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Admira al Farrasues official Report Of OPP
erations There-Less of the Tecum sch
The Rebel Commander, Buchanan, q
Prisoner at Pensacola.
Admiral Farragut makes a report to the De-
partment, under date, "Mobile Bay, August5,
p 1854" in which he states that on the morning
OF that day he entered Mobile Bay with the
attacking feet under his command-passing
between Forts Morgan and Gaines, aud en-
coultering the rebel ram Tennessee and three
Of the enemy's gunboats,
AT a few minutes past 7 a. m, Fort Morgan
opened, and soon after the action became live
Iy. Alto minutes past the monitor Tecum-
sch was struck by torpedo and sunk, going
down very rapidly, and carrying with her all
of her officers and crew, with the ex option OF
the pilot and eight or tenmen, who were saved
by boat that was sent from the Metacomet.
The Hartford had passed the forts before
O'Clock, and Admiral Farragut finding him.
self raked by the rebel gunboats ordered the
Metacomet to cast off and 90 in pursuit. This
was done, and resulted in the capture Of one
of the gunboats-the Selma. :.
All the vessels had passed the forts by sX
o'clock, bat the rebel ram Tennessee was still
apparently uninjured in the rear of our fleet.
Signal was at one made to all the fleet to
turn again and attack the ram, not only with
guns, but to run her down at full speed, which
resulted In her surrender at 10 a. m.
The rest Of the rebel fleet, viz: Morgan and
Gaines, succeeded in getting back under the
protection Of the guns Of Fort Morgan. THIS
terminated the action of the day.
Admiral Buchanan sent his sword to Admi-
raj Farragut-he being wounded. The wound
is compound fracture Of the leg, which, it is
supposed, will result in amputation.
An arrangement was entered into by Admit
raj Farragut and the commanding officer of
Fort Morgan whereby the wounded Of both
fleets, including Admiral Buchanan, were
taken to Pensacola.
Our loss in the engagement, as far as heard
from, is IL killed and IS wounded.
On the rebel ram Tennessee was captured
20 officers and say 10 men.
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6UERRILLAs AT WORK INFAIRFAX COUNTY

GUERRILLAS AT WORK IN FAIRFAX COUNTY
Captain Fleming, with go men, of 10th New
York cavalry, who was out on scout, was
attacked near Fairfax Station, last Thursday.
by a body Of Moseby's guerrillas, and Captain
Fleming and eight of his men were killed, and
most of the others were taken prisoners. Cap
tain Jennings body was found near the road,
and taken to alls Church and buried.
Sunday morning several rebel scouts were
seen near Fort Schneider. at Anandale. They
fired upon our pickets in several directions.
Sergeant Linnan, of 10th New York cavalry,
who was on picket on the Braddock road, was
killed.
Our scouts are on the alert on the hills, val
leys, and through the dense woods, but are
unable to catch these picket-shooting assassins
and marauding higkwaymen.
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- Ful;Eu Mt - ISIS .I4
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
NEw,YoRK SToCK LIST

(By the Peoples Line-Ohce 5lI Ninth street,
NEW YoRK, Aug. 15.-U. s. 1881, coupon 6's,
1074; U. S. 5.2Us, l09, Certificates OF Indebt-
edness, IS; Gold, 256; N. Y. Central, 13E
Erie, l17X; Hudson River, 13I; Harlem, :;
Reading, 1861; Michigan Central, 1885, Michi-
gan Southern, 92%; Illinois Central, Ia;
isveIand and Pitts burg, l13a; CLEVELAND and
Toledo, 13I; Chicago and Rock Island, III;
Milwaukee and Prairie du CHEN, SK; Pitts.
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, 1l5E; Alton and
Terra Haute, $751;; Chicago and Northwestern,
SIX: q quicksilver, SOY.
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THE ATTACK ON MOBILE.

