The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 3, 1864, Page 1

y Tele;craph to the NX. Y. San. "ROM GRANT'S ARMY. Additional About the Assault. WE PLAN FAILED, LOSS ABOUT 2,500. Flag ot Truce. e Exxcitement in Pennsylvania ATE3T FACTS AND RUMORS, REBELS IN THE STATE. Var CUAMBERSBURGH HORRORS, ull and Thrilling Details. eported Re-invasion of Maryland, TERESTING LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, Hie NATIONAL FAST DAY. OW IT WILL BE OBSERVED. Colorado Jewett” in Treuble. ot x Swindling. &e, &e, GENERAL GRANT, Further About the Assault. The faiure of the assanit on the rebel works at fersbury, on Saturday bast, is attributed to errors details, which led to the the most grievaua re. VP's. Inthe first piace, two seperate fumeecon- ctng with the mine failed, entailing o tantalizing iey of more than an hour, that produced a de- teasing influence on the entire army, aud afforded, 6 rebels time to bring wp their omen, as day- rht must have revealed to ther our.preparations br attack, It was not until the third faze had en fired that the powder exploded. ‘The colored ‘ion, it appears, had been placed in the asggult- columt, at thoir own earnest request. The Charge &e., peepiicuof the plan sud the main outline were rect, and reflect the highest credit an General unt. It failed by @ combination of petty schancea such ax cenersily tiestes = bad d magement, In military language, the atrat- | was excellent, but the tacticn were ‘etched, lsthe plan had suceneded, Pe- berg would have immeliately been yauined, ak nond captured within a very short time, } fort that had been undermined wus sitn- on an eminence which commanded. Peterstung dthe entire valley. Its possession would have abled usto break through the hitherto imper= mis rebel defences, and ¢ itiade and render up- a able the enemy's enure line, and compel the toandonment et the cit That General Grane! M nfider Guticipated these results is evi- mt from the disposition of our forves | reuch were placed in exact position ready P| take advantaye of the sncenss of the asanulting All tho dotails of the plan were entrusted . rt if eneral Meade, the outline or strutezy belonging General Grant, His plan of drawing the enemy f a false scent acrose tha James river is the ad- uation of the army. Our losses tm killed and Pome not including the miasng, amount to “less than 2.500. The number of prisoners cap- red by the enemy will aearcely exceed 1,000, ' he effect of the movement bas heen to give us aceurate information ot ition of the enemy, nnd the nature of the forti- jons in our front, at beneficia; in future operntions, General ot denies that any considerable body of troops | ve been sent from his front to the Potomac, Geor Te ma‘ute'ns thet he is siill yrotronted by the bulk of Lee's wnmy ( LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. iq Ovr Losses inthe Late Assanit, Ftc, teodquartera of the Ari of the Potomae, dy 51~9 P. M.—The « losses in the battle of weriay, before Peers urs, bave pot yet been lcially aecertained, but, as ner ag can be judvod, ey will foot up about 2,500, not including the believe that the figures will In the hospitals of the Oh has 2d Divis- 41; ond the 4th, the color- 5 or claewhere, tand rm ont to be lurver, ms, the Lot Division Div iasing many 206 men; the mm SUT; the n Vision, 0.6, A iver of wounded are | Pim on the tleld between the two lines who ean- it he got off, ‘The 1éch Cerps lost about 300 men, bile Gen, Turner's Div the 10th Corps had serly 400 killed and wounded, flag of truce was sent to the ene purpose ettings the remainde f the Dut it was re l, the reason ng give en, Batler genta tlag of truce m his lines to-day, which wae likewise refused, ve rebel officer gave no reason for r sing tO Pee ive the flag except that his oni s were peremp- ry not to receive such a flue under The rede! of PWepapers With u& and ihe rebel aby circume An Ces Iso retused to exchange soldiers are so wsely watched by their officers that they have no vance of tnaking an exchange, alihough they are ways willing todo 9 when they are not so stcbed. There must be some