The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1864, Page 1

ee - to surprise the guard and capture them. We barned ap about ove aondred and fity wagons, with thelr coniente, \ and, Lot being able Incarry off the mutes, shot them, a to the number of about pine hundred. Among tho Oficial Report from Gen. Logan of the Battle of the 22d of July. Statement of the Losses on Each Side, Additionad Details of McCook’s Cavalry Expedition, The Fighting Around Atlanta on the 3d Instant, Be., &., Mele) Reportof Major General Logan. Major General Sherman, in transmftiiag the following ‘eMetad report ef General Logan to Gesesa! Halleck, says ‘thet, although the number of dead rebels ems exceusive, be {5 dig;poued to give full credit to the report that, wougd ear loge was only three ¢housand five bundred aud tweuty- eee in killed, wounded and missing, 4he enemy's dead ‘Ghose on the field nearly equalled tuatnumber—viz: three ‘housand two Londred and twenty — Heandoanrens, eNt AMD ARMY OF Tum Tenneveme, Eeyore Ariana, Gu, July 24, 1864 Dural Oma — Jhawe the boner to report tho following general | Summary of the resalt of the attack of the enemy on this ‘army en the 22d inttants —Total lows in willed, wounded -we@ wiesing, 3,521, and ten pieces of artillery. ‘We bave buried-and delivered to the enemy, under Bag Of truce sent in by them, io front of the Third divi- adem of the Seventeenth arwy corps, one thouseed of f Weir Killed. ‘The number of the dead tn front of the Fourth d@ivisieo @ the same corpe, including those on the ground vet vow Secupied by our trocpe, Genera) Blair reporss, will swell the number oftheir dead on'bis front to two thousand. ‘The number of thew dead ‘buried in front of the Fif- feenth corps up to this hoor is three bupdred end sixty, end the commanding offcer reporte that at least a¢ many mere are yet cnburied, burying parties Deing etil) at ‘work. ¢ Tbe number of dead buried in front of the Sixteenth Gerpe was 422, We haveover 1.000 of their wounded in ear hands, the larger sumber of wounded being carried OB Goring the night afver the engagemest by them. We eestored eighteen stands of colors, and bave thew now. ‘We ulsc captured tive thousand stand of arins. ‘The attack was made om our lines seven wmer, aod wae Seven times repulsed. Hood's and Hardee's corps and Wheeler's cavalry engaged us. We have seut to tne rear me thousand privovere, including thirty-three eommis- ‘Boned officers of high rank. We still occupy the field, amd the troope are io fice epirita, A detailed aud ful) re- port will be forwarded as soon as complete. REGAPNULATION. Gor wen) lose, 9,521, Enemy's dead thus far reported, Weried or delivered to them, 2,220. Fotal of prisoners: (amt North,1,017. Tota) of prieonere wounded io cur Imnds, 1,000, Estimated lose of the evemy at Jeast WOO. Very reepectiully, your obedient servant, JOBN A. LOGAN, Major General, Major Geverst W. 7. Seansax, commending Military Mivision of the Mireiee)ppi. FIGHTING AROUND ATLENTA. Mz. D. P. Conyngham’s Bespatch. Near ATLAnts, Ge., Avgust-4, 1664. GRNERAL STANLEY'® DEMONSTRATION. Ye Fourth corps, now commanded by Major General @ranicy, made a demonstration yesterday evening on 1) webel worke. Gen, Wood's skirmiehere drove the rebeis from shoir rifle pits back to their main line; but, a regular ue of battie moving on them from the woods, they bad ww retiren little, stil] occupying some of the rebel pits. M@ebrwisbing ond artiliery firing next took place along the Inne, and we captured adont fifty prisoners, most of t eing taken by Wood’s division. Cur loss was slight, being outy eight killed and sbout t#enty wounded. We :@re every day closing nearer and vearer to the (ated wn. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT, We sre massing on the right fleuk. So an ‘reportant yewalt may be hourly expected from that quarter. - GENERAL B°COOK’S CAVALRY RAID. Ms. D. P. Comyngham’s Despatch. Naan Attanta, Ga., August 4, 1664. G@eesicerabie excitement prevailed stmong our troops Ser some days, owing tw the report tha: Genera! McCook m4 hip gallact command were totally destroyed or cap- tered. Iam happy to state the cheering newe tbat the eoutrary ie the troth. Tie gallant command, after en- enopter ing bard ighting ageinst desperate odds, cot sts ‘way through, inflictiog heavy punishment on the enemy,, mé cemroyed & large amount ef valuable property. ‘rue, they atso suffered severely; but then they bad to aad We rons, novonly of the rebel cavalry, Dut also @ & \irge jofantry force, for which they did not caicn- ieee. They bave in great measure paralyzed Hood's mowrments a1 Atlanta, for now, with Dis Jarge stores de- stroyed, tbe Macon lite cut ap and his troops mereiy liv- ta from band to mouth, | do not think it possible that Be cas maintain bw position many daya longer. The fol- -dewing facta I bave collected (rom officers whe have <gerved in thin desperate raid, and they will, I think, on ‘Wee whe'e, be found reiiabie — HE Pras. Boussrau’s raid proving & suceers. a raid on s more .(PGADLC HoAle was orgavined. Genera! McCook, with a .