New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-29
Approach 10 Marietta where the Rebels
viii Next Make IA 3tand-sfeady Push
ing-Artiiiery Work-Advance OF the
IBID CorpS-Our Losses slight.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Win THE Army two miles from Marietta Ca,
SUNDAY. June 10, 1854.
Cen Sherman SAYS he intends to have his
Headquarters there tonight hear officer say. and
there now good prospect OF his doing so.
Aior two days and nights o. heroic struggle" heroic
% the Rebels think IT, they abandoned another OF their
a'nos, impregnahle lines Of works four miles from
Marietta and We atenow laundering at its doors With
Mcpherson the lett Thomas IN the center and Scho-
field the right the whole army moved forward early
this morning. Through roads rendered almost impasSa-
be Tor artillery and wagons by the last two days and
nights Of rain md leaving the Rebel works inst va.
Gated behind. they pushed forward the Sd Division
23d Corrs directly the Marietta road. the ID
Division on the extreme right Hooker 10 the let Of
Schoded-N hose lire Of advance led hir directly 10 the
west la.e O: kcacsaw Mountain which the enemy hold
by iatrcHched works fOr artillery and infantry. the
top being occupied signal station, where We can
plainly see the Rebel hag waying-llOvard and
raimors adyance on ho9kers lcii, the whole line
cnClICling kCHcsaw and Marietta like q huge seine
Drawn around and closing gradually but surely upon
tue Rebel center he bulk OF the Rebel ARM!
Il Is believed have gone 20 the river, where
perhaps. on this side possibly on the other
they viii maze another stand. The thunder OF arti
lcry close MP the Rebel line the right shakes
the place whore | write. The road is crowded with
troops eager to be led fsrward. and who seem in the
very best Of spirits. made tour OF tie Rebel work
cogy this morning. and. In common with Capt Shields
aud other officers vas surprised az the cxtent and
strength Of the lines which the enemy had constructed
They eong the crest Of steep and thckly wooded
hiu In 1gzag form, northeast toward the
kencsaw. The small trees in front had
been conyertee into aLats which sharp stakes were
added iH portions 20 prevent sudden dash
upOn their works. With al army not demorazed. and
WITH ordinary means of defense, assadting force Of
ton times the number holding them could not have
driven them out
In front running for milos along tie base OF these
hills is creek with broad interval Of sofi, spungy
meadow In which horses and mon miro 10 the knees.
But the artillery and sklrmisheTs did tue work. Begin
mug Friday afternoon there Wasno cessation of the
flc OF the batteries OF Sooheld Hooker and Howard
day or night until late last night when the enemy,
finding MS position uuenabe BY Of the terrible
shower OF iron missiles into and through al parts
Of mis- line well the persistent practice Of
skrishers he gave the Order about snese yesterday
o. fail back
A SPLENDID ARTILLERY DUEL.
Probably one of the spirited and hUtly contested
artillery dues of the was tie hight on Friday aiier
neon between Battery ID lst Ohio Capt Cockerel and
the cuemy who had irst got into 10 position. On the
Marietta road rs the enemy fell back behind his works
For over two hours these anagOnSilc batteries within
yards OF each oher kept an ncessan fire OF she'll
aud shot during which Capt. COckcrol. threw the
enemy fall supply OF ammunition onpt wing his lmbels
and ca.-sonr Ills gun. protected by the Of
the hill his horses also being under cover. The Rebel
dually gave mp 10 superior metal moral aud physical
having exhausted all his shot and shell yielded the
test.
Meantime the 18th New-YOrk Independent Battery
Of light Weves, connected with Gen. Gearys division
of Hookei's corps was brought forward down tho hill
upon the run ald advanced to the top OF ridge con-
fronting the onemys works az distance OF 400 Yards
in fact on the very sklrmish line Here sinking their
guns 30 partially to lind protection under the hill
Cant Wheeler aad Lieut.. BundY kept up a steady can
nohade on the enems battery VI eight guns the OPP
Doste crest. doing terrible execution, cutting down
whole forests Of trees knocking away the logs ana
eerhwOrks killing the Rebel gunneIS, aud disabling
them that they compelled 10 deta men FROM the
ranks to supply gunners.
AZ one OF two OF the enemys eight-gun battery all
the men but two were killed. and they cravlcI into
boIe from the dreadful annihiatng fre Visiting this
norton of the cnemys works after they had been
deserted the most convincing proof Of the
ale fire and destructive effects of these guns Huge
trees were bored through large limbs lay scattered
over the ground which had been cut OF b. their shot
and she'll and the Rebel breastworks IN many places
snlntered or the logs knocked out VI them.
Your correspondent feels no little pride in having
been instrumental In raising this battery in October
1868, holding an appontnent at the time as quarter.
muster from the lanented Gen. Baker OF California
delivered this battery at Camp Observation the Pc.
onac on the 10Th OF October the dry before the sad
affair at Balls Bluff, at which the gallant General lost
HI, fe The present officers OF the battery the fol-
Ioving; Can't Wheeler Lieut.. Buldy Lieut.. Carlisle
Lieut. Miller and Lieut.. Freeman.
/ have little time TO detail all that has occurred
during these or three ercntfu days The result is
the chef thing of interest which your readers look for
The enemy 10 be IN full retreat merely covering
his rear by occasional artillery and infantry fight
The I'D Corps have advanced their line considerably
beyond that OF the center. aud sharply engaged
with the enemys left within two miles OF Marietta
which we have almost passed 10 the right and within
nine miles oil the Chat,ahoochie, whore / now
writing.
Capt. Chas Ii. Maple. {. >. OF the I'd division. 2id
Cofps who visits home in order to obtain rcconsid
Grafton of the action OF the War Department accepting
lis res gnGtion which he sent in year aso, but which
not haying heard from, he considered as lost lie now