Territory.
■ MOKOAT, 18.
Gen. Sherman’s army advances five miles south
,«f the Chattahooohie river, and crosses Peach-Tree
Creek. Gen. McPherson strikes the Augusta Kail
road seven miles east of Decatur, and destroys four
miles of it. General Schofield feaohes the town of
Decatur.
The President orders a draft for 500,000 more men,
to take place on the sth oFSeptember.
Gen. Crook overtakes Bame'of the rebel Invaders
of Maryland and Pennsylvania, at Snicker’s Gap,
va., and captures 300- wagons heavily laden with
grain, and a great number ofprlsoners. .
The rebel peace agents in Canada deny that they
are officially appointed to arrangetermsforapsaoe,
but.that they are In the confidential employ of the
Government. Mr. Greeley telegraphs this state
ment to the President, who sends the 'following re
ply : “Any proposition which embraces the resto
ration of peace, the Integrity of the union, and the
abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and
.with authority that can control the armies now at
war against the United States, wm be received and
considered by the Government of the United States,
and will be met by liberal terms on other substan
tial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers
thereof shall bavo safe conduct both ways.”
Feohs occupied by the Austrians.
.. TWKBDAT. 19.
General McPherson marches along; the Augusta
KaJlroad Into Decatur, Georgia, General Sohodeld
marches along a road leading by Colonel Howard’s
house and the Distillery towards Atlanta, and Gen,
Thomas, in force, crosses Peach. Tree Sleek In the
face of the enemy’s entrenched linear
Garibaldi arrives at Oapreta, on hla return from
England, and meets with an enthusiastic reception.
WEDNESDAY, 20.
General Averin defeats Early in' front of Win
chester, capturing- ibnr cannon, several hundred
ftandof small arms, and 200 rebel prisoners’: 300
rebels killed and wounded.
Tie three divisions ef Sherman's army close In,
converging towards Atlanta. The' gap between
Gent rale Schofield and- Harris Is filled by two divi
sions cl General Howard’s corps, who are ordered
to connect with General Sdhofiela. The rebel army,
at * P. M., attack the right centre of Sherman's
army, and are repulsed, leaving SCO dead on the
field, 1,000 wounded, 7 stands of colors, and a great
number or prisoners. Union loss, i,600.
General Smith’s expedition reaches Lagrange, on
Its return to Memphis, with a loss of only s#o men,
bringing 2,(100 rebel prisoners.
THtmSDAT, 21.
General Sherman finds the rebel army strongly
entrenched cm the heights overlooking the open
ground of the valley olPeach Tree Greek, with his
right beyond the Augusta road to the east, and with
his left towards Turner’s: Ferry, on the Ohatta.
hoeehie, at a,general distance of four mites from
Atlanta. .
The blockade of the German ports raised by the
Panes.
A Prussian force, 6,000 strong, enters Bendsburg,
and takes possession of the town out of the hands of
the German Federal forces. General Hoke protests
against It.
The Indians still continue their depredations In
Nebraska Territory.
FBHJAYy 22.
The rebels abandon their position along Peach
Tree Creek.
General Hood;, who superseded JohnatonJn com
mand of tbs rebelarmy at Atlanta, makeA Seres
attackjon Sherman’s Army, near Atlanta, bat meets
with a fearful repulse; The official Union loss in
kUlea, wounded, andmteing is 3,521, ana 10 pieces
of artillery. Rebel loss 10,000. Eighteen stand of
colors and 5,000 stand of arms are recaptured from
the rebels by the Union forces.
bukkay, 24.
The rebels threaten another raid into Maryland
and Pennsylvania.
• A number of Union militia; under General Crook,
are Oilven back by the rebels to''Williamsport, by
way or Martihsburg, - - .
Colonel Mulligan dies from a wound received in a
rebel encounter yesterday.
Gen. Slocum'S expedition arxiveß at Vlokaburg.
MONDAY, 25. i
5,000 Indians on Knife river defeated by General
Sully, with a loss of 150 men. Union loss e hilled
Slid 200r30 wounded. : ..
