Show IY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL SPECIA L TO THE DILY uvan VEDETTE i f 1 new york june tb the correspondent near no ar petersburg on the says the rebel tent tanta s are pitched iw in farl view of our mat advanced lio pilika they are said to belong to hill s corps corpo lee iee is operating oper biting on our ur left beauregard h i holding liol jinX the town A charge was matle made by th the 24 corps cot its today to day to anticipate the operations ola of the el Winy A delightful shower has fallen tins this evening cre fling A of the at noon aya says fe no cahng in our p both sides confront each othet with will heavy y lilam af ef breastworks and sharp warfare are is go ingon between the pickets for the adi addan an acae ta fro i the lath corps correspondent at midnight my 14 for two flays days nothing of mo meiti haa recurred except the filc anve nii tAIS ibi aia IS at W O parrott shells i into I 1 ito we ve hava ilaw perfect range rane the aebel works iM tween this tifis coq and ie cetera ra are hardly any anything thine nio more re than han rine pits its are tn c constantly coming into abir lilacs I 1 the same mine corre correspondent on the ath says about 1 tile the brebt rebels Is tired fired of witnessing uw tile dic M of our 30 opened with their heavy gun fron from the of other er side m e and the first shell struck the parapet ordill of our b battery attel y the rebels however calcut cited without their bost heavy thirties were W artt immediately turned upon them thein and howell II owell and jamea ja opened followed f by asher ler with 20 and seedier common clid ced a rl I 1 I 1 bolls shelling lelling Al on the city with ten tell yan noler parrott s at short ranc occasionally cwm bilig wf showers bowers it of case shot bahof into inlo the file rebel pita the enemy eleni 7 wore were wo re en and clouds of dust were observed ob arved giving proof pro or or of the aw hasty 11 asty as ty movement of the rebel trop troops petar Pe barg ath correspondent of the nya TA important chane have taken tak jlee jace in tile the movements and number of the t he etiny I 1 y car foster they are arc increased in f force oft e on the line of tile tw new NL market rond road imler comm command ind of gen ransom Ritt isom twe herald s orans cor 11 dent says T farCh archives ves of the state of louisiana have ern found buried in the earth eath near baton Jt orinal wige and a portion had swit arrived ived at new A peba order has been acom rich asaji md d prohibiting tile the barin buring g alf cotton boiton as it to ile be seized and ased d to proc tire mcm now ftc war and clothing F for or Solf soldiers flers fr irwY at morganza bad embarked trao nul sport far an important expedit expedition imn on adf i wroN jilly anly lt e fofi has haf wm L pitt n secretary feretory of the ae Tre treasey amry ai wt itzig Iti Ig luaa LW air 11 b by ui sea nimo mr it not his ceaty J s law july billi X lat A cor corn f int ing from lipai head lt last night gen mie leslie occupied on nn tile the avs aupied a knoll and threw up field for sil ege his batten v enst WH ill in ft position we ive had been unable tillable to tn lavold old before our skirmish skirmish line ino JH in the morning the hie rebels discovered what been lone done and in instantly kt Antly opt opened ned on it from three different directions dire etin and ail will undoubtedly y do no their utmost to take it i fc today to day I 1 the siege aioge anns four 9 will be P put it t in ni tion tonight to night tho the heraias hernias correspondent giving gi binl nn an account of tile the attack it on sheridan on of jus his dav way to tile the james I 1 iver gen gregg G regain in protect jils tilt rear real and flanks when near dent st Marys marksville marysville ville eln church I 1 t ch that hint ft a lirgg ge force of ill fanter find and cavalry ivas wa so posted as to interrupt his P boures ro ures but fill undine dr that or ereie lr nv was a 6 flankin flan kim them they left their works wo and fierce iv naf attacked acied bis hi flank and acar tile did not nor confuse grer in the lewt but lie dismounted ail and cove battle TO 10 aali gre itly greag cg contested the ahe ground aneli iv bv inch until lie le irot ant out so 80 ns as to its nse hip is nr tiller kelphia the rebels in position oil lyre eliere chev could not use iise theirs T the ie effert car et was that nt it short range bralic and calisi er were ivere oil ed into their works work s leina grent great mortality mortn lity ilis position af pf was chosen fit at hopewell 9 clinch abile liis bis bA bakeries teries brae ifill badoc tile the foe despaired became chopfallen and give gave ill up the pursuit herald s correspondent with gen sherman under ditto of the says anys of tile the battle it at kersaw on 01 tire bici wt heavy sl skir ir Mi opened ond at night the alie rebels commenced firenz fiercely adlay ann an ii bridge bridee s were brought to bf ar upon eliem with considerable effect find and logan s and blair s butteries hat teries nelsn fiercely ab W their ivol arks Js hooker bibina repulsed them was pres pressia ing sim while schofield was swin swaging gring around their left many prisoners rison crp S soon oon henvy musketry y firl firing ap was heard and therra them itea Is made m nde repe cited onslaughts upon uon tile the