, 1864-06-16
THE REBEFRESs.
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a Nl<T Commander
Sn Gcegia.
From II Rlchnt IA Examiner l.
OPERATIONS on R1pAYhGuT AND SATURDAY
NARROW E trE d GENERAL nA-c.l1S.:
EIpoE-
The annexed tpatc, uas received at the
Var Departue1pn Stu1day night:
H:ApeuAErEEs R.H 1ot7nERs V'aa:Sn,l
3rne 4-9::0 F. IL.
i'gn; Iast ses1i nishf Il the date of my dispatch,
Gems. Breckinre and Finnegan were at
tackled By the en- }y as they were preparing
to re-establish slr skirmish lines The
enemy was soon IN 'ssd. Immediately after
this IN attack y made upon Gen. Hoke's
front with the sal result
Up to this time writing nothing has oc-
CURED along the es to- day, except skirm~.
ishing st various lnts.
The position dhe army is substantially
upchaneed. 3pgctfnlly,
4. E. LEE, General.
In the fight of lday night it Is said our
troops, after leyhg the breastWorks cap
tured from the emy 90 as to permit our |
artillery to play fer .nHm, ,15 3sslteo. ts ~
enemy supPoeiueHe s.tu .h ao.a.1t go. -
Vnnced n nnes Ieloep u hetn the 11ith rrana
our artnlely opeEssupu3n 3nn .n' ~ 49, ii.s
wv Sanntsses1 113t h mT Nd vsncine when
our artillery fir!n{hto the mass, slaughter.
ed them by thousSts. In this light solid
shot struck Gen hckinrlasgse's horse 10 the
breast, and passd out back Of the strrap
leather, and bet"p Inc 9eheiat tege. .ae
received slight {at9saon ol 1ns III, pesa~
elonea ~ MS nola 'ailos trha n enn,,tr1 ~ vii
.aiasa1 suiuaes1 ~ w., oena.t aaa o'5-
W. have hcard .tated. on the authority
of one Of the eoldrs on the field, that our
total wounded in be several engagements
and ekirmishers othe past week does not
exceed eco men.
ATTACK Ko7ATUnDAT x1onr:
A heavy cannoidlng snd fusilade was
heard on Ssturdap1ght. Accounts say that
Grant again ho1red Breckinridse's line.
with bis attention. but met with his usual
reception. The aack was readily tepulAed,
with but little logon our side, but thst Of
the enemy is repHented again to hare been
extremely heavy. Grant, By adopting Breck..
onrs. If he contines to dose the enemy after
the nreaont fashil. 49,
A pentlouau, those residence is within
the eEemy's line} Was arrested by them and
tatcn hefore Meie aud Burnside, who, after
inferrorafing- reazed him: From what he
heard he is Of thoplnion that Grant Is en-
deayoriur to re:h the White House. The
men told him III were on half rations. =
me Medical Tectos of Anderson's Long
street's1 corps Eates that up to yesterday
moruiug the tla1 number OF casualties In
the corps, killef wounded aud missing, In
the fghts aroud Richmond, Is only :aS3.
This corpp. It Nll be reco1lscted, has taken
part in nearly very engagement atnce the
enemy crossed he Pamunkey.
SIZE OF RICHMOND.
Iyrom the Edmond Examiner, June 81
Aftcr a11udfr to the comments upon this
IL - T.. ~ No.tho-1 nrasa the 1cai}iny
4;n; euH! - az ~ $500 conc1ndts M follows:
a'srs!e t4;t tus 1 e ,'s noav 3uars hv theIr
onict ,nai}sIe1c vinfsp did not believe one word
o. IT. Trey bFn to oqn9t -sef syea nIeve 11e va II
Here is Richmond waiting TO De taken
built evidentixto be taken; .predestined TO
! be taken, robhd, and burned, according TO
very high autbrities. And It is cleaf, aiso,
| that the Wholehe2rt OF the great ana msatJ
nation, OF all he mighty nations tue might '.
| lest, and the ttst, hns been SET upon tnls
achievement, Is Its highest pusiness, ant
ho1fest mission upon earth. And there are
not wanting eager, eloquent, valuable Wr1
ters for the no5le press 0t that same people
| the most taIIshtened press Of all creation
protesting. affirming, and almost swearlng
| that large md numerous bodies Of persons
| In uniform, wearing buttons, carrying weap
/ ous, in fact what Yankees call armies, Wer'
most cetfaialy coming this way on the er
rand aforeaid; and that Richmond Was t.
! consider herself beBieged, or, for that mat
ter. as good IS taken. There IL + very genera
| incredulitv ,bout this whole matter. Per
baps It IL because we arc now SO used t.
Yankee lying ns to set down anything falls
because the1 SOY It. or perhaps it Is that on
citizens hay. heretofore read In books abou
besiered citi.s. and had the impression tha
In such cose. neon1e could not 20 In or out
| meat or vegetables could not come to marke
I from the country. and, no matter how temp
ing thc6unmer weather, family parties coul
rot mako nio. ns1s L. ne raFaI a1stac[s: AZ
~ sttratin, nn ti,ev s"r f1ct there il M sfer
eu1 Tt,n. III liz 1rhn7c a. tnrV offhef
,-t Eaa41 an., th;s ;r~estment ~ a ~,
Wa Wa hIaes; h1onSx arhf+ranent If thc ,e
anu utoo9{ ~ .a .,st .ora haaI ~ ~
eo9nlet VI tns muas nat H., ~ ~
sa,a " sa,ssi1 ue to 49, w1athor r. he /
9sstu 9ssd tna ~ mas ~ t1ne % Few davs anol IN
49,. ue1u aFt},e 1arTest o-n;ca nrer cmh,ttlf
%nn., narth sTcrs ~ ,ncinr viii, n csleri
nerer hefoTe known 10 decide the destini
nfa continent in our streets, and seal Ii
grnud eharxr Of her man-{reedom In Aau
and blood, amid the conlagratlon Of OF
! crashing dwellings, and tne mnfoero A
sb1leka OF nnnalea taousano SOUS. ~ n
sat, ~ noo IVA on3 ~ ~ crast ,,rove q"
Iha i,aa ~ e,r, auu ax,av ~ IT, him nra;,ucn 4
~ une * S;s a<setanca ~ ~ 1'e,;n III
nM pusS a's ~ - oaa aos.ac.,on and "a IT,
nuunu ,a:t,n 1peu tai.on r. ;s ,o4tha- - I,ow
u "anius " " eah 1n;oi ~ 70 .,.] 't p;eh1n",
a1'af .nas n'e ~ f1,,o s;sa Nm, hsr scv
Is ~ aaagef " 1aalne as.eep upon hst oex
nils ~ eo;s etl9 ano s.4ai, su. 1arn spmaoi.,
ean 1,, s soeens @ - - ~ esnsn,no n{ ~ neon1e
WINCH seen,s ~ ,EI Ie slu1n.ng r.ga. gua fTnr.S1
lr"m 'ue tsm o.sauUr1 n,s1 a.s-r~ ..no7rrrn
TIE a nknsn a.s aeso"1T ~ r,,a 91n nrne1 Tonoss
Tue coAaASo oE ALE "A1S1 1"N'Q4&'
GEORGIA.
Major Gen. G. ". Smith has been elected
the command Of the State hrces Of GeoFs