The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-25
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH

" II.
From the General News" column of the Balt-
more G"sefte OF the 23d We make the following
extracts:
FROM oRANr's ARuY-THE EArTLE OF FRIDAY.
We are now told that the fighting south of the
james Uter has been much more serious, and the
Federal losses far heavier than they previously
reported to be WaTen's corps-tlIe Fitth-which,
during the early paIt of the week, had been with
drawn from b.trc Petersburg and held as a reserve
near Cty Point, in view of the operations there in
progress on the north bank of the James river was
oidclti at daylight on Sunday morning to return 90
i"teIsbrg, march south Of that city and occupy, by
Il rApnt movement, the railroad to Weldon
On Thursday afternoon, Warren reached Rcains's
station eight miles from Petersburg, the Confea-
rate picket falling back before his advance. Whilst
= portion OF hiS force destroying the track
WH1en, viii, the remainder, removed norti.wari
along the railroad III the direction Of Petersburg for
about 4 mile, when he encountered the enemy IN
force After some skirInIsling, during which he
lost about -four hundred men, nc cntrenched himself
Gnd halted ior the night In making this move
| meat, Warren did not sever his connection with the
Nhth corps, winch occupied the lines before
frt'Irhurg, but kept up his Junction with the
| lattcr at the Jerusalem plitnlIIoad. 1t was
ut this point OF junction that the ContederSses,
on Friday, IN the midst of heavy rain
| storm, struck Warren his right flank, broke up
two OF his divisions and forced them back conside
rthic distance taking many prisoners. The veto
| nous advance OF the enemy was however, checked,
after fierce engagement, by the Ninth corps which
! was moved up to WaTTen'S support; the Second
corps IlIancock's being Withdrawn from the north
side Oi james rlEer to assist III maintaining the line
intact and to aid III repellng the enemy i'll the
emergency should require 1t. The result was
that the Confederates, after intcting severe loss
Ill killed and wounded, retired to their entrencll
mclitS, carrying with them from nine hundred to II
| thousand prisoners
| Simult tneously with this attack upon Warren's
IL sht flank, another body of ConcdeTaes fell upon
his extreme left of the Weldon road, broke it,
and captured five or six hundred prisoners, mostly
1 from the regular brigade, commanded by General
| Hays, who is himself missing
The entire Federal line was then forced back with
| heavy loss i'll killed and wounded. Before dark
however, The troops are said to have been rallied and
10 have recovered hya desperate charge, the ground
lost in the afternoon. The Confedcratcs lost III
| prisoners some two hundred and thirty men, and
are supposed 70 have suffered severely IL killed and
| wounded On Saturday the fighting was resumed
. ANA was continued on Sunday morning, With what
| result not known but it Is claimed that Warren
st.lI held the Weldon railroad at the last advice
| fud wa engaged III destroying IL His whole los,
| on Friday Is put at three thousand.
| Tie movement north of The james IiveU has been
| suspended, ii not abandoned altogether only one
| corps the Teuth -lemIinina ON that sid" OF tn,
| stre:un at Deep Bottom, where 1t Is strongly cn'
| trcnched and further protected by the gunboats.
| FROM THE VALLEY.
| Thus far We have nothing additional from th'
| Upper Potomac. Sheridan, since his retreat iron
'tra-Lurg to Winchester, has been acting entirely
| On the defensive, and seems more soicitous 10 pro
trct the frontier from invasion than t. march ou
| ana offer battle to his active adversary Ot the po
| ~iton occupied by sheridan, 1t does nu;become Us t
| speak but it has already been made pubic thd
| AyrlIil l. Guarding the fordS oi the Potomac, un'
| THAT the Confcderatcs again occupy Martlnsbnl?
,utd hold complete pUsscSNiun of the Baltimore a'
ONO railroad from tAat point to within few mile
| II IIuret's Ferry. We may add here that, 10
| several days past Sheridan has hten expecting Al
| attack, jt- movements on the part Of Eally wer
| .urpcs,.d to indicate such an intention.
TuT RAID IN SHEHsf tN'S REAR.
| Th. tin, inuatl CyHtmftcjtFS Nashville dispatc
| states that the first train from the front, sine
| WhceleI'S raid reached Chattanooga, on the 18th
Heavy trains left there at for the front, III
| last one OF which Is reported to have been capture
| near Kingston ly a small force detached frOl
Wh5Clcr's command. Since the occupation Of Cleve
| lana, Wheelcr's movements have been lnysteIl0u:
probably occlsioned by his cndcavors to avoid Xii
him. Whevlcr's force consists Of three divisions an
one brigade, with ten pieces of artillery, i'll ALL abou
| live thousand men.
The Nashville Times of the 22d contains rcpol
that Whteler's rebel force had crossed the river
| Chattanooga, though there Il report that he pa
gone t. East Tennessee, which Is dlscretlted. IN
Knoxville fortcatiDns lsayS the lIIneSl can resl'
| five times the force OF Wheeler.
THE NArIoNAL LOAN.
Il 4 telegram from Washington, dated 22d, says Il
subscription to the 2S0 bonds, Saturday, amount
cd u J3J, 900, and to the 1910, over 100000.
| Gold closed on the 23i at 2j64.