Burnside's corps lay next, forming the right 
center, on the high ground on the south or right 
bank of the same creek. 
Warren formed the left center a little thrown 
forward, and was protected in front by double 
and triple lines of the most formidable field 
breastworks I have yet seen constructed in the 
whole course of the war. 
Wright 1 8 corps was marched to the left with 
two divisions of Sherman’s cavalry in the front 
and flank. 
Near Cold Harbor an effort was made to drive 
our cavalry from the place, which led to a 
brisk engagement early in the forenoon, result¬ 
ing iu our cavalry repulsing a body of rebel 
infantry, killing and wounding a large number, 
and taking between two and three hundred 
prisoners. 
The rebel line was re-enforced for another 
attack, but the timely arrival of Wright' 
The retreat of the rebels gave evidence of the 
panic. Torn and bloody clothing, cast away 
blankets, muskets bent and broken or thrown 
into mud holes and gulches, were found scattered 
along their track; many dead and wounded were 
found along the road Of the flying rebels; also 
field hospitals where the dead and dying were 
left intermingled. 
The inhabitants of Resaca all fled with the 
army. A quantity of corn and meal which they 
could not get off was found, the sacks cut open 
and the contents spilled. 
Itesaca bad been strongly fortified, and per¬ 
haps could not have been carried by assault, nor 
could it have been flanked, but it would have 
proved a trap to the army that went into it. All 
the labor on it was lost, as not a gun was fired 
from its elaborate breastworks. 
At a place called Oak Grove, the rear of 
Johnston’s armv w 
Tennessee. — The tin-clad gunboats Mor- 
mora, Juliet and Prairie Bird, receutly engaged 
the rebel batteries at Gaines’ Landing, and suc¬ 
ceeded in driving them away. The Prairie 
Bird was struck thirty times, and the marine 
brigade boat. Delta, had her donkey engine 
shot overboard, and the engineer killed. Mar¬ 
ti) ad like, who is reported to be in command of 
the rebels, had taken twelve pieces of artillery, 
lie captured and burned the steamer Lebanon, 
and carried the crew and passengers oft' as pris¬ 
oners. 
Mississippi.— Forrest, with 15,000 men, was 
reported to have been at Tupelo, engaged in 
moving forage to Corinth, intending to repair 
the i ail road to Jackson. Portions of his com¬ 
mand, within a few days, had made their ap¬ 
pearance in the vicinity of Union City, Ky. 
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ROCHESTER, N. T., JUNE 11, 1864. 
The Army in Virginia. 
When our last issue went to press General 
Grant was forcing Lee’s army southward, and 
but some twelve miles intervened between the 
Stars and Stripes and the capital of reheldom. 
Since that time many important movements 
have transpired before the rebel hosts. Almost 
every day fighting has taken place between dif¬ 
ferent portions of the hostile forces, and gen¬ 
erally with success to the Union arms. Grant 
continues to press the rebels still nearer their 
Richmond defenses, and at this time (Monday, 
June 0,) the advance line of the Federal army is 
reported but from four to eight miles from the 
headquarters of Jeff. Davis. Most of General 
Butler’s army on the James river had joined 
the Army of the Potomac. 
According to the News of Saturday last, "White 
House had been made the base of supplies. 
Grant's army holds a position between the Pa- 
naunkey and the upper waters of the Obicka- 
hominy, on a line of fully seven miles, stretching 
from Cold Harbor to Atlee’s, and facing due 
west. Richmond is eight miles southwest of 
his left flank. Lee's line is in front of him not 
far off—also extending between the two rivers, 
but somewhat more contracted, 
&t)e News donintser 
— Madame Grisi is in England. 
— The qnota of New York city is full. 
— Steamers are running to Lake Superior. 
— Green peas arc $1 a peck in Baltimore. 
— Sam Medary ha3 returned to Columbus, O. 
— Hon. Jere Clemens of Alabama is in Wishington. 
— Wm. Lloyd Garrison is goingto the Baltimore Con¬ 
vention. 
— Winans is building a “cigar steamer” on the 
Thames. 
— A four legged turkey is among the latest California 
novelties. 
— Major Gen. Buell has been mnMered ont of the U 
8. service. 
— Lord Brongham is reported engaged upon his auto¬ 
biography. 
— Gen. Oglesby is spoken of as the “ next Governor 
of Illinois.” 
“ Atiles O Rielly, Major Halpine, has been ordered 
to the front. 
