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THURSDAY, MAT 12, 1801
XIXJB NCWfI.
Tbe light breaks in- The clouds lift. The
■ doubt is lessened. Through perils ■which have
thickly strewn their glorious path with
their fallen.xomnides, the Army of the Po
tomac hna gone forward. The lighting has
been' terrific. Brigades and divisions have
been ponied In and wasted like water spilled
upon -the. ground. A stubborn foe has
wrought prodigies of desperate valor. The
tactics of the enemy-to strike hard blows at
the outset, have been practised, never before
more vigorously. And yet steadily, unfiineh*
Ingly onward have pressed the boys In blue.
•Still the sword of Grant has pointed, to
Richmond, and hla devoted corps leaders
have beckoned onward. Wounded, bidd
ing, with shattered regiments, and an ap
palling list of casualties, bearing the names
of many of our bravest officers, still ths cry
is, “on to Richmond." ■
Bead It—and the starting tear will not
shame your manhood—ho w the shattered but
not defeated Army of the Potomac, bewil
dered in the horrible maxes of the Wilder
ness, wist not where th6y were led, and their
hearts'chlUed with a dread that they were be
ing wi b drawn from before the foe. Hark
-what cheers went up—what huzzas, stilling
the groans of the wounded—at the discovery
that they were still going toward the rebel
capital. Let no one dee pair of the Bepublic
whftedt can oppose soldiers ao inspired, to
the schemes of herenaml-.s in arms. They
forgot their wounds, forgot perils past and
to come, and stirred the sullen smoke
wreaths of that doubtful battle field* with a
cheer that will be ** On to Rich
mond." •
The nows of lost night is not decisive.
Let ns, *171(21 all the warnings we hare bad,
build no fbnd hopes that the worst is past.
Trust as we may, let the readers of the Tbi
yjtnni accept the situation as it is, and recog
nize that no light task remains'for our
armlefc in Virginia. Bat we have tfce
right to rejoice in tokens of progress bo
well earned. 6nr army was beyond Spoteyl-
Tania. Gen. Hancock's advance had crossed
the Po, the second tributary of the Mattapo
ny River. We havens track Lee on his ten
■dereat aide by capturing a large amount of
bis commissary stores, (which, thank Provi
dence, oQ£boysarc not obliged to eat). We
have 5,000 prisoners. We liave a new
base Of supplies, and short land communica
tions to Belle.Plain, on the Potomac.
We have passed >lhe dense mazes of the
bushy swamp called Wilderness, and are in
an open country where onf magnificent ar
tlllciy trains con for the first time come Into
play. The din of battle, from the sharp
rattle pf musketry, has become the deep di
apason of the cannonade. Our army is tin
conquered in spirit and still large in'num
bers.
We know not how we may better close our
comments upon the news to our readers
■than in the language of the President’* Pro
clamation elsewhere given: “Enough Is
* ( known of army operations within the last
five days to claim our especial gratitude to
** God, while what remains undone do
-«*mauds our most sincere prayers to and re
-•« liance upon Him (without whom all human
effort is vain).’*
Our Georgia letters give interesting details
from the advance of Gen. Sherman, bnt of
course anticipated by the wires.*
the greenbacks victorious.
The contest between Greenbacks and the
“WHd-cats, in this city, has‘resulted In the
complete triumph of the former. Every
effort mado to break down and nullify the
resolation’bf the Board of Trade has signal
ly foiled. The bankers who most strenuous
ly opposed the time fixed for the adoption
of the Legal Tender basis of currency, have
All surrendered unconditionally, and pledge
themselves that, on Monday, May 16th, and
thereafter, Legal Tender and National Bank
notes shall be the standard. All other cur
rency will be treated as uncurreut, and re
ceived at a discount. '
We rejoice that the sober second thought
of the bankers bos governed their final ac
tion, and that they hare resolved to cany
out the arise and patriotic programme of the
Board of Trade.* National Currency -will soon
have replaced the greasy, ragged, counter
feit, miscellaneous trash heretofore imposed
on the community. We arc fighting for Na
tional unity: Let ns also have a' National
Currency of uniform -value and physiognomy,
and which will bcyxxr with gold all over the
. continent, as soon as the rebellion Is pat
down.
Th* M action of the Chicago bankers and the
Board of Trade will, reform the currency
■throughout this State and the Northwest, as
Chicago is the -emporium of Northwestern
commercial transactions. When .the great
f nnwoiai crash comes, it .will save the people
of the West mini ops of dollars of loss.
When the local banltfiblow np, Unde Sam’s
"bank win he good aa old wheat, and those
who hare abused the Tbxbune for its persist
ent advocacy ol the national currency stand
ard will thank ns'for the coarse we have
We knew we were on the right track
and that the masses of the people endorsed
our views, so we moved on the enemy’s
works, and with the powerful and Indispens
able assistance of the old veterans of the
Board ol Trade, -canted them by storm.
FBOn WASDEIGTOX.
* Hsltera Congretndon&X and BDlUary,
{Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ]
Washington, May 11th, 1964.
The 17»tj Department are still without official
intelligence concerning the recent fight between
•onr ironclad and the rebel Tam, in Korth Carolina
• .Sound*. ' '
It is likely that the Committee on the consular
. «nd diplomatic bill, win restore the Senate amend
. meat raising the Belgium minister to a fall mis
««lon, which was disagreed to by the House.
The House passed the hill striking unemployed
Generals from the rolls by an unexpectedly Urge
yeaajTS, nays 45, “after rejecting the
propositions cl Messrs. Cox and Keman to create'
a Board or Court of Inquiry, bearing upon comp©*
• tency or incompetency of officers not in active
service. The House having agreed to the Senate
amendments to the act establishing the postal
money order system, It only wants the President’s
t signature to become a Uw. The Senate passed the
' bill introduced by Ur. Wilton some weeks dace,
: to reorganise the Quartermaster Department.
The only amendment adopted relates to the
_ method of inspecting clothing, and camp, and gar*
risop equipage.
The Senate pasted the Dense bill granting
to the McGregor and Stonx City Railroad in lowa.
The speech of .Mr. Allison, of lowa, In favor of
providing homes ior aoldlert on confiscated lands
of rebels, sms’ very able, and a large number of
■ copies have been ordered for circulation daring the
coming campaign.
The Senate Naval Committee reporterfavorably
by Mr. Trumbull for the Navy Yards and depot at
Cairo.
Among the officers dismissed this week is Col.
O. H. Moore, 25th Michigan, for conduct unbecom
ing an officer gentleman and habitual drunk
enness.
E. C« Caldwell has been nominated United States
District Jodge of Arkansas. .
FBOK WABEEIV COUNTY,
(Special Dispatch (o the Chicago Tribune.!
Uoiraoum, May nth.
Warren county has two full companies of one
hundred day* men. They expect to Jetve for Quin
-cy this week.
’ payfi Clears tlie Seamte.
•WAsmyoTOK, May 11.—Garret Davis got started
*oln in the Senate tide afternoon. As usual,
Everybody began to lock up desks and leave the
chamber, when the Senator informed them that
they need not think to afiect him by that sort of
tMnir* t h<lt he did not expect others to listen to
«nd spoke only to hoar himself. He was nt
once irfl Inundisputed and solitary enjoyment of
■thattunuy- ■
The T'lrtriMla ond East Tenues*
see Badly onraaged.
Nrvr Yobs, May IB—The New York TYlbwu'e
coirrepondent at Charlestown, West Virginia,
There haa -beoa a thorough destruction of
the railroad from Wan tana river down to Boll's
Gap. Months hardly wW euffloe to restore the
line of the road so that it can bo used by the rebels
lor the transportation of troops and supplies.
VOLUME xm
Him BY TELEBRAPK
BETTEE NEWS FROM GRANT.
The Nation may Thank God
• and take Courage.
ONE ARMY STILL PRESS
ING ON.
Latest From Grant to 11
P. M. Tuesday.
DeodqnartcrsTwo Miles Below
Spotsylvania.
HANCOCK HAS CROSSED
THE RIVER PO.
WE HOW HOLD ABOUT 5,000
PHISOHEBS.
We hare Captured Mach Rebel
Commissary Stores.
A Grind Advance to Take Place
Tuesday Bight.
Gallant Fighting of Cur
Troops.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT OF THE
ADVANCE.
Interesting Battle Accounts.
Latest from Gen. Sutler and
the James-River.
THE HEBEI PAPERS AKSOTJHCE
LOH6STEEEX AS KIIXEB.
DfTEBESTIiG FROM THE CIMPIICS IST
GEORGIA*
WAS DEPARTMENT BUL.
LETEVS,
WasmsaxoK, May 11,156 L
To General Dix 1
‘ A dispatch received from the army of the Poto
mac, 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, states that both
armies held their positions at Spotsylvania, with
out material change. The enemy has been driven
to their breastworks.
The flth corps,under Gen. Wright had carried the
first line of the enemy’s rifle-pits.
There was heavy skirmishing during the day. .
Nothing has been heard from Sherman or Bntler
sines noon yesterday. •
{SlgnsdJ E. H. Stanton,
Secretary of War..
v SECOND DISPATCH.
Wab Defabtxent, I
Washington, Hay 11—11 p. an. j
To J fetfer General 2Hx:
No Intelligence has been received by this de
partment from the Army of the Potomac since my
dispatch of this morning. A dispatch from Sher
man, dated Tunnel Hm, 9:so—loth—states that
Mclberson had not attacked the enemy at Bcsaca,
having found their position strongly fortified, and
‘had taken his position at Snake Creek Gap.
Gen. Sherman is in front of Buzzard Boost Gap
awaiting the arrival of a part offiis forces.
This dispatch came by way of KnozvQle and
Cumberland Gap, having been delayed over twenty
four hotm in consequence of o heavy storm that
broke down all the wires south of Nashville.
No intelligence has been received to-day from
General Butler’s command, except that COO rebel
prisoners, including one negro, had arrived* at
Fortress Monroe from City Point, In charge of a
negro guard.
From Banks' command nothing of recent date
has been received.
(Signed) E. M. Stanton.
LITEB. :
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.)
Wauhnstox, May 11,1864—11 P. M.
The latest accounts received from Grant are np
to last evening (Tuesday), when everythin" was
progressing favorably.
OIS cere who left Fredericksburg this morning re
port that rumors prevailed that a terrible battle
took place toward nightfall yesterday, and that sev
eral Union Generals were killed; but no authentic
intelligence has been received there, or bss reached
Washington. The story Is believed here, os heavy
cannonading was heard.
Seine particulars are known of Monday’a engage,
meet between the corps of Gens. Warren and
Evn U. The latter la said by one correspoadent to
have been driven from the ridge on which he was
posted—a success which gives .ns command of
Spotsylvania Court House and the river Po. The
latter statement may be doubted, at Gen. Ingalls’
dispatch of yesterday Indicated that the enemy
were stiH between ns and the river.
A wounded officer who came op to-day reports
that In one of the recent engagement* ,tbe colored
brigade in Gen. Burnside’s corps displayed great
valor and took very few jn iionert* going Into action
with the cry, “Remember Fort Pillow.”
