, 1864-08-06

TohTEEsS AoNAOEs 1luf6udy, AH1.s = VAL
WAsH1NGTos, Aug. 5.--Advices from the
front report all quiet since the late battle.
The extremely hot weather-the thermom-
cter syeragng 100 degrees in tn: shade-for
the last week prccludes anything like active
movements.
Nearly s1l the wounded have been removed
from the battlefield to the hospitals at Old
Point Comfort, and many have been sent to
different hospitals in the North.
HEADQUARTERS AEMT OF THE PoroMAC,
Aug. 4--NothinE OF interest has taken place
tor the past two days, and very little picket
firing IS being indulged in on the lines ut
present
WAsH1Se7os, Friday, Aug: 5.-Ycster3ay
tween here aud City Point, vas coming
down the James River, she was fired at BY q
battery on Harrison'e Landing. 8ix shots
we're tired, three of which passed over the
steamer, and three fell short. She turned
brt in the meantime two OF them came up
the zircr and shelled the rebels out.
NEw YoRK, Friday, July 5.--The Ra's
Washington Bpecla1 says: AdVicta received
here state that cavalry fight took place On
the New Jerusalem road on Wednesday, IN
which the rebels were defeated. Our loss
was IS.
Meade are incorrect
The steamer Western Metropolis arrived
from Fortress Monroe With $50 sick and
wounded soldiers. The steamer Connecti-
cut, from City Point and Fortress Monroe,
reports the rebels fired into some steamers
aud schoousrs near Wilcox's Landing.
The New York I1i1unss special eavB.
rebels are mining one Of our earthworks in
front Ct Petersburg, but measures have
been taken which will render operations Of
that sort futile.
WAsH1soros, August 4-The T,ibune's
Washington special says: "Col Chapman,
both commanding brigades in sheridan's
cavalry, have btcn appointed Brfgadfer
Generals"
Two hundred and niuety-efght wounded
arrived here to-day, from City Point Among
them art The the , ,tolloWing officers: Col. J: $.
nels " D. Wright, 9th Michigan, F. B. stil-
son, 10ath New York. and B, G. Barney, Cd
PENNSYLVANIA heavy artillery; Captains L. s.
Holden, Goth Michigan, &. s. Jardine, I'd
Indiana cavalry, s S. Kilgore, 14th United
States infantry, r B. Scofeld, eth Michigan
J. H Brown, and q. Il. Daniels, I'd Mtehi~
gan, II; 3; Barnard, ed New York mounted
c. A. Blanchard, 35th Massachusetts, and J.
A. Holman, Pennsylrat la artillery.
Twenty-Five rebel officers arrived from
Petersburg to-day, and were consigned to
the Old Capitol
A large nmber Of our dead had lain un.
men have remained on the field out of reach.
On Suncay flag Of truce was sent out,
under charge Of Major Doran, Of the 9Th
New York cavalry, to negotiate for the
burial Of the desd, DC. Three attempts
we're made to open negotiations. the last of
which was replied to. to the effect that the
Confederate authorities at Petersburg would
next morning, At that hour Major Doran
again proceeded with flag Of truce 10 the
point designated, aud received favorable
reply to BITS request, and three hours was
named as the period to be afforded for the
burial Of the dead, commencing at 6 o'clock.
The work commenced at that hour. About
twenty wounded men were found still alive.
rear1y al Of whom were negroes. About
three hundred bodies were buried, OF wlnch
number not more than fifteen or twenty
were white troops.
While The Gag Of truce was displayed, free
free ipte1eousss % WIS indulgsd r. ~ parties
johnson. Adjt Gen. Cooper, Gen. Malone,
and Acting Brig Gen. Laundree, were pres
ent. viewing the scene before them, and with
f1Pld-elssses examined our works closely.
Quite a number Of Englishmen, in semi-1nill-
tary dress were noticed among the rebel Of
ficets.
