The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-28

THE NITU ALTON.
The enemy appear TO have SET their hearts upon dis
lodging our troops from the Weldon Railroad bu, so IA
thoy have mode no progress In that direction a.
Thursday afternoon they renewed the attempts made o.
ice Sunday and Friday q the preceding week but thi
time more Desperately, more disas,rousIy, and vii,
like failure. General Hancocks second corns h.,c
She position attacked at -four O'Clock P, NJ OF
Thursday by the whole Of A. P. lille rebel corps 1be
hight severe, hand hand and the ground was
Rested almost inch BY nch The Second corps appears
f" nave oeen gradually falling back, when the Fifth
came up to their support ami the fortunes Of the hour
were changed. The enemy withdrew from y the
held after sustaining fearful !, loss leaving their
dead and wounded behind them The battle las,ed
until dark is reported By General Hancock 10 be ono
Oh the most desperate battles war Our loss fuot
Se' asoer'a'ned) is said to DO heavy. The enemy
hnd entirely lett the field Friday morning al day.
Eight The scene or the action is described as u,os,
awful to behold; the dead ard wounded lying ia
Fsses friend and foe intermlngled in death and
- v Mr. Stanton received brief official dispatches
'nerss Grant, Meade and Hancock embodv,pv n.
eo,.ro n,x yesterday. The rebels an attack IN
,,. this affair occurred on General Bu,,ers
- J.. We them in tu. the packets soon
,es,hs. -, my back. capturing two Officers
rallied and &c, 'sa 'as so> ,t,e ,,.,u
.,a O,c.pins N en-, Sssiaes !
Tho oaemy IN fron, Of General 19 - -
,Ono, 10 cross tho Potomac, yes'erd 1ais Ti0rf 70
:, !, ersd,, yas rerdtsea. b,NGenera
,vers c,v.,rv oar, sa,lsutiy Trerythiag va s''et
Ia night a, shepherdstow7 Wl'iahS'''' -.''
en The enemy Lad iallcu Jack from oe'0'e "i'Naus
pot Yesterday morning.
: rru General shergnns seet'n We DAYS u0'A's =
es ,eral a.t,feS's late raid IN the nDi'S =
arc nd which be nadc complete e. 'Vo''' ie'9n"s
D. .,t,r with one hundred men, burnEis "a - sup
pics ,r Atlanta destroying fourteen rnIes o. ~ no
con abroad iakn two hundred prisoners. six CANT
aud ur stands On his return I; appears ths'
he was hard pressed by force Of the enemy, and
vas compelled to abandon saur o. the guns and many Of
his prisoners
A rebel force attempted 70 gather in some con-
scr,ots for tie army Greensboro North Carolina, on
wednesday last but turned on, to oppose TIE
cons Or recognizing the rigni OF the government
60 to. mer from their homes ard expose them 10 the
butoly II the battle field The result was that the
rebe .oa,ers ere driven out Of the town, their
uaads orcor, Major whit'ord uc.,aily woaudea, ard
hts b rdipa'e, Captain Keyoe killed.
qhs pirate Tallahassee in addition to her other sue
cesses Destroyed twenty two American ashius yes.
sells oil North Cape, Prince Edwards Island, on
Thurs ,ay Somebody ought TO whisper 70 Mr..
Welles II he can be found awake, that there
ts vesso called the Tallahassee aaoa.. Az an
Offset T. he devastation OF this pirate vessel We have the
ctnsola ion to know that blockade runnerthe Lillian,
boupd 70, Nsss,uaas been captured By two OF cur gun
btsts o wilmirgton She loaded with seven hun
dred and twenty one bales aud snded
Sy tin Malit, formerly Of the pirate Florida.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
Acanyass OF tho various delegations to the Chicago
Presidential Nominating Ccuveutiou, which meets to
morrow v ,akou last mint. ard resulted 10 estsblsh
ing the sct tna General Mcclellan win be the nominee
Tho r,,p I'm orreed upo1 viii, u % reported, siiiuai
ab,t the Mcclellan admntsfaticu shall exhaust ever
OF ut KNEW to ctvizit,u aud humanity 70 settle on
eotoua rooDos--uo cltitnat lras TO be brought in.
nv the arrival a. tie steamship North Star Capaic
O. tones a. tbs port yesterday from Asrinesl on 70
Yytn inpt ~e have a'c end important Intelligence !rol
Abe south Paclfc brought 70 Panama W the steam ~
escrsucuto tua vafte hsyins arrived There ir'n Ne
YcrS &c Jht l6h irgt which vii be found fuy G ale
Ne eiors toar c,rres pordeLs at Panama and Ca.ia
Tue ext al ton caao q ffsr1 Muller va ccac'ul'
yeste day before Uuitod states Commissioner acwto
fte conrsslouer, after beeras 81 tie evidence 10 y
,e ana TIE arguments Of counsel on either fdo rrsn
ms certificate o. extr-tH9u Tue prisoner WIS 90
removed ia custody Q. TIC aarrba vic WI hoc ~
Spt an order arrives from Washington for bis rctc-'f
u the British suthoriiu7.
~ the arrival thR port yesareay q Tue oak Aos
ma taptau Oimetcad FROM yers Crrz. We have ta'es
ne 10Th ias,snt al the porte from Carpeacty 70 We
kug ard rom theme TO &stamoFus, ars osea, :
hrrnch Blockade having raised since the To ut
Fire harsbsl Baker has presented to tho comm
eeutcN his eemtannual report Al Usual, cen'a'
eere valuable suggestions together With oSrrees sta
Dent all the Ares snd Gre alarms during the SIX mont
shdnE The slss q May, 1854. Over one third OF tbe
efes hseems occurred stables and unoccupied oui
- matter very suggestive a. TO their origin. 4
sAi number Of free during ths, period Wa hrndr
pc ninety hvs-bens twenty-five more than took pIs
Bring thsoorrespo1clng sy months. me sreged kss
oprcar 70 be rather heavy, amounting 70 eg6i2 $780,
brsnce On IS 2oS $50 lie Auount raid b, the und,
iicrs Tss OCT The greater per, Of ,hsse nsscs arc
30 sceiasptsl causes. Mr., B,ksrs snssss.icns 10