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t. " NORTH ; CAROLINA TIMES. . inEW BERNE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. THE ACTS, ORDERS, AND RESOLVES rAssEV,ANu ruvnu treaties A TERED INTO. 13 Y THE FIRS V SFS ; SJON OF THE THIRTY-EIUHTH CON GRESS OF THE UNITED STATFtS " A?JSSSi-lUED IN THIS PAPER, BY THo Great jnattle. Its Moineu fmt TmnmtnntA "The annals of the world record no . contes comparable in magnitude and importance with 1 that now raging beyond the Bapid Ann. The .- immense numbers engagedV-the terrible cour jr oc auu leuacuy exuiuueu uy ne coniesianis .-rtnd; the acknowledged eminence or the two ""great chieftains in command, alone give to this prolonged and dreadful strugglo , of human - strength an intensity of interest which attaches : to no "other contest in the world's great drama. A hundred thousand men, in solid masses, bur -themselves against a hundred thousand " their fellows, who stand like a living wall, and , meet the shock. : . -The terrible enginery of modern warfare " Welches out carnage and death like a tempest, t,nd the thunder of the guns rolls -over the whole. nation, standing breathless and expect x anL Human limbs and human life are swept I before the awful storm. Yet with a match- ; less daring and a heroism hardly to be hoped - iorin weak human nature, men stand up to c the stern work" of duty without flinching, at . the dreadful-trial. We repeat, that viewed : simply as a spectacle of human powers in mor - tal collision, nothing in history surpasses the ' scenes of that battle field in' the; thick jangles of.the Wilderness, It finds no parallel but -in those tremendous wars of the elements - nipotent power. , " 'But this grand series of battles, is not a . ' mere pageant of man's physical power, nor of : nis pnysicai or moral endurance. It is, to ap pearance,. the, great, culminating . struggle of ,our civil war, and as such itihas a higher sig ' nifi.cance, and involves morejimportant issues fcIt is in view of the grand consequences which - hang upon its result, that patriots watch this . twntest with bated breath and pray for sue cess to our arms. In the balance hanr iif o or death to the nation a glorious ; Union ce , mented anew, and with the elements of former . weakness thrown oui, or a disrupted nation. distracted, weakened, and compelled to admit an inherent want of power, for jits own pre" servaiioQa nation, one ib prestige, in resour ,ces, in purpose, in power, able to command or to compel the respect of the world, or a people split into two, (perchance into a dozen) .weakened nationalities, rival and hostile, and consuming upon each other those ener- i gies which ought to be devoted to the common " advancement and prosperity. 9 On this great struggle apparently hangs the -great problem, so often submitted to the test of experiment, and never so hopefully as in 'government, the possibility of a Republic .-On this struggle seems to hang the great issue -of the triumph of liberty or despotism through out the world; and if we may judge of the .human instrumentalities apparently most fa vorable to the final triumph of Christianity - ftre sav.it with raverenr.e in nur limited tIc ' ion the very prevalence of Christ's Kingdom on. me car in, wun aa us glorious accompani iments, seems remotely , to hang upon the re- . 1l- lIt a a a suits wQicn we now awau wita intense anxie ty. ' . ; ' ' I If a rebellion founded upon despotism with ;most absolute form as a corner-stone, is to prevail against a government of liberty which has as its foundation, freedom of conscience and of will, if a struggle in which ; the antag onists are light and truth and freedom against -darkness and error and enslavement of body .and mind, is to be decided in favor of the jdarkness, where is the hope of mankind ? I Our faith in, the Great Arbiter of events is 1 strong that in such a contest the event cannot be doubtful ) ' " .. It is because, in" the narrow scope of man's ; vision, consequences so portentous as those . we have indicated seem to loom up, and to overshadow