Show THEN TELEGRAPH sa I 1 s1 SPECIAL ECIAL TO DAILY UNION VEDETTE 11 J j I 1 new york august tho the commercial s special says nays ad 1 baes 8 today froni from the army of tile the potomac bdate that jeneral general warren missing the el enemy lellY in ill fl front olit made a reconnaissance yesterday towards petersburg burg tile the rebels have fallen back bach to the works at that place and abandoned the weldon railroad the expedition sent down tile alie road yesterday destroyed aar rails Is and bridges to the extent of 35 33 or 40 miles later news says say 8 that our forces advanced on oil tile the weldon eveldon railroad within two miles of petersburg without any opposition tile the rebels have retired within their earthworks earthworms earth works aind andrio no longer dispute oil our possession ot of the weldon line it is rumored that the cavalry made fiade a dash in tile the diree direction tion of the daix danilla Danil ille lu road the news that readied hero ber today to day from shermana shermans Slier Sher mans department is is ee satisfactory his plans for tile the reduction of atlanta are arc said to be worling working to tile best advantage there is ia abundant evidence of a considerable sid erable degree of demoralization among the troops it is asserted tin this s morning with a degree of that hooker will be immediately put atit in the field with an important con command imand government dispatches have been forwarded forwards d to hini him today to day new aug i m ors a are re cair current rent here herband and bi credited edit t by lie he bast financial circles that has decided to send f five ive to richmond two republicans and three democrats to arrais arrange ge preliminaries it is also il rumored mored I 1 that the commissio commissioners are now on oil their way to richmond philadelphia ift au aug the lias has the following from H harper arper s ferra ferr ayd the position of our army is unchanged A stron gline line of entrenchments has been thrown out in ill front and desultory y skirmishing ni was nyu heard all day yesterday this raji J rf Ji v f ni morning orning it broke on out with wit h f redoubled strength nath in in front or of the lath corps which holds the centre nothing of importance however result resulted eol fj from om it and it has now almost 0 entirely ceased 12 0 clock 1 midnight L no evidence v or of the enem enemy y livi being tig in our immediate front has been obtain obtained ea as yet it is believed they will attempt to cross tile river the alie latest news fi from om Williamq port says they have not yet crossed guns were nvere hoard heard yesterday up ill the i ivr iv r anait was slip posed to be averill shelling the woods in UK d direction of sharpsburg Sharps burg our ai army aimy my is lying quietly in their entrenchments washington au august gust information has been received confirming the report that thai fitzhu fitzhugh 9 gb li lee was killed hilled and A P hill mortally wounded in the fight of sunday on the weldon railroad new york august 0 by the arrival of the U S steamer haze haz fi from om north carolina we learn earn that the new pirate sten steamer aher coquette one odthe number in ill wilmington lias has been receiving armor she is considered the i most formidable of them and will be the first to leave that port if she is not already out uk r L washington aug on thursday gen hancock who was south or of ream s station was attacked several times dill during ing the day aty but repulsed the enemy ever every y time A 5 12 1 2 a combined assault assa alt wis was mide made ot oti i his centre and left whish ali li adfor one of the moa desperate battles of the war resulted in the enemy withdrawing awl and leaving c his dead and wounded on tile the ri field ld official 1 details I m given in dispatches di dif patches from grant alcad mcada all and hancock ancock II state stute that we hold the weldon railroad another dispatch dated 3 p m yesterday from gen grant says our losi los on the we weldon adon road seems to tob be 6 below kimt orthe enemy I 1 think ido abot ot overrate tile the enemy a joss loss inthe lat two weeks at ten thousand killed and wounded wo we lost heavily but the most moat of the men lost on our side were captured grant also makes tho the following re port on thursday morning the enemy drove in butlers line of pickets but the guard anard soon rallied and drove them enemy and again their i t gig bed t |