Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-06-17

ne ffs1Es headquarters ue> TAAtSA 81
the IIih. sszvs our lines are scarcely near
er the eEemy than ther were at the close
Of the battle on Frijar. Bosh armies are
ruseyins reyose. which is raneh needed
1t u not likely there will be sny fighting
for several day.- Still the storm is brew
ing. and nav burst at any moment The
stories that the rebels are Hesitate. and
starving u al Idle talk. aaF are saey
feeble. hat generally. steat. and tie pc
tare Il health.
T2e T-i5sze's correspondent ssys o:
the Petersburg expedition ;Aat il Did De-;
u,sve a. the a9paiasai time. and instead -
rapid ulareh. sE-p-iss and fight il ereF;
aR az s7ail's paee. exreFt TIE capturing
af the e-t=v packets No attack Wa
made. an-l none attempted. bat IN aa-
pr,aaehin- the enr-enehnlents- arr troops
we're Withdrawn she mea snd ofSceTs
be.n- eha-rI1z,l 81 the result Tkey were
~erv aaxseas "a attack.
Pr9ar 20 tie movement. information
w2s received that only Sl) rebel infantry
and 3 81 companies OF cAvalrv veTe
there b4s5tsl. the Militia which was eoaa-
p.ose,i al bars and Old DeR. The en-
trtuse-A mis- a-t ~ miles hong and this
wss al. the fv-er To cnari and fight Thai;
line
Itwss d;s-incslv understood that Gen
C1Iiua7e was 10 attack - as Ia distract
stssntsne frasR Gen. Kau;g's attack =
I n cavalry rosie over the rife pits and
ea;rencaalen;s ef the enemy. bHi zen.
G..a1sre suffered $500 men al eager for
= fs-a; Ia lock al similar works and then
fall hack.
The Ee--'i~s sp-ontien, savs al the
eaahaa. attack on fort Clifton. on tn
ApPos"max.
The Commodore Pcrrv lay within 2 oT
miles OF the fort. while The General
Putnam. high; draft. went within one and i
half miles of the rebel work and deliver
81 her FIRE with such precision a. to cause
a partial abandonment Of the fort. but
masked batteries KEEP; up an incessant fire
on Us until noon. when the guns Of the
main fort being silcnccd. both -unhoats
brought their guns to bear on the batter
ies- and these tho were silenced. No
damage was done 10 the -unb.ars,
The H<-ai4's Fortress Monroe CORES
pandent- writing on the l2sA. says. Maj.
GATES on the 15a, captured a. Ghaeha;oek.
between the Nansenoni and Black water,
a rebel signal station. scr-eants. books.
papers. rockets. telegraph instruments,
several large tents. hatile-saS and
several signal flag.
The R-rGla's correspondent SAYS Gen
Sherman. losses amount to l0.0a1. The
wounded have all been taken to Nash
vile AMI Louisville. and are comfoEta-
be.
The numerical forces Of the army has
not been reduced by losses. hut increased
from the time they lei, Chattanooga. and
il is believed Ia be stronger by MANY
thousand mere al Marietta than il gas a;
Rasaca-
NRw YORK. 18th.
The HsrGiFs correspondent writing
from Gen. Buffers Headquarters llih
says
A number of fresh troops arrived here
to-day. they are what veterans call
likely looking men General Bu,ler
will wilhou, doubt. find employment fol
them in a short time.
LEXINGTON, Nv. 13.
Capt. Dickinson telegraphs tn Genera
Darlington as follows
Gen. Barbridge gave the rebels a t"sal
defeat al Cynthiana. Yesterday. The
rebel loss was 3s0 killed and 400 NOUN
NorgaRs command i. divided and ut
;erly demoralized. and are try;r- to gcr
of N small squads.
Coils. Hanson and Garrard are pursu
ing. Morgan himself. with few hun.
dFei men. Is northeast Of Cvnth;4na.
. General BurbTid-e, with par: al ii:
force. has retained.
\ telegram from Governor Bramlett.
10 Darlington, dated the l3.h, ?. II.
SAYS TO rebel. in force are moving to,
ward Louisville.
\ gentleman from Georgetown report!
that a few hours after Hobsons sgrren
der al CyBihiana. General Bnrbridg,
attacked the enemy. killing and captur
|. ing half his force. The remainder fled
il great confusion. crossing the railroa,
yesterday at Paynesyille. We had re
pulsed the enemy before reinforcement
arrived but felt insecure until their ar
rival. Captain Dickson telegraphs Il
General Darlington that General Bur
bridge is now here, and reports the rebe
force out Of ammunition, scattered an,
:, utterly dcnora!ized.
4 despatch from Falmouth Ky. thi
P. ". says that after the Cynthiana de
feat Gen. Hobson and staff were sen
under guard tn Falmouth bu, the Who'll
.. were recaptured hy a scouting party. an
are now at Falmouth.