this battle with an awful import ; ance, as the great judgment 'day when irre versioie aecrees are aoouc 10 do written upon .nations, that we ask our readers to give their .whole souls to the struggle before them "They cannot, perchance, raise an arm in the ght, but if they are alive to its unspeakable importance, they can -give to the righteous cause the support of their deepest sympathy, and their earnest prayers to Him who rules '-the Nations, and who can scatter our enemies by a single breathing of His power. ' Bri.Gf neral Stxvessox was killed in the -battle of Spottsylvania Court House on the 10th Scat. He came out in the Burnside Expedition Its Colonel of the Mass. 24th regiment, and won , his star on the battlefields of North Carolina. .Trpm.here he went to South Caroliaa.'and thence to the Army of the Potomac. He was an honor able and chivalrous man, kind-hearted and gens Wool to a fault, and won a strong hold upon the affections ef his associates, i LATEST FIIOM. VIRGINIA. GRAND SUCCESSES OF IXAlVCOCIt WASniXGTON. May 13; 2.C0 P. To Major General Dix : A dispatch from General Gran has just been received, dated near Spottsjivania Court-house, MayVl2th. 6.S0 P. M., which is as follows : v. ..v t,v "The eighth day of-battle closes learing be tween three and four thousand prisoners in ous b fin -Is for the day's work, including two genera officers and thirty pieces of artillery. The enemy are obstinate. 'and seem to have found the last ditch. We have lost no organization, not even a company, while we have destroyed and captured one division. (Johnson's) one brigade, fDobb's) and one regiment entire of the enemy (Signed) M Stanton. : t : j Secretary of War. ! OFFICIAL. ' ' ' Washington, May 13, 530 A.M. Major Gen eral Dix Official dispatches have just been received at th'a department, dated yesterday at 8 oclock A. M., at. the battle-field near Spottsyl- vania Court-house. They state that during the night General Han cock marched from bis previous position on our right, and occupied the ground between Wright and Burnside. At daylight he attacked with his usual impet uosity, forcing the first, and then the second line of the enemv's works, capturing the whole of Edward Johnson's division and a pvt of Earlys, together with Minor General Johnson (.hdward JohnsotO. brig. Gecerwl Johnson, Gen. Stewart' and from SO to 40 cannorr . The nnmber of prisoners is not given, but it is to be counted by thousands. Burnside. on he! extreme left, opened at the same time with Hancock, and advanced with comparatively little opposition. His right formed a lunction with Hancock and his. left la now ac tively engaged. Wright's trooP attacked at 7.15, and are now at work. , Warren is demonstrating to hold the enemy in front of his works The rebel works at that point are exceedingly strong A dispatch has been received from General Butler, dated in the field, near Chester Station, Va May 12ih, S 30 P. M. , , It states that be is now pressing the enemy near Fort Darling, and had before him all the troops from North Carolina and Sonth Carolina that have got up. Beauregard's courier was captuied this morn ing, going to General Mope, in command Of Uru ry s Bluff. ' I He had a dispatch stating thai. Beauregard would join him as soon as the troops were up. Gillmore holds the entrenchments, while Smith demonstrates upon Dre wry and the enemy's lines. Gen. Kurtz with his cavalry, has been sent to cat the Danville Railroad, near Appomattox Sta tion, and can, perhaps, advance on the James river, t . . - ; -'; We have had no telegraphic communication with Gen. Sherman since Wednesday. i Edwin M. Stanton,' !I I Secretary of War. f FISO.U GENEBlIi HI TLER. ; j . Baltimore, May 13. The steamer Hero, vfith 200 sick and wounded, has just arrived from Bermuda Hundred. ' " :, A dispatch dated Fortress Monroe, May 12, says there was, no fighting yesterday (Wed nesday), our forces being engaged in throwing up intrenchments. Gen. Butler is intrenching from the Appo mattox to the James River, a distance of six miles, f Beauregard was reinforced during