Our casualties, as far as heard from, in the
late naval attack. on Mobile is reported, by
Admiral Farragut, as follows: Flagship
Hartford, 10 killed, % wounded; Brooklyn,
killed, 22 wounded; Lackawanna, killed, ,
wounded; Oneida, killed, % wounded: Mo-
nongahela, wounded Metacomet, killed,
3 wounded; Ossippee, 1 killed, wounded
Richmond, 2 wounded; Galena, l wounded
Total al Kill led, Sc wounded ..
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DROPosALs FOR WOOD AND COAL.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, August Is, 1874.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed :" Proposals for
Wood ard Coal, p viii be received at the b part
ment until 8 o CLOCK; p: M: of WEDNESDAY,, the
Wood. and 80 tons White Ash Furnace Coal C2,2p
lbs to the toni The wood to be delivered in front
urement-the coal delivered at the building. and
also subject to inspection. The whole to be de-
liyered by the LIST of October next
Bids will be received for either the wood or coal,
separately.
The Department reserves to itself the right to
reject all bids if deemed excessive as to cost
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SENT TO FORT DELAWARE.

VIM. A. Jones and J. Paul Jones, of the firm
Of J. p. Jones Co, late suffers Of the 18th
regiment Massachusetts volunteers, found
guilty by special court martial of uniawfuUy
obtaining end appropIiating Government
property, and sentenced to pay a fine of 80 500
and to be imprisoned until said fine was paid,
were sent this afternoon to Fort Delaware,
where they will remain for one year, unless
the fine is paid before the expiration of that
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SENTENCE OF GENERAL COURT MARTIAL
Henry Seahridge. drnmnaar ComnanY Il 6tl

DEN HNOH OF U11N EIsaH WIN 4. Mhh IAb.
Henry Seabridge, drummer, Company u, 9th
regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, charged
with conduct prejudicial to good order and
military discipline, and robbery, has been SEN.
fenced by General Court.martial to ssforfeit all
pay and allowances which are now or may
become due to him, to be confined in any State
prison directed by the Commanding General
for the period of two years, and to be drummed
out Of the service" The accused is now a
patient in Stone Hospital and ON his recovery
will be sent to the Penitentiary at Albany, n.
Y, which place has been designated by the
authority as the place Of confinement
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REBEL DESERTERS

The following named rebel deserters have
reached here from the office of the Provost
marshal General of the armies operating
against Richmond, viz Lit. r. S. Mix, list s.
y. Battalion; Privates Charles Kirk, 10th Miss;
EdW Carroll, 2d Md; Aaron Daniels, 9Th Fla
:, D. COOK, j. II. Mansfield, w. Edwards f..
w Golmillian, j. Andrews, w. Alexandria
ana a. u Hendricks, s1st Confederate States
Battalion; w. Mason, 9th Fla: Henry Waeks
sth Ala; Archibald Lightsey, 5th Fla: A.
Wadsworth, LIST ). q. Battalion; and s. Berry
lOtn Fla. They all took the oath af allegiance
and were furnished with transportation north
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THE GENERAL SPINoLA COURT MARTIAL
The conrt martial which has been sitting for
the last month for the trial Of Genl T. B. Spin.
ola, was suddenly, though not unexpectedly,
brought to a close yesterday. After seven
months preparation to establish case, and
ly broke down. At the opening OF the court
yesterday the Judge Advocate announced that
there was no further evidence, whereupon,
without calling upon the accused for his de-
fence, the court dismissed itself and the case at
one and the same time.-N. Y. Herald SATURDAY.
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MILITARY ARREST.