reason for this and wny Leheve that their lineis very weak, while hers think they have some extensive move on ot, and ure afraid of it becom ng known to us, 1 raid into Pennsylvania may be the reason for “ir wishing to keep everything from us and as Let as poss ble, All the wounled that have been brought here + bene well cared for, the medica! arvangemenis ng ample, The lines of the two armies are out the sume as they were before the battle, and het firing bas been constantly kept up since its rmination, The number of prisoners captured /* brought in was two bundred and fills-twa the strength and | This intelligunce will prove | NEW the highest rank among them being « captain. They areadeakhy looking set of men, but their drens presenta the usual dirty and Tagged sppear- ance of rebel sokliers. Reporte sent yesterday morning that the colored troops captured an entire rebel brigade had no foundation in fact, every Prisoner taken having bem brought in by white men, ~ APOOND wma TON, Headquasters Army of the Potomac, Augnat Vat. —A flag of truce is now prevailing, and » party have gone out to bury the dead and bring in the wounded. The number is represented as being quite large, THIRD preraeen, Washing’o., Auouat %,~The regiment which was blown up by General Grant's mine in front o Petersbury wae the First North Carolina regiment, formerly of Jenkins’ brigade, aud commanded by Col, Hagod. At the time of the explosion ft num. bered 250 men, having been badly cut up in prev. ious service, FOURTH DISsPATOR Waehirgton Auquat 2,—A rebel deserter of more than ordinary intelligence states that the published Statement, that Anderson's and Heath's divisians were detached from Petersburg and sevtto Rich- mond to look after Hancock, leaving A. P. Hill's corps Within the defences at Petersburg, is incor- rect, he saya: Heath's and Anderson's divisions compose Hill's corps and they could not have been sent away, for Tli!] wan certainly in the defences of Petersburgh at the time of the explosion of Grant's mine. Scenes in Saturday's Fight. A Ternenxe correspondent gives the following accont of the conduct of the colored troops in the asmult at Petersburg on Saturday morning 5 About 6 o'clock, the Colored Division, Gen. Fer- Pero commanding, was ordered to take up the at- deck, and push to the right of the other divisions for Cemetary H!)!, dietnut four hundred yards be- yond. Tt advanced in line with xreat steadiness, until it came up ip line with the other divisions H _YORK WEDNESDAY. anc received # severe fire, when the column turned | | to the left, whether by command or without I atm | unable to aay, and the maae of it hecame mixed up with troops in and about the work, About 1,000 of | the colored troops rushed over the parnpet into. the | interior of the work, which the exploston had caus- | ed to make a pit-like form, al ‘as already crowd- ed to overflowing with officers and men, The negroes tumbled headlong down the sloping sides, when @ scene of inextricable — confusion enmied, Efforta were made by officers to get them out of the work and forta outside, but they failed, and the strangely mingled maas of hi- man beings continued to crowd the pit, the upper wrtion of which was about 100 feet in diameter. | When the attack commenced, all our heavy and | Hawt batteries in position, over 100 in all, opened and kept up a tremendous fire, mostly with shell, upon the enemy's line, but, nevertheless, the rebel fire increased In severity. The enemy could be Mainky seen from our main line Moving bis troops | from right and left to the point of attack, and it Was evident that they were massing their whole available force to weet the attack, Between 7 and 9 o'clock, three attempts were wade by our troops to chanye but ench of them was checked by the ene- my*stire, Sqiuals of men during that time wero continually trying to make their way back to our main line but the intervening apace—open ground, about 150 vares in width—was so thoroughly awept by the enerny'’s tire that many were shot down in the ee to escape, About 9 o'clock the fire | from our batteries slackened, and