, 1864-08-10

| august ].
| irg General takes great pleasure In acknowl-
] eorfng the valuable services rendered by
Lieut.. Col. Henry Pleasant, 18th Pennsylya-
| mia, and officers and men under his. COM
maDd, in e1caVatilg tse mine which was sue
cessfnl1y exploded on the morning Of July 80.
| under one OF the enetDy's batteries in front Of
the ID division, 9Th Army Corps The skill
displayed In laying and constructing the niue
reflects great credit upon Lieut.. Col. Pleas
ant and the Officers in charge. The willing
endurance BY officers and men, and the extra
cutting the work to comI letion, arc worthy
the highest praise
By command Of Major General Meade.
8, WILLIAMS. i. 4. G.
FAST DAT IN THE ARMY.
Army or.ruE PoTonAc, Aueuat 4-Evenine.
In obedience to the proclamation uf the
President and the orders from the headquar-
ters Of the army, to-day has been served
in tlfs command as season Of humiliation,
lasting and prayer Tue folio wing il the
order from general headquarters OF the sub
GEkEKA1 oHDERs-Ko 81
HEApcrAH7sRs' AHxI Or TnE PoToAAc,l
To-uo,ro r, the 4lh ips. hsrln. Bee. yet .psrt
By The Presldent OF The United States "a Day Of
rsuoaa' 1asins, hnaaticn and p14ysr, he Major
TO observe the Cay With the solemn ties due to the
OCCASION, and he rccornmende that wherever prac~
tlca6le religious se.vlcs be held In the several
camps b. the chsp1ains serving With the army, and
hc~conmauds that al operations that are not u1at-
teEs OF military necessity, be su-pel ded during the
b command Of Major General Made,
SETu WILLIAMS, Asst AdTt General.
During the day niitary operations, have,
for the most part, been suspended On our
part A. irregular Intervals q few shots were
fired along the lines, but they were fired By
the cLcmT. Since reyeille this morning IN
til the PRESENT hour this evening, sngses~
tive sto. sae 7s'gned throughout the army.
Almost .ne only sound heard outside the
divisions and brigaces Tas the music Of tue
bunds.,
The members Of the Christian Commission
have been emplo jing the occasion to the
Dcst advantage. 1hey have circulated 8
among the soldiers. Religious services have
been held this evening IN the different diri-
eione OF the Second corps. In the perform.
.uce Of this pfous duty the chap1atns io the
army hare been assisted BY members Of the
Chris ian Commission. The services were
st, appropriate aud 3aithful. rhe various
banes throughout the corns are pla5ing
| now, some escred, some patriotic pieces
and the fnA1 strains sre floating on the aft
| us tht evening closes
i 1tEREL ACCOUNT OF 0DR LATE kEP0LsG
tF1cm the Richmond Examiner, Aug. 81
The Petersburg papers etve some addltiona
particulars Of tue spz1nsine Of Grants nina. o.
lat Saturday. in trout Of Petersburg. Il tool
pacs about ~ IN the morning. Tne slsnae,ot "a 1ot
lincr, and few hundred yafdt beyond the Dinud
tord Cemetery. Prisoners tsktn suose9uent t
| the explosion from the enemy, aud near the spot
tfate iii several Of our mea were dug cut Of tts
sras's a''7e. :. paper asEc1 lung the tcene says:
The chaena csosed bs the cuemys ex9lo ion ap
pear be about torty feet in depth and some w
what one would 1mas,nc 10 lave been tie effect
J Of terrible earthquaEs than anything else. In
resn.e bouldsss OF earth x:ee pllea Up sadey & On
prouIa, euu.kArziaeee, tiInbcrs, Dr., were i'm!
| tronitcuoa-ly 10 every direction.
j. lined With Yankee dead, aud the bodies were ii
evt # conceivable position scme hAd eyidenti!
heen killed Hith 1hr butts Of rnuskcta. as thel
Indicated. bile the creaser portion were shot nrta
i pools of blrod haviu. flowed 1rcm their wound
, | and stained the c1onnd.
numbers Of dead and wounded were stlil lying. th
taucr beaetnR Isteocs'g fsr wattr ana rray19g m
The Petersburg papers estimate or entire ?es n
atNO; Il e cnen, i wounded at 8,50o: Killed 10
ot tbe capture oi prisoners, arms, Sc, Peter
wv " I've over ioeo prisoners in our possession
e Il bsltlc.nsgt. and Upwards Of s,ooo stands I
Amo1c lie prisoners captured are Brig. Gener'
Bartlett, Of Mase.. and scventy.dve commissions
4 Tetersbury paper, describing the struggle 70
tie repossess!on ofour worke, captured by the e1
euy ii the confue'on consequent to the e1ploelo'
l | saye:
~ tlye Of She tneny's Tags waving upDn the 1an
parts Of that portion: Of our line carried b tie e.
, | rlUsion, and the whole vicinity ewarming wlt
white upd black Yankee, t1oops. Getting b
rcope into positior. Gen. Aahone ordered nls ..
!. s'ruc:cd Wr1eht,e brigade TO come up u such p
riiop Us would lnsure the recapfu1e Of the reaat
l. | me portion. Under command Of Col. Wcfstsc
r. acting bdeader, Mahonc's brigade formed tn'
l. line, snd we.e about to move nr Hhen the eneu
Z sa'lled out and made Charge. The confederzt'
le rts.1ved their fire until they could zee the whit
ofthe encu,y'- eyes. when they poured into the
such storm Of bullets that The enemy fell back X
= sirc1'e men dashed forward With yell, drisit
IL thr enemy up To and ortr the breaet~orke- {
:, | rte work. our men halted and delivered plum
,pg fire, which proved 20 destructive that the el
nv pevcr rallied ncaiu this portion Of the In
J. but left our men in undlsturbed possession.