The New York herald., 1864-08-17

Thus far all works we'll Musketry nring was heard iD
the direction OF this movement this morning.
The Fortress Monroe Despatch.
IA FORTRESS MONROE, August Is, 1884.
The hospital steamer Hero, OF New Jersey, Captain
Hancock, arrived Deep BOTTOM the James river,
| this afternoon, with hundred wounded men who
wounded in tho fight yesterday, after landing
the north side. 1he following officers among the
| number
| Captain ". f. Mapes, 2ith New York.
| Captain JAS McNann, Tooth New York.
CAPTAIN w. N. Saline, Alth Maine.
| Captain A. W. Pendix 1th Maine.
| Major c. p. BALDWIN, nth Maine
Lieutenant Richard lkinton, 10th Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant G. H. Brown, 10th Connecticut.
Lieutenant J. s. Mansur, Nh United States, coored.
Lieutenant Edwd E Fairchild 9th United States, col
Lieutenant P. Mcavid I'd South Carolina, rebel pris
Oner.
eenth army corps up five o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Artillery and musketry firing had been kept up all day,
and still continued wIen our informant iefG
Our forces drove in the rebel pckets early on Sunday
morning. and during the day succeeded n carrying two
lines OF the enemy's earhworks the outer one being
about nine miles from Richmond
The loss the Second army so far has been very
Generals Grant and Meade are commanding person.
LATER
The mail boat Keyport has arrived from City Point
hundred rebel prisoners, captured dur
ing the skirmshng Of yesterday.
Pesides the earthworks captured yesterday by ouI
forces there was captured battery upon
our men working upon the heretofore alluded to
The Warrington Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, August 16, 1854.
The mail boat Keyport reports the movement Of the
Second corps up James river Saturday night,
sutng the routing Of large rebel force At Dutch Gap
capture of hve hundred prisoners, besides
seven pieces OF artillery.
The position occupied by the enemy s said to have
L haon n ctro nd Oc0uDed
who able to hold IL.
The Keyport took down from Bermuda Hundred to
Fortress Monroe hundred prisoners from this
| fight about forty Of v HON claim TO bs deserters.
There but little hard fighting done General Han
cock accomplishing his end BY skiful mannuvrng and
SURPRISE and consequently our loss was SMALL It being
| estimated at less than one hundred.
| Previous 10 tho movement up the river the troops
placed the transports and moved down osten
taously below Harrison's Landing, thus completely
deceving rebels who supposed the siege Of
Petersburg and Richmond was being raised
Under tho of the night the troops turned
the river again, aud the result was complete surprise
OF the enemy.
within two miles Of Fort Darling
passenger in the mail boat from City Point arrived
bere TO day He reports that detachment OF the
Second army corps sunday swept round TO Deep
and captured a number OF prisoners.
About eighty Of them landed at Fortress Monroe.
They South Caroinans and belong TO General Long
streets corps.
WASHINGTON, August 10. 1854
On Saturday iaet Hancock's corps was put in motion
the James river and by circuitous route reached
north side OF the river at Deep Bottom, Dutch
Gap, Saturday night. Turner and Terrys divisions, OF
Tenth corps also crossed to Deep Bottom Satur
day night Fosters division, which had been for
time posted at Deep Bottom, advanced by General
Brney little after sunrise Sunday morning, pushing
the rebel line Of skrmsners before them for
siderable distance, when the twenty fourth Massachu-
ses regiment Colonel Osborne charged and broke tho
rebel line aud captured seventy prisoners.
Meantime General Gregg's cavalry had cleared tho
position on Birney's right ON the New Market road.
which leads from the vicinity Of Malvern Hill directly to
Richmond.
The position thus taken by Hancock about miles
from Richmond.
Birney made assault his front and carried a line
OF the eneuys works. which guard the approaches
Richmond that quarter capturing six pieces OF cannon
and mofars Some advices state the number OF morta
al four pieces
Late and Interesting from Castle Thun-
der.
Mrs. Margaret Leonard, OF Boston, Mass arrir red In
sbIs city yesterday Castle Thunder Richmond she
Is her way 10 Boston, where she resides. she let
Richmond the 18th inst, and mskes the following
statement Of the circumstances attending her capture
her treatment while the rebel lines and her experience
10 other respects
Ny husband, Newton Leonard, volunteered in January
last in the Second Massachusetts heavy artillery When
his company ordered to the scat Of war received
permission TO 90 with bis company aundrcss. The
regimen, arst TO Norfolk Va, and from thence
ordered TO Plymouth N G. This place was captured on
the 2oth Of April by the rebels, with all tina, was N
it, including my trunks, over which the rebels
and our men bad quarrel Tor the
possession, bat the rebels got them The rebels gave me
nothing back not hat for my head had nothing
only what was on my back They seized all the money,
goods and everything else they could take from cur
men. There were good many wounded at Plymouth
after the battle, aud they eft me there tonr
weeks In tho hospital as nurse. Az the end
OF that time | taken to Andersonvile, Ca,
In n They kept ten days there aud treated
me kindly. Ny husband was allowed to visit me every
day. This the only place at which they show ed me
any Kindness. At the end OF ten they took 10
Richmond and lodged me In Castle thunder arrived In
Richmond the etn OF Juno and remained there Till tho
18TH OF August All tine rat5ns the prisoners navo
Ia Castle Thunder II bread and water and rotten
bacon They have not half enough TO eat For the last
hve they gave soap, not as much as woulu
wash my hauds They keep what they call desefersi
spies and Yankee bushwhackers In Castle Ihnnier,
Tnere not many prisoners In Rehmona nov s pus
there twenty seven thousand AZ AndersonVIe
Macon, Ca and they dying very last o. sourvy'
chronic disrrhwa and dropsy. " they are ny svuu
leased there viii not bo many left to release onr
was a, Andersonvile saw mem nn prlsoners now
at Belle isle and very lew IN the otner aas no IN
| PRISON. There were oDly two otoer ~ ~ 49, W.
the female department ol sne ,r Inso is confined
IN cell and the rebels say no s spy shu = ko,'s W
be hing Tnev used % put hm 10 ceh Az nsut SUI ee
- - ~ IL IL Tie day time, but now they Keep MN
uhi uus y. 80 s,v Clauel Fry has ball and chain
s.,s "a ~ hnp b cause they have asuspcion that ne
vns s.v We could near Grant Csnuou y, ree'sours
| go 80 we useI get the Richmond ErdmtrT
49, Sy. nd resd 10 II that Grant was dead The
49, an ne was for about fortnight. The people
! ~ peb.napd nave nothing 70 eat but corn bread and
| ss m. rebei Of at Castle Thunder nave ouy
se na I'D som, vegetables tney get oat OF garden
| thcy have taere'
Uhe Grand Hal, OF the Season.