soon afterwards | one euerny rushed ous of his intrenchments and ‘oarged upon the position held by our troops. They were at frst checked, but finally eucceedes in }yaiuine most of the ground between the work and their tine, and came within @ abort distance of our troops, More and more of the latter attempted to |} wet bawk to our lines from the work, and the rifle pits and minor intrenchments shout it, Many suc- | ceeded, but many also were killed aud wounded, | About 10 o'clock the enesny made another char, when # great swarm of men, estimated by « | thousand, mostly blacks, broke out of the fu | attempted to escupe to our lines, Hundreds of them | never reached it, What wae left of our trowps in the work dow beeame completely hemmed in, the tretel atandaria being planted clone to the pornpet | west of the work, and the rebel fire causing retreat © be impracticalle, They continued in that pre- | dioument for nearly an hour, when au order wae issued (by whom I have not positively ascertained) dirsctg the whole anny te fall back to its origi. ‘al poation, Whether itever reached those atill outside of our lines is not definitely known, but it is enown that about 2 o'clock, Gen. Bartlett, whp | was left. in the fort, being unalle two move owing to | the breaking of his artificial leg, sent in a note by | ® private, stating that being out of amraunition, be and those with him, if not speedily relieved, would | 8oon have to surrender. Shortly afterwards the reb- ; cls were heard to make another charge, to which | the party donbtleas aurrendered, Auvother correspondent, in describing the ad- vance of the colored troops, says; Fiualy, the negro troops of the Ninth Corps were orcered forward to inike acharge. Their | bearing was of the highest martia! order, and in solideclumn, The happiest results were expected {trom them, and our white troops cheered them | lustily or the undertaking, | | enre of his blow for the next time, | | | The dusky warriors | | movel up to she breach like a phalanx, and with | demouine yells assaulted and drove the rebels, After « bard struggle, they captured four battle- tings, onc had a brigade of rebele completely sur- roundel and ready to surrender, While every~ thing wes going on a® lovely as could be desired, j one of the black regiments became what I should | terra patricestrieken, which demoraiized the entire }commang, The negroes dropped everything, re- leased the prisovers and rushed back from the trenches like wt auy scared kheep, This manwnu- vre lost us the day, and all the efforts of our vote | eran troopa viiled to remedy the blunders commit. he day Was termbly oot. and our troope suf. 1 yreatty from the rays of the sun, and many case of oup de solicl wus brought to tie hospital, THE INVASION, Scenes at the Destruction of Chambers burg, Lic. | The number of rebels actually engayed in the | sack and, burning of Chambersharg, ou Saturday morning is now estimated at five hundred cavairy, under cewomand of Major Geers! McCausland, The total dnvading force consisted of two thousand, , under General Bradley Johnson. The infantry and artillery bulted aro'le and a half from the town while the cavalry were engaged in the work of ruin. A small force of seventy men, commanded by Lieut. McLean, ©. 8. A. with one piece of artil- tery, heamng of the rebel approach, took position on # hill near the town and succeeded ip checkiog the enemy for two hours, while the merchants and inbabitants were engaged in removing their more valuable goods. The beroic little band fought tine tii it was Bnally surrounded and compelled to sr- render, The rebels, who had lost five men in the engagement iromeciately poured into the town in equads, General McCausland made his headquar- tors at the Franklin House, He immediately issued a proclamation, demanding @ hundred thousand dol- Jars in gold or five hundred thousand dollars in greenbacks, under penalty of burning the town, As it was out of the question to procure this sim, which was demanded as 8 mere pretext, McCaus- land at once granted his men free license to roam Urouwh the town, Tics tre mowe