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.The,-Cireering. News from Grant's Army
, --Conlittenee in his firrecess:--Lineoln
, Ratification Me e tin ir—Frernont De
aerted:-Terrible Esplosion and Loss
— of Life—The Commutation clause.
Mrreieondenee of the Franklin Repository,
WiSIIINGTO):4" CITY, June 18, 1864.
ThemewS from the front is more encouraging
—to-day than at any time for the last two Weeks.
Lee is completely,
flanked and must leave his
stronghold and fight Grant on open ground of
Grant's owit dimming, or have his entire eon
, nection with' the South severed. Undoubtedly
before anothir series of bloody.
I;attleS will have; beenfouglft. Secessionists
hereareitiore dejected to-da'y than I have seen
tn for` a long time. The Union men are
wild with joy, and the confidence felt that
Grant Will ultimately smoke the rebels out of
Richmond was never so strong as at this tunic.
' The Ratification meeting on last Wednesday
evening'in front of the Patent Office, go; tent
under the auspices of the Union League, was
one of the largest gathering of citizens that has
ever-been collected together in this city. The
expectations of the members o f the Union League
were much more than realized. i The weather
was eocil.and pleasant and the speaking excell
ent. The Patent and Post Offices illuminated
presented n spectacle onee•seen, never to be
forgotten. The Hale excitement that arose
• after the Cleveland Convention has entirely sub:
aided. Fremont is without fifty supporterS in
this city, unless the copperheads lean that way,
mid they as yet are sharp enough to keep shady.
Freinont before the meeting of the Cleveland
Convention had many friends here. They did
not in reality have any idea that he would tie
cept the non - in - Mien, and were still more dis
appointed at the sentitneits expressed in Iris
letter. Now•those friends are till gone. `-Srud
donly leavin him.
—"Like one who treads alone ,
- Some banquet ban deserted, -
Whose friends are tied, whose garlands dead,
-And all but he &paten"—
And Lincoln has no warmer supporters to day
than those same fiends orPrernont.
Aboutl2 o'clock to-day a terrible explosion
occurred - in a.hiiildingeonnected with the U.S.
Arsenal at the Navy 3. - ard.- The huilding was
,of Brick, one story and divided into four rooms.
One hundred and eight girls, were at• work
making eartridgfia for small arms. •
onantikv
of fire-Works had been placed on the outside of
the building, which by some means became ig
nited, and a piece of fuse.flew into one of the
minis, where were seated some thirty young
girls, setting the cartridges tin fire and causing
in instantaneous - explosiop. Those girls em
ployed in the Eastern part of the building ruott
ly esimped by, jumping from )4 windoWS and
1
running pelt melt through the doors—Many of
Mans, however, 'were seve ly injured. In the
other parts of the bui • g, it is feared, - most
were sidled or ltu ed todeath. Up to this
writing over tw ty bodies Lave been taken
' from the rue . most of them so completely
burned to crisp as to render recognition im
possible. Secretary Stanton and Gen. Halleck
were on - the ground in a very short time after
. the explosion and rendered all the aid possible.
The opening of the bids for the seventy-five
million loan was commenced on Wednesday.
The bids offered amounted to 590,000,000, and
; averaged four and a-half to five per cent. pre
mium—some range from par to eight per cent.
Congress will adjourn before-the Ist of July,
likely about the 26th of this month.
In my last letter I expressed the opinion that
the $3OO commutation clause would be stricken
out. From present appearances it will not. It
may be increased in amount, and perhaps the
time shortened to one year or eighteen months
"which a man wilt be compelled to serve. The
repealer the commutation clause meets with
much opposition from all classes rich anti poor.
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POLITICAL INTELLIGENWE.
—Hon. .Tohu L. Dawson has been unani-
mously ro.nuininated for Qongress by the Dem-
ocrata of Fayette county.
--The - Democrats of - Westtnoreland have
nominated John Hargnett and John W Riddle
fur AESymbly'amiJohn Ziinnayrtnan for Pro
tbenttary. Westinoreland elects pith Indiana.
. —Hon. Aaron If. Cragin has been chosen U.
S. Senator from New Hampshire for a full
term of -six years from the 4th of *arch next,
when Hon. John P, Hale's present term will
axptre.
