The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-30
LATE REBEL NEWS.

We make the following extracts from the
Charleston Courier of that date:
MARIETTA, June 24.-The enemy in
two and three lines of battle appeared in
front Of Hardees corps yesterday Our
pickets fell back, causing them to follow,
when our artillery opened severe fire,
driving them back to their breastworks
in great confusion and with much loss.
Our batteries upon Manassas Hill inflict-
ed severe punishment upon them during
the day. A deserter from Hooker's corps
came into our lines this morning. lie
SAYS their loss on the right for the past
two days was eight hundred, including
two Generals, whose names he did not
remember
| NEAR MARIETTA, June 23.-Stevenson,
supported by Stewards and Hindman's
divisions of Hoods corps, attacked the
enemy's right at five o'clock yesterday
"wednesday evening, at Manning's Mill,
five miles West Of Marietta carrying two
lines of the enemy's works, we holding
the enemyls position and capturing sixty
prisoners. Stevensons charge was gallant
and bloody, losing considerable. Hind
mans and Stewards loss slight. Colcock,
commanding Browns brigade, was NOR
tally wounded; Lieut.. Thomas Thomp-
son killed. This morning our batteries
are shelling from Keohesaw.
MARIETTA, June 23.-The details of the
great fight on Wednesday afternoon are
as follows: Hoods corps, held in reserve,
was ordered at noon to the extreme left.
When it got in position battery Of the
enemy opened fire upon 1t. Considerable
skirmishing ensued, when our line, under
Hood, with Browns brigade in advance,
was S6rdefed forward. 1t moved out with
cheering and furious battle ensued.
We drove tile enemy two miles and took
possession of two lines of Notifications,
captured twelve guns and a large number
| of prisoners. The loss upon both sides
was frightful for the numbers engaged.
Gleburne's division also engaged the eneA
my with success on the right Gen. Pet
tus, of Mississippi, was killed. Colonels
Walker and STAIR, of Tennessee, are kill
ed, and Colonel Clark, OF Tennessee,
mortally wounded.
| YANKEE DEPREDATIoys N FloRIDA.-
On the 18th, the Yankees visited Colonel
Browardls residence, Cedarville, on Ce-
dar Greek, branch of the St. Johns
river-and put the destroying flame to
every building. All of the furniture, as
well as wines, preserves, jellies, cheese,
butter, honey, syrup, sugar, and barrels
of arrowroot stored away for hospital
purposes that they could not take of, were
thrown into the creek. A few days before
! they committed these depredatiOns, they
visited the house and told Mrs. Broward
that they regretted exceedingly that she
had been singled out from among others,
but they had been credihly informed that
her husband was the leadr of the rebellion
in Florida, and that through his influence
they had lost seven gunboats on the st.
Johns river; and as they had been baf-
| fled in'every scheme to get him, they
were compelled to execute their order,
and that was, If they did not succeed, to
destroy all his property, which would have
been done long before, but the delay was
plan devised to entrap him. Colonel
B. was saved three times by his faithful
negroes.
The NEws.-ContrarY to our expecta-
tions We received nothing from Peters
burg or Richmond Frioay. A report,
said to have been brought by passengers
on the evening trains, was in circulation
that the enemy had made another attack
on our for1itications around Petersburg,
and were disastrously repulsed with
heavy loss and fifteen hundred taken pri-
soners. h@
SECRETARY MEANINGLESS SUccEssoR.-
| IT ia said fhaf Mr. E,,r,non prac;lant nr