Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-07-08


supplies. On the 26th Capt. Glover
made raj on the railroad, five miles
from Resacca, and captured two freight
trains with supplies. Col. Lagrange,
of the lst Wisconsin cavalry, command
ing brigade, was captured on the 10th
of June
On the 10Th three companies of the
54th Virginia (rebeD came into our
lines on the Chattahoochie, to ok the
oath of allegiance, and were employed
as teamsters and laboreEs. A camp of
rebel conscripts on the fHendersonville
road, six miles from Atlanta, on Friday,
broke for our lines. They numbered
800, GOO of whom got in and remain =
200 were recaptured by the rebels.
Ira B. Tuttle, chief Of the scouts of
the army of the Cumberland, en- the llth
inst, with four men, made daring de-
scent on forage post, IA miles south
west of Atlanta. He captured a rebel
lieutenant-colonel, a captain and others,
including a sergeant, burnt a storehouse
containing $4,000 bushels Of corn and
large lot of bacon.
The governor of Georgia says that if
it is necessary be will call out the Geor-
gia militia and withdraw the Georgia
troops from the confederacy to carry out
the purposes of his proclamation for the
defense of the State.
Atlanta papers of one week ago say
that the bridge over the Cbattahoochie,
leading to Roswell, is strongly fortified
that the nearest the Yankees have been
to Roswell is 10 miles northeast of Ma
rietta that Hooker'5 corps was repulsed
with great loss by Cleburne on Wednes>
day of last week; that the rebel lines
had been extended eastward, and the
main body of the army moved to the vi
cinity Of the Brush Mountain that the
rebel position was the best held since
the evacuation of Dalton. Johnston
commanded at that time.
tCHATTANooGA, June 25.
Yesterday morning flag of truce
was sent into Lafayette in the name Of
Gen. Pillow, demanding the surrender
of the town, threatening to burn it if the
demand was not complied with. The
rebels, 5000 strong, had completely
surrounded the town.
On the refusal of Col. wilkins, who
had only 400 men, the rebels advanced
from all directions. AT o'clock they
occupied tbree-fourths of the town, when
Col Croxten, of t b e 4th Kentucky,
came up and captured about 20 rebels.
Col. Wilkins lost about 80 killed and as
many wounded. Pillow left 100 killed
and wounded on the field. Col. Faux
ner of the 7th Ky, was captured.
An army letter to the N. Y. CONNER
cial says that Gen. Foster, who is oper-
ating on the north side of James River,
has worked his way past Aiken's Land |
ing. His role is to assist in the capture
of Fort Darling, and thus open the river
to our gunboats, when Richmond falls,
as a matter of necessity. Of the gener-
al situation, the writer says:
"The maneuvres of Grant Of the past
week have not been to bring on a gener-
al engagement--neither have we fought
any considerable battle. The main OBJ
ject was to give relief to Gen. Hunter.
Our main endeavors are to obtain full
and permanent possession of the Peters
burg and Weldon road, which cuts the /
rebel confederacy in twain.
The destruction of Petersburg, as you
are aware, might be brought about any
moment, but would not serve our pur-
pose any. The unsophisticated might
say that by shelling and burning this
city, we would destroy the large stores
of rebel supplies. For the information
of these deluded people let me say, that
almost every grain of supplies that the
enemy had at Petersburg has long since
been shipped to Richmond, and should
we even succeed in laying waste the
town, the ruins, like that of Sumter,
would present to US a more formidable
barrier than at present, l even doubt
whether Grant contemplates the capture
of Petersburg, and while be k cps a
large army 10 terroren over Lee at this
point, be is manipulating some grand and
strategic scheme to surprise the enemy
at an unexpected, and, consequently, ex-
posed position. Our army moves very
rapidly, and can be made available to
any given point, and at stated periods"
Memphis papers say that on the moc-
ming of the 22d, detachment of Ma
gruder's men, 600 strong, attacked two
companies OF the 18th Iowa, stationed