—The Union men of Huntingdon have flood
-.fluted Win. Danis for Congtoss ; Capt. !trice
X.' Blair for Senator and John A. Swope for
Assembly. Huntingdon elects two members
with Mifflin and Juniata,
—The Germans of Chicago hrive held a meet
' int bnd entered their• protest against the nom
ination of Fremont and Cochrane. They say
they 'are not, in tiny way, bound by the action
of the Cleveland Convention.
—lt is said that John Morgan is -nor♦ passing
through Kentucky as a delegate to the Chicago
Convention. It is understood that nothing but
more important business with Gen. Grant mikes
it impossihle for Davis to be present. —Press.
—TIM Unionists of Butler : have nominated
-lion. John 31. Thompson for Congress by a vote
of 1032 to 326 for Hon. Thos. Williams,,and
• John H. Weeny and Wm. Hislett for Assembly.
Hastett and Negley served last session very ae
esmtabli;
-The Democrats of Cambria have nominated
Hon CyrUSL. Pershing for Assembly and James
• Myen •for Sheriff. Mr. Pershing has already
served three consecutive sessions and is ono of,
MU: ablest andcaost respected members on the
L:tmocratia Side of the ;louse.
' L T% Unimi (lonveatiort of Bedford county,
will 'Meet 'on Tuesday: the nth inst., ti)•11-941
nate candidates for the different county and
district offices to be voted for at the coming
'election. The Delegate Elections will he held
1 on the Saturday ftfte;:noon preceding.
—The linion Electoral ticket in Maryland is
as follows :—At large, Henrj• H. Goldsboreugh,
William J. Albert; T.W.I• Far
row; 21, William S. Reese; 3d, H. Stockett
Matthews; 4th, Isaac Nesbitt ;.sth, George W.
Stands.
• Union menof Union county hare nom
inated Geo. F...31i11er for Congress, Charles C.
Slntrkley for Senator, Samuel H: Orwig, fci
assembly, aitd Thomim•Churelr (or Sheriff.—
Orwig•crvell last session with great credit
and usefulness.
—The nominations of Lincoln: andjohnson
are eu thusiaSlica Ily received everywhere. Large
ratificationl,:eetings,, Cannon '&e., is , all
the rage all over the North. Illinois; 'Macon-,
'in,•Michigan, Indiana, and the 'whole West is
in a blaze of imeitement. The eatnpaign . open.
well.. .
—The New York Times suss theta gentle-'
Man, in convi;rSing with Mr. Lincoln,- remarked
that mithing could defeat his re•eleetion ha'
Grant's capture, of Richmond, to be followed
.h.K.his nomination at Chicago and acceptance.
said the Prehident, ." I feel very
much like , the maul who said he didn't want to
dieparticaini4lA;ot-if had to die, that was
precisely tWd'qoaSa he would like to die of."
—The .011011 Men of Lawrence county hive
nondnatedifon:4 L li'Gutfin for Judge—now,
acting by aipOintment—Thomas Cunningham,
of Beaver, foiCOngress, Saninel M'Kinley for
assembly, and-Thom - its -M'Conuell for Sheriff
and S. Gastorani - Vegister. TWo counties of
the , Congressional distict—Wirshingtot and
Greene—hard instructed for Hon. George V.
Luwrence, and hip for Mr. Cunningham.
—Those two eminent Democrats, John Mor
gan and C. L. Vallandigham, invited by their
friends, undertook a journey to Ohio abinit the
same time. Morgan, although he took the pre
caution to.bring a guard with him, found the
route over which he was traveling so beset with
organized bands of IJnioniSta r thut he was com
pelled to turn back, and when last heard from,
he Was laboring under some'difficitliies to re-_
trace his steps.
