The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-06-24
WAR NEWS.

thirty, attacked Bardstown yesterday morning.
The garrison OF the place. numbering twenty-five
men surrendered.
The rebels then moved down the railroad, and
destroyed the bridge and water station near Bos-
ton. Thence they went across the Nashville rail-
road, two miles north of Elizabcthtown, and
when last heard from they were going towards
Litcbfeld
Gen. Sherman, in despatch reports that he
was premature in announcing that the enemy had
abandoned his position, and states, that although
Johnston has abandoned all his works In front of
the Kenesaw Mountain, he still holds that noun
tain, as the apex of his position, where he was
closely pressed yesterday, Notwithstanding the
continued rain, which makes all movements al
most an impossbility.
An order has been issued by the War Depart
ment, at the request of Cen Foster to transfer to
him five general officers OF the enemy, TO be held
under their fire before Charleston. as retaliatory
measure for the placing of the same number of
Federal officers in that city, under our fire, of
which he has been officially notified by Major
Gen. Jones.
Dispatches from the correspondents of the AS
sociated Press, giving further details of the battle
on Friday in trout of Petersburg, which has al
ready been officially announced. From these it
appears that up to Saturday all the prisoners Ia
ken amount to 200, and that in all 81 pieces of
artillery have been captured. The enemy, being
generally behind their entertainments, and not SO
much exposed suffered less than The Union army,
whose loss during the two days is estimated at
5000 killed and wounded.
A general order has been issued BY the War
Department, requiring, first that oil sick and
wounded officers absent from their commands,
not fit for duty in the field, but able TO sit in
courtsmartial, Immediately report their names
and address to the Adjutant General Of the army.
Second, all staff, and regimenta medical officers
now on leave in the Department in the East
in New Jersey, the eastern part of PENNSYLVANIA
and the eastern part Of Maryland, if able
TO travel, will report to the nearest medical d.
rector for examination, and those found unfit
for active service, but able to do hospital duty,
will be ordered to report Immediately at the hos
pital at Camp Parole, near Annapolis, Md for
such duty as the surgeon may require Of them.
The present aggregate of the public debt, i'll
Guiding all the legal tender notes and unpaid re-
QUESTIONS, amounts to ST, 7l9, 1875, 1853. The in
terest-bearing legal fender notes which have been
withdrawn amount to $3s, ZOO. The ordi
nary legal tender notes which have been with
drawn and placed in reserve amount to SIT, 258,-
Sf2. 0fcourse it will.be necessary to replace
portion Of the per cent legal tenders with COM
pound interes. at per cent.
The Steamer Fulton, from Port Royal on the
18th, has arrived Tie rebels opened fire from
Sullivan's and James Island on the 7th which
was replied to by our guns, but no damage was
sustained by us. At night the guns of Fort Put
nam opened on rebel steamer bound from
Charleston to Sumter, laden with troops and sup
plies. She was disabled and ran aground, and
at daylight she was demolished by our guns.
Dispatches from ,heArmy of the Potomac, re-
ceived through the Associated Press, but none of
An official character Sunday is represented as
having been comparatively a quiet day. Skin
mishng and artillery firing occurred at intervals
during the day, in which the Fifth Corps lost
about one hundred men, The enemy, at 10
O'Clock on Saturday, made an assault, which was
repulsed. The latest despatch is dated at Ber-
muda Hundred on Monday morning at 30
O'Clock, and states that cnnonadng had been
going on from hal-past o clock.
No information of military operations in any
other quarter has been received.
The official bulletin dated at 10 o'clock last
night states that no report of the operations of
yesterday, on the James River, had been received
at the War Department. Unofficial accounts re-
csived at Washington, represent the Federal loss
in the several assaults on the enemys works, on
Saturday last TO have been severe; but there had
been no official report made of the casualties.
There has been nothing reliable received from
General Butler.
1t is stated that numerous guerilla parties are
prowlng about Loudoun county, West Virginia,
and that few days ago they made their appear
ance at Waterford, and seized Mr.. Samuel L.
Steer, the United States Treasury agent at the
Point of Rocks and carried him off towards Up-
pervile. Several prominent secessionists were
immediately arrested and taken to the Point of
Rocks, where they were released on giving forty
thousand dollars security for Mr.. Steers safe re-
turn or themselves TO custody. On the ] 18th in
slant The dwelling and barn of Mr.. Sydney Will
liams. Of the same county, were set on fire by
guerillas and entirely consumed Mr.. W. was
absent at the time, but his wife was at home, and
was compelled to witness the destruction of their
property.
The Commissary General of Prisoners recently
received from the authorities at Richmond a re-
port of deaths of Uuen prisoners which had oc-
CURED in the prison hospitals at Columbus, Geo,
from the 9th of February 10 the 3lst CT March.
In a little over one month there was no less than
three hundred and seventy deaths,
We learn that Gen. Butler has relieved Gener-
nj Gilmore OF his command and ordered him to
report at Fortress Monroe as under arrest and TO
await court-martial. We also learn that Gen.
Grant, upon learning the facts stated above, re-