The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-28
The Great Fight in Georgia.
TE1E ENEMY EsEPULsEz3 WITH
GREAT SLAUGHTER.
NORTHERN REPORTS. FROM
VIRGINIA.
no Mobile Advertiser & Register. |

ITO MoDne AdVefIlsef q Register
sENAToBIA, June 27.-Tho Chicago Times and St.
Loais Republican, of the 23d, are received.
The Tederalloss the 18th near Petersburg is esti
mated at thirty-fve hundred.
The surrender of Petersburg was demanded and
refused.
The Rebels occupy strong position, rendering the
city untenable by the Fedcrals without sacrifice Of
lfe To take it. consequently it is useless until rebels
are dislodged.
Supplies have been sent to the. White House for
Hunter and Sheridan. whose arrival there was ex-
l.pscted
Mass meetings have been held in New York and
other cities impress upon the Chicago Convention
that the people are in favor of peace.
The Chicago Convention is postponed until the goth
| of August
Lincoln is visiting the Army of the Potomac.
Sherman is reported to have had recent success.
Marmaduke moving Little Rock
The steamer sago loaded with cotton, was burned
on the Arkansas river.
Guerrilas are troublesome an the Ohio.
A dispatch dated Army Of tie Potomac, June 81
says:
No change opposition in the last three days. The
rebels are throwing up earthygorls and seem deter
mined to hold Petersburg.
The rise of god is attributed reverses and repea
ofthe gold bin, whichis strongly urged.
Gold closed the 22d at 225 having run up to 235
The Abolition papers fearful that Congress will
.adjonrn without passing the bill conseriptng every
able bodied man, and says the air is thick with
of peril caused from the lack of men, while the noble
armies inthe field are daily melting away.
Vallandigham perambulates Dayton al l5itum.
Maximilian has appointed Santa Anna Field Mar.
shall
Liverpool dates to tho 11th received
The Times editorial the debate in Parliament on
foreign enlistment says the matter has been greatly
exaggerated that England cannot. under any cireum-
whatever, make it c0usa beii. If emigration
ends Ia enlistment afterard its event is beyond Gov,
ernment control,
Cotton market frmer and prices slightly higher for
American.
From reliable Memphis intelligence IS is believed
that Washburn win take command of the troops going
eastward
The Memphis ard Charleston Railroad is repaired,
and troops arriving by river sent out to Join the
expedition, now numbering twenty thousand, and it
is the intention swell the number to thirty thousand
The object isto reinforce Sherman after whipping
Forrest
Rumors are current that Grant telegraphed Lincoln
he tired of the undertaking and that Lincoln must
come and take charge himself.
The Memphis officials were in bad humor, Indicating
unfavorable news.
Gold worth $50. No cotton in market.
SEEAToBIA, June 26.-A special to tbes...
says the Memphis Bulletin Of tLas, a. 0i'A0oi
The fighting ON saturda-Sun ~Ath received.
s.rted t,e around Petersburg repre-
loss as very heavy.
s slpereeded by Brooks.
Hancock rei.sved, Burney temporarily succeeding
The early capture of Petersburg is anticipated.
Lincoln has not yet authoritetively accepted the
nomination.
The works at Fort Wayne and Detroit ere being ez-
tended and strengthened.
The Alabama burned the ship Rockingham, from
Calico.
Washburne is reported relieved at Memphis, and
commands the expedition against Forrest.
Gold in New York the elst, excited It was deci