Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-28
LATEsT PRON GRANT AND TORREsr.

+ LATEST FROM GRANT AND FORREST.
AT o'clock last I ght we received from Captain VIM.
Parker, of the artillery copy of the Philadelphia
Iaqurer of the 26.h from which have tina only 10
extract the following;
eRAEfs DISPATCH TO STANTON.
HEADouAREEk's Army OF TIE PoroNAc, June 2S, 6
A. M-Wisoh's Division Of Cavalry have moved Cd in
tue dir, cion of the Weldon Railroad. When last heard
from they had reached Refine Station and were teaii
up the track
The SscOsd and Sikh Cops moved from their old
ros.uOn on the right toward the Weldon Railroad.
l. q See rs t. have antc pated movement by our lef
al deie mined TO turn our right hahk
When near the jerusalem Plank Road, the Second
Corps was confronted by Hills Corps, and suart en-
gsgement ensusd.
A bsttsry of the TMelfh New York Artillery rs an
moving the Rebtl4 who succeeded in getting rtuad in
the flank, and chaTgedh
The Infantry support being surps d., retired ayirg
four guns in the lads OF the enem bu, our lima OF
battle was soon reformed
The men had becoms accustomed to Let's new prOc
tee Of acting entirely the deiensve AID must have
been confused by his bold assault.
Two visions of the Fifth Corps we're within easy
supporting dstInce en- tie right, and the Sixth Corps
was ready for any hostilltiss the lef.
Several charges were made by the Rebels, who If
fered severely.
There was heavy firing ia front Of the Ninth c rps
ABOUT midaght. At ines the mu Dtry broke out Into
regulir volleys. The fling lasted all night
HEADoRs Amy 81 TIE PoToMAc
June "a.
M.jor Holt of the FRS: Massachusetts,, is slightly
wounded.
Il is reported that the Seventeenth New York bat
terry has lost four guns by being surprised.
Skirmshng contiI u9d all last night on our left
but With what result is not yet known.
TIE Third ExVelsi,r Regiment Lieutenant.Colole
Leonard Commanding, will leave here tomorrow, for
home their term of service having expired Tn ieg
inert participated 10 all the battles OF the Pennspl,,
under General Mcclellan, ard with the exception OF
Antet M all those in which the Army OF the Potomac
have on engaged.
FoRrslss MOSRoE, June %, p N.--The mail stea-
MGR O..Ilas Vanderbilt, from Bermuda Hu died,
ports 10 f. hitting up so ten o'clock this morning.
There i thing later from ths Whits House, and
PARTICULAR N General Sheridan eince his arrival
there,
FORREST AGAIN AT woEK.
NAsHvILLI, Tenn, June II, 1864 The intelligence
of the defeat OF Surgs by Forrest hardly received
and digeaed here, when iutelligencs came headqur
tiers Of the District Of Tennessee that Forces was already
turning his attention ia this direction. You will Temeu-
Der that wrote you short time ago the Effect that
Rhoddy had been driven hack 10 effort to cross the
rives florence l; nov sppears that in conjunction
with Forrest il again about to Stemptit ard that
extensive raid under the cruel ard relentless Forces ia
Sherman And here let nae say t1it though Forrest
may be successful and coming with very Superior or:e
of cavalry this not at eli improbable be caHnos affect
the status OF the army in Georgia Already prcvis on
has been made against this ANTICIPATED trouble and il
Forrest were to tear up the roads entirely it would
deprive the army a; the trout OF tie neceseres Of life
and munitions of war, and force q retreat.
RuMoRs AB.UF FORREST AND RHoDDT
These preparations for defence bad hardly besn
fin al ed when the information received that Forrt
vas about 10 owe across tho Tenn and attack the
defences The inform ltion is that Raoddy ia about
seven IN les roD D:cssur, while Forest, having been
repused in ee attempt cross st FL renee alb ut
e. attempt it at E4stport where he has d.. boats This
information received to date, and no "details have
a. yet been sent1n.,
one # our spies yesterday re urned from trip into
D xie, having gone TO Fulton, Ala. Rloddy there
flcn. He had been wi b Forrest in his raid against
S.urgs Rhoddy stated to this spy that Surgis had lost
two hundred prisoners thousand killed and i've hut
dred aid fifty wounded To account for the -discrsp-
az CIV existing between the killed aud wounded RhodGy
verJ cody ed that Forrest had shot great many Of
the wounded WHO were unable TO march TO Columbus,
Ca. Forests loses admitted 10 be very large,
bu: it Was not gwen in uumbers Colonel Patterson
was at C1urland yesterday 10 command OF regiment
of four hundred and fifty men.
GENERAL R s GRANGER-FHE GUERRILLAs.
General Granger, il command a; Decatur, yester-
day encountered the eDemys pickets seven miles
from Dscaur. HIS scouts charged upon the enemy and
cap.uged six'men ard zine hors.s.
The gusrrlllAs, in ire vicinity of TullAhcml have
been very active of late General PLyue has killed.
about s y Cf hem Yesterday they K led Gap ain j
O. Roger, TEet;h Tennessee Cavalry, il 6glt N!ti.
them in liz ctll equity
REBEL fEosKT' AGENTS 10 EUROPA.
From the Manehsster Guardian, June 5.
The Harriet Pinckney, CIPtaih Johns bound for Ly-
erpool, put into Albay Sunday evening for coal -
She lett Bermuda Nay 49, and brrgs enc hundred tens
Of tobacco seven hundr,d and hree bales cotton,
and seventy thousand pounds 10 gold h ely
o. .lhe Confederate Government.
Elk Senator O. @ Cay, Of Alabama, ard Mr.. Jacob
Thompson, of Mississippi, LETT Wilmington in tee Tbs-
tie and after arrival Is uda started Tor Halifax -
Il IL reported that they engaged in the secret
vice OF the Confederate Government
The KMPIRE OF MIxICo
Paris (J,ns 81 Correspondence Of tho London NeUs.
Tie Government journal announce lhss the Mexican
army is about 70 bs reinforced by 600 picked men,
recruited 10 Belgium oy GsI Okapesr iormerly D.rec
tor Of tee Military Sc DOL q Bsussls The orgsnizl-
ton of this cops is beguD, and The will sail iol
Mexico 10 September 1t does not clearly sppen
whether this auxiliary force Is to be under the ders
tie French con man1sr or Of the Emperor Of Mtxicc