The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-30
Rebel Accounts.
Affairs at Petersburg.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Affairs at Petersburg.
From the Petersburg papers, June zz'j
INcEssANT FIRING DURING MONDAY NIGHT.
i From ten o'clock until day dawn around
he entire line the popping OF musketry
was distinctly heard throughout tne ci'y'
Il was incessant, not seconds tlne eisPs
Ing between the discharges OF the piece.
and at the distance we occupied resemoieo
more the irregular explosion OF hre crackers
than anything to which we can hKen !"
THE -BLAKELY GUN-sHELI1Na THE CITY,
Tuesday morning early that same ola
thirty two FOUNDER Blakely of the enemy,
which has now become so lam iiiat 10 tae
ears of Petersburg people, commenced its
daily business, and at the usual intervals o.
FIVE minutes it's reverberating noise WOULD
break upon the ear. This gun IL stationed
at or near PAGES farm, on the City Point
road, and has thrown many shells into the
lower part of the city, but so for has caused
no destruction of life. On Monday eve
ming one of its missiles fell near the market
house, entering one Of the small brick build
ings to the west Of the market, occupied
by Mr.. Frank Perkins, cutting q girder in
two and scattering the plastering in oil di.
rections. Another scraped the tin roof OF
the Southside depot building, glanced over
the depot yard, ricocheted, and finally
brought up at the bottom of the Appomat
tox. & l.east
THE ENEMY OPENED ON FROM THE CHESTER
FIELD SIDE.
About ten o'clock couple of our bate
ries occupying an advantageous position on
the Chesterfield side of the Apponattox,
paid their respects to the enemy's guns in
the vicinity Of Jordon's farm, stopping the
thunders Of the Blakelty monster while,
and causing the gunners to leave, at frst
in twos; and then, as the locality became
hotter, in squads eff five, eight, ten and
fifteen. Our batteries were supposed to
have disarranged matters in that locality
considerably, as we did not hear from the
Blakely for several hours. About seven
last evening she opened again and continu-
ed her firing at the usual intervals.
THE ENEMY FEELING OUR RIGHT.
About eleven o'clock yesterday move
ment was made by portion OF Grants
army, on our lines near the Jerusalem
plank road, in the vicinity of the residence
of Mr.. William A. Gregory, but his adj
vance guard only drove in our pickets, for
he discovered body Of troops which, had
they continued their advance, would have
administers to them terrible castigation.
This same body, which shall here be name
less, has already rendered not less than
twenty thousand of Grants army wholly
unserviceable since the present campaign
commenced.
MOVE ON THE WELDON RAILROAD.
About two clock our mounted videttes
discovered the enemy in much force NOV,
ing around towards the Weldon Railroad,
on road which crosses the rails at point
about two miles from Butterworth's bridge
and in the immediate vicinity of William
H. Davis place, at the forks of the Halifax
and Vaughan roads. The yankees engage
ID in the movement were encountered by a
body of North Carolina cavalry, who held
them in check until reinforcements came
up, both of cavalry and infantry, when the
enemy were speedily driven back-the cav
airy alone becoming engaged,
BALDY SMITH CROSSING THE APPoMATTox
Large bodies of troops, supposed to be
attached to Badly Smiths Eighteenth army
corps, were observed crossing the pontoons
on the lower Appomattox, and it is moi
improbable that General Ulysses, chafing
under the restraint imposed by our well
massed lines around the city, will repeat
his often tried process of hurting large col,
umns against our intrenchmsnts. They
will be welcomed as they were at Spott-
sylvania Court House and Goal Hsrbor.
GRANTS FoRTIFIcATIoNs IN PRINCE GEORGE,
A gentleman who left Prince George q
day or two since, says that Grant has ap.
parently a very large force between the
defences of Petersburg and City Point. He
is heavily fortified, his line of earthworks
extending from the Appomattox, at point
short distance below Petersburg, to and
beyond the farm of Timothy Rives, in
Prince George in southeasterly direction.
Here it unites with another line, which
stretches off towards the James river in a
northeasterly direction-the two forming
an acute angle, or in other words broad
Lottery The northeasterly lines, of course,
intended to guard against any movement
which may be made to strike the enemy
from his flank from the eastern side.
OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY.
The people of Prince George, as every
where else whore this army of Vandals has
visited, are suffering greatly from their dep
relations. Crops of wheat, CORD and oats
have been destroyed, and every garden has
been stripped. As confirmation of the
last mentioned fact, we would state that
many of the prisoners brought in last
week, upon being searched at the Provost
MarshaPs Office, were found we'll supplied
with fresh onions, which some of the ras
Gals stated that they had taken from the
gardens of the Prince George people to keep.
them from "spiling." lao :
THE LATEST FROM GRANTS ARMY.
The latest from Grains army, Tuesday
night, now around Petersburg, at eleven
O'Clock, was villsinous shell. This noisy
missile fell on Bank street. striking the
large mulberry tree in front of the old Intel