An expedition, consisting of a negro regiment, a
portion of theiethlll. Cav., and nseotion of a battery,
leaves Memphis, Tenn., in the direction of 'White
river, and encounters a formidable rebel force near
Nelson, and afterashort fight la obliged to retire,
■ TUKSDAV, 20.
Gen. Garrard's expedition succeeds to destroying
the bridges at Covington, 40 miles east or Atlanta,
also the public stores at Covington and Conyers,'in
cluding 2.080 bales of cotton j a locomotive and train
of caiß, 200 prisoners, and a. number of horses.
Gen. Bonsseau’a expedition returns to lllarletta,
GA» after having, burned all the. railroad bridges
north of Montgomery, and twenty miles south of it.
An expedition of 3,200 Union cavalry, under Gen.
MeCook-start on an expedition to destroy the Ma
con and western Bailroad. After having destroyed
18 miles of It they capture a train of 600 wagons
, going from Atlanta to Macon or Columbus, but on
returning with their captures, vis: 127 officers, eoo
men, and.3,oCo mules, are surrounded by the rebels,
under Hansom, who capture 2,000 of the expedition.
The remainder cut their way out and escape to
Marietta.
WEDNESDAY, 27.
The rebels, raider Early, appear on the Virginia
side of Che rtrer, opposite Williamsport, bat are
Srevented Rom crossing by Gen. Crook, and With
row their pickets daring tne night.
THUKSDAY, 28.
Tie Union forces under General Ullman attack
the rebels at Morganzla and defeat them, capturing.
a number -of prisoners and hilling the notorious
guerilla scout Capt. MoNeely. Union loss two
Hied and thirteen wounded, Bebelloss sixty, three
hilled and wounded.
The rehßl invaders, under Early, secure some of
the fords of the Potomac, and cross over the river at
Falling Waters and Hancock, General Couch at
Chamberaburg makes active preparations to resist.
The steamer Margaretta Stevenson leaves St.
John's, Newfoundland, for Trinity Bay, with Gyrus
W. Held, to select a place for landing the Atlantic
cable.
The Army of the Tennessee, under General Logan,
attacked at 11 A- M, by the rebels, while on the
march from the extreme loft to the extreme right of
Sherman’s army. The rebel infantry from Hardee’s
and Lee’s corps make six assaults on the Union
lines, which are successively repulsed. Union lobs
BoTfllled,4Sß wounded, and 73 missing. Bebel loss
about 6 000 hilled, wounded, and missing.
■ ’ FRIDAY, 29.
General Early crosses the Potomac river at Wil
liamsport, and sends out a cavalry reoonnoissanoe
towards Hagerstown, which returns and recrosses
the river to Martlnsburg. -
The funeral of General McPherson takes place
at Clyde, Ohio. One thousand persons present.
Gyrus W. Field selects Heart’s Content, in Placen
tia Bay, as the western terminus of the Atlantic
Telegraph oable.
SATURDAY, 30.
The mines under the rebel works before Peters
burg exploded. Shortly after, an assault Is made
on the rebel works by the Union troops, but Is re
pulsed, ou account or the Union forces falling to
co-operate properly. Union loss, 6,640.
Obambers'burg burned by the rebel Invaders un
der flic Cans land.
ETWBA.T, 31.
grpev. Martin Jotm Spatad tng installed Aiolilslßliop
of Baltimore.
AUGUST.
MONDAY, AUBUST 1,
Governor Curtin Issued a proclamation calling
for a special meeting of the Legislature, on the 9th
instant, for the purpose of adopting measures for a
thorough organisation of the military powers of the
Stfttfis
Twenty-five hundred rebels, under IvicOaualaiul,
defeated by General Averlll, between Hancock and
MeConnellaburg. „ •
TtntSDAV, 2.
An election held In Pennsylvania, to decide
whether an amendment shall be made to the State
Constitution, allowing the soldiers, to vote, results
In favor of the amendment.
The rebels under MeC&usl&nd defeated at Cum
berland by a portion of the Union Ibrces.
The pirate Florida arrives at Teuerltfe.
WBDKBSBAY, St
The 50 Union officers placed pnder fire of the
Union batteries at Charleston exchanged for the.
same number of rebel officers.on Morris Island,
placed under fire of the Charleston batteries.