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.)
WasmsoTOH, May li—lS Midnight. .
The fact that General Grant has ordered a large
imnnnt of supplies for hi* army, and has made ar
rangements to ensure their transportation, bas
given birth to the rumor, eagerly caught np by the
secessionists here, that he has been compelled to
fall back to Fredericksburg, wnlcb Is untrue.
He Is Tw*vinc BeDe Plain and A<pi» Creek, on
the Potomac, hie base of supplies, and la sending
north bis wounded by that route.
[Special Diepatch to the Chicago Tribane.]
WaWHKoton, May 11— £ P. H.—The latest news
from the front U embraced In a priratc letter from
General Ingalls, dated yesterday noon.' It state*
that skirmishing is going on all the time in oar
front. In which the enemy, to nse General Ingalls’
expression, were 41 ousted every time,” and adds,
“■We expect to attack them at 5 o’clock this eve
ning.
Wasbinotok. Kay 11.—Gen. Wadsworth had
two horses billed under him,and fell.mortally
wounded from the third, at one o’clock Friday.
Gen. Grant said that he would rather have lost an
entire inlhntry brigade than this brave and wise
By a Elchmond paper found os a prisoner it is
stated that the body of Gen. Wadsworth was
buried at the Wfldemes. This would seem to de
termine the certainty of his death.
It also states that Boiler was within IS miles of
BlShmond.
Gen. Morris, of the 6th corps, who was'standing
beside Gen. Sedgwick when he was lolled, was
wounded In the leg, but not seriously.
Our army is pressing Lee's retreating forces from
all bides, while onr cavalry under Sheridan hare
been and are performing prodigies of valor.
Ocr troops sustain .their hard marching with
wonderful endurance and In good spirits. -
for along time after mr WUierneee tight itwae
dlffcuUto male mans gf the men betieee that our
enactment teat not a retreat. Bur WHEN jjiCEB"
TAIKISO BXTQKD A QCXSTIOS THAT WE WZBX AD.
TAscnra, THF.fR ENTHUSIASM KNEW NO
BOUNDS, AND THEY MADE THE WOODS
RING WITH HUZZAS FOR GRANT, MEADE
BURNSIDE AND EVERYBODY. »
Onr wounded have suffered severely, and but for
the humane and tender regard for their condition’
wc should undoubtedly ere be upon the South •
bank of the Anna, forward still. - •
. . , ' Fboadzwhia, May 11.
A special dispatch to the RuZfcrta, from Wash
ington, says heavy firing was beard yesterday from:
Gen. Butler's headquarters. The ironclads were'
engaged. » .
_, . , . * WAsnctOTorr, May 11,
The totol number of wounded that have arrived
here thus far is 4,165. ~
WABznsaTOV, May ll.—lt it reported that last
night ourheadqnsrters we two miles in advance of
Spotsylvania Court Honae. “
A general advance was ordered Cor 6 o'clock yes
terday (Tuesday) evening, and the firing from
hour to sundown la said to have been very heavy.
It is stated that Grant has captured a large
amount oTrebel commissary, stores. • •
The Tribune's special from the 'Beadquart&a of
the Army of the Potomac, on Wednesday, ujs:
Oar lose Is the battles of Snndayand yesterday
will probably amorist to at least 2,500.
Generals Grant and Meade were at tbe front last
night personally superintending Hancock's attack.
After dispatching yonr special messenger lasi
evening, a heavy cannonading was opened on the
rebels occupying Spotsylvania Court Home.
Under cover of this fire, Hancock crossed the
Utile Hirer Fb, and pushed the enemy beyond the
town- ’ *
News reaches us this morning that communica
tion is opened between ns and Washington, by way
of Belle Plalne and Fredericksburg,
A mail Is just la from Washington by this way.
Our wounded end prisoners are also to be sent
this way. We now hold about five thousand pria-
A DOUBTFUL BTOET,
The Time? spedal says: It Is reported that
Grant bis flanked Lee both on tbe right and left ,
A terrible battle occurred yesterday! Lee was
driven across the South Anna river.
Grant ia still In dote pursuit.
TUB BA.TTXB OT SUSTDAT.
The Tribune extra special has this sketch of a
series of battles after that of Saturday.
General Warren's corps passed on through Todd's
Tavern on Satnrda/nlght towards tbe front, and
at sunrise were within two and a half miles of
Spotsylvania Court House, and immediately were
put into action to relieve the cavalry. The enemy
were also just in Urns for a similar movement, and
Stuart’s cavalry were simultaneously relieved by
Longstroet’s corps of infantry.
The 6th corps, tired with a long night mauh,
rushed Into action with a double quick, General
Robinson's division leading the charge. The reb
els yielded .before them, and we poshed them on
for three miles.
. The laat engagement of this (Sunday) morning’s
fight was severe. -Oqr losses were great General
Robinson waa severely wounded. We charged on
them so far and ao impetnonaly that oar men were*
outflanked on the loft and had to Call back a short
distance to form their Tinea anew. *
The enemy gained no advantage, for oar artillery
was brought Into action, and the rebels were un
able to occupy the position which our men bad
abandoned. .
The sth corps had suffered in a previous fight so
severely that there was not a single dlriaion of It
in perfect fighting trim, bnt Gen. Augur, command
ing the regulars, filed in from the right, and por
tion was held.
Another desperate effort mart bo nude before
Spotsylvania Court House would be in our posses*
sion. That point once reached, an open country
and fair battle fields lie before ns.
About noon of Sunday the batteries were potted,
ours cm the edge of a piece of timber, theirs on the
opposing ML The discharge of ahull for tome
time was quite brisk and severe,
s s the evening approached Gen. Grant started 'o
the front to take another glance at the position and
inrpire our troops for the grand onset which was
soon «o be made. Before he arrived at our left
Cask, the rattle of musketry from the advance
skirmishers and the straggling back of wounded
men, indicated that the moment had almost ar
rived.
Troops from the sth and 6th Corps, in several
heavy lines were concentrated in front of the posi
tion to which the rebels had fallen back after the
engagement in the early part of the day.
Gen. Wright's division, already distinguished by
the most gallant conduct, took the lead at 6JO
o’clock, p. m., a shout was raised , and-the attack
commenced, as our troops moved out of the woods
through a narrow open space, and up a tangled
thicket which was held and fortified by the enemy.
At 7:15, aa the light began to fade away, the heat
of the firing began to cease, and now 'the enemy
began to give way, and the shouts of our men re
ceding as the enemy were pushed along, showed
that the issues of the attack were favorable and de
cided.
Wc bad beaten the enemy, had driven them from
the position which they had so strongly contested,
bnt the darkness was so great wc could not safely
press them further and Spotsylvania Court House
still remained that night in the hands of the rebels.
NONUAT’S OFEBATIOKS.
Monday morning was spent qolctly In camp both
for the much needed rest and for replenishing the
army with rations.
CASUALTIES IN WESTEBK BEGOtCTTB.
Cob Lombard, 4th Michigan, killed: sergeant
Klsner, 4lh Michigan,:killed; John Dye, IjQth
Ohio, wounded; Pat. Waters, sth Michigan, woun
ded; W.B.Du!yee,4lh Michigan, wounded; E.A.
Beal, S3d Indiana, wounded: G. W. Foote. SOth
Indiana, wounded; Alex. Frazier, SOth Indiana,
wounded; Wm. Buds, sth Michigan, wounded: Q.
W. Mitchell, Ist- Indiana, wounded; Calvin T.
Krauts, SOth Indiana, wounded; G. W. Penny, 7th
Wisconsin, wounded: O. W. Doaelson, 7th Wis
consin, wounded; H. Bleffy, 16th Michigan, wood
, ded; A. D. Southard, Ed Michigan, wounded; J.
W. Flute, SOth Indiana, wounded; J. W. Hlleman,
11th Ohio, wounded; John Houle, sth Michigan,
wounded.
Washington, May ll."—The body ofllij.Gen.
Sedgwick arrived in town this morning.
Washington, May ll.—The army of the Poto
mac had a portion of the day to recuperate.-
Butnelde cn Monday began the attack on the left
with great fury, and with an encouraging decree
of £cccft£s. He had a fight the day before, m which,
to cm) his own words, “We whipped old Long
street.*’
Cur army could not be In a more cheerful condi
tion, AH the men arc sanguine of success, and
count the days when they shall in triumph enter
the rebel capital.
. Lee lately Issued an order in relation to supplies
!a which he said the communications of Richmond
ere cut off and it is impossible to furnish bis men
with stores. HUlhadno rations issued ior three
dt.ii-. Lee enjoins upon his men the necessity of
cat taring supplies from the Yankees. Up to th>
moment they have failed to capture a single
Wi'vnr. • *
The roads are in excellent travelling order, but
Tesy dtsty.
An the battles thus far have been a series of at
tache and repulses, muskets being almost entirely
used.. The vwampy nature of the ground rendered
artillery Impracticable.
I.i c very absurdly claims a victory when he
withdraws from our front and retires towards
Richmond.
General Tarbett’s division of cavalry whipped
the rebel cavalrv, and drove them from Spotsylva
nia Court House, bat being reinforced with in
fentrv, thev drove ear cavalry a short distance the
Maryland brigade of the 4th division of the Cth
corps coming to their support The fighting was
exceedingly fierce. Gens. Tar belt and Boblnson
were both wounded.
General Sedgwick was shot through the head on '
Mondav morning, while superintending the moving
of seme heavy guns on an angle just prepared.-
There was no amnnibhlng at the time, but occa
sional sharpshooters sent bullets in that direction.'
All waa quiet along the lltea until late on Mon
day evening, when it was thought the rebels were :
falling back, or that Lee haa already gone to Rich
mond to meet Smith, who is reported' close to
there. Therefore a move was determined on, and
at live In the afternoon our line mated forward.
The risht crossed a branch of the river Fa, and
drove a light battery off that was posted to defend
a small bridge.
Warren’s front and Hancock’s left had a lively
engagement with the rebels who threw shot and
shell from a battery In the woods. The enemy
were finally driven back about three quarters of a
mile, and at dark the firing ceased.
It is believed that Longstreet'e corps was the
onlv one in our front, and that he was left to im
pede our progress, while Lee was attending to
r ‘Baldy” smith. '
A rebel cavalry brigade Is reported having been
seen on the north side of the river Rapidan, on
Monday, near Frederieksburg.
It is believed from reports which reached here
last ntebt, that there was no general engagement
yesterday, but as heavy firing was heard yesterday
' morning at Aqula Creek, In the direction of Spot
sylvania Court House, theoonlest must have been.
renewed. Our forces do not occupy tbs latter
place, bet are within several utiles of It.
Large numbers of wounded are reaching Freder
icks burg, and zoanv officers wounded are expected
. to arrive at ■Washington to-day..
- WaamscTON, May 11—1 P. M.—Nothing has
: been received here of any reverse to Grant’s army.
The impression prevailed In the army yesterday
that Leo was about crossing North Anna River.
Rebel prisoners captnred ouMondayreportLong
street’s death.