7 -The Illinois Democratic State Corirention
at Springfield on, Wednesday, nominated a full
electoral ticket, land appointed delegate's to
the National Convention. A resolution Was
adopted decla'ring teat inasmuch as the Na
tiOnal Democratic Convention is soontoagsein
bly, with authority to make a. declaration of
the winciples oft. e Natio mil Democratic party,
it is inexpedient fortlis-Convestion on this ee l
casion fo mite`, tucht4plaration:
—Let l it be passed riropul from 'ha r,d t 4 hand
until every workingman in the land has commit
ted itto mernory,that when Abraham Lincoln ,our
President, and Andrew Johnson, formejly Sen
ator, and now Governor, two workingnien and
champions of labor, were nominated 'lei. Office,
the organ of the Democracy sneered at them
as" a rail-splitting buffoon and a-bobrish tailor,
both from the backwoods, both growing up in en
condi ignorance." Thus we tee that when in
hering men by their own industry rise to honor
these' new-fledged Democrats have no words
for them but words of contempt and scorn.. .
—At a Republican ratification meeting in .
Bangor, Me., on Saturday- evening, Vice Presi
dent Hamlin made an address of some length,
wherein he took occasion heartily to cothinehd
the nominations made at Baltimore, eulogizing
the President as a man of eminent ability, and
of rare and unsurpassed integrity—one who has
administered the goVernment well mid who will
'bring the nation out of its difficulties and plant
it on the eternal principles of liberty.- He also
spoke of Mr. Johnson,from personal knoiviedge,
as an incorruptible patriot, one eminently'fitt4.4
and qualified for the position to ivhich he has
been nominated, and acid that the ticket will
have the_honest and earnest endorsement and
support of all loyal men.
—The rebel editors turn with imploring look's
to
- their " Northeim friends" in,this hourof trial
to come, to the rescue and break down the wall
of fire Which is encircling them There is no
!doubt!' says the Atlanta Intelligencer, " that
there are, in the Western States, a large tna
-1 ber of men opposed to the abolition war. The
vote in Ohio, -during the last gubernatorial elec
tion, exhibited the fact that over MAO voters
in that State were opposed to the war, and if
the flames of insurrection wildonlY spread over
Illinois, we feel certain that thousands of Ohio
ans will join the melee.' Nothing could give us
greater satisfaction than the sight of the Cop
perheads engaged in cutting the throats of Lin
coln's hirelings."
PERSONAL.
—Gen; Buell having been mustered out of
the volunteer service, for refusing to accept a
command under Maj. Gon. Canby, has now re
signed his Colonelcy in the regular army.
—Ex-Chief Justice Holmblower, of New Jer
sey, oue of the ablest and best men that State
has ever produced, died - at Newark on the 11th,
age 87. His lust words were "Convention—
Convention for the freedom of mankind."
—The New Orleans Times of a late date
says: "We are glad to hear of the'convales
cence of Gen.,McClernand, whose case at one
time was deemed vetTeritieal. 1 -Gen. Frank
lin is rapidly recovering from his wound."
—Gen. Stahl was wounded in the shoulder
during the battle of Piedmont, while gallantly
leading his men. lie retired from the field for
ahoutlf hour, while his wbund was being•
dressed, when he again assumed command.
—lt ig reported that Senator Halo's friends
wbl endeavor to secure his nomination for the
,Ilouse from the First Cpngressional District of
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We herewith present the readers of tl e RE
POSITORY with an engraving of the immense
buildings erected on Logan Square, Philadel
phia, for the Great Sanitary_ notr in pro
gress, and we shall . give illustratjuns hereafter
of the most interesting featuncsiof the Fair.
The main. buildings are the 4.o4lerilon
the - Nortli side, 500 feet long and ici t fq6tvi".
It has the finest collections of Paintings nod
works of Art ev'erkelleOted en the Continent.
On the South side there is a space (31 90 square
feet for Carriages: 120 square feet for Cabinet
New Hampshire; and that the friends of Vice
President Hamlin will pushhim-as, a candidate
for Mr. Fessenden'is seat in' the united States
Senate.
—A prominent secessionist—'one of - those
who, while the Southremained in the Union,
'fed largely on F6lertki'rap—ke., Thomas But
ler King—died at his_retidehce, in Waynesboro,
Ware county,Ga., on the 10th lilt., of pneumo
nia. Though a native of Pennsylvania, he was
quite young when he went to 'Georgia, where.