Tuesday night by , two brigades from Lee's army, as near as can be ascertained. This seems improbable, unless Lee be really re treating from his present position. - -. The James river was obstructed, yesterday afternoon by our forces, near Turkey Bend, by sinking a number of schooncrs'and barges. This effectually blockades the rebel iron clads. Our whole force moved at 4 A. M. to-day, and probably are now engaging the enemy. It would be well to give publicity, to the fact that no citizen is permitted to come into this department without a special pass from the Secretary of War. j One hundred and seventy-five rebel prison ers, including three officers, were brought here ast night, and will be forwarded to Point Lookout to-day. The Enemy lleport Ter YTouuded. Bermuda Hundred, Mav 12, 9 P. M., via Fortress Monroe, May 13. A teamster: was shot dead this rooming by a guerilla, three miles from Bermuda Hundred. J At daylight the rear guard advanced and at 8 A. M. Gen. Butler and staff left .their old headquarters, and at 10 A. M. the whole; force moved in the direction of the Petersburg and menmona . uauroaa. At iv m. tne enemy were discovered intrenched, and .the 10th New Hampshire charged and drove the enemy from their i intrenchments. Skirmishing occurred all the afternoon on our right, but no general engagement. A number of rebels were cap tured, including one colonel, mere was no fighting on our left." Officers and men arQ in good spirits The Petersburg Express, of the 11th, says oat uen. L.ee was in itienmona, wounaea. The telegraph line between Petersburg and Richmond was cut" several days ago, as well as the railroad. ; ; V General In gal I Dispatcb. Wa8H1kgto5. May 13 The Extra Star ays the followinff diKDatch.hao been received from General Hufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermastefof the Army of tne fotomac. it bniijrs positive miormation from tlie front as late aoon yesterday. i We made a ten strike to-day.' Hancock went in at daylight. lie has taken over 4,0( 0 prisoners and orer 25 puns, and is still fighting. Everybody is fghting, ana have been for eight days. S ''We shall have them this rop, though it may case a any or two more, rney ngnt nae aevus i "(Jar losses are hevy cannot say how many. "Hancock captured General Ned Johnston and tw other generals, besides lots of lower grade. I "The old republic is firm bet your pile on it. I Grant is a giant and hero in war. But all our gen erals are gallant, and our men the wor.M never htd better. ''Yours, jn haste.'. T-- PAY op Soldiers -The U. S. House of Re presentatives, has unanimously passed the bill increasing the pay of soldiers. By the bill, after the first of May, the private soldiers will receive SI 6, corporals $18, sergeants $20; orderly ser peants 24, and sergeant majors $26 per month Paymaster's clerks will receive $1200 per year The ration of 1861 is restored. - . Work has been resumed on the Pittsburcr and Steubenville railroad bridge spanning the Ohio i n . 1 w ' nver at oieuoenvuie. . , . THE PETERSBURG EXPEDI TION, j,-"'-" JTIovcnienl Soqtb of Iticbmood, ,f5enral llatler in his 6i?eratioB8 South of therebe capttol has uiifter his cpmmand alare and. well dis. cip!ined body of troops,' and anions his officers are Generals W. I. Smith, Brooks and Gillmore. lie appeara ta'Jbiave landed hid mea at JityiPoirit.."on tue James river, meeting with eome opposition, which he overcame. He then marched his : troop to a noint called Bermuda -Landing, a position corn tnanding the peciftsulaj lying between the Jame9 and Apooniattix riveraJ w-'iich he fortified strongly, so aa to make -it capable of defines against any at. tuck, and at the tame time a; case of operations against Petersburg. Oh Saturday the 7th Genera, Butler sent out a ktronir expeaition under Genera Brooks, consisting of fiye brigades and a battery, with some cavairy. which pushed rapidly forward to the Petersburer and iltichmond railroad. In do ing fO the road was found well defended-by heavy rebel furce. and a battle ensued.; lasting severa hours, but ending in the detent