, 1864-06-12

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Not contrary to the general cxpectation-for tho
!Inols aud excitement Of the evening preceding
hsd prepared the public mind for the news Of :
shock Of tatt'e-tEe morning ytftesdsy, WIS nah
tunnd YVES terribly grand and exciting. Never was
t.eIe beard here suca tremendous artillery firing
10 qa,vtr beneath its heavy roar. From i've
euoek until nearly ten It was one rap,d. tncessant
penl. ihe grns neching firth their thunder in the
iuorr terrific spirit and With scarcely inter7a! OF
ED tue city waa all a2tfr at Ian early hour snppos-
Ing that The sreat battle had been Joined BY tbs
The morning wore on, and for many long aux
ion. Ionre trIhins could be he. 4 from the b.tte
teld. The ecere Wae tu. few miles from the
desperate md terrific. The anxiety was more IN
1cnse this account, hut etill nothing was to be
heard Init the deep. continual muttering OF artil-
c1htr, but still not6inE came. It vas ~ app,rent m @
that cur army VAS too hotIy engaged in thu st1ug-
Gle to be dispa,ching conries to the rear. Tie
70 IT, hs
People bore II 8 psinfnl suspense with great pa-
tIenee and with unsaaien M and II Mundiminished cona-
Ccnce in onr army and It's noble leader.
TIE FRET NEWS 1Rox TIE nAT7L8F1KLD.
socn came the tid1ngs Of victory. The hour of
Gn1icly WAS passed. About o'clo * came the
fEsr bulletin from the front, announcing the most
ea o a.ed S5 he The oa a'Bsa
Ihe following is Its report:
AL goes on well We repulaed the enemy with
snf saa hso2 o1a 1ts e. n Of h'ks and
There hns been sharp fighting stnce i've O'Clock.
There ia now slight pause in the artillery duel
It was sisted that the enemy had besu driven
end 1epnlred at all polnis-that Fields division
had Fepulsed them In SIX attacks-that parts Of
them in three attacks on o1r Right, near Games
Hill, and that We were driving them at all points
Such vas the news that dfst came from oar
allay anxiety. and to prove eone!asiveiy that our
army had won the great fight. People cared not
for the time to trouble themselves with particu-
lars; II waa enough for them to know the victory
-Aboai the came time that this news was received
Of our victory, the moas extsayagant stories came
Of immense numbers Of prisoners, stores artillery,
wagon trains- &c.
OTHER AccouSr7 rnox TIE RATTLE FIELD.
Reports and rumors continue to dow IN from the
bsstle field THROUGH the ds1. One eonld herr al;
moet anything be liked. 70 wild and exaggerated
were The stories. Some represented that Grant
out; bct iii was received as rather too high an
estimate Of our victory. Go.
ne couyerfed with numbcc Ct our wounded
deeVea Eom Ssa tae % scs h
the Yankees Ind been whipped and dliTta at all
po1nta. They seemed to BE- able to give hat yery
little Information beyond Whist occurred With their
iMmedlate regiments. They represent that the
fcht. which Commenced on Thursday evening,
continued through tho night, ana thaI al aasagnt
it was renewed With incr ased fury. In the fight
Of Thursday evening the Yankees were driven sue
ceeeigely from three lines of their rintrenoamen.s
Another account represents that the enemy
made aeven assaults upon 6ersnsw,s llne p and
repused eash te Mlta l9ss On 9Hf side Of
The aceonnta ne have been able 70 eathef{laEe
mea:re and fragmentaEy. The battle re hare
srlumcd IN, IN word, WAS about this: The enc
my assaulted our lines near Coal Harbor, hut were
rtnalsed ut every point. except Bteck,nsluse's
fIont Wboee lines tbsy succeeded In breaking an
e,p,u.Dg sxo guns q ~ DstsTy , tinE In ae
wtrr tnon rallsso, however, End drove back the
crerny with great slaughter, and recspsure1 the
guns.
reported ki1led. Lieutenant 8. G. Jones, a!fo q
! Gt neral Houton's STAFF. WAS wounded CAPTAIN
| Wocj-or. Lieuteuant Robertson and Lieutenant
Eysne Of he nambs1 3; lsd
| vcnndtd. among tho numbcr reported 10 I'd va
heaE Of General Lane %o1nasa II The
slicbiis: Cescral Battle, very slightly; General
Finnegan, slightly; and General Lswe.