An expedition fitted out from the U. S. steamer
Saratoga, lying in Doboy Sonad, Ga., starts for the.
court house of Melutosh county, Ga., and captures
a number of citizens who had met there in -pursu
ance of a call to form a coast guard j 22 prISOhOM, 22 :
horses and buggies are captured, 2 bridges destroy
ed, and a large rebel encactpment burned.
TBirasDAV, 4. \
The Union forces nhdewfleneral Granger occupy
Dauphin Island preparatory to the reduction of.
Port Gaines, at the entrance of Moblleharbor. ;
The National Past Day appointed by the Presi
dent generally observed throughout the Nortbam,
States.
B*BDAY, 5.
Admiral FarraguLat 5.40 A. M., with the Union.
flcet.bavine entered Mobile Bay.and silenced'Forts
Morgan anti Qainee as he passed, encounters the;
rebel,squadron which by 10 o’clock is dispersed, oap
turedYor destroyed! The monitor Teoumsehissunk,
in the early part of-.the engagement, by a rebel tor
pedo, with her commander, % A. M. Craven, and
nearly all her crew. The total casualties, not In
cluding those of the Tecumseh, ore fifty-two killed
and one hundred and -seventy wounded. The rebel
Ironclad Tennessee surrendered atlSA.Hl.withtweiK
ty officers’and one hundred and seventy men. The,
Selma was also captured with ninety officers andt
mem The two remaining reboVgunboats seek pro
tection under the guns of Fort Morgan. _
Fort Powell, one of the defences or Mobile, com
manded by Lieutenant Colonel Williams,.Mown up
and evacuated by the rebels, and eighteen guns
attempt to Mow,
-un aftrtin ftMt of tb® Sth Army Corps It IPeters
bm® Tto mine oonstruoted by them forhhe pur
nofe explodes at a diatenee of forty yards from the
Tto retole oroaa fto Potomac river at Williams
nort aml oocnpy Hagerstown, which was evacuated
by the Unionforces at 2>f A. M.
SA'rUE»AY,.6.
The 2Sd Corps, of the army of General Sherman,
make an attack on the'rebels In front of Atlanta,
but are repulsed wlth’a loss of five hundred mom
BtranAY, T.
General Averlll attacks and defeats, at Moore
field, West Virginia, a portion of the rebels under
Generals MeOausland and Johnson, retreating with
their plunder, oapturlng 500 prisoners,' all i hem ar- _
tUlery.tralns, colors, and a large quantity of small’
'ParMgut, with his Seek, attacks Fort
Gaines, one of the defences of,Mobile. ,
The French blockade of the Mexican ports raised.'
; Two tunarea rebel toTaiyy wthiwjit Sedan* oathe'
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K’entucky, but are repulsed, with a loss at ala killed
am' twenty wounded.
The command or the East Gulf Rloekadimr
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MOKDAT,g.
Colonel Charles Andoreen, at 93£ o’clock A. fIL,
torrt'ndeik’dFort Gaines unconditionally to Ad ml
ral Parra'glrt, with Its garrison, consisting of S 9
eommfttlonecf Officers, 818 enlßtad men, 2a gunn I*,
taot. and prov toons for twelve momhs.
GouejaiShei'Aian advances bis lines throu mlles
northwest'of Atlanta, and within a mile and a half
of the Mason raafi> i
Mojoi General S2uridan assigned temporarily to
the conunasfd of the Union forces In the Middle Mi
iscary DivlMon, consisting of the Department of
Washington, the Middle Department, and the-De
partment of the Susquehanna and Worthwestorw
Virginia. ’ - s
A XJ. S. oiwil£»ee boat, loaded wiiSiaaimanilfon,
expfeHes at Clty-Foint wharf, killing S 3 and wound
iDiriy&peraoos.
The btocki-dorunser Prlnco Albert attempt} to'
enter eJiiarlei-ton harbor, bat reus aground opposite
Sort Mbnltrte, and it destroyedriry the Union bat
teries. \
AdmirafPan.agut motes a formal demand for the'
surrcnder'of I'a t Morgan, but Is refused.