and retreat of the enemy. General Brooks lost is the fight about two hundred and fiftv men iu killed and wounded I General Brooks destroyed by fire the railroad bridge crossinir one of Ithe tributaries of the Appo mattox river, within, about seven miles 'of Peters burg, (between Petersburg and Ivichmond,) as well as the railroad tract for some distance connecting with it. The enemy then returned, to the charge arifl havirnr Anne lii whik fJp.nnral llrnoks retreat ed. Aaot.ier body ofj troops jwas sect out Under General ilckman, byjanother roac ana uaa some fighting, which resulted, in his driving the rebels back three 'miles, and holding k)isession of the rail- roaa Detween ietersb(iig ana j.ienm,ona. lienerai Butler 8ay in his official dispatch, in addition to the above, that seventeen! hundred of his colored cav a'ry had. reached Limi by mBi'ehing up the penin sum and fordmsr the Cuickahmmnv. At the same time General Kurtz. With three-thousand cavalry fn m Suffolk, forded lh!e Blackater and burned the railroad bridge at. Stony creek, below Petersburg, Beauregard i himself, with a portion of his com mand, was left South pf the. bridge, while the rest of his troops, under IIlll, retreafea to Petersburg. General Butler then attacked ana beat flill, , We have a report that Butleifhad marched against Richmond, which is'bot improbabla if he found Beauregard, infclined to make- fight south of that city.' There ;are ho tjfOops of any flccount in the rebel capital, and- having divided and distractea Beaureaard'S' forces he nuirht be. successtai in a da8auponKich'moni.;!i;;-.r v ' . Behmuda; Hl'sdueId. May 10 Fiehtinff: com tnehced. yesterday atnoon," ahd was continued till nig htr between General JIeckman'8 .briarade and several other;' brigades under General .Smith, and the l'ebel General Beauregard; commanding in per-- son. jjunng tne hgiis our iorces arove tne enemy back three miles; nearly into Petersburg. p we hold the railroad between liichmond and Pe teroburg. - ; - , , j : . , . ' .0 General Kurtz' cavalry command has succeeded in destroying some portion of the Petersburg and Weldon Kailroad at; liickstord, capturing many rebel prisoners." Twjenty of them go to Fortress Manroe to day, including the Captains and Lieuten ants.'- . !".--; - The James iKivcri; ITIoVcuiciit Skirmish on Eh day Niprhtlt is' Renewed on. Sot- urday--Beauregard Commands the I ef'Cls- Dank upod the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, and a MHe of it Torn Ut Great Strength of Butler's Position -'-:" - , ! - ' Correspondence New York Tribune j ii KADQ.0jiRTii.IiS GW- UDTjLER, May 7, I Ol'4. The skirmish of last night was more serious than indicated in my last letter ..... (general Smith directed General 11 ecktnun to advance with .his ..brigade to find out what force Jnd position the enemy had in front of his lins on tho left. ;Gen. Heekman jmch ed forward, driving jn their pfcketts, and skirmish ing along the lines, pushing the rebels back to the Port Walthal liailroad. llerq theseoesh hadtnken advantage of the railroad embankment, and our forces were received with a volley. Gen'. Heekman was wounded in the little finger of his right hand bya mluhie ban whicn' passed through His coat. trowsers, saddle-flap, and killed his horse.; General H. opened on them with two pieces oi artusy. This therebel.-i thought unfair, as they had bo can nan, and called out to oar men : 'Hold on Yanks, till to-'morrow, and then : we will getour guns up." The -object being umpiy a reconnoisanceV and Greneral.ll. b3in inttiucted on no account to brirg on a general engagement, 4s the right of our lire had hot got into position, he withdrew his. brigade. The rebels charged; after him, but -were handsome ly repufsed: twice, and onr men leturned .to camp having ngbt killed ana forty wounaed. It was as certained that there wns quite a foce there, at least two brigades. Lmrisg-Iast night trains weeard running up, and this morning General Heekman again advanced down the same road, but he did not succeed in penetrating. so lar: He met the rebels in