Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-08
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Of the Washr gon Chronicle Of June I'd, from which
We make the following extracts:
TRoN ssAxr's AMY.
The following s tie heading Of Lengthy letter which
appears in the Chronicle Of the a. dated Mechanics
VILE, Nay sis II will gise readers Idea Of the
e1raysgant fasehoois lhslet,srs contain:
Lee Anxious TO be Attacked rear North Anna-He
Ia Ranked aud R,trta s-0ur Movement upon Less
Righs--The Rebels Thn We Retreat, Skirmth ct
Dipney's Fsrry-T lor's Ford-General Lee Co.'S 10
the Rear-Gregg Advances Two Miles Oily, Bjss,
be mighty careful ob dem der snskes"--The Attack On
Custar- 4 sniorcemsnts-N Gallant Ohsrge- Fdznugh
Lees Cavalry Whipped-ToIbet,'s D.sisiJn Fg.t rom
Monday n ,oa tall N ght-W arren D.isss tie E.emJs
Right Tnrough Observation-Disclosures Engaged Alter
DaIk-R!chmond Dssieged.
II closes "a follows:
Richmond is nov bssieged. Lees army in Rchmcrd
i,a indication that they 10 held u here
We can ford 20 wait. Can they stand the "nsznd OF
eoie 2" Theic papers d the 20 n and 81 iastsnt
were hopeful nay, triumphant IL l one Of
the S0s instant IRISH from the press They ex pressed
the ssonss ant at the APPEARANCE OF Lee ana
.hs followers and wondered why they lett tae Nosth
Anna Toe city Is voise CT noHtran ViekEb1tg ai'Gs
1t had b. sess gsd a long tine. Have ia. Iscels
found the last dscnf VIA ~ hog them III
X ID. Ac5lIDz.
STANTON TO DIX
Was DEpAsxkSr,
Wsshir gton, June III 30 A A..
Major General Dir NsV York;.
| We have no intelligence this morning from Grnersi
| GRAFT later titan yesterday at II O'clock A. n.
An uroiciL despatch received here a. Tour o'clock
this morning, dated yesterday, May 81 as Kingston,
Georgia, reports that Asjor Hopkins, OF General Some
aa's staf, who the front this ALTERATION,
Ill. 81 k~lln III rf.anx
a3d at 10 o'clock the affair was OVER, the enemy re-
pulsed std our Left hing the railroad at Mbistta
10 accomplish this o. ct had been fog oevesl aA he
purpose Of General snermsns movements. Additional
| force. are reaching him and ample supplies.
EDwARn M. sfAsIoE,
5. cressry OF War.
FoR1nIss kossos, May 81 General Grants CON-
mun:catiOns with tao White House is compss, and all
| wCTks>welL
M,jor Wenz superintendent Of the Government rail-
roads, arrived here this morning with engines, care,
and materials for building railroad from West Point
and the White House to Richmond, when it may be re-
fred
Monday morning our army b d reached heobanosvle,
with hui little opposition. Sheridan had routed The
enem,'s c,v.lS at ali points, and captured many
prisoners
Heavy cannonading was heard during Monday In The
| direction Of Mechanicsvlle
4 O'clock, P. M-Steamer Thomas Powell arrived
from Bermuda Hundred. All qaisG to-day with GelGL
Buffers iorces
Steamer q. W. Thomas, from White House, arrived
with bearer OF dispatches from General Grant
The CHEST hopes for success ned BY those
competent TO judge.
JOE JOHNSTON STILL "TALLIEG BACK"
PHILADELPHIA, June A special des psjch to the
| Evening Telegraph, dated Cincinnati, June LIT, says
news has been received here dnect from Kingston,
Tenn. by graph which says that General Sherman
arrived at DaIas last Saturday and pushed on rein
forcemens to Mcpherson, sh) 10 reach lLts by
neat Saturday, unless h.avy force OF the rebels was
met on the way.
A. lat accounts lie at Sseetsa'er town ard lad
driven the rebels across Powder and Nckack Creeks
and got possession Of bddge tbs Chattshoo
chic, twelve miles from Atlanta.
The main army under General Thomas Ia advancing,
and be occupied Aariesson Monday, taking four
hundred prisoners and railroad train OF sick ard
wounded reb l., viii several cannon and some sm-l
arr O..
Its believed tina. Atlanta will be In cur possssonty
TX, Monday.
But it wasn't Whgl
L. said that General Johnston, with fragments OF
his deorgan;z d army, has CROSSED the Caatahoochc,
and is falling back 10 Athens east from Marietta about
fifty miles.
Polk with an army OF all sorts Of meo, mostly oon-
scripts and Pembartons buys is re:reatng to Macon On
the Central Georgia ROAD.
ysex KlyrrcKY.
Officers from OolumtuI aod PAducah report that the
rebsi General Bdford had within few days, made
appearance at Dukedom, ftrty mil from Psducah.
with from l2C00 10 10 600 men, part of Forests
mand 7. ey been gesdusy concentrating for the
.s week. and are doubledly intending micsief in
Ken ucky.
General Sickles and staff passed down on the Platte
Valley, to-day, en- route for Memphis aud below.
EpIspuRa, SHENANDOAH VALLKr, Nay 80, 10 A. M
The army made reconnaissance In force aud found The
enemy TOUR thou,snd strong. in front OF We have
had very little diminishing up to this time.
R.ILIouoH OF SENATOR ANTHONY.
NEWPORT, Il. l., June l.-Henry B. Anshony WAS to-
day reelected Un ed Salts Senator fer six Yeas from
the fourth Of Ma ca mex. Tho yo.s seyshsy fye
against twent, soveu for George L. Brow. Dsmocrt.
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