@emmanc af two theusand fre bundred men, was to operaie on the right (lank of the army, to ¢us the rail- wey, Gd Stoneman on tbe left flank, and, if porsihie, to moperate ond form # junction at Mofonough. Os the morning of the 27th of Joly General MeCook broke cams a6 Maron's semimary, Bear Sweetwater lown, on the MRariaboocoee. Hin ommend consisted of two brigades, semmanded by Colonel Corton aud Lieutenant Colope! Torrey, and aieo Colopel Harrison's command, consisting af the Eighth lndiama, Second Kentucky, Filth lowe, ‘Porrth Teunesser and Ninth Oni. There reg: mente Rad oarwed @ 1b Koceores .2 be gailant rod ROG THE SWEET OSTER ROT ER, Genera) MoCook crested Sweetwater op the mein TOR lending to V. "ie Rick, wud reached Canyrietown that aMttern00n. Scouts were seus out Lo aecerisio ide coemy ¢ POR CD, AF MDE eppesiie Decks mere orcapied by the vedel cavalry. Tk Union forces cromed about two mien aveve Rivertown ferry Tbe Fourth Keotucky were _Sertied over in viifir aed ratte. to cover the laying of the 2pe@tour, The rebel pickets oppowd ther inoding bot faday, ater receiving &voliey from our men, fed. Alter i Colove! Hamilton, Of the Sevenin Ue, was leit, “WHE bie regiment, ip Obarge of the pomtooes, The First Waacoveic, commanded by Mayor Veiner, was vent ap the Wiver to Campbeltown te rive the exemy frew our TRE £0 CR THR Be BOOT RRO HED The command now moved op for Palmetto, rxirm eb ag WB Armetroug’e brigade aM the wey. The colump moved w two parniles roade--the Secope brigade on tne bO ond We Firm oo the right. They ip thie order vesched fa)inetto at eundewe, and momediately fell te tear iog Oy the eaiirced track fortwo mile and aise ured about fifty rejirond care end boxer, witb s large enppiy ©! oven minaary stores, over five Dunired Dales of @tiCO and BO TM menwe amount O° toracce CAPTORS OF THR Rech aee THAT. ‘We vest marrbes for Lovejoy via Fayettey ile, through very broken romin acd Geasely wooded county. About me o'clock on the moruing Of the 20th we came up with © lage Daggage Wa.0 of he eeomy Our advance guard Breck op it, nud we daried forward sO URexppotediy op NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,. 1864. wagons were those Delonging to the headquarters of Generale Loring, Hardee and Stewart, and several division commanders, whieh were parked around bere fos safety, 1 being seme twenty-five miles (rom Atlanta. OnwanD. Woe weat marched on Fayetteville, whore we captired three Dundrea and fAty men and seventy two officers From this we marched for Lovejoy, on the Macon Tine, destroying about two wiles of the track and telegraph wires. We now learned that a large cavalry force inter- yened between ourselves aud Stoueman, with upother Terce on our rear. thaw preventing » junction, So we bad © wheel rovad for Newman. 2 vice. Oo leaving Lovejoy the Kigbth lowa. Colene? Dorr cburged the enemy. ‘The whole First brigade mon came up to their support, and after @ proiouged and stubdvorn Hghs succeeded In driving back the rebel cavatry, whieh comprived Kelly's Drigade and kome detached regimonte. AVTR: LRAVING (OVH OF Wo crossed tbe Flint river, pear Whitewater creek, with- out OppuBition, though khe enerny were allie tine bane ipy 00 our tinnk and rear, We crossed the White river Wear Glew Grove, about for o’clock ou the morning of the 80th. The Fonrth Kentucky. which formed the rear GUAT, 400 War commanded by Lieutenant Colore! Kelly, ‘was ere attacked by two brigades of cavalry, ‘after Operations of the Armies North, South and West of the Potomaa Detaits of the Fighting at Folek’s Mill and Oldtown. The Strength of ths Rebel Invading Arnay, dan ba Mr. De®. Randolph Kelsa’s Despatohon. ‘Cummex.ann, ,Md., August 6, 1864. AWYAIRS IN CUM! fur.aRnD. ‘Vpon my arrivat bere last wigha@ 1 fonnd the town per ), Teraty quiet and no indications offan enemy in the vicinity, or expectation of his reappen rauce. GRNRRAT. KARL AYR DEMENCR against the attack of McCaus sand aud Joburoo was havd somely and successfully mraaged, though tho force at big command wae greatly inferAor to that of the enemy. The rebet commaudors, afterugardea diecovering this, felt mueb ehagrined at their defeat, and declared they wonid tare the place at mny rate; bit they bave not shown o disposi Hon ¢o carry thoir threat into effect, for reasoue of the moet prndential charreter MOVRREENTS OF TAR VNERY TR AMBERERORG. Afier the buraing of Chambersburg, ae is known, Me- Caneland gathered his forces and moved hamtily to ith pas MecConnelishurg, and thence direct!y south by the main Pec wavcaleclbg Seventaean te G stn yf Rancock road On the wav be war joined by Bradley coped anburt, although his clothes were perforated with | Jobneeu%e brigade, At Baocuck this force expected to be duniers. able to crow the river Averill, however, was in hot pureuit, and 20 closely pressed them that they were de- feated in their plans and ob!iged to searob for a crossing at another point, Oat cavalry. exbansted by the bard wer. vice (0 which they were subjected, held.up for afew days’ rest, Meanwhile the enemy moved northwesterly uotil they strack the Bedford and Cumberland road, thence Sing thew’ way throvub, but soon eirock pon a bri, | BAvaueed towards Cumberiand, and took up a porition at ade of infantry. The main line being pressed in the | Scroeeroad near Folck’s Mille, three miles north of the ‘Hank, and not adie to suppors Loew so Gime, moet of thie | town, gallant regiment were cavtured GPAPAY KELLRY'® OOVNTER. MOVEMENTS. CAVAURY had now'formed {uto line, bot, owing to the nature of the Rearing of the approach of the eaemy, Genera) Reltey, es had to denloy jnto two different columns, The | /eaving @ garrison m thy town, advanced with a portion tb lows formed in. position suitable to noid the eue- | of hie foroe and came upon the enemy by Furprise. The my ip-check’ n the rear aod swept down on their liM@S, } sction opened by ten o'clock oo the morning of August 1, which considerably their progress. These were soob retieved by the Kighth Indiana Iry, Lieutenant } and continned the evtire day, artillery being principally vned, . The ame nicht the enemy decamped. Colonel Jones commanding. CAPTURE OF THR RERID. GRNER AL RUSE ‘ 4 L should nave stated that the Righth lown, ite exilint | FP0m Folck’s Mille Mot iS SaR amerene rea Gbarge, took Brigadier Genera) Ross, commanding