The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-06-29

that but four hundred Confederate priso
ners were bronght off from Locust, Noun
tain, and says nothing about retaining The
position The truth appears TO be tha
Hooker retired from Lost Mountain afle
capinrng il, abandoning the greater part o.
the prisoners ,alIths guns and all the ground
10 the enemy As Secretary Stanton and
General Sherman do not in any way slIude
to this contest, may safely conclude iha
ii wa Federal rspuIse
I GeneIal Capby who has been doing what
( he could to rPorganIZe the remnants oi
Banks army al the mouth OF Red River
I has given up the task. He has broken ~
! his camp, seni everything and every
body down to New Orleans II 10 announc.
ed that during the summer there will be 10
attempts made 10 capture any more territory
west OF The Mississippi, from lie enemy
! OF Arkansas south and west OF Little Rock
are in he undispnIed possession OF The
Cor lederstes. The blockade OF the Mis-
sissippi just below the mouth OF the Arksu
sas, Is sill maintained
II is reported that there has been a cor
res 2ondence going on between the military
authorities n Ohio aud al Washing on about
the re- arrest OF VsIlandigham. The ONO
officers uree his arrest, but State that u can
no, be made without considerable blood
shed. They say an armed orssniz alton er.
lists throughout OHIO, whose swore purpose
l. 10 protect him.
The Federal loss in the recent skirmish
at White hou-e is reported al thIry EIGHT
On Thursday y,Shend4n'scsv.lry were there
What they iulsud Is moi kCoSn
The trieate New lronsIdes has left the
Char e-ton block aiding squadron, aud u now
in the Delaware River
ROAD
HEADaUASTsRs AsMy OF THE sPoToMAc
Jane % The attack upon the 2d Corse on
We'd. esday near the Weldon Ra,Ieoad did
no result SO d,sastrously ss was al firs. sup
posed.
The line was formed by BA'low's division
being on the lei. Birney's General Mott in
commasd) aid Gibbons on he right
IL was expected thai ihe 6ih Corps would
have con ected on The lefi with Barlow, but
it seems Qure gap was ,ett INTO which
P. Hills corps entered, shd before or msn
were aware OF II they received a volley
IRON the rear which crested a panic in the
ranks and causrd rapid retreat TO the
woods ia The rear OF the Sd Division.
THIS lei, the faux OF tie sd Division un-
protected and the emy taking advantage
of it, charged ihrouQb and falrly INTO the
nj RI 10
The troops however. lett The lrehches
and fell back rapidly, nui many of them
were captured aud quiie NUMBER killed
and wounded.
Our loss in prisoners is reported .. about
I 600, while some m axe the figure higher
Our loss 10 killed aud wounded is probably
/ 500
Four officers eng aged in this fgh, had
lnsI joined their com mands after being ex
changed. and when surrounded AID ordered
to surrendsr-repiIed Never! death rsih
er than Libby - and fighting their way as
bes' they could, several OF them got back
safe.
Ats P. NJ. a charge va. made by the I'd
Corps and the line of works from which
they had been forced in the aiisrnoon recov-
cred.
We lost scarcely man in this advance.
as he enemy fret TOO high aud he balls
all passed over The heads OF our men.
A Number of prisoners were taken.
Skrmishing was kept up all night along
The hre the picket. being al come points
not so yards apart.
ArdsyhPhI this morning an advance o!
The line wHs mate when u vas found he
eGemy had taken a new POSITION some dts
lance fur her back where they had :hr-wn
up -IruHg IntTenchmeBts durJny tue night
witch fhey siilt hold.
Col. Blsi-deII lIth Mz<sachuser. was
killed 10 day hy sharpshooter while VISIT
Inc The skrmish line
W. n. ChI:1, 45ib Pennsylvanis, who
49, 10 have bees reInsrared Yesterday as
Fra Lieniensni wes shot dead ty rebel
sharp.hooier on Tne-day essnins
MAIT Psl--y, nth New York, Is missing
and Is supposed To be csplured.
The 9Th Corps moved towards the rail
road hi. morning dnsIra the enemy before
them, aud during the afternoon reported
ina they were IN possession ot The road
ard arrangements we're al once made TO
dertrey IT.
ASP NJ, large force ot the eGemy
weT~ eeeu moving towards The front a. II
to resist th- sdvsuce OF The 9Th Corps An
eups. rmeuI IN that direction is expected
to-night
JUAE 24lh 5 a. VI -Noihins but picket
firing took plare during the enu,g or
night, aud very little is going on this morn