St. Mary's gazette., 1864-07-07

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THE NEWS. '1''77 ~ te@a 49,
The army Of Cen. Craft still occupies
its old position South Of the James asd in
the ,icsuity Of Petersburg N,,.asse Eght-
ing Is reported, 'but.ias heavy cannonsd-
ing was heard on Sunday last ia the d.
rcction Of Petersburg, Is is not inprsba.
bic THAI an .st,ask. was made on that day
The late raid made by Wilson and Kaunts
upon the Lyrrhburg and paihsi.is rail-
reads saac:cceted, Il, is e,4::ued, in 'iilflieting
mueb injprJ; but. npop the rs.nra Of the
expedition. it was met by an overwhelm-
ing foree of,he enemy aud quite severely
dealt with. The Federal l.,sses ia tilis
affair are admitted 10 have been heavy, in
cludiug many prisoners. several pioers "f
artillery and quite nunher Of horsrss
The damage sassaiaej by the railroads.
however. is regarded as of vital i,npur.
tance.to the success Of Gen. Grant, as it
sadly embarrasses9 I.ess in the obtsinmeut
of sapplies from the South. s=.a q"
sLale reports from Gen Sherman show
that hs was repulscd id late attack upon
che torsiicatipDs- of, Johnston, with a loss of
from $500 10 300D His army, however,
is still ia fine csndhion,z and high hopes
are entertained Of his ultimate sbility to
capture Atlanta. 7,.hTc tT-r az 4'ai
A rebel forccs estilnated at ID, O0lD,i
or more. supposed to be commanded By
Ewell aud Ranso.n. has swept through
the Shenandoah Valley sud is now in Ma
ryland. In the fighting that has thus Ear
ensued. the Federal forces hare been
| nFerna'ched., ,ands compelled 10 retreat.
for the purpose Of eepe ,ntration. . Martins
burg, Iiarper's Ferry snd other posts have
been abandoned to the sucmy, aBd some
prisoners and quite an amount Of stores
have been captured. : The Fejessl forces
bsrstoforsin IN the Wiley are now eutne esehs
cd as Maryland Heights, and. .t latest
accounts. the rebek were shelliag aud pre-
pairing to. dssaault sthut position. Gens
Sigsl and Mullignn fought the snemy sal
day on Monday last. at Sharpsburg, Nd,
but subsequently, tre;rcated to the Mary
land Heights and fornied.a junction with
the forccs of Cen Weber. Fighting is
also reported on Monday d, Williamsport,
but With what result il Is not stated The
object and full strength Of she rebel expe-
dition seem e.be sniirsly matters Of spec
ulatinn. ; We think it probable. that 10
| simply raid or diversion. i,iade for the
purpose of discoaeerling the plans Of
| Grant. and To cernpell him 10 wcsken
tho forces Under bis immediate coasmaad.
At all evsnts. il furnishes strone argu-
meus in proof Of the strength Of Lee and
Bsauregard. aud Of great confidence 10
their ability to defend Petersburg and
Riehuond. II hard pressed for troops
Lee would hardly risk the detaehmeut of
SO considerable . farce as that inoR in Ma
land. especially in the face Of the supp
position sud rumorr that on M0ndsy hst
l4;h OF July1 grand, effort wUilld be made
| for the capture ofleesersbarg. i9saS 81
Late European sayices bring as the in
telligsncs. that ih. apAlsbalna has been
sunk ia fgbs with the kearssge.s rs The
particulars Of the affair. as repos.ed. differ
in some respects. bat. upon shs main qnes-
|tion. they ali agree. The Alabama hss
| certainly been saak. and sixty eight ,f
her crews are prisoners 4 Cart. Senmss
and sererai of his oficers and crew were
picked up BY au English Yscht. and the
| formers ID reported 20 now be il Pasis.
The Alshsna's loss in ths G6shr 10 stated
at 9 killed. and 10 Houadsd. Whilst the loss
on the kesrssge.is seportsd TO BE- ihcous
sidcrsble Semanes's plan seems 10 ksve
been to bosrdsthe kearssge, ba& he fsiled
il is stated. in consequence Of the splendid
mauoeveriag onithsn part rff his epponent.
A 6euaud will be made upou the English
Govcrumeus. We ore fold. for The rsudaioa
Of Capt .scnsnss snd, sacE Others oekaks