In conversation, the rebels claimed the
affair Of Saturday as another valuable achIev-
ment in their fayor, stating their loss among
those In The fort destroyed to be about two
thousand men, and their entire loss to be
THREE thousand They claim to have taken
US They say that eight men belonging 10
North Carolina regiment were found alive
and We'll in one Of The bomb~pzoofs. The
explosion made hole OF crater two hundred
feet long and ninetg-fre In width Thret
the ruins, the first two Of which were re-
pulsed with terrible slaughter.
LITTER FROM REV. IF. It. rATTES.
Editore Chicago Tt1b0oe:
CRIT Po1Sr. Va August 1st, 1851
When I wrote last, on the day OF the rccen
hattie, etated that We still held the for
that had been mined, though repulsed in on
attack upon the interior line. 1t now ap
pears, that We were driven from the former
also, about three O'Clock P. m., 50 that Fl
arr back within our former works, leav1n!
many Of our dead and wounded on the field
| and having accomplished nothing but th
Temporary destruction OF the cnemy's earth
work at one point, at heavy cost to ourselves
Our loss will be scarcely less than two thou
| sand. AS usual, the cause Of the failure
! variously reported, according to the igne
rance and prejudice Of the critic. Some al
tribute it to the coWardice Of tie blac
| troopa, and others to that Of the whole ct
corps, and others to the fact that, when til
mine wus exploded, our forces were not in
stantly on hand to follow NJ the advantag
gained by the surprise and terror Of the ret
els. AS to the bravery of the negro troops
there is far less inclination to question il
since the sad facts came out that the
were helples=ly slaughtered without pow
er to resist. Yesterday went again to tn
front, and conycrsed with numbers OF tn
wounded black troops, as also with other
who knew the state Of The case It appear
that after the mine exploded, and whit
troops had gone in. and seized the fort, th
black troops advanceo to cha5se the interl9 9
to meet terrific fire in front and on eac
eide, bBt also in the rear from the portion
of the first line still held By the enemy Q
| each side of the captured fort. They ha
bcen ordered to take the caps from the
n.uekets, and they found Themselves in fro1
from every direction, and with no means {
returning 1t. Their white officers gave th
order to fall back, and Of course they mad
their way out as best the conld. We migt
| as well hive carried clubs Us muskets," sal
the wounded fellows to me, as they lay
lopg, sad rows upon the ground They fe'
thai they were sacrificed for nothing, and
fear the effect upon them will be diehesrtei
Ing. They lost ful1 half of some Of their reg
1ntnts, while the officers were sadly cut u
met Lieut. Chapman Of the ze9th q.
! colored troops fCol- Broes' resiaent} }who to
me that only two officers Of that regimen
escaped unharmed, Viz: Captain Porter an
Major Brown, and even the latter had to
, carried of the field from sunstrokc, for u
day was one Of the hottest Of the seaso
The Lieutenant h3tnstlf had been Woundt
:. IN the breast, but vas able to be about. I
reported Captain Aiken, Of Chicago. Us ca
tured b. the enemy. and Colonel broas
ed In the leg; though vague report WAS
| circulation that Sanitary wagon had takt
him to City Point. Soon after, Sergeant E
ward Tiupey, {Who formerly lived with u
| Medill. } said he WAS sure that Colonel Bro
was carried directly to the hospital at q
! Base, City Point, in IN amonlance On =
! return, l went there on purpose to see bill
: but found that 1t was all a mistake, and tt
! nrobab}y he was left On the field, and fell
=. to the hands Of the rebels. His men said
sI acted most uobly, and Was shot Just IS
+ had planted the colors and stepped OF ST.
A iarre ouaptity Of Sanitary supplies ha
T. been disrensed to the wounded these t.
e | da}e. Gen. Grant left, as ! wrote in my u
j. ard yesterday met the President ana MS "a
e net st Fortress Monroe Prssent moseme'
here arc contraband, though important
'ouf' Nv; Wx, ". PATTON
FROM SPRINGFIELD.