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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. 9SFBDERATE STATES WILMINGTON, N. C, TIIUBSPAY, MAY 7, 1863. KOTICB. Prom and after this tbe subscript price of this paper will b. FOUB POLLABS per year, m advance. A 11 Eufcseribers now in arrears, who do not pay up by the SOth tf Jan next, and pay one year in advance, wDl have their papers discontinued at that time. jfcrNo subscrip tion received for leea than 12 montks.-Ea Apia 23d, 18G3. ' It U difficult to obtain any news from Fredericksburg Bince Saturday. We know ihat there was heavy fighting on that day about seven miles from Fredericksburg. The enemy's cavalry seem to have made a raid on both the Vir- ginia Central and the FrederickabuTg Railroads, no doubt interrupting comxuaication. This, we think, has bsen re stored, but the agents of the press have bo far been unable to get anything through. We lean to the opinion that a general engagement is either progressing or isclose at hand. Perhaps we may get some news to-night, bat of this we cannot, of coarse bo certain. The War Department has now sd1 coatrol of the wires North of Richmond. Wk would further refer to cur telegraphs just received It is evident that events of the moat important character are taking place to-day, and we may be assured that wbere Lkh, and Jackson, and Lokgstbibt, with our brave army of If orthern Virginia, are present the victory must perch upon our banners. Jacxsow has been employed in "gob bling np " a considerable number of the gentlemen of the Liccolnite persuasion. The enemy cavalry has made a moat desperate Jiaidnpon oar railroads, having got lo Hungary Depot on the Richmond and Fredericksburg Road, . only eight miles North of the former place. The enemy's cavalry force on this expedition, is said to Eumber three thousand; tbis we rather question. We have an idea that in all probability they will hardly recros3 ihe Rappahan nock, save as prisoners Daily Journal, last Monday. The ricHiioND Whig regards the advance of Hooker at this time as a favoralle symptom for us, indicating, as it bes, a refusal to re-enlut on the part of the regiments in Hooker's army, whose term of service is about to expire. They were thrown forward sooner than they otherwise would Lave been, with a view of -Btriking a blow before their disb; ndment, -which that occurrence nrght have wholly prevented afterwards. That the Lkw has recoiled, and that IIookkb has shared the fate of his predecessors, and entered the ranks of the great defeated, there appears to be every ground to be lieve. Indeed, of that fact General Lek's cfiicial dispatch fully asmres ua. The great drawback from our success is that General "Stonewall" Jacssss has been severely wounded tot mortaUy, we trust, although such a report u in circulation. It would, indeed, be a most seriou3 loss to the Confederacy, and one which we pray may be spared ns. We may look for any amount cf heavy fighting, in Tennes see, ts also in the vicinity of Suffolk and Eastern North Car olina. The same causes exist at th9 West to compel an early advance of the Federals that exist at the East. The campaign has opened in earnest, and at all points. Upon the whole, our troops are Letter prepared than they ever were before, and are in better spirits. We look for heavy fighting and more decisive battles than we have yet had. It is reported that there was heavy lighting last Sunday ia tho vicinity cf Su3olk, and that an ambulance train had Lf.en Eent for to bring tha wounded up to Seaboard Depot, being the first on the Portsmouth road below Weldon. We have been usab e to obtain any particulars. We may, per haps, receive some in the courso of the day. There can be little reason to doubt the fact that the sud den change in the Federal policy is rather the resflt of ne ( essity thau of choice. The assumption of the offensive at all poinld fehows that the enemy knows and feels that his opportunity ia pat-sing away, and that be must make " the Lest of if at ence, or lose it forever. P. S. It will be seen that our dispatch from EiokruoLd at noon to-day, reports Gen. Lek's victory on Sunday last as compute. Gen, Jackson was wounded in the left arm, which was skillfully amputated below the shoulder. We trust his wound will not prove fata!. We will probably re ceive farther nevs soma time daring tho day or t.vnight. Tho Pilot of tho Yatkee cavalry raid ia Virginia has been taken. We trust he waa despatched immediately. Daily Journal, 5t7i. Gbk'kal Clicman's Rhigais:. For a time the regi ments in this brigade were down m James Island, near Charleston. Their commisgari.it does not appear to have been qnito as good or as plentiful aj might have been de" sired, but we do jiot believe that eiiher the Confederate Government or the people of South Corolina intentionally kept back an ounce of food that could possibly have been obtained for our men, the majority cf whom bore their temporary privations in the best spirit. We have recently seen the regiments and they lock well and hearty. If they are the starved out and used up people that some new& papers aiid newspaper correspondents maka out, all we can say ia, that they have a remarkable knack of disguising their sufferings. So far as we could S3e, they appeared to! be a fine, healihy-lookicg body cf men. Wk have the bonthern Literary Messenger for April, published by Uacf abla'E & F2Kuui30N, Richmond, Yd., att5a year. Dr. IABr is the Editor, and he does the best that one able man can do to make the Messenger what it ought to be ; but no one man can make a magazine. The proprietors must do tbeir part in employing and paying for a variety of talent, and cbtainicg tbe beBt mechanical ap pliances. Will Messra. Macfarlane & FEEcssot sxsnse 3 for saying, that to far as wo can sea th?y do not qiite do all these tLicgs ? TTPCtHArnicAL EEKon. We flad in our Daily of Friday last, tha statement tbat "the body of Lieut. Lcdlow, who was killed ia a skirmish below Kinston, on Wednesday, haB arrived here." Jt ought to have been "Lieut. LcTTEBLon," a very worthy ycung geni!tnaa, -whose losa will be deeply regretted in PayettevUe. Tce telegraph continuts to brieg ua news of heavy fijiht iug not mfiy vu the Uappahannock. but also out West. The enemy has teen forced to retreat from the South side of tie lJappabanccck, aEd General Hooker finds himself in the same ptbiticn that Fcunsiee and KcClezlaj previous ly cccup:ed i. e., that is, tho position of a defeated Gen eral. The Slohrnond Enquirer gajs that the lorce employed by tbe enemy in rr.akig his recent raids upon the P.ailroads in Virginia was composed cf twenty-eight regiments of cavalry all under General Stokemak, and