AMERICA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2237, 21 September 1864, Page 3

AMERICA.

The l.i lea dates aie lo July 16. The main nileiest of the month v.'.is concentrated upon .1 l.'ud on a huge scile by the Confcdeiates into the L'Vilci il ten itoiy. The Confedeiatcs nuclei Buckunidge, Ransom, .mtl Jambeidon (some accounts say commanded by Lee in poison) nmched on June 30lh upon Martmsbuig, dio\e out SiegeL, and closed the Polomac by 1 Lupin's Feny into Maiyland The nuinbois vauously staled a-> fiom 20000 to 50,000 advanced past Eicdonck city ujjoii Biltnnoie, and weie met on the Monocaeliy Pu\or by the Pedeials under Wall is On July Olh the Confedeiates defeated Walhs, inflicting M'u'io lo^> and captming Geneial f IMe. 1000 of Walhs's men letieated on Billimoie, in gieat disoidei Tlio Confedelate? continued to advance .along thoNoithein C'ential R.uhoad, destioymg the budges and lolling .stock. On the lltli they captuud two i ail way tiaiiifj at the Magnolia Station, taking Geneial Fianlclyn just ai lived fiom New Oilcans with his staff, and burnt the i evidences of Go\emovßia<llord and Geneial Cadwalladei, and advanced to ■within six miles of Washington. This caused intense excitement and alaim, both in Washington and thiou<^hout. the -whole of the Noith. Piesulcnt Lincoln called for large numbers of nnhtiafor one hundicd days, to defend Washington. The men exhibited gieat reluctance to obey the call. Gou'iuoi Cm tut., of Pennsyham.i, issued a proclamation, accusing the citi/enb of culpable indiffeience. The mayor of New Yoik demonstiated against the lemoval of the militia liom that city. After making a demonstration against Foit Sterns, the fiont of Washington, the Confedeiales lelued fiom befoie that city on the 1 illi, and crossed the Potomac unopposed, taking with them an immense quantity of plunder. Befoio Richmond, afl'aiis are still in the sai.fec condition After Giant changed his fiont, as lepoitcd last mail, Baldy Smith matched against Petevsbvivgh, and captiued one Confcdeiate woik two miles fiom that oih, "\\jfh 12 pieces of cannon and -100 pi l.sonei b lfaucoek joined in the attack on the other defences, and after two days' fighting succeeded m dislodging the Confederates, capturing 450 prisoners and four guns. On the 18th the remainder of Grant's army (assaulted the inner works, but were repulsed with heavy loss Two subsequent attacks were made on the same day with the same result Grant then entrenched himself a mile and a half fiom the city, The loss on the 18th was fiom 6,000 to 8,000 killed and ■» ounded On Ihe 21st ultimo the Federals under Hancock and Wright, made a mo\ c from right to left, foi* the pur1 pose of more closely investing Petersburg, but, being confronted by Hill's corps, were dm oil back w ith groat loss, A reconuoissancc being made, tlio Confederates were found m strong force in an entrenched line, ■when a genoial engagement took place, m which the "Federals suflercd heavily in killed and wounded, and lost four guns. On the 22nd Hill passed right through Grant's linos, attacked his second corps m the rear, and dro\ c it from its entrenchments, capturing ihe entire brigade, "\\ith five guns, and mltieting a loss exceeding 3,000 killed and w ounded In consequence of this disaster, Grant abandoned his ad\aiico on the Weldon railroad, and -withdrew 4o an entrenched position before Pctcisbuig, where ho still remains Lincoln vit-iled Grant at head- quarters at City Point, on the 21st. In Georgia Confederate accounts s>talethal Hunter, ■nilh h\ o columns of Sherman's army had been defeated with heavy loss, but latest intelligence reports Sherman to have crossed the Cluittahoche, and arrived betbro Atlanta Secretary Chase has resigned. lie is succeeded by Secretary Tesscnclon. The Senate has repealed the Gold Bill and the "b'ugitn o Slave Law. i ~V Seoville, the correspondent signing himself ' Manhattan," of the London Standard, died suddenly on June 23, at New Torlc. General Polk and the Bishop of Louisiana ■were killed in lultle on June li The fluctuations mtho price of gold during tho past month have been enormous. At the date of tho last mail it was 107J , it is iKn\ 251^, and has been up to 2SO ,