New Tore, May 11.—The Herald gays:
It is probable that Butler had another severe bat
tle yesterday. It is likely, also, that a great battle
between the Union iron-dads and the rebel Iron
dads commenced yesterday. There ore firs Union
and three rebel iron-dads expected to take part In
the engagement.
The fforW’s special says: Lee's entire army
was, on Monday, on the south bank of the Glodey
Bitct, between that and tho river Po. His right
stretched nearly to the Fredericksburg and Rich
mond railroad, which be seemed desirous of reach
lug to obtain supplies or insure his safety. 1
we bare taken more prisoners daring Lee's re
treat than daring Thursday's and Fnday’s.battlea.
AH the Information in Grant's possession is of
the most favorable character, showing dearly Lee's
retreat beyond Spotsylvania.
BY THE MAILS.
Friday’s Battle—Fourteen Honrs of
• Fighting—Desperate Attempt by Lee
to Break up Sedgwick's Division—
Heroic Beal stance of Onr Hen—Death
of Gen. Wadsworth—Varying Snc
cerees* bat Final Repulse of the
Rebels.
[From the N. Y. Tribune.]
Washdcotox, Monday, May 9, ISM.
FntiD or tms Batteu or rut WanunxEas, 1
Friday, Way 6—ll p. n. f
Fourteen horns of severe fighting to-day, and
still nothing decisive. The position this morning
was that otlast night, substantially. Gen. Sedg
wick, with two of his divisions, Rlckett’s and
Wright's, has fought upon the right; Gen. Han
cock, wUh the four divisions of his corps,
Bartow's, and Olbbon’s,with Get
ty’s Dtrjelon of the 6th Corps, bss fought upon the
left: and Gen. Warren, with ms full corps and Ste
venson's division of the 9th Corps (Burnside's),
has fought in 'the center. .Burnside's corps has
constituted- the reserve, and has marched and
countermarched incessantly, and gone in by brig
adea at the center and on the left.
■ Sedgwick was to advance at 5 p . VU but Ewell,
who commands opposite him, attacked at 4:45.
Sedgwick soys Ewell’s watch must be IS minutes
ahead of We. This action on our right was spl rlted
-'and well fought. At the expiration ofan hour the
'rebels were handsomely borne bade, the firing
’ etaxed. and each side held the ' ground they had bi
vouacked upon. Onr loss was severe, and tho en
emy's could not have been less. .
Gen. Sedgwick’s staff were brintant and nblqu
tons throughout, while the old General was the
man ef Aniletam and Fredericksburg repeating
hhne-elt This action barely over, and suddenly we
heard from the extreme left that peculiar monot
onous «swdl and volume of sound which tells of
large numbers engaged—so many that single shots
ana even volleys of long lines are not distinct, bnt
are merged in the mighty noise of a great battle.
ofhbftwo boars’ steady struggle I do
not know, boll know that he did Ms work clean
b and completely. Losgstrect had Joined the reb
.el right, andthis was a second determined attempt
to tom onr left, and.a second utter discomfiture.
Grey, who was on the ground, wIH undoubtedly
embody in his letter to tbe Tribune full and accu
rate particulars. • _
Only ten o’clock, and Lee had tried each wing,
and frpd met In.eaeh case more tban ho could over
come, and we asked ourselves what next. All his
movements were silent and invisible, and. un
known until be developed them in the event. Wo
can .deliver blows over in the direction whence
blows are dealt us—not against on enemy advanc
ing In bold sight, but against one who has myste
riously gathered and poised himself for a deadly
spring.
But the suspense ta not long. Both combatants
arc too eager to compel the issue for either to de
lay another and still another encounter. Shots be
gin to ring all along the.jix miles of front.
At It o'clock tbe enemy press close upon Warren
ar d Sedgwick, sad train a number of Cgon* exactly
upon the letter’s headquarters. A man and threo
horses are tilled within twenty feet of tbe Gone ’
ral, and In tbe very center of his grouped staff.
Finding the enemy disposed to renew, the engage
ment or tbe early morning, Sedgwick accept* tbe
challenge, and advances 11s whole line. The men
go in with more dash and hold oq more sturdily
than In the morning. Ewell is driven back to his
second line, where his guns are in position, and
there makes a stand. • .
Attblsionctare, Warren, who connects with
ScdgwickSs left, Is extremely anxious to go in with
all us might, but tbe cnemy’s'poaUlontoJiia front
seems too formidable.
I see a troop of horsemen riding rapidly apt®
the perilous edge of battle, and recognize Warren
and - his white horse, as Jehu was'recognized by
the Prophet of old, far they came-fononsly. With
him are Gena.' Griffin and Bunt, and officers of
Gcns« Grant’s and Meade's staffs.
-Halting at the first line, they dismount and walk
more than half a mile in front or tho men. who are
fiat upon their breasts, and firing rapid!/. 'We -
bold tne woods on one aide of an open space, per
haps one-fourth of a mile across, and the rebels lay
along the trend of the woods upon the other side.
Ttelr ictrehchmenU are plainly, risible, and the
open months of their artillery peer orer.
• - No; it will not do to'charge across. It were stark
madness. The sharpshooters may continue to re
ply to this, hut no man shall start across tho plain
and lire. Warren had perhaps hoped that hia own
lodgment would bo overruled by the officers’with
pim, bnt all dcclfro that no advance can he made
here. Hot more to the leftwhere Wadsworth’s
and Eobinson’s dirisions of Warren’s corps layup
to Hancock, the prospect is better, and there an as
sault is ordered. . . . ■ •
It Is noon, and Sedgwick's second fight is over,
and he again rests on the line of his last nights hi- -
vonac. .Wadsworth advances and finds tho onemy
-tA.P. Hill’s corps—strong and prepared. The
divisions on -bis right ana left become •engaged
with him, and the work is warm. Here, .as else
where, the contest la in a tong cd jangle, and the
soldJlre pash aside the bashes and find mortal ene
mies bursting through the adjoining growth of
hashes, and face to face with them.
naif or three-fourths of an hoar of alternating
success and repulse, and Gen. Wadsworth orders a
charge to recover his command from a slight wa.
venng. He is cheered loudly hr his men, who
loved the gray-haired chieftain. One borso is shot
order him. lie mounts second and spars to tho
front, bat la hSuu, sad we should have won then,
hot his men saw him fall. He was shot through
the bead, killed instantly, and hia body fell into
the bands of the enemy.
His command fell back to their original position
with comparative order. Wadsworth’s death is a
heavy lose—scarcely an officer in the army bat
could have been better spared, and none would
havebeea more deeply regretted. Yesterday and
to-day be had displayed such marked ability and
gallantry as to compel his recognition on all hands
as an able soldier, who, now that he is gone, can
hardly be replaced. He was a true man. a beloved,
a high-toned gentleman, to' be respected, an un
shrinking patriot to ho emulated, an accomplished
soldier, dead on tho ficld'of honor, to be mourned.
But this battle does not pause for a hero slam.
From noon until G o'clock, a number of sharp as
saults at various points wero nude and invariably
repulsed, whether made by ns or by tho enemy.
Each one of these afi’afra were material ior a long
letter, but I fled it simply Impossible at this time
to ascertain and write out correctly the facts in
detail.
Prisoners came In at the rate of 100 an hour.
The day waa excessively hot, and the men were
much exhausted. We had neither gained nor lost
ground, bnt continued this thing Igng enough, and
we hoped to finally wear them out. At hair past 0
o’clock, Hancock was preparing for a grand move
ment of onr entire left. Be did not make It, for
tba enemy anticipated him, and be bad t« repel
perhaps the most wicked assault thus far encoun
tered—brief in duration, but terrific in power and
superhuman momentum.
The first lew minutes we were staggered. Strag
glers for the first time in all this fighting streamed
to the rear in large numbers, choking the roads
and causing a panic by their stampede and Incohe
rent talcs of irizhtfol disaster. It waa even re
ported at general headquarters that the enemy had
Bnrst entirely through, and supports were harried
np. Grant and Meade seated their backs against
the same tree, qolellv listened to the officer who
brought the report, and consulted a moment in low
tones. The orders for sending reinforcements
were given, and for a little time not a word was
spoken la the group of more than twenty officers.
They bnt looked into each other's faces.
At length Grant says, with 1 laconic emphasis, “I
don’t believe it.” Ho was right. Long before that.
Hancock had recovered from the first shock, held
bis own awhile, and new was gaining ground. In
forty minutes from this attack, tho enemy waa
completely beaten back, with tremendous elaugh
ter, and the loss of some hundreds of prisooers.'S
It was now nearly annset, From one end of the
line to the other not a ebot could be heard. The
day’s work seemed over. Our lino of to-night
would be that of last night. The aagnries were
good. In two days* fighting we had lost heavily,
bat not more than the enemy. Our assaults had
been futile, but the enemy’s bad been equally so;
and It Is by these massed assaults that he has ever
achieved ms victories.
- The Inference was dear that we had over
matched him fighting at his best and strongest.
Hen separated is the beat of the day, now chanc
ing to meet, congratulated each other. The rebels
can’t Sndure another such day, and we can. waa
the expressed conviction on all hands, and this
atetement epitomizes the situation at sunset.
The sun went down red. The smoke of tho bat
tle of more than two hundred thousand men de
stroying each other with villainous saltpetre
through all the long hours ef a long day, lllleathe
vnllics, and rested upon the bills of all this wilder
ness, hang in lurid haze all around the horizon,
and built a dense canopy overhead, beneath which
this grand army of Freedom waa preparing to rest
against the morrow. Gens. Grant and Hcade had
rtJiijd to thclrtcnts. Quiet reigned, but during
the reign of quiet the enemy waa forging a thun
dci bolt.'
Darkness and smoko were mingling in grim twi-
ligtt, and fast deepening into thick gloom, when
we were startled ont of repose back into fierce ex*
aUxacot, The forged thnnderbot was sped and by
•amastcr. A wild rebel yell away to the right. •‘We
knew they bad massed and were charging. We
waited for the volley with which we knew Sedg
wick would meet the onset. We thought It but a
night attack la ascertain If wo had changed oar po
elilon. We were mistaken—lt was more. They,
meant to break throurb, and they did.* On Sedg
wick's extreme right lay the 2nd Brigade, Sd Di
virion of his corps, under Gen. Seymour, who hod
been assigned to it but two oaya before.
The brigade is new to the 6th corps, and Is known
as the \Lllroy brigade; connecting on the left of
Seymour by Shaler’s and then Neill's brigades, the
lattei being a brigade of Getty's division that, had
not been sent to Hancock. These troops were at
work entrenching when fallen npon. The enemy
came down like a torrent, rolling and dashing in
Bring wares, and flooding np against the whole
Cth Corps. The main line stood like a rock, bnt
not so the extreme right. That dank was Instant
ly and utterly turned. The rebel line was the
longer, and surged around Seymour’s. brigade,
tided over it and through it, beat against Sbalcr,
and lore away his right regiments. All this done
in less than ten urinates, perhaps not fire.' Sey
mour’s men, seeing their pickets running
back, and bearing the shoots of the rebels,,
who charged with in their chivalry, were smitten
vriih panic, and, standing on no order of going,
went at once, and In an incredibly short time made
their way thiongh a mile and a half of woods to the
plank-road In the rear. They reported, in a frantic
manner usual with stampeded men, the entire corps
broken. Grant, as In Hancock’s case, dld’nt be
lieve it. But when three of Sedgwick’s stair rode
in to army headquarters separately and stated how
they bad ridden from Sedgwick’s to keep Seymour’s
man to their work, had been borne back by the
panic, and had last seen Sedgwick and Wright
bard to the front working like Trojan’s to hold the
'wavering line, the situation appeared more critical.