contained at least 15.000 men and horses, a very formidable force. It was a liit'.e strange that IIocksb should have detached this force from his main army immediately on the vo of a general engagement. Wo give elsewhere from the Enquirer an account cf the doiDgs of these cavalry. ' Tnx following privata di3patc from Adjutant McLacki of the If th regiment, N. C. T., has been kindly placed at cur disposal. The death of Col. Pcbdie, as also of a num ber cf the members cf hia regiment, is to be deeply re gretted : IIanovkb Jcrcriox, May, 5, 1S63. I was wouadid through the left thigh on Sunday morning Lieut. Aid-ean was wounded severely iifright thigh: M. MctJormick severely iu javr and neck ; Serg't Mcintosh, D. McLaughlin, Alexander Smith and D. Jones are Blightly wounded. Cel. ramie was killed, and Lieut. Col. tjeorge received a flesh wound in the right hip. Fifteen to twenty have been killed and fihent eighty wounded in the regi niekt. On Sunday the Confederates were giving, it to the enemy nanasomeiy. w. II. McLAUEIN, Adjt. ISth Eeg't N. C. T. Aortb Eastern XortU Carolina. We are assured on most reliable authority that the whole extent of country composed in th coun ties of Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquhnass, Pas quotank, Camden and Currituck, is divested of the Yankees. 1 hey have all gone, Buffaloes and all, taking with them, however, every te?ro they could lay their bands on, free end slave. North of the Albemarle sound the soil is now free from their polluting tread and the orny place they occupy is Koanoke Island. ' ' . Ralegh Progress. To Weld Cast Steel. The Favetteuiiie Observer instituted an crquiry seme time since for something Which COUld be used instead rf T?nrv FtthiVK i . "r TV : vu,suyj n weiaing cast sieei. Tbe - following preparation ,q,c x- a Frost an exphrienced smftb of this dty, L a substitute 5mkh lXrA& 'f-'-1? t0, DDlwer the ?QW admirably fe LcLia s elsewhere would do weU to dve lfc MM.. xue EUDsiutnie consists cf three pounds of alt, one pound cf cepperaa and fifteen rundTof Than) Band, thoroughly mixed and used as borax. P The amociit of Confederate notes funded in 8 per at. bends ia Charleston, was 13,215,70. From the Richmond Enquirer, Hay ?d, 1863. From the RppUHnrk. Great excitement prevailed on yesteYdny,- owUig to numerous satguioary rumors afloat from the Rappa hannock. Autbenic information places the enemy in strong force on tbis side of the Rappahannock, a few miles belcrw Fredericksburg, after a brief but desperate little engagement; in which two Confederate regiments opposed them until f. ncd to retire, both s'des sufitring badly. The enemy now. occupies virtually tie same" position before and about Fredericksburg be did just previous to tne ngnt ot last winter. Hiavy . rannona diDff occurred on Thursday evening, and it was believed that hostilities bad commenced in earnest, although we have no reliable intelligence to that effect. Higher up the river the demot? filiation 8 of the enemy were on yes terday very decided, and a gentlerr an from Gordonsville informs us that a fight was in progress between Gen Fitzhugh Iee's forces and a heavy force of the enemy K3pidan station, i? rom the movements of the enemy it is believed that it is his design to "fliDk" Gordons ville and destroy the iron tridgf s over Moore's creek and the Rivarma rver, between that phice and Char lottesville, at all he znrd i : the consummation cf whicb would greatly embarrass the tm exportation cfcur ttoops We have no particulars as to tne reported ngctg. Ihe Confederate Forces m Fredericksburg Capture of one cf General Mohone's Companies The Fight on Thursday Capture of Yankee Artillery uueis Confederates Supriscd and Captured St'wrt ot his Old Tricks, Jfc. Correspondence of the Richmond Erq-frer Aesop's Farm, 8 milks bziaw -j Fkedericcebubg, 1 o'clock, F. M.t May 1, '63. ( 1 was in the saddle yesterday from eaily dawn until near moonlight, endeavoring to sift the grairs of truth from the mess cf false reports in circulation. ' The re sults of my investigations are that the Yankees on yes terday did cotbiDg en our right of much importance, their operations being limited to throwing acres ad ditional forces, including artillery, and to maroeuvering preparatory to a fight. The left wing of the Yankees extends from Jlazsl Run to a point just below Pratt's house, and nearly opposite Hamilton's Crossing. Our troops occupy the line of the railway from and below the crossing up to town. Oar forces still hold the town, there being no c ff-jrt on the part of the enemy to take possession of it. On our lef t and above the town, say 20 miles, at Ger- manna and Elley's Fords, the Yankees on yesterday ef fected a crossing, in force, tstimated at 30,000 strong, and moved upon and occupied Chancellorsville about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, their column b? iug pusLed as far s Zaar Church, in Spotsylvania, tight miles above Fredericksburg, the enemy feeliag his way very cautiously all the time and using no artillery. II if march thus tar on this route has been but feebly con gested. Ample preparations, however, are made to giv him a warm reception whenever he feels disposed to move from liis present position. Ourloea, all told, on this wing, yesterday, in the tkir mishirg, was not over one killed and six or seven wound ed, though a company from ne o.f the regiments in Gen. Mahone's brigade was captartd, while on picket near ChaccellorsvillbeiDg'sMfprziW. Capt. Taylor, A. A. G , of Gen. Mauone's stall, also narrowly escap ed both death and capture. He had just ridden to the post occupied by this captured picket, when he was called to a halt. At once perceivinsr the character of the troops, he quickly turned his horse and fled, not, however, until three Yankee balls had been fired at him in vain. We have captured several prisoners on tbis wing, who represents that the enemy's force is forty thou sand strong. No crossings had been effected at the U. S. or Batiks' Fords, though three army roads have been constructed to the latter place, and a redoubt thrown up in front of it. Firing has been heard from above this morning, and it is supposed tkirmishing is going on. The picket lines at Fredericksburg are still kept j up by both sidta. There was great cheering in fioat jesterday. One of the Yarkee pickets hallooed across and said they had taken Aicksburg. This of course is part of the programme of lying in order to get the "best army on the placet to move." Yesterday morning the Yankee batteries opened on our right, but after firing half an hour or more ceased uatil about 5 P. M. From tbis hour until nightfall a brisk artillery duel occurred on