Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1864-07-02
THE LATEST NEWS.

1HE ItITsi NENS.
We received no papers from the South
last night, and consequently are without
any late news. We are indebted to friend
however,, who came in the Northern Stage
for copy of the Shreveport Gazette OF e
2ith, from which we clip he latest items OF
news.
We learn BY passengers in III" southern
Stag Who had seen Houston papers ms la,e
as the 27th, that according to The latest
northern dispatches, Grant had captured
Pctersbucg, Va, on the Richmond and
North Car"Iino railroad, and about 40 miles
South Of Richmond and another gentleman
inst from Louisiana states, however, that
he had been driven oat OF the place again.
By Gen. Lee, with great s'NNshtcr. The
capture Of Petersburg is SAID To have taken
place on the 10th, and is very probable. as
it's known that Giant had thrown his
whole force across James River, about thai
time.
Forest has given some Of the Yankees
g,ntcel thrashing in Northern Mississippi
--sappo 'cd to ben par ofGcl. y. }. Smiths
corps en route TO rc-cniorce Sherman He
made clean thing Of it.
The death of Lieut.. General Leon iis Polk
is a 'unccd hnt whether in acton or frvm
Il sease is not stat d. He was in command
of Que corps of Gen. Zoe johnson army.
near Atlanta Ga.
CAnrN. ARA. June l1.-lRuM ruG FR"Nl. Jun,
lf. A few day since G., =, eui, uu outing in tie
di ion of Arka, Is River, when near Rirhuirl the
lN fcl,r steamer Iagn heard cImin down he
Arkansas River ',drn with cotton. oar officer CON.
man ling the sc"itTg party placed his men posi-.
tim, captured the bua' with negro crew, ~ Yank
prs 80 stand Of small arms i,O rom. i Of ann.
intuition, Nc. The boat ani cotton wl- hui II Il, aud
prisoners and negroes brought H.
Up t" III" :ii iuSt ti"re had brrn II" general en-.
g'5rmrnt hctwucm IoiuIson and Shrrnup. y .umnr
however. received to-day saying Sherman ia, rrc0.
'ownri| ihatan, osn Hls..nuptlcr that t. \ kun
and Whit River vallics being cyai(It"d n
tiis, Federal.
In the Bnllimor" rouv ntnn Lincoln anl Aniy
} hn1on were n min, g Umi'n candidates for The
Pr 'sidehry and Vice Presidency. Ga the st RS It,.
tinnthf M"nro" doctrine wa adopted 'n'i"c,
Frr"m MT an Corhraue, radicals hryr n"rru urd fl,
II .iina ION for President and Vice President. Mis-.
r"nri was the only state thai 10 I'd for Grant.
nAMpiN Jun" 22-Tl" 81. LoG- Republican ofthe
i3th inst. received, hut ps Tntng of interest," in it,
Letters received from North of hrtansn river dfl-
cialiy tnr ban. H. Sickc. has superseded Steele
made speech to St"er,a troops, in which he said
the Rebellion would certainly De- he'd in the Trans.
,iSsiW Darar, m"nt in il months
Tr'r -. Mis-. jun l".-Furr =, with B"ll's cnval.
ry and Hu'kor's Bri sad, aap j ,hl,son- a I. aud
III lHthlrN' Nhipltd IN" hllk'es with great
Slaughter, capturing twenty cannon 2in waSnns 1000
mnlrs aud 20o pri@onrrSnany ofthy IA negroes, who
inuslt desperately. The enemy had 2OOO killed and
" u Il d. Our lUsE is estimated from 4nO to 1850
Th' ~ my arr altered. Forrest is Il il pursuing
them. Heavy rains may rlt OF the ,nrmys retreat
tn the railroad. The IN my were 2 to our l. Their
in fui'ry are Il h'nDrszcd.
ArLiNrA, June l}.--Thr position Of affairs at tn"
front, have been unchanged FIR two days.
RIcHMoSD, June II.
Head Q artcrs, June ~. 10 =. NJ.
~ a tII Ia ist
rriv' from lnip >, states that hc defeated he cI.
'mys cavalry near Tr"villynns. with heavy loss cap
turing five hundred Prisoners besides the wouude l.
Tho enemy r@ircated in confusion. apparently the
route they me, lea"ing his dead and wounded on
The field At daylight this morning, it discov.
coed that the army ofGrant had left front Our
>kirnIishcrs advanced two miles failing to discover
the enemy, and wtIo wi hdriwn.
\ body of cavalry ami some infantry from the Long
back this evening nearly tyn miles, after SHARP ir-
mi hing. Signed, II. H. LEE.
LNNChBugG, jun l3.--Iumors of the movements
II The enemy are plentiful, hut nothing definite is
known ont si,le Of oticial Girclts. ,a -,.
u Is rep6red that the force which occupied Lei
Ing has moved in he direction Of BufuId the Nir
,inia and T. nncssec Railroad, ~ miles west of this
'i'y. The force in Amherst is reported moving to-
rar- Brfalo Springs, 27 mile, from here this fr,
I about 1900 rnng, under Gen. Sirahi-lll cavalry;
h'y snbsst On OF thccouiify, having no sarpli, with
hen they ha'e two pieces cf artillery -tnlI eight
81 thcmri'iicd Orange Rlilrnad. burnt TIA, depot AZ
ringiUn, tore up 200 yards Df the track, and de-.
"0ycd the telegraph. The damage can be r,p - I'd
"a three hours. The people here calm au,i resp
litr, and will defend the city AZ all hazardS.
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