the | fovtheasterly direction, towards Greenspriny. repel by de. prisoner, TAR APYAIR AT OLDTOWN--CarruRR OF THE C/RRIROY, Genera McCook nent forward a benvy hive of digmnonnt- ‘ i ed ekirmichers. aupported by mounted men, anda ec. On the evening of the 21 the enemy made his appear- Son of the Tognteensh Indiana bastery Gomimended vy | ence ‘at Oidiown. on the Batimere and Obi Railroad, Jeotenant Miller, ar troope charged the rebels. who i a fr 0 i ‘were now ricain: 1p on ail sides. but were driven. beck to * ia APUG & Nice beniae, whic yi Baeuiy constructed barricades. Cur hateeries oven’ n | MOdiately attacked. After a revere fight tbe gar heavy fire ct canister on the rebel lines, which cbecked | was obiiged to capitulate. witenagere OE = | auoae aie ee ws my ef oa Oar 1788 was two severely wounded. The rebole enemy must hace lost heavily in the deaperate charge | S0fered to the extent of thirty killed anit wounded. The made op them by General Me ook. Romber of men captured by the enemy was eighty eight, including one colone! and two commissioned officers. The COLONEL. HARRISON with the General's staff jel the anpault. Unfortunately entire cumber were paroled, and bave since arrived here Colone! Barrison wae captured A ali eucceeded, and, the On Ancust 5 the enemy strcck the Polomas at Green- evemy making demonstrations to renew the conflict. we bad to abendon the prisoners and prizes aud ump every aveilabieman TAR EREMY SOW CHARGRD *pring, aod, meeting with no opporition, erorsed to the down upon the Hajon troops in force on our fromt, our | southside, comping that night at Springfield. Tne next Dattery-al! the time sustaining an enfiiading fire on them. | morning they moved towards New (reek or Paddytown. CRRPR AT. WOOK, feeing the revels closing in on him, ordered she ‘ Ter AVeAIR AF NEW Crene Second to charge them, which they did with Preaved to come to the suport pf MeCook” Captain Lo Rov, of Genera! Meook’s stall, Kept bridge for some tame in face of the enemy with egttees mov. RNG AION WRK KE Ocr edyanre guard reached Newman est! Ing of the Int of Auruet ral Roddy’s cominand of aboat one thousand infaatry, to which Command he hax beeo ately tronsferred. ‘these wore on their way to A\ianta t reinfores Hood, Put, im~ UM aPPROKEDINE, Look up & PoEition covering the main road alooy which we were marching Al! thie tune the rebel caviiry were pressing un ou alltides. The Second Kentucky were depi open the road to the left of the town, 80 am to allow the mio Dedy b) swine roond 60 Roddy’s ‘Hank and force m parsage towarde the river, whirb was dope aboot three miles below the town. Major Starr commanded the Secowd Keutacky in thie priltiant bit destractive ebarve. ‘ut after parsing the ‘antry lines be struck on the rebel cavalry wha wi dismounted and in poriton. Sant. Mitchell, of Mevook Stall, Here came np with reinforcements, and, after re- Tw SHOOND WRIGA DR Bow formed ttn vance wad @noountered the ssaanlt Of the evemy, which was Hustaived with deaperate force doth by their mounted and dismonnted cavalry. GRRAT. 4°00 fioding the contest becoming desperate, ordered bts am- Delances und vrisenere into a fleld under cover of a bill. The Kighth lows cavalry made a charge on tbe rabe force occapyiag thes road. tv which they, succeeded 18 Indians cavairy to charze wer x id with | Upon the arrival of McCausland at Sprinzfeld, MeNest # ie charge his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant R. 8. Hill, vodly -distingnished himeelf, for he charged at | MO! ® despatch to the Generat, to the effect that the bead of: bie old teeiment, The General now socing | Newtown was farrieoned by a email force of Meaehlt peProuadeG of 91 Bidet. 0d fading here wat | our troops, numbering about three hundred, and * : usb, destraved his batters cud ordered Lis commend to cui | ‘a be had blown up a culvert on’ the rail their way through the enemy's line. The command now | Toad, which would prevent the arrival of reinforcements. rallied, and, cheered on by their general. made a sweep. | Acting upon this information, op the morning of August 4 ing cbarge, actually cutting ther way through and | McCausland set nie column in motion to attack the place. through. . They suffered severely: but they inflicted equal | Genera! Kelley. however, being early apprised of the punishment on the enemy. y macceeded in cross. | break in the rejiroad, had the ovivert repaired, and in ing the Chattsh oeheo near Bashy creek, and reached | four hours reinforcements were hastoning to the relie’ of Marietta on the evening of the with about sixteen | the garrison at Newtown. The enemy, arriving first, hundred men, and rqnads are hourly coming in. io | immediately opened a vigorous attuck, which waa 29 addition to Colonel Brownlow’n Firat Tennessee, which | Virorourly answered. Cur troops, being largely outnumn regiment soffered severely, and Major Purdy's Fourth | dered, were unable long to reset the preesare, and were Tndiana, both of which had arrived the night previous: | driven out of 'y fought to thet ovr jose will moet likely mot amount to more | Fefire. Our men took another position, and were still than five hondred, while the enetny mont bave dat more | fiebting, when Major ‘ leveuth Virginia, than this, besiles their wagons, mules and stores—in | @ffived on the train x bir troops. he amounting to at least one million dollars’ worth. We | made ap attack immediately, and, with the accession Jost cur embolspers. avd had to leave our pricocers in | Of bie force, oar troops were evadled to repulse the enemy te bande of the enetoy oblige hie to withdraw. ‘The loases on both sides in mn vy thie affair approximate one hundred, out of which number REBEL