The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1863, Page 10

f a ee} *” The following ie a partial list of officers transferred from Vobunteers, in the chest, *""Yeutenant M, Beaken, Oo, C, 8th New Jersey Volun- teors, 19 iS Th dip. »% thigh. ‘Vanja Volunteers, in the face. “*Tieutenant J. M. Durgin, Co, B, 12th *6w Hampshire er » e, Recent Contest—Ometal Report, ‘ers, in the leg. NESDAY, MA¥ 20, 1863—TRIPLE SHEET. 10 HOOKER’S ARMY . fecsiug t» believe our caiswons were hidden behind the house, and ammunition served to the guns from this cover. Tho Eleventh Army Corps, and the Cause of Its Failure to Withstand the Shock of Jackson’s Attack, ‘THB KEBKLS ABWISTED IN MOVING TH WOUMDED. A number of the rebele volunteered to assist in removing our wounded to the vicinity of @ log shanty, about thirty rods to the south of the ruins, Here were some two hundred aud fiity or three hundred wounded men, with only three sur- geons to attend them, and the nearest water a quarter of ‘Aumile distant, 4 WAN? OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND WEY. ‘The rebels had taken possession of all our medical sup- ites left on the field, inclading all the surgical instra- ments, except those carried in the small pocket cases of the surgeons, tly thore was little that could be @one for the sufferers beyond using the best efforts to supply them with water and bandage their wounds; and even for bandages shelter tents had 9 be torn up. ‘) o Le ‘ Dr. Lord’s Experience on the Battle Field of Chancellorsville. Details of the Removal of the Wounded Across the Rappahannock. Dr. Zord is unbounded im bis praise of Chaplain GENERAL HOOKER AND THE PRESS,|,™ yal A gy oly ‘Bampahire ; Volunteers, wi Dehind, and with e ‘untiring zeal performed herculean service in attend- The Sixty-first New York Volunteers tm the | 26 ‘ringing water, while oilers souk own: exhewoted with the fatigue. &, * ae. tne &., Wasnincron, May 19, 1963. Gentlemen returning from day to day from the Rappa- hannock repeat the story that affairs remain unchanged. Nothing is known with certamty as to the plans for the furure. Union Officers Wo led at Chaneellors- ville, “aie gy bom attached was again subject } the rebels having Dianiog their new Jocation of the hospital. wy the late battle fleld near Chancellorsville:— Lieutenant P, Kaler, Co, F, 29th Pennsylvania Volun- teers, wound in the shoulder. Colonel J. H. Potter, 12th New Hampshire Volunteers, tm the log. Lieutenant Colonel G. B. Walker, 14th Péndsylvania F aaael poor were exposed to all the inclemencies of the . was a tearful night. Poor cripples, wit and arms ehattered and their life's blood ebbing out with- out @ blanket to protcct them from th cold, drenching vale. Joe regen, the heroic chaplain, and the lcss serivusly nded, botook themselves to the w..ods and fields in search of gomething to shelter the safforers, A few pieces of touts Ata blonkete were obtained and be- stowed upon the most needy: en og oe GENXRAL LHR’S KINDNESS, ‘The rain continuing on Weinesday morning, application was made to General Loe, whose headquarters were in the jmmediaty yicivity, and that officer furnished a detail of ‘Who hunted the woods and brought ina sufficient nember of shelter tents to make covering for all cag wounded, who by night were under cover, Buch, ag ‘waa. INSANE IS ObTAINED, “AZT ‘The following day was clear tnd warm, and the stench ried dead thd borses, was fearful. Colome! P. H. Jones, 154th New York Volunteers, in the Gpptain G. B. Kaise, Co, ©, 40th New York Volan- \Gaptain GC. Dow, Co, K, New York Volunteers, in the Lieutenant 8. F. McKee, Adjutant, 147th Pennayl- | this aay (Tuureay), five days’ after the qommencement < of the |, Our gutgeons obtained a case. Of instruments Yana 98 enabled to treat the more severe cage. This cx instruments was a curiosity a5 @ spe- ‘eimen of So wn Manufacture, but for practical pur- poses would be considered as useless by the surgeons in our army. From thie time until the following Wednesday (the 13th) &@ routine of hospital practice under difficulties was pursued. REMOVAL