The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-03

the highest rank among them being . csnsa,,-
They sroa hesahv looking set Of men, bu, their
drs's psesents the usual dirty and ragged sprcsr.
sn'c OF rroel soldiers. Reports scnt YESTERDAY
! manns that the colorcd roors capsurcd an entire
rebel brigade had no foundation in fact. every
prisoner taken having bsn brought in by white
men.
snooSp BfnArcu.
HeodqAdse's Army ~ the Potomac, Augus.
1"'-A nag Of truce is now prevailing. and a party
have gone out N bury the dead and bring in the
wounded. The number is represented Is heins
| quito large.
rnrrp ryers~n.
sashf'9fo- Aueu1 s.-Ths regimen, which
was blown W by General Grant. mine in fyon, o
fcsersbury ~~ the Firs, North Carolina regiment,
formerly Of jenkins brigade, aud commanded by
Coz. haycd. AZ the time Of the explosion Il mum.
oered $50 men, having been badly GU, up in prev.
io'is scrvicc.
rotBTu pisPAron
Rashi' eton August "A rebel deser,er Of more
than ordinary intelligence states that the published
statement tina, Anlerson's and Tioatl,'s diyiaons
were detached from Petersburg sod ssut to Rich
mond To look amer Hancock leaving A. r. HIS
corps within the defonces at Peicrsburs is incor.
rect he says: Hesths and Andcrson's divisions
compose His corps and they could no. have been
sent away, for Mn certainly in ,hc dcfcnees Of
fetersbursh st the time OF the explosion Of Grants
mine.
Scenes In Saturdays Fight.
TstnuNE correspondent gives the following
accouns of the conduct Of the coorcd troops in the
assault a, Petersburg on Saturday morning,
About O'Clock, the Colorcd Division. Gen. Fer.
rsro ccminnnding, ordered 20 t.ke up the Al,
sack, aud push TO the right ~ the other divisions
Tor Cofnetery HILL distant four hunircd yards he
yond, II advanced In line with great sieadiness,
until II came up In line with the olhex divisions,
ana received . severe fire, when the column turned
10 The len, whether by command or wishout am
unable 10 say, and tho mass n II becaue mixei m
Win sroops in and about the work. About Loco 4
VI. coiored troops rushed over the p'rnpct into the
INTERIOR OF the work. which the explosion h I'd caus-
ed 70 make pit-bke form, and was already crowd.
ed 10 overfowing with officers and men, The
negroes tumbei hsadlong down the slopng sides,
when scene Of inextricabie confusion
ensured. Efforts were made by officer. TO
get them out Of the work and form outside. hut
they failed, and The strangely mingled mass Of hu-
man Beings continued to crowd the pit, the uprrr
PORTION Of which about 100 feet in diameter
When the attack commenced, all our heavy and
ight batteries In position, over 100 ia all, opened
and Kept up tremendous fire, mostly with shell,
upon the cncmys line, but, nevertheless the rebel
hre Increased In severity. The enemy could bc
plainly sen from our main line NOV ng his troops
nom right and leit to tho point OF attack, and IL
Was evident that thev were maasing their whole
available force " meet the attank. Between and
voclock, three attempts were made by our troops
IA charge but each Of them checked bv the enc.
my 8 ine. Squalls If men during that time wero
c"nunuhly trying u make their way tack 10 our
main line but the intervening sparc-open ground,
about lbo yards in widih-was ~ thoroughly s~ept
by the enemy's tire that many were shot down in
the attempt TO escape. About y O'Clock the fire
from our batteries sLrkeued, and soon Afterwards
the enemy rushed out Of his intreuchmcnts anil
.harged upon the position held by our troops.
They were at irsf Oh ked bu finally .,,ccceic. IN
saining most ~ the ground between the work and
their Inc and came within q short distance of our
troops. More and more Of the latter sttemptcd 10
get b-k to our lines from the work, ,nd the rife
PITS ana minor intrcDchnents about II. MANY sue
o-'ded, but many also were killed aud wounded
About lO O'Clock the enemy made another CHARGE
when great ~ arm OF men, estiinated by some at a
thousand. mostly blacks broke out Of the for- and
attempted TO escape to our lines. Hundreds of them
never reached Il. What left Of our troops in the
"3rk nov became completely hemmrd in, the
rct's standards being planted close to the parapc,
west Of the work, and tic rebel fire causing retreat
" be impr,cticabie. They continued in that pre-
dtnment for nearly an hour. when an order was
iasued 10y whom have not positively ascertaipedJ
dirortrv the whol. ~ fall back 10 It's origi.
nal Iosdion. Whether 1t ever reached those still
outside Of our lines IL not definitely known, but 1t
Ia known that about O'Clock, Gen. Bartlett, whp
vas left in the fort, being unable 10 move owing to
the breaking cf his artificial leg, sent in n note by
private, stating that being out NJ ammunition he
and those with hun, Il not speedily relieve would
snon have 10 surrender Shortly afterwards the reb-
eis were heard 70 make another charge, " which
the parry doubtless surrendered.
Another correspondents In describing the sd.
vance Of the colorcd troops says;
FnsRy, the negro troops of the Ninth Corps
were ortcred forward IN Inake a charge. Their
hearing was Of the highes, martial order, and IN
solid colt mn. The happcst results were expectad
rom the m, and our white troops cbeered them
Justify or. the undertaking. The dusky warriors
moved up 70 the breach like phalAnx, and with
demouiat yells assaulted and drove the rebels.
After hard struggle, they captured four battle
hsyr- anc had brigade OF rebels completely sur.
ROUNDED and ready to surrender. While eyery-
thing VIZ going ON ~ lovely rs could be lesirel,
one OF the black regiments became what should
term pan c-streken, which demoralized the entire
eommau... The negrues dropped everything re-
leased the prisoners and rushed back from the
trenches like N uany scared ri eep. This manpu-
yrc lost us the day, and all the Efforts of our vet
ersn troops laileJ ~ remedy the bliuders commit
ted. The day terribly not. nnd our irpops suf-
tered greatly from the rays Of the sun, and N INV
case OF coup dc soi'I was brought ~ Tia. hospital
THE INVASION.