ACCOUNTS. abont thirty will cover the Killed and wounded of the watiogal troops. {From the Riebmona Whig, Auuvet §.) After bie disappointment «t New Creek. McCanstand ATLANTA, Avguet 6, 1864, Marebed directiy to Romney, and bere rested his troops. Flow. J. A, Sepnow:— been exceedingly quiet, The enemy made two assaults to-day on Finiv's and Lewit) Drigades, of Bates’ division, of Lee ® corpe, both of 5 wantinerenc bert whip renetrigemag gemlmenga ew The proximity of Martinsburg 10 Harper's Perry places , : | your af the Forry in pssession of later and : corres yon From the Richmond Whig. August 6.) more reitable information regarding Martweburg thi } we Onur paragraph op Satorday prepared our readers (or | can obtain here. We have, however, heard from that th 'y bad pews which the despatch of General Maury | point through various eources, aud ali accord in the state- to the Secretary of War contains We cannot expect to | ment that the town # headquarters of the reve! bave a gontipval suoshine of success in every quarter. | force in the Shenandoah the Fow though it ie cloudy now at Mobile, ¢ is bright at | there of reinforcements from Avante, apd-stli brighter iv front of Petersburg and in R t wi u ae ous rumors: but mone of them appear reliable, le no communication with Martinaburg, nor iv that direc. tion, from thie point. ‘This place is no fonger beld by the rebel cavalry, and the country on the side of the river te known to be entirely abandoved by rebel soldiers. ‘here are a iow gueriilas between Cumberland acd Hancock. that McCausland te by Preckteri PANCOCK The Battle DBATES OF OCOLONBL BROOKS, CAPTAIN LEMBKR, ADJUTANT PRATT AND SURGEON STODDARD. ROMNEY. ‘We had a report here this morning ores Helens at a break on the 26th, and draw the troope -out of the br 4 and when thie shonid been done, y has sobts ‘coptigually reconnoitering the country in that peighborhood, Something positive will be known at the earl.eet moment. H Crnmmntaxp, Md, Auguat 7, 1604 + RUMNEY WOT OCCT ITED ‘The report Drought im yesterday Ww the effect that Romney ie occapied by Breckinridge, and that a raid,into West Virginia ie ‘contemplated, prover entirely vnfound- €d. McCaurland’s force at last accounts war moving southward, i order, it seems, to cross the mounteing linto the Shenandost) wailey and to rejoin Karly, it ie beloved bere that in two days there will be no longer any regular body Of rebel troops within veven- |ty, miled of bere, battery, on a teat, ing them below é Town, with orders to march to Sime’ ferry, on Big creek. pasning through Trentoo. Major Carmicbaei time, with about one hi Whngls cavalry. to operate with bi Caione! Broows and bie command crossed c here it the rebe! Colone! Nobbine wns Dear each, lower down the streim. Gua SOLITON, ery inten gin HLS Ais ‘and on the right | Brigadier Genera) Jor ©. Sullivan arrived bere inet the black Proope fighting four or fee Teer ther | Dhtand reported vo Geneva) Kelley, He has jor ro Bumper. AL thie junetare, wan colégel Brooks, | turned from a furlugt of twenty daye, wbieb be pasned Siedaard bad been killed. aod Lieutevant Granejsevereiy. | (et Oenlende, Mery OS edeneeey! Wt" be! ened wounded. Doobing brought np bie reserve Cor ation) and | immediately. Fweeping charge but Naor Carmichael. hearing the can popeding arrived, at once « targed yb the ia, a ng ortane of the day ting tbe: ied) the delet . The rebels fei slowly, our forces @riving them wnt)! they Opened and gave up the jf Some of thew cavairy followed up to withio ten miles of Beene. Gar ore wan about forty or fifty in oe weonded The rebel ice, it killod alone, equalled thie, verides over & hundred wounded, All the eannon were. oe to be blows up, as the tmichee’ proved b Binore the critieal # oun kiteck won the day. He broagbt ip News from Catro. BROKEN DOWY CevA RY, | This evening about 4 hundred wornout horses ahd men of Averil’s command reached here from Hancock. They iwill gO ito camp dnd recruit their strength. The meu and borves gave indisputable indications of the active and severe work io which Averili bes been engaged of late, ourdna. MOLE, In aconvereation with General Kelley stout an hour since i was assured that the limite of his command are \Dowentirely cleared, and the future programme of ike jeremy will be either to concentrate for some grasd move- ‘met in the Shensadoah valley or to withdraw eo 5 baving already eoltected a goodly store of supplies. nd, after beh gin ibe town @ short sime, must Bevo foarned that Ayverii! was again in the saddle; for he Moved OUt F @ noon as Hearing the ioformetion, ima direc- ton to cfu’ man engagement, and followed the road to Moevelieldg dwectiy youth. By reports from scoule we leare te ApAverili moved down on the east side oF the BOUIN} sanch of the Potomac, and at Moorefield encoan- tered fre onemy, anc came vif victoriously, capturing @ largogownber of privoners avd break ing up the esemy’s fore spemirety, ‘The General will ver'ainly Keep tamu @y Gb ther wotil he breaks up the whole party. THY RAL ROAD. Fé and Odio Raitrond b Perations, however, are being made to set to work as worn as posstbie Several brilges and a ebort distance vf track are known ty have deco destroyed, If no fur ther damage should tive been done the road will very soon be io running order, Locomotives have explored to ‘te first creek below, about twenty mites, and report the road in order exeoyt the bridge. With the exception of the vicinity of Greongpring, Hancock and Martinsburg, the road i# thought 1© bein complete order, At Nar. Hosburg will be the vreatest dolay, ay I learn the pillar Dridge har been entirely demolished, the piers baving been battered down by artillery. My. Theodore C. Wilson's