Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-04
Ggt ynttuigtnter.


Glorious News from Gen. Grant.
The siege Of Petersburg opened il
earnest on Saturday morning, July
slst. At daylight Gen. Grant blew
up one Of the principal rebel batteries
consisting Of sixteen guns, and hello
three tiers of the rebel ssrthworka
before the mail steamer left City
Point. A despatch says:
The assault commenced on Satur
day morning It four O'clock, BY q
terrible explosion. which completely
destroyed one Of the enemy's princi
pal forts in front of Petersburg, cap
turing sixteen guns. This fort was
rendered mass Of ruins. Upon this
explosion our artillery opened with
one continual roar along our entire
line. Up to the leaving Of the mail
boat ct ten o'clock We had captured
two other earthworks and also the
entire outer line of the rebel entrench.
msnts. Tho battle continued to pro-
gress with the greatest fury.
A despatch from tho headquarters
ofths Army of the Potomac, 10 A. n.
says, the great event so long anticipa.
tod. namely the explosion Of the mine
under the rebel fort in front of the 9th
corps, came off this morning at 20
minutes past four. Picket firing was
kept up sll night, and in fact to the
time the match was applied. The
volume Of dirt was immense, and
thrown up three hundred feet in the
air. The 9th corps at once charged
the works. driving the rebels to their
second line of Entertainments, and TAX
ing . number Of prisoners, some of
whom were dug out of the earth bad
~ injured. These rebel prisoners state
that only about q dozen remain of
their regiment. As soon as the explo-
sion took place 100 guns Immediately
opened on our front, while the musket-
~ played in one continued fire along
the front of the 9th and part Of the
18th corps. Prisoners say they were
completely surprised, those in front
being mostly asleep at tho time. They
also state that there were forty guns
in the Notifications which of course
were buried far out of sight. One of
the prisoners state that they were
busy mining under our works aud that
in Two days they would have been
ready to blow them up. We got the
start of them, however, and it il hoped
that long ere this reaches you Peters
burg will he in our possession.
A despatch dated Headquarters Ar
my Of the Potomac, 3 p. NJ, says Re-
ports inst in say that We have posses
sion OF the entire FIRST line of the rebel
works. with . large number Of prison
ere. .*.at tA#&fE&
A Fortress Monroe despatch Of the
30th ssys that 400 rebels were cap
tured on Wednesday opposite City
Point. Grants army is advancing.
It 10 reported that three rebel brig.
AIDES have already been captured,
guns, &c.
"A special to the N. Y. World says !:
There 10 no longer any reason for
keeping secret the fact that Grants
last movement against Richmond 10
expected BY himself and his friends to
result in something far more decisive
than anything be has yet undertaken
Against the rebel capital. The army
hss been waiting for rain. Rsins have
just fallen in the vicinity Of Richmond,
aaa Grant. 10 now on the march toward
the rebel capital-this time on the
north hank Of the James river. Not.
withstanding tho withdrawal Of the
9Th corps. very large rcsnforcemcnts
have been sent to Grants army from
various quarters. including the 18th
corps. which recently came up from
the Mississippi river. Officers have
the utmost confidence that Grant will
achieve brilliant success.