Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-29

The Latsst News. Il
We hays received no Richmond or Petersburg
papers for wsek past, bat ws leasn that the Pc
ters5urg Road was open on Sunday, aud Ne may
soon expect our usual budget Of news The only
information We have from the fighting going on
near Petersburg will b found in the extract below
from the Pregrss Of Monday last If We shall re-
ceive further news before going to press we VIII ap
pend it to this article The telegraph line between
this place and Petersburg was in operation on Sum
day last.
It is stated tina: the enemy had possession of the
Railroad at huntsville, the junction Of the South.
side and Danville Roads, and that they had torn
up considerable distance Of these Roads.
We learn that some thirty Of the enemy were cap
tured near Weldon few days since, supposed to be
on their way to burn the bridge at that point
FRox .vIRenrA-DrsPEKAyE FfaHr1xa AROUND
PETERSBURG DURING TIE PAST WlEk.-We are with
out papers or kilograms from Virginia since Tues
day last, but We saw 1t Hoke, who is attached to
the Provost Marshals office Of this city, yesterday,
who left Petersburg on Friday morning, and from
him obtained the following facts:
Lieut. Hoke was sent to Petersburg on business,
was there two or three days, and left on Friday
morning. Grants line extends from the James
River across the Appomstto{ to the neighborhood
of the Railroad, this side of Petersburg few miles
On Wednesday and Wednesday night there was
desperate fighting along the whole line, our army
forcing the enemy back from their position at some
points, taking largo number of prisoners cannon,
colors, &C. On Wednesday afternoon 104 prisoners
were brought into Petersburg, and the same night
Malone captured 1850 men and about 100 officers,
eight pieces of artillery and seven stand of colors
all of which had arrived in the city, Five hundred
more prisoners were taken on Thursday night in :
desperate fight which took place on the Railroad
the enemy's extrsme left, this side Of Petersburg
Here the Yankees we're driven back, and on Friday
morning when Lieut. Hoke passed near the battle
field, the enemys left was within about half mile
OF the road and fighting was going on along the
whole line
Gen. Lee was in Petersburg and directed the
operations OF the entire army and the citizens, Off.
GERS and soldiers were cool, confident sanguine and
determined. Lieut. II. assures US that no fexrs Of
defeat were felt by any one, and that the army
was never in better spirits or more sanguine. In
the fight on Wednesday some siege guns that had
been planted by the enemy near tho city were dis
mounted, and but few shells were thrown into the
city during Lieut. Hoke's stay. The heroic people
OF Petersburg he represents perfectly sangane of
. victory over the Yankees.
About 400 Of our men were taken by the enemy
on Wednesday. The killed and wounded are no
doubt heavy on both sides, but thought to be much
heavier among the Yankees than on our side. OF
course Lieut. Hoke could not arrive at anything
like the numbers on either side.
Lieut. II. left Petersburg on Friday morning,
walking twenty miles along the line Of the road,
when be took the train for Weldon. He came over
the entire road from Petersburg to Weldon on that
day and the enemy NJ where had possession of it.
II, therefore, the enemy were driven back in Fri.
days fight as We hope they were, the damage to
the road will soon be repaired and communication
With Petersburg will be reopened. 1t. II. brough:
Yankee pipe and fine rife as trophies from the
battle field Our informant is gentlemen of intel
lgence and . faithful officer, and these facts may
be generally relied on.
Northern dates to the Goth state that Morgan &C.
cupies Lexington, Kentucky; and that Sherman,
on the 18th, reported the Confederates retreatng
across the Caattahoochie towards Atlanta, and he
pursuing.
No news by telegraph. The telegraph is in con-
slant use by the government, 50 that no news can
be sent to the press 1t lis reported that general
engagement along the entire lines at Petersburg
took place on Friday and Saturday last.
When the Petersburg and Richmond papers again
casualties. We will copy all we can find room for
We take it for granted that the North Carolina troop.
have suffered heavily.
The recent Raid on Kinston.
Van, . correspondent of tue Progress, furnishes
to that paper the following facts: j..
Some 800 of the enemy's cavalry left Newberr
| on the 20h INST, for the supposed purpose Of de
stroying the gunboat Neuse, at Kiuston. Being
piloted by some notorious "bufaloes," dsmount
ed detachment of the enemy crept TO the rear o.
| our pickets and cut. off communication with Kin
ston. The main body operated in front Colone
Folk, accompanied by Adjutant Blackwell and ar
escort from the 9Th N. G. cavalry, determined tt
make reconnaissance from Kinston in person. Il
was night The Yankees ambushed this party cap
turing Col Folk and bis Adjasant and killing 1t
w. W. Fitzpatrick, 1t. John DeHart and Abijat
Phillips of the 9th N. G. cavalry. Five others
were killed and several wounded whose names are
,unreported The following officers are missing :
Col. Folk, HdJt Blackwell, 1t W. G. Good, and
It. Cash. Some forty others, privates and non
commissioned officers Of Capt Gash's company, Of
picket, were captured also.
The Confederate Of the 9th inst, has the fol
lowing additional intelligence. Capt Cogsdell'
company Of Col Whitford's regiment lost 10 men
killed. wounded, and captured-only two killed.
! G. NJ Green, Of the 9th N. G. cavalry, was wound
ed. A scout reports Yankees killed and som!
few wounded in the engagement
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