Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A Il w BALTIMORE, June 4th-This afternoon American says: A gentleman who left the front at o'clock on Friday morning, repre- sents the attack reported by Gen. Grant, as | having opened with the fercest cannonading along the whole line. Cannonadng could be heard as he went down the Peninsula. One important fact reported by our inform ant IS that the army is in the best possible COR dltlon ond spirits. They have never in any previous campaign been so well supplied
 There was an abundance of provisions constant. ly going forward The whole army worships Gen'l Grant, and say he IS the only man who has given them a chance to fight,
 The belief was universal, Doth among the troops and residents of tAe country in the vi cinlty Of Richmond, that the rebel capital must fall.
 mere has been no attempted raid on the
 White House, as reported, and consequently the rumored capture of fitz Hugh Lee and his 1 cavalry was unfounded.
 The White House pi iesents scene of activi- ty unprecedented even during McClellan's | campaign.
 WASHINGTON, June 4, 10 a. m.-Major Gen
 DIX: Dispatches from Gen. Grants hoadquar- tefs,. dated three o'clock yesterday have been
 received No operations took place on Thurs day. Yesterday at A a. m., Gen. Grant made an assault on the enemy's lines, of which he makes the following report:
 We assaulted at 4.30 a. m. this morning drlvlng the enemy within their entrenchments at all points, but without gaining any decisive advantage. Our troops now occupy position close to the enemy, at some places within fifty yafds, and are remaining. Our loss was not severe nor do l suppose the enemy 10 have lost heavily. We captured over three hundred prisoners, mostly from Brcckinridge.
 Another later official report from Gen. Grant, estimates the number of our killed and wound ed at about 3,8O0. The following officers are among the killed Col. Haskell, 36ta Wiscon- sin; Col. Porter, Sth N. Y. heavy artillery Col. Morris, 69th N. Y Among the wounded are Gen. R. o. Tyler, seriously-will probably lose foot. Col. McMahon, l64th N. r.: Coi. Bymes, sth Mass, probably mortally; Colonel Brooks, 53d Penn. (Sigued) EDWIN M. STANTON.
 Intelligence from Gen. Grant to Saturday night, furnishes consecutlAe narrative up to that time of the main events of the struggle from the hour Of his previous report 6 o'clock on trlday.) There appears to have been a lull in the conflict from o'clock on Friday up to nightfall of the same day. At o'cock F. M., the rebels made a dash at Smiths brigade, Gibbons division, and the battle ragged for an hour with the utmost fury. The attack was gallantry repulsed. A force of our cavalry, under Wilson, the same evening, (Friday.) fell upon a rebel brigade, which Lee had thrown round to his left, for the evident purpose of enveloping Burnside. Wilson drove them from their rifle pits, but at some considerable sacrifice, Col. Preston, of the First Vermont Cavalry being killed, and Col. Benjamin, of the Eighth New York Cavalry, having been wounded. The dispatch also mentions the wounding of Gen. stannard of the Eighteenth Corps. Gen. Grant estimates his losses since he crossed the Pamunky at 7,5OO. On Satur- day morning the enemy was found to have drawn in his left wing, which is in front of Burnside. Gen. Grant had received a rein forcement of 5000 men, by way of Port Roy al, on the Rappahannock, on Saturday. The telegraphic communications with the army, by way of Cherrystone and Fortress Monroe, are uninterrupted.
 A mass meeting was held Saturday evening lh Unlonsqnare, to do honor to Leut. General Grant and his brave soldiers The greatest enthusiasm; and unanimity prevailed. Speeches were made by James T. Brady, Esq, Ex-May- or Opdyke, Hon. Chas. P. Daly, Gen. Meag- her, and others. A letter from President Lin coin was read, expressing his hearty approval Of the objects of the meeting. At its conclu- sion: loud cheers were given for the President.
 Among the deaths of Union prisoners, in prison at Columbus, Ga, from Feb 27th to March 3lst, are John M Niles, Go. D, 9th Conn; J. McCanley, Co. A, l4th Horace smith, 7th Henry T. Stone, 1st Cavalry F. Dowd, Co., l, 7th; Thomas Holt, Co. 4, 1st Cavalry:
 The exact number of delegates to the CIeve- land Convention was l56 classified by States as follows, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Con- necticut not helnn renresented