A telegram was received by the proper de-
partment. Saturday, from the headquarters of
General Wallace at Baltimore, directing the
arrest of Capt. George E. Paul, of the schooner
Ma tilda Spicer, now lying at Williams & Jol-
ley's wharf. The arrest was made about noon,
and the vessel seized in the name of the Gov
eminent, and a guard placed over it. The
cause of the arrest has not yet been deyeloped.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Exchange of Prisoners-Canonadin Yes


FORTRESS MONROE, August 13.-The Mail
steamer, from Bermuda Hundred last evening,
truce steamer New York, arrived at 9 O'Clock
this p. m. from Aiken's Landing, with $50
prisoners, in charge Of MAJOR John E. Milford,
Assistant Agent OF Exchange. They are most
Iy wounded, and happy to get within the
Union lines.
Among them Lieut. Col. Mansfield, I'd Wis
consin; Major Motley, LIST Massachusetts cav
airy; Lit. Col Foot, 121st New York; Lit Silver
10th Illinois cavalry, and eight surgeons.
Early this morning the rebels opened fire
npon our men engaged on the canal above City
Point, but our gunboats gave them q hot re-
ception.
The cannonading was going on at this
q. m. 80.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug I.-Richmond pa
pers of the 18th state that DR.. Mary E. Walker
captured in Georgia upwards Of five months
ago, has been released from Castle Thunder
and goes down on the flag Of truce boat.
[NOte.-She was exchanged a. a surgeon, and
has arrived al Old Point.l
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IMroRTANT IN RELATION To RECRUITING.
General Hays, of New York, has received the
following order from Washington
WAsHINGToN, August 10, 1s6i.-Brigadier
General Hays: The Secretary Of War has for
hidden the recruiting Of men in one State to be
act OF July 4th, 1884, for recruiting In States in
rebellion He directs that you see to the exc
cution Of this order in your State, and ii neces-
sary arrest recruiting officers and agents who
may be found violating it, Make this known
to the Governor. JAS. B. FRY"
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MORE PRISONERS or w.p

Four prisoners of war reached here last Sat
urday night, and We're committed to the Ole
Capitol by, order~of the Provost Marshal
Among them was one captain Of engineers anc
one lieutenant. The latter had been taken be
fore and released on parole by Gen. Hunter
When captured the last time he had his parole
papers in his pocket.
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NOTICE.-The proprietors Of the EVENING

NOTICE.-The proprietors Of the EVENING
STAR and NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, compelled
by the unprecedented rise in the cost Of pub
fishing newspapers, have to announce that on
and after Monday next, the 18th Of August,
inst, the charge for their journals served from
their oflces to subs crfbers will be 12k cents
per week; to newsboys to sell again, ana 70
persons served over their counters three cents
per copy. The cost OF paper has increased $50
per centum since the commencement Of the
war, and all the other expenses Of their offices
have increased from one to three hundred per
centum in the same time. In making this
change OF rates, we have but followed in the
footsteps OF nearly every other publisher in
the country, and trust that the course Of mill
tary events will soon enable us to return to the
good cid standard Of prices that ruled before
the war. W. WALLACE, --sE
$685. Proprietor Of the Evening Star.
w. J. MURTAGH &c Co,
Proprietors Of the National Republican.
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REEEGEES

Charles Gibbin, Peter Doyle, Michr Roach,
michael Conway. Edward Powers and John
Morris, refugees from Richmond, were before
the Provost Marshal on Saturday. They took
the oath of allegiance and were sent north.
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REBEL DBSERTERS.