\ WKDHBBDAT, 10;
General Granger consjubnbes thr InvestmentoT
Fort Htorgair ,•
The brig Blllowy-Af Salem, from Calais for Balti
more, and thrsciwo.ner Spokane, of Tromont, Me,,
from Calais fefPhlia delplna, captured by the plftto
Florida. . ,
Sheridan, overtahas the rebels, under
Early, ton tntlesfrom Winchester, retreating up the
Shenandoah. VaHey.and heavy-aklrmlstring takes
place between the t;w*> at,rules. ®
- ” • , TirrjjEts.oAF, H»
The last or the rebel lnvadera-of Marylaad and
Pennsylvania leave Winchester at 10 A M
Admiral Farragub Istues order* to atUSte Fort
Morgan at 8 A. M.
tbspat, la, „ '
Tbo bark Sullote, Me. s aroin Cowßay
for Wow York, captured off .Montana Point, ISonr
Island, and bonded ferf $6(1,000 by thcr-plrate Talto
haisoe.
The ship Adriatic bemad by the ptatte Tailahto,
. see off the coast of I.ongoeland.
Tbe schooner R. E. Feokar, from Baltimore, MBL.
for Bath, captured in lat; 11 deg.. lon. a-deg., aai'
bended for $lO,OOO, by thamirate Tallahassee?
The Secretary of the Wavy despatches sixteen
united States war-vessels* to intercept toe Taira
baseec.
Afearfulrlot occurs in Azum»
sery 1e destroyed a great number orfcersoofl
mj tired.
„ „ ■ - BiTOßDi^Via.
Oca. HKHSOdkwnlwrkCtli* 2d Corps of tty Amy
of the Potomac on transports, and ostenslblT'tatcea
them to Harrison’s Handing, fetst returns during the
night to Seep Bottom. a
Ttaee brigades of Forrest’s commands ttackedaad
defeated at Hurricane Creek, f Ston. 1) by three bri
gades af-Sen. Smith’s oommana ::SO rebel deaS'laft
on the held. The Union loss 4o inied and wounded.
STTKDAY, 14.
Admiral Farragut makes a raconnolesance or
tie obstructions near Mobile. TO? Nashville la
dltcoveron to be sank oorosa the channel. making
access to4Ke elty impossible until die la removed.
At B, M. the United States lead forces under
Geterai Granger are the first experimental shot at
fort Morgan.
One thousand seven hundred rebels under Gen.
■Wheeler,'with air brass howitzers, attack the Union
garrison or 800 men, wider GoldieT Idaboiu, at
Dalton, G 0.., but are repulsed. - .
Tbo battle of Deop Bottom. Va. The 2d and
part, of ihoifita Corps attack the robols near Deep
BottC'is. lu6 20th Corps* under Bircay. c&ptsre sk
line or rebel works with four elght-IhcS- brass guns
and a number or prisoners, with slight loss,-when
the enewy’falis back to a strong position behind &
swamp. The Union. forcaß retire after having lost
560 men/
mootay, 15.
General Steadman reinforces the garrison mnt«v
Colonel lAeboljl at Bolton, Ga, and charging «■«
tebels-usder Wheeler, flnvoa them off In oonfusfo*.
The sehopno-s Gbward, Oor&l Wreaili, ima,
Caroline, Bestless, and T. B. Harris captured bT
the pirate Tallahaeoee. ’
General A. J. Sinlth’s expedition reaches Tupelo.
The Secretary of the Navy congratulates Ad
miral Farragnt on the great naval victory achieved
by his forces In Moblle Cay.
The pirate Georgia, 1 captured to Ist. 39 deg. Id
min. N., long. B . deg. 38-min., bythe United States
steamer Niagara, ccrramnded by Commodore T.
T. Craven. •
TtresuATjiia.
Gen. Sherman makes a movement by the right
flank, to attach the fftacon K allroad undent off®
mux icatlon with Atlanta. *
* The schooner Martlnlcns captured off ararttotou#
bythe pirate Tallahassee and hooded for *3 O 0(). ~
Kershaw’s division : or Uoßgstrcet’s corps, and
WlckEam and X.omas’3' brigade of tebel'oavalrV.
attswk that of Gen. Merritt, In front of Front
Koto!, on the north side of the Shenandoah river,
andfare badly beaten, wltha Idss of 2 Stands of oo
lore/24 officers, and 276 men.