No word came in from Sedgwick. It began to bo
feared that be and Wright, disdaining to fly, were
jrlfortn.
Artillery moved quietly to commanding posi
tions, to ho prepared for the wont, and coot beads
felt that were the whole Cth corps broken, the
army, as an army, would still bo Invincible. War
ren’s corps Is instantly, bnt in perfect composure,
disposed to meet the situation. Grant and Meade
and Warren are in Grant’s tent,’ to and from which
officers come and go with a certain earnest air that
bespeaks urgent and'important cares. So daring
an hour. No firing has been beard the last three
quarters of an hour. The rebels most hare ceased
to advance; bat bow far bare they penetrated, and
what istbc present situation? '**
The Cth corps’Hag comes in. Where is the 6tb
corps’ chieftain i My watch fays 10 o’clock at
night. A dispatch received. John Sedgwick safe.
Wright safe. The6thcorps holds a strong line;
sidy Seymour’s and a part of Sbaler’s brigade have
been broken. The enemy can do nothing more.
The Cth corps proper has not lost its pristine glory.
Compelled to withdraw, finder orders alter the
defection of its right, it is still invincible—ls now,
and ever shall be. 1 may not retrain from men*
Honing for gallantry, Sedgwick’s staff and
Wrlcht’s. .
Biding in the thickest with rare presence of
mind and rare lodgment, they won and deserved
John Sedgwick's emphatic commendation. Gem.
Stymour and Shalerwere captured. It should he
stated that both are awarded oy their division and
corps commanders every credit for doing all men
could to rcOKacr their troops from panic, commn.
nicated to tfle latter’s brigade, not beginning there
. Abut or the Potoxao, I
In u The Wilderness, Saturday Horn. Ma^T.f
, — t
Willi the exception of the lino occupied by the
Cth Corps yesterday, our original positions are
hfcldthis moning at 6 o’clock. At 7 o'clock last
night, a furious attack was made on .Sedgwick's
line—the main assault occur ring on the right,
which was finally turned by the enemy, and the
corps forced to retire some distance to toe rear. A
gallant resistance was made by Sedgwick, and at
m his line was re-established in the position
it now occupies.
Considerable confusion occurred in several regi
ments on the right, bat momentarily, however, aa
through the personal efforts of Gen. Bedgwick and.
other officers the stragglers were soon ranted
and replaced in line offtattle. All is quiet this
morning, with the exception of picket firing op
posite our center. A thick volume of smoke and
fo" envelops the battle-field and prevents the con
tinuance of yesterday’s conflict. The fight at in
tervals all day yesterday on onr left was of the
•fiercest description. But very little artillery was
brought into requisition, owing to the nature of
the battle-field, which is covered with an almost
impenetrable growth of scrub-oaks. and under
brush. The fight was altogether one of musketry,
and although not continuous, was one of the most
determined and desperate battles of the war.
Our loss In the 2o corps alone, cannot fall short
of three thousand in killed, wonnded and missing.
Charges and counter charges were made at short
Intervals during the day, and the ghastly forma tff
hundreds ot the combatants lying this morning
side by side In the vast chapparal which formed
the battle ground attest the severity of the con
flict.
Brig. Gen* Barlow, commanding the Ist division,
occupied the extreme left of the 2d corps; Mott's
division and a portion of Gen. Gibbon’s division
held the centre, while Blmey with his own divi
sion, "Bobinson’a of-the 6th, Stevenson’s bri
gade of the 9th, and Carroll’s and Owen’a brigades,
of the 2d corps was stationed on the right, his lino
facing westward and extending across the plank
road running -from Chancellors till e to Orange
Court House.
-At precisely five a, m. an advance of the 2d corps
was ordered, and with cheers our men charged
through a denae thicket, surprising the enemy
while at breakfast, and driving them In confusion
from their temporarv works, literally strewing the
ground with the bodice oftbetr killed and wound
edjdnd capturing a large number of prisoners.
The rebels astonished at the' celerity of Han
cock’s movements, were muftis to rally until we
bad panned them two and a half miles from the
Brock read, running tun northwesterly direction
to Parker’s store, when, reinforced by tongatreet,
who the night previous had come up to within six.
miles of the battle field, fi stand waa
terrific dhfkcfry flght tosatf Urtta* wrtU toon
CHICAGO, TStjBSE&T' HAY 12,1861.
Charge alter charge was made by both side*, and
as oltcn repulsed up tq .that time, when owing to
an accidental circumstance, our lines were forced
to &11 back to tbe Brock road
At about 12 M. a flanking column of the enemy
charged on tbe double-quick through the interval
between Gens. Mott’s and Ward’s commands, lor
deg back in some confusion several regiments of
tbe right of Mott’s division. Simultaneously, a
desperate charge was made la front, and our Hue,
yjelcing at last to tbe terrific onslaught, fell back
contesting tbe ground to the Brock road, whore the
troops were placed under the shelter of temporary
works constructed ot log* and abitii on tbe day
previous. As the position on the right of the Sd
Corps was evidently tbe point which the enemy
specially coveted, Major General Blrney’s com
mand was made to consist of nearlya whole corps
Against his command has been hurled all tbe
morning the combined forces of Longstrool and
Hill in their persistent attempts to pierce our Hue.
Pen cannot convey an idea or the gallantry,
which bur troops exhibited in yeitcrdaj’e engage
ment. Officers and men concur In the opinion that
the muf kelry fire was even heavier, except occas
ional intervals of 15 or SO minutes, than nt tbe bat
te of Antletrm* ;* , * . ...
The Bcbels. in their characteristic manner,
ehsrging with dcmonlgc yells, were each time gal
lantly met and in every assault baton©buried
back beyond their original lines.
At 4V p. m„ the enemy, massing once more,
charged upon the position along the Brock road, to
which wc had been forced to retire at noon, and
with such overwhelming violence that they pene
trated our lines at the intersection of the road men
tioned and the ptke leading to Orange Court Bouse,
and planted a color on the wort. Foramomeai
the safety of the corps wad in imminent danger;
many of our men. demoralized, were harrying
down the pike toward the rear, and the Babels,
yelling likeao many demons, seemed confident of
success.
At this critical Juncture Col. Carroll, whose brig
ade had been tent for, came up oa the pike from
its position ou the right of too pike, and facing
h!s command Into line charged the enemy, driving
hlmbatk in nrout to tho woods beyond the road!
In irs dispatches to Gen. Meade, Gen. Hancock ac
credited foU Carroll with.sating hla own corps,
and perhaps the whole army from disaster..
Col Carroll la well known and esteemed as one
..of the most trustworthy officers In the Army of the
Potomac. He received a ball througn the* arm oa
the afternoon of Thursday bat nevertheless refus
ed to leave hla command, and still continues with
it although raftering from hla severe wound.
In this moment of fearful peri). General J.H.
Hobart Ward, commanding the first Brigade of
Generalßirney’a.division,,was also conspicuous
for gallantry and presence of mind. Mounting a
caisson, his horecbelng lost, be ordered tbe driver
to drive rapidly n quarter ot a mile to there*,
where, In the space of a few minutes, ho had gath
ered nearly a brigade of stragglers, and was leading
them on the double quick back to tbe front.
The power of example ia forcibly illustrated by
this incldent, Hundreds of men who n moment
before wereperhaps thoroughly demoralized, were
fhgmomcnt after cheering enthusiastically on their
wav to the enemy. Three rebel colors were taken
bv"General Ward’s brigade. .Of these the 141 st
•Pennsylvania captured one, and the SOlh Indiana
tbe otficr two.
Saturday’s Bcport-FJljrlit of tho Rob
•rio-Bomor that Geo. Wadsworth la
u. Prisoner—Estimate of Lotisca.
(Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune.!
\ViLHHUiBrS, 5 p. m. Saturday, Hay 7, lw>i.
Up to this hour there baa been but little fighting
to-day. Our position this moraine waa unchanged
frero yeeterdav’s, excepting that the right had been
bent hack. Sedgwick's affair lost meat has in no
wiie disconcerted the plans of our leaders, depress
ed their hope, or impaired the efficiency of the
army. It was nut a disastrous episode.
This became clearly apparent when the morning
disclosed the fact that nowhere on the line was the
enemy pressed up against us; that he had daring
the night withdrawn from the battlefield. leaving
ut free to occupy nearly all the ground where lay the
slain, He bad retreated, however, only to another
line, where he evidently challenged an attack. He
has played upon us all of fo-dar with long-range
puns, and has kept a bold skirmish line in bis
front. '
harce parties have been seen all dav at work en
trenching just in Warren’s front, 2,000 or 3,000 men
have been digging all Oar upon a half mile line,
from which several solid shot hare been thrown
nearly to amt headquarters. Lee’s success on our
right must have been so greatly overbalanced by
his repulse on onr left an hour before, that be did
not dare risk another day on the same ground. He
concedes by this quasi withdrawal that he cannot
longer stand the battle when ho felt able to precip
itate It. , .
Very great relief Is felt this afternoon on account
ofa report of prisoners that Gen. Wadsworth is In
the enemy’s band;, sevcftly wounded. The cheer
ing statement Is quite circumstantial, and Is gen
erally credited. On the-aamo authority Longstreet
Is wounded and Jenkins killed.
During tb&day I have ridden along several miles
of front over the ground moat stubbornly contested
yesterday; bow stubbornly Is attested by the trees
hewed and trimmed perforated by ballets and by
the thick-strewn dead. It Is like other'fields of
this war; certainly none have presented a more
terrible scene. Nearly all the wounded had been
removed, bnt none of the dead hurled. s •
Fax down the plank-road where Hancock fought,
beyond the thickest rebel dead, lay a boy severely
wounded, perhaps not less a soldier that ho was
but a boy. He bad fallen the day before when we
were farthest advanced, and htu remained unmo
lested within the rebel lines. They bad not remov
ed him, and he was a’ane with tho dead, when I
rode up. Tho poor Idlnw was crawling about
gathering violets. Faint with lossofblood, unable
to stand, he codd not resist the tempting dowers,.
ccd bad already made a beautiful bouquet. Having
caused a stretcher to be sent for, I saw him taken
up tenderly, end homo away, wearing a brpve,
sweet; touching smile.
About 2 o’clock, the rebels made a demonstra
tion upon our right flank, penetrating nearly to the
Blank read, and threatening communication with
lermanla. However, we bad cleared the road of
everything valuable, had removed the pontoons,
and probably did not care to prevent the rebe.s
firm occupying. *
lam not-permitted to specalato In regard to
Grant’s plans and probable movements. He will,
however, make a vigorous assault yet to-night.
