Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-06

NEW YORK, July lst.-lne Tribune
headquarters correspondent says; The
Sixth Corps has been dispatched to the
assistance of Wilson. Capt. Whitaker, of
Wilson's staff, reports that up to the time
of reaching the Danyille and Richmond
Railroad, Wilson met with no opposition.
He at once set to work destroying the
roads, rolling stock, bridges, forty miles
apart. Thirty miles of the track of the
Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad were
destroyed.
Returning, he met the force which had
been dealing with Sheridan, and was sue
cessful in beating them off. Getting away,
he would then have safely reached our
lines, had he not been intercepted by in
fantry, through which Captain Whitaker
cut his way.
Another correspondent, under the some
date, says: Wilson's command consists
of his own and Kautz's divisions. Not
stopping, except to break the Weldon
Railroad, which he did at Paines Station.
he moved rapidly to Burkesville, the in
tersection of the Danville, Richmond, Pc
tersburg and Lynchburg Railroads, and
then went to work with the might of a
thousand active men. Up to this time,
he had met with but little opposition.
With his headquarters at Burkesvine,
he dispatched commands in each of four
directions where lay railroads. On the
Danville road he burned bridges for forty
miles, thoroughly destroying the ties and
twisting the rails. Twenty miles of Pc
tersburg and Lynchburg road are utterly
destroyed, and bridges burned beyond
that.
Grant fully Confident Of she Result
| Estimates of Comparative Losses.
BALTIMORE, June 29th.-A prominent
officer of the Christian Commission sends
the following note to the editor of the
American, I" l am just from the front this
morning. Everything looks very WE'LL
Troops in fine spirits. Had an interview
with Grant on Monday afternoon. He is
confident of the result, and says there can
be but one result-the defeat of the enemy
or his retreat from Petersburg, and then
his complete overthrow"
| NEW YORK, June 30.-The CONNER
cial states editorially, on good authority,
that our total loss in Grants campaign,
exclusive of the cavalry and Hunters COL
umn, won't exceed $4,000. Since cross
ing the James river, our loss won't exceed
1000. Only 3,400 wounded remained at
headquarters on the 9th of June.
As to the rebel loss, the Richmond En-
quirer of June 29th gives list of over
1000 wounded sent from Lees army, and
5000 from Beauregard's command. This
don't include those sent from the Rapidan
to Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Staunton
and other places. According to their own
account, they have lost up to the siege OF
Petersburg % general officers. Seventeen
thousand prisoners are now in our hands.
Latc md Interesting News from
Eeorgia-Sherman constantly nd
VancinK.
| CHICAGO, June 2Sth.-Advices from
Sherman's army to June 2lst says since
the 18th there has been no fighting, save
skirmishing, but in these the losses are
said to be heavy. A letter says the enc
my seems to have marked the whole
country, from Allatoona mountains tc
Chattehoochee, with line after line of rifle
pits, entertainments and fortihcations.-
No sooner have we taken possession Of
one line than we confront another, equal
", if not more form liable.
On the 10Th, we skirmished necessarily
making no advance whatever. On thu
18th we advanced everywhere except in the
center driving rebels from long lines Of
secondary works. On the 18th, our RICH
wing under Hooker and Schofeld, gradu-
ally forced their way until they established
themselves in such positions as Threatened
seriously the enemy's left, while Howard
and Palmer had came up so close to thu
enemy's intrenchments that the rebel'
could not throw out skirmishers, but fired
at every picket behind the works. AL
day the rattle of musketry was incessant
The war of artillery continued. We los
heavily, for in many places We were con-
structing opposing works under thu
fercest fire. On the extreme left and ex,
IRENE right we had driven the rebel Skin
mishers and killed and wounded many o.
them, and captured several hundred pris,
oners.
Schofeld and Hooker had worked theil
way beyond the line of hills which connec
the Lost Mountain, and had forced thu
rebels to relinquish the latter entirely, anc
swing across the road that runs direct!
west from Marietta. At Dallas, the!
brought up against considerable stream
called Moose Creek. Towards position
runs diagonally across the hill, just south
west of Kensaw. Palmer's position Il
squarely against the western face Of Ken
saw, while our left wing was intrenchet
across the railroad, and extended far be-
yond Kensaw. The direction. Of oul
entire line was northeast and southwest
, Thus matters stood in the forenoon. A
letter dated on the evening of the 2Sd
says we are now within eighteen miles o
Chattahoochee. Nothing but skirmishlnt
has occurred.
CHATTANOOGA, June 25th.-At fiv
l o'clock yesterday afternoon, Gen. Pillow
sent flag of truce into Lafayette Ia
demanding the surrender of the place
Il l.