position r pulsed each lime early barly in ill the morning C gen ren howard was ordered to march forward forba ai ig ins ais line find coming upon uon the enemy lie he drove tilt them 11 pell mel nl il wit out of if their new position which had been found to he be of preat great strength by pot poet ini na our troops in various positions ions 1 ind brin ina fineto to bear a concentrated fire lit 3 wert forced to full fall lack back again leVil leville elenvine lL jill inroe gd numbers of prisoners in out our hands their loss must have been heavy licary on 01 tile the the enemy were gain again found in rn ahe works on oil tile the ridge of ker aa d our bened on n them at short range troops W were e re hustled tip so close c that the rebels made tin an effort to pierce our cent center r the bonniot was floody bloody ind nt no Trin terin id vantage had been mainc d on oil either side E early next morning fily fighting biting ws renewed with increased fierceness and going on j at the elo close of tile the correspondent 8 lector lecter later by adai advise se us Is that the rebels have lee forced to fall back new york july ad tribune s licad quarters ail correspondent says the fitin corp has haq been dispatched to lied to ille ilie as pr of wilson ilson capt whitaker r of wilson sons staff reports that tip to alj alu 0 time or of reaching abe buiu ahre d wilson wilfon and aird met no oppose ion lie HP fit at once set to wol work k in destroying lestrOY tile roada running in ill that direction and tile bridges lor forty ltv miles aparton A part of thirty miles or of tile truck of the petersburg and lynchburg railroad was destroyed ile he returned nell and coining back it ho met int a force that had been dealing with sheridan aind and was in ito heating them aff getting away alel than ili h would 11 have ave daftly readied reached mir it lines had lie he not been intercepted by an ala infantry force through th roligh which capt whitaker ent cut llis his way another correspondent of jhc thc s e d date 11 tt says I 1 ys wilsons Wil sons command consists of laj ljj his own and kautz kaut di vion lie ili did d tot stop 1 t to break tile weldon rail road which ho lid did at anines s station ile he morod rapidly to Burkes burkesville ville tile the alit intersection resection of the danville and richmond and an I 1 and aid lynchburg rail railroads five miles liles fro from n rich mond ile he then went to work with I 1 all his f force 0 fcc of J 00 acae ni men n up 1 to 0 this time he 1 had I 1 a met but little opposition n with ira b s headquarters arters artera at Burk barkwille wille all e lie jred portions of IMS cobmand alli in each of our were lay ya railroads ti ro ads on 01 the Datt danville rille railroad railto ad he burned I 1 bridges for forty miles thoroughly deett thel theties ties and tavi twisting sting ery r binfor i it f or twin twenty f in miles i 1 as ah the petersburg and lynch burg road lie utterly littel ly destroyed thirty abir ty miles wid bridges even beyond that chica chicago 90 jilly ad A ut fr from OM slier Sher shermans mans army t I 1 I 1 ie c 23 21 1 to on I 1 says today day wo we had bad a brief but one of tile the so v r L e annaia if hince fliner file affair at dallas dallah I 1 immediately in front of the army corps corp waft W a long ra rap which whid hd had extensive fortifications and three it being an ail important portion for nn in ge gen n thomas ordered howard to to assail ani ami carry it if pOi tj preparations ions we ro awid at a quarter bhore four in the taft let j ce opened and annon conr bat S so 80 K arf the cannon ail ing th tt weel min antes itil qt ather v i pin the f the that 1 tinse air at 4 hat teries tene quieted don do and aad the bugles su two the he ii 1 n m L adnum in n le tn s it in the ground 0 r which w id I 1 he made ivar catered bv b jal age aja avance vanc was to IK b t trees re es and very little under undergrowth gre atil all ati tile alie lid brigades s moved off together with regularity regu larit and bindas as they neared tile the rifle pits on tile the slope of r the hilL bill behind winch which wa posted a strong skirmish kirmish line a destructive des ti littile skirmish fire fare was opened upon us its tilt the enemy were sheltered sl by 1 pits and suffered but little lift e As our fatur line adra advanced aced the enemy I 1 were vere driven i from their pits into their main works where the they were heavily cased so formidable 0 avre the works situated all sted on tile the crest or of the lull bill and so numerous rous tile the guns that were mounted all ami poured a raking alre into our ranks that to R an lit upon it was sheer madness consequently stanley hold held ins his position over four hundred indred In yards in in advance ol of the starting point and fortified within seventy five yards of the enemas main works woods alfi healan s positron position before the ia line ine was moved mo vcr were much nearer dearer the rebel works than stanley s yet they pushed their divisions forward I 1 under 1 er a t d deadly fire drove the skirmishers from the rine rifle pits and advanced alin almost st up tip to the rebel reserve but were forced to fall back to the rifle pits where her they also fortified ani and bedol belol position within fifty yards of the enemy s works about 7 in the evening the