Dospatehes. Sourn Stor ov THe Porowac HIweR, Orecers WitaMseonT, August 9, 1664 General Purly bie been so sucoesefal m gethiug his own officers and men avd rede! sympathizers to epread exag- gerated reports of ihe strength of hit army and bie pro- badle intentions that it 1 sow almost imposaible to wake the peopie beiieve shat the force which bas been Operating m thia section of country is less than thirty thousand strong. No one that Ioan find saw soch a force but they all svem eovfident that i must be #0. in order to disprove euch storiée ¥ propose to go inte an account of Varly ® movements, together with the strength and Organization of tis army, RARLTY FRET MOVEMENT was to relieve Tyochbure, In thie he anceeeded. Be was then ordered by Genera) Lee to drive Hunter out of the valley. This he weo partially accomplished by forcing Hunter acrose tt (othe mount.ing in the weet. Fiad- ing how eany it would be tokeep upa show of por. suit, Hunter, and ot the same time be moving down the valley to raid on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and captare the stores that bad been prevented from reach- ing the Union army while at Staunton, he propored thie, bat pian, to the authorities, and they accepted it, Werly moved sccord.ogiy. BANIY ® NEXT MOVEMENT, Op reaching Martinsburg be wos surprised to find the small Dumber 6! men left to guard the raitroad jine and defend Baltimore snd Warlington, All kinds of induce- ents Were held out to bin Lo alteck Baltimore, ava he wae im constant commun ) with rebel sympathizers within our lines, To Jerrn the trath of the staremente he had heard, Fariy resvived on a reconpoissance. But hefore doing thie he seut out #mall parties of troope to scout ad gather up Lurses in el] directions, and epread reports of bis being thirty thoneand troog, with the probability of receiving heavy reinforcements. The rebel sympathisere took up what the soldiers raid, and thus exaggerated reporie were pat im circulation apd kept there. Inall Farly’e detachments made jt a particular point Yo boast of the strength of bia army. While karly wag to beroff on a recounoissance towards Baltimore and Washington « forre was ieft bebind to ather supplies abd makense of ali means of trapspor- tation. ER ADYANOR ON RALTINONR AND WASEINGZON mage. The reader aiready knows the reeuit. ro to the valley be gathered in ali bis sup- plies and got Ube Kreater portion of them safely of to Stanvton. frog whicl pomt some of them were.sent to Richmond. at this ime General Karly reported bis suc- cesses to General Lee, who, finding he had got aloog #0 well, ordered bin to remain ip the valley, gather sup. plies, particularly to destroy the ratiroad from Harpers Ferry to North Mountain station, and be active in threat- ening the Union at different points, with a view to from General Grant defend the alar object being 10, if povsible, raise ‘bare. RAK)Y TBRREOPOX MADR ANOTHER AY ANOR, Dut took the precaution be'ore he dic so fo opein get out the report of bis having thirty thousand troops and ex- pecting beavy reinforcements. After this followed Gen. Urook’s retreat, On again, rexching the railroad Karly es tavlighed communication with sympathizers within our hines,who regularly commimicated to him the whereabouts of our forver and their owmbers. It was thus be was sub- sequently enavied to make the invasion of Pennsylvania that he did. While be kept out small parties to spread falve reports of bis strength and intended movements, pick up horkes and glean information, he at the same time went into the woeat thresbing business om wn ex- tensive'scnie. He aleo set men at work to destroy the railroad, by not only warping the rails avd buroing she ties, but also by blowing up the culverts and actually using artillery to knock down the stone piers of an ex- tensive bridge. stances ATURIEIUNG OPERATION. 1p regard to big threshing wheat, he was rauch facili Lated in thia way:—A Mr. Fiicn, of Pennsylvania. owned a large establishment for the manufacture of ing Meetinai When the rebels ocenpied 'g they vaytured twenty-five of these machines, mmerlately distributed among the division comunissaries ui the army. These commissaries gave them ont to other commiskaries . and thns a perfect system for threshing. wheat was goon inaugurated. The thresbed wheat was conveyed to mills pressed for this work, and ground for transportation and Ube use of thearmy. As Soon ae ready the cround wheat was sent up the valley — Supposed to be to Staunton. Daring this time the rebele lived well, aud generally expressed it as their firm belief ‘that raiding was a real good thing. How loog Gevers! Karly would bave coutinned a thresher of wheat rather than a tbresber of mou, it # bard to tell, but certein it that, after we had mate some most outrageous blunders in our Movements, some wire head (supposed to be Geveral Grant's) matituted a wethod of proceeding which sum- marily relieved us of the rebel horse thieves and grain gatherers, and, caused the Horse and Grain General Early which wer to tarn hig attention once more to hig flank avd rear and the sacred soi) of Virginia. BARLY ® LaBT MOVE INTO MARYLAND was not intended to give batile to our army, but toward a renewal of the capture of property ang the securing of hostages and more money. Hence, whet Karly heard of our countermovement, he made '& retreat, that but too gratily ingly relieved uz of bis presence, and the exampice 0¢ bis ‘honest’? companions. ‘THR KORNING OF CHAMBERSBURG EXPLAINED. Jant before leaving Williamsport General Karly made some public remat in regard to the buraing of Cham- bersbure which are of interest. He said that he or- de 100,000 in gold to be demanded of the town, and tbat