The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-03-16
OFFICIAL WAR BUILETON.

Major General j. A. Dix:
The following dispatches have
been received by this department.
TSigned1 E. N. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
CRY POINT, VIRGINIA, March 10,
The following has just been rel
ceived;
,WIsE's FoRK, March 10.
Lieutenant General Grant: ~
The enemy made a heavy attact
upon our center and left to-day,
but was dccisively repulsed with
a heavy loss His dead and badly
wounded were left upon the field.
We also took several hundred pris.
oners. Our loss email. Gene raj
| Couch is only twelve miles from
Kingston to night, and will be up
early. s.jL-. . SD
In the morning we took prisonl
ers from Lees and Stewards corps.
They gay that two corps are here,
and the rest of Johnston'S army is
coming: wt.g-
[Signedl JIM. sCHOFIELD,
Maj. Gen.
CRY POINT, VIRGINIA, March Is.
Hon. e. M. Stanton, Secretary OF
War.
The following items are taken
from to.day's Richmond papers;
We have tome good neww this
morning-news of q victor y in
South Carolina, 1t is announced
in the following official dispatch
from General Lee. Though the
dispatch is rather scanty in its
particulars, enough is given to
show that Fitzpatrick was badly
worsted:
HEADQUARTERS, &c; March 10.
"Hon. j. @. Breckenridge, Secrel
tary of War:
General Hampton attacked Gem
eral Fitzpatrick, at daylight this
morning, and drove him from his
camp taking, his guns and wag.
ons, many pieces and several hun.
dred prisoners, inclu ling o great
number of our own men who had
been captured. The gus and wa
gons could not be brought of, for
want OF horses.
"Many of the enemy were killed
and wounded Our lois not very
heavy. Lieutenan1 Colonel j. S.
King was killed; Brigadier Cen
eral Hume, Coloensl Kugan and
Morrison, and Majers Davis and
Furguson and others, were wound
ed.
TSgned1 "R. E. LEE, General.
1t will be observed that the" To-
cality of the fight is not named in
the dispatch. This is for pruden-
tial reasons. Sherman has no
communication with tho North,
and it would imprudent to publish
where he was, as it would be giyl
ing news to Grant of his progress.
Matters are beginning to look de.
cidedly better for us in the South.
In the last three days we have had
news oftwo victories; one in North
Carolina, and one in South CaroliI
ma.
We alluded in our last issue to a
movement which was being made
for the purpose of rccapturing our
prisoners who were taken from
Early in the recent fight near
Waynesboro, aud who were being
conducted under guard to Win
chester. The following official
dispatch tells fit: s
"IIEADoUAKrERs, March 8.
Hon. J. G. Breckenridge, Secre-
tary of War: .
General Rosser reports that on
the 9th instant with q few of his
men he attacked the enemy near
Harisonburg, who were guarding
the prisoners taken at WaynesboI
70, and captured a few prisoners.
ION the morning of the 7th, he
again attacked them, near Reid's
Hill, having detained them for
a day and night, and caused them
to retire in haste, abandoning the
only piece of artillery they had,
and their ambulances. lie annoy
ed them o good deal, and enabled o
good many of our meu to es.
cape. ....
l[Signed1 ,.R. E. LEE"
The Northern papers claim to
have capttred about 1000 prison.
ers in the fight with Early, and
report that most of this number
had reached Winchester.
CHARLOTTE, March 8-The South.
ern Express Company's messenger
from Augusta, Georgia, brings adj
vices to the Sd inst. No news of
interest had transpired west of the
Savannah River.
The Georgia State Legislature
passed q resolution declaring that
it does not concur in the recOmenl
dation of Governor Brown for a
Convention by a vote OF twenty
yeas, against eight nays.
Several extensive fires had ocI
Cured in Augusta, supposed to be
the work of an incendiary.
"Four hundred Yankee prisoners