wae to the | crossed the Polomac, various liquor stores, where ther drank themselves balfdrunk, and they then proceeded to various pri- vate dwellings, demanding various sums of movey under threats of burning the prem!ss. Some of the inmates complied, and thus eaved their premises. But others indignantly refused aud boldly defied the rehals to do their worst. A guard of half « dogen man were detailed by McCausland to burn Colonel MeChure’s splendid reeidence, a nile and a half out of the town, They ortered Mrs, McClure, who was iH, out of the house, and having robbed | itof all ite wabishies they burned it, and an ad- Joining barn filiod with wheat, Mra, MoClure was compelled to walk eleven miles ton place of ahel- ter, The Cokmel waa absent in Harrisburgh at the time, The house was valued at fifty thousand dollars, In the town, three news: paper printing offices, the Govermment C: Missary storel uses and all the hotels were set on strong westerly wind s attered the flames, | and in a short tine two hundred and sixty houses were in ashes, Tue scene was pitiable in the ex- | treme, The women almost franticsUy rushed to and fro, beseech ng the rebel miscraante to couse thelr work of destruction, Others ram in _ AUGUST 3, every direction, aeking ther clildren who had been lost in the confugien, Children | and women were walling and sending piercing cries while families could be roe rusbing from their burning homes with nothing on | them but their ordinary bousehold clothes, The | rebels beheld all the tmirery sad confusion with mingled seorn and derision, and ceased not unt. they had left the creater part of the beautiful town in ruins, The women 1 children wandered | slong the rouis, and obtained fowd and shelter in the various farm houses. The rebels left during the afternoon, | Tt is ascertained that this marauding force oroamed the Potomac on Thuraday morning, and proceeded | to Merversbure, whence they advanced to Cham- | | | bersburg. At that place they divided into squads, and went in various directions, which have not yet been distinctly ascertamed, owing to the destruc. tion of telegraph wires, the tearing upof rail and the hindrances: impowed by the authorities on the transmission of news, Tt ia believed, bowever, thattbe enemy baa retreated across th rn once more, No information could be ob taine f the presence of any larwe hostile foree in Pennay!- vania on Monday night. The band reported a« having vone to Bedford, diverged in a ditferent di- rection, and has uot appeared at that place, The raid has tired the peoplo who seem to have | become thoroughiy aware of the necessity of organ- izing in their own defence, It is understood that Governor Curtin in bis mewage to the levislature wil! strongly urge the organisation of a strong mi- | | i Uitia force, General Cadwallader arrived in Harris. bury on Sunday night with several Parrott yune which were immediately mounted. The city wil! | be placed In @ position for defense. The strongest indignation prevails against General Couch, who is regarded as responsible for the present raid and | the sxck of Chambersburg, Te pleais in excuse that he was remounting bis cavalry, and was not in « candition to chase the enemy. It {x not believed that the bulk of General Firly's forces crossed the Potomac, © most reliable re- Ports represent a heavy force as at!!! remaining on the other side the river on Monday last, General Hunter sti!) maintains his headquarters at Freder- ick, Md, in ® position to check any demonstra. tions in that quarter, Numerous guerri'la pe are represented a# infesting Maryland, and Most extravagant storied of thelr operations are daily curried to Washington by the farmers and ref A TERED Virew OF THF RatT The Richmond Exawinen of Saturday last, has the following eccount of the new r : Once more Gen, Early crosses tl mae with bis pall tveteraus, This time there fr, in all \\ ree in his front, whe cn make him even panse. The rich valleys b sylvaning with their noble herds and horvesta, le open betore him, and he may find Washington and Baltimore more unguarded than ever, Farly Gen bas