Leu’s generalship has been magnified. His main
force was at Orange Court House. He moved
Bbrnltaneously with Grant, and as rapidly.
Wednesday night he held the Mine Ran line.
Grant bad put his army over tbeßapidan, and sth
Ct-rps Headquarters that night were where Army
Hindquarters have beem since. Lee menaced oar
-lire of march, and Warren steps out and fights
him. Next Lea hurries everything to bis right to
penetrate between Warren and Hancock, who was
marching from Chancellors vibe.
Foiled in the attempt be adopts the system of
masked massed assaults. Beaten through two
da.satbis own name be, last night, retires. In
trenches and Invite* attack where the ground Is
m krown to us, familiar to him. Thai Grant and
H< mle, working in thorough concord and concert
have met and thwarted him at every turn is suffi
ce-t comment upon their generalship. This fact
must be ominous to Lee or the fete in store for
him before this campaign shall close.
J have vet said nothing os to tho extent of our
lor.<, cr how It compares with the enemy’s. Eight
tiu :>fond of oar wounded have already been cared
fori:: Ibe hospitals. It Is thpucht that, sayl, 000
retrain on the field. Estimating the killed at
ant prisoners at 3.000, T cannot reduce the total to
les.-* than 12,000. Included are seven general offi
cer*-. viz: Bays, killed: Wadsworth, kilted or a
prirnner: Shvltr and Sermour, ‘prisoners; Getty
anti Webb—these last two did most admirably
wounded. The ambulance and hospital arrange
ments have been perfect. It Is certain that In no
previous battle have the wounded been so speedily
and well eared for.
The enemy’s lose, judging from the appearance
•f the battle-field, and from the manner of fighting
and the nature of the ground, cannot be leas than
onrs—l?- indeed, undoubtedly greater. The whole
amj believe* that it baa inflicted more than it has
suffered. Onr wounded, to the number of 8,000,
are now being placed In ambulances and empty
wapona, and the train, accompanied by 3,000 to
4,<vowonnded able to walk, and a etrong escort,
will startler Ely’s Ford by snnset.
It is a remarkable circumstance that daring
three days of battles the artillery reserve baa re
mained quietly parked three miles I* the rear.
2 he. Artillery attached to till corps has been ten
tIEK ? more than could be brought Into action.
The csvalry has had considerable fighting, and
has done important service. It has hung upon ear
left, baa kept Stuart at bay. baa attackednim when
it has been possible to reach him. Sheridan's bus
lies* was to protect onr Immense stores, which
were mainly In the rear toward Chancellorsvllle-f
--to prevent smart from raiding around ns toward
Fredericksburg; in short, to take care of that en
terprising rider, and thrash him If he could be
brou&bt to an encounter.
The imperative part of tbebnalness bos been well
and vigilantly attended to.
Wilson’s division rode into nnd drove a portion
of the enemy's cavalry on Thursday, on the road
toEohfrtaon’a tavern. Our loss was some 300 —
the Cth N. Y. suffering the mosk.
• Sheridan seems to have taken the cavalry reins
with a master's hand, and to be feat gaining the
confidence of tbecavahy corps. I suspect a gen
eral cavalryfifhtmay be contested far down on'
the enemy's right before many days, for I know
the destruction of Stuart's power lor mlschlet Is
considered important to tbe carrying oat of the
campaign In the shape contemplated. By ran ar
rival from Washington this afternoon, we leam of
Buyer's landing on James River. The news will
at once be diesemlaathd throughout the army, to
give to this movement the impulse and inspira
tion springing from the kaowlednof another on
ward to Richmond. The Hon. E. Waahburne
Joined headquarters at Culpepper, and has' since
ridden with the staff—a species of “ Congressional
Interference’* to whtch the army docs not ‘ object.
It I? now nearly sunset, Saturday, May 7. There
is quite vigorous firing, and some, artillery, at dif
ferent points on tbe line. Induced by an advance on
onr part. I think it will not asinine the propor
tions of a general engagement. It la proposed,
doubtless, to leam something ot the rebel position
and It may be for another object. Perhaps the
main one la to intorm the enemy that we are here
in all force as night sets in. I ooubt if we shall be
wficn tbe sun rises, and Under this convinced im-
B reason that there is to be no moreheayy work on
liscround, immediately for .Wash
ington.
BOSTOH JOCRXAL’fI DISPATCHES.
Wasbixotox, Mays, 18G4.—When"Cirleton’a”
first dispatches from the Anar -of the Potomac,
written on Thursday night, reached the telegraph on
Friday night, no war news could be sent, ana they
were consequently mailed on .Saturday, As they
may not hate reached Boston I propose to give
what I can recollect ef them and what Information
I bare obtained from one of The JoumaTt special
mei-sensere who has arrived here.
The Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapldan
without resistance, and It was at flrat thought that
the rebels might hare fallen back towards Rich*
mond; hnt, on Thursday rooming, when the differ
ent corps under Warren, Sedgwick and Hancock
took np their lines of march to concontrate.it was
found that Lee was there in foil force, using ms old
Kslcm of massing his troops to break the Union
ie Gen. Warren, who was moving down from
the Wilderness till his left rested on Hnnceck’s
right, bad his pickets driven la, and, on sending
Sheridan forward with a cavalry force to reconnoi
tre, the ith New York cavalry was attacked by a
largo force which poured m a destructive volley.
Gen. Grant had not come* np.from Germania
Ford where Gen. Sedgwick with the right wing
had crossed, Warren’s corps being the center, and
Hancock’s the left wing. Gen. Meade, who was :
with Gen. Walken, said “We must fight. This U
to botbebttllerrotmd,” ,
Gen- Warren pressed Griffith’s division forward,
and was soon confronted by the rebel corps of
Gen. A. P. HUI* the strongest In the rebel army,
supported by tho corps of Gen. EwelL A despe
rate engagement ensued, with heavy losses on both
**Qen. Grant, reaching the scene ofactlon.eenlan
aid to order Hancock to Join Warren at once.
. While on hla way along a road through the woods*
Hancock found that Longstreet was coming down
upon him- He advanced his men into the woods,
which were bo thick that field officers had to die*
mount, and formed line of battle to receive him—
petting two guns into position ona crossroad.
Hancock also sent for reinforcements, and was
promleed Getty’s division.
Just then Gen. Havs sent word to him that-he
was hard pressed. Hancock took out hla watch
andeald, ”1 win send him obrlgada In a few min
utes. Hays is a strong fellow, tell him to bold
on,’' but ere the designated time had elapsed, Haya
waa borne to the rear mortally wounded. ■ •
The New EngUnd troops In Hancock's corps
- maintained (heir reputation, especially the Haasa
chufctts©tb,l9thaad3otb. Col Qainey w»8 amor#
"IhewwrndWt " •
The firing was incessant for hours, and as ammu
nition wagons could not get through the woods,
cartridges wore sent In on the atro’.chcr* which
brought back the wounded.. In vain did Long
street hurl his battallions against Hancock., The
Union regiments-stood their ground, and even
when a portion of Ewell’s corps came to .Long
street’s aid, tbey.accompllshed nothing.
The fight was kept up until dark, when hostili
ties ceased. The wounded were brought to impro
vised hotels and camp Ores were lighted.
Meanwhile Burnside with the oth coins had
served to act as a reserve. After a hurried march
neither his corps or that of Scdwlck bad been en
gaged.
On Friday morning an intensely hot day—Gen.
Grant had bis whole army in line of battle, and the
contest was recommenced. Tbe details o! Friday’s
fight have not as yet been received, bat It is known
that at its close the rebel lino had been driven back
from the battle-ground, leaving their wounded in
our bands. Lee retreated over three miles from
his original line of battle.
All tuat Is definitely known of Saturday is that
the fighting was not resumed, and the conjectures
of those who should know are, that for reasons
known to exist, Lee was not disposed to renew the
contest. i
To-night a train of wounded has boon expected,
bat at midnight it has not arrived.
Ths railroad from Alexandria is being put In run
ning order, and will doubtless be In use for a longer
distance hence than It has been forjears.
Many believe that the coming week will find the
rebel force so hemmed In at Its capital that it will
cither diagraaemlly evacuate* it and retreat, or sur
render.
FBOlfl JAMES BS7GQ.
What Sutler’s Forces Did—llls Posi
tion—Nnwal Satters* 7
[Correspondence of the H. Y. Times.}
At to* PnoifT,' Friday Night, Hay 8,1334.
With Gen. Butter and hia ataff, I was privileged
this afternoon to ride along our lines. Tho army
had advanced on the Petersburg road, a. distance
of about eight miles, where It will remain for the
night. Its left flank is .protected by gunboats in
the Appomattox, and Us right by gunboats in the
James. Prom Gen. Smith’s headquarters, it is
easy to see the spires ot Peterthurgh, and tho gen*
era! impression Is that there will be no great im
pediment to onr advance noon that towa-
A report, sbondantiy verified, has coma to me, of
a sad mishap on tho James River. The gun boat
Commodore Jones, - volunteer Lieutenant Wade
commanding, was entirely destroyed about one o’-
clock this afternoon, - seven miles below Port Dar
ling, by a torpedo. Abont filly Uvea were lost, and
Lieut. Wade was seriously, it not mortally wound
ed. Sly statement ol the occurrence is from an eyo
witness. He says Jones, with other gun
boats, was fishing In the river for torpedoes, when
one exploded beneath her, directly amidships,with
a smothered sound. The boat waa crushed like a
piece of paper, and huge fragments of-toe wreck
were lifted Web In air. The executive officer of the
Jones retained his foothold upon apiece of the deck,
and as a rare instance of coolness in such a sodden
and trying event, it must be told that he drew apis
to! ana shot dead a rebel on the bank of the river,
who had exploded the diabolic contrivance by
means of«galv:n’c battery. This remarkable in
cident iivouched for.
The inventor of the torpedoes Is Lieut. Hunter
Davidson, formerly a midshipman In the Navy of
tho Dcltcd Staigs. Tho galvanic battery waa cap
tured, and was found to lead to other torpedoes.
Some Ignorant person poured tho acids out of the
cups Instead ol exploding the other torpedoes, the
wires leading to which will now.bo fished tor and
the torpedoes exploded. This occurred about two
o'clock. - This disaster stepped the navy from ad
vancing Amber until the other torpedoes can be
rendered harmless. The Com. Jones was a ferry
boat, with a battery of one 100-pounder Parrott and
three 9-inch guns on board. Tho boat, battery and
all are a total lost.
This morning the enemy paid ua their compli
ments, both on the river and land. About ten
o’clock a battery of field artillery came down from
Richmond on the north bank of the river, and
popped away at the naval vessels, which were fish
ing for torpedoes near Turkey Bend. Tho small
gunboat Bhosbonce, a purchased vessel, technical
ly known as a “pasteboard” beat, waa sorts dis
tance in advance of the others. Toe second shot
from the rebel battery exploded the gunboat’s boil
er. and she surrendered. A few of the crew jump
ed overboard and swam to the opposite bank of the
river, where they found shelter until the other
boats came up and drove the impertinent rebels
away. The men teport that the explosion of the
hol'er Injured no one on hoard, .and that all the of
ficers of the boat wnre taken prisoners. Admiral
Lee kept np a vigorous shelling of the woods tor
some time after the rebels were driven away.