still stronger force, but 'obtaining, a good position, sent back word that he thought he could hold ic. The rest of ; the: battery was scut out, and firing ceasea soon utter. ; '11 : ' - ' ' The wounds of the men hurt the day before were caused by. rifle ball?. To-day. wounds caused by shells were plentiful. Generai Beauregard- was in command ot the rebel forces, said to number about 2D,0U), with which he came up from Weldon. Pris- oners Deiongmg 10 oouia uaroima and Yls"Kinia reg iments, and to the. Washington battery, were cap tured. Meanwhile, General Brooks, commanding 1st division,' 18th .corps, with three brigades', march ed down the road leading to tne Kichmond and .Pe tersburg road. He soon encountered the enemy in force, and a severe fight ensued, lasting with inter val up to 6 o'clock, P. M. I These' movements wee made to cover a third which had for its object the cutting ;f the Richmond and Petersburg road. Por this puipose a brigade of- the 10th 'corps, under Colonel Burton, pushed rapidly ncrosJi the country, and succeeded in reaching the railroad, aad tearing up about & mile of it. - Colonel Barton then fell buck. At sunset, Generals Heekman and Brooks were holding the position to which they had ad vancad. I .- --;! ;? i y t ' " ' - .- The position taken by General Btitler is one of great natural strength, extending from the Appo mattox, near Port Walthal on the left, to an oppos. ing point on the James,' embracing the wboie pe ninsula formed by the two; rivers. In front of the left an impissabl ravine runs down to the Appo mattox, crossed only at one point by the road along that rlveri In front of: the! height is a dense fore-t. Beyond the Whole a swamp stretches along oppo site the centre, j The position is an excellent one fur defence, and the entrenchments now being done renders it a dangerous place to attack.; ; The gun boats on the James and Appomattox protect the fiauks. - J' ":'.:T :'' j " '": The line is ony two and a. half miles in. length. Acro.-s the AppomattOx we hold City Point, by another' short line across the Toint. Thia po-ition is also protected by the gunboats. Great confidence Is felt by General Butler and his general officers as to their ability to hold the position against any force which can be brought to attack it. Frem titr Peinl, Ix;the FiELDMonday, May 9, 1864. This command is now well on its way toward Pe tersburg, and is in hi;h spirits to-night. As I an nounced in my letters yesterday, there Was a sim ultaneous movement of a very large force of. our troops at daylight this morning, for the purpose -ot-efiectaally disabling the Petersburg and Kicfcmond Kailroad, over; which Lee receives the bulk of his J . . . i; T t . : i . J A 1 i . 1 SUOSir.ence supplies, it was eiyetiea iuhi iue en emy would make a desperate fight to retain posses sion of a route of such vital importance to their ar my, but to our Burprise.the prize fell into our hands without an offer of resistance - ; ' A s jio ' The fact is. that our appearance here was a stag- genng surprise t the, enemy..; All the available treops in this locality had been; previously sent "to reinforce Lee, and there, was nothing to oppose us. hut militia. The plan of sending a large . force of cavalry, under Kurta 1 to cut this railroad further t5outh,at Ilicksford, as we .have ascertained to-day, having! proved a decisive success, Beauregard, who had been hurriedly called from Charleston in the emercencyj found himself Jinabie to -hiring up nis troop3,!or more than a small part of them, and the firnative but a retreat, k The rebel army, we are told has been driven to Spottsylvania Court house, and Lee has no hope ol ri i a z i vi tr ft. cfnnfl ATI f he North side ofliichmond, un Jc- Ttaam-arrnrrt Ann TIiaiia?e tO re DfOrCO him. - Rntler will muke imp 8 sibb, aud infview oi everything, we think we, have tause to be exultant. : Forming on the battle field of Saturday, our ar nw nxivAi-i furwArfirHils momlner oromptly at day break, with General Smith a corpo on t,he left, and Gen Gillmore's on the right The troops moved m ,iiunin