proved himself an actives bold and prutent | leader, altnough suine think that he hot make full use of some opportunities which presented theraselves on hie lact expedition, He did, how. ever, Create & most urefal diversion, and compelled Grant t weakeo tus army materially betore Pe- tersburg., He intiicted on the euemy ove bloody defeat at the My ) Kerustown, 4 third on the She it his will the length and breadth of Maryland, and laid its towns under contribution, Lt Karlyhad beeu two deve move early, he would bave roarehod into Washington aud made his vame us ilustrious as that of Stones wall Jackson. As it Was, heut least threw that ine fernal den into puable consternation, reconnoitred the boasted defences of the city, and perhaps, made The moral etfect of this repeated «wooping down of a Confede- | rate army on the fat pasturayes oud well-tilled barns of the enem., must Le extremely fine; it teaches us that the sword of war is aotble-odged, and cuts both ways—that they cannot wo on for ever orguamzng plundering raids, quite at their ease ; that barogcan be emptied and cattle driven otf on the North eide of the Potomac as on the Sout side, This style of making war is not to our on it is no invention of « p but it our enemy will have it #, let bimtwke bis share of it, and much woud muy it do hina, | BY TELEGRAPH, | Rebels Reported ia Maryland Aguin. Waehington, Aug, 2.—Var been in circulation here to-day, of the presence of acavalry forcein Moutgomery County, Md. It ls known however, that it Was ouly # srooil reiding Party which entered the county Inst ni ht and pro- coeded as far as Gaitherecille, three rile: from Rockville, The panple in the county became reat. ly frightened, and mony had the property revly to be moved, There rilore have any damage hus been evening's Stan mentions a r the capture of & stage coach at Clarksburg, vy tis bod bel yesterday, | Maeseby in Maryland. ud reporty have undoubtedly kugwo what, if feted by them, This rt y ofr Washington, August 2.—The si vu eivey Lost night shout & o'clock, some two b red rebel sd to be of Momehyts command, ce at a print turer U8 GLOVO | Rockvilla, having crossed the river wt Nolants Ferry, Parties tiving in the wieit agining: that there guerrillas were the vivance guard of # large Invading force, immediately skedaddled, which caused some excitement in that direction for | ashort tine, Troops were sent from | { cept the rebels, but they were nowhere to be found, | having gone back to the Virg Panic struck, an Orderly came hurrying | quarters at alate hour last night from Fort Kent | and reported that the rebels in large force were au- vancing in the direction of Tennallytown. Due investigation showed that the report had no toun- dation whatever, The Force of the Invaders. Washington, Aug. 2.—An apparently well (p- formed deserter from Lee's army {atates, that the only rebel troops operating in the Val'ev, are those of Kasly and Breckinridge ore to inter. side of the river ito head- Berlete treene were an toportant comin | ceeded in the “rebel troepe: 186-4. first sent up we Voller, and on the eve of starting, drew rations for 14000 men, Breckinridge's com- ruand followed, nambering about 10,000 men. There is uo truth, be sary inthe rumor, that the raiders bad been joined by A.!. ALLI's eorps, for up to Thursday last, MLll's troops were in the ens trench ments at Petersburg. hecape of Captured fe leral OMecra, Headquartera of the Army of the Potomac* Aug. 5. The following officers, mostly captured | from General Thinter’a command to the Shenan- doah Valley, on the 20th of May, came into our | lines yesterday, baving escaped from Lynchburg | on the 19h, and made thetr way here; M.V. Sweet, ft NOY. Cavalry ¢ J.T Anderson, de, Rea ‘er, 5th Va. Cavalry ; H. Penniman, ist Maryland Infantry, The: report that the following named prisoners rerowined at Lynchburg, witha large number of men, all of whom Wero suffering greatly for the want of proper food: Col, Miller, 47h N.Y, Vole, elichtly wounded ; Major Forbs, 2d Maas alry, slightly wounded ; es Capi. PL G@. Hutchinson, Sth Mass. Volunteers, 1 : Capt, AH. Heer, 28th Obie, wounded ¢ 1, Luding Seb N.Y. Heavy Artillery; Lewin, 12th Ponun, cavalry : “Lieut. J. hi Tod, ortillery ; Lieut. HL J. Hartlton, KWH NYG Lieut ALC. Pickenfangh, 6th Weat Va. cavalry; Lieut, Emere, 2d Mage, cavalry, wounded ; Lient, Bur 13u) N.J.; Chaplain Hum. phreys, 2d Maes, cavalry: Lieut. G. W, Cront, 106) Penn; Lieut. A. 8. Harrington, 18th Conn, Very sick; Avd, Histiogs Tat Peun, Reserves ; uit J. W. Corre, 6th West Va. cavalry ¢ Lieut, H. Long, Ist Maryland ; Ist Maryland, lent. W. A, Mathews, Nearly all the foregoing were captured an the 20th of June in the Sbenandeah valler. Kaces. Day—Firet Roce Por S yonrs old, 18-4 mile dash, e horses Mr. Hunter's “Ken. tacky" came in firsts Ward's pperary't aecond; Morris's *Polipae® thin, Time —a min. 18 8-4 ane, Sreoww Rack Two mile beate: purse #500, Mr, Waison's “Aldebaran't beat Mr. Rrushta “Fleet. wing.’ Time 4d 1-2, Sab 1-2. In the above Saratogs the Pravare #2, 500. r fLAK On ran, , races Tipperary’ and “Fleeiwing’ were the fa. ver iter, News Items. (Py Telegraph to the New York Sun) Scneros Grvurnan Kine led by the former has resigned, and is Awistant Surgeon Gene- ral, Gen, Joseph A. Pollips, of Pittsburg, The amount of aubseriptions to the 7-30 loan Testerday was 09Q250, Rapid progress is made in the preperation of notes, and prompt deliveries at the time promised will undoubtedly be made, A TELRGEAM announces the death, onthe boat from City Point, of Prot. Aadley, of the Union The- olog He was acting as agent on the Relief Corps of the Binitary Commission, and bad been at the ‘rout since the last of Jing showing in the work the greatest anerncy and efficiency, Crenmaat Hoon passed through Nashville on to Washington, Tt is under- Gen, Sheruw i's army to take wlinthe North, He momand of the 4th Army Corps by me } Seminary. foturday, on his wa stood that he bas let in nue. Gen, Rousse wn Tur eirike onthe Adbrondack Company'a Rail. road, N.Y. is mo anticipated 1 re fortodoble than waa at firet are their work, It ia understood Hiwt to-tay the Company will protect those who wirh to cx erotersy about 800 strony, the Gertoan Isborers from Several arrests have been made, and a collision aborers is feared. A nieraton states that 4 well informed party, mtmae in their employ, between the [ish and Gernar who left Charleston a few weekw novy save that by the following The tet south Carolina Artillery, Col, redevick, the Ist) South Carolina Infantry, Col D Porvilte 821 Georgia and the 4th Missise ppl. In the interior of Seuth Caroltoa there are a few ama!) detach - provont plunrde, > General Intelligence. (Py Mail to the New York «Sun,)} A YALrinan won $5,000 on the Worcester re. gaite, Cresent Spas has iesned on ovder bv which any perso, Who desires to, can sell papers at the Charleston barber ts garrisoned ~a!! rewnilare; the NO troops except rents of various commands acting af thus desirowing the mopopoty which has ao long inconvenionved his army, and deprived it of a full supply of papers. Ir from the local ponerse thateébe South. eru ere at Chambershune were ea teed by the ‘ovadiuy rebels who treated then no letter than Union men and “Abel veils," Comune mnitiiog robbery sud arson on ail alike. A cousiey paper in Marvlond remarke: Next ser our ft rewill Lave repleced their toet 4 oy ond will have harvested nad it Deadfond continues to them of! Os pnd after Anenat 1, receipta for money over | S20 require o atarnp. and ¢ rigors | notes bar been rained, A we PLM, wrieh pall one cenk under the okt hay re contty the Part thersef, Ine Yarr died in Wal'ingharm, Conn. meently, nt the wy yours, ble wan tre eat grand { nephew of Etiu Yal wh peo honations 1 uted to me (¢) wl in, Fis | father wasn chaplain in the Rev ary wary es At the first breaking out. of husttiltios with the mother country, commence! the manufacture of words ond bavoevets, (urmiehing larve numbers to vernment, for whieh he is said to have ace lonty the bare cost of the material used in, r mantife ture ford Tryps de wnt and General oferred | Oen Vess waiting !, med if this aint agurevating ! nood # arce ten roiles away, As