The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-30
Rebel News from Richmond
Papers of Thursday-.T Their
Glorious VictOries-.Devasta-
ton by by Hunter i'm Western
Virginia. '''r
Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune.

9' WASHINGTON, June 26, ga.
CA. P. sends from his hospital Rich
mond ENQUIRER of the 23d, from which we
extract rhe following:
LArrsR.-We learned last night that our
! troops engaged the enemy yesterday after
noon near the Weldon road, and, after a
short but sharp fight, repulsed them hand
somely. The enemys movements were
watched by party of SCOUTS, who first dis
covered them about IL o'clock, near Mr..
Richard Williams farm in Dinwiddle, half
q mile west of Jerusalem plank road, and
some three miles from the Weldon road
They consisted of Hancock's I'd Corps and
q bri gade of Cavalry. We captured Lieut..
Dol. Homer B. Stoughton of the I'd U. S.
Sharpshooters, q Captain, and ten or twelve
privates. COL 'Stoughton was wounded in
the Wilderness fight, but has recovered.
ARRIVAL OF THE PRIsoNERs-A batch
of prisoners taken near the Weldon Rail-
road yesterday afternoon were brought to
Maj. Ker's headquarters last night, and by
! him turned over to Provost Marshal Halves
They state that they belong to the I'd Ar.
my Corps, Honcock's aud had been in the
trenches around Petersburg up to Monday
night. They were then relieved by new
Army Corps, the number ofwhich they did
not learn. It only arrived on Monday night
and was four hours in passing. An intelli.
gent sergeant from Philadelphia, attached
to the o. 8. Shsrpshooters states that it
was reported iD camp that very heavy body
of cavalry had gone down to the rear of
Petersburg and intended to cut the railroad
at some point between this city and We'll
don. We give his statement tor what it is
worth. The privstes in this batch are all
foreigners, and themo ordinary, illiterato,
ragged, dirty, cut throat looking creatures
we have eyer seen. One, raw Pathfinder,
says he only landed in this country last
FEBRUARY, when he was Immediately well
piled with whisky, aud enlisted to fight
under the Stars and Stripes and then sent
to the army. Such is the material our gal
liant soldiers are now fighting.
FROM Observation-Disclosures
MISUNDERSTANDING the seeming
quiet which prevailed up to the time of the
departure of the train, events had begun
development about two miles south of the
city early in the afternoon which resulted
in glorious victory to our arms. Ma
homes Brigade, with another whose name
we could not learn, made an attack upon
Hancock's troops ABOUT 2 P. NJ, and drove
them from two lines of breastworks and
captured nearly 2Co0 prisoners, including |
fifty seven commissioned officers, together
with four pieces Of artillery and eight stands
of colers. Tho fight was renewed last eve
ming, but the enemy was repulsed in each Of
his attacks up to last accounts. The enc
mSs pickets Informed our pickets during
the day that Old Abe was on visit to-
Grant. - 81 3 l.- or 'sa.
STILL LATER.-Dispstches received at
half past 10 O'Clock last night fully confirm
the above. The fighting had ceased, with
the exception Of occasional shafpshooting
and artillery firing. The repulse Of the enc.
my's assaults is described % having been
s easy; Our loss was comparatively very
FROM TIE WHIrE HousE.-The only in.
telligence from this quarter on yesterday
was to the effect that the enemy were still
there, but in what force did not transpire.
ttwas rumored that, anticipating . renew
Cd attack upon them ON Tuesday, theyI
withdrew before dawn toward James River.
This report does not accord With others.
which would lead to theconc,na;on that rha