Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


 9th corps this morning carried two more re. doubts, forming part of the defenses of Pc. tersburg. capturing 450 prisoners and guns. Our successes are being followed up.
 OEr forces withdrew from within fifty wards Of the cnemys intrenchments at Cold liar. Dor, made flank movement of an average of about fifty five miles march, crossing the Chicahominy and James rivers, the latter 2,OOO feet wide and e4 feet deep at the point of crossing, and surprised the enemy's rear at Petersburg. This was done without the loss ot wagon or piece of artillery, and only about one hundred and fifty stragglers were plcked up by the enemy. In covering this movement, Warren's corps and Wilson's cav- aafy nad frequent skirmishes with the enemy, eacn losing iron. 50 to 60 killed and wounded, uu' ihhic'ihg an equal if not greater loss upon the enemy. The 18th corps, Gen. Smitha: were transferred from White House to Bermu. da Hundred by water, moved out to near Pa. tersburg, the night of their arrival, and sur. prsed, or rather captured the very strong works northeast of Petersburg, before sufH. cient force could be got in them by the enemy to hold them. Smith was joined the night following this capture by the 2d corps, which in turn captured more of the eneniy's re. doubts further south, and this corps was fol. lowed by the 9th, with the result above stated. All the troops are now up except two diyis- ions covering the wagon trains, aEd they will be up to night.
 The enemy in their endeavors to reinforce Petersburg abandoned their works in front of Bermuda Hundred. They no doubt expected troops from north of the James river to take their place before we discovered it. General Butler took advantage of this and moved n force at once upon the railroad and plank road between Richmond and Petersbur0. which l hope to retain. Too much credit can. not be given the troops and their commanders for the energy and forttude displayed during the last five days. Day and night has been all the same, no delays being allowed on any account.
 Later unofficial dispatches show that at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, the enemy still oc. cupied Petersburg Major Morton was killed in an assault Friday.
 Nothing to-day from Sherman or Hunter. EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
 An official dispatch received at the War Office from City Point, dated Sunday morn. ing, brings the intelligence that our army has ; advanced 10 within q mile of Peterborough. where they found the enemy strongly entrench. ed. Several assaults were made but were up- successful. Our troops have, however, strong i, y lntrenehed their advanced position. It is supposed from the force within the enemys new works. that Beauregard has received re- inducements from Lee. Our army, from the ntren chments they now hold, fully command the city of Petersburgh, and number of shells have already been thrown into the city, setting fire to several houses, and doing other serious damage. The rebels, to defend Pc. tersburgh, have been obliged to evacuate their position in front of Bermuda Hundred, which was occupied immediately by Gen. Butler, be- fore Lee could get his troops across the James The Richmond and Petersburgh Railroad, according to one account, has also been taken possession of by our forces, and General Grant Lopes to be able to hold it. His description of these recent movements fro the Chlckahomiuy are admirably concise, and drawn so plainly and forcibly and is such a vivid descri ption of these great events as to impress every one with the consummate skill with which they were planned and executed. As bold strategic movement it is altogether the greatest Of the war. During the charge of the Second Ninth and Eighteenth Corps. on Thursday last, each Corps took several re- doubts, and the Ninth Corps captured four guns and four hundred and fifty prisoners. It Is said Lee has moved 34,000 men forward to the support of Beauregard at Petersburgh, These reports, however, are probably only con. jectures.
 An official report from General Sherman, 7 received Sunday, states that during the dark ness of the previous night, the enemy gave way, and that our pckcts have penetrated his entire line from right to left. The whole ar. my is in hot pursuit, and is as far as the } Chattahoochee. General Sherman adds II start at once for Marietta"
 Richmond papers of the l4th give their yer [ sion of Grants late movements, from which it appears that the rebels were again outgene:al- ed, for Grant had been gone eighteen hours before they found it out. And then it was un- certain to them whether he had moved to cross James river, or merely to make it bis base for another effort against Richmond from the Pen- insula.
 About two hundred acres of the Arlington estate, immediately around the old Mansion House, Washington have been set apart as c burial ground for soldiers who may happen to die there.
 The ladies sewing circle in Boston made in the season just closed 5,384 articles of cloth ing, 3,420 of which was sent to the Sanitary Commission, and the rest to the sufferers of East Tennessee.
 ] On the 10th of June the London Crystal Palace, had been open ten years During that | pcIiOu lL Has Uceu FISlL6u Uy Lne 0Xtr2OTuluhry number of more than fifteen millions and quarter of persons.
 Petersburgh is the grand centre of five lines of railroads. The City Point road 10 miles long, the Norfolk road 80 miles long, the Great Western road l64 miles to Weldon, sad 162 miles to Wilmington, the Petersburg and Lynchburg road l23 miles, and the Richmond and Petersburg road P miles.
 The explosion on Friday at the Washing. ton arsenal originated in the spontaneous com bustion of fireworks placed to dry in tbs sun befsre open windows. Secretary Stanton promptly repaired to the scene of the calamt' ty to succor the unfortunates.
 Four hundred thousand soldiers letters were sent from the Washington Post office on Frh day and Saturday. They were Pnnc'Pan from the Army of the Potomac. Ihsir 'osAs weight was upward of six tons.
 There are now fifteen thousand patlente ir tbo bosnitals of the Department of Washing ton Fifteen hundred conva!eseents have beep retmr,ed to the front within the last two weeks. weeks The number will be largely apgmsut.