v Aanh'om'v fftiin the wav through the thick wood which characterize the country., uerea Gen; Heekman. of Weitzels divi sion an organisation onsisting of. the (Ninth New .Tersev resriment. and the twenty twurtu. twenty h nnri twftv.sAvefith Massachusetts. True to tlifcir olendid renutation as fighters, this brigade ort.iv trkpfl tt.A finemv:. driving them from their works by a charge, and compelling them to abandon, in their precipate fiight, all their dead and wounded. Atotner pomt ot ournneja uesu t fire of artillery was kept up all the afternoon, and at dark the skirmishers ph either side, and sharp shooters were rigorously shooting from the oppos ing bauks of Swift creek. : We expect the rebels to mak? a stand with all the troops they can command at this deep and swift stream, and if Gen. Butler should determine to advance upon Petersburg, there tv II probably be hard fighting tomorrow, morning. Our focses lo-day have not been very large,and the eberny has been severely punuhea The Goldaboro State Journal, of the , 2d Inst informs as, that ' ticenty two hundred white Yan: hee prisoners from Plymouth," were expected in that place on their way to tAmericus, Georgia. The whole number of Gen. iWessells' command scarcelv exceeded' IGOO men.n Americus is a healthy location, arid if the rebels do not precon certedly starve them, we have no doubt, but that we shall soon have the pleasure of again greets ing them as exchanged prisoners. Immediately on the evacuation of Washington N. C . the rebel commander, Gen. Hoke, alive to the importance oflhe fisheries on that river and sound,, telegraphed to a gentleman in Raleigh to come to Washington, and takt? charge of the im- mense fishing interests. This is a very impor tant consideration, lor by it. undoubtedly, many hundreds of barrels offish will bo obtained. This is to be regretted as, a military necessity, aud the evacuation.of Washington, made necessary by preceding events, has thas opened a mine of wealth to the rebels. We hope that ere long it may be wrested from their grasp. 1 " Our. cousins over the borders'' under Gen Hoke; who paid us a visit few days since; were heard! from on the 13th. They were in Y'rgina, and came in contact with the 3d N. Y. cavalry; who were under Gen. Kurtz, and who was on an expedition from , Suffolk to Petersburg, to Join Gen. Butler. It is needless to say, that if llofce did not immediately run that the 81 had what they invariably call '-fun," to their fullest extent. Strawberries It was our good fortune, last Saturday, to partake of a" dish of nice ripe straw berries, grown in the open air this spring. We had to roll each berry in a greenback, however. The prodocers of strawberiies most make money udging by the price asked for them i In the Raleigh Confederate of the 4th inst., we have counted over eight hundred casualties, in only one brigade, of the rebels at the battle of Plymouth That brigade was Hokes North Car olina brigade. We learn that the rebels hold lymouth now with only two regiments the lfth'ancUSth N. C. - A- ' ' ' On Friday "afteTnoon, the 6th inst., the gun boat Shawsheen, formerly engaged in the bully old Burnside Expedition, was blown up about fonr miles above City Point, in the James river. A land battery discharged a volley into her boiler cansiner a terrific explosion. An oflScer who floated off on a piece of the wreck drew his pistol and shot one of the rebel gunners. Capj. Bulkley of the new steamer Carolina, whic'h arrived at Morehead on SnudayXlost, will please accept our thanks' for a full file of New York papers. This is the Carolina's first trip and it was made in excellent time. Geo. W. Dill is the a?nt at Morehead. ! : Shipwreck On the morning of the 13th,at 8 o'clock, th brig It. W. Allen, of Dennis, went ashore, and was wrecked ; a half a mile north ef Cape Hattcras Light., She was from Havanna, bound for New York,.loaded witti sugar, molas ses and pineapples. Vessel and cargo are a total oss. Crew ? saved. She struck on Diamond Shoal, lost her. rudder, and was drove ashore. Mr. U. n. Rich, formerly