Seventeen rebel deserters reached here Sat.
urday night last from Harpers Ferry, and
were committed to the Old Capitol by order OF
Provost Marshal Ingraham. They expressed
themselves exceedingly anxious to hear from
Richmond and thought when they did so, that
they would hear. something decidedly DANA
cling to the hopes OF the Rebel Confederacy.
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GUERRILLA REcoNNoIssANCEs.-A large
party OF guerIillas made tour OF oDserv alton
through Accotink on Wednesday night last.
They offered no violence to the inhabitants,
and made no halt. They were evidently re-
eonnoitering to ascertain II there were any
Union forces In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jour
nal, August 13. r.
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gFrom. J. Shillin gton, Odeon Building, and
from. Hudson Taylor, 334 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., we have copies Of the excellent Septem-
Der number of Harper's Magazlne..
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~ Charles H. Pitts, prominent Baltimore
lawyer and former member Of the Maryland
LEGISLATURE, died yesterday of acute consump-
ton. .-
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0C@NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS-CoLLEC g
U3 OFFICE, City Hall, August Is, B54.-The
rate of tax Tor the year 1854 has been fixed at one
dollar and ten cents the one hundred dollars.
Under the law q discount of 10 per cent is allowed
upon all taxes paid on or before the last say Of
will not be allowed upon the taxes on property al
ready in arrears for general purposes until all such
srrearages are paid. WIN. DIXON,
au l5-eo2w Collector.
0T@NOTICB-Tot the Boss Plasterers and hers
US of the city of Washington, D. o:
The Journeymen Plasterers Of this city will de-
mand 81 per diem on and after TUESDAY, the 10Th
of August.
By oIder of the Association.
au 12-3t* &. H PADDON, Rec. Sec, pro tenn
~ WATER REGIsTRAR'S OFFICE, June
u2 2e, lsSf.-This office having been necessa-
month, the time for receipt of water rents is eH.
tended to the slst An gust after which date the
water will be shut off from all premises Of which
be given. RANDOLPH COYLE,
jy god Water Registrar.
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%ATTENTION. BOSS PLAsTERERsi-
OH WspSss b %RsstHg Sf The Boz Pss
O'Clock at Torch q Restaurant cor .n s an
SITS. 1t is expected that every one carving on
plastering viii be present. By order Of the
~ ID " fs COMMITTEE
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T,BE NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FORWARD
L ED FROM NEW YORK DAILY, at greatly
reduced priess:-Terms, for one year. payable in
Tribune, 81; Times, s.; World, 81; Daily News,
81; Evening Pest; -; Evening Express. $3.50.
York. sg- III. au 6-3m i
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IN four horse second hand HARNESS.; 800 good
second hand SADDLES and BRIDES, Apply to
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DROP SAILS FOR RATIoNs,

HEADQUARTERS Marine Corps, Qxartermastrr's OGcs I
WASHINGTON, August IL. 1854. {
until IL O'Clock m. of the 10Th instant, for fur
nishing rati2ns to the United States Marines
stationed at Washington city, D. C.until the slst
Each ration to consist of three fourths of pound
fresh or salt beef; eighteen ounses Of bread bread or
flour, or twelve ounces OF hard bread, or one and
hundred rations of eight quarts of beans; or, in
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dssscsted potatoes, and one Hundred ounces ounces Of Of
mixed Fegsisbles ten pounds OF coffee; or in lieu
Of su gar; four quarts Of vinegar one I pound Of
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four pounds Of and two anspa Of SALT
81 be t
either in bulk or by, the single ration, of good
an Of shs fore
the ess eesd fsSFf he sugar. HGaE
vinegar, candles, soap, salt. &C.. to be of good
All subject to inspection, .-.
All bids must be accompanied by the following
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- and o.. IN the state IT, sae Of f.aes0i ,
fer ratsns, as above e deseri RIB be accepted,
the contract for the same. with good and sun Gent
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ARRIVAL OF GEN. BURNSIDE

BALTIMORE, August 15.-The Flag OF. truce
steamer New York, from Aikens Landing,
arrived at Annapolis yesterday with 4l5 ex-
changed prisoners, including eleven officers
Gen. Burnside and staff took breakfast at the
Eutaw House this morning They are enroute
for Rhode Island. 80. = ~
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- James Mccall, a prominent New York
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kiLLED.-Captain A o. p. Nicholeon, Jr.,
son OF u. s. Senator Nicholson, of Tennessee,
was killed in Georgia lately during the ad-
vance OF Sherman. He was In the rebel army.
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GAS Stoves - .-..-
" WHITALL's AIR TIGHT JARS, (the best }
PUTNAM'S CLOTHES WRfNGER.
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81 9 9TH street near pa ay AN 10 3t+
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

