North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-06-29

tHDuS attention Is now entertained OF attempt.
ing ap 6klo lgeshim from ,tl,e position ha at
Emessnt occupies He viii be forced to aban-
Edpn it.sas heshas OF hers, or SO lengthen his
iihe> tlsatit will be comparatively easy task
To penetrate them, by lnassing heavily upon
any chosen point. Grant may be mangu
veriDg with some such ultimate purpose, but
| am fearful that Lee is to wiley and under
stands his game too well to be caught nap
ping. Whatever the purpose may be- it is
certain that another move is about to be
/ made on the military chess board We
must patientiy await IT'S dcvcloperent and
hope that the rebel chieftain may at last
be checkmated and forced to abandon the
game, 90 - -
Our brigade bands are kept well up to he
! front, contrary to former custom, and make
all The noisy music which big horns aud lit
lie horns; >clashing cymbals. and rattlng
drums are ca, able of producing, This seems
/ to be species of important annoyance which
our neighbors can scarcely tolerate, and
! they have wasted deal Of ammunition in
random shots, guided merely by the direc
! ton from which the sounds proceed. They
have one wheeZy sort sort of an institution
which they bring up occasionally and make
vain efforts TO initiate the splendid music of
our magnificent bands but the difference
is so paIpable that 1t only excites the mrth-
fulness Of our boys, who are quite vain of
their i" blowing machines"
It is now past Eve o'clock in the afternoon,
and the day has passed thus far with tofera-
I bic quiet. Three wounded men have Just
gone to the rear, and those are the only cas-
ualtes that have come under my observation
since yesterday. Entertainments are being
thrown up along the road leading to our left. (
troops are constantly marching IN that d
rection, and if d. not miss my guess, to-
morrow's sunrise will find our series of
works a aband( ned. The enemy may folloI
the movement ana give US battle outside of
his forlifcatons, but there is little hope that
he will do so, for We can easily whip him up
on pain and he is too conscious of
the fact to afford US the opportunity.
june 13.-Fcr once have proved false
prophet. There was no general movement
last night, and The beligerents are still facing
each other, showing their teeth occasionally
and now and then uttering an ominous growl
am still Of opinion, though, that tie move
tnent has commenced, and you can regard it's
being carried out "a a settled matter; except.
indeed, Grants purpose is to make a diver
SION by moving heavy coInmn 10 the enc
tnys right, thus forcing him to weaken his
lines and perhaps divide his purpose, \
rapid and unexpected movement might sur
prise the enemy and enable Grant TO 50
punish him In detail that his final discorft
ure could be easily accomplished. Grants
plans seem to have been, from he beginning,
to work upon and worry the rebel fanks !
and the movement at present on the tapiz !
may be only another OF the scricS.-
Meantime our own troops are as CO. = etely /
Tnystitied as Grant could wish the Rebels /
to be. They DO not understand his system
Of tactics, and At every change Of front are
IN serious doubt whether toe reb, or them
selves are the beaten party.
A dctachmeSt Of our men. sent to White
House for the purpose Of bringing up horses
10 replace the or 10 we have had killed
bcre, have just returned, and reported the |
wagon trains in park near that place and the !
roads :illed with troops moving in that di-
rection. As usual, We are left to cover the |
movement, and will probably have nothing !
but picket lire in 'front.' Of US by 9 o'clock !
this evening. II viii then be s. Limbers- to |
the rear" aud long aud tedious night march !
probably harasscd by the enemy's sharp
shooters aud long range artillery.
Near Charles city cross Roads, June Is.
We abandoned our works at Cold IIarbor
on the evening of the 18th, soon af:er dark,
and took up position in the breast works
which had been constructed for the purpose
ofcoveriug the contemplated movement
Tbs picket line was called in at l O'Clock,
and the rear guard commenced its long and
tedious march, which was continued with
little intermis>ion, up to about 10 O'Clock
last evening, at which time we crossed the
Chickahominy, some mics before Bottom's
Bridge Here we found our Corps encamp-
ed, and to oweary and worn to care for our
usual refreshing cup of coffee, wrapped our
blankets about Us and were soon in the laDd
of dreams,
The withdrawal Of our picket line W as con
oilered a rather delicate operation, and eve
nv means was ed to to deceive the en-
emy to The .ea. intention, but they seem ed
to know what was going on quite as we'll as
we did, aud even called out to our Ohio reg
ment, As it was leaving the rifle pit ''Oome
boys make less noise there, and get eff as
quietly as possibe.' There was no fighting,
however, and the withdrawal was mad e
without further notice from the Rebels