Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1864-07-23
TELEGRAPHIC.

ClYunH. July 10th, 1864.
Ep,ron NEWS A dispatch ,r'riv"d this evening
from Gen shelby. states thai nfcr constructing h'a
tiIy few rifle pits on the llh OF June transports
,l A yuu b;lts hove in sight and landed fOh troops
Mt Clarendon Shelby retired back, ont range OF the
,,uphonts aud took pu+it"n. He was hlnrH"N filr'
Times and repuiScd them AT each attack unt hnhlhE
,hn;r uumbrrs too strong retired, and was pursued
two milrs-gh ing them the rrhtiic hst'nct' anu "h'
preparing GO into camp, III miles nom Clarendon,
when his scouts informed him that II large booty "t
o,,oI.v had landed below Clarendon, and was coming
nut ON n road hat ntersccted III" read he was on li
his roar lie Immediately r"Iir"d b"y"hd that road
and took posi- ion. lie WAS attacked again, heNt NOR
,ir,, ,t q ,'curk lie retired before them, fight ing
for several miles hut brcnmng tired lie iorlnsu I'm"
,f buitlv and charged and drove hem back nil"a III
,nuri, sion leaving heir musk"is knaSarks-Ec. lhe
r,I lass i'm killed and wounded l. estimated ut 21o
ShelLys los. thirty killed and wounded Col Shank"
among the wounded =.
JuIy Ilth Prom Missouri Drmncraf, July 2d
,peci,l to the u mOcr.t, dated June 2a'h nom "ri';
istw Mountain says that nn the 27ih concentrated
attack was made Icy Sherman On "nr lines held hy
U,r,ec hy the entire army this cnn,mai' composed
of Bli,irs, McCouk's Hooknr's and Hnward' corps
Tho attack was rrpulsad with great slaughter lie
saw. we lost et least '"e' men, inc'ndns many
valuable officer. \, "i.''nf tHSh' poh,u" .', -
works altogrih-,. hi, ln,s-i- not :" great AMONG
,ur d,nJ j. f. .A"r. whose h,rt ism IS Admired ny a
Mitchell ana NJ M'cr"k greatly distinguish them
selves The fire Of both mnSkeiry and "riirlS u,'"
,r columns wss terrible, and the dithCulty oi dI"!
inp each long column, under such fire, rendered u
necessary to recall 0nr men.
(hn,, has resigned his seat IN the tabinei anu leh-
.n,Irn of Ma ine appointed. Fcssendcn is net like
~ 10 urrrpt. Trld, of ohio" "l leo "clcofrd ia rts
nd.n,s rlace Judge Leach, of Ohio, Sslicr"r of the
treasury Third Auditor, Atkinson and Harrington
:. s,i,tanI Secretary of the Treasury have resigned
The Alabama left Chcrbourg on the loll "i Iu't III
pursuit of the Krrsage heavy cannonading heard
result not known. Z,
rcbrl cavalry that moved round nnr left now At
Realms station on the Petersburg and Weldon Il. H.
Cen Wilson's Sd Division Of cavalry passed thls
pIacr few davs ago, en- route for the DanNille ana
Rirhmond r. II the relels were teO slow in their
n,oyements 10 head himlon Gen. Wilson reached me
Rad and ,lesi rnyrd many miles Of the track before ne
rerared his steps he met with No opposition nniii
he naared ne ,,nnt from which he started Cen VIII
son having accomplished his work in the most Sccs-
f manner aud Destroyed over twenty miles OF me
road rendering IL cnmpeiey nselesF, commence nus
return, when his advance guard reached krams Sia-
tiop the rrb,l- discovered in forre aWahihs hH
coming at that station all the cavalry the re~ls
could muster were spread out between our gaualnt
raiders and the infantry supports all day ihey 'Tnt
until the morning Of this day. Hen wilson Gou,'
not push his way through the rebel fOce, coisequt
ly he must night until rein fotccments reachtu h'
An officer succerded in. reaching Gen Mrrks nrHu-
Quarters with Intelligence ofNilsOn 4 ~kward posi-
tion and he 9TH trmy corps being on The cHtreme
left aud near the SCENE, instantly dispatcbed 'o
divert the attention of the febelH.
July H. An Official letter 1aied l2th inst Al Won
ticeu TO an official here states he news Is cheering
from Virginia. Burnside srTrrndef'd with eighteen
brignde- and that the siemptt destroy he railroad
l,etuesn weldon and Peiersbbfg complete iail-
ure-ihe Gorces scnt fpr that purpose are doubtess