70,
WARRINGTON, August 81 1884,
Official intelligence having been received at
this Department that the military forces of the
United States have been temporarily with /.
drawn from Brownsville in the state ofTexas,
that mort will not be considered as open to for.
eien or domestic com merce during such with
draval, but the blockade thereof by the naval
forces of the United States will be resumed 3
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THIRD EDITION,
O'CLOUK p. M. ~
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Jay Cooke & Co. furnish the following q no.
,tatious of Govern ment securities:

WASHINGTON, Aug Is, 1854.
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4 'OBBBER STRAWS.
A quantity of COBBLER sTRAWs for sale.
Apply to the Importers.
II. B. LANGDON,
Agent and Commission Merchant.
an Est Is Park Place, New York,
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STATE OF THB THRRMoMRraR.-AtF FRANK
Lin & Co.'s, opticians, No. aas Peansylyania
avenue. the the, mometsr stood to-day 81
O'CLOCK. 8? In The shAda -r@-E
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observation-disclosures. Bishop and Raymond
Comedians, arrested, as Will be remembered
on Friday night last, by the military authori,
ties of Baltimore, sent to this city and confined
in the Old Capitol, were released this mornin g
by order of Provost Marshal Ingraham. This
whole case is nothing more than a family omar
rel, res ulting in an assault and battery, which
is thought by the authorities here TO re a civil
and net a military case; hence the release of th'
parties. ..s
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ITO THOSE IN WANT OF A GOOD COOKING
j STOyE-Can at our store and examine tho
ARB1TER. Z. II. Il III. I. GREGORY,
221
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Call and see the portable RANGES, MONITOR
and BELL. We will warrant them to bake we'll
L. Ii. & II l. GREGORY,
321 Penna. avenue.
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:3269!

GTEAMER FAIRBANKS HAS ARRIVED-Con,
ssespsion Of theiT rAs goods sa At % once s
This steamer sails for. New YorksHsSxzxzhz1
Wednesday, August nth inst. at ga m
au l3-3t MORGAN & RHINEHARf Agents
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SECOND EDITION.
AK o'6LooK P. M.
FROM MOBILE,

Admir- al Farrasues official Report Of OPP
erations There-Loss of the Tecums sch
The Rebel Commander, Buchanan, q
prts Dan cnIn
The weekly sun., 1864-08-06

N,mphi., July ~. - Apparently au'heuti, A.
counts fIom Helena say that e,pedion sst,nf
Of a negro Regiment, potion of tie 18th Illinois
Cavalry, ard -ecton Of battery, en that pinc.
Monday noriinr. son' In the direction oi wL.ts
River When near Mellon, IL mies out, they eu-
ccuntercd formidable rchcl force aud aiter .hors
hght, we're obliged to retire. with the loss Of IL killed
aud IL wounded. The relcs pursued TO within nine
miles Of Helena, where our troops made . stand,
and a sharp night Mas .oins hen inios q. Als
let.
euro, July 29.-The steamer Emperor, from New
Orleans July 2is', has srrived She reports that
there Was rcbel battery Of i've guns IL niss above
Skpwlth Landing, witch fired several shots Into
tin-ced' eunhoat on the oath, doing little damage.
Ih' stcsner Clara Fell, shch icf Nicksbars icr
white Ritrr hus not bsrn heard from, and 1t IL
feared tlst sbe ls been desticycd.
The weekly sun., 1864-08-06
lr-sidrnt in-oin and s.cn. Grant at
Fortress Mouvpc.