enemy i att attacked ached alonz tilt the whole line but the heaviest heavies t blow ivas wan upon whittaker here again our men ineil liada had im n e excellent x ce ilent opportunity to display tilt their r valor 11 lying ing behind their hastily thrown up tip breastworks breastwork they met tile esq assault illet shot rol for shot and handsomely handsor noly repulsed the rebels our losses in wounded in the ath ath corps reached among the abe killed and wounded are a number of v valuable alti able off on iners ivers on oil the gen Butter fields division had a severe figle r the ridge rid in its front the wh whole 01 e division liv ilion charged up tip tile the ili hill 11 under it a severe musketry fire and succeeded ded in gaining gainin a position where they thre threw V up the bre breastworks all tile the while under rebel fire they also trained two batteries on the rebel works and finally dislodged med the enemy and in drove thein entirely off the hill A auw say nothing i ig e doing I 1 to day dav A he letter efter I 1 dit edhe ath nag kw oh e following r about tilt the operations on the lie hooker held the right and was posted in lost mountain set Scho lorfeld neld next holding the pine 65 with the cirps corps then Pall palmer ner howard a and no loyan lovan blair beairs s corps held th thu a extreme right r the main attack waa mis assigned 0 to tilt the right and centre tile the let left t bein 1 e it g merely me r ay ordered d bred to M make a ke tsp asp ii denion to take advantage of weak points after a few demonstrations on the right 0 hooker and sello fiall field t moved forward from the liht crossing 9 it a thickly wooded valley y which lay lay between becwel 11 fit the conle contending 7 anding armies the rebels had displayed 11 diligence dili ence in preparing deafen def en ca and their ahel avol works k s arc truly trilly titi and not only constructed d with good engineering sh skill shill ill but blit with far more than tha n usual it industry 1119 the breastworks q 9 trong strong as they wre were might I 1 have be been n carried but forthe fast that the fore forest t in fl front ont or of all bliem m had bad been felled in ivery imaginable direction tion making a perfect wall of cross till timbers bers chrol through lub which a man illen unencumbered curibe red could with difficulty make his way more pec the ground was ascending I 1 cen ding conr lwft ral fought like heroes batall but all of no avail the batteries made feal atil havoc in our cannon could not be br a to te biar with effect hundreds fell from fro tile the grape and canister of the rebel guns came calne within range of the tbt smaller l arms tilt the list of casualties whet when in ill musket range was fearful including many valuable valillie officers first among ablong whom was hooker himself who with his usual courage was siding lc demling his troops troop to a charge cli arge he was in in tile the avenins still alive however bowe ver hopes llopis are entertained that it he may rt recover cover it was evidently impossible that the men could endure this murderous fir fire 0 and a 1 I retreat was ordered our men carrying ott off their dead and nd wounded wound ocl amounting in hookers corps alone to over 1000 eldis advance was mal atten attended deI with s Z partial success which wight imre been coro bechn if IlOk hooker Lr had bad carried lipil tile the works jr in I 1 fl front ont of him ile he CaP captured hired about 1000 1000 prisoners but was ivas compelled to retire with a lo 10 loss 4 ot of the ath corps also lost heavily Y but we have no details of its ope operations operatic ratin ns now new york june ad the herold 1 loth army corps corre correspondent 9 says the rebels aro are closely watch watching ilig foster s movements indications fire are that thai it a conflict flicht may be br brought alight on at illy any time bermuda hundred correspondent says artillery has h mi been placed so ao as to bombal the army is ils fitkin taking repose before girding 1 un ap 9 for tile the bottle battle mcw no york june ad special c el to the 7 r from aroln char I 1 leston C aton ires t jy at that 1111 hunter liter aith his ni CO command Minand arrived ar rived saraly sj rAly at th this ifa bt without loss to his hia army or ol a binelo pound ind pol properly diering durin b his alt almost and Hd lIls mach in arbit r males ancs over r mountain i 1 1 1 roads oads and with scarcely any food for ahe command lie bouc mile ceedee in in defeating the daffis enemy in five dif forent S an 1 I W al in property ned our moy to including all the faletoi amton mt on i 0 ta tan yards mili Y foundries 1 and ami fair noe n in the aty V n 1141 6 iburg the most taut K ments mente d destroyed den troy troyed ed were pt K branch or of the tredgar iron work sit at buchanan wol working king GOO liall hands dg and the military institute at lexington I 1 with its capacious buildings and magazine conti containing ct illing large slIP supplies Plies or 01 MIMS e etc to all tile the railroads and canals canties on oil th the e route were totally destroyed total loss losa in ill the expedition will not exceed 2000 whilo hat of the enemy hi including chiding prisoners must be at least the at army my is in excellent excel lunt spirits and I 1 after being 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