well might be in Baffin’s Bay. tl cr thi Hestes the following ta , erman ; Tort General ( Rr he Mtahoocher river, Atl ‘fi coll than ever! ! strange ny cor ky wn in war, Thou art oo near, and yet so far! Tur Svracuse papers announce the death of Rev, Daniel Waldo, the celebrated centenarian, which took place at Srracuse, N.Y. on Saturday Inst, Mr Waldo was boru im Connecticut in September, lids. He served in the Revolutionary war and was cme oftie pensioners, In 179] he graduated at Yale College, after which he entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, He had been for many years 4 residentof Onondagn. In 1556 he was elected Chaplain of the House of Representa. tives. He pr ed duripg the past yaar often twiemof « Bunday. Tee Cleraend Hewat notee the following sin. the rebela wii come ayaa aad carry . } ! present rebel! ee) L N @' PRICE ONE CENT—IN GOLD 5 as irwo cK IN CURRENCY. gular facts reepecting a family which the war | +« made famous; A re able fatality bas ateen!: | the well-known McCook family of thie Siu bata esa youngest protien, and Ray oe tm vears age, fell at Ral’ Ron, July at, 1 ‘ Brigadierdieneral Bobert MeCook, another brother. was murdered by guerrillas in Northern Alalan July @, 1962; Major MeCook, the father, a killed July 2, 1 in the pnrenit nf Morgan fy this State, and Colonel Danie! MeCook, a th + brother, died from wounds, July i ist. Al the Yistof July, 1963, Gen. Alive. MoD. AOC. and Col, Daniel McCook were serving in the Ary of the Cumberland, They spoke to another of ++ of the remarkable fact that two brothers bod « on the ¢ist of July in each of the two years ye ceding, and remarked that that bad marie family at home auperstitions as to that day, Why the Zist of July waa passed, they again referred the subject, and telegraphed to their friends!) ¢ hey were mfe, Just then they received a © tch from bone, aaying that their father war Hed in the Morean raid on the fatal 21st. How Colonel Mullignn’s Remains were Obtained. The remains of the Inte Colonel Mulligan were conveyed from the fled to berland by be wife, aa thus relate! by tho Wheeling Letenus GENCER : One of the interesting Incidents counected wit's Colonel Mulligen'a death ts the devoted hersian evinord by bis noble wife. Heartny: of be probe ble fate last Tuesday, she at ow tCunberlant? in a Government ambulance in search of lim, tur ing a deaf ear to all suggestions made to ber as) > the risk she ran, and knowing and caring oo nothing else but the fate of her pallaut busbar Bhe travelled day and night more thaw a hundre f tiles——went through the enemy's Nines and pe sued her inquiries until she traced up the sp | where ber husband waa lying, and where, ac | > tell, he died only # few hours before her arrive Procuring big abe brought back the remaine 9+ far as HancBek in the ambulance, and there taking the care, arrived with them yesterday in Cumber land. Sneha wornan was worthy to hare been the wile of so gallant a soldier as Colonel Muiligan The following dispateb from Licutenant Russel’. nephew of Colovel Mulligan, was received by bis mother, in Chicago, on Friday afternoon + Cumberland, Md... July 2%, 1984.— Mes, Lewis, Chicago: Mrs. Mulligan and inyaell have re. turned from the Confederste lines with the Colo: nel*s remains. He was wounded on the 24th, and died on the 26th. We reached hiny on the @7th, In the morning we leave for Chicago with bis bedy. We will telegraph vou at what time we will reach you. Poor James Nugent, T fear, sleeps in an uy + known grave, He wat a gallant boy. May God help all of you to bear this calamity. Manrrs Reaseiy. Colonel Mullizan, it will be remembered wast from Chicage and commanded the Twenty-thin? (Trinh) Tilinois regiment. He bad been once offered a brigadier generalship after the battle of Laxing tom but refused it under the circumstances, pre fering to enlist a apecial regiment of his own, ends share its fortunes in the serviec, in OMcial Report of the Bat Congr Army Hrangranrens, July 6, 1964, The Major-General commanding the anny con- gratulates the troops unon the brilliant success at- tending the Union arms