he married, arid- V:44.,..itinie 'zi leading piditician.::
—A letter in the Boston Advertises gives the
following incident as having °mired diming
the vote in Congress in the abolition of ,Sla
very by.Constittitknal amendment.. It will be
seen tha.t our valiant Geu. Cyfibtlf 11 . 11 S" at last
inoved''on the enemy's works," with what suc
cess our readers can judge :
" As Joseph Bailey of Nunsylv:mia, one of
the tour Democrats Mio had the patriotism
to vote.for the constitutional amendment pro
hibiting Slavery, was answering to his.name on
that question; a Copperhead, his colleague Cof
froth,
who was passing at the time, laid his
hand heavily upon Bailey's head, 'and drew it
down ()ter his face, accompanying the action
with words:abusive of Bailey's vote - and not fit
to be printed. Bailey, suddenly tbrgetting his
Quaker principles, seized Coffroth. who is much
the larger man, by the colter, drew his heads
down,-and' dealt Kim - a powerful blow under
the ear, which sent him reeling againtt the op
posite desk. Coffroth laid down his arms."
—Gen. Scott is at Cozzen's Hotel, West
Point. Since his,• arrival there he has mater.
ally improved in health, and his appetite, which
was failing him; is quite restored. -TheGener
al rises early and breakfasts at seven o'clock ; an
hour when most of the gu4ts are still in their
rooms. A t iibout nine o'el l ock he rides up td
the Military Academy, where he • spends the
morning in the library occupied, it is under
stood, in obtaining-and preparing materials for
his " Life," on which he ..has been engaged for
several years. This work will be a valuable
addition to the historical literature of the coun
try. The Genaral returns to the hotel in time
to dine at the public table at three o'clock, and
afterwards, if the. weather permits, occupies
his aecustenied sent on'the piazza, where clue=
ter of, guests gather around to engage him in
conversation. The General is in his seventy
eight year.
SUMMARY" OF WAR NEWS.
—Gen. Crittenden, accompanied bo . Maj. Bu
ford, Capt. Knox and__ Capt. McCook, mem
bers of. his Staff, have gone to, report to Gen.
Sherman..
—lt has been stated 'that the Ohio hundred
day regiments, which recently arrived in Wash
ington, becoming mutinous, refused to go tt , the
front. This is incorrect. They went with as
much wilingness as any other soldiers during
the war., - •
—Gen. Hunter, withs Crook's and Averill's
forces, left Staunton on the 10th.
.At that place
over three million's worth of rebel property was
destroyed. An expedition sent to Waynesboro'
destroyed several bridges and tore up the track.
Imbodon's command is reported thoroughly de
moralized. The Captured rebels, not paroled,
numbe;ng 1040,, have arrived at Huttonsville,
on their way.north.
DAVISEGINATION.—Insta neciure common of
the most afflictive separation of family relations,
by this unnatural war. Itrothers, and' even
parents and children, are found in the ranks of
the hostile armies. Ono of the most touching
cases of this kind is that of a son of the Con
federate President Jefferson Davis, who is ser
ving in the National cause on the gunboat Gar
ondolet, fighting to crush - the Rebellion, which
his father is leader of. The Davis junior is the
son of Eliza, late a slave to the patriarchal Da
vis. An officer of the army of Vicksburg who
had heard of the fact, verified it from Eliza's
lips. How sharper than a serpent's tooth must
be the grief of that parent whom unrelenting
fate compels to,tako sides against his own sun
in a var..* froadom . ! '
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EAT,',SANITARY FALB. BUIL
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Ware; ea feet fo'r a Stage Exhilitionrootu and
40 Sect Childrens' department. On 18th
Sfreetibe'departMent for - Furs, Hats and Caps -
neenPies" . 4o feet square; P;iper-hangings 65 feet;
Baok-sellers department 25 feet; Umbrellas,
Canes-8re.,:10 feet; Carpeting 50 feet; Archi
teeturalPesigns 20 feet; Builders' department
85 feet ;;Olassware 50 feet; Wines &c. 25 feet
and Tphaten 50 feet. • '
THE
Sheridan's Raid.—The Enemy Completely
Rooted—The Virginia Railroad
Dc
stroyed as far ns Louisa Court House
—The Greatest Achievement 'of the
' the Vtlar;—Lee's Last Alternative—The
Latest from Grant—The Last Elan4
' Movement.
WABIIINGTON. Juno 18-1.0 o'clock. P.
