, 1864-08-26

through The w4r Is the BirEey Zouaves, ans
| bling composed mostly Of firencn, had I
grand reception from the fire department
! The regiment retnrns With 21S men- DlrneJ
is TOW Brigadser General.
! Tic rcw Irobsides, which came here soms
time ego for lepaits, has been thoroughly
osettau,ed, 1rd whatever injuries shc sus
/ tained III ChaIlestou Har5sr have been re
moved. She sill eail IN T. lew days for ths
sce1e Of active operations.
| FROM TEE SOUTH.
Rebel News ria Rlchmond-Tho s1tu'
the Rebel carIsaI-southcrn Dis'
patches.
Especial Diepateh to the Chicago Tr!brnc.1
WAsn1soroS, Thursday, Aug. e5.
We tave the Richmond E.qurer Of Tues
DAT, the Esd inst. 4 Petersburg telegram o1
Saturday says that Gen. A. z, Hill comman.
did the rebel forces in the battle OF Friday,
They cleim that they drove our center back
| nearly mile, ard our tlan over two miles
and thst theE captured 1900 prisoners, in
| Guiding nine comm: nding cf6cerz.
| They admit henry lose, and say General
Clinrman was wou1ded. The following tel
eeram relative to Sundays tlght appears:
| TIE Fight OF SUNDAY.
| PErKRsDCRn, Aug. a1.-Atont O'Clock totE
| lodged on Weldon railroad The attack was ma1t
| IN ffunt on tho fiEnk- Our column asaau'tiny in
frcps pl shed tie enemy back half mite, and car
5ige 49, E ia u 3r, un1 ~; t .up 49, ~
ecae T. capturns { liz d
snd in reashl1g h;t hssyy b.easfTofks, & wlea a'
| Ta1Ia and tSe upsceonntsbie e1siox away IT an
mloIssnt Ioysnen. q one e.; o. % our ~ nrdsaaes, Il
"a 70 yltirr WILL 4'' "'o
The nGnllnE ceased At II O'clock, bnt ek!ruish-
ne arg enafnshoot,rg nave eoptsnnsd M q 9uanS the
en,ns tn|cin tse rsroad Wiz Gn a 2tu ~
he strongest cha1,ctsE. "'1 A''-'@NoI0 "
The emmy made hesvy demonstration oo oar
lett on The City Paint soad With artillery sud mus
kef1y this mcEr:ca, hut accomplished nothing.
apr ~, snen oe'ape" naa gu noaf'
5a"' ,a0 r- ~ "4.aeSa ~
potte " 1ne oa,4e u oHuoas' .ns csos' -A'
'en'E'o'e y. "nsn 80.
u--.N,,-. rs..'..s. e.....,.u.
inr acrnfs the Welion rsirn.d oblJnnrlr. fnor,
northeast to southwest, abort Two miles south Of
NC euy: oon ,,.,a ,..o,+a, A., .,.
left. cspturiur Els plcktt Inc. AMI thcu adysuced
! upon his e4ztlwnrEs. Mahone'a men charmed
eceS su s15n1e f 0 IN M
canister forced him re:re, leaving ID he cnv.
m5'e hendE abnrt IRE hsndred prisoners.
upoa our lei. but " Wcre a;iyep Sci. ''1'4
Our .n,i,c iosa ls about 1ooo
k,1,ea ia AZ Gen ~" Ie,csr " n Fnro =
t wounded"n
The report that Generals Fiuaigan, Barton
| aud Anderson. wese killed, iss,t correct.
The official dispatch from the rebel 70,
Office says:
| TIE OFFICIAL, DISPATCH.
| Gen. Hill attacked the enemy On Sunday
| morning and drove him from his advanced
ures TO MS main works, capturing 5o ptts
aa snna T,,ua,ra1,v " III ~ %
which mnnnttd the e1emr,s xorts Int YER
forced to retire by the failure Of its support
to come mp.
