Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1864-08-27
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.
From tho Galveston News. 22d inst.
News from Late Papers.

s v,, ,,,.sc.sion of salient which afterwards
r,tnksn and the enemy driven back 10 hi' lines
Iator official telegram says "hrh We uroNs lho"n'
nmy from tho salient, wo recovered tuur guns win
which N was armed, and captured l. stnnd Of Cnln"s
"a oicers inciuhing Gen, Brtlctt aud stan, nnl SO
enlisted mnn. Upwards Of 800 nf the oneny'' dead
,rc Iyn, unburrd In thu trenches. Oar loss slight.
RIrusOSD, Aug, q. Official information was rorri.
vol this morning Of The capture Of Gen Soncmrn and
500 prisoncrI netr Ma;cn, Ga His command WAS
routed and ut last accounts yns in the direction Of
RAIDERS Mai Gen. S,onNmun. the distinguished
raider tDgrthnr with his whole stat, has been cap
turch below Macon, ca. We learn that Gen. j. u.
Johnston conducted tho defence Gr Macon. The mill.
tia were h, Instruments and right well di1 they do
their work. Som" 5D0l Of them are nj that paint
now and the ri,iicr1 will in frturo, find any road in
Geor ,ia. like that of Jordan, "huri to travel"
OlHial dispatches from Petersburg state That there
w,1 u cessation ofhOsilit cS Yesterday from to 10
A. NJ At the req iaIt Of the enemy, for hn purpose oi
caring for hi' dead and wounded. 700 tho en"my-
dead we're buri,i, turned over to him for huril,
Twcaiy stand Of cours, instead of twelve as report
3D. we o cnpinr,d on the 3Oh. MthOne's Wrphts
lrigsdes took stand ofco.nrs Oar lsnes are idrn
tictliy ~ bafnrr tho fights, all the lost grnrrd hoins
reclaimed Not over 100 live. ar" believed to have
h"n lost in blowing mp tho m'hr IN" heat"'1 Inh@ht
qri,o well and charged crying mo q,arcr--Ecmem.
brr Frrt Pill nw"
PhrEnsnuro, Aug ,.--Our los' in Saturdays aTnir
fonts nm l2,i There 200 killed and wounded and
30, prisoners from Elljpts South Carolina brigade.
Mahonr'- losses ire $50 i ri and woTnkch mnn
was sprung in BushrOd juhnson's front yrst"rctay.
T. IrrSidr sent tg Of truce, asking permission 10
bnry hi. dead. The communication was returned,
with the rndpr,"mrnt that An application from the
Commanding Qaanrrs Of the Army of the Potomac
would br entertained. G'n. Mead then sent Nag,
and permission gran I'd, and the hours from TO
were named. This period diligently occupied,
and over 100 d,li were buried Iumk"" officers said
their uss in w"urdri was 5000. TlIr'" !. great COM
p'aint against r irnsidn for his failure.
CLtSrON, la, Aug. GY-sjcrtay niurr ing at $ ..
clock, Col. Scott captured stocknGe AT Doyr's rla
ts'inn on tn" river below Baton Rouge, wi.hau the
log4 Of n siuur W e. hive liD ana
n largo amount Of milit uy stores.
The Naval Eight OF Mobile.
Last night received Sonr alrr imiurmnti"n.
The Tennessee fonEhi the 'rcmy n"l'ly for is" rr
three hours, when shs wtS Obliged To snccomn ~.
miral BrGlNnan received sever" wound IN tie Jog.
which WAS Immediately amputat,d. Capt, j. lrs'cm
il safe All Hf them are prisoners of war. The 5 =
ma WAS disabled aud Obliged TO surrender The cas-
n.i'i.- 80. ".nrh nfh-r hut known. TH, Gaines
Wa brari,i under the guns Of To-! aIargaa r'v
loss mon hI'lcc amt three "''''''' Z, (,r
among them. The Morgu, safe undo" l.n guns
of the ior. m,hnrt. There wee iv" YHnR." vts-,ls
observed last evening some or mi's ''r y on up
per Distractions, One Of hem wns If large i2r. il
il su Ipusrd that ihry NJ" cre' ping along nEd sulu
ing for The pu,Iosc Of moving further W. We may.
perhaps hcar more pf thcir man'ruv"r This mpring.