if the demand was not complied with in three yd the town was to be burned; that the of money dé- manded was intended to reimburse Andrew Hunter, Wm. Lacas, Edmund J. Lee and Hon. Alex. R. Boteler for their losses cansed in the destruction of their property oy order of General Hunter, and that be felt perfectly justified ia the course he bad pursucd. He explained how Gene. ral Hunter had burned the house of bis (Huoter’s) cousin, im Jeflereon county, Virginia, asd takea that cousta (Andrew Hooter) off as prisoner, and eaid that the act was as brutal Decause the inmates of the house were not allowed time to save even & portion of their clothing. In concluding, he said it would be the futore policy of the rebel government to retaliate to the severest manner jor ali barbarities prac- tised against thom He delivered these remarks in a calm, rm toxnner. Im @ private conversation he said that bo man more thao himself deprecated the necessity of such an actag the one committed at Chambersburg, bat that he sanctioned it, believing be was orly doing his daty to those people who had suffered by ra Hunter « orders, and again because he beljeved that by retaliation such darbarour practices would be soonor dis. coutipues than in apy other way. fle was particulary severe on (eneral Hunter, and said . Should be ial a prisoner oto their hands. bis jot woul fae RANKL &TRR Ip regard to the strength of Farly’s army, at stated in & previous despatch, tbe *‘telegri made some slight mletakes, which { wlll correct, ax follows — Serer Ve FORK Breck suridge’s corre— Whorton’s diviwion.........6 Cordon # divieme... Tots! iofantry force. Totai cavairy... Newber of men with artillery Total number of MOB... .... Tote! pumber of guns... no. melading the (ying artillery @) 1 NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE THREE CENTS. knows of the militory aiiuation be. is !nctined to credit tho gentionan’s atatoment AbFAIRY I HAGRRETOWN. Blores wore opoved in Lngurstown sis morning, and Dambsess gals resuined. Place commanicetion i ageis opened with Frederi TSE FIGHT FOR CUMBERLAND, Battles of Foick's Mill and Oidtewn— Repulse of the Bucury. [From the Camberland Union, Angust 4.) On Monday afternoon, Anjust 1, at four o'clock, the rebels, five thonrend strong, under the comment of Generale McCausland and Lradiey T. Johvaon, approached the city by the Baltimore surnpike, to the residence and mili of John Folck, three miles from town, Genera: Kel- Jey hud prey tously determined t+ thems baitie, and made the proper disposition of bis which were not equal (o the number of the evemy, in order to dispute théir entrance jute the tow inquired of Mr. Folok the strength and position of Geoeral Kelley's forces, declar- ing to be their intention to enter Cumberiand and plucder aud destroy it as they had Chambersburg. While thag in conversation a shell from onr batiery oame whizzing over ther, aotiiying them of Goveral Relley’s rouliness wo receive them and causing them vo ‘‘ekedad- Mie” out of barmn’s way ‘Whe fight thos ongned continved throughout the after- noow with artltor eed infantey, shotr being heard aotit half- past oigbt io the evening, at woich time the rebels were in {ull retreat towards Oldtown, taking the moun- tai road which oraéses the Williams road, nine wiles be- low theeity. ‘Their hasty retrent was distinctly heard by our citizen volunwer#, who had blockaded the Wil- ame road and were on picket duty al) night watbin bearing distance of tho retreatmg eoluian ‘The residence, mili and oathouses of Mr. Fuick were in range of Our gant, and were siruck by Severs! shows, two or three of which perforated the dwelling pouse, while others sirock anc set fre to the barn, wach was, Lotaily oonanmed. ‘The rebels bro , ty-(our poimder, into the battle field. but two pieces MoCausiand, and Bradley Johnson Addresuod their troops previous to the atlack, promiging them a levy of $250,000 on our citizene, £100 in green- Dacke to each soldier, and one hour’s freedom iv the city for pillage, 2! of which we Dave been spared from en- during by the energy und velor of Geveral Kelley and the officere and men under his command. The logs of the rebels at Folck’s Mill and Oldtown was about one hundred killed and wounded, Our loee was three killed and five or ex wounde We append the report of Gener: boreman, of Weat Virginia:— CoMURRLAND, August 2, 1804. { three pieces of artillery. one twen- Gen. Kelley used we are informed, Kelley to Govervor To Coverwox Born. 1 me yesterday st four?.M. We en |). M. be retreated from olog by # mountain road towards Oldtown, on the Potomac, leaving nis killed and wounded, two caw wons, quite a Quantity of ammunition, algo many wagons, carriages, Ac. Prisovere report Brad@ey Jobneon and Mc ausiand jn command My force ie pursuing. I hope to overtake him At the river. BP. KELLEY, Brigadier Genoral, A iriend bas furnished ug with the following interesting account of the fight at Oldtown — Generai Kelley sent Colone! Stongh ont to Green Spring run op Monday afteragon (be having been ordered im pre- viously with bis commapd ), to ext off the retreat of Jon fon nd McCausland, who were exiected to reach Oldtown that evening at six ‘The revels, however, changed their course, and ¢: the Baltimore pike, to ‘cap. ture Cumberland,’ and cupsequentiv did arcive at Uldtown. Colovel Stough, however, was ignursat of this fact, and crossed the river, disposing bis vom- mand in ambush at a position uniles north of Old- town, ag we understand it, [bere be aud bis men, oniy four buudred und fifty strong, lay qutetiy a!) might, with vigilunt, wide awake pickets posted om va- rious directions. At five o'clock on Tuesday morning the enemy approached in