1m #lot jit Belfast, Ireland, continues. A num
ber of persons shot and hilled.
’■ WBOTCaSDAV, IT.
Four bones of anus ror the treasonable orgsnlssa
tlon ohlled the Sons-ef Liberty seized to Indkuzt
poUs,ffndlana. 3
Thebrlg Neva, from Xdpgan, N. S., captured 18
mlies LWW. of Cape Sable; Florida, by the pJrato
Tallahassee, and bonded for HTiOSB.
* ' . thuksbAy, is.
The Irish riots subside.
Gen.Fherman orders Gem Kilpatrick,? with 5,000
cavalry, to break the West JPolnt Railroad newr
Fairborn, but after an Interview With the latter] he
determines to raise the siege of Atlanta and throw
his whole army on the line of the enemy’s communi
cations.
Gen. .Warren’s corps moves to and across the
Weldon EaJlroad, one milasonth ef the lead works,
meetingno opposition but rebel picket:?, and then
advances towards Petersburg, suffering some los3
and inflict tog the sameon tiaonamy.
The 15th Corps, charge a portion of the rebdl
works ln lront of Atlanta and capture them. 200
rebels leave their rifle-pits and voluntarily come to
a body Into the .Union lines, -
The rebels make an attack onGan. Blrnoy’alines,
but are repulsed with a loss of 1,000 men.
PIHDAYjSB.'"
The Union trocpß under Warren, oeeupi
connecting bet ween him and tae letf ot tho old line
on-the-Jerusalem plank-road, and force back the
.two right divisions of Warren’s corps. After a se
vere fight qn both aides, the Union forces succeed la
re-establishing their lines.
. The,rebels, under Woodward, attack Clarksville,
' Ky.j'but are repulsed.
Saturday,£9,
The rebels make three desperate charges to recap
ture the Weldon Railroad, but are repulsed with,
heavy loss,;
A rebel plot to control the Presidential electionfn
Indiana disclosed to Governor Morton. Tto rebel
sympathizers order and pay, for 50,000 revolvers,
with 42 boxes of fixed ammunition, to effect the ob
ject. 22 of the latter, addressed to H. H. Doild, the
Grand Commander of the treasonable Order of the
Sons of Liberty, seized in Indianapolis, Indiana.
6T7ITDAY, 31*
Another fierce attack made- on the Union forces
by the rebels to recapture the Weldon Railroad gal
lantly repulsed, and 500 rebel prisoners, 32 com
missioned officers, and 5 stands of colors captured.
The Union loss in the sth Corps, on Friday and
to-day, 5,(00.
Tto 2d Corps, under General Hancock, having re
crossed the James river, assists the sth and 9th
Corps in tearing up the track of the Weldon Rail
road.
The rebels, under Forrest, attack Memphis and
capture a Union force, with about 300 horses and
mules, but axe forced to retire.
Archbishop McCloskey consecrated at New Toxic.
MONDAY, 22;
General Kilpatrick returns to General Sherman
from an expedition to cat the Macon Railroad,
which he succeeded In doing near Jonesboro, Ga.,
destroytogthree;mlles of the track, 2 trains and loco
motives, and bringing In. I piace of artillery and TO
prisoners.
The committee of four exchanged prisoners ap
pointed by the 85,000. Union prisoners condned is
Antfersonville, Ga, arrive fie Hew York, with a
petition Atom, their associates addressed to the Pre
sident, earnestly desiring,him to effect their release.
The rebels abandon their attempt to recapture
the Weldon Railroad,
The Union forces destroy a long rebel supply
trsln on the Wtochaster.and Martinsbnrg I urn pike.
The bombardment of Fort Morgan commences.
TCTSSBA?) 23.
Fort Morgan, guard tog the entrance to Mobile,
with its garrison of 680, men, 60 pieces of artillery,
and a large quantity of material, unconditionally
surrenders to Admiral Farrogut at 2 P. K. The
rebel command, before surrendering, spike most of
the gunß, burn the .carriages, and destroy mucker
the ammunition. In, the twelve hours previous to
the surrender were thrown Into the fort.