The Qf bt on shore began about the eame time as
the jin-air on the James River. Anticipating the
attack, a plan was formed by our side, having the
object oi advancing upon the Petersburg and
Richmond Railroad to destroy it. Fire brigades
were detailed to push forward and seize the road
at the proper point, to bo under the command ot
Brig. Oen. Brooks, and tho division was to move
forward at an early hour this morning. From the
10th corps, the 2d brigade, Ist division, Colonel
Plalsted, of the llth Maine, commanding, the 2d
brigade, 8d division. Col. Barton, 4clh New York,
commanding, and Col. Drake’s brigade, Sd divi
sion, were oetaiiod, and Gen. Burnham’s and Gen.
Harstons brigades, from the 16th army cores.
Hunt’s battery, of the 4th artillery, was attached to
Geru Brooks’ command. The column left the for
tficauons at about ten o’clock. Gen; Burnham’s
brigade baring the Infisntry advance, OnderdoaVs
New York mounted ndea leading. These forces
weie designated to engage the enemy at the posi
tion which be held yesterday in the encounter with
Beckman, and divert his attention while the
' column on the right advanced to the railroad near
Chester Station. The day being excessively warm
It'ieemed tome almost impossible that any fight
ing cotfld be done until the cool of the evening.
But the rebels did not allow the heat to trouble
them, and by 11 o’clock a. m., having received
their artillery during the night, they opened fire
briskly on our advandng columns, from about the
Eo’nt whence they had neen driven last evening,
lurmeo replied splendidly, and in a shert time the
engagement on the left and center became general.
We could now and then bear the arrival of trains
both from Petersburg and Richmond, which pris
oners told us brought down reinforcements. They
alto said that Gen. Beauregard had come np from
Charleston with troops some days since, and was
then commanding the forces In front. Whits the
left and centre were engaged, for the most part in
artillery practice, the right column, consisting of
one brigade, commanded by Col. Barton* of the
4Sth New York; hurried forward upon a road leid-
Ing to the Petersburg!! Railroad near Chester Sta
tion, where also Is the junction of the Port Walt
hall road. Hero they set a bridge on fire and do
stn.vcd the track for some distance, bnt being
savagely pressed by the enemy, the order was given
to retire. The damage to the road, I believe. Is
not thought to be very great. The fighting con
tinued with unwavering vigor on both sides until 4
o’clock,' when the rebels were reported to be fill
in? back. After following them some distance an
order wis given for our troops to return to the Une
held in the morning.
Tee casualties of the davlhavo been unable to
learn. Our loss i« reported, however, not to have
been very serious. Host of the wounds are from
fragments of shells. Twelve or fifteen officers are
reported to bare been killed or wounded.
The position of our forces here is considered im
pregnable. If we cannot get out of the Peninsula
which contains us, it is certain that the rebels can
notgeltn. The natural defenses of the place are
perfect, leaving little to be done in tho way of en
trenching, and the gunboats are depended on to
keep the river open to Hampton Roads.
COIVGBSSSIONjIL. .
'WASSDraTOM, , J Uaj 11.
SENATE.
* Rev. Hr. Bowman, of Indiana, (Methodist) was
elected Chaplain. The bill equalizing thegrade of
line natal officers was passed. A resolution In
structing the Committee on the Conduct of the
War to inquire Into the Red Biter disaster was
passed. The bill for the relief of friendly Sioux
Indians passed. A resolution for.the relief of ma
chinery contractor* was culled up.
Thobill for the better organization of the Quar
termaster's Department, to be In operation . only
one year after the close of the rebellion, waa
passed.
llr. HALE, of N. H. t reported a bill appropria
tin'* 830,000 to Commodore Porter and the officers
m S crew of the gunboat Essex, which destroyed
the rebel ram Arkansas.
Mr. DAVIS, of Ky., offered a resolution declar
ing that the arrangement made by the President
and Secretary or War with Generals Blair and
Schenck, concerning their resignation. Is in dero
gation of the Constitution, and not within the
power of the President and Secretary of War, or
either of them, to mako.
The Conference Committee on the bill relative
to appointments of volunteer officers in the navy
requiring confirmation by the Senate, reported,
and the report was agreed to; also, relative to na
t»l appointments and court* martial.
The bill to aid lowa in constructing railroads by
land emote, passed.
Adjourned.
WasnntOTOX, Hay 11,1364,
HOUSE.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation BUI
was taken np.
An amendment was adopted authorizing the
Precdcnt to appoint twenty-five Consular Pnplla.
The Senate's amendment erecting the Belgian
Conpnlaffhip to a first class Consol with a propor
tionate Increased salary, was non-concnrrcd in and
a Committee of Conference was ordered.
The House hill to seenre homestead? on confisca
ted lands to soldiers and sailors without regard to
color, was taken np. • • - 4i
Hr. p. WOOD opposed it In a speech till the
close of the morning hoar.
Tbe joint resolution to drop from the army rolls
all unemployed Generals, was taken np. Mr.
Schcock explained and argued in favor of its adop
tion.
The House voted on Hr. COX.S amendment
heretofore offered, providing that whenever any
officer shall demand a hoard of inquiry, according
to the rues and regulations in snch cases, and be.
willing to serve on each a hoard, shall ho forthwith
convened, and if the hoard shall find
him competent for a command la the rank in
which be is entitled he shall bo restored to ac
tive service with foil pay, and all officers who have
received the thanks of Congress during the pres
ent war shall be exempt from the provisions of
Ibis act. The amendment was rejected by 46
against 69.
The House considered Mr. Eernan’s substitute
for the joint resolution, proposing that a Board of
• three Major Generals, and.three Colonels be ap
pointed to examine and- report to the Secretary of
War as to the competency andl Incompetency for
command of unemployed Generals. The Utter to
be dropped or remitted to the positions in the
regular army occupied by them before they were
appointed general officers under the act.-
Mr. Kernon’s substitute was rejected, 50 against
69.
On motion of Mr. BCHENCK, the previous ques
tion was ordered on the joint resolution, which
provides (hat all Major Generals and all Brigadier
Generals in the military service of the United
States, who on the Ist of July next shall not be In
performance of doty or service corresponding
with thetr respective grades and rank, and
who fbaii not have engaged in such doty or service
tor three months continuously next prior to that
dale, shall then be dropped from the rolls of the
army, and-all the pay and emoluments or allow
ances of snch general officers so dropped, shall
cease from that date, and tb& vacancies thus .occa
sioned may be filled by new promotions and ap
pointments, as in ether casae; bat no officer to be.
considered as included In the foregoing provision
whose absence from duty shall have been occa
sioned by wounds received, or disease contracted
In the lino of h*a duty while In the* military service
of the United States, or by his being a prisoner of
war in the handsoi the enemy, or under parole;
and any Major General of volunteers, or Brigadier
General of volunteers, who may have been ap
poluted from the regular army under the authority
given in section 4th of tbe act approved ;Jnly 93d,
IK3, to authorize the employment of volunteers to
aid in the enforcement of thelaws and protection
of public property, and the acts amendatory there
to who snail oe so drosped from tbe rolls, shall
rot thereby bo so discharged from- tbe service of
th.-United States, hut shall he remitted; to his pa,
' aii ion and duty as an officer of the regular army.
Tbe above joint resolationpaasedby sorventy-two
espeurred in tbe Senate anlondmenia
to the Hcm so bin establishing a postal money «rdec
system. AdiawwU. i. o; , t .
POSTSCRIPT,
THUBSDAT—4 O’CLOCK A. 3T.
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.}
Washisqtoh March 11th, ISC4.
lam Just from the battle flield at Spotsylvania
Court House, having left Grant’s headquarters at
ten o’clock, this morning. The rebels took up
their line of retreat from Wilderness on Saturday
morning, Lohgstreet’s corps leading the column,
leaving detachments to keep up appearances.
General Grant was not dedovod, but Immediate
ly issued orders to march south on the Richmond
Hoad towards Spotsylvania Court House. On Sun
day morning st day-light, Warren’s corps formed
themselves confronting Longstreet’s corps, three
miles from Spotsylvania Court House. Skirmish
ing immediately commenced and . endedby very
heavy fighting towards night, in which wo suffered
largely.
Brig! Gen. Robinson was severely wounded. Our
other corps n6t having arrived, the enemy could
not be moved from his position.* -
Skirmishing commenced again on Monday morn
ing, and continued through the forenoon. Han
cock’s corps arrived on Monday afternoon, and
took position on the right of Warren.
Sedgwick’s corps came up and took position on
tbe left of Warren. Bumeido’s corps 'having far
ther to march only arrived on Monday night. On
Monday forenoon a deep gloom was cist over the
whole army hy the fall of the heroic Sedgwick, but
the ardor ofthoarmywas not dampened! General
Wnght was Immediately put to command of his
corp*
on Monday aiternoon crossed the Po
river and carried a position on the other aide. That
closed tho fighting for tho day. Yesterday, (Tues
day) was commcpced by heavy and continuous
skirmishing along the wbolo lint and General
Grant gave orders for an attack along
the entire lino, but the rebels took the
initiative at half-past twelve, and attacked as
slong the whole line. After feeling oar position,
be resumed his usual tactics by massing Iris entire
disposable force against Hancock’s left and War
ren’s right. Burnside’s division of Hancock's
corps, which had crossed tho river, was withdrawn
to strengthen another part of the corps.
The fight against Hancock was continued from
half-past one till nearly-six, and all attempts to
move him proved unavailing. The heaviest charge
ol the rebels was at half-past three. Gen. Han
cockbaviijgrepulsedthem, charged upon them in
return, and'drore them from their advanced posi
tion, and rebel prisoners say that in the, charge
“eth’a division waa nearly annihilated, sod that
they never bad Before experienced such a terrible
charge, and that their dead were piled np in beans.
After this repulse the enemy, made but little dem
onstration on onr right. At half-past six we at
tacked with great fury with Burnside’s and
Wright’s corps, with part of Warren’s knd Gib
bon’s divisions of Hancock’s corps.
Thls was one 01. the moat terrible and brilliant
charges of the whole war, the men going in with
deafening cheers. This charge was in a thick wood
and was viewed by me as fir as it was possible to
aee anything. ’ ‘ *
Generals Grant and Meade and their staffs were
present witnessing the progress of the engage
ment. ...
Onr troops carried the out line of tho enemy’s
rifle-pits in the centre. ‘ Burnside on the extreme
left pushed back their right to within-one quarter
of a mUc of tho CourtHonse and held his ground
there when I left, this a. m. In the move
by Wright’s division, CoL Upton commanding,
a brigade, captured a.rebel brigade. Some of the
prisoners escaped In the melee and confusion, but
more than one thousand were brought away, with
thirty-seven officers and many battle flags. Three
guns were also token in'this charge, but it was Im
possible to get them offi .