Local Treasury Agent, of Little Washington, has been aj pointed Local Special Agent for New Berne. This ap pointment will give great satisfaction to the many friends of Mr. Rich in this State. :A r In lowering the soil around Notre Dame, at Paris, remains of Roman bouses were found, and the outline of the foundations of an , old church which centuries ago stood here, dedicated to St. Christopher, as wellas the plan of another church near by, dedicated to St. Stephen. Several mar ble columns, with fine Corinthian capitals, have lso been unearthed. . A .1 .; v .:;-j':':-j:.v ;;"-" '' " . " '-; The Chicago Post says the women of Utah have recently altered the orthography of their creed. A They now spell it Moremen.i jj u v "r l "A man in Cleveland, Ohio, fell asleep at church a Sunday er two ago, and woke just as the Min ister! began to read in a loud voice the lesson of Scripture which begins 'Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fi nd at." ; J um ping to his - feet in great excite ment, the merchant stretched his arm and shook his book to the astonished minister, exclaiming I'll take five hundred shares 1 " . l: POTOMAC. Baltics on I lie Itapid Aim, of all the various .ni From a careful review conflicting aqcennts, Untn and rebel, of the W operations of the two great armies, we are tl)K bled to pather some viewi w hich place the eveuu in a different'ligbt as regards details, thonRht0 as affecting the general result. The rebef ri,-ini to have captiiired nearly (wo thonsand prisoner and four guns. "On the Other hand, we harst. ken thirty five hundred prisoners Our toUllom in killed, wounded and prisoners U given unoiB. cially at twelve thousand which, from the infof. mation befor us, mnt be made tip of eigflii th0, sand wounded, two thousand killed, and ti thousand captured, f Of, the rebel loss, beyond J rough estimate at ten thousand killed and woou ded. and 3,500 prisoners, iwehave no information1 It turns out after all that we charged hornetp on the rebels in their thif'kets, and Lee himself as wellas ihe rebel correspondents.. ad mit thtj it was done desperately. They claim that w9 were the assailing party, and that they repulsed us with difh'chlty and lo.).4; bnff the truth seems to be that both sides charged alternately, M( that " the fortunes ,of the I day wavered from iij9 to side with these charges. Hancock led tl,4 most successful of our assault j, and drove "the enemv several miles. In) another charge the he. roic Wads w6frth was killed while leading on hii column. . Injlike manner the rebel genera.fi mf fered heavily Longstreetj being severely wound.; ed in the shoulder in a charge in which Jenningi was killed, while in anofjber charge Jones killed and Stafford raortaiy wounded. Jtiems that the decisive movement which compelled Le to retreat occurred, on i Saturday, the 7th. Pre.! viously the fihting was without practical resold Each side wajj.well intre iched, and our position1 was too strong to be take n, as the rebels ; ascer tained to thejr cost by tbiir charges. But on Saturdav Grant advanced a strong body of cavil. ry. supported by the whele of Burnaides corps,1 to Chancellorsville, completely outflanking Lie, and catting him off; frern; Fredericksburg. Tin rebel chief at once retreated as fast as his armr cotild go, followed by our fwbole army, with lhn. cock's Corps eading the Bran ; and so ended this But it appe'ars that Leej calculating from for mer experiences of tho inactivity ot cur arm? after a battle did not move bo fast as bo could, TTnnftl- AVArl rlr tftm f IPnAA'm Tava.. just north of the Po river,' in Spottsylvania coun ty, where a nght ensued, and the rebels lurnelat bay forced iiancock baek. liurnside s corps, however, came up, and the battle was renewed theie on Sunday, and resulted in the enemy ing driven tot the river, after a stubborn resist ance protracted throughout the day. The reports go on to say (bat Lee: continued his .retreat t ward 8 Richmond in the direction of the Nortk Anna River, ; It is to be hoped that Butler will assail. Richmond in earnest