The skirmish line of the sth Army Corps advance
oyer a mile along the. railroad towards Petersburg.
A division sent to tear up more of the track of the
Weldon railroad succeeds In destroying it So wjthfn
four miles of Petersburg In front of the Union lines,
and, with the assistance of the 2d Corps, tor nearly
double the dlstar-oe.ln Hie opposite direction.
A Union expedition,?,ooo strong, with $ cannon,
leaves Decatur In. the direction of Covington, Ga.
TOBIiKSDAY, 24.
Tho Union forces oc'upy the whole Mne of the
"Wpldon Kailroad as far as Bonn’s Station, a dis
tance.of seven miles.
Tie ship Victoria arrives at Hew York, having on
board Franz Muller, charged with the murder of
Thomas Briggs, on a London railway aar, near Lon
don. He is arrested.
A portion of Crooi’s command, sent out on a re
connoiSßance. captures some rebel prisoners, who in
form them that Bamseur’a and itaodee’ divisions
are detailed, for.plcket duty in front of the Union
lines, and that the rest of tho robel army uader
Early ls-at Charlestown, Va.
THURSDAT.2S. ■,
The rebel ram Nashville,sunk aeson the ent?&nea
Oftho-ehannel at aiobUe.biowu upby the U
boat Metacomet. Six ?ebel toaflooß below tiia
forts, also fished up by the IT. S. gimboat Oneida.
Gen. Sherman's army movea..towards the West
Point Batlroad to cat off the label communloation*
with Atlanta*
A Union cavalry reconnolssajMe discovers that
the rebels have broken cam>at Charlestown, Ta.,
anc are marching In the direction of Ueetewn.
The British Consul at Now York makss a formal
application to TJ. S. Comm&sloner Newton for
the extradition of Franz 3E*H*r.
The Union forces or.de:' .©en. Hancsek attached
several'tlm*B by the rebels, bot ara repulsed. A
eomhtnestrehel attach made on the centre and Mb.
results la the withdrawal of the enemy from the.
field, leaving thelrdead and .woundecon the ground.
Therebei loss In the last two weefeis estlmated.nt
not less than 10,1190. The Union leas in prisoners la
heavy.
yaraAT, 26.
Twalve and a half TBleas'or the>West Point. Ball*
road leading to Attaint*, destroyed by Sherman'*
f °Stohonftred robfil-offl'iora plaeed under Sreof the
rebel batteries on. MtoTis Island, In retaliation tor
tbesame nombenotATnlon officers in Charleston
efeced under fireofthe Union batteries
"lie rebels, ’sritfc/two regiments.os cavalry and
some Infantry, attempt tc, cross Into Maryland at
bob, after a fight of Beveral hours*
duration, amscpjtlsed with heavy loss by General
AveriU.
Sheridan sotsoes tfca rebels’ retreating .np the
Shenandoah Xalley to Smithleld or JOEladlsirarg,
and captwesipo prisoners siria inflicts on the enemy
a loss of Bid killed aad wonhded..
■ ' 1 SATTOBDAV, 37. ,
The XT, S. Commissioner, at New depldesto
give tb» necessary certificate to soad Mculer s tfie
mar<ta«E, back to* England,
STJKDA'S'j 20.
ov4n. Hetetxelman, Id command of th» Norfckem
Military Department, ’£*3 b J*,£&L p „ r S‘Sls
e xpress, railroad, or other forwarding oompanlas
States of Uhic, Indiana, mmols, and Michigan for
to aavs without a permit from Ms headquarters,
and also prohibiting dealers to these ffitioles from
selUng the same within the above-mentioned time.
MOHBA.Y, 29.
The Demooratlo National Convention meets at
Chicago.
ottesday, 30.
The rebels, under Wheeler, endeavor to destroy
Sherman’s communications with Nashville.
WaDBSBDAT, si.
Geo. B. McClellan, of New Jersey, Is nominated
for President, and Geo. H. Pendleton, of
PlW'PiKtdent, by the Demooratle National On*
venUoh. at Chicago. . ,
Wheeler's cavalry etui eawwed to breaklß*r np
Sherman’s commnnKMtlon wlthN ashvlUe.
Gem Hood again attaoks Aimy Urn Ttaaato