The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-07

papers Tie Karnak arrived on Sunday,
With dates to the 2Sth, the Dudley Buck
on Wednesday morning, with papers of
the %, and the Star of the South on
Wednesday evening with those Of the Sd.
The following eXin,cLs contain Tie i'm
porant news:
WASHINGTON, June 2s.--To Major Ger
Dix A dispatch from Lieut. Gener.i
Grant, dated yesterday, the 9th, al $50
z. NJ, at his headquarters, reports no
operations in front, except irpm our own
guns, which fircinto the bridge at Peters
burg from distance of two thousand
yards. The despatch gives the following
intelligence from rebel papers: a PetcrS-
burg earer of the 18th inst. states. ~
Gen;Eaf Hunter -sariaing lFGf .j,,'Hson
liyer depot, about forty Miles North OF
Salem, and says that if he reaches Gov
ington, which they suppose he will do
With most OF his forces, but with loss OF
material, lie will be safe. The same pa
per accuses Gen. Hunter of destroying a
great amount of private property, and
stealing large Number OF wagons, horses
and cattle. The same paper also states,
that General Wilson destroyed a train Of
cars haded Will cotton and furniture,
bIrned the depot b.iidingf. S;r., st
Burkesville, and destroyed Some OF tue
track, and was slill pushing South. All
the railroads leading into Richmond are
now destroyed, and some of them badly.
A despatch from Gen. Sherman, received
ttlic n,nfYoino that pQatnYflaU
June 81, an unsuccessful attack was
made by our forces on the enemys posi-
tor ..sichs ssesrltsd iSsst}ossS W ESQ heys
tween twoand three thousand. The fol-
lowing particulars are given: Pursuant
to my orders Of the oath inst, diversion
was made on each side of the enemy, es-
pecially down the Shutdown road At
eight A. NJ, Gen. Mcpherson attacke,.
at the Southwest end of Kenesaw, and
General Thomas at a point about mile
fuuher South. At the same time the
sMrmishers and artillery along the whole
line kept up a brisk fire. Neither attack
succeeded, though both columns reached
the enemy,s works, which are vely
strong. General Mcpherson reports his
loss about five hundred, and General
Thomas about two thousand. The loss :
is particularly heavy in general and field
officers. Gen. Hatch is reported mortally.
wounded, also Col Dan McCook, COM
manding a brigade; Colonel Rice, Fifty
seventh Ohio, very seriously; Coloneis
Bamdell. Fortieth Illinois and Augustine,
Fifty-fitth Illinois, are killed.. General
Mcpherson took one hundred prisoners,
onA Gay, Thny,,oc about Int
do not suppose we inflicted heavy loss
on the enemy, as he kept behind his para
pets. No other military intelligence has
been received by the Department.
EDWIN ii. STANTON, Sec. Of War.
CHATTANOOGA, June 25.-Yesterday, at
five O'clock in the morning, flag of
truce was sent into Lafayette in the name
of General Pillow, demanding the imme-
diafe surrender of the town and threaten
ing to burn it if the demand was not
complied with. The rebels were three
thousand strong, and had completely
surrounded the town, and on the refusal
of Col. Wilkins, who had only four hun
dred men, to surrender, the rebels ad
vanced from all directions. at nine
o'clock, they. occupied three-fourths of
the town, ghen Col. John r. Croxton, Of
the Fourth Kentucky, came up and cap
tured about seventy rebels. Col. Watkins
lost about fifty killed and as many wound
ed. Gen. Pillow left one hundred dead
and wounded, on the field. Col, Falk-
ner, of the Seventh Kentucky, was cap
tured in an attempt to make a charge
upon the rebels.