Last night atlO o’clock closed the eixth day o(
,c- ntinnocs and terrific combat,ln which three great
battles have been fought, and in none of which
has the enemy advantage hut been
steadily and constantly a loser. Driven from tho
blood stained field of Wilderness after a three days’
' contest, be attempted to make another stand In our
front,-but .has been gradually driven from his posi
tion with immense losses m killed, wounded and
prisoners. j
- We have token over 6,000 prisoners. The enemy
seems shaky, bnt may yet fight long and desperate.
, Onr own losses have been very great, particular
ly In general officers. No less than twelve have
been either killed or wounded. Generals Steven
son and Rice were killed yesterday. Gen. Rice
waa wounded in the thigh and had his leg amputa
ted. He was unable to hear the shock and died in
the afternoon. ‘ .
Just before his death, at a timW of acute pain,
he ceked toJ>e fumed over to get relief, and when
asked which way he should be turned, be an
swered as his last words, “Tom my face to tho.
enemy I ”
Col. Dana, of the 6th Wisconsin, was killed yes
terday while gallantly leading a charge ofTiia regi
ment.
This regiment has suffered terribly. Tho army
has fought with undaunted courage and heroism,
end won eternal glory. It spirit la atttl unbroken
and defiant. The generalship displayed by Lieut.
Oen. Grant has never been surpassed, and has
won tho enthusiastic admiration of the entir
army, which Heade nobly shares.
The utmost harmony and good order prevails In
whole army, as well as entire confidence in the final
success of Its mission.
Cut communications are already open, and al
though our army is well supplied, it can get more
rations at any time.
At the time I left the headquarters this
morning there ‘were Indications ot
another attack by the enemy and for which It la
believed wc were folly prepared.
At 11 o’clock I heard heavy cannonading on our
left*'
1 left the Lieutenant General in the finest health
and spirits and with xmdiminished confidence in
hla success.
Our wounded are being brought to Washington
by the way of Belle Plalne.
Tic flgfit being most TTith musketry the propor
tion of wounded to the killed la very crest.* AH
the members of Geo. Grant’s staff are safe.
I have hcqn through all the battles.
Commercial Postscript.
CHICAGO MARKET—SECOND BOARD.
Wzdxkbdxt Ermmra, May 11—10 p. ar.
There was a fair atS.ad.aco at the Sherman Honse
this evening, bat owing to the decline In gold in the
'afternoon, the leading grain market was quiet and a
shade easier.
Tfnxxx was doll and >fo lower: 6,000 buNo.lSpring
in store at $1 JO; 13,900 bu No. 7 do (In the afternoon)
at SLIPK; UOO bn do at tiJSH i 16,500 bn do at sUS—
closing firm at sl.lß for No 2 and $1.20 for No. 1.
Coax wu qnlet bnt firm, with satea of 7,000 bn No. 2
New at We,
Oats were modcratively active and a shade firmer
tbanattbe close of ’Change. Sales were: 83,000bu
No. lat 65Kc; 3,G00 bn do at CB]*c; 2,000 do (abort re
ceipt*) st £Bc.
■ Whtbkt waa anil hat without change. Sales 190
brla city at $1.16.
Frxioirr* were a shade firmer. A standard vessel
wasieportedcharteredatTftcfor com to Buffalo.
▼easels Passed Detroit*
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
Dhtboit, May 11, 1364.
Ur.—Prop Forrest Queen, Winslow, Oneida; bark
Pomeroy, Favorite, Champion. Monarch, Kalad Bell;
brig Banner, Monitor : sebr Johnson, Golden Harvest,
Hyaline Stsndrew, Nabot, MeKalr, Sophia Smith.
Cornelia, Cuyahoga, Autocrat, Gray Eagle, Bonnie
Dooo, Wyandotte, Sisters. Denmark, Logan.
D<sww.—Prop Dubuque; bark Champion, Tanner;
brig nosciust sebr W. F. Allan, Queen of the Lakes,
Scott, Nicaragua, Campbell.
The Foreign markets
Per City of Manchester.] [By telegraph.
Irfir-poot, April 27,—Cottqw—Firm and unchang
ed. The sales ot the 77th wore 10.900 bales.
BarxnsTcyra—Quiet,
Pncvisioss—Dull.
Pnooccx—Quite etepsy.
Pni not* cu—Quiet,
Ijtibpooi.. April 2S.—Cottojt—Tbs sales were
IwvOOO hales. Market firm. - ,
LoKPon April 28.—Consols WNOTIH for treuey.
AvnmcAS' Stocks— Nominal. XUmols Central 233‘
13;Er1c60a65,
BATES BY THE NORTH 'AMERICAN.
LtTMPPOon, April JO.-COTTOx-nxd; do aplanda
2TWd To-day the market is very strong.
LoKtow, April 29—Corn slow and doll st Monday's
prices. English wheat advanced 15d. Oats quiet at
Jlont ay's terns.
Losnox drocK Exchasob, April 9.—Consols
elated at S3J*@9IK ‘for money, and on ac
count. ■
LrTBHPoon, April 38.—BnuD8TTfy»s—Flour-Few
tramactiosa. western canal. 9 196 &■, lWW@2os;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, 29*Ad<a2ts6d. Wheat la
moderate demand. Whlteand mlzed»9l(U>fta.93ld
a6ssd;red,S»2dQßa4d. corn lallttlo request. White,
9 4EO Ds.SisftffiaM; mixed, 29a@38s6d; yeQOW,29s.
LoxDox, 9th.
Cossols closed tiH&QIH for money.
COTTOK msrket closed buoyant ak an advance'ot
HA on fair Orients; 23Vd Middling; 37Vd fair Mo
bile ; 2SKdMlddilag; J7tf£iir Uplands; for dam
aged.
Sales to-day ware 13,000 bales, market closing buoy
ant at an advance of Wd; sales to speculators and ex
porters ft.oco bales; 1 stock of cotton in port 863,000
taka, of which bale* are American.
- Breedstuffa firmer. Wheat advanced l®2d.
Provisions quiet and steady.
Petrulenm-quiet andua changed. -
New York Market-Hay 11.
rorrox—i@2c better tSUJSSc for middling uplands:
Bt@S3c for low middling. .. ,_ ..
Fl< ira—State .an? western ICfiJSc better, with
rather more doing :• for extra state; 16.38®
PJO fer extra round hoop Ohio and trade brands,
.market closing rather steadier—no sellers at inside
- "Western .
without decided chance aud ln mod
erate demand—Mile betterj oldwestern* 1.43,
Instore; tt.llafloat. Data dun and lower; «03S*c
lO S“osfar-nraler, cade STK3SSXC I
ooened dull ud
• for prime mesa. La»d
l“j"cIorOMo; So£3ic for It.W. Che«o ,t
larytsoforoew.
Kew York fflsney.atoitttraby U. :
ktoxubo Excha»Q»—Active at fbr gold.
Gou>—Firmer, but. very fhrertah and unsettled,
opening at 75, and closing weak at »* prem.
VmPX*3T»—The ateamer Olympus, for Liverpool,
to day took SIAIV,tSB-la specie.
Govxi«icru’?STocxs—BteadT. 5-2*s, coupons, Xosjf-
Ait (M:'t-90a,O«tdber gad April. UU • ••
steady. O* pilDHs G*CiSJJfi C
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Ncto mibmisnuents.
ATTENTION! HANCOCK
r\ GtTASD. CO. C.—Every member will report at
Camp Fry, Thursday, May tt,at 11 o’clock
for service, or be considered a deserter and treated
aecordtaely. Byorder
nyl»eß7f.lt »CAPT. M, A. T HAISU.
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Chicago. May 9th. 'Btl. i
All officer*. non-coxamlMio'ed officers aud orlvajea
ef this regiment will report at Camp Fry on Thursday
next. 12lh last., fhr duty. By order
[Official.! J. L. HANCOCK, CoL Con.
■>yi9-e;y-Stne*
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Block os Thursday naxt, the 12th lnat.,*»J>:!*»t
P. M~ sharp, prepared to report at CaraoFrr.
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rent p»r hour. Can be seen in operation at Pattlson
4 Belleeg’s, entree of Clare and Monroe street*.
General oul co 155 Claik street, room No. 3. (Box t'o
nylß-eCCB3tLet WARD. LaS'IQN 4 CO.
CAGINAW SALT NOW RE-
O CBiyiNO. Orders for
OLD OR SEW SALT
promptly filled at the lowest market ratesbv'
CAP. fI\WKI.<?,
royl3-e£97-2t-mj.SADet 50 Sooth Water siret t.
Tj'MBROIX)ERT STAMPING
Jji done in the*best manner at G. B. SMITH’S, 2tfl
south Carfcstreet- Mftallc Embroidery an-l Braid
Stamps for sale and made to order. Instracllont far
nDhed with every 83.00 act. “ sells at lo wa* $2.50 par
seV’ Pent free of charge on receipt ot the monav.
P 0.80x3791, Chicago, 1U : myX4eSSs.jt
fTTOMAN AND HER ERA!
f » B»yre.ELIZA W.PiRNfIAM. 2v0H.,12ta0.,
reaiiy SCO pages. Jn«t Issued. Piled, %ZJM% pwtago
SS cents. Address ■
TALISIiSGE A CO.,
Box aaa, Chicago, m.
g>yl3-eSg£-lt
Spectacle Cases,
Tobacco Pouches,
Spectacles,
Tobacco Boxes,
AT CHAS. L. BOGLE & GO'S
Hotion and Toy Bazaar,
SIGN OF THE YANKEE,
175 iUake Street.
apgfregMyaet
\TOTICE —On and after Monday,
J.l 3 fay (be sth Inst., the Richmond House will
cease to be kept upon the European plan, and will be
open for the reception of gnesra at two dollars sod
flhy eents per day. Regular boarders taken on sc
comtnedattne term*. B. W. HTMA.N.
Chicago, May 7th, IS6A. myS-cW-llwet
SMITH’S AMERICAN IKK, -w-r
--ranted
Equal to any other Writing Flald
In nw. sot excepting Arnold's Genuine, can be found
wholesale and retail, at
mylt-eStOlt JQNE3 & SMaLLB, 122 Lake st.
PATENT COMMISSION HOUSE
SNYDER A WALTER. 229 Broa-iway, S. T.
Valrable Patent Rights sold for cash. Consign
meets respectfully solicited. Address Border A WaP
tei, 229 Broadway, N.T. References: “ if a authorize
Snider A Walter to refer to us."—H. -D. Smith, Cneru-
Hal Brass; Jobs MrFTcwao, Imooi ter..'ll Maiden Lane;
John W llmot, So. 3 Bowling Qteen; J. VT. Kirby, Me
tropolltsn Bank. New Tort.
BsylP-eSTS-lta-rn-PAATc ■
A COUNTRY RESIDENCE AND
X3l FA KM FOR S A LE.—A first c'»w new commo
dious Home and Stable, with outbuildings, with lf»
acre'ofground- Will be sold aeoirate If desired. 91
acres ofLand coder cultivation, well fenced, adjacent
. to the Above, will also be eold— situate In the town o:
Maine, 12 miles from Chicago, one mile from Norte,
westrrn Fallrrsd station. *>U be sold ebeao at anv
da*e during ibia month. Inquire of P. LT7D TO, 109
Clarl at/ect. my!2c33 -lw
500 BOXES
CHEAP TUMBLERS,
For p.-le at 122 Clark street. GKO. 0. POP 3.
