Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-11
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
June 8,-NOthing of interest has transpired
to-day-along the greater part of the line
the utmost quiet prevailed until about p.
NJ, when some skirmishing took place on
the left. Capt. McEwen, of Gen. Hancock's
staff, who lost a leg by shell on Sunday
evening, is still alive, although no hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 7th says
that Gen. Jones, commanding our forces in
the valley, was defeated by Hunter on Sum
day near Mt. Crawford, and they retreated
to Waynesboro. 1t adds that rumors were
current in Richmond of disaster, including
the loss of guns and trains, but the Secre-
tary OF War announced that there was no
truth in them: All the guns and trains were
got OIL safely. Jones was killed in the ac-
tion. The withdrawalo of Breckenridge was
sad mistake, and the Yankees took adj
vantage of the weakness of the forces under
Jones to overpower them.
Rumors were also rife in Richmond that
Lexington had been taken and the Military
Institute there burned, &c. 1t is also re-
ported that Grants army was falling back
to the White House. Fifty prisoners ar
rived from Lees army on Monday. A dis
patch from Lees army dated the 9th inst,
att P. NJ, says: Last evening the enemy
abandoned our left and part of the center
in great haste. Early followed them twelve
miles to-day, capturing sixty prisoners,
who say Grant has gone to the White
House because his men will not fight. The
impression here, however, is that Grant is
making for the James river TO cross to the
south side.
Dispatches from North Georgia, dated
June 9Th, say that the Union army was for
titying itself between Ackworth and At
lanta. Heavy rains for two days made the
roads almost impossible for artillery, and
retarded their movements considerably
Some night skirmishing occurred near Lost
Mountain on the 9TH. All quiet on the
morning of the 9th.
Later accounts say the Union army cross
ed the railroad near Ackworth, and Hooker
is said to be five miles east of it, on the old
Altoona road. Joe Johnston's headquarters
were west of Marietta, and his left wing at
Lost Mountain. Hardee commanded the
right, Polk the left, and Hood the centre.
The Yankee cavalry dashed into Big Shanty
at 10 A. M. on the sixth, and was fighting
Williams brigade when the reporter left.
dispatch from Mobile, June 6, says the
steamer Doregon was captured this morn
ing while attempting to run the blockade.
She had an assorted cargo. The operatorat
Jackson, on the fifth, reported on the au-
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blockading the Mississippi below and above
Greenville. His force is large. He destroy
ed three Transports securing two of their
cargoes, and also crippled three gunboats
and some other transports Four transports
are between his batteries and cannot 90
either up or down.
The Examiner, in an article discussing
Grants policy and the probable course he
will pursue, says: Grants Notifications
signitied what it predicted, retreat. He
moves away from Lees front--where is he
going? If he can't reach the city by Cold
lIarbor, he can't come at all on that side.
The better opinion is he will attempt the
south side; but how is he to reach it? Grant
has tried his own plan, tried McClellan's
plan, and may now try Buffers, too, if he
chooses, but will find it no better than the
others.
1t is suggested that ladies be appointed to
perform the duties of clerks in the postoffice
in Richmond, the clerks all being in the
field. The Confederate State Treasury is,
says the same paper, for the first time in
the history of the Government, without a
dollar to pay anybody with. Much grum-
bling is INDUCED in on that subject. Since
June 1st to the evening of the 9TH. fourteen
hundred privates and torty-six officers had
arrived in Richmond, prisoners from Lee.