• The toll owi ni dispatch from Den. Grant dated
yesterday, at 11 o'clock A. M., at City Point.
has been received by this Department:
The 90i Corps this morning carried twamore
redoubts, forming apart of the defeuceS of Pe
tersburg, capturing 450 prisoners and-.four
glittB. Our successes are being followed up.
• Oar forces, drew out from within fifty yards
of 'the entrenchments et Cold Harbor, made'a
made a frank 'l . ..vett - mit of an average -of
about fifty mil, . eh, crossing the 'Cache-
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merous pe,:partments, the principal of which is
Union 1-1a7500 feet by 64, for Fancy goods,
LATEST ARMY NEWS!
HE ATTACK ON PETERSBURG I
13 ,'CANNON AND BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,090
'PRISONERS CAPTURED!
Gallantry of Our Lolored Troops !
SH.E,P4DAIVS RAW!
THE VIRGINIA RAILROAD DESTROYED
AS FAR AS LOUISA C. H.! "
MOVEMENTS OF CEN. SHERIDAN 1
The Attack on Petersburg—Hard Fight.
ing of Gen. IV. F. Smith—He Ca tares
13 Cannonand Between 3.000 and 4.000
Prisoners—Great Gallantz7 of On r
Colored Troops—The General Thanks
. them for their Conduct.
OFFICIAL GAZETTC.
WASHINGTON, Juno 17. 9.30 A. M.
To Maj. Gen. Dii, of New-York: The fol
lowing despatches hare been received-by this
Department : , •
CITY PT., May 15. via. JAHRSTOWN Isar ii.t
5.30 A. M.. June 15.
Smith,with 15,000 men, attacked Petersburg
this morning. -
CITY POINT, VA.. 7.30 P. M., June 15.
Our latest report from Smith was at 4 P, M.
He had carried a line of entrenchments at
Beatty's -house, the celtired troops assaulting
and carrying the rifle pits with great gallantry,
but lie had not yet carried the main line.
' He describes the rebel artillery fire as being
heavy. . .
Mrs Polar, Va.. 7 A. M.. June 16. via.: I
..JASIEWTOWN ISLAND:H.4S. A. M. r
At 7 20, P. M., yesterday, Smith assaulted
and carried the principal line of the enemy's
entrenchments before Petersburg, taking thir
teen cainon, several stands of colors,. and be
tween three and four thousand prisoners.- .
• This line is two miles from Petersburg.
„Hancock got up and took position on Smith's"!
left, at 3 A. M , on Tuesday.
, DDYTHART LANDING, Va.. June 16,1 P. M.
After sending my despatch of this morning
from the heights southeast of Petersburg, I
went over the conquered lines with Gen. Grant
and the engineer officers.
The Works are of the very strongest kind,
more difficult event° take than was Missionary
Ridge at Chattanooga.
The hardest fighting was done by the black
troops, • ,
The forts they stormed I think the Worst of.
all.
. After the affair was over, Gen. Sinith Went
to thank them and tell them be was proud of
their courage and dash. "He says they cannot
be exceeded as soldiers, and that hereafter he
will send them in a difficult place; its readilyas
his bestwhite troops.
They captured six of the cannon which be
took.
The prisoners he took were from Beaure
-gard'e command.
home of them said they .had just crossed the
Jarneiiyabove Drury's Bluff. ' • ,
I do not think any of Leo's army had reached
Petersburg when Smith stormed it. They seem
to be there this morning, however, and to be
making arrangements to hold the west side of
the Appomattox.
E. M. STANTON, Secy of War.
INCS.
Perfumery &e. The , Hortienltural department
is a circular building 1130 feet in diameter,, and
hai a F.ountain.and Fish,Pond. Altogether the
bitildings 'are the must elegant ever erected fur
such a purpose.
The Pair is still in progress, and the total
receipts will fall bat little below $1,000,0G0.
The vote for the sword as reported on Monday
was as follows: •
Meade ' Grant ..............:.......124
Hancock. - .11.12 Scattering 65
M'Clellan
Total
hominy and James rivers, the latter being 2000
feet wide, and 84 feet deep at the point of cross:
ing, and surprised the, enemy's' rear at Peters
burg.
- This was done without the loss of a wagon or
piece of artillery, and only about one hundred
and fifty stragglers were picked up by the
enemy.