our right. The batteries engagtd on our side being Fry's, of Orange, which was Btationed at a point about one mile below Hanjilton's Crossing, and Hardaway's old battery, and the Rockbridge battery, posted on the hill just above Hamilton's Crossing. Our sleil fell thick an J fast among the Yankees, and are believed to have done considerable execution. The Yankee batteries, which were posted on Gray's and Fitz'augh's farms, did us no injury whatever, though their shell reached beyond Hamilton's Crosinsr. One sbell from our side burst, among soma wagon3 on Gray's hill, and thereupon great scampering en eutd. A shell was also seen to explode in a group efof- j ticers, near Pratt's, and such "ikedaddling" never was pppn A Yankee battery was also seen to double-quick away from its dangerous position with wonderful celeri ty during this fire. - - There hav3 been no demonstrations up to this hour to-day. This morning not a single cannon has beeo fired, and no engagement with small arms, tot even ekirmishing has taken place. One report has it that tbe Yankees who crossed at Bernard's and Pratt's have recrossd and taken up their pontoons. Another statement in that the Yan kees are eutrenching in front of Bernard's and Pratt's. From the movements on hand I should not be sur prised if the Yankees at Bernard's and Pratt's have recrossed. Their tents, however, in large nunjbers, are visible on the opposite shore. The belief now ia that tbe battle will be fought above Fredericksburg, and in the vicinity of Chancellorsville. The crossing below town is, iu all probabi ity, a mere feint. Everything betokens an early, heavy and decisive fight. The baggage has been sent rearwards. The hospital flags can be plainly seen. Oar men are in tbeir right positions, and the artillery is " all up." During the skirmishing at Chancellorsville yesterday, Capt. Pifer, of General Lee's Body Guard, and Lieut. Walthrop, are reported to have been wounded, and some four or five men killed. In the crossing at Pratt's I hear that the Major or Lieut. Colonel of tbe Sixth Louisiana was wounded and mide prisoner, and some fourteen privates, besides" a good number of the- 13th Georgia. Tbe crossing at this point was hotly contested. At Bernard's, however, the Yankees got over I hear, and surprised the pickets, a part of Col. McDowell's regiment, the fault being, it is alleged, it the captain commanding the picket, who, though often apprized that the Yankees were making a great noire in front tbe fog being at the ti:ne too neavy to see anything failed to take any precautions, and his men, when surprised, were found with unloaded guns. The Yankees constructed their boats on their sid1 of the river, and threw them around by the use of oars, so quickly, that but little effective resistance could be offered. The bal!con3 of the Yankees were up all day yester day, and asain to-day. The fight will not occur. 1 think, betore Sunday. The country may rely that when it does come, our able Generals, and brave, reliant army, will b3 fully equal to tbe mjrr. :dons of " Fight ing Joe." V -W i r-m . , r rom aoove l iearn tnat otuart ca3 oecn quite ac tive, and has taken one hundred and sixty prisonersrep- resenting three dillerent array corps. A prisoner taken last night, says the enemy have al ready crossed over forty thousand men. ot a gun has been fired to-day. Everything is re markably quiet. Ibe road3 are being rapidly dried by tne sun a rays, and tne ngbt cannot long be deferred, if, T 1 it. f t n 1 . r- lnaeeu, me a aoKees mean ngnt. v. P. S. Just as the cars are about to etart heaw fir ing is going on towards Fredericksburg. X. Suspension of (be Ilabeas Corpu. We give below some extracts from tbe debate in the House of Representatives, it 1807, upon the Senate's secret session bill to suspend the Ilabeas Corpus : Mr. Bcrwell. Would it not establish a dangerous precedent ? A corrupt and vicious Administration, un der tbe sanction and example of tbis law, might harass and destroy tbe best men of tbe country. It would on: ly be necessary to excite artificial commotions, circu late exaggerated rumcrs of danger, and then follows tbe repetion of this law, by wbich every obnoxious person, however honest, is surrenderaLto the vindictive resent ment cf the Government. It w,ill not be a sufficient answer, that this power will not be abused by the Pre sident of the Vnited States. He. Mr. B. helifivpd. woald not abuse it, but it wtfuld be impossible to re- Strain all those who are under him. Besides. h nnM not consent to advocate a principle bad, in itself, be-1 cause it will not, probably, be abased. . Mr. JLtuoT. Sir, what U tka language of oor Con-' etitution anon fids subii ct ? " The privifrge of 1 be writ of habea- corpus wmll not be 6B?per,df a, exc pi woen, i a case cf invueioti r rebellion, the pabiic pwfety ball reei'iire Nave we a right to suspend it in wny arsd every a of invasion acd rebeiFon ? Ho far from it, -hat e-'nnrkr a cSuatitotioi siI iRterdictkn to act, unless ihe t xis'ing invasion or rebellion, in -ur suber judme , ilrea'ena the fi st principles of the national compac . r.i.d the Constitution itself.- In other words we can w ly act in ihU casj with a view to national self-pns i vau'en We i.-n suppetd the writ of Jiabeas coipui o-iy in a cse of ex-rtme emergency ; that alone is wtus ypvli which will justify tbis Ux suprema. And is tbis a crisis of such awful moment ? Is it necessary, at tbis tirr,p,io rstiiu!e-a dictatoisbip, to save the people ir m th msclves; ad to take care that the Re public shull ncvive no e'etriment? Wbat is the pro position ? To tr ate single Dictator, a iu ancient R?me, in wh nt all po-r stall be vested fl a time? No to crie os e creat Dictator, and a multitude, an army of subaltern ci-d petty dc? pots ; to li ves', i;ot r only ire i-rCf-iii' u oi w tim-u - - - ernors of Sta'e? ad Tr.i;oric3, and, ind.ed, ail per sons df riving civil or military aattority fn m tbe- su preme Executive, wi n untiroitd fcml Sms oneiblt powtr over the ptnobal liberty cf your citizens By the provisions of the famous statue of Cfcarhs II., wbich las even been called a second magna chatta, its privi!eg8 are guarantied to all British subject at all times. An eminent Englifrh author, and the most po pular writer up' n pubjecs of lenral scierce, considers its saspensi:!! as th. uspenion cf liberty itself; declare sa9oenfei: as tn.' puspensiim -ci u'-r:y that the meamre ouirbt nevr to be resorted to but in casfs J extreme cmergeLcy ; and says that Ibe nation then p i ts with 'a freetJa tor a short end limited time, only to resume and secure it tor ever. Hence, he com pares, the Fupen8ion cf lhehubsas cotpu Act in Great Britain