Capt. Pct. Mur?hy bcfnr" sirrculcriuZ tho lima
laid her along of fal,ngni's flagship and poured IN
her broad.des until he WAS captured The iron .cli
double cndor ongaeci her, and in the first exchange
of shots The machinery of both were disabled. The
gunoit Morgan succeeded in reaching the city last
night, though chased lnd fired ut by the enemy f'ri.
Her only raiualty in the fight Einct slight
ly Wounded by Il sh0; which passed through the ship
near the galley. The Giines crew have also come up
IN her launches. No officer hurt. Th- Tennessee MAS
M pla,nly disabled in the igbf, hcuE surrounded hy
her powerful enrmies She hat four kilicI-H' not
learned how many wouni:i. An cnrmys monitor
and one gunbpatt airtS TIL afvicrA from Fort
Morgan cheering Til" caSuaitirt nrr aSlonrii.
ingly light, the cnuviy firing will'y and s"ol'"v IN
tent mainly running past. Cap, john .nn, Of Free
crickSburE, Va, cGrnm!tndn, The Wa cl Rntcry.w
slightly wounded. One uluu kill"i and two oiill
ly wounded inside til. tort. rhr garrison are In fl
spirits and cond''cU Lieutenant Sini h, at fG
Morgan, l"1t "nu o. his ht'.s. m" p,unitor rccui
sch was sunk "nd"r tbs N0'ne 'he wafer batteries.
o.. -EH. Aug, ,-lili, lsGi..
Ed. Nsws. IA Jlical+' .,.r iInul the fon dated
18th inst, received vt Dist Headquarters this morn-
ing. which il rclilb, says il il reported Pine Buti
aud Little Rock that GrGnt has been relieved Of the
mnand Of the Army of he Potomac II, howov"
is believed here in official circles that report mn,
I'm arrisen from the fact Gen, Slede Icing sup
seeded hy Hacker.
No Northern papers received here sine" those OF The
ith inst CAMDEN.
MoSraoNERT, Aug. II, via Shreveport, Aug. 20
By parties who crossed the river last nipl', we have
anta dates to tho i4h Petersburg to the lil aud
Mobile to the l2th. They bruugh' no pap. rs, con,r.
qnently must report from what they say, hcing l'c
ms OF position the account is, trust, worthy ri
lance All was quiet ~ the former place, no mU,u
htving been made by either army since the battle
the iih aud 9th. which from accounts. ofi q
most decisive battles we have heard much talk al.
Grant is reported TO he moving from and raising tn
siege OF Pet rshurg-on he 18Th retrealiGs in the
reclon of Bermuda Hundreds.
At Mobile an engagement was iminent, the confer.
ding army's were in close proximity, the Yankees
digging parallels. The forts below the city SUR
rendered by Col Anderson uf the 2st Alabama, long
before the metle Of his guns tested any dan-
age had been done to the forts ly the 1epi Great in
dgnation II expressed against him f.I his acts. Oar
u.rai rams not manned advantage and
lost in consequence OF their inability to get
the bar.
Col. T. r. Lubbock has hem assigned to duty in
Richmond, ~ an Aid to the PRECEDENT All will bc
pleased to know that represented 10y So able
from the Lone Star On the Presidents stsf He
crossed the river last night, and is safe his
journey eastward.
Late Yankee papers, inst received, claim that The
battle before Atlanta, tho 4th and 9th inst. hy
great odds was the most bloody OF the war. Very
modesly they claim victory, yet il takes but ne
tell it, They confess TO have been most woful
ly worsted. At Petersburg, the same day, they
blew mp our centre. Late last night the report
current in Natchez thai Grant in Wellington,