Iu covering this move Warren's Corps and
Wilson's Cavalry had frequent skirmishing with
the eneniy, each hiving from fifty to sixty.
killed and wounded but inflicting an equal if
not greater loss upon the enemy.
Tim - 18th Corps (Smith's) were transferred
frotic'White House "to -Bermuda Hundred by
water,moved out near toPetersburg on the right,
captured the very strong works northeast-of
Petersburg before sufficient force could, be got
in them by "the enemy to hold them.
He w;i6found tilt, night. foliaing thiterda,P
tare-by the 2d- Corps, which in turn eapturea
more of the ,enemy's redoubts further south, and
this corps was followed by the Ninth, with the
result above stated.
All the troops are now up except two divisions
covering the wagon train, - and they will be up
to-night. , .! •
Too much credit, cannot be given the troops
and their commanders for the energy 'mid forti
tude displayed the ilast five days. Day and
night has - been all tile same, - no delays being al
lowed on any account.
E. M. -BTAN-roN, gee) , of War.
Wisumorox; June 18-11 o'clock. P. M.
Dispatches from Gen. Sheridan have just been
received. He reports a victory over theenemy
atTrevillian Station, On the Viiginia Ceotrol
Railroad, few miles south of Gordonsville; wheret
Gen. Lee, a few days, ago, reported a AeL,el
victory.
The official reports' is as follows :
I have the honor fe-report to you the arrival
of my command at this point,and also to report
its operations since leaving New Castle Ferry.
I crossed the PainunkY River • on the 7th
marching • via Ayletta and encamped on Ber
• ring Creek. On the morning of the sth I're
.sumed the march via Ptilecat Station, and en
camped three miles west of the Station. On
the 9th I marched through Chilisburg and New
Mirket, encamped on E. N. E. creek, near
Young's bridge. On the' 10th marched via An
drews' tavern and Teciman's store, crossing
both branches of the North Anna, and encamp
ed at . Ruch Childs, abontthree miles north of
Trevillian Station. My intention was to break
the• railroad at this station, tuarch through Me
-chaniesville cut the Gordonville and Charlotte-
Ville Railroad near. Lindsay's house, and then
•
to march on Charlottaville: •
But on our arrival at Buch Childs' House, I
found the enemy's cavalry in my immediate
(front.
Orithe morning - of the 11th, Gen. Torbert,
with his division, and Col. Gregg's brigade of
Gen. Gregg's division, attacked the enemy, and
'alter an obstinate contest drove him from sue
cessive.liues of breastworks through an almost
impassible forest back on TreViffian Station:
In the meantime Gen. Custer was ordered,
with his brigade, to proceed by a country 'road,
so as to reach the! Station in the rear of the en
emy's cavalry. On his arrival at this point the
enemy broke into a" complete rout, leaving-his
dead Adilearly all of his wounded in our hands ;
also twenty officers, five hundrednieu and three
hundred horses.
These operation's occupied the whole of the
day. At night I encamped .at Trevillian sta..
tien and on the morning of the 12th commenced
destroying the railroad from this point to Loui
sa Court House- This was thoroughbly,done,
the ties being burned and the rails rendered
unserviceable. The destruction of the railroad
occupied until 3 o'clock of this day.
I directed Gen. Torbert to advance with his
division, and Gen. Davis brigade of Gen; Gregg's
division in the direction of GOrdonaville and at
tack the enemy who had concentrated and been
reinforced by infantry during the night, and had
als - o constructed rifle pits at a point about five
miles from Gordonsville.
The advance waa made, but as the enemy
position was found too strong to assault ne,gen
eral attack ivas made. _.
On the extreme right of our lines a north)*
of the Reserve Brigade carried the enemy's
works twice, and was; twice driven therefrom
by infantry. Night closed the contest.
found on the examination of - the command
that there was,not a staciency of ammunition
lett to continue the engagement the next day.
Trains of .cars also came down to where we
were engaged with the enemy.