— The National Bank circulation is now reported at 
$ 20 , 000 , 000 . 
— There are 6,588 rebel prisoners in the Rock Island, 
lit, barracks. 
— A convict in the Ohio Penitentiary has earned $173 
by over-work. 
— The whole population of Rome is 201,101; in 18S2 
it was 107,078. 
— The excess of females over males in New York 
State is 11,000. 
— A school for maimed soldiers is to be established 
in Philadelphia. 
— It is rumored that Queen Victoria is going to 
marry Garibaldi. 
Afore than 20,000 Bedouins are reported under arms 
in Tunis, Africa, 
— Prince Napoleon expresses an ardent wish for the 
freedom or Italy. 
— Illinois grown atrawberies appeared in the Chicago 
market Alay 19th. 
— The newest garment of the later spring fashion in 
Paris is Zcczinska. 
— Gen. Sigel has been directed to guard the Balti¬ 
more & Ohio R. R. 
— Flora Temple is to be withdrawn Rom the turf for 
l breeding purposes. 
— The ladies—some of them- 
McClellan a sword. 
• — A new rebel privateer is said to be fitting out at 
Kingston, Jamaica. 
— The Great Eastern has been purchased by the 
French Government. 
— An association or grain warehousemen has been 
organized in Buffalo. 
— Daniel S. Dickinson is talked of as a candidate for 
the Vice Presidency. 
- The 47th regiment (British) left Kingston for Lon¬ 
don, C. W., June 1st. 
— Elihu Burritt is lectarin, 
Physiology of Nations. 
— John Lvndall, a young Englishman of note, died 
recently in Washington. 
— The soldiers on Morris Island publish a paper 
called The Swamp Angel. 
— Edward Everett is nominated for the Presidency 
by the New York Ledger. 
— The present Aiayor of Stratford on-Avon is said to 
be a native of Connecticut. 
— The Delaware grapes on Kelly’s Island are alive 
and putting ont vigorously. 
— Bonnets are made in France of India rubber col¬ 
ored to imitate Leghorn braid. 
— In Providence during 1863 there were 1,233 births, 
1,21-1 deaths and 61(1 marriages. 
— The Legislature of Newfoundland has been dis- 
enssing the Reciprocity Treaty. 
— A company Is being organized in Toronto, C. W., 
to produce sugar from sugar beet. 
— The Indians recently captured and destroyed the 
mail from St. PnnI to Fort Garry. 
— Fisheries are being established in France for the 
purpose of manufacturing gnano. 
— It is proposed to remove tho capital of New Hamp¬ 
shire from Concord to Maiichesffr, 
— In Chicago, recently, twenty men were drafted 
who had been dead for several years. 
— A Liverpool paper gives thirty-four different modts 
of orthography of Bhakspeare’s name. 
— Mr. M. Paulding, of Monroe Co , Mich., has plant¬ 
ed ten acres of peppermint this sprlug. 
— Wm Whiting, Esq., Solicitor of the War Depart¬ 
ment works without pay—refuses pay. 
— The only gold medal ever voted by Congress to 
Washington is for sale In Philadelphia. 
— The Pope of Rome has contributed $500 for the 
benefit of our sick and wounded soldiers. 
— The Danish monarchy ii 
com¬ 
mand changed the character of the contest and 
enabled us to hold the place aud add to the 
number of prisoners. 
In the afternoon Wright followed his success 
of the morning by advancing his line and driving 
in the rebel skirmishers, 
as overhauled, and a sharp 
fight ensued, but diming the night the rebels 
resumed their retreat. 
Hooker and Schofield, 20th and 23d corps, 
formed the left wing and pursued a route paral¬ 
lel to the grand central column. 
They were met with much determination by 
the rebels at Cassville. but a gallant charge on 
t heir breast works and barricades soon sent them 
pell-mell out of the place. 
At Kingston, Johnston made a brief pause, 
and the rear guard showed fight two miles out, 
but our forces took possession of the place with¬ 
out opposition. 
Gen. .Jeff. C. Davis’ division had surprised 
aud captured Rome with all its government 
machine shops and arsenals. The rebels tried 
to destroy the property, hut failed. It is one of 
the heaviest blows the Confederacy has lately 
received. 
The Cincinnati Commercial of May 31, says 
there was a sharp and bloody fight on the 25th 
lilt., between Hooker’ 
t fie l nited States naval transport Fulton, 
Walton commanding, 1‘rom Port Royal, S. C., 
having in tow the steamboat Nena, from Port 
Royal, arrived at New’ York the 2d inst. 
Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster assumed command of 
the Department of the .South on the 29th ult. 
Brig.-Gcn. Hatch has been assigned to the com¬ 
mand of Hilton Head district. 
A report had reached Hilton Head, South 
Carolina, that the navy lug boat Columbine was 
captured by the rebels on St. John’s River, 
about ten miles above Pilatka, on the evening 
ot the 23d ult. She had on board, it is stated, 
about 90 soldiers (colored,) besides the crew! 
She was armed with two 20-pounder guns. 
The rebels opened a battery on her, and one 
shot struck her rudder, disabling her and caus¬ 
ing her to drift on shore. Three men of the 
35th U. 8. (colored) escaped, and reached St. 
Augustine overland. The intelligence of the 
disaster comc-s through that source. 
At. four o’clock on the 20th ult., on the arrival 
of the train from Ncwbern at Bachelor's Creek, 
N. C., a terrible explosion of torpedoes took 
place. Forty soldiers and negroes were blown 
into eternity in an instaut, while betw’een 20 
and 30 persons, white and black, were wounded 
A hard contest was 
soon brought on, which lasted, with 1 ittle,inter¬ 
mission, till an hour after dark. At that time 
we had carried the rebel line of rifle pits and 
driven them to the Chickahominy river, in 
front of Cold Harbor. 
The exact worth of the defenses carried by 
the gallant 0th Corps, could not be accurately 
estimated, owing to the darkness of the night; 
but the ground gained will be invaluable here¬ 
after. 
Gen.fW right reports his losses reasonably light, 
that of the enemy heavy, and adds that he had 
taken many prisoners—how many, I have no 
means of ascertaining at present. 
Finding a heavy Ibrce engaged in turning his 
right flank, the enemy inferred that we had 
weakened our center and right, and late in the 
evening made an impetuous and furious assault 
on each. Warren’s Corps was especially singled 
out for an overwhelming attack. 
The rebels formed and marched to the assault 
in three lines, determined to pierce the cen- 
Lee stands on 
the ground from which Branch was driven in 
the battle of Hanover Court House, and from 
which Stonewall Jackson advanced to the 
attack of Gen. McClellan’s line at Gaines’ Mill. 
Grant thus faces Lee and Richmond. Above 
Meadow Bridge, the Chickahominy becomes 
only au insignificant stream, and below (oppo¬ 
site Grant) it is fordable most of the year. 
TFe give some particulars of a fight which 
took place on Monday, May 80, from the N. Y. 
Herald-. It is called the battle of Totopatomay. 
The Fifth Corps, on our side, were the actors. 
At six P. M. the enemy assaulted our line. It 
was a general and sudden attack. They ad¬ 
vanced iu two lines of battle and a heavy 
skirmish hue. Simultaneous with their open¬ 
ing volley of musketry, came solid shot and 
shell from a score or more of cannon. Firm 
and unshaken stood our men. The rebels shot 
too high, and our men coolly waited to return 
the fire. It was a most murderous volley. The 
assaulting column was staggered and fell back. 
Co. D, U. 8. 5th artillery: Co. C, 1st N. Y. 
artillery: Co. I), 3d Mass, artillery, and Co. A, 
3d N. \. artillery, opened responsive to the 
enemy’s cannon. Assault after assault was 
made by the desperate foe, but each time our 
troops hurled them back. 
On Gen. Crawford’s division, the assaults 
were more repeated and more fierce. The 
enemy sought to turn bis left, and each time 
was handsomely repulsed, and more than special 
glory was won by the men meeting and repelling 
these assaults. 
The Pennsylvania Reserves behaved magnifi¬ 
cently. In the division, and holding the ex- 
s corps and the rebel Gen. 
Hood’s command, uear Dallas. 
The battle began at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. 
The 2d division, under Gen. Williams, drove the 
enemy from their west line of works, for a dis¬ 
tance of two mild 
ision 
was soon 
relieved by the 1st and 3d divifions under Gens. 
Geary and Butterfield, who advanced steadily 
under a terrible musketry fire, and proceeded 
within 40 yards of a concealed battery, which 
opened upon them a sudden and murderous dis¬ 
charge of grape and canister. The 1st. division 
in tjiis charge lost WO men. The battery was 
finally silenced and the enemy driven away. 