to tl e dictatoisbip ot ihe lioman uepubiic. Mr. Erexs. By this bill, we are called upon toeir erciee out of tbe most important powers ves'ed in con gress by the Oen&titu'ion rt the Uuited Slatts A power -svl.ieb suFpends the personal rights of your citi zens, which p!ac s 'heir liberty wholly under the will, not ot the Ex-:e-u!ive Magistrate oniy, but of h s infe rior f fficers. Ot the imp' nance of this power, of the cauti n wbich oush to bi employed in its exercis1, the words ot the Constituti-'ii aQord irresistible evidence. rbe wjidii of the Constitution are : " Ihe privilege of the writ habeas corpus shall not be i-uppended, unle-s when, in cjsb of rebeihoa or invasion, the public safe ty mrtv require it. I be wording ot tns c'aue ot tne Corsu uMoii oescrvis ptcuiiar atrennoo. it is not in every Cie ei invv-ioii, uot iu every uHs-e 01 reueiuon, that ibe ext-reide o! Uiss power by Loignss can be juBtititJ uiider th words of the t'onstitn ion The woids ot tne Lonemuuon c mue me txercis' ei mis i . - l' i. , i ! : : . : . power exciosivt ly to cases ui reuemou ur invasion, wh-re ihe pubhc safety nquvres jl. w Will, infled, may the caution have been used a tu the cxerciteoi this impoitaut power, it is iu a free . . i t r . i i country the mosi iiemenuous power woiou can oe placed in the hands t f a I gielative body. It suspends, at 'Oi.ce, the bartered righ's of the community, and places even those who pnss the Act uodr military des potij-m . Mr. R. wklsox. Wijai is a writ of habeas corpus? It U a writ directing a certain person in custody to be brought before a tribunal ot justice, to inquire iuto the egality of his confinement. If the Judge is ot opinion that the confinement is illegal, the person wiil of course be discharged ; if on the contrary, from the evidence, he shall be of eipmicn that there is Eiitueient grounds to suspect that be is gui.'ty of cQ-dc, fie wi:l not be dis charged. Now, to me, k appears that this is a proper and Leeessary .p wer to be visted in .our Judges, and that a suspens.ou of the writ of habeas coi put is, iu all caies, improptr. If a man is taken up, and is de nied an examination befoie a Juage or a Court, be may, although innocent iu this case, continue to softer confinement. This, in my opinion, h dangerous to the iberty of the citizen. I hit precedeut, let tne tell gentlemen, may be a ruin- . IT 1 i 1 i ous, may be a most damnaoie preceut-ut a pn cedent which, hen after, mny be most flagrantly abused, ihe Executive may widh lo nsake us3 ot more energetic mea.Mi s tnan tne es'aoiisneu laws 01 tne land enaoie him to do : h; will resort to this ts a precedent, and this io-portaut pr vileije will be suspen'leJ at the small est appearance ot danger, lie eli'ct will be, that whenever a man is at the beau of cur anjirs, whe wishes toopprefscr wreak his vengeance on those whaare oppos;d to him, he v-ill fly to this as a precedeut ;it will truiy ten pieetlfut fraught with tbe gr. aUstdan- gej ; a preceutni wcien ouui nei 10 ua per, xaepi in a case of tbe en a est necesbity ; luoeed, 1 eau bardly contemjdaie a case in which, iu my opinion, it cau be neceesary. In u'.y opinion, this is a measure which ought never to be pioposed, unle.-s when the country is so corrupt that we cannot even uust the Judges themselves. 'I bis I consider the cause of ti c fnquent suspension f f this privsli ye in Kugland. Whentver the whole mass ef socie!'. becomes contaminated, and the dliceisof the Judicial Ct-urt aie so lar corrupted as to c mntena. .cc rebellion, nod ri-!ease rebels from their coi.fiuenjent, it may be thou time to say, they shall no louger remain in y ur hands ; we' will takt thtni from ycu. Mr. John- Ranpolu of Roanoke. Soni? gentlemen, to whom I have listened with considerable gratification, tell us that, out of respect to the other branch, we ought not at this time to nj-ct the bill. . I, however, feel no such itsect ou this ec.ifi'-n, and sha'l express .none. Oo the contrary, 1 am free to declare, that when a tneas-nrt-, tending to impost? a burden oo the peoj.le, or to detract from the privileges ot the cit Z2n, coaic3 Jrom that quarter, I sbal! always view it with j-alousy. Tbe icequility of the representation in that bratc'i, the long tenure of cfEoe, and the tu5tO'ii with whicb they are so familiar of conducting their proceedings in coif clave (the House jviil recollect bow long it waj after tbe adoption of the Constitution before the public could get admission into tbeir two-penny gallery,) render all their pn ereedios touching the public burdens, or the liberties of the people, highly suspicious. And to say ihe truth, I am tot at all surprised that they did close their doois ou this occasion, that they mkht cot he un der ha inspection of the public eyo, while they were pasting ti e bill on the table, i say so, because i am willing to abide by tbe sood old principle of jadgin" all men by myself: aud if I bud introduced such a bill, I should have btn glad my name did not appear on the Journals, that.tLe public might t ot know to whom they were indebted for such a precedent. There is another consideration which renders tbis bill highly objectionable. I consider the case as now at issue, whether the Uuited States is under a military or civil government, or, in other words, wbetter the- mili tary government is subject to the civil power, or the civil authority to the military. I conceive that a case has occuTeJ, in which tt.e military has not only usurp ed the civil .uthority, but in wh ci it baa usurped noth ing short of omnipotent power ; and I consider this bill as calculated to give a softening and smoothing Lover to tbis usurpation ; and on tbis ground I cannot assent to it. Suppose this bill either to piss or mt. to pass, wbat has been the practice under the Constitu tion ? By the exi ression, under the Constitution, I do not mean conformably to it. Men have been taken up. by a military tribunal, and have been transported con trary to law. I say transported, for if a man can be transported from the district where the e-flence with which he is charged was committed, be may also be deported to Cayenne, or transported to Botany Bay. And even you yourself (addressing tbe Speaker,) il such acts be sanctioned by this bill, in your passage from tbis louse to your lodgings, may be arrested, put on board a vessel, aud carried withersoever the military authori ty may choo?e. To this I will never give my consent. It has been very well remarked by my colleague, that tbis is not tbe first case in wbich an insurrection has occurred, in tbe United States, but that it is the firpt case in whicb an attempt has been made to suspend tbe precious privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. A gentleman from Massachusetts ha3 stated to the House that tbe organization and administration of tbe Government, at this time," forbids the apprbensioa of any abuse .being made of tbe powers delegated under this law Surely, S.r, the gentlemen could not mean to urge this as any thing new. He must have known, if he had consulted history as doubtless he has that the king de facto, and the administration de facto, are always above suspicion. That there never was a proposition brought forward, that did not hud a majority ready to say, mere is surely no danger ot any improper use 01 this power in our time, for we are all honorable men. and we would not delegate it, u an improper use could be made of it. For myself, I have no hesitation in saying that I will not grant this power at any time, except under the most imperious necessity ; and I say this without any disre spect to this honorable body, or to any of the public functionaries. Take man as he is, and in his best es tate, you find him an animal prone to abuse and corrupt tion. There does not exist a sinsle constitution or law in tbe world, that does not enforce this salutary truth. I shall consider tbis bill, if it passes, as establishing a ndw era in the Government. When I was a boy, I re- collect to have consulted each chronological tables as I could get access to. I recollect to hare read, that at a certaia tlaw, CiBarchy wag abclied ia Rome j a ! little while ftf tr, tho firsl Dictator wa3 naSacd ; then 1 t be sccosd DictWor and Pbdievei as in a ease of ap- opkxyfche scarcely got over the third fit. I - believe a eoapensicn of tbe writ of hebeas cm pus might have -here tbe same effect as the establishment f the first Dicta torship at Roffle$Jn what situation1 woulJpit place yourselves and tte citizens of fhia country ? It would leave tbem at tbe mercy, not merely of " a Justice of the Peace, but at the mercy of ever? tubaltern . officer- of tbe arrnj and navy. r t t w .. . V . t - If trre. bill rpasss,e -are told, if will be. bat tempo r iry..s,yrhy,the Sedition Lawwps but.iemppraryj and I 'think, sir, (alluding to the Speaker) you were one of those who aided its passagedmuch against' your will by being present at the altar when it was more than nee r enacted. As to its thrre months' continuance, I consider that as one of the most objectionable features of tbe bill as a bait to the trap ; as the entering wedge. If it ia made reconcilable to tbe iatcrests and feelings of tbis Housa to para it for three mouths, do you think we will the-n feel tbe same lively repugnance to it that we now do ? No ! It has been truly said, that no man became perfectly wicked at once ; and it may be affirm ed, with eqnal truth, that a nation is never enslaved at orice. Men must be initiated .by degress, and their re- Pe.S3 one other law, and I woald quit theicountry. A twin brether to tf is fame bill was introduced into tr.e British Parliament in 1794 : and that bill to prjvent seditieu3 assemblies, was brought forward for about as go -d reasons as this. According to it, if four or five persors assembled, and rtfu?ed, on the notice of a mag istrate, to disperse, they were considered gu Ity pf sedi tion, and were dispersed by force. These two bills form a complete tyranny- and tyranny of the most odioqs kind, b cause established under tbe mask of liberty. Was the tyranny of R -bespierre fees intole rable, oppressive or odious, because inflicted in the name of tte people, than a like tyranny in Turkey, un der the Grand Seisrnor aid his Muftis ? Take one other thirg along with you. These two fatal woutdi, inflict ed on tbe liberties of the English nation, were inflicted by the man who came forward in the character of a re former by the man who came forward as the advocate of a Parliamentary reform ; from wbich circumstance he acquirtd that popularity which enabled him to in flict those deadly wounds en the liberty of his conn ty. ' C itgreg Adjourn. Congress adjourned jesterday, to meet again in De cember. The session has been not unfruitful. It baa produced 1st. A Taxation Art, for support of tbe Government and army, and to base or, the ony Ar m foundation our national credit 2J. A Cntrency Act, to promote the funding of Con fed, rate no es in Confederate bonds ; with gradations pf ii.tenst according to date of-issue and of funding. This act Is already producing good fruit by retirirg from circulation maoy mihiois of our paper currency. 3J. lHie impressment act to regu'ate ibe seizure (when emergency calls for it) of produce for army use, and to settle the made of appraisement. It has been fouiid needful already to supplement this act by 4 .h An amended Impressment ct, to give theGov eroment impression t tri er an appeal from the assess ment o? price (if they think it too high) by referring it tc his D.p.rtment : and then tbe hoard of appraisers, jointly appointed by the Confederate and State Gov ernments, a-e to adjudge the compensations without appeal.''." o. An Act for organ'z'ng a General Stafl for the army. 6h. An Act f jr the tssesament and collection of the taxes under the new Texation Act. These are the chief measures which have actually passed in'o laws ; and they are all, more or less, direct ly for the ur;-oss of more effectually enabling our gov ernment tj uiry on the main business of the ountry, namely : ;r. Rich. Enquirer. i it rent Against Kiigltinil. The New Tork Herald cloees an editorial on the" ra cent pobition taken by the English Government in the nutter cf privateering and iMa'amoras commerce, as follows : " Therv i- ix thing in the future more certaia than that ih day of reckoning will come. It can jast as in- laliibly t:e aieula ed that the Anuncaa nature will exact atonen ttit for these outrages, s any . physical ef fect can be calculated from a physical causa. Tbe only uncertain thing about it is the question of time. It may be next mouth ; it may be next year ; it may be the nxt decade. But it will inevitably come sooner or later. Ev ry dollar's worth destroyed by the English built, English-armed, English-mauned privateers, will b: made good either by voluntary payments or by repri sals. Tin iuiud and temper of this republic isjast ac quiring the same h flexiblity on this subj ct that it p s-se-ses in regard to the putting down ol tho rebellion. Already it vroul i be better suited il .VI r. Seward or Mr. Adams wc-.ild rot advance aro'liT argumentor appeal, not anoih r xpo3tulation or remonstrance against those fu'taes. Let these British rulers take their course w.f hide our t'mci. This one thing a!oie we now ask, that those men weuld forbear to tdd to our injuries the wantou itiiuit, that v?e