Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-01
The Very Latest from the North.

The New York Herald, of the 10th, was received
Saturday night Il contains very little of interest
not even the closing quotation of gold on tho 18th,
which We presume was published in Sundays ID.
soc.
The HsralGs army correspondent, under date Of
14th, gives the following mild statement Of the oss-
es in Grants army to that date:
The Cd corps has lost HOO killed, 1000 wounded,
1400 missing. The 9Th corps has lost 1900 killed,
1900 wounded and 1900 missing. The 9Th CORPS
has lost 1000 killed, 5000 wounded, and 1900 miss
ing. TIE total losses Of these three corps amount
to 27,700. Burnsides losses nearly in the came
proportion, and swell the total to about $4,000
The proportion OF slightly wounded Is extraordina.
rily large.
The only allusion to the terrific fight Of Thurs
day, 12th is contained the following extract from
the sameletter
Hancock captured 1000 prisoners, ss stated and
my informant counted 18 pieces of cannon taken
by him, and believes there were others. The pris-
onsrs and guns were mainly from Gen. Ned John.
sons command. His cannon had been taken from
their first position by order of Lee to strengthen
another point Attohnsons urgent solicitation, they
were turned to him on Wednesday night, and his
men were engaged in putting them in position at /
o'clock on Thursday morning, when Hancock sur.
prised them by sudden attack, and captured the
whole. The fighting was obstinate till night Our
success was uniform along the whole line all day
no reverse at any point.
Considerable space is devoted to particulars Of
Sheridan's movements but they contain only ex-
aggerated accounts of facts already known here
The Heralds situation summary says:
On the 18th the whole command encamped ct
Bottoms Bridge, after accomplishing the most
splendid cavalry movement Of the war. At 8
o'clock on Saturday afternoon Sheridan formed
junction with Buffers army at Turkey Bend, on
the James river His whole loss was not over 800
in killed, wounded, and missing.
There is nothing later from Gen. Butler.
telegram dated Fortress Monroe, 10Th, says:
Gen. Sheridan arrived at the James river ysstsr.
day afternoon.
He had heavy fights, in which he was very sue
cessfu.. He got inside of the rebel works around
Richmond and could have taken the city, but Was
ignorant Of Gen. Buffers position. Our men could
see the gas lights in Richmond. They took three
hundred prisoners.
Capt. Hover, A. A. G., of rebel Gen. Ruggls's
staff and seventeen officers and three hundred reb-
81 prisoners, have arrived from Belle Plain n charge
of Capt Hood Of the 18th veteran corps route to
Fort Delaware. Among them are Major Gen. Ed
ward johnson, Brig Gen. Geo. q. Stuart Ool Peb-
bles, Of Georgia Col Davidson, Of New Orleans (;
Colonel Hardeman, Of Georgia; Colonel Hsrrell Of
North Carolina; Colonel Fitzgerald, of Virginia {,
Colonel Parsley, of North Carolina; Colonel d.
vant of Georgia; Major Carson, Of Georgia MAJOR
Enelt, of North Carolina Major Wilson, Louisiana {;
Major Warnum, of Louisiana; Colonel Vandervsn.
der, Of Virginia Colonel Cobb, Of Virginia, Cello
mel HAYNES, of Virginia. Major Nash, Of Georgia |,
Major Perkins, of Virginia, and Major Anderson Of
Virginia.