Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-08-24

Mdcs, Sc. IN India and in China: and to the war
Neg Aeaand, &c, winding W with ah enunera.
"en " Ire nost inp0r. ant acts Of tho session. and
as exfresoh Of Satisfaction at the ccmusrcisl posi-.
aon OF the country.-Erpress.
Latest News From Richmond.
RICHMOND, Aug. 17-An official dispatch received
last nigh: states that the enemy msde determined
a1tack ~ on our lines between Darbytown aRd the
Gnarles Clty road, and at one time broke through
tnem, but was finally repalssd ard our or:gns! 10
st'on re occupied. later dispatch says the enc
ny did not renew tie attack on our lines aftef four
O'Clock Yesterday bis force on~the Cha: les City
read, afser advancing 10 within miles If Nhits,s
Tavern was driven bark across White Oak Swano.
tAaz loss was small. The EeSn.ner Of tss ,aorn.
mg says TIE enemy made several fierce assaults,
bprns'des Issro troops leading the charge The
slaughter OF Negroes exceedsd that of the crnsgs ct
Petersburg on the sofa of Jaly. The enemy's loss
is reported very heavy. Tne Confederate Gaaeral
Chambliss wts Killed
g.; [sEcoHD DIsPATcH.
RicHMosD. Ang 17-Acting Brig Genl Girsr.
dy, conma'.dirs " lights brissds was shot th, ough
.he head and killed n the battle Of yes.aeday His
eody v as brought here and will be sen. to Georgia
for sepclture.
= From Georgia.
ATLANTA, Aug. l6-LThe party CT the enemy's
cavalry that passed through Decatur last evening
after reaching Cobb's Mills, returned at night, aud
u supposed to he only reconnaissance Another
torce, which moved simultaneously from Owl Creek
church, struck the Atlanta aud West Point Rail
road at Taubans, burned the depot, tore up the
track in several places, and then withdrew three
miles and went into camp. The force is estimated
Variously from to 500O The track has been re-
paired but trains are not allowed to run in conse-
4uence OF the proximity of the enemy. Last night
snd to-day it has been unusually quiet along the
lines: The enemy's artillery is .kably quiet.
hi.h &c onolI, r
samonition. few shells were thrown into the
city last night One house on Peach Tree Street
vas burned. Loss small.
.[sEcoND DIspArcnl
ATLANTA, Aug. l7.-The snems's cavalry have
retired to the vicinity Of Fairburn a portion cross
ing the river near Cambeltown. Trains are run,
ming as usual. The enemy are busily engaged for
tifyng the North side of the Chattahoochee, prin-
cipally along the Powder and Cambeltown roads,
Everything quiet along the front.
The enemy opened FIRE on the city from another
gun, supposed to be sixty four FOUNDER, planted
on the Marietta road. A slow fire wss kept up all
night resulting in the killing Of one person. The
general belief is that the Atlantis road was cut at
. Ackworth by portion of our cavalry on the l4th.
News from that quarter auspiciously looked for.
Later from the North.
: RIcHMoND, Aug 16.--The Baltimore correspon-
dent of the New York Post says that Winter Davis
has written Call for National Convention to meet
at Buffalo in September to nominate candidate for
President. released prisoner reports that the
Tallahassee is commanded by Jno. Taylor Wood
The. New York Post says the Mcclellan meeting
Gid not express the views meet tAa appreciation
Of the democratic party. Neither the masses nor
the democratic masses were present Indian trou-
bles in the Northwest are increasing in magnitude.
There was great excitement in Constaptinople last
month in consequence of the suppression of Pro-
testant establishment by an armed force
RICHMOND, Aug. 1.-THE Herald of the 18th re.
news the suggestion to Lincoln that Commissioners
be sent to Richmond. II says " ", have arrived at
that Stage Of exhaustion n .war when every ccn.
sidet a,on Of wisdom, patriotism and humanity sug.
movement the part OF tie administration in
behalf If .,es Co." The Herald announces the price
its Ga;iv issue hereafter 10 be cents rer COPY
1t Was expected that Fessenden wonld referlr in.n
cia att.ns, but instead he has plunged dseper int,
the sea Of paper money. The nasonat finance aaw
are more ansat;led than ever. 1t is evident that
hs!f the papers in the country must socn stop pib
| lication.
RICHMOND, Aug. 1.-THE Baltimore Gaset.s Of
yesterday is 20 hard Burnside mas been relic '+d OF
| the command of the 18th army corps and has sr
! rived at i5slt;more Wilcox is ii temporary com
mand of the Corps Tho Federal loss in killed snG
wounded in tie ac,ias in Mobile Bay is estimated
| at 240 men. NJ particulars received from forl
| Morgan On the lOIi Sherman Was WITHIN lnils
Of the Mari,n read and was fortifying his position
a every step vc;y strongly, \ Confederate force,
$500 stropg, are rlcnaoing. tine hosuer towns OF
Indiana. GeE. Csr,lugtGn mas iua3e = requision
on the government fer %, 600 men. Various cap,
tures bv .ne Tallahassee arc reported including the
ship A6riatic and Wal. Bell. Nothing definite from
the Shenandoah Vsl!ey or frou Grants arrsy.
From Petersburg.
PETERSBURG Aug 17.-Dsserers aid prisoners
in to Jay concur in the statement that Bnrusiccs
ana Nsrre's corps are still in our front, while Il Al
cocks corps and perhaps other infantry are opera.
ting on the Ncrth side Of James RIVER
Ativces here at headquarters confirm the defeat Of
tic enemy yesterday in the fight near White Ia ern
Our less not very large. The fight is supposed to
baee been we'd to son,e extent to day, firing
being heard in that direction. OGicia. adyices from
the Valley Department. received yesterday. state
that up 10 that time no general engagement had
| taken place.
Nothing Of interss. is transpiriug here. Rain has
heen falling every day this week, and is most crate
mi to both maE and beast
From the Valley.
Heavy cannonading mas been heard in the drec
| tea of Strasburg snd >FroIt ROYAL An intelligcn
officer who arrived iSRchmond on Saturday las
says the fgh: could not hc then postponed many
days, if it had not already been fought.
The enemy occupy Winchester, and She-ieal
commands their casairy.
| The News.
Attention is now fixed OH Atlanta, Mobile, th
Valley of Virginia, and Petersburg and Richmond
as points at which desperate struggles are going Of
between the Confederate and Federal forces.
Tho latest advices state that Atlanta and Aobil
are still in our possession.
A general engagement is expected in the Vale
between Gen. Early and the federal troops.
1t seems that two corps Of federal troops are sti
near Petersburg, and that formidable body of fet
| eral troops has been sent across from Bermud
| Hundreds to threaten Richmond on the north sid
Of the James. Wegive brief account from thedail
papers of the conflict which took place near th
! Charles City Road on the 18th. One of the Dir
patches states that the fight is supposed to have bee
renewed on the 17th Charles City Road leads froz
White Oak Swamp to Richmond. White Ga
Swamp is about fifteen miles from Richmond