Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-11
IRON THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
HEADQUARTERS Army OF THE PoTeNAc /
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HEADQUARTERS AkAI Of THE EOtcAAO
June 8-6PM.
Nothing Of interest trsnspired to-day
along the greater part ST the line. The
utmost quiet preEsilsd till about P. NJ /,
when some skirmishing took place on the
left.
stat, who lost leg By q SHE'LL Sunday
evening, is still alive, although no hopes
are en,ertsined Of his recovery.
The Lichb1cnd Examiner Of the 7th says:
General Jonea, commanding our forces In
the valley, wGs defeated by Hunter on
Sunday. near Nj Crawford, aud they re.
treated to WaynesbCro. 1t ADDS that ru'
mors are current in Richmond about the
disaster, including the loss Of guus aud
trains, but the Seeretasy of War announced
that there Wss no truth In them, that tie
guns and trains we're got OF safely
General Jon ss was killed. in action. TIE
withdrawal of Breckenridge was sad
mistake, aad the Yankees took advantage
Of the weakness of the force under Jones
and overpOWereG them.
Rumors are also Sife in Richmond that
Lexington has beeR taken, end tnat tne
Military Institute there has been bu ned
1t is also reported that CRAFTS army IS
falling back to the White House,
Fifty prisoners arrived from Lee 8 army
Monday.
A dispatch from Lees army dated the
sixth inst, seven P. n. says:
"Lsst evening the enemy abandoned
our left and part of the center in great
haste. Early followed them twelve miles
to-day, capturing sixty prisoners, who say
Grant has gone to the White House be-
cause his men viii not fight. The impress
sion here, however, is that Grant is making
for James River TO crois to the south aide y
A dispatch from North Georgia dated
June 6, says, the army is still Masking
toward Altoona. General Hookers corps
is fortifying the hills between Ackworth
and Atlanta, the heavy rains for two days
made the roads almost impossible for ar
tilIeFy and retarded their movements con-
sidersbly.
HSome light skirmishing occurred near
Lost mountain on the5th. All quiet on the
morning of the 9th. Later accocnts say the
Union army crossed the Railroad near
AokWorth and Mills east Of it, on the old
Altoona road.
Joe JohnsOn's head quarters are west Of
Marietta and his left wing st Lost Noun
tain. Hardee commanded the right, Polk
the left and Hood the centre. The Yankee
Cavalry dashed into Big Shsnty ct 10 A.
N on the 9th, and fighting Williams brig
sde, when the reporter left. A dispatch
from Mobile, June 9th, says the steamer
Dangon Was osptured this morning while
attempting 10 run the blockade. She had
an assorted cargo.
The operator at Jackson, on the 5th, re-
ported on the authority Of scout that
Marmsduke was blockading the Missis-
sippi river below and above GreenVills.-
His force is largo. He destroyed three
transports, securing two Of their caTgoes,
and also crippled three gunboats and
some other transports. Four transports
are now between his batteries and can
neither go up or down.
The Examiner, in an article discussing
Grants policy, ana the probable course he
will pursue, says Grants Notifications sig
nifed what was predicted retreat; and
asks if he moves away from Lees front
where he is going2 He cannot reach
the city by Cold HsrbOr, and he cannot
come at all that side Of the river;
he will try the south side, but how is he
to reach it2 Grant has tried his own