crave tle!r succor. It is too indecent. Orainary free. bo ;ters would be 8 shamed of it " What it Coyrs thk North. A Northern paper makes the following calculation s to the cost of the war thus fir. liy the time the Yankees sSall have finished their precious scheme of subjugation, tbey will incline to the ( pinion that tbe " game is not worth the cand.'e." Mr. Lincoln estimates the moDev xpended tip to June -f;ixt at about $1,200,(00 000; to this must be udd?d 25 per cent , or 300,000,000. '! he pro ductive Jub.T ot say '000,000 men lor an average of two jeare, at say only $200 per year, is 120,000,000 ; permanent less to the production of the country in dead aud disabled men, say 300 000 at an average of life say ten years, at 200 a year, 600,000,000 ; pen sions, say 150 000, at an averuge cf ten years, say $00 ter year, 150,000,000 ; personal failures and losses in consequence of the war, 200,000,000 ; damage to public property, plantations, personal estates, damage to busi ness and tbe reduced productions of the industrial pur suits for ten years, at 100,000,000 a year, 1,000,000, 000; add to this for the Southern portion of the ex peuKis of the war, all of which hi s bftn paid by the people, 2,500,000,000. Making $5,070,000,000. there is not one item in this fearlul amount that cau proper ly be etrieken out. From the Petertborg Express, of Truce It Ebon llturtr. A flat; Camp near Greejj Pond, S. C, i April 29tb, 1863. f Messrs. Editors : Col. Jervey, cf the first South Carolina i.egro Regiment, came over from Hilton Head yesterday, with a fla? of truce. Captain Barnwell, iieneral Walker s A. D. C, refused to recognize Buch an cfiicial, whereupon be took to h?s oars but, before leaving, stated that pur ubiquitous Col. Elliott knock rd the wooden qnnboit which he went i - search of iistVek in the Combahee with his h I tired torpe t - . y t r- m m tf m 'Kxp an to jithiier?, Killing iour or tne crew, it is, therefore, surmised that the flag of truce came upon a mission relative to tbs wreck. The weather i9 growing warm. AH quiet to-day. Fred. Tub Griat Movemext Under thiB caption, the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 1st inst., has the follow' irg : We are in posseesion of considerable of ihe details of Uereral Hooker s movement, but prefer not to make them public until all possible risk of benefiting the ene my by their publication shall be over. It should be sufficient fcr the present "purpose to eay that a most important advance has been made. Our troops, after driving out all the straggling squads of the enemy, now occupy a large and important dis tricts of country commanding all the pricipal lines of transit between Washington, Richmond and the lower part of tbe valley, of Virginia. They hiive ftl-jn made substantial nroirress towards the re hp! capital , and have established a firm foothold in posi- tions wnicn we nave nunerto spent much money and lost thousands of valuable lives in abortive efforts to at tain. What we here speak of in general terms we have the details to substantiate, bat the reflecting reader and the true lover of his country will appreciate the motive for withholding tuem from publication for the present. Ep80m Salts We have been shown by tho Hon. W. H. Tibbs, a specimen of Epsom Salts, manufac tured by Dr. Milo Smith, of Chattanooga, and for wardei to Mr. Tibbs, who designs to submit it to the Surgeon General. The crude material from which the specimen was manufactured, was obtained from .the mountains north of Chattanooga, and the store is very abundant, if not indeed inexhaustible. Dr. Smith says a supply of Epsom Salts, aple for the needs of the army, can be readily manufactured, and at very littla cost. The specimen sent by Dr. Smith was prepared by merely lixiviating the crude material with hot water, and evaporating the eolation in a plate. This, simple process obtains a- very strong Salts, though not entirely colorless ntohmonX Sentinel. MiMiMd'irnw TELEGRAPH. JL.I FOR THE JOUIlWAt.. I YANKEE CAVALRY BAID ON THE G0RP0NSVILL3 Bichmokb, May 2ndt 1863. About a thousand Yankees sotered Louisa Court House, at thrca o'clock this marniog, and hare since that time torn np ?oa?der able of r the Rail Road ' track, a distance of four milei ia this direction. Our trains are all safe ; also our array atores, the latter caving been removed some days ago. The raid will prove fruitier. t the .enemy, except the icjary done to the track, which can be replaced ia a short time. ; - ' THK b JGHT IN VIEGINIA. Pichmcmj, May 2, 1863. Lttters from Haailtcn's CrcssiDg'a' ate that a confl'ct oe corred on jesterday (Fridaj) afternoon, in the vicinity of Chancellors vil'e, between fie vei a! brigades' ef Gen. Lce'e army, and the advance colarcn of tka jan' tes, resalting In driving back the latter several mf.ts with severe Iobb. Th Confederate loss id e timated at one hundred. SiOtbi'.f; definite i known of to-day's operations. All ac" counts from above are of a cheering character, a to the spirit of oor army atd the position of our rceln forces. YANKEK CAVALRY RAID. Rjchhokd, Hay 3, l'C3. ' The Tackee Cavalry wLich made a raid on the Centra' Rail Road, proceed 5d to the Fredericksburg Fail Road to day, and tore up the track at Ahland. It is also reported that an ambulance train on its wy to Richmond, w cap tared by the Yankees. To train Laa arrived frem above to-diy, and no later accounts hive been received of the operations in FpottpylvanU. The latest reports indieate that the YHiikle ( avalry have crossed the Central Rail Road in the vicinity of Hancvor Ccmt Boas?, nortbeaet of Ash lar.d. . Ficjmwd, May 3, 1FG3. No trai's from above to-.'sy. Nothing deSaite yet rccciv el frem to day's operations in SpoMsjlvania. YANKEW CA YALKY R AlD-EXCI lEMrN T IN FIOH-MON0-TRE FIGHT-STILL GOINa ON NAK FHBD ER ICKSHURG JACKSON OCCUPIES TDK FORDS HE HAS TAKEN FiVK THOU-' AND PRPONEHS AND MOKE COKISG IN. EichmvNd, May 4, lSeS. 8oni3 excilemeEt was occasion rd Lere thii rooming, by a report brought by couriers that the" Yankee cavalry, who were at Ashland j esterdjy, ara at Hanjary -Htation this morning, withia eigiit mile of the city. Their 'o ca is esti mated at between two aud tlree themand. It is expected they wiil be captured or diaprsed before Boon. A dispatch Irom Goidonsville, received at the War ITe partrieut, says that Dr. Woodfolk, vho left Chitcellora ville at three o'clock, F. M. yeBterdaj, reports that the fight was still g Aag on at Fredri5k3bu-g. Oan. Jackson occapies all the fords, tjxeepl EHy'd, and hod Taken five thousand prisoners. Wore were coining in. Our men are in gooii condition. No enemy ia Cu'pepcr. fkom The ux ited s-tates wreck of ihe steam ship AKGLO SAXON LOBS OF 371 PERSON" FROtf KUBQFE. . E.