Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-26
FROM REBELLION

FROM REBELLION.
Rebel Great Expectations from the Chi.
cage COnvention-The Richmond Papers
.seknowledge a Defeat the Weldon
;Road-hebel Movements in the South.
west.
We have copies of Richmond papers OF the
goth. 22d and 22d inst.
Under the head OF "Be Patient and Wary,,
the lienmond Sentinel of the Goth has long
edi'oTi al, in which it gives token of the rebel
great expectations from "the apple of discord
that he Chicago Con vention will throw into
the North" -
The Sentinel also hopes much from the ac
coming draft.
x,a Inc me-. same paper says that "six weeks hence
1no o. c,rsI '.0adrng the enemyS soil, and cqrry-
III b" ~ .ssire .9artare."
,~o Augusta (Ga.) COnstitutiondRst of the
:. b says that Hood is confident of holding At
lanta, AID that "Gen. Wheeler crossed the
Chattahoochie with three bodies of cavalry
last Thursday night for Sherman's rear, with
a view to cut his communications and destroy
his supplies at Marietta and othor depots along
The line of railroad. Gen. Roddy started for
Opelika on last Saturday week, with picked
force, to cooperate with Gen. Wheeler. It is
stated that still another body of picked mount.
ed men started en- another expedition Friday
last. In addition to this movement, others are
reported on the military chess boat, which, if
inaugurated, will undoubtedly free Georgia
soil OF the presence of the enemy"
CORES pendent of the Griffin Rebel, writing
on the 18th from before Atlanta, says 81 have
reason TO hope, based upon much that it would
De improper to disclose, that before the first
frost we shall be once more upon the generous
Ohio"
The Richmond Enquirer of Aug. 2ad has the
From the Valley.
An official despatch from Gen. Early's com. |
mand on Saturday states that portion OF our |
forces in the Valley crossed the Shenandoah at |
Front Royal on the 10Th, and drove the en-. |
fmy's cavalry, which retreated toward Win |
IN, ester, burning the hay and wheat stacks in |
cir rear. On the Eth Sheridan began to re- |
tire from his position near Strasbu was pur-
sued, and two divisions OF the 9th corps, with |
a large force of cavalry, were oyertaken at |
Winchester and driven through the town, |
losing over 200 prisoners. The enemy fell back |
towards Harper's Ferry.
Unofficial advices put the whole force of
Sheridan in the Valley at only forty. one thou
sand men.
Ordered to Duty.
The following officers, recently exchanged
by way of Charleston, have been ordered to
report for duty as follows:
Maj. Gen. Archer, ordered to report to head
quarters OF the Army OF Northern Virginia.
Maj. Gen. Edward johnson, ordered to re.
port to headquarters at Atlanta.
Brig. Gen. JEFF. Thompson, ordered to report |
TO 1t. Gen. L. Kirby Smith.
Prom Petersburg-The Fight on the Wei.
don Railroad,
From the Richmond Examiner, August 23.l |
The effort made on last Friday to dIsIodge the |
enemy from lis position on the Weldon railroad
proved, as we have before stated, unsuccess- |
full. Saturday passed without any fighting |
between the two armies, save little Smelling
and picket firing. On Sunday the effort was |
again made.
Accordingly, early on Sunday forenoon, an |
advance was ordered. Our forces drove the |
enemy out Of their front lines of breastworks |
back upon their main line, and capturing three |
hundred prisoners. The enemy did not retire |
without giving battle, and the ground was
hotly contested for the space OF an hour or two |
before they were forced back. In the mean
time, the enemy's artillery were throwing |
shell and canister at our ranks, and our bat |
tertes in the rear were replying The enemy's |
main works on the railroad were adjudged too |
strong to attack, and our troops, therefore,
held their second line Of entrenchments
In the meantime, more important move
Tnent was started towards the enemy's extreme |
lie IT, about one mile west Of the railroad. A |
BODY OF our troops, acting in conjunction with |
others, was sent down on the Vaughan road, |
some or miles from the city, to reconnoitre |
the enemy position in that direction and ascer-
their trength there, with a view to further |
moyem nts.
It was discovered that the Yankees had ex. |
tended their lines west to Vaughan road, in the
direction OF Poplar Springs Church, and were
rapidly terrifying. An effort, we learn, was
made to turn their left flank and dislodge
them, W ich did not prove successful. The
outer works were carried, but the inner were
found TO be OF such great strength and so
heavily armed with artillery as to render
the ir capture matter Of doubt; without great
loss Of life. Some advantages were gained,
we learn, at considerable cost In killed,
wounded and missing, which were subsequent
ly yielded.
Gererai John @. Saunders, of Alabama.
was killed here while leading his men in a
charge.
The position Of the enemy, as nearly as we
are able to judge, Is about this: Their center
rests upon the Weldon railroad, about three
miles from the city, their right extending across
the wooded country to the Jerusalem plank
road on the east, and their left to the Vaughan
road on the west. Along this whole line thew
have strongly fortified themselves, and works
OF great sirens 9Th have sprung up like magic.
In their rear, on the line of the railroad and on
both sides, they hAve thrown up heavy works
TO provide against flank movements. Al Tel-
Low i.-, eru and the aurley Hon.S heavy bat
,.r,ss Of guns are planted. Ateyery point open
10 attack they are strongly fortineo. .sa
Warren's corps, which first occuPisa, ,h snu
railroad, have been heavily reinforced Wi.n nd
the last two nights. HancocKs 10 -ead
Burnside's (9sh) corps have reacneo tne ao" =,
and now confront our troops, numbering IA
the aggregate fully thirty Thousand men.
The YANKEES have been busy In destroyns
tae railroad. and reports say that the track y
torn mn TO and beyond Reams' Station, as
tsrce OF ten miles from the city.
I'm addition TO the strong character Of the for
+,fc.tions on the enemy's left, which were
sssauIted by our fanking column, one OF the