The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-02

messenger has arrived tonight from tue
Amy. having left the front at one o'clock
yesterday.
The entire Army of the Potamac is
several miles SOU Ill of the North Anna
river. The rebel army had not crossed
the South Anna, as published in guess
work Extras and yesterday morning the
opinion was strang that Lee intepded to
accept hattie this side, OK on the south
bank Of said rircr. At noon yesterday
there was considerable picket firing on
our centre, but the enemy bad opened no
artillery. Generals Warren and Wright
@f the 9Th and 9th Corps, respectively,
were accommodating the eneMys lines 10
see if he intended to gire or accept battle.
Intelligence tt0m the extreme front,
received just Is your messenger left, was
th9 the enemv was covering his retreat
10 the south bank Of the South Anna,
only three miles in lis rear. 1t was
probable Lee would make stand there
unless bis abandonment OF the line of the
North Anna is sufficient evidence OF
weakness to necsSSitate his final retreat
TO the deiences of Richmond. This con-
tingency is Il matter. OF speculation, as
yet.
There has hecn no general engagement
since Gair advance commenced from
SpottsylEania on Monday. There has
been severe skirmishing, and in crossing
The North Anna We lost some five hun
hlred in killed and wounded and took
about four hundred prisoners. In taking
some rebel entrcnehmeDtS our casualties
were very small, the men behaving
.splendidly and full OF spirit at being so
hear Richmond.
Oar extreme front was on n little river
near TaylNsYille Station, on the Rich
mond and Fredericksburg Railroad.
The Eehels burnedeyery railroad iridge'
in ;heir retreat, including the long one
across the North Anna.
The New Orleans True Delta of the
2lst. has the following from Mexico -
"The steamer ST. Maryis, arrived last
night, brings lj0 refugees, and reports
that a heavy battle had taken place be
tween the French and MeYicans, 1000
strong, under Gen. Negrcte, at San Luis
in which the French were thoroughly
defeated" This intelligence, though of
vast importance, is doubted by many in
telligent Meyicans in our city, for several
seasons. The Mexican Consul, we are
told, has has had no intelligence of the
victMy. though he usually receives the
earliest intelligence of these movements.
A letter from Bermuda Hundred says;
The enemy have made frequent attacks
upon our intrenchments, and have been
defeated at each. On one OF these occa-
Sions the Gatnell gun, which throws POO
shots per minute, was brought 10 bear on
the enemy with terrible result Some
rebel prisoners captured at the time,
asked our men "What kind Of II gun is
that? Do you load it all night and fire
it all day."
The steamer atlantic, from New Or
leans 2lst, has arrived at Cairo. The
officer of the Atlantic reports that Banks,
with a portion of his army, arrived at
New Orleans on the 2lst. In moving
across the country during his retreat from
Alexandria, Gen. Banks left the Red
River at Fort De Russy, and struck for
siemmesport. where crossed the Atcha-
talaya, and then marched To MOrgauza,
on the Mississippi. Al. Smiths cont
mand also marched to Semmesport and
there embarked an transports.