in the late batues. In the battle of the fib instant, in which the 20th corps oue division of the 4b corpe, and part of the L4to corpe were enygayed, the total Cnion loss in killed, In front of the wounded and miscing was 1 5 vob pe there were put out of the fight 4000 reb- els, the omen were buried by our own troops, and the reels were permitted to bury 250. The ad uh s repulsed seven Jif- with light loss to thermaclves, and which must have «welled the nume her of dead buried! by the rebels to beyend 800, Wa Also captured weven stands of colors, No official te- port baw been received of the part takon in tt Ue by the 14th corps, tn the batt of the % Stan’ the total Union lots im killed, woune minting was.3,500, and 1) pieces of artillery, r es in prisoners captured waa Aad, kn 16th corps and one civision of the 17th corps yaw Yi, The other diviiousof the 1th corpa re. ilool six asnanity ofthe enemy before they felt fia k, and which will awell the rebel logs in killed fo at loaat 6000, The latest reporta state thet we “10 rebels leilled ip Ghia fight. There the enemy in thie baitle 1% stands of colors and 5,000 stands of arts. By command of Major-Gen, TBOM AS. W.D. Warernr, Ass.stant Adimtant General, The n dead of the enemy in front ofthe ith un? General Rosecrans Banishing the Worn. Major-Genern] Rorecrans has diapored of sotae of the present inmates of the fern#le prison in Miaso ri, and has issued an orderin the cases of (be fo! lowing + Mre. Harriet N. Snead, wife of a member of the Rebel Congress, and who came into our ices fer alleged personal objects, but bearing letters, wb op she clandestively delivered to persons within 9} lines, in violation of law and orders, ls bacsh south of our Hines, and forbidden to return witbout permiasion, on paln of being treated ae 4 spy. Mrs, Nina B, Hough, who cared on ber porsom Ape ota Union soldierta skull and whe wader oth beving exhib ted « lewey avd disregard of truta unworthy of » worusn, meh more a lads, received the same ser € Mre, Ade Linynes wos banished some thme ap, Dnt returned witha vew of taking the ampenty oot glut whoee couche since her returu conten dicts what she lus bitherto sworn to, ahowiny thet she cannot be tousied or believed ; yetto give her mrtunity to toake good ber profession with. iupiation to berself and danger to the . over is released on oath, and bound not te re jee south of the Btale of New York, during tre ' on, Mes, Ann Ey wife of Jamee W. Polk, errceted with Mra, Snead, and on the same charge, has ae - Helod Majorddeneral Rosecrans that ber lutentionsa were not bed, aud that ahe is willing todo works ineet for repewiance, if allowed, upon taking the oubb of alleianee, to rel Routh to bring ow her ebildrem provided she returus without on. ream) delay, T sentence are cintr be cuitied out by Col, Sanderson, PAsT DAY, PROCLAMATION BY TOS GOVERNOR The President of the United States baving gets, * THURSDAY, TIE FOURTH INSTANT, for Ss al Bastin,:, Humiliation and Prayer, I, UORA'O BEYMOUR, Governor cf the Sue of New ¥ do recommend \unt the Day be observed throw: mut this State with suitable religious solempities, [ai us repent of our manifoid ss ond offen « aud hum wy that Alinggy God will y down all rate) JOUs resistance to Pghtful anthor tv; all sectional hatred ; al! bigotry and malice; .!" borttul ambition of partican purposes which ent to discord and stnfe, het oe wall restore tha Union of our States sud iratcrnal affection bewwern the inhabitants theres’, sud give peace to our luv! Acknowledging the justness of His punishmen: our national and persons! sins les us entreat Hn to have mercy upon us & turn away Hos wrav, to stop the sheduiug of blood, to return our diers to ‘heir homes, to reHeve the sick, wounded and suffering, to cowfort those in mourning , ‘6 Teward the industry of our people ; to relieve thorn from heavy burthens; to make them sale in the.r persons and homes from all violence and opp jon, and to give the protection of law to all co: tions of men. To these ends let us pray that Goi will give Wiedoan to our rulers, parity to our leg (Continued on last page,