,The reports of
prisoners, and, citizens were that-Plekett's
_old
Oivisioner a,portioo,ef it s ' waccoming to,, pre
vent the tatting ef,Onidonsville4.therefore aur
ingi the nigpt.and neat mOqiing,.witiftirew my
'camera oier the*Nortli Mina vie Carpenters
ford, near 'Miner's. bridge. In addition, -
animals were-for: the two entire days in' which.
we were engaged without forage.. The sur
rounding country afforded nothing but grazing.
of a yery inferior quality, and generallY at such.
points as inaccessible to us. '
The' cavalry engagement of the 12th, was by.
far the most brilliant one of the present cam
paign:
The enemy's loss was very heavy. They lost
the following named', officers in killed • and;
wounded ; Col, McAlister commanding a regi.,
ment, killed; Brig. Gen. Reeser, commanding .
a brigade, wounded ; Col. Akan, commanding a.
regiment; wounded ; Col. Custer, commandind
a regin -11", woundedn.
.My loss in killed and wounded will -be about
five _hundred and seventy-five,
_Of this number
four hundred and-- ninety were wounded. I
brought off, in my. ambulances three hundred
and seventy-seven--all that could be transpor
ted.' The re.maintleiwere, with a number of
rebel wounded that fell into my hands left be
hind. - Surgeons . and attendants were detaffed
and remained in chargé of them..
I captured and have now with me threehnn;
died and seventy prisoners of-war,including ,
twenty commissioned officers„ My loss in cap..
timed, will not exceed one hundred and sixty.i
They were principally -from the fifth Michigan.
Cavalry. _Thisregiment gallantly charged down
the Gordonsville _road, capturing 1500 horses
and about 860. men ; „but .were-finally surroun-•
(led and bad to give them up.
When the enemy broke they hurried betWeen'
Gen. Custer's command and Col: Gregg's brigs
(We, capturing five caisson of Pennington's
battery, three of which were afterwards recap
turedticavingiin their hands two caissons.
A more' detailed report will be made here
after, E. M. S'rANTON, Seo'y of War.
Our Porees.W it bin a Mlle of Peters.
burg—tnsueeessful Attempt to' Currr
the Enemy ' s New ' intreriehmenta—La
.ter from Sher - Mon—Johnston ittinielf
in the Night—Our Forces in norPtlr.
suit.
WAR DRPARTAt RXT, WAFIRL4GTOS,
June 1:3-9 :45 , o'cluck P.
To Maj. Gcn. 'Dix :—Tbis evening a dispatch: .
from City Point, dated at 9 o'clock this morn
idg, reached the Department. --It reports that
our forces advanced_ yesterday to within 'abonti
a mile in front of Petersburg, where they found
the enemy occupying a new line of intrefich r '
meats, which, after successive assaults, we
failed to carry, but hold and have intrenched
our advanced positions
From' the forces of the enemy within the
enemy's new line it is inferred that, Betiuregard .
,
has been reenforcetfrom Lee's Army.
MI
No report has been received by the Depart
ment concerning the casualties of our army in'
its operations since crossing the James River,
except the death of Mai. Morton mentioneii,
.yeiterday. • E. M. STANTON, B:ec`y ofWar..
GEN. MCCLELLAN delivered the oration at .
the'dAication,of the Battle AlonumentAit West '
Point, recently. Speaking of the war he said
Certain States, or rather a-portiori of the in--;
habitants of certain States, feared, or professed
to tear, that' injury tvould result to their rights
and property from the elevation of a particular
party to power. Although the Cdruotit',utionripd;
tke teltial 4404 tit lie ili~vemmtnt.prdtl=~
a Peaceable and sure protection _
against the apprehended evil; they prepared to '
seek security in the destruction of thellovern
meat which could protect them, and in the nee,
of force agablit Optional troops, holding aria- ;
tional fortress. To efface the insult offered to
our flag; to save ourselves. froin the fate of the
divided Republics of Italy andieutb America;
to preserve our Government from destruction;
to enforce its just power la'vis; to maiatain ;
our very existence as .a nation, these were the
causes which compelled us to draw the sword,
Rebellion flgair!st a Government like ours, vvlitcli p
contains within itself the teems' of self adjust
went and a pacific remedy for evils, slitinld ne
ver be confounded with a re.volntion against
despotic power, which refuses redress of w rongs.
Such a rebellion cannot be justified-Upon•ethi
cal grounds, and the only, alternatives for our
choice are its suppression or the destruction of '
our nationality. - .
.
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