-CDMOM), May 3d, 1363. Ncrlhem dates to the 1st inat. has Wen received. A rebel force has appeared at Morgsntawn, Ya., near the Ptnnsylv&nia line, creating a general tcere a'.l along tho border frum Harpers Ferry to Wheeling. A iumor was current in ISashvilb that Breckinridge had k'lied Bregg' on account of the latter ordering the execu tion of Kentucky soldiers. Gen. Cuit's telegraphs that tho rebels were routed ct Cape Geradeu.i on the 2oth, aiid persud by RlcNeill aid Van Derrer. The Steamship Arg'.o Ehxoii, vln'ch left Liverpool on the 16th, wbh three hucdrod and elxty passengers and a crew of eighty-ftjtr, was wraclicd near Cape ltace on the 27th in a dense fog. Only s venty-three persors escaped. Tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road has been torn np twelva mi.'e West of Cafeland, at which place the bridge is burned. Wheel!: g papers of Thursday state thit both Un- ioatowu and Fair mount is in the possession ot the rebela. Tho specie in the Wheeling ba:.ks h.j.s been sr-nt to Pitts burg. Col. Elliott Lb clts'iojed every grist and saw mill and dLtillery tcUvg the Tenrcssee Liver, lie towns cf Hamburg end Kastpcrt lr ve a'po been dcttioycd. The Sttanjer Knrcpe, frem Liverpccl on the 18th ult, has arrived at Haljtax. The London Times is veiy bitter on the letter cf Adams to Atrniral Eupett, cxtEopiii-g certaia thips for Mexico, from England, carrying supplies or.d arms for theilexi oar.8. Ike Daily News ssya thoreeanbe no doubt that irritation between England a..u the Uaited Etatta is gradually in creasing. Sir O. C. L3Wrs, British Secretary of War, is dead. Liverpccl, pril lsth, 18C:L The Cctton maiket is Luoyant atd piicea are $ to jd. better. St'.'ck three hundred aud hfty-one thoneand baltp, including fprty seven thousand American. Gold in lialfcimore on the 1st, was quoted at 152. FROM MISSISSIPPI. Jac?son, Mi!B , May 2d, 1S63. A special dispatch to the Xiistiasippian sayg, that a dis patch from Snyder'i Bluff states that th? enemy maintained a steady rirc during yesterday ou cur works on Grave Yard Hi!', temporarily di abling one gun. Ilrscrfers report Shki maw in cciamand on the flig ship DeKalb, and say that he has only tn regiments, averaging 300 each. The pre sent demonstration a feint, and no real attack ii intend e3. 1 hey a'e report two killed on the turresed gunboat Choctaw. Ovtr forty shots struck the Choctaw. A special dispatch to the Appeal pays tbat the Cbicego Times, f 2Sth nit., sttcB that at Indianapolis Gen. Ilrs kell had issued orders that newfpapers and persons endeav oring to bring the Government's war policy into dierepute, Or violating Uor iside's death order, will bo treated accord ingly, hix hundred iEf mtry end orse hundred cavalry have gone into Brown couit to make arrests. At Cincinnati, a naval officer from below says that Yicks bnrg la cot to be attacked, but instead leaves cut that other mischkf is to be operated, with the view of n ndcr ing the country around Helena untenable. A dispatch frem Cairo says that Jiff Thornpeoo, with a force of 2500, attacked Cape Girardeau, hut withdrew with a loss of 60 killed, The Federal lesa was email. McNeil was commanding. The mouth of ihe Arkinsesard White rive; a hag Iteen con nected by a cnail. Grant's headquarters are at New Carthage. Important movements are on foot. Ovor three thousand males and females have been oathed and bonded. Jackson, May 2. Onr troops withdrew to their entrench ments at Grand Gulf, where the enemy m-.de three furious assaults and were repulsed. Bodies of oar troepa are at peit.t ht r tbey wi 1 prebj bly inteicept ar d captuie Oni-iajn. Grierson Magnolia. hiis destrtiyed ths Oivcn mi r,t Tam er' near FORREST ROUTES THE YANKEF8. TcLLAHOMA,,May 1st, 1SC.J. Forrest met the enemy near Danville on yesterday and repulsed him in a hand to hand fight. Ihe enemy is in full retreat, and Forrest is in full pursuit. All quiet in front. FROM CHATTANOOGA- Chattakocoa, May 1st, F63. All i quiet in fror t. The enemy :s within his entrench ments at Stone's River. A special dippatch to the Rebel, dated Huntsville, May lBt, eays that Fcrrett repnlf ed the tne'my wi;h considera ble loss rn yesterday at Danville, 15 milea frem Decatur. aid was still pursuing him. Ccr Ices is SO. Our pickets are beyend Courtland. OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEF THE YAN KEES AGAIN ROUTED AND RETREATING GENS. JACKSON, HEATH AND A. P. HILL WOUNDED, 4c. Richmond, Va., ay 4th, 18GL The following dispatch has .fust been received : MiLroPD, May Sd, 18CS. To President Davis : Yesterday General Jackson penetrated to the rear of the enemy and drove him from all hia positions ftom the wilder ness to within cne nrle ol Chancellorsviile. He was en- gaged at the tame tiiie ia froit by two of Lorgstreei's Divisions. This mortirg the battle was renewed. He was di- lcged from all hia positions around Chancellors ville and driven back towards the Rappahannock, over which he ;h now retreating. MaBy prisoners were taken, and the ene my's less iii killed and wounded is large. We have agaia to lhaiik Almighty God fr a great vic tory. I regret to state that Gen. r axton was killed, Gen. Jackson seriously, and Gens. Heatn and A. P. Hill slight ly wounded. gigaed, b. . lee, Gen. Com d g. LATEST FROM KICHMONft. lliCHMOND, Va., May 4th, 1C3. .' 4 o'clock, P. m. Nothlrj-haa been received frem the seat of wareiate Gti. Lee'a cfHcial dispatch. lb Yankee cavalry have cleared out in the direction of the Pamunkey Itfver. The rail road wi'l be repaired in a shrrt tim. LIT! ST FROM THE BEAT OF WAR OUR VICTORY COMPLETE. -Eicumond, May Cth, 1BG3. No official dispatches received lait night o thU mor nlng from Gen. Lee'a Headquarters, but private teleg'anu represent our victory as complete. Gb. Jackson'a left arm waa skilfully amputated 1 e!ow the sfcoalder by Dr. McGuire of Winchester. The Genera' was removed to a country houEe, about fl'teen miles distant from the battle field and ia doirjg wt.ll. Direct Uailroad commacication with eur amiy h r.ot jet re-established. The guide of tha raidcra was captured yesterday at Tct ta'l'a Station on.Tcrk River Railroad, where a skirmish 0c curied between the Yankees and five companies of (a. federate infantry. " x YANKEE TRANSPORT BORNEO. Vicksbro, May 4th, looJ. A Yankee ciaft, wi:h two barges in tow, loaded with medical stoie? ar d ratiors for the at rny below attrmpicd tj run onr batteries last night, was set on fiie ly cur Rur,?, at d was burned to le water's edge. Ti e crew was taken k If by out fckifl's ard brought here. YANKKB CAVALLY CHECKED IN Gfi(JR(JlA, As. Cn ATTAKoeGA, May 4th, lm.t. The Fec'eral cavalry ihat