New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

TIE official dispatch from Secretary Stanton,
giving the brief but clear dispatches OF Gen. Grant UP
20 Friday evening at O'clock invests the operations
before Petorsbargh with great importance Two more
ssrious engagements have been fought On THURSDAY
rsering the rebels out from their WORKS on Tie
north side of the James and attacked the tenth corps
under Cen Birney, which was III fortlhed POSITION
chs attack was furious but was repuised Win Nei!
,evere loss TO the enemy. Cen B5ney ssys iha' tue
Toss was less than thousand and ADDS that
eolored troops behaved Handsomely. In front Of one OF
Nhe coored regiments eighty one dead rebels were iod
I'm tie morning OF the 18TH Gen. Warren's Corps
moved out Of its position 10 the left aud soon planted
stsef across the Weldon Railroad sbont one mile south
Of their works From that point he advanced towards
fetersburgh meeting the enemy as lie moved forward
de had considerable lighting during the day Dut INC
loss was light On Friday evening, the rebels mace an
ATTACK on wsrrens right with tbs evident intention OF
cutting off hs connection with the OLD me III 'front.' OF
petersburgh. He drove In our picSe!s ana pressed
o,ek two Of Wsrrens divisions, when q severe battle
enssed in which tie rebels we're driven back and our
tines restablished This is she latest news received
Al the War Department from Gen. Grant IL sSr'inS
d that the rebel loss in tic various o. 1881
rxsek amount to fully ferr thousand ZION
Gen. A. J. Smiths column continues to operate
N Mississippi with Success. On the 10Th instant Gen
smiths command consisting Of one brigade OF Infantry!
and TIVE brgades Of cavalry attacked three hrsades OF
Gen FORESTS rebel command who bold partially forth
rad poson at Hurricane Creek Miss Gnd after short
but shsrp engagement tho rebels were discdsed and
Obliged to retreat leaving fifty of their dead on TIE field
Oar loss was not over forty killed and wounded.
The new monitor, Mahopsc, made trial trip
ON Saturday She went up opposite the Palisades. az
saored in the middle ofthe river fred six experimental
hos with success TO herself and serious IN TO the
Palisades and returned She Is 235 feet long. 100 tore
burthen and cost 100000 She made from five and.a-
af to six miles an hour against the tide. She viii go
snto active service in o few days.
In the engagement near Deep Bottom, on
che 10th instant very gallant action was performed
10y H. NJ. HHrdenburgh. young private belonging to
Company G. 39th Illinois regiment. Re charged upon
che oolor.sergeant of the 10th Alabama regiment and,
,aner hand.tohaDd fight he captured the coors and
brought them off, leaving the rebel sergeant nortaly
wounded lie presented the eolors to Gen DrDsy who
-somplinsntsd him highly FOR his bravery.
William L. Davis, correspondent OF The
c.noin a0si Gazette recently captured In Georgia, has
been added to the mess Of Junins Henri Browne and
ALBERT y. Richardson now confined IN that hsdes on
earth. the Salisbury Pepitentiary.
At o'clock yesterday morning all Yves quiet
With Gen Sheridan. small force Of rebelcayary had
occupled Marpsturgh The reported defeat Of Gen. 5.
"a Harrisburgh rumor. without any foundation.
Gen. Fiske has levied an assessment OF fifty
<hcusand dollars on the disOysl Of Shelby County
1fo Fifteen thousand dollars Of the money u 80 to
repair the damages TO the railroad
The United States iron transport Winnepec
WE successfully launched Saturday from the LOrug
1-on Works In South Boston.
Satisfactory intelligence from Gen. Sherman,
sp to o'clock Friday evening" has been received 81 The
War Department.