before Lee canreael it, and eertainly Grant wj long enough i!n its retreat and be will do it. 11 detain the. rebel aritj loename mm 10 aoso, - l ! , .1 Tho loyal Ipublic gerit rally throughout til country will learn with regret the death of the brave General Sedgwick, in the action at Spotts ylvania Court house, on Moncay. He was killed by a rebel sharp shooterJ I Ihia bravo olliccrhm served with distinction in all the campaigns made by the army of the! Potomac. He captured Frederlcksbur-g when HqoKer fought at Chancel orsvilie. ere was no tnoro reliable or useful officer in thatJarmy than Sedgwick. Tiie Eiiciny railing Cack Hanover Junction, j Headuarteus Army of Potomac, I ;! - i Ti.f1nv 1Vfv 10. ( tSrecial Desjlatchl to the Daily Chrbniclo -j The Army bf the Potomac has had a portion ot a day to recuperate. . Indications are that tl rebejs wiU fHlll back to their formidable fortificv lions near Hanover i Junction. Today Gea. Burnside bciriin the attack on tho left with erest fury, and an Encouraging degree of success. He had a fight llif day before, in which, to use hi own words, hp "whipped old Longstreet. f courier came in rora ueucrai juiier jew dayr Aboutj 15,000 avalry, under GecersI Sheridan, staked soon after. They will engsgj me reuci caviiry, circumuavigaio jjcc i "; and join Butler. ' Our army, could not be i more cheerful: condition Every manissanftiin .of success, and they count the days when they shall in triumph enter the rebel metropolis. Tk' rebels, on the contrary!, have lest all their oM buoyancy, and seldom indulge in their peculf 'shrill and demoniacal jyells. They fight tiu sullen brow, 'like men who find even hop8,iot saking them. f , 1 . 1 General Lee lately issued an order in rel08 to supplies in i which hej said comminlcation witi Richmond wa cut off, and it wai impossible U frirnifth the mipti wftH tftrp Tf ill'a cnrn had 8 . I 1 t 1 i f 4 T . .ml rations issued for three days. General L(D, joined upon bis men tho necessity of captorjn; supplies from the Yankjjes Up to this raomMl they have failed to capture a single wagon.. roads are in excellent travelling order, bat t7 dusty, vi have lailed toisee a smgle wagon aoxa Lee withdraw ! from nnr front and mardi towards Richmond. 0ir army moved with along parallel roads, coming in . deadly contip with them at Todd's Tavern, near Spottsjl"" Court House.; General Torbett's division of alrv whinnectthe rebel cavalrv near this p! and drove them from Spottsylrania Court IIoo j oui, reuiiorteu wun snianiry, tuey uiw- i cavalry a short distance the Maryland bnl 4th division, tb corpsj coming to tbeir suppi' The fizhting was exceedinclv fierce.; Gn. T Ko nH Han . l.l;nln ui.ra Unth MrOUBUN' art A bta n n rxr 'r r. tti.tii w n T7 fn W lilnfrtOOi ; A rpoTt gained credence here thiaToe'; marnincr . that onr ravAlrv had cantared atrsiBM cars near Guiney's Station, sent from Richm for the rebel wounded,); The track was tare 7 Thig movement across the Rapidao is tbe brilliant aad daring id rha'anaala of the T .t-5 - - . 1 .1 t - I J ' 1. . . fllil movement bv our arm vi while Lee was in w ,1 with bis long heavy lines. : It was dtrlDgf'l successful. E yery officer and soldier is DSTJ The utmost confidence is reposed in Grant8 Meaie. On. SheriJnn' Opernliana. Ik.. .... nM fin mAl MftiAi.nt S VB.1TT me . J ! A. . A .il.lllf rai ilroad.two locomotives, three trains, and r. rtra amount of euDDliei. The enem V were m larg . - . . -r l: -l T T KinCS . a aepoi vi Buppiiva Bd weaver utu.i - into their rear there has been great excw b ft among the inhabitants and with the army. tzens report that JLee is beaten. Their caTu, flank, but L. htlL V S been run off. 1 expect to fiht their cavalry J? river. Have recaptured dj i of South Anna UiOU V VIA Ul V w V yuiVAil'l'i L Very respectfully, your obedient fT.B.B.lVj, llpjor General 1'. W. Cit"t"-.v AliMXj OE Til The following is Gen glieridan's fiicial nVXr " UAnQPARVKs CavaLbt Corps, lav Generai Meade, Headquarters, Army of General I turned the enemy's right and K w
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