Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH r THE DAILY TJ UNION IN VP VEDETTE METTE 1 AL TO 1 7 washington august the price at which chic 11 stamped envelopes have been ful furnished the post 0 office effice department under the recent contract acty being lar largely gely in in excess of those heretofore re made the department lias has issued a circular auno announcing ulic ing a corresponding advance in the rate at which they will be furnished the public the increase of the price of letter size is about seventeen per cent NEW YORK august the posts special says no news of importance has been received fram G grant ra nt the new movement n orth of of the james river is is progressing favorably vor ably and gratifying 0 results are confidently anticipated P leports from the shenandoah valley intimate that sheridan is watching vat ching the movements of the rebels and is prepared to meet them at any point BOSTON au august gust 20 th senator wilson publishes a note denying nying the reports effect that he be is mixed ii up with any proposition for an armistice with the rebels and says that no public man connected with the administration favors an armistice and lie he personally knows that the president fint and ill all the members of the cabinet have undoubted faith in the success of our armies and the complete triumph of our cause with this belief he will pursue the most vigorous measures to raise men and money to carry on the W war ar NEW YORK au august the mie heralds harpers ferry correspondent of the says three hundred d prisoners arrived from the front today to day some belonged to longstreet Longstree 0 tys corps several hundred head of cattle aud boyses captured in in the valley have also reached here herb the 11 ar army ny Is is so disposed as to cover the forks of rr ac jj j alj cs to harper Har perls s perry ferry snickers and ashbes ashbys gaps and mannassar Mannas sas and prevent a flank movement by the enemy FARTHER POINT au august 9 the steamship peruvian vian from liv pool alth londonderry passed this point at a 5 1 0 7 p m she brings dates five days later three men were tried at liverpool for enlisting 0 men for the confederate ste steamer timer nock were found guilty and fined one hundred undred i and fifty pounds after being warned not lot to repeat the offence offense they c were liberated the brio brig 0 aissen from new york to london was spoken july in lat 45 10 and long lon 23 west she plied with ditl I 1 kovisto Kov provisions islo ns and water I 1 and continued continue d on bl her er voyage I 1 I 1 the dario dano german question contin uede to excite consider considerable ablO discussion washington august 20 the operations of grants forces are detailed in the following official dispatch from city point warrens corps moved to and across the weldon road one mile south 0 othe works and met nothing but the enemas pickets he advanced fram there towards petersburg burg and meeting the enemy had a considerable feigt during the th day suffering 11 9 some loss but inflicting on the C enemy nen Y da damages macres ra the extent of which are unknown il I 1 I 1 CITY POINT aug io I 1 th ibe troops are firmly moved across weldon railroad there has been little it or no fighting figh tod today to d day a 4 Y 8 south of petersburg burg or no north rill of james alnes river eiver warren reports a considerable number of the enemas dead found in his front unburied birno birney y I 1 telegraphs to butler as follows QS ARMY CORPS aug 19 the mie en eamy attacked my line in heavy force haq las night but were awer e repulsed els were found in front of the colored Dazi regiments ments tile the colored troops broods behaved h av ed handsomely and are in fine fille spirits tho the assault was in column one division strong and could and would have carried the works if they had not been so well defended the enemy enc my numbered at least 1000 we have ji bad ad a great deal of rain about pet petersburg ers this week and quite a ell change arige or of temperature the enemy came out this evening to W warrens aarens arrens right driving in the pickets connecting him with our left our om old line on the jerusalem plank road forced them back BALTIMORE august nothing definite fron from tile the up upperco pero tomac it is understood a small fo force ree of rebels occupy martinsburg Mart insburg but jt jfe is not proper to speak definitely of our position there is some hope that sheridan is probably more than a match for the rebels in strategy washington aug 20 surgeon general hammond was tried b by y a court martial at washing ton on the in january last I 1 very lengthy charges were preferred against him for defrauding the government of large amounts of money in way of contracts for medicine supplies etc the decision of the court was that surgeon argeon general hammond hammon d be dismissed the service and disqualified for holding any official lionor or trust under the government the president approved the sentence HEAD QUARTERS J army of the potomac au august this morning at 4 03 clock 7 y the ath corps started on an expedition to cut the weldon railroad at rains eains station I 1 taking four days rations this corps chips was withdrawn from the left of the 1 front and fr for somi some days have been in reserve but have since been detached they reached the railroad at I 1 oc Jefe when the 1st ast division in advance aad c a gitil tile the enemy stationed there to protect it who fell back rapidly the loss on either cither side was li light lit after placing troops in line to meet any attack that might be made they went to work tearing up the track with great vigor for several hours about noon they were interrupted by the appearance of the enemy who were advancing along the railroad from petersburg Petera burg in line 0 of f battle the they y proved to be hills hilks corps which had been in reserve for the past few days and they advanced i in n double quick as soon as they became aware of our intention the 2nd and division diViSi ODI ayres commanding held the advance on the railroad the ad and ath divisions ions supporting slip por C on the right the division was placed to cover the left ant pt event surprise in ill that direction direct ioD the attack on the ad division was a determined one but our men met it gallanty gallaD ty driving the rebels back in handsome style with heavy loss aft after C r repeated attempts to force our lines and after two hours hard fighting they fell back some distance kee keeping keevill pill up tip a fire all the afternoon the N Y heavy artillery particularly distinguished tsugu i shed itself its commar commander lder was severely wounded tile the movement was a completo complete surprise to the enemy and the flie rebel pickets stationed in all alio ViCh lity were so astonished had barely timeto escape from us A numbers number of prisoners were taken t several uv of whom are wounded over it mile of the track was torn up our troops held their position at dark tomorrow to morrow we will completely destroy the ties and rails unless the visit the neighborhood in too ga force our loss is ir about |