The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
NEWS.

zen. Grant apparent quletudC
before Petersburg has been rudely
broken up. Saturday morning {
mine containing six tons of gunpow
der was exploded under one of thu
rebel forts in front of ctersburg
blowing it into the air; a tremendou,
Icannonade from one hundred aud
twenty guns was opened, and oul
storming columns advanced to tht
assault. An inner line of rebel work,
was found which checked our ad.
vance, but we are assured important
advantages were gained The rebels
suffered severely from the immense
explosion and the heavy cannona e.
Later adyices from Grant are far
from inspiiting The attack on the
enemy's works at Petersburg = on Sat
urday, begun so conf 'entlv, resulted
in heavy loss to our troops, who
failed to carry the second line of reb-
el Notifications, and were compelled
to abandon the ground actually gain.
cd, it being commanded by batteries
which we did not capture. The cas-
ualties of the seven negro regiments
OF the 9th { (Burnside's) corps, which
was selected to carry an important
work ON the top of hill, were espe-
cially severe One of them lost 10
officers and 400 men, killed, wounded
and missing; another s officers and
3T5 men, while the others, though
suffering. less, were badly cut up
The strength Of the position which
they assailed seems to have been un-
der-cstimated; tor, judging from
their losses no troops could have en-
dured the fire TO which they weIe ex-
posed. Their giving way exposed
the 18th, Ayers division of the 9th
and the 3D. division Of the 81 corps,
which were within supporting dis.
tance, to an enfilading fire. In the
I'd division OF the 9th corps ut least
!, 900 men were killed, wounded and
prisoners. Gen. Bartlett and near
lv all Of his staff were captured. -
The lst and 81 divisions of the sam,
corps also lost heavily. We captur
ed 500 prisoners, mostly South Car
olinians. and five battle aags.
From the Army of the Potomac We
have the statement that the losses il
Saturdays operations, exclusive o
the missing, was $500 men. These
last are quite numerous. The woun
ded lay for some time between the
opposing batteries, and at first thC
rebels refused to allow truce for tic
purpose ofrcmoving them. Later re
ports. however, say that a truce was
agreed upon and the sufferers gather
ell up. According to the story of /.
deserter, Hills Corps was not absen
from Petersburg and looking attel
Hancock at the time of the explosion
rs had been supposed. We have til,
report that the President was in con
sutation with General Grantat Fort
ress Monroe, on Sunday afternoon
The Western Christian Advocate o
the present week publishes tie follow
ing extract from a recent private let
ter of Gen Grant: There has beer
no time since the beginning of thr
war when have felt doubt abou
ultimate success. / feel now rs Ger
tain that Richmond will fall befor,
the end of the campaign as | did tha
Donelson or Nicksburg would.
never doubted success at either place
/ believe the enemy feel here rs ] do
that they must finally succumb."
The news from General Sherman
army, though not OF exciting Interest
is encourag A Nashville dispatcI
furnishes us with q circular from Gen
cral Thomas, in which he thanks hi
troops for their gallrntrv, and give
the result OF the recent battles in prog
ress. In the fight Of the 29th, the tC
tai Union loss was l,733, while i
front OF tee Goth corrs alone, 600
rebels were killed or wounded. Ou
troops buried 1868 dead rebels, whil
the rebels were permitted to inter %
more. We also captured seven stand
of colors, On the 22d we lost $50
men and ten pieces of artillery. Th
rebel loss in killed alone was 5000
while they lost also 13 stands OF co
ors, and 5000 small arms. Anothe
battle occurred on the 29th, in whic
desperate rebel assault was hant
somely repulsed with hut small los
on our side. Since then, there ha
not been any fighting on large scale
but our forces have been preparin
for en- advance. The retirement {
Gen. Hooker, at his own request fror
the command OF the goth Corps, is al
nounced.
CHAMBERsBURG, July 81. On tn
morning of the 3Oth ofJuly, 1864, I'll
rebels, under the command of NJ,
Causlan with force of about 30
men, entered Chamhersburg, Pa an
demanded 100000 from the citizen
under threat of burning the tow
This requisition was in writing, an
was signed by Gen. Jubal Early.
is now established by indisputabl
proof that this demand was a mel
Ipretext on the part of the maraudel
to cover up purpose formed befor
they reached the town, to burn it [
, the ground, without giving any time
remove private property, and scarccl
time enough for the citizens to remoy
their families. They fred the hous,
Iof our citizens in perhaps so place
Over $50 houses in the heart of IL
town were consumed, including a
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