, 1864-08-16

From Gen. Grants Army-Rutnsfds
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hronsht here ~A' law o'0n
osoon. Stavu ne-e 1eoremon+ nm tha aho,o,aooh
valley is looked for soon A0"'
Information has ben received here that
the rebels iutend makinr another raid.
f,nm fhe armV Of The P,tomac doted stp1 1stn
SAYS that eiege operations in front of Peters.
burg are beng pushed yIroronsiy. onr iinea
arc being rendered i,nprsgnable ogainst any
attack The rebels may attempt.
Gen. 1ed1ie, who commanded the first d.
vision, ath corr S. in tie recent assault upon
the enemy's 'slntreDchments ut Petersburg, is
suid to have skedaddled.
Gen. Wright, Of Gen. Burnstde's stafL, has
been placed In command of the LIST division.
There Is yery little picket firing, except in
front Of the 9Th and 18th CORDS, where a
heavy artillery duel took p1ace Yesterday
morning. The rebels are Strengthening their
tarthworks.
Gen. Grant has modified the order relative
Army OF tue Potomac, 30 as to al1o n recruit
Ing officers to designate some place near the
base Of supplies from which they will ope-
rate. Such agents will not be permitted to
roam thu ough the armyin obtaining recruits.
When recruiting officers may wish to take
nen from the army, they will present them
esthtr with a statement which shall eho,
where the persona were recruited, and BY
whom last EN- mployed.
WAsH1sa1oS, Monday, Aug. 15-The
mail boat from City Point to-day report
taaH on THURSDAY ?: u. q poay 3 o. or tloops
emoathea a ~ H. 's1asposss M " 10y Ioa' ana
moSeo ap Ae fMe. onse! tue nSSut, aug
nnaeI cover oa tne nrf ot " guhoDass m e.
{eet OF 1hlS movement il stated to be the dis
LODI ement Of cor sl..s5able force OF the en-
envy Who had entrenched themselves on the
river, and possibly also reconnaissance to
ASCERTAIN wnat troops Lee has before Rich
mond, and If he Ia sending any considerable
reipforcemehts to Early.
Heavy firing was going on when the Van.
derbllt lett, both cannooading and musketrY.
Capt Fleming, with sixty men Of the 18th
New York cavalry, who was sent on scout,
Wts attacked near Fairfax Station, on Thurs
day, BY q body Of Mosbg's gueriflas. Capt.
Fleming and eight Of his men were killed,
and most Of the others taken prison.rs
Captain FL ming = Us found to-day near the
roa5, and taken TO Falls Church and buried
on Sundly morhipg.
Several rebel scouts were seen near Fort
Schneider, ut Anuandsle. They fired upol
our pick4e IL ses er1 directions. Sergeant
1ennap, Of the 10th New: York cavalry, who
WAS on picket duty. On the Braddock road,
Was killed.
Our scouts are on the alert On the hills,
iu the sall1,e and through the dense @oods,
but are unable to eatsh thess s,P Pickssshoot
THE CASE OF BURNSIDE.
The Military Commission appofnted bv the
President to Investigate tie Causes CAUSES ff of The The
failure Of The late assault On Petersbnrr.
cnntinne5 it's sessions on Wedne;daT Ge55'
% Rn1ntide vas a IS nresept o ~ ana e1amined 1 "nd
caVe his version of the AFFAIR Gan Maade "o
t. ~ tnown M had been eramired nn tha Won,,
day previous. Gen. Burnside claimed that
he 'carriei ont the o,t3era of h;a snnarIor ntf3s
csr ~ al thar neither he mr. ~ tba aa3cera ~ ~
hia '+roana a we've ~ h1aTnn "a ~ the fs,anrs r. r.
"a 's VII 1nderatood hoEevar % w tha1 Gsnaras
, Meade insists that Burnside did did not cary
n11t ia orders Int m tha o.n4+arV r wv tai1aa
bnth to at,acE M 10 az ~ answar tei.
ecrams sent frnm MI n,c1ocE IN the of,er-