The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
Specials g New York PsDefs.

Specials - New York Pspefg.
New YORK, Aus. 2.-The World has the
following from Headquarters Army Of
the Potomac, 10th inst The brilliant TANK
movement made BY the 6th' cofpA yecter-
day morning, was . complete succes!. Tne
enemy'e forces bad nearly ~ withdrayn
from this direction: 70 send foECss sersss
10th corps, and only . strong picket va
found guarding the road. Th1ee HlBnatod
70 rapidly that our men tAooGht fhaH
would meet with no oppositioa, ana-tha1
went to work very deliberately to AaGEgek
the track; but when they had about Z mi1e
torn up, heavy force advanced II line q
battle up the railroad, With supporting col.
umns on either side. They c6arCsd gal.
lantly, bue met with the v6eegu1D o. tA0 a
division, under Gen. Ayres, and altsr an
engagemeut Of half N hour. TIL back In
confusion. Amor short time they formed
In line and made another attempt 70 reach
and drive back tho division, but were r.
pulsed second time with seyere loss.
Just before dark they made another Of.
fort to break through our lines, and this
time received worse punishment than b.
fore, a. they were driven back nearly half
. mile, leaving their dead and wounded In
our hands. Their loss u estimated ct 900.
Our killed and wounded will number about
400, principally In the ID division.
There 10 IN excess Of females over males
In i've States In the Union. Connecticut
hast, 900, Massachusetts, 81, 900, New Hamp-
shire 1000, New York II, 900, Rhode Island
1000: In Pennsylvania the numbers are
equal. s
NEW YoRK, Aug. 23.-The Herald has
the following from Strawberry Plains, 10th
inst: Hancock has accomplished the OBJ
ject Of his second expedition to Tho north
$40; ;n Of o. James river and y nGx xithdr.w-
already re-crossing the river, the ID corps
being followed BY cavalry under Gregg
Birney, commanding the 10th corps, n
conducting the withdrawal. His own
corps and his columns are Just approach
ing the pontoon bridges.
Operations in this vicinity reelected honor
wA:HIrcrcN, Aug, 2:-omcial news
nation received here shows that Kilpat-
rick has returned from . raid on the line
Of the Macon Railroad without serious
loss, but had fatiguing and hard time.
he brought IN one piece Of artillery and
100 prisoners
He enectu.lly destroyed therosd fortwo
miles in various places.
A letter from Hagerstown, dated on the
2!st, says that detachment Of the Cd Viz.
ginia (Union) cavalry entered NartinGburg
yesterday ct two o'clock, and drove out
the rebels, and Ut latest accounts The place
was still held BY our cavalry.
Aver1ll holds the river f0rd1, and b =
watching the movements Of rebel raiding
The excitement here, oecaslousd By Tie
anticipation OF invasion, has somSwhat
FoRTRzss MoN1oz, Aus. 22-Thsstsan-
e from City Point bfingl intslliosoes TIT
the rso. y. Are %,s:nins dsaPsr,ss sao.s e
have bsen unsucceasfnL We now Hold
the road firmly, and 4 II believed tie
rebels cannot dlslodge n. s.af
NEW YoRx, Aug. 23.-Ths Ni5sas has
the following, dated ct the len front Of
Petersburg, Sunday, August 2lst. q. m:
have just time 70 say tk1s moFn1ng that
our forces hold their positioa On thS WOl-
don railroad: Hoods and etron9s corps.
extreme right, and this being 8 Wal point
to the ConfSderacy, . srand and dssperaeo
conflict II momentoEily expoctod. .a4a
The Herald has the following correspond.
ence dated Averill's Cavalry, In the neld.
Aug. sd, 90. m: There wusa heavy skirm.
i:n y:,, ;ss h e PoEon q, e Cen shsi.
between 100 and 2o0in killed and wounded.
the Psrryviiie rosd and smitAAeld No.
The enomy's main force II concentrating
on our right, and seems inclined to 6ghk
and advance.
the direction Of Charleston, ana the sup-
position = that m engagement II going On.
There was small skirmish yesterday It
Dam No. 5 on the Potomac. A rebel re-
connoitsring party was driven back ana
prevented from crossing.
We held Martinsburg yesterday until
During the night We drove the rebels.
Up 70 this time no rebel foreo has crossed
the Potomac between Wlliamsport and
Harper's Ferry.
Especial to the Cbwsmerc;aI1
WAsHIN0ToN, Aug. 20-0eu. Warren'a
corps achieved grand success On sunday.
The rebels attacked ~, under ordsrs ftom
Weldon Railroad, ct Whatever sacri6c0.
The rebels were allowed 70 paoo thro1eA 4
gap left in our lines, and suffered severely.
while their purpose was entirely defeated.
Gen. A. p. HM u reported - being Nor
tally wounded, and Heath and Lee-son OF
r. E. Lee-are killed. The Colonel Of the
10th Mississippi II prisoner and wounded.
Our loss was $50.
NEW YORK, Aug 2a.-The Board Of su-
pervisors have passed resolutions reouest-
ing postp0nement Of the draft-aleo ex.
empti0n Of Firemen and uniformed militia.
1910 Bonds Nos q, 232 for $500. and a.
566 and s, 567 for 800 each, have been sto-
len from Herndon's Express CO. ThS
public are cautioned against negotiating
them. -
what senator Wiloon says.
BosroN, Aug. Ex-senator Wilson pub
fishes note denying all the repOrto Is tn
effect that he il mixed up with any promo
sition for an armistiCe with the rebels. ~
says; no public man connected with ~
AdministratiOn II In favor or m asyniet;c~