Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-07-16
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE,
DATES TO JULY 9.

received via Gawley June %: In regard Ia
Hunters operations, his army reached Lex.
ington on the 18th, finding the place occupied
by infantry and artillery. Aftc- fighting a
few hours the rebels left. We burned tho
Virginia Military Institute and Governor
Letcher's house. Capt. Blrasser's scouts
captured z canal boats, containing 4 cannon,
900 rounds of ammunition and a larg. amount
of commissary stores. Gen. Duiie having
cut the Charlottesville and Lynchburg Rail.
road at Amherst. marched by Buchanan and
Liberty to L%ynchburg on Saturday and nftcr
feeling the enrmy's strength. decided that
they were too strong for us, and by night we
Withdrew, having taken g cannon and 60
prisoners. The I'd Virginia Cavalry on Sat-
urday night cut the railroad 10 miles from
Lyncbburg. A small party of rebels attacked
Carlin's and Strauss battery in a deflr, drove
off the men. cut the wheels and took 100
horses. We brought away S cannon, leav-
ing 7 that were mired together with 7 cas-
sons and 'rriages. that were burned by tho
expedition. Six men were killed and ten
wounded of the I'd Virginia Cavalry. The
whole loss, probably, is COO killed, wounded
and missing.
We have 100 prisoners, 7 cannon, GOO
horses captured and have lived almost entire
ly off the country.
Private dispatches mention the burning of
the American bark Tycoon by the pirate
alabama. The I'ycvOn sailed from New
York the 27th of March, bound to San Fran
cisco. She had a valuable cargo and was
consigned to Dewitt, Kettle 4 Co. She had
been purchased in New York and was to be
4 l:,-.1 A. (tuu, Ham,. G. ~ g., Ic.c.,
cisco.
A dispatch fom Sherman says: Ycster-
day, the 9th, We made an unsuccessful at
tack on the encmy's position. Our loss is
between two and three thousand, and is par
t~lcularly heavy in officers. We took some
prisoners. The cncmy's loss we suppose was
much less than ours, as they kept behind
paraprts.
(Signcd) STANTON.
A correspondence from the 18th corp,
dated midnight, says that for two days moth.
ing Of interest occurred except the regular
five minutes discharge of 30-ponnder Parrot
shells into Petersburg. We now have per-
feet range of the rebel works between this
corps and Petersburg. Deserters constant
ly coming in.
The same correspondence, under date Of
the 9th, says that the rebels, firing of wit
Messing the discharge. of our 3O-poundcrs,
opened with their heavy guns OH the other
side of the Appomatox. and the first shell
struck the parnpet battery. Beecher then
commenced Smelling the city f~uriously with
lO-ponnder PARROTS, short range, and occa-
s%ionally pouring showers of case shot into
the rebel skirmish pits, effrctually s~ilencing
the enemy, the clouds OF dust observed
giving proof of the movement of tho rebels
into Petersburg.
The Heyald,s New Orleans correspondence
has the following:
The archives Of the State Of Louisiana
were found buried in the earth near Baton
Rouge; part of them have arrived ut New
Orleans. The rebels have issued an order
from Richmond prohibiting tho burning of
cotton. as it will be seized to procure cloth
ing for the soldiers and munitions of war.
Our army at Morgan, La, has embarked
on transports for an important expedition.
The TribWne's correspondent Of the 10th,
says that Wilson's command consists of his
own and Kantz' divisions. Not stopping ex-
cept to break the Weldon railroad, which he
did at Payne's Station, and then move rapid
" to the Bnrksvills intersection of the Dam
vile and Richmond. and Petersburg and
Lynchburg roads. He then went to work
with all the might of o thousand active men.
and up to this time has met with but little
opposition. With his headquarters at Burks.
vile. he dispatched commands in each Of
four directions where lay railroads. On the
Danville road the bridges were burned for
forty miles, thoroughly destroying the ties
and twisting every rail for twenty miles. On
the Petersburg and Lynchburg road hi utter
ly destroyed thirty miles oftrack. and burned
bridges even beyond that distance.
New York, June 29.-The WashingtonS Star
of yesterday, says that since Grant crossed
the Rapidan, he has taken 10000 prisoners,
not including those within tho last four or
five DAYS, while our loss is not over one third
that number. Among the prisoners taken
are men over 60 years old, and boys but IA
and Is.
The Commercial etntes cditorially on good
authority that our total loss in Grants cam
paign. exclusive Of cavalry and Hunters
column, is not over $4,000; since crossing
James river, our loss will not exceed 1000
only 3,4OO wounded remained at h%eadquar-
tiers June eth.
As to the rebel loss, the Richmond Enquir-
ev, Of the 27th. give a list Of $1,000 sent
from Lees army, and 5000 from Beare-
CARDS command. This docs not include
those sent from the Rapidan to Gordonsville,
Charlottesville, S%taunton and other places.
New York, June 3O.-Ths Commercial
special says that Secretary Chase, finding that
it was not the disposition to grant him power
to collect a sufficient amount of revenue to
carry on the Government, has resigned.
Washington, July IA letter dated on
the evening Of the Esd says: We are now