Washington telegraph., 1864-06-15


Washington, June 2, l2:l5 r. No
Gen. Dix: Warren reported last night
that in his fight of Monday P u, near
Bethesda Church, Col. Tyrrell, 18Th Va
and Col @. Welles, comanding Pcgram's
brigade, were killed Col. Christian.
49th Pa, was wounded and captured;
also, was the 4. 4. Gen. Of Barnsay's
brigade-namc not reported Ten 9th
er commissioned officers and 70 privates
were captured.
Sixty rebels were buried on the field
ia our center Burnside reports his adj
vanced line as being this morning in 8
mile and half of Mechanicsville. No
other military intelligence has been re-
ceived by this department since ycster-
day II. NJ. STANTON.
Washington, June 2, $3.50 T. NO
Gen. Dix: A dispatch from Gen. Grant,
dated this morning at Bethesda Church,
o'clock A, NJ, mas just been received.
1t states that yesterday P. NJ, an attack
was ordered to be made on our left at
Cold Harbor, by the 9th Corps, and the
troops under Smith, Warren, Burnside,
and Hancock being held in readiness to
advance in their respective turns, the
attack was made with spirit about five
P. NJ, continuing after dark, and result
ing in our carrying the enemy's works
on the right Of the 9th corps, where we
| still hold them, and also the first line in
front of Smith. The latter, however,
were commanded in the rear, which
made those carried untenable.
The enemy made repeated assaults
on each of the corps not engaged in the
main assault, but were rcpulsed with
loss in every instance. Several hun
dred prisoners were taken, but cannot
say what number nor estimate neither
ours or the encmy's casualties.
During the night the enemy made sew
eral assaults to regain what they had
lost, but failed. No dispatches from
any other quarter have reached the de-
partmcnt to-day T.. NJ. STANTON.
Memphis, May 80, via Cairo, May 81.
| improve the opportunity to send you
by steamer Belle Memphis, Capt Dan
Mausselman, clerk Enter, tie latest
news by arrival from below yesterday.
| learn that the tin-clad gunboats Mar
mora, Juliet and Prairie Bird engaged
the rebel batteries at Gaines Landing
and succeeded i'll driving them away.
The Prairio Bird was struck so times
in tic engagement, and the Marine brig
ado boat Delta had her doctor shot
overheard and her engineer killed.
Marmadukc was reported in com
mand Of the rebels, and is said TO have
- pieces of artillery. Boats from White
river report they were not melestcd, brt
that the rebels were as thick as black
berl les in that rcgi,n.
A heavy force Of rebels is reported
within 30 miles of Duval's Bluff, march
ing on the place. They arc supposed
to number 1000. They will receive a
warm reception. Tic rebel Gen. Shelby
captured the post Of Dardanellc last
Monday, taking about 200 prisoners.
After the capture he crossed the Arkan-
sas, and it is supposed intends to strike
for the Little Rock Railroad
Guerrillas are reported as display ne
unusual activity in Arkansas at present.
Their intention Is TO force the Union
troops to cvacuatc all the State. Jack
sonport and Batcsvillc have been cvacu-
ated by our forces. Gen. Steele will
soon strike where hc is least expected,
and cause their leaders to call in their
bands
learn from an officer, Capt Hart, that
one day last week tho stsamb eat Lc ba
non was fired upon by Guerrilas at a
point on the Mississippi river 10 miles
below GAINESVILLE The steam pipe was
struck and burst, and the gucrrillas ST
possession Of the boat, which they burn
cd after plundering it. Among the ar
ticles taken were $40. 600 worth Of dry
J goods and $40 900 in money The boat
is an entire loss.
New York, june 2.-The following a.
diiional news by the Fulton has been re.
ceived:
I An expedition up Oshepor tiver, Flo,i-
da, by Gen. Birney, had been unsucccss-
full. Owing to his disobedience of orders
by pilot, the steamer Bos ton got aground,
and was riddlcd by a rebel battery. Sew
cral men were killed and drowned, aud
the boat was burned to prevent its falling
into tho hand. Of the rebels Some nine
ty horses, many belonging TO the 6,h Mas
sachusotts cavalry, were lost. The Dos
ton formerly ran between Boston and
Bangor. The troops on board were safely
transferred, and the expedition return ID