The New York herald., 1865-03-26
THE SITUATION.


tho Army of the Potomac disturbed yesterday BY
mos. brilliant affair front of Petersburg Three divi
sons OF rebels by sudden dash the Ninth
corps. before daylight In the morning, seized por-
aon Of Its lines took possession Of the Union
Fort steedmAn. and turned its guns upon the
national troops They also made several efforts TO take
another Union battery. but each time severely TO
pulsed One or two attemps to force them from Fort
stocdmaa falcd but anAly before aerco and
determined charge, they were driven out with
terrible slaughter and immense loss The rebel
losses were about three thousand ia killed
and wounded and u least twenty hundred Of
shem taken prisoners The total national losses
in the entire affair were eight hundred.
The whole Union line mmed ate'y reoccupied, and
tho guns rstakon unnjured.
General Schoneld ina despatch to General Grant, an
nounces his occupation Of Goldsboro, N. G., last
Tuesday the 2iss inst with slight opposition from the
rebels General Terrys column Of his army, from viii
mngton, was expected TO join him at Goidsboro that
night says rebels had burned the bridges in that
vicinity but otherwise the roads in good condition
for further advance.
General schoneld alludos to the nght between por
aon Of sherman's army and the rebels near Bentons
ve last Sunday tho 10Th, reports d which, copied
from rebel papers, published in the HERALD on yes
teriay and the day before General SchoAed says
shcman's loft wing that engaged in that affair,
and that the artillery firing quito rapid during Sun
day for short time Monday morning; but he has
particulars Of the engagement shcrmns rgh, wing
at Mount Olive, the railroad from Wilmington to
Godsboro short distance south OF the latter town.
last Sunday; and artillery firing which heard
Tuesday indicated the gradual approach Of shermans
army towards that place, which, General schoheld says
would be strictly in accordance with General Shenans
plans General schoaeld has no doubt that all is we'll
with General Sherman.
Later advices from Savannah and Charleston
brought by the government transport steamships Baltic
and Fulten which arrived here yesterday from Hilton
Head the 23d inst Collector Simeon Draper returned
this city from Savannah on board the Baltic,
having completed his duties there in regard 70
the supcrntcndcnce Of tho cotton captured in
that city by General Sherman which il is sscer-
bales the greater part of being the kind
Many Of the Savannah chvary, while they admit that
their chmera Of Southern confederacy, or Kingdom
whatever they designed, is utterly hopeless, submh to
tho national authorities with an i'll grace they Still
ieving they have always been taught 70 believe that
Southeners are race entirely superior 70 Northerners
Largo numbers OF torpedoes sunk by the rebels in
Charleston harbor and in Ashley and Cooper rivers
have been discovered; but far little damage bad
been done by them Between fifty and sixty Of them
stll being prosecuted. The survey steamer Bbb
against and exploded Of them, the 17h
instant, having Of her engines slightly injured,
but suffering little other damage No person on
board Of her hurt. The work Of sounding the !
channel and fixing the lights Of Charleston harbor be
ing actively prosecuted u s said thas tho Secretary
and Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Robert
Anderson will visit 18th Of April tho
Anniversary Of the attack that work. 70 participate
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identical old nag lowered from It's ramparts yesEs
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