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CHICAGO TXUBUtTE, Ukta TRI-WEEKir AND WEEKLY.' OJOce» Ifo. 51 Clark Street* tV&tfS or THE CEICi-00 TEZBCBS. Bally, delivered m dtr. per week SO tally* to mull nbgcribers. per year. slo.o# fittiiyto mil aabscribers, per 6 months..» £*Oo Jiri-weekly. pec year 4.0# fUtsHA j % etude subscribers (6 mo’e $1.00). I.o# tt 4 copies i ,J*2 10 copies !*••• I B copies, and 1 to g«ter-«p of alnb — ~ If cm is Tli i Inn nl T i fimi hut bn irwit it risk. BT" The remittance for claw most, In all esses, W made at on time. 4d>eei ** CHICAGO TEIBDNK.” Chicago, HL &ljlca§a Cnbnae. 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 *TI«>W*HIIUKiMAPDC»T; Tol 4k Wjptt P. F w * CIOK:l * TH »l; C & S W NT C ink: ErieHOJfjHudson 133 X: Harlem2sß; Sasding. lOK.-k cWhH ft-MU; ig scrip 15W; Erie pa :; - *'■ NUMBER 2 M. 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. TJEADQtTARTERS CHICAGO O CITY GUARD. Fuse 3xo*7 Illinois Votinrra** Mixmi, ? 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* "OLLSWORTH ZOUAVES, Co JJi A, First Regiment HUnaU MUUla—Too • * hereby notified ts bo *t yoar Armory la Block os Thursday naxt, the 12th lnat.,*»J>:!*»t P. M~ sharp, prepared to report at CaraoFrr. J. C. BIQBLOW, Captain. aylAelEP-Staet i fig O TO SIOPER DAY.—Prof. M-r --gjr J rill’s London Washing Compound Is aeknowl* edged to be tbe greatest labor-savlnr article evar sold In tbe United States. It win save to V 5 a year to anytamllf. Give it a trial, and you win use nothing else. $1 worth can be made In ten mmoles, at a cost efis cents, and any person, male or female, c%a clear tstoflO per day by manufacturing selling thia article or leUlng receipts to famllea. Fall Inttruo* tlcas fantlrbed qb receipt of ti, and excloslvo terri tory gives to pasties who desire It. Money cheerfully refunded te ail whe are dissatisfied. Address B. WAYTBLL, Box 4781. Cbleago. myl? e33Mt SPECIAL NOTICE TO ED k5 WARDS LODGE. I. O. G. T.-Thll Lodge will meet ae nraal on next Saturday evening. *t »o doc*, at tbe comer of Bute street and W.H.BWBTT, myl2*e6slU v Traatcea. Terrible excitement, vessels stranded &t Milwaukee and on our coaat, Ly th« late feanul gale. Sailors, come tnErwttt'sere 'you take another tr:p on the lake and get yoar Photo graphs taken. Only SSncrdnzi'B. WM. M. RVU.-tirP, Prourtotor. Rat Nias, Operator. mytt-cjOJ-lt The firm of ball, bur- BANTC 4 CO , Is dl*aolved bv mutual eoeaent. F. Ball having retired from the business. The bull* ness will be continued os u«u »1 at No. I Dole’s Duibl. :ng, under the firm aameof BALL. BURBANK 4 CO. Chicago, MaV Id, I£BA P. H. BALL. P. W. SUKBaHK, GKO. P. COLT, /~IBEAP FUEL.—SeIf-Generiitdng miner otov*. for every dererlottou of cooking, beating flat Irons, Ac., without heating the room and wIU out wood or coal. No dirt, oust or smoko, and • needs no pipe Doing baking, broiling, belling,-and tul that is repaired ot the best Range, at a cost of one 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