Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-04

near the Weldon road. and after q sharp
but short 6ght repulsed them handsome
ly. The enemy movement was watched
bya party Of scouts who first Gas@oyered
them about II o'clock, near Mr.. Richard
Williams farm in Dinwiddie, half mile
west of the Jerusalem plank road. and
some thres miles from the Weldon road
They consisted OF Haneocks Ord Corps
and q brigade Of cavalry.
We captured Lieut.. Col. Homer b.
Stoughton, of the End q. 3. Sharpshoot-
ers, Captain and some ten or twelve
privates. Colonel Stoughton was woun-
dsd in the wilderness fight, but has re-
covered
ARRIVAL OF TEE PRISONERS.
4 batch Of prisoners, taken near the
Weldon Railroad yesterday afternoon,
were brought in and turned over TO Pro
vost Marshal Hswss They state that
they belong TO the Second Army Corps
(Hancock 81 and hsS been in the trenches
around Petersburg up to Monday pight
They were then relieved by new army
corps, the number Of which they did not
learn. It only arrived on Monday night
andsw four hours in passing.
An intelligent Sergeant, from Phila-
delphia, attached to the Second United
States 5karpshooters, states that very
heavy body Of cavalry bad gone down
to the rear Of Petersburg, aAd intended
to cut the Railroad at some point be-
tweea Petersburg and Weldon.
The privates in this batch are all for.
eigners, and the most ordinary, litter
ate, ragged, dirty, cutthroat locking
creatures we have ever saw. One, 3
raw Patlander, says be only landed in
this country last February, when he was
imu ,diately we'll piled with whisky, en-
list Ito 6gh. uaderthe ssars and Stripes,
ano then sent TO the army. I'D
TEE LATEST FROM GRANTS ARMY.
The latest from Grants armv, nos
around Petersburg, Tuesday night, ai
eleven o'clock, vas q viIlainoas she'll.
This noisy missile fell on Bank street,
striking the large mulberry tree in front
Of the old Intelligencer bnilding, and
cutting of a limb some eight inches in
diameter. NOBODY hurt
TkiEGKAPHIc DIsPATcHEs
Isrom tAs Rishnsond Examinsr JaBs2l.l
PETERsBuRS, June 22-10 4. M
Hancock's Yankee eorps yesterday
made "a attempt to strike the Weldon
rad. but after getting within half .
mile Of it, on Davis farm, two miles be-
low the city our artillery opened upon
them, and al The same time our infantry
came into action, driving the sssmy
back, capturing some dozen prisoners.
and wounding number of the enemy.
Our loss is small
DEKr BOTTOM
The force thrown down aeross the riv-
eE at Deep Bottom ~ the enemy would
seem to be kesESd, ,S;et They are
believed to be stillE~ E~*.ss> ntrsnehing.
and there was some " /heir laying
pontoon bridges acroA river. The
locality takes its name, aot from the
character of the grouad, which, il in
fact, bluff, bat from the great depth oi
the river in this vicinity II Is IL miles
from Richmond by the New Market Of
Charles City road, which leaves Rich
mond through Rockets. Immediately
east of this hill Four Mile Creek and
Bsileys Greek come together and aow
1 into the river. Malvern Hill ia four
miles further down the New Marke'
Road. Chaffin's Bluff il three miles
nearer the city. Our rams are lying or
the west side of Dutch Gap, and NOR.
than two and half miles this side o
Deep Bottom. Howlett's battery, on th'
Chesterfield side of the river, south o
Dutch Gap, is distant from the point .
Deep Bottom, held by the Yankees
about six miles
Grants whole army is now in on
front, on the south side Of the AppomaI
tox.
Nothing exciting is sranspiriHg thi
morning.
- SPECIAL DISPATCH
PBTERsBuRe, June 27--7 P NV
Brigades Of our army attacked and Asnh
ed Hancock's 2nd army corps this ever
ing, about two miles south of this plse,
The 6ght began at two o'clock. The er
envy made considerable resistance, bu
we're driven back two miles Our me
captured 1900 prisoners, including 5
commissioned officers, pieces of arti
lery, s stands of colors and lines {
brsassborkL The enemy made an effol
to recapturs tae breatworks, bat wer
, repulsed. Another attack on the enem
at some poiat is now progressing, and
succeeding most admirably. Our los
is very light
, The enemy have cut the Weldon roa
. 10 miles below here, but it will soon
. repaired, il IS supposed
NAVAL OPERATIONS 10
: It was expected that our rams an
. the battery at Howlett's would, On ye
: terdaY morning, renew their 6ee upc
|. the Yankee mositors lying east OF Due
, Gap: but no cannon were heard In To,
r direction up to q late hour last evenin
: and there were no rumors of an engag
1 ment Our people have learned 10 e
D pect little from our iron-elsds, aud nav
Affairs occupy very little OF public asse
ton.
From dusk until nine o'clock Ia
+ night the SQUAD of heavy guns VI
heard in the direction of the hosti
fleets in James River.
c
= A GuEKKnLA GASe.-The Louisvil
Journal says on Saturday last q bal
: of twensy-thres guerrillas rads . n
J J: into Springport, in Henry county. Tn
. . took possession of the ferryboat, 81
3 crossed the Kentucky river iato 0vl
= county. They ordered the fsrryn.n
= anchor his boat on the opposite side
= the river, and remain in readiness to I
cross them At the slightest wsrnin
They stated that they we're g dstachms
of = command Of three hundred me
De scattered throughout Owen, Trimb
th End Carroll counties. They boast
u that they intended to remain in the Sta
u and rob and plunder the people, m
al driven from the country By g super