force on our left flank. and, when they came within rifle rapge, our men rose aud gave them a ful) volley, which emptied severa) saddles. as the volley was fired a full-breasied Yankeo “tiger” rent the air. and the revels fell back in confusion. Our men fought them until nine o'clock, when the flanked them in overwhelming force, ami Colonal tas ae vancing foe. One young man of Colouel Stough’s regi ment, the One Hundred aad Filjy-third Obio, young Coffieid, said to his commander, Captain Crogs, “I am bound to give them ove more sh He did go; and had not moved twenty paces to the rear before be received « mortal wound in ihe bowels aud {cll, eaying to bis cum radee, Lam going now, boys. Goodby.”” Our mea having crossed the river, were posted bebind the railroud embankment, sud bei: the rebels back bait an hour. The ironclad tram baving been disabled, could give the infantry no.assistance, and the fre became #0 deadly that the larger portion of our men were ordered to take the train and withdraw it to Camberlaud. Capt. Cross, supposing Col, Steugh on board, pushed off; but Abe Colonel remained with asquad and repaired to, the blockhoure, ia which he bad previouely placed forty inet and heid the blockbouse for an hour and a beif, notwit! standing the ebe! shells were kuocking it te pieces over ade Col, Stongh, at eleven o'clock, received the following message by « flag of truce — Averst 2, 1864, To the Commaxprn oF THR Forcus 1x Tie BLockUsE.— You will surrender the blockhouse and your forces at once. If you do not, you will not receive any terms BRADLEY t. JOBNSON, Brigadier General Coutederace Forces. The Colone) requested to see ihe force, which he dis. covered had entirely surrounded bim, and one twenty four pounder, ove twelve pounder howits a four 1m such positions ag to knock ites, and, on consulting with his men, returned swer to the eflect that he would surrender oniy on these couditions:— 1, That he and bis men should be immediately paroled. 2. Yhat private property shonid be res) ected. 3. That the men should retain canteens, haversacks, blankets and rations. and 4 That be should have # hand ear, with which to transport bis wounded mcn to Cumberland, These propositions were sent to Geveral Bradley 1. Jobuson, commanding a division of rebels, and wigned by Colopel |. Stough, “commander of squad of One Hoadred and Fifty-thira bio.” and they were immediately ac- cepted and respected, Colonel Stoagh had a Jock of hair taken off of bis right temples us rebel ball, which became twisted in it, leaving a the sizeofa dimeon hie svalp. He has aiso two bullet holes in tbe frovt of hit blouse, near at nis breast Generals Jobngoe and MeCausinnd treated Colonel Stough with great courtesy, and commended him and bis men for their bravery. Genera! Johnson admitted & lows of twenty to twenty-five men Killed and forty wounded. Colonel Stough Jost two men killed aod three wounded Gen Karly Orde: the Burning of rom the Harr Ire Tetearash, Sago 9. rom risborg , August 9} The fact ‘hat four citizens of Hagerstown were taken af hostages by the revels, when they reoccopied that place on Friday last, bas already been announced in our columns, One of them was Rey. Mr. Hyde, who was taken to Farly’s beadqvarters. Geveral bens 4 affirmed to Mr. Hyde that be (karly) had ordered the jing of Chambersburg. Tbat the Genera) made this on there can be no doab;, We have received the facts of the case from Rev. Irvin A. Torrence of the East Pennsylvania Bible House), who obtained his infor. mation this morning at Chambersburg from Rev. Mr. Hyde, who has been paroled by the ) commander, on ition that he reports at Richmond in two weeks, if not exchanged preyiour to that time, CRANT. Mr, Wt jam H. Merriam’s Despatel. Pour or Rocus, Va., August 9—7 A. M. 2 ONE TO THe Liver, Yesterday General Butler, accompanied by several membere of hie staff, rode around his lines, aud made, some practice with ine Gating gue. Tee teweral and party réturned te cump about eight octock The RICHMOND Pan of yesterday are im tbe foain despondent on the genera! aspect of retel’ affairs, wough straining every nerve to keep up ® public courage Wet bas wei) nigh ail oozed oot, CENTRALE DETUER, 11. The announcement that Major Genera! Butler bad been madee LL. D. by Williams’ College—ao eminent inetita- tion of learning in Mavsachusette—nas been reonived here with great ratinfaction., So gratifying and dignifiea es remembrance of a soldier in the feld, expending his exergies (0 upholding the fiag of bis nationality, brings Jy to all hie friends, This ian title which the distin. gu.shed son of the Old Bay State ie fully entitied to wear by virtae of bis learning aod ecoompiiahments, aud my strong impression in that bie merits uc a tending Ameri. ean sonolar were recognised some years since in tne be ftowal of the Doctorate to ibe Lawes by another eminent college. Continued Success of Farragut’s Fleet. Fort Powell Abandoned and Fort Gaines Surrendered by the Rebels. The Enemy Pa miliated. fully Hu- Sheridan’s Forces Skirmishing with the Rebels Near Winchester. Explesion of an Ordnance Beat James River. THE LATEST NEWS FROM ATLANTA, Ber, dew he Secretary St War Durarrenr, August 10--10:30 P. M. Major General Drx, New York: The following report of the success of our opes rations at Mobile, extracted from the Richmond Enquirer of this morning, has just been received by this Department from Major General Butler: ~* “Mostie, Angust 8. 