penetrated GecRia warntt by armed citizens near Rorce ard h(Uiu check. Forrest is iathe rear sndri'.l prcbftb'y capture all of them. Ali qjiet i;i front. It fa reported that Burucido is hurrying to NhfIivHIc There wi8 a heavy hai! stoim here last night. SECOND DISrATCH.; Cd atfakooua, May 4th, lt-03. A heavy force of Federals have crossed lire Cumberland river Lt (lina, tear the Kentucky line, under cover cf their artillery aud attacked Col. Hamilton's forces, who, beiag iuferior iu number, without artillery, fell back to a hiil where he mida a stand, aud a'r several hours hatd fighting, repulsed thot enemy, killing 10 and woundirg 19. Our loss was 2 killed and 3 wounded. The Yankee ou ie t.eatiig through Celina, burned the place. Col. Hamilton parsutd them to Upkineville, Ky., and debtiojed most of that to r. TK1KD DISPATCH. FOFBiSi1 AT WORK DE CAPTURES A WHOLE YAN KEE COMMAND. A special dispatch to tha Rebel, of tha 4th May, datud Rjme, Ga , May 4th, via Dalton, says Gen'l Forrest has ac oornplishod the most brilliant fight of the war. Ou yester day, he captured Col. Straits' entire command, coasistinK of 1600 infantry. Having pursued them from Couitland, Ala., and captured them two miles from the Georgia lino nJ tweaty nJ'es from Rome. The fighting was iucessaut for five days and nights. . Forre.8t'a loss waa ten men killed and forty wounded. His reception in Rome yesterday wca triumphant. An ovation wa? gifen him, and a saVe of twen ty guns were fired, and the ladies welcomed hiu with hiiu'ch anl tears of gratitude. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Jackson. Miss., May 4lh, Gov. Pettns says that no serious disaster has occurred near Gratd Gulf. He wishes tie people to have conlidei .e in the result. He has come to the rational and deliberate conclusion that ihe whole State will be held. A few towns on tho River will probably be taken temporarily, but ineas ues wi'l be taken to meet the enemy at every poiut a', sailed, d iving him back. He thinks affairs are not half so gloomy as th?y were three days ago. Wirt Adams tun bushed Grierson a milo from tbe bridge, and let three coin paniej cras, when he epened lire npon them, killing mid wouuding Several. Col. Prince ordered hia regiment to chirge.his men refu?ed. Prince charged at the h ad c t some of hia then, and was mortally wounded. Lie ia since dead, and his body fa in onr possession. Three companies escaped ie Baton Rouge ; tha remainder wcro hemmed iu and have probab'y been captured. The Ext-a Mississippian, says that Gen. Bjwcn fell back from his position at Grand Gulf in consequence o' being at- ticked by overwhelming numbers, and outflanked, th tMrtj-fi si Liuisiina being captured while lighting dot per ately Ihe lore wes very heavy on both aides. Gen. Bov, ea now occupies a position East of Grand Gulf, and South ot Bayuu Pitrre, with Poit Gibsjn between hitn aDd tho snemy The enemy i3 reported at Pontotoc, ecven thousand strong, intending to rxarch on Meridian via Columbue. FROM NSW ORLEAN8. Jackson, Mfcs., May 4'h ISO.".. Iu the Ne w Orleans True Deha, of the 2Sth nit , the cil tor predicts tuat inj united fctatoa ia on tLc eve with Great Britain and France. ' of a war FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, Ga., May 4th, Pasnecgers by the State road report that the enemy, con sisting of 1600 Yankees and 400 contrabands, have leeu captured at Carsville. Tho Federal loss was fifty kil'ed. Oar loss wes 10 killed. A special dispatch from Col. I.ec at Lt wah confirms the above. OFFICIAL Lit PATCH FROM GEN. LLC. Eicnsionn, Mayib, lSC:i. The following di.-patch was received this evening : G. inkas, kkab Fredsfickslllo , May 'th. 7b His Excellency President Davis : At the close cf the batt'e of Chancellorsviile on Sunday the enemy was reported advancing from Fredericksburg, in our rear. General Il'cL&ws was sent back to arrest bin progress, and repuNed him handsomely that afternoon Learning that this force consiEted cf two corps under Gen. Sec"gew!ck, I determined to attack it, and marched back jesterday with Gen. Anderson, and uniting with Mc Laws, and early in the afternoon, mcceeded, by tho ble-M irg of Heaen, in driving Gen. Eedgewick over tbe River. We. havo reocccpied Fredericksburg, and no cDemy rc maics South of the Rappahannock in its vicinity. lrigned) R. E. LEE, General. FROM VICKSBURG. Eicumond, May dtli, l;e;". An official account of the destruction of two barges aid a tug boat at Vicksburg on the 3d inst., seys : Twent -funr prisoners were taken, including one corrtspondent of the New York World, two of the New York Tribuac, and one of the Cincinnati TimeB. FROM LY2JCHGURG. A .a. kut boat arrived this morning frem Lynchburg.--Usr passengers report very 1 tt!e damage done to tho Ca nal by the Yankees. Several farm bridges over tho ur.ai were destroyed; one lick gate was damaged. HIE V.'.CNI-ED ARM VINO IN RICHMOND- COM Ji U Ni'JATION RESTORED. Two trains with wounded soldiers arrived thij forenoon frem Fredericksburg per Rail Road. Direct communication with the army being again eitab ishe4, some- reliable details of the rocent battles will prob ably bejeceived during the day from corrcspoLdentg of tLo press. FROM THE WEST. Jackson, Miss., May f, 18C'!. A special d.apatcL t the Appeal etates that 12 houses have been burned at Eyhalia. TheYankees camped hint night at Gwynn Mills, seven mrles above Byhalia. They have since established a permacent camp there. They made a raid on llol'y Springs, Miesissippi," on Sunday. Capt. Mitchell ambushed them as they went ou with five men, and killed Col Jenkins, capturing his horee and papers. The Chicago Times, of 1st inst., aoys that at Milliken'n Bend, on the 24tb ult., Grant's whole army was ordered to move with s'x days ra'Ions. Four out of six transports while attempting to pass Vitk burg were sunk. The rebel firing was terrific. New York papers state that tho Editor of the Atlanta Cjnfedcracyhad been arreated at Port Royal. FROM THE UNITED STATES, RicnuoKD, May 5th, 1 fe t ;J -The New York Herald cf the 2nd Inst.; gives an account of the successful advance of Hoker'sarmy acrcES the Rap pahannock. Says that five hundred prisoners had been ta ken, and claims that a decided victory over the rebels had been gained. Hooker's troops were in magnificent condi tion. Ga. Hooker superintended the laying of the pon toon bridges near Kelley's Ford in person. Lee must now come out and fight or the powerful cavalry force ef Gen'l Stoneman wid anticipate him and cut off his railway com munications. The Herald says that Hooker is awaro of the tremcn doua responsibilities ot lla position. His lucoeis will be to
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