The New York herald., 1864-08-05
EHE SITUATION.


Nothing Of importance transped front Of Peters,
burg during the past twenty-feur hours Picket firing in
front Of the Ninth corps kept up almost INCREASINGLY
With some sheing at intervals. The enemy have been
busy 10 repairing their lines. our skirmishers
tlnue to annoy them.
General Hooker arrived In Washington yesterday and
got quite ovation his hotel last night upon which
occasion he made brief speech.
Court OF Inquiry has been convened at City Point to
investigate the facts Of the late disaster ct Petersburg
General Hancock presdes.
Tho exact amount Of losses the action Satur
day ssosrtainsd TO be Eve thousand six hundred
and forty.
There not much OF importance from the Pennsylva.
mia raid Rumors still alarming In the Cumberland
vaiey Banks and brokers we're sending their vau.
abss to Carlisle and other points, but the rebels
not made their appearance is denied in Harrisburg
that . force entered Hagerstown Wednesday
night telegram received at headqusr
ters from there yesterday afternoon makes no
mention Of the presence the enemy on this side OF
the Potomac 1t is positively known, however, that
considerable force OF rebels occupy the town Of Spring
field, who are thought to be waiting to form junction
with another body said to DO marching northward.
General Couch issued an appeal to tho Pennsylvanans
yesterday to prepare themselves for deehce put their
guns order and get into cover in their corn fields,
forests mountains, buildings, &c. rebel raid is no,
impossible at any time during the summer and fall.
Important military movements being made by
General wsshburne In the Southwest II is ascertaned
that loss the battle of Tupeo was one hundred
killed and Eve hundred wounded The rebel General
Forrest said TO have died Cousous Mss from locx
jaw.
Advices from Arkansas report that the rebel General
Shelby Jacksonport with threo thousand four
thousand rcbcls.
We learn by despatch from Cairo yesterday that the
Memphis and reports all quiet along the river Boats
wore running without convoy but the country
raj mis ok from the river, in the vicinity OF Mount
Adams, was reported swarrnng with bushwhackers.
Preparations were being made st. Charles 70 meet an
anticipated attack from Marmaduke who was reported
advancing on that place In force.
There nothing new from Atlanta to-day, except the
report from Nashville that General stonsmsn, with bis
cavsry bad out the Macon Railroad at Proc,ors
and badly defeoted the rebel General wheeler who is
said TO lost large number or and left his dead
and wounded In hands. We give map OF the city
or Atlanta o.day.
Rebel susrilas are towering around near Henderson,
Kentucky Between and seven hundred OF them are
al that place. and another force Paris Tennessee from
whence small dsachmeuts being sent into Kentucky
From North Carolina learn that the expedition
which General Palmer recently sent from Newbern
70 the Chcwan river, IN command OF Lieutenant
Ward, has returned win one hundred and three
bales Of cotton and lsrge amount Of tobacco, cap.
tarco from the enemy from whsh the Treasury Depart
mont win realize hundred thousand dollars Tbe
expedition also recsrtured the despatch steamer Arrow
from tho rebels prisoners and many articles or
value besides destroying large Of rebel com
missary stores.