.a»?i3-t9SB-U »
TS UPTUKES RELIEVED
AT ONCE.
Enclose stamp to N. 11. CLAT, Box 733 Philadelphia
Foe; * nice. Pa. mya-esS’i-Jt
HK. j. b. walkeb, occu.
List AND A CRIST. suceeesfuUv treats all
cmsblfi diseases of ibe Eye and Ear. and performs all
operwtlons connected with this Imnortaut soeclalty.
Office. 117 South Clark afreet, Chicago. Artificial
Kyee,K»rDrums,Sound Conductors, aid other us©,
ml Inventions lor the Deaf and Blind. myt2-oJ3PIt
E locution. —The attention
paid to the art of Composition, and the com-
Roratfre neglect of the sister art of Elocution or Do
very, form a singular anomaly In the system of
modern education. MR. E. C bYDEB mil give In
struction In the above art at his rooms or at the resi
dence of pnplft. For particulars apply at 137 Dear
born street, opposltaPost Office. myl2-egg>gt
'T'O PRINTERS.—One or two good
_L Jobcompositora, wbe are not aembers'~of the
so* called
44 CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION"
Can find a permanent situation at
JONaS A SMALL*3,I33 Lake street.
myl2-e£€9-2tnet •
EYE AND EAR.—Deafness,
Blindness, and all dlieasue of the Rye and Ear,
continue, as for twenty eight years out, to receive tha
especial attention of Dr. UNDERWOOD, Oculist and
Aorlst. 124 Randolph street, Chicago. Operations for
Cross Bye. Cataract, Artificial Pupil, Ac., Ac, skin
fully performed. myß-eGC7-otnet
TIfECHANICS’ BANK, HAR
-I.VJ DlN.—The Stockholders of this Bank and their
associates, having organized o '
Tie Mechanics’ National Bank of Chicago*
Win. on MONDAY NEXT, take the office ia the
Marine Bank Building, lit Lake street, now occupied
by Mr Seammoa as Private Banker, and thereafter
the Mils of Raid Bank will be redeemed at said office
AT PABln the legal carrencyof the country.
Mr. Scammon will continue his Private Banking
Buslzev, as usual, until the proper certificate shall
bo obtained from the’Comniruller of the curreoey.
J. YOUNG SCAMMON. President. *
BEKJ.V. PAQR, Vice President.
C. F W. JUNGK, Cashier.
Chicago, May 12th, 13*4. myC-eSTO-lm
1864.- SPRING TRADa
TUTTLE, HIBBABD &00,
i
mPOBIZBS ASS JOBBESI or
HARDWARE AND TIN PLATE,
. Nails, Glass, Fence Wire,
Jarmlns Tools, «bo^
62 LAKE STREET, .
. Cgr. oT State, Chicago.
SHPtnr tthls, -• aao. jl oxir,
7X.e .. noxiumi
mbS-saMßt TP-TAAi. aet
QJLBERT HUBBARD' & CO
SHIP CIU2IWLEB9
A>-D 8 Air. MAEEBB
• TWDTE3 AM) GOBDAO*;
SCO *507 South Water street, comer of Wells, Chlcaf o.
Blocks aod Otn. -Also,
yet Twine,and er«7 rarlclyofCotton.
IteuAßflßipTwmea; Coal Tar. BuoUng Htch and
reltlnjc.
TESI3, IWSHC3, TIBPACUSS, WiGO*
corns, FUGS, At, It.
■ mlcr-flEr.-B» TnsrAmet
STRONG,
30S Ilandolplt Street.
Manufacturer »*d Dealer la
F U RNITU RE
' ' AND
BEDDING,
Haye la stows large aadtlegat assortment of risk
Ptzlor, ChAiPhf. libntj tad Dining-Boon
; toita.:
Al*Qa“ftae’assoftm«t of medlars and lovprlcad
Tnr4ltor«;*d»pU4t*ths vanta of tho trade.
• »EBoda»lßfca«a, -i . •
TO DENTISTS.vrWabteJ a
jbu»f man D^ttsJj
■SSkffgitSS^^SSSbsSiS^
.IQBaodolpt rtml, CUc*,o* . mjutawoan
Nri flawrtlsmrnU.
ruction SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
IN
EEVASff HALL,
Monday, May 16th, at i P. SI.
The rale will bo to announce it the sale the "Lowest
lain that will be received as the first hid. or corns* to
DS LXS3 THAN TUX TAIT72 Or TUB PEOi’S O IT, BSD LXa#
Tinv Ttr« razes at wxutsz rr ux* na*.* o*r*iuti»s
the property to be In no instance withdraws after thw
first bid. sod no by.bidding allowed. The pnipojo iw
to conduct the safe with the utmost fairness, tbatev
try transaction may bear the closest possible asruSnyw
Tto foUOKii j Is a partial llat;
CHURCH AND LOT—GO feet os sonthwcst corieroC
Jackson and Third avenue.
MICHIGAN AVBNUI House tad Lot sooth oC
Twelfth street.
MICHIGAN’AVKSUB-38.V feet Jest sonlbof Madisc*
street.
WABASH AVENUB and Pearborn Place—l 4 ftek
ftoatlrf on both, north of 3d Presbyterian Church-
WABASH AVKNUB—House ami Lot,4CxXso feet, near
Hubbard Court,
BITER LOT—But £0 feet east ot Clark street
full depth and two fronts.
V ANUTA CTUBTNQ LOT—Is block 90, serraoieft
by Franklin, Marker and T.»lor streets.
CORNER BVBlorwCB LOT-Soa'h and east
cast of and near Or lon Park, SO feet.
WIST WASHINGTON BTBBCT Dalldla* Lot Is
block 53,
PABKAVBNUE—BuiIding Lft JablockSS.
WEST LAKE—"BondingLot (n block 44.
FOB SUBDIVISION—Two choice blocks, five sens
each.
INDIANA AVENUE—Lot., 40 feet, foil depth, Dear
Thirty-tlrst street, minimum limit only Sl3 per fees
GOOD DWELLING and Lot os Eighteenth itrees
near Iralrle avenue.
PRAIRIE AVENUE—Fine Lot near EUbteeUt'etrcet
fating cast.
COTTAGE GROVE-LoU 11, 15. 13, IS, In Meek I:
Lola 13 and i;«, block 3: and Lou 10. 11, 19. 13,1 A
and 15, block 4, all h Ellis’ We»t or First Addition
REUBEN STREET—IS feet northwest cor. Hob bard.
Particulars can b« now ascertained In HI OS. ■.
BRYAN'S Real Kstato Office, and at tfie time of mi*
GILBERT A SAMPSON, AuedeuMn.
nyl2-e?W II
'J’O BANKERS.
THE G-REAT ,
AMERICAN SAFE.
Bankers are respectfully invited to training
a for a few days, the
BEST BANK SAFE;
FIRE A BURGLAR PROOF,
EVER BROUGHT TO CHICAGO,
TtEIGBING FOUR TONS,
. With Outside and Inside Doable Doo«,
BURGLAR PROOF CHEST
Inside, 40 Inches wide, 50 Inches high. 18 Inches deep,
cade extra heavy, two thickn*B*es of hardened steel
and flute of wrought Iren.
COVERTS’ DIAL. LOCK
On Burglar Chest.
YALES’ DSAL IOCS
On Outside Double Doors.
No Keys or Key Hole.
No Banker will buy a safe of any other maco alter
seeing this. We wruld be glad to ahowit to every
banker and every businera man In Chicago. It iw
irmething yorf don't sec every day, and it will par
) ou-to look at It—at the
fiEEAT AMERICAN SAFE AGENCY,
13 Street.
mylS-eSOSU F. W. FRATT.
STOCK OF
STRAW GOODS,
For the Slimmer Trade,
AT VTt TOIiESV-E*
I bare on hand eno ef the FIJJBST BTOOK3 of tho
above goods ercr brought to this market lor olfhar
Bigh.or Lon-Priced Trade.
E. P. L. BROOM,
JOBBER OF
HATS, CAPS,
And Straw Goods,
CO....LAEE STREET.. ..SO
mh2S-b4s>26MA , n7»Timet
CROCKERY,
CHINA, GLASSWARE,
AND
KEROSENE GOODS,
AT LESS THAU EISYTES PRICES.
ifIERCHANiTS
Will Find Our Stock
VESY- COMPLETE.
BOYISH BROTHERS,
Importer* and Jobbers* £1 Lake strait
ap2o-d32VrCXS-TIT3ABAT-liet
8,000 BIJSaELS
Prime White Beans
IN STORE AND FOR SALE BT
SICE BROTHERS,
my?.c555-0t ba Tar net MILWAUKEE, Wig. _
PROFESSOR BOTIN SION’S
CELEBBiIEO
Petroleum Roofing Famish.
The only reliable and enduring article (or covering’
and prrst rvtng from rust or leakage old or new roo£
or vessel bottoms. It also has so superior as an Iroa.
ortln Varnish, especially for all machinery -expose*,
to the weather, such ss reapers, mowers, smokw
stacks, Ac. For sale by LORD A 81QTII, 3S Lake ac—
Chicago. my&c23o“AtTueTgnet
C.M, Henderson & Co,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of -
SOOTS tib BHOXI*.
We have removed to our new and spacious store.
NoSi 4j 6 & 8 LAKE STBEEFi
Opposite the Adams House,
And are prepared to offer to the BP RING TBADB
. Tie lArgert and moit Complete Stock tt
BOOTS AND SHOES
IN THE COUNTRY.
Our warranted Custom Made Work is Tmniniwd
We especially invite the attentlou of large dealMt
who buy only by the package, as we wOJ offer
great Inaucements. We defy rompetlttoa either Beet
or West. mh3-Tmq-TUA»A-met
DAVIS, SAWYER & CO.
WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS
40 and 4 S Lake Street,
H.T. bow W -or*, -JUT arrlrta^
.rrrrlw ««* *“
ormmpf •«* r “ cf 017 GoodM > *■**
CuMdlbr dd, at IkTonble period*
WIM»U«>»>U« tO >«<«»« to M*
Mail ni tk* Ink ItnnUr, nor
InAmecaMßt. MhlatookuA prteo*
Oalcnttimud liait of Wemu
SATIS, SAVrTBB A CO., Cblcaaa.
Our Quo In St. Lonla Is S. C. DAVIS A CO.
BhlS SKI-3W TTJ.WTnet ' ■
TRADE SALES
-of
BOOTS & SHOES
AT WHOLES .OE,
Bverr WEDSKSOAT e« 9X e*® l *- 1 *
•VT, llufl eonmMM onr r«nur
C€STOS-*A® e boots asd snog*
U<eon Mn«« tkaoaon en.
»KK. Orrrr a*o«k U alwan
r> w *~f*S*iaaflM. aat vein la
Most Desirable Goodfl
OF THX SBAfIOP.
SMB, WHAMS * OOH
: AaMaaattii HBaUaMk.
MFVktati