, 1864-08-28
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
GREAT BATTLE IN
VIRGINIA.
Hancock Attacked at
s.: Rea1ns' Station.
The Rebels Repulsed with
Fearful Loss Their Dead
and Wounded in
Our Hands,
EARLY .REPUlSEp BY AvEaILL
At MIallAhasP0RT.
4 Peace Commissioner from
Georgia at Washington,
SHERMAN M0viKG 10 THE REAR
OF ATLANTA.
Great Tumble in the Gold
Market.
the QUOTA OF COOK
COUNTY REDUCED
TO 1000.
Latest from the Indian War.
LATER FROM M0BnE-A NAVY
l1zH01dITx x,Y1 {.
a Peace Commissioner from
Georgia at Washington,
SHERMAN E0viHG 10 THE REAL
OF ATLANTA.
Great Tumble in the Gold
Market.
THE QUOTA OF COOK
COUNTY REDUCED
TO 1000.
--latest from the Indian War,
LATER FROM M0BrLE-A NAVY
RECONNOI8sAKCE.


OFFICIAL BUhLEX'1N.
WARRINGTON. Saturday, Ang. q. 1864.
To Major General DIE:
On Thnrrday, General Hancock, who was south
OF Reams' ststion. was attacked several times du.
ring the dsy, hut repulsed the enemy every time,
1t five md a hall in the esenin. combined a.
ssult vas made on his center and let which, after
enc Of the most desperate battles of the war, re-
ep1!ed In the enemy withdrawing, lexving his de.d
and wounded On the ac'd. Official details are civ-
en- in dispatches from Generals Grant, Ne4de aud
Hauccck. We hold the Weldon Railroad.
10 dispatch dated 3 O'Clock yesterday aftcr>
noon, General Grant says: .Their loss OF tt1s
q road eccms to be blow that tie enemy cannot
ii stand. I think do not ogcratate tho euemy's
t'loss In the last two wceks at 10,ooo killed and
Il wounded. We lost heavily, bet mostly In cap
1tured,"
Gcperal Graut a,so makes the following report
Thursday morning.:
The enemy drove IL Buffers line Of pickets
Tho guard soon rallied and dzoye the enemy bsek
snd reeatabllshed their line. We lost one killed
sixteen wounded and fourteen nIssins,> Two
officers and thirty nine men were
from the cnem5,
tstansd} EN-. STANTON.
Tie following are ofaelat dispatches from Gen
erals Grant. Meade and HancocE:
e.-rr 49, r.,
Tie attack at .bont s:sop, w. m. VA. nraa.nl- % ~ IN.
tended IN 1.c .tmu,tanecua bv 13,c- T., VI. ~sn,..
.,a t1..,h ~, ,;..,.n 0ss ,'.ses ,N'~
~ ~ ~ 4.A'' -. e"s't' 1's"e'a IL wv
WOODS anu piacssd snetf aftt!ler5 IN position and
opened heavy canonadinR, lastiuR Is minutes
when they assaulted Miles. force. ue neaf.ted ,e'
nac,on.,, bn, N. enemy b,os,- h,s nj. son,. -,
I,,on,s ;roaas Her hnrr,cd ~ r.o.e ous ~" ="
damage, and the enemy gained sliehs too,.hola.
anbons d,ision sro hi. 1ns n. MIs 3ne ,non ooss Sas
tssn ,nr,s r.,,,.a n rn.h.nr o,.- ~ - ~ Geo., -,
oseh noca Weateeo IN fosnlng over 70 tsenesai
~. .....-. ....-..ss, @ ~ 1 ass4..~e' ,.1
'en' o'ooons saeceeoeo IN 'oE"'ns s'soog 1'ne
~ ~. sAsA' A'"s,sl p4ssss w ".'n ets''
enthueiatm, were checked BY dssmounted cavalry
nudcr Grear. which he handled Handsomely.
Miles resalned the best of his lnt.enchmcntr, dis.
tInauishtur himself, Tbs work vns done by sucs
ANAL parties as could be rallied and formed By his
.,.r 1n..-. z,,h.,,n w.. ,a,,,t.,.,. III, 49,
ftau o1nce1a. fisannF Was continuous I'LL darss
the enemy being held in check By artillery, ols-
cavalry and sksrmishc1s.
Al dark We withdrew for the reasons ststed,
The chief Of artillery reports that he lost about go
borscs The eocrpv uade m advance mn ia a 1ate
49, ~
sons , Of Of our c,n,aesa Guns with their ss,,m,sh %
'ine. The, must have suffered heavily. Ny own