Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-07
FROM THE FRONT.

Heavy Artillery and Musketry Firing on
our Left.
The United States hospital steamer Connec-
ticut, Captain Stranahan, arrived here this
morning at s o'clock, from City Point, with
three hundred and eighty. five sick and wound
ed men, under charge of Surgeon T. b. Hood
The Connecticut reports that on Saturday
night about eight O'CLOCK heavy artillery firing
was heard at City Point from the direction of
Fort He'll, on our left IN Hancocks line. This
cannonading continued for some time, when
rapid firing began, and continued up to three
o'clock yesterday morning when it ceased.
When the Connecticut left City Point, yester-
day at haIf-past nine O'Clock a. m, reports
were afoat there that the rebels had attempted
TO blow up Fort He'll, (having undermined it,
after which they charged the works several
times, but We're as often repulsed with loss.
Parties, however, arriving at City Point
from Hancocks front yesterday morning had
heard nothing OF such explosion at the time
rebels were mining with the purpose Of at
tempting to dislodge us from our annoying po.
sittoA on the Weldon road. Due precautions,
however, had been taken to render any such
labor tru1tless, and to give them Roland for
their Oliver.
The disabled men brought up on the Connec-
necticut were principally fever cases, but there
were some few severely wounded among the
number.
The hospitals at City Point are In excellent
condition, and the number of inmates has been
materially reduced within a week past, many
Of the convalescents having been sent home on
furloughs
The mail steamer Manhattan, Captain E. A.
Ryther, which left City Point about the same
me with the Connecticut, arrived at 9th street
wharf this morning at o'clock.
Affairs on the north side of the James rem ain
unchanged. The rebels keep up their usual
firing on the working parties on the canal at
Dutch Gap. which, however, does not inter-
fere with the work, which is now rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
~. NJ m Hav
MuIlery, Of the 7th New Jersey volunteers.
which has been embalmed for transportation to
the friends Of the deceased in the North.
Company of the Sd U. S. artillery, under
command Of Lieut. Smith, came up from For
tress Monroe on the Manhattan, and were sent
to Camp Barry, near this city.
ABAsRLRss CHARGR.-Postmaster Bowen,
in a Communication, denies in toto the state
ment made by Washington correspondent Of
the New York Express that any discrimination
has been made between Democratic and Re-
publican soldiers votes passing through the
Washington Office. He says in this connec-
ton:
81 assert, without fear of successful contra
diction, that no distnc tion has ever been made
with any of the soldiers votes received from
the Army OF the Potomac, or any other source,
but all have been forwarded alike; that there
rs not IN the Office, or in the possession OF any
clerk, or other person attached to this office,
by the last mail from the Army Of the Potomac,
and those dropped in the office for mailing
since six O'Clock this morning, (all of which
will be sent forward by the mail OF this after
poon.)'
The following is to the same effect:
Posi- OFFICE WASHINGTON CITY, d. Co.
November 4, 1864. {
We, Lambert Tree, chief clerk, and James
A. Kennedy, superintendent Of the floor of this
office, do hereby certify that we do not know,
and never have known, the Republican from
the Democratic votes received in this Office
from soldiers in the Army OF the Potomac or
elsewhere, and never have seen the enclosure
of an en- velope OF soldiers vote. That in all
such cases such votes have been treated alike
and have been mailed and forwarded without
discrimination in favor OF any, and that the
clerks in the Office have been instructed to SO
mail and forward soldiers letters. that no sus-
picion of Partially should attach to the office.
We further state that we have read dis
patch published in the New York Express OF
the Sd INST, containing allegations against the
office In connection with soldiers votes, and
here declare that every one OF them is false
and libelous. l.. TREE. Chief Clerk,
JAS A. KENNEDY, Supt.
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