M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-06-16
Tho dorea. of the guorrillas by Gen

said to be divided and demolished in
small gq1ads, AMI is trying to get Out
Of the State.
An attempt has been made in the
house oI Representatives to repeal the
$500 c'ausci in the CJnscril tion BIZ
without debate. Tho attempt was
defeated. Oar Washington CORES
ron!rnt is OF the opinion that DE
mensnro will ultimately f-i'. Spna-
ter Wilson, OF Massachusetts, the
Chairman oflhe Military Committee
in the Seuaic, is ;aId to DO opposed
tot.
y diapatch from the army of the
Potomac states that both arnics oc-
cnpy their o,d POSITIONS about th,
right aud center. There hns been
considerable Skirnishing.
Six Thousand Federal prisoners,
captured ut ihe late battles in Nir-
ginia, have pass2i through RqIeigh
North Carolina. on their way SoGih.
Gtn,ru' BW5rjdgc. of Kentucky,
teltgraphs Secretary Stanton that Il,
had routed Mor,aD at Cyn,hiaua.-
lie killed three huuGred rebels,
wounded ns many more, AMI cap'ur
I'd ionr hundred prisoners, ,cg,lh =
with . thouaml horses. The Fed
rraI loss WAS only une hundred and
fry, Morgan's io'crs are fleeing in
cvary direction, and are greatly Dc.
moral zed.
General Grant has made ano'hel
change OF base to the James River.
We are informed from Washing.
ton that several boats have arrived
',om the White House. hut lhev
bring no rewa h"per tOr publica
iiOn. What is ny I
There are rumor3 in Washington
thar Fort Daring has been invested
and must soon surrender.
1t is said bv the New York Tines
special that the past week has been
an uuoveUtful one, and ihat oar lines
are scarcely any nearer H.. enemy
than thlJ were Il we,k ago. Il il
thought that there vii! he no fighting
for some days to come.
The gunboat: have bad a sharp
tight with the rrhei lurt Chiffon, near
Petersburg. The Fort docs not ap
pear to nave been taken.
The loss oi Sherman thu3 lar ia
eslimarcd at ten thousand by the
lIcrald'1 c"rrrsp Dndent.
Our special dispatch from Cairo
furnishes ,hc par,icuIars o. the defeat
otan expedition under Gen. Sturgis
in Kiss,ssippl. The encuy wrr.
commanded by Gems. pvik nd For
gIst
JUNE 1t On the Ist inst, Gener
at WasEburno, sent ont by order Of
MJnr Hn;raI Mci'h,rson, com
mandng the army aud Department
Ot Tennessee, torCe consisting Of
about 3 600 cavalry ani 5OUJ in
fan'ry, ~ith y pieces q artillery, IN,
whole under command ui Brigadier
General Sturyis. who was seut down
for tho purpa.e OF taking command
"i the expedition. The OH ct vas
tn break up the Mobile AMI Ohio
Railroad, winch haG been repaired
hy the rebels aa far up rs Urrnth.
Missieoippi, ana AZ the same time to
engage such ot the eDcmy's forces as
might be in ,hht part OF the country.
1t was supposed by Gen ia's Shcr
man and MrPh,rsOn that ueGrly al
OF tic rebel force With had been
operating in West Tenn a3ee and
Misei,slppi, under Forest, had been
Withdrawn to reintorc1 } phnstOn.-
III sequel shovel tie mis,ak,. fr
At Guntown. Miss; on fine ioth irst
our forces tell in with the enemy in
overwhelming numbers, and Il teri &.
hIe battle cnsucd, tesuIting IN the
discontinue OF onr troops a larys
portion Of the infantry was caplWrsJ
and owing 10 the horrible conJiti,m
o! he roads noa. Of the artillery had
70 be DESTROYED api abandoned by IA
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