OF THE WOUNDED. sanged byt er ea ees tunes for the jugs of af were for re- Total of bar wounded. the United Skater Ford saa se- Volunteers, in the side. va Lieutonant W. W. Weeks, Oo. H, 4$4 Pennsylvania Vol- Ubteors, iu the chest. L? Lioutonant J. F. Thomas, Adjutant 20th Indiana Volun- ‘eer, in the abdomen, ‘Lioutenant R. 8. Loughery, Oo. C, 27th Indiana Volun- wera, in the side. Lieutenant P. Eckel, Co. B, 149th New York Volunteors, been ar- lected as the point of crossing the river with those fm the arm. “ wounded:at Chancellorsville. ‘Two of the large pontoon Lieutenant J. E. White, Co. G, 27th ‘Indiana Volunteers, | boats were placed parallel, and a platform extending over im the wrist. and between the two made the impromptu ferry boat. On this a number of lances Were gent over to bring the wounded from the field. ‘THES PASRAGE OF THE RIVER. Lieutenant W. J. MoGregor, Co. B, 78th New York Vol- unteers, in the foot. Lieutenant W. Hays, Co. C, 84th Pennsylvania Votun- Seors, in the hip. Lieutenant J. 8. Willjams, Co. G, 68d Pennsylvania Vol- teers, in the side. Lieutenant C. Nagler, Co. D, 78th New York Volunteers, fm the hip. ‘Tne Correspondence of Mr. G. W. Hosmer. nourishing ; their wounas re-exami Cane Neax Fasaovrs, May 13,1963. | Tequlte tre haere THE ORDER TO CROWS THE RAPPAUANNOOK ISSUED AND COUNTER- | hulances and sent to the hospitals in the MANDED. Distinctly and certainly—as forcibly as possible, tn fact—the army of the Potomac is not south of the Rap- pahannock river. How the statement that it was could | ” ng ihe cn vie ave been so spread and believed at the North I do not sie keane ene Sea his own Ip Know; but the statemont was talve. Porhiaps it wae given | $ther hoep! me men f verious pptete wae 80 out from Washington that an order for the army to pass } geons who re to look after our wounded. the river once more had been iasued, and it was not given ‘RE VISITED THE SUCENS OP THE CONFLICT out that the order-was countermanded almost immediate. | Bd, found | the, woods, cut te ee ly. Some whispers of such an order and countermand | to ‘s Ford and Germania Milis woods had ‘ere heard in camp. a Lege kareargt bmpews adhe plod who wi WHERE WE RMALLY ARE—THE YERUNG IN THE ARMY. mo arpoyat yes LP diye ton fo cies § Here wo are, dropped nolselessly at random on the bills | ber, if any, was small; but their. sufferings must have and in the valleys, botwoon Fits Hagb’s house on the left | been intense. Se eee burned the fire 4 had communicated the powder in their cartridge and Fitz Hugh’s house on the right—sot exactly in our boxes, and the explosion had terribly mutilated their old camps, but near enough to them to know how | bodies, they smell. Here we are, and the army feels— 21 indi diner inal ioairend this Sixth corps part of itemoch as it another rebels always has felt after battle—te feels ready to fight. It | as anoans found, A‘privase-who wae pinged’ as enate on feels that it has done its duty, amd that if the chance had | the doctors hospital, made his appearance with a pair of been given to the Sixih corps, and the staunch old soldier | gh boote, no doubt taken from one of our feld officers. . ‘The next he came with a old shoes: Upon who commands {t, they alope could have changed the | inquiry, he stated that he sold to his captain for fasueof the nine days. Ab! if this corps—composed of rate cn a a posld Couch’s old division (now Newton’s), Smith’s old division potiocable Khas ererpiew wore (now Howe's), and Brooks’ divinca—if 1t had only been | “tt Be aay, and that the omeers hed then on the next, here the Eleventh 1 If the that role the rebels treated our wounded with . riley bps on i as wan tetaee as their needy circumstances would corps made on Monday had been put in the place of the ‘allow. One of the ‘was that of Dr. Chat Nght that the Elevanth corps did not make on Sunday! | who; by the way, was formerly. in the United States But perhaps it is contraband to indulge in imaginations of Navy, who declared that be once pitied any wounded man, what might have been. Lee ret ate mntniy Cie RaDRaam cam BET