1564, + “Friday night Lieutenant Colonel Williams, come manding Fort Powell, evacuated and blew up the fort. “Yesterday and to-day the enemy are shelling Fort Gaines. “The people of Mobile are all ready for the trays Great confidence prevails. “The people are sati Lieutenants Buchanan, Maury and Burnet, of the navy.” d with the conduct of COND DRSPATCH. “Mosrie, August 8, 16 “It is painfully hamiliating to announce the shameful surrender of Fort Gaines at halt-past nine o’clock this morning, by Colonel Chailed Anderson, of the Twenty-first Alabama regiment, This powerful work was provisioned sim months, and had a garrison of six hundred meng He communicated with by flag of truce, with the sanction Genes ral Page. Page nal what his purpose was, His attention w: Page repeatedly telegraphed, ‘Hold on to your fort.’ The same night he visited Fors Gaines, and found Anderson on board the Yankea fleet arranging the terms of capitulation, Ha left. peremptory orders for Anderson, on his re~ turn, not to surrender the fort, and relieved him of his command. “Fort Morgan signalled this morning; but no answer was received except the hoisting of the Yankee flag over the ramparts of Fort Gaines. “Anderson's conduct is offitially pronouner@ inexplicable and shameful.”’ for the enemy's fleet of by *igs received General inquired but no answer. attracted by signal guns. Despatches just received from General Sheri report his forces moving against the enemy op the Shenandoah. ing about ten miles from Winchester. This morning General Grant reported the ex- plosion of an ordnance boat yesterday, loade® with ammunition, at City Point wharf. No detaila bave been received. Colonel Babcock, of Gene ral Grant’s staff, was slightly wounded. No operations before Atlanta of consequence are reported to-day. Portions of Steneman’s command sre continuing to arrive, and the total loss will net exceed one thousand. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The Revel Fleet at Mobile Destr:,yea. Wasutnoton, August 14, 1864. The Navy Department to-night rer jeived a de< spatch containing the following fro’ the Biche mond Examiner of the 9th:— “A despatch from Mobile, dat eq Angost 7 two days later than ouF pr eyious advices— states that the situation b 94 not materially altered since the encmy’s » victory over our fron-clads on last Friday. the Navy Department received a telegram yer sorday morning announce ing that the Morgan, t) 46 only gunboat of our ficet which was not ithe - sunk, beached or captured, had succeeded im: string over the bar and reaching Mobile.’ i ney Death of Ar cy Denmend, of Bailtimer . Barnaons, August 16, 1964. Adam Dev’ 594, Raq., well knowe.ae the proprietor of typhoid + ,/ ot Ikon Foundry, dled thie morning of (ne Fe ay: ac. Avram at Nugana Fatts,—Farini, who {0°¢ 70.5 7 ago wane rival of Blondon os the tight rope a& rote ails, bag: been taki to lord be American iron stilts, was to ba At four P.M. they were skirmisk- Camo, TL, Aoguet ©, 1864, Cavers) Taine base ordered Desey sseesemests pon @elogs) ethene of Hoekman, Groves, Valiard an@ Metracken counties, Kentucky, for the benefit of the families of Upon soldiere whose property haa been de Stroyed by Ibe rede Captaio Paine bac ove to H.ckman to collect a0 assese MOLL 0! $60,000. Poultry, ice, Du@er. eget, on), Wood, bay, cattle, eheep, bogs and formiure are now allowed to be xbipped WHDID the Unieo hiner of the inrurrecticnary States, Twenty bopebeads of tabacce from Fedoeab arrived bere today, mcotiy for Bow York. The Eurepa Outward Boond. Sr, Jonms, NF, August §, 1804 The tiesmen'p Europa, Captain Audersoo , from Hostun, Vie Halilan, for Liyerpoo?, parsed Cane Rng al ix PA! op Sumdgy. she Tab ine, THE COUNTRY ABOUND CT .. One of the Teast in: tom Mg for a raiding party ia ‘he country norte avd e ¥ J. In bow de rections we, meot continually ranges of ancultivated bile. Retween theese, it ie trae, some email and beautiful arable valleya, but ee mperfectiy cumivated that they barely support the home popull by t doubt been y 100. a rebels no fuenced to aban the country for the richer abd more emensive va! acrote Norib Mountain. was one temptation, bw. ever, to their longer stay (on Pennsylvania, and that wae om ef Bedford Me in retaliation for the , Of Vinginia; e gn our part would by thir time be oritea of oy fouk'g n aaslicat Drivilogen 10 fren hme) eride aye familign teat Be y woue ae ieride fem) ve ci ices ora ih ve gone thore would n Commntann, Md, Anguet BP. ¥. AVENE AAR AP MOmEITELD, Attar the dofeas of the reddlh at Now Creek, McGaun. layd ed ble forge RoW vengy AlOUR $De taN Roxwey Fond. ‘The Press Deepateh. Wanminotom, August 10, 1864, A letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated yenter. day evening, reporte taat everything remained quie* there with the exeeption of picket fring, which wae st! kept up, bat not so continnownly as formerly. Upon the recommendation of the Medical Director disinterment of bodies ie prohibited withie the jim: the Army of the Potomac tinti! further orders, ‘ al te of brigade. pron wi) the Manded by mayors aod fepimente in the brigades are com- captains. Lows of the Propetier Racine. u Cnaman, C. Augoet 10 “ Hicanmrows, Md. Sognet 10, 1864. The propeller Racine, for Buftalo from Chica _» 1864. tatldie Wty taica er boiler: eet aight, of Rendean Voiet;:” £, cond Twelve « were woh A gouliowae who arrived here to-day saye the rebels | works of the venvel were berncd, Hor, and upper fe ia in bie rope walking retested (rom Martinebarg laet'evening. The namo gem. | POR RDd high wines—wae dentroyed Thow — <ATEO—H0Ur, | TT oh ae i worn by citouames, and must from Hioman reporte baving beard cagnonadie Hooker | PICKER ap tRe murvivors and towed the bo! 4A"N8" AUCH, | tne cold, as it i@ ‘blow ie Detween BUOKEF | pear Nealown, The naman of tbe crew {te the bench . Rip sat Wiegheater, Srom what vous correspondent are unancar faiveet ‘tbat veriabed | being made to reroue tae, Arwguet 10,