Nebraska advertiser., 1864-08-11

Tue lntCutlOu Ol dttnOAAnS
yesterday. Everything was immediately
put in readiness TO receive Them. zen
eral Thayer, commanding, had moved out
with a cavalry infantry and artillery froce
a mile and a half in front of the tortIh-
cations and attacked them, drVIngl tnein
from the field.
The casualties were small on our SIDE
To-day they are in full. retreat, pursued
by our cavalry.
This place is thoroughly tortlheo'
Washington. 6-National lntelligencer
liz an extended criticism ~prononounces
Gen. Grants campaign as most unsuc-
ces>ful thus fartuuderlaken.
Letter dated City Point, I'd says before
this reaches you. one third of this army
will be en- routed from Washington and
thence 10 Harper's ferry to oppose the
rebel invading force, remainder OF the
army will remain IN front OF, Petersburg.
This is the result of an interview between
Lincoln and Grant.
Gen Grant has obtained reliable iafOr-
nation that from the third TO the half
of the rebel army now north Of the PctO-
mac or marching in that direction, bal
auce of the rebel army no ding the en-.
~trenchments around Petersburg and
Richmond. Grant stl! confident Of sue
cess.
Officer from the front arrived in this
city today, confirms the statements In
this letter. He says the force aent from
Army Potomac consists of Two corps and
one divi sion numbering in all about thlr-
" thousand men.
Harrisburg 6-Numerous humorous IN
circulation concerning the rebel invasion
but nothing that can be traced to . reli-
able sorce,
We sill have communication with
Greencsstle. Dispatches from there in
dictate no excitement and refer TO no
force of rebels in such close proximity
as rumors place them. Certain, hOw-ev-
err, they hold HagerstOwn. They ad.
vanced IN d small force to Middlebury
yesterday, between which places Hagers-
town their fOraging parties reported 10
have conducted themselves with great
brutality.
From aumors this morning, it is be-
lieved this force has Withdrawn and once
more posted at Hagerstown, where they
evidently pause for reinforcements-frOm
the fact that they were signalling by
rockets last night is Indication there's
either a force in close proximity, or that
those in possession of the town, disire ad-
wise of approaching Paeties of their
whereabouts.
Effective measures been taken, by
Grant to drive the rebels from Cumber-
land. n
N. Y. 6-Judge Russell decided that
Dix and other officers, in suppresslng the
World and Journal of Commerce must
go before the Grand jury
Nashville, Aug. 4-Gen. Stoneman
sent a force of cavalry. Longs and La.
oranges b~rigades. thirty two hundred
strong, on the 26lh, under command of
General Ed. McCooE, TO destroy the Ma
con and Western Road. They had des-
troyed eighteen miles of road. and star
ted to capture a train of five hundred
wagons, gsiE from Atlanta to Macon or
| Columbus. McCook captured this train
near Newman, with five hundred men,
including one hundred and Iwenty-seyen
o~ficers the wagons were laden with
! valuable stores, including liquors and pri-
vate property Of General Hood, and 9TH
ers, after possessing themselves OF what
they wanted the wagons we're burned
McCook started to return with his pris-
| oners and three thousand mules, bot was
overtaken by a rebel force under Ransom,
so large as TO completely surround him !
a desperate engagement followed, during
which many Of McCook's men escaped
and found their way to Marietta. The
number OF Federals captured is supposed
TO reach two thousand. This disaster is
attributed TO troops %par,aking TOO freely
of liquors found in the captured train
Longs brigade consisted Of the Sd and
4th Ohio, ID Indiana, and 4th Regulars.
Memphis, August 3.-The rebel troops
west of The Mississippi river are expect
ed to cross that stream to reinforce allan
ia.
Gentlemen who left Mobile on the
31sl. say hat Hood has been reinforced
by two divisions from B~eauregard's corp,
from Richmond, and TWO brigades from
MebiIe. The Charleston aud Washing
ton Railroad is said to be nearly distroy-
ed.
The troops and garrison at Mobile
consists only of two brigades of Regulars
and Mobile would be attacked, between
the 9Th and 18th of July, that al urgent
solicitations from the Governor and May
or, troops which had been sent to rein
force Forrest we're recalled.
Nashville, August 5.-General Nc
Cook, who il was supposed had been cap
lured near Newman. came in with twelve
of bis men, five hundred had previously
arrived at Marietta. As reported, he
was very successful in breaking the Ma
con road, capturing and destroy ing wag-
on and railroad trains. lie vas obliged
TO let bis prisoners go.
ST. Louis. August 4.-Colonel Baker.
Chief Of the national Detective Police,
who has been here several days on off
cial business, succeeded 10 fersting out
a most extensive and successful gang of
counterfeiters ever known in the United
States. Fourteen of the gang in irons,
and FIVE large boxes of material; are
now 90 their way to Washington; and
other parties are to be arrested. Eleven
presses and a large quantity of bank