The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-26
I'd at Decatur their actions Indicate

iedIilpuu Ou tpuiVV1 lOI InC pOSScs-
sion Of that line, which was formida-
ble IN proportions, desperate in char
lacter, and glorious In its result. Lee
gave orders in the morning that the
road must he re opened at whatever
cost The Effort was made, the cost
was great, but the attempt failed.--
Our loss was light, our troops fight
ing from behind their works. The
enemy's loss was very heavy, and will
not, we presume, fall short Of four
thousand killed, wounded and priso-
ners. The anemys loss in officers
was also severe. Gen. A. +. Hill was
mortaly wounded Generals Heath
and Lee (son of r. Il Lce) killed.
! The Second Corps, which did good
work no%h of the James river ,Ip to
the close of last week, was in Sun
days fight This shows the great
advantage Of Gen Grants present
line. The Weldon Railrofd d is now
within our fortlications, and the opin-
ion of our officers Is that the whole
of Lees army cannot dislodge us -
J The persistent efforts of the.rehels to
) ropossess it, shown how important it
.is to them The army has gained
decisive victory! On the north bank
: OF James river, the situation remains
favorable. The 10th Corps is high
ly complimented in official orders
! From Gen Sheridan's army we
learn that n brisk engagement occur
b red near Charlestown on Sunday, in
which we lost 800 There was no
Sighting on Monday. The enemy oc
: cupy the country toward Martnsburg.
Hls designs are not known. Our cav
airy DESTROYED barge rebel .unply
train Gen Sheridan has a force
ahnndantly ahlo To cope with EarIy
' The London correspondent Of the
Herald state, that the Emperor Of the
French has Just Informed slidcll that
he never will recognize the rebel states
= even if they shoHlt achieve their in
, dependence 3c ilcto, unless they de
= tcrmine 70 abolish slavery, and ca
: rage that all children born of slave
:. parents shall he free, aud that slave
rv shall he totally abolished and cease
within ten years from date of recog-
! nitiion
Gen Fitzpatrick eturced to Gener-
+ al Sherman'S head quarter, on Sun
9 dav, from raid on the Macon rail .
p. road. He succeeded in destroying
several miles of the track. locomo-
a tives, cars. &e., captured n battery
and numher Of prisoners This is
T. the only railroad Hood has With
q this exception, nothing important has
tronspired before Atlanta.
The news from the Army Of the Po
: tomac is favorable. Gen. Warren on
o Friday advanced, on the extreme left,
} and established his line on the Wei
Is don Railroad, which he was destroy.
Il ing. The rebels attempted to drive
r. him off, hut they were repulsed with
Il heavy loss. On the extreme right,
'e north Of James river. m advanced po-
sition was firmly held. The rebels
D, made an attack Thursday night. in
d which they suffered severely, and
ic were repulsed From our right 10
left is twenty five miles by the near
est road the enemy can travel Lee
having sent one. half his army to Vir-
oinia, is thus compelled to spread his
line out very thin. As i result, we
IN have gained in several fights, north
10 Of the James, and Warren has been
N enabled to destroy the Weldon rosd,
TO thus leaving only the Danvillc road
er to supply the rebel army and Rich
ls moud Grants demonstration have
4. also brought back, on the double quicL
3 some OF the troops started to rc-en
- force Early This was the general
to situation in the,Army oft c Potomac
ld Saturday morning.
le Lively skirmishing i going on, or
an our center, this evening. .v
- A correspondent of the New Yorl
~ Times, dating Mt Buenos Avres, sayt
= that a branch of the United State,
Sanitary Commission has been orga
- nized in that city, ana sub. committees
have been appointed all over the coun
NJ try To collect funds. He SAYS further
a more, that he has not seen Soutt
~ American who does not sympathiz,
" with the North. The Europcaa set
- tiers, however. generally desire th,
=. disruption of the Union. He ais,
ir says that the great American engin
y" eer, Mr. Wheclwright, was expecte,
-, to arrive soon, to commence tn
-. Or at Central Argentine Railroad :
- =, Articles of peace with the rebels o
- Uruguay, who have devastated near
II " all that fair land, had been signed
y and the country was expected to re
y sumo its former career Of prosperity
80 The rebels are nearly all homeless
~ and landless persons
,r- Reports that Republican leader
,ts have made an impression upon th
IN President, in favor of an armstice un
of til after the election, are ufounded
in When the President will not eve
he change his Cabinet with view to i'm
ms prove his chances of re- election, it i
les idle to suppose he would adopt Dol
q peace measure.
O Reports from the Army of the Pc
he tomac are Of great Importance, d
for Sunday our latest dates battle ol
ar the extreme left was impending, I'll
a rebels were seemingly determined
of repossess the Weldoh Railroad, an
nj. General Grant, regarding our pos