N"'r FORK ing - Cart. wJ-'iu " Ne sirarn
~ ',qo-' ''tv ~ Hrisou. irun Ta-trc.s Monroe
sunday s'i =. NJ .rri,',l Ter, yesterday, and re-
ports TINT Prca, lot Lincoln AaI Lieut.. General
"rant Wor at the Font whom be pauel frou, y ere.
i0rtre's AOmoe. jug gl.-GSuerai Grant ar.
rived nom TIE Arm, 60. the T. ionnc st 0 \. NJ,
Hni Pr'ni,ut !.luuoln noiu M,rhlAciou d 10.
They 10th embarked ou boarI tie steamer Btih-
- .c. uri after going In the direction ~ Cape
H"nry, 'rrrcl It ir ciursc TO Norto'l. cyiieu,ly
avo1r- a'v interruption during tor .rtc' view.
"A o'!oca p. ", tho Prcsiicnt and G,u'ri,l G.eut
returned. r4e President shortly after laa ior
Wash.u ton, .ad the General went up tlc Jliacs.
The weekly sun., 1864-08-06

bisfrcs- In rrlnrc William and PairiaS
Counties, Va, Efr.

N's"79tot, ''uiv a'-A lrrre number OF the
ein1'ns si FeriAS aud Prince william Counties
ha'. come into Ai,.adfia durius the past few da,.
lh'y rprcs,ht that rrctt disc. prevail. In tor, ous
oil the two counties va account o = .srcty Of fod
Communication has for ,nmc time ~, been inter
dici'd' % miitarv nccc-'itr, lctr'en these coun-
hes mud NeNnndfiA aud tho prevailing scarcity Of
the necesrarca Of lite he resulted fo'n It, IL 10 us-
c. ortAin0d from eiizens IL Prince william county.
that guerrias have Lot infested that Icrou Of conn
Try for t~o thro. woeks. To any very grea, .r,sn,
kinchelo ha received orders from tue Richmt nd ai.
thoriics TO move dovu With his band into the c,un.
ties Of wes,noreland nnd King Gcorre. md operate
"ain-t the scouting parties sent ont from river
gun-boa,s. Mo-,hy |, -tIll on the Upper Potomac.
The weekly sun., 1864-08-06
McDdav. Auncst 1.
GENERAL GRANT.
Terrible IIahtIng-t.Iorious success.


Baltim0rs Jly Bi.--We have the glorious pews
lrou, Gen. Grant's arnyb by the Old Point Loaf, that
tho Gcso of Petersburg mas had M auspilious CON-
mcncsmcnl. The news received this LII. raing - ~
ioIowsS
The siege Of Petersburg opened in earnest Oh
Saturday morning. i.Dd at daJ Jl3ht We LEV up
ono OF tho principal rebel batteries, ss,in2 of
s4x'oen euns and had carro.i three tiers VI thv
earth. Id vf tie rebes Dc,vre the nail stsau.r
lett City Point thRt morning. The reports by the
oifcers Of the Old Point steamer ars 70 the ssns
ei,ect.
srcosD pfs"s1CH.
Baltimore July 3l.-An doubt as to the cool
povs Tom Gen. Grants army secnis to be removed
A later dsp.,ch, Just received, says
The assault commenced at o'elocl; on Saturday
morning by terrible explosion, which conp,.ss.
l.sroycd one OF the cnemy's / ri icpal fJrts n
front of Petersburg, containing si&l.eu gups. tt
wa rendered mass Of runs. Immediately rp,l
this oyplosen, our artillery opened N.'h one s'iag
taneors and continuous rom a.Oug our entire -
Up " tie leaving OF the nal to- 1t - o'sg'k.
We had captured two other Garth works, al ss'
The entire out,5 lne OF tao retcl p'rca n '.,.
1ne battle continued 10 progress @i'u he s'c..'.
iurys
ruuD bisrA1Cn.
Hcdd7uar'ers Armg o, Ls fttoNic 's'ia.
july aO-io 4. M-The rrc,i oyrui b. !,og nnuc.-
patea, namely, ue explosion o' iho 'nin' rn1'r 'n~
rclel fort IN front ~ TIE OH army corps carae =.
this morning nt i'io o'tlo0;.
PICKET fr.ng ~. kc,t ~ a' o'ghL laf n fact at
de tiue tbe match Yves alIlict 10 we mine, he
ssiruishcr4 were sim orn0s'el ~ 10th sides.