Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-08

versity, and A. NJ was conferred &c honore on the
Rev N. w. Wilson, Pastor Of the Baptist Church
in Chapel Hill. y
The --latest News. T.
We give below The latest news troa, TIC armrps
in Virginia and Georgia 1t will be seen that our
forces are CALAMITY holding their own at every
point Every assault made by Grant has bee2
thus far repused with heavy loss to him, and slight
loss to our troops The enemy are at so,ne points
within ten miles Of Richmond The demonstration
by Grant at Bottoms Bridge is further South than
any yet made by him. This place is due east d,
Richmond the former and present main operations
Of Grant beirg north and north east Of Richmond /
The Di<pnteh of Saturday last says: /
Yesterday was y day Of excitement in the city |
At very carly hour Of the morning our inhabitants
were aroused from their slumbers by heavy and in.
cessant reports Of artillery, which seemed to extend
from the right to the left Of our line. As usual,
many rumors were in circ,latioh during the day.
hut every thing subsidized towards evening under
knowledge Of the fact that The Coniederats arms
We're everywhere victorious. Below We give q
summary Of recent operations on the liaes.
FNoN GENERAL LEES ARMY. =, :. -
In the engagement Of Thursday evening our sue
c.ss was ctmi lese. General Ealiy, Commanding
Ese:fs corps, attackedi the enemys right, driving
them At all points. and capturing over 700 prison
CTS. including - commissioned ofiicers. An off.
ciSl dispatch from General Lse received late the
same night says we drove this enemy from Turkey
Htll thereby gaining an important position As
night closed in upon the scene. our men rested
upon their arms in triumph, having suffered bu'
small loss, and inflicted severe punishment upon
the Yankees. Our position, which is naturally
strong one, with the right resting upon the Chick
.hon,;, 30
during the night, and every preparation made cor
severe hattie on the following day.
Whether it Was the purpose of our commanders
to renew the attack yesterday morning not,
do not know; Tut if it was, the arrangement was
/; anticipated by the enemy, who, sooa after dwight
made tack in heavy force upon the first corps
(Anderson's) on the right and the conflict gradual
~ spread along the line to the left where RACES
with great intensity. witness Of the fight say.
hat amid the heavy roll Of musketry and almos,
eafsning sound of cannon, he could at times hea,
) the triumphant yes Of cur men, as they hurlet
;ack the enemy de6antly, inhictiRg heavy loss. l.
i singular coincidence that the lines occupied
] yesterday were nearly the same as those of tht
memorable I'd Of June 1862 that of the enemy he
: final stand before being driven from the field of Cold
Harbcr
dispatch from the battle field, dated at o'clock
p, says: "All goes on well. We repulsed the enem,
with ease, INJECTING heavy loss IN front of Andsr
sons Hoke's and portion Of Hills commands
The enemy were repulsed seven times by Ander
sons corps"
] From own Correspondent
- ARMY OF NonruEnS vxG1N1A,l
Battlefield Of Cold Har6or, June 3.
Gen. Early commanding Eweli's corps. attacked
he enemy's right yesterday afternoon, and drov,
him with grext slaughter cut of his works suffer
ng but slight loss himself Among his killed wa
he brave Gen. Doles, Of Georgia.
At the sane time, Breckenridge, on the right.
! supported ny Wilcox, attacked the enemy on Tur.
Key Hill, and drove them some distance, thus Sc
curing an important position.
Skrmshing and picket firing all night
This morning at daylight the enemy assaulted
Anderson's corps Longstreets) in the centre with
,reat violence; Also BEecknridge's and Hokes po.
si,io1s He renewed the assault seven times against
Fields and Kershaw, of Anderson's cops. He was
beaten back each time with loss that has no par
allel, except at Spotsylvania Court House. Indeed
the battle is but repetition of that at Spotsyl
vana, with this important d ference: Our own Lost
is almost incredibly small. Anderscns loss, in
GLIDING Hoke's, will not reach 800
/ The enemy assaulted Early also, but only once
and was rcpulsed with great less.
The enemy gained salient in Breckinridges
'front.' and held it for few minutes, hut Finnegan's
Flori 1ians swept them back like a whirlwind Ou
! trC1fS generally never lOugnt OetteT
The enemy was repused at all points ny II
o'clock. s,re which time there has been heavy
skHhIishing only.
We had the ground on the enemy, TO such al
extent, indeed that he could bring but little of hi
rtliay to play. Our loss in prisoners very slight
aud we took but few.
In this fight Gen. Lane and Gen. kirkland, o
Nerth Csrolna. were wounded, the former Severely
| IN the hip the latter slightly. <
- SATURDAYS OPERATIONS
As early as sunr1se this morning, the enemy
having n:assed on our right, opened vgoron
attack, in turn assaulting most vigorously Ker
.shaw's front of Longstreetss corps, who repusea
them most successfully and Hoke's front, who lie
wise resisted every onset of the foe and inAicte
terrible loss upon them. The fighting ragged unit
eleven O'clock, when it ceased. except heavy ski,
r.ishing and canuonadng. which were kept a
incessantly all day. At one time during the mprr
ing. Echolss brigade Of BreckinridLs's division
'gays way, but Gen. B. sooa rallied his men, and
,he same time EnAegsn's gallant Flotidians hound
ing frward with a yell, drove the enemy' bach
rsc.ptsrint three pieces Of artillery Of RsiGs ba
TALON, which for the mo,ucnt had been takAn frau
us, and capturing, it ia reported one gun In hi
affair Breckenridge is said TO have lost two bunj+e
Of bis men as prsonerg and the Enemy took ai'nr
thirty cannonees with The guns which they temp,
rarily captured. - - -
It IL Also said that the enemy were most h. n,
sonsly repaked during the Day in front Of Rid,
and lieth on our extreme right. The slang: ter
!, the enemy has heen quite iesvy-sods pat i. 7.
high ~ ten Thousand 'fhrss or four ,,undr.-, "
, cover eur list Of casualties. Among the wound.
is Brig Gen. Law. Of Ga. slightly in eye.
). The enr'py did not light to-day wifk tho vim ii
they displayed on th. l2sh Of May at SpotsA 81
!, U. IL; ard whilst . Colonel was taken pTf ipsfl
eur works. and his colerbearer shot deaS ii, i:lIi
ing them upon our works, The men the.a, slrs ,nsv
got 90 near. -
=. Tas situation at the clnse of thu. shy was hi
Grant bad mad, violent ettorts No. tprn and hro
our right but had been, most successfully repuls
), and the Yankee army heavily sapishsd orr us
. holding almost every inch Of ytA4ipd and this Ya
| Eous truin;n,, nothinr SS,>otcv1,o,;, n II