Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-12

War News.
SPECIAL a4xioes from I'M froat q Peters
burg state that the rebels exploded III :
mine early Saturda morning. That they
we're at work upon one had loag ben
kno-n. and the tort they expectcd O.
demolish had been evacaatcd. Their york
ho-ever vas a. huh. and tie explosion
thrcs up a heap % earth. etc. some dis-
tacc IN frOa' but isit thu fort mainly on
harraed. They opened fsriess esnnon-
ade after IN explosion. Which also Aeon
Plashed but htfle damage. OF their cbarg-
ging force bat City or sixty ssooeeded IA
reAching The fort and they werc al killed
or captured.
Htnts arr rsle Of Important rooseDsnts oi
General Grant aud trssops un1cr his Con-
mand. the prcrisc naturv % shich the pub-
l,c j. not T-crunitts-i q kno~. but ths re-. 4, Il
81 vhicb. u - hoPci. vii give a srratelv
improved aspccf O. the military sitaafi on IN
NIrgInia Aboat al tlsAt hss y, en- drale-
81 m any ~ay oOnncCfed wiih the matter =
the TACT asi hs Licafrnant-C;encrai made
= hyins visr % Washingfon on Friday
W AsntNeroN. August z. Rebel de
spatchcs % August. 10 admit thar our cav
alry forces have Destroyed about fS,sr miles
OF The railroai soath from Atlanta. which
vas The lAst means Hood haI for CON
naaicAiioa with the coantrv. Thev claim
that q can b. repaired Ia q se~ days how
ever
Oar Government IA. noshin. 90 confirm
tie rebel report % the capturc % General
Stgneman an Eve hundred Of has men.
Ecdel olsPatchcs 81 the "a Indicates that
Sherman has complcte command % the
siiuAiion a. Atlanta. lie treat. The enesav
% an hours sheiiing morning AMI evrnin.
and - said % BE- m ts-ing and swinging IA.
i1roo around % westward Of the CITY
NV 1oEk. Aug :. The Commercially.
" ashington SPECIAL dispatch sav. Gen
Butler has tci~sraphcd the Naval DEPART
rncut thar Richinonl papers Of The 5tk an
nouncc that our land forces occupr Dasthin
Island. bot hat Aduiral Farrac,it had not
passed Fort Morgan % attack Fort Gainss
Was DErsErNENr.l
NA~ufNGTOS. Au-. --gP NJ
70 Ma. Gra Dir The f,liowin, An
nouncsment ~ tie succrssfui of.~rai sons
Agaiast Moaiis appears in tbe Richmoni
S~ntsssl u tAis dat-. All vas traa.nitt- A
b. MAJOR i'en. Batter 60 th- Pr-sid,ut. :
To a. ErooLatcy Ab7siras Liaosla. Pr,fi-
feaf.
The following /. he or .iaI rrpor, taken
from thc kiChmoad >entinel % Aar. Sth.
NRA@AtAN ID Fob ~ AANEs Ma. Arrua
Aacsls. Aug -. l-5s To lIoa J A.
seldom. S-crvtary 81 War. Seventeen Of
ID. cn~nys vessels. fourteen Sims All
three iron-ciais. passed Fort Morgan thi.
morning. TAs niaaitor Tecunsch "a.
"a, sank b. Fort Morgan The rsanesse
ssrrvndervd AFTER desperate a 6ghI -ith
The cnemys hcct. Admiral Bs-hanan lost
= lex and . prisoner. The Sclna was
eaPiured. The Morgan % safe. and uill
~ . run up % nighf. The cnemys Feet
have APProachci The TIE cifv A n3nitor
hAs bcca engaged Fort Po~vll al dav.
(Sign-D ID. IA. M,UHg. Ma. zen.
Mror q ga. Slr-iiaa has b-en a.signsd
temp 1rarily o. TIE conntal % the forc. Ia
tie Mliiie Military D,sisioa. consistin-
81 the DrpArtmcnt % the Sls4ashaaaaA
All North-esiern Nirg.aa. IL transmits
The follosIng iatslii gcacc
HIT-T's Fen. Ia. AEg. SEA & 90 p
" MAJOR Gcn. IA. ". Hlilsck. Chef Of
SsRf Brig. Gen. Kelly reports dat a
scout has jo-t arrived AZ Ns- Creek. and
ssates that Gen. Averill overlook the enemy
near Morisf-id YESTERDAY. ard attacked
him. capturing al b., artillery All City
prisoners
Nothing oficiai has been received from
Gen Avcrl. boEevcr.
4. II. SHEmDsN.
MAJOR General commanding.
(Signed) p NJ SrsSroN.
Secretary % War
IT. IoUIs. Aug. : Col Bsrris telc-
graphs @ hcadluartes here from New
Mafrld. fhU b. hss lust retained from a
scout % IL days. IN ihc south Eastern
counties % Mis-our AM North Eastern
counties Of ArkansAs, daring vhich CD rcb-
els -crr kl.led. Captain and ) Licsts.
captgrvd 80 urhcls ucrc wounded. in-
eiaiias CaPts Ani 81 Privaiss taksn prs
ourrs
A large numsr - angics AM horses usre
capur~l TIE federal ioss as Capt
FrEncis morally sounded. and ~ Other,
siightiy wounded
Wan DEFsErvTNr.
WssHfNoroN. Aug loo. 51P. NJ