There was considerable skirmishing on the 
26th. On the 27th, there was a severe fight on 
the left. Wood’s division and Scribner’s brigade 
of Johnson’s division lost 400 men. On the 2>i li. 
there was heavy picket firing. On the20th. the 
rebels made a night attack, but were repulsed 
with heavy loss. On the 31st, Hooker and 
McPherson were moving their troons to the 
terrible loss. The battle raged for fully three 
hours in front of this Corps. The firing was 
heavy and deadly tho whole time, and was con¬ 
tinued without intermission till darkness ended 
the conflict. 
Our losses at this point can only be a tithe of 
what the enemy sustained by attempting to 
storm our breastworks. 
The attack on Hancock was nearly simulta¬ 
neous with that on Warren. He also repulsed 
the rebel line with trifling loss, and pressed 
them back a considerable distance; but in doing 
this he was drawn into a bad position, from 
which he was soon compelled to beat a hasty 
retreat and resume the ground he occupied at 
the onset. That this pursuit of Hancock was a 
mere demonstration in the first flush of success, 
instead of an intention to hold the ground per¬ 
manently which he might thus have obtained, 
is proven by his having orders to evacuate that 
entire position during Lhe night, and move his 
Corps from the right of the line to the extreme 
■are going to bay Gen. 
in New England on the 
not want any more of it. They advised our 
men to go in and fight it out, as this was the 
last fight for Richmond, and we could take it 
this time. They represent the rebel army as 
becoming every day more and more demoral¬ 
ized with their constant reverses. 
A dispatch from Gen. Grant’s headquarters to 
the Secretary of War on tho 4th, says that about 
» I. M., Friday, the 3d, the enemy suddenly 
attacked Smith’s brigade of Gibbon’s division. 
The attack was made with great furv, but was 
repulsed. At C P. M., Wilson's cavalry fell 
upon a rebel brigade in the vicinity of Burn¬ 
side’s command. The enemy were routed and 
driven from their rifle pits in great confusion. 
Wilson had. just previous to this action, scat¬ 
tered a brigade of rebel cavalry. 
Our loss in the three days’ operations around 
Cold Harbor in killed, wounded and missing, is 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
Solicitor Whiting interprets the draft law 
to permit persons liable toservicc to furnish sub¬ 
stitutes in advance of the draft; and, also, that 
the substitute may report at any rendezvous 
m or out of the state where the principal resides 
So that a person living in New York muv pro¬ 
cure a substitute in Louisiana or Tennessee. 
Several days since Maj.-Gen. Fremont sent his 
resignation to the President, the resignation 
has been accepted, and Gen. Fremont has ceased 
to be an officer of the United States Army, it is 
understood that several members of liis staff 
have also resigned. 
Gen. Buell has also resigned, and his resigna¬ 
tion has been accepted. It is understood he 
resumes his position in the regular armv, that 
of Colonel. 
The Secretary of War publishes the following, 
which is the latest reliable intelligence we have 
received of military matters: 
War Dkpaktmi*nt. ) 
Washington, June 6lh— 1 U p. Al. J 
To Maj.-Gen. Dix :—We have dispatches from 
Gen. Grunt’s Headquarters down to fi o’clock 
last evening, which state that there had been 
no fighting during the day. The enemy made 
an attack on Saturday night, upon Hunoock, 
Wright and Smith, but were everywhere re¬ 
pulsed. Hancock’s lines are brought within 
now redneed to two 
islands, frozen tip six months of the year. 
— A French balloonist, Nadar, proposes to attempt to 
cross the Mediterranean soon in a balloon. 
— P. R. Spencer, anther of the Spencerian System of 
Penmanship, died at Geneva, O., Alay loth. 
— There arc officers in Charleston Harbor who have 
lived on an iron clad rum two 
years. Hard grub! 
— Alore maple sugar has been made in Canada the 
past season than during the two seasons previous. 
— Tho Convention of the Bvangeiienl Synod of Can¬ 
ada is to be held at Berlin, C. W., the 29th of June. 
— Richard Rear, a coal operator, died in Schuylkill 
Co., Pa., recently, leaving a property of $1,000,000. 
— A project is on foot to connect New York and 
Brooklyn by a suspension bridge to cost $3,000,000. 
— There is to be a tournament of the Wisconsin Arc 
men at Fon da Lac the 21 (h and 25th of August next. 
— The spiritualise of Aiiehigan are to hold a mass 
convention at Grand Rapids the 25lh, 88th aud 27th of 
June. 