The paper has lengthy editorial On thu
] situation at Petersburg, In which itsays that
| Grant w:s In such straits that he must dc
| samPfhinr. IT admitA the more 1tnon the
,vs,son Ro,,ro,d ,s ho,a ord ,n9o-t,1+
! and significantly n3ds that ell the energies
] ~ a1,ant-v nr 4he ornv nnder Iea aSI
Beuregard vii not be too much to beat GRAM
hack frnm the railroad. OF our position Il
/ ..~a. ttrhot. 49, ..- !. ~, W. ro,t.,aa oho,,
| says: "lheiF ceIl5r Is On tne raEroaa aoou
three miles IRON Petersburg, their leC
e4-st.h,n1 nos+ = - -. +t,os rs;,ca
e1eDos "a - , " N
were sent down Jaues River on Monday, Il
,.srs.sa =. ~. r. -, a.a. e.. .st-
DC lrspe'es.eo TO ms sseesa1 neet LOT so'F
TIN E,o,;r-r alac c,ain,e tbat hTcp nnn
t"3o ~.@e 0o1
oeis o' otse5.eis are co"iee l'to 1nef Anee
...;.,x, ....o,,,,.. {. 49, A. v,,,,a
inviting Foreigners to lcaEe the Yaake'
army. Forty or fifty, 1t says, appearad> Q,
sandsS snd Monday, aud cialmea the priv
legts PROMISED ID tbas o!dtf, WHICH "er'
grshted tbem*
| There is geaern1 scarcity CT Hour IN th'
city, ard the prlcc has gone up $50 per oarre
within ten days 1t Is now held as from s-@3s
to s9oo. Tie paper shows people lnat teer'
is no 1eason tor thts ac vance, anu soas toer'
will soon Re pl'n1nal supply IRON the ne"
"heat no" haFFesuog.
a IN nas n9 q Sn ), ua sse a1, on
inr through The counties o. the james Canal, m,
Rpe tassae t.t o. tns thse seare %
5n the al in fhr INV of fnrn1sh,nr snnn,ies
There il 4 paragraph on Peace Commisstoner
| trom The Eortb, tfom which It appears that eacl
peItonases were expected In PeteT-burz. On Sun
dsy, quite crowd Of persons collected at ,he de
not to ice them, and o9 t1e ssnpositioa that eye1
I
peace Commissioner, lhe local reporter tutnk
there must buEe beer at least twenty-five ot them
He dec1arcs, however, that he could not tell Com
missioner from aDy olher m2n+ and 60 does no
know wbelher any did or did not arrive.
ConceIbi1E The situation on the Forth brancl
OF the JfHeB E1Ttr t!Ie editor eays that tae kan
zee force which landed at Vorina and anvauce,
on the land defeLcee Of Chai1in's Bluff have al
lett, END the enemy have no troops On ttis cid
Of the river except Fosters brigade which guard
the po11oors Mt Deep Bottom
"Afound this noattion works Of srest ttr@nsst
have sprnrR up Ike magic, mounted with heaF
works Grant FMS $4,000 men, being the main bod
Of bis army--ihe end IL not yet
The 1cca} cn1u,rn of the 1>aper Saws Sar
,..,,ss - -. -. r. r. ,,,:,..a.
oe1s WIS haicu ~ 1Hs neao u HIS u1a5ao'
while lenting It ID battle.
A1othtr nara,ran1, saya fourteen hnndrf.
~. w. .s - -,
and eeTent5-1onr pf:sonefs arrived IN n1ct
mopd On Monday, from Petersburg, IN
| - - c,.s, r,,.
| a,toV Oh 6atufoH} AHs. ouuuas. tno p1tsAse
were eert to Belle leland, and officers, {
wb}ch +hera were cver I'M fran Br1r- t,ar
Hays. Of Afats., down, were conaned 1
Libby prison.
EoRT MoNnoE, Hsnnesoay, M Aasast @ =: Il