BES Yesterday the enemy’s pickets called out to ours, "7am REBEL Loss HEAT. across the river, that we might “send the whole army logs to have been much greater over any time, except the fellows that carried the heights.” They don’t want Sedgwick any more. pallet, and pilinn to the plennn tuiedine bonaos Gein ote WAITING FOR NEWB—TEB PAPERS SUPPRESTED. earth, formidable breastworks. It was not until Ono thing the army misses very much at the present | Gnrths make wal that they became at all eluted, time, and that is—the news. After battles it has always ab hee ‘Sern nab, hitherto indulg= deeply in the natural luxury of reading | ,, C7uLACnON OF THR DERRIA OF THE BATTLE FIKLD. what it had"... ‘This ft cannot do now; for the tatd ia oae be santicash te ones eeciane at. are suppiee vl; tuey are contraband—partichlarly the | Whole’ brigades whore sent out to seareh for and Dritg, in pacer porphyrins agen permitted £0 | old clothes of shelter tents, and everything ole eell them, ey are taken out 6 mail. tl Di A fear that 'the papers will demoralize the army? They | left by our army, even to pleces of cloth rage scarcely know very well that the stuff that demoralization ia made | Marke enough t@ patch a par of pants, | This miscellaneous of is not to be (ound in the Army of the Potomac. arter | colectlon of litele more than rubbish was : days of disaster, with the enemy all aronnd it, two or | Wales ame sent od to the FOOr. of the three regiments of this army will get together, and fight rE yt ane othe Hoe Flo vege rts Vag A as if toy had the world vo back them and had never | Pegivente, have abandoned the log mute which they oocg: known defeat. From thia I except the Eleventh corps—as | Bled for wiunver quarters and sought new cam Ip 1 moan the ald Army of the Potomac. The Eleventh corps | & ' eet Tet 's part of the Army of Virginia—a recent addition to Me | petore the battle of Chancellorevilie an English officer Army of the Potomac—and it appears to be bogus. De- | _icmore the battle of Chanealloraville an English oMesr , foralization t not the trouble then; but tt @ cleariy felt | TEA0 iwe could’ place Btaseenll Jackson hor oo combat hat this last campai 1 e . aon paign wou’t stand criticism. They fear | i, ould be, equal 10 6 ome of ten regiments, to thé GEN. HOOKER AND THE WRITER , oe are ee! 7 of this once foll {nto & corlversasion upon truth in the | Yew of, thelr loss and ama a army. Gen, MoCielian was in command at that time. aga it was on the 25th of June. 1962. That was the first day of the seven days. Gen. Hooker stood in the open space hind the earthwork that Casey had lost in the battle of the -even Pines und near to one of those high square houses known to the rebs. as Barker's. Grover and Sickles were ‘fighting in front, and now and then a shell burst near us. In this scene and under these circumstances Gen, Hooker esked the writer ‘if be oould teil the truth.” The writer answered that he always made the attempt. It was @ ridiculous answer ; for the question had no reference (0 oar volition or ment Ability to shame the devil. It meant, as the General made clear to us further on, © Wi head juarters Jet you write and publich what you believe ’ Headquarters did make a littie fuss now and those times about what was written; but itonly had ce to what the enemy might learn—not whatthe ry and the army might know. Strictures were Dever made upon what was said about a battle after the battle had been fought, aod we pever beard of orders for the arrest of correspondeuts when they said that “ some ove had biundered.’’ MANAGEMENT THEN AND NOW. In this respect we are of opinion that the management of the army one year ago will contrast very ‘avorably with it@ manageinent at the present time. MAJOR WASSETE ALIVE. In my account of the battle of May 8 on the Heights of Fredericksburg | said that Major it, of the 'y° second Pennsylvania Volunteers, was killed, Major Bas- ott is alive and well, Yet the account of his death came rom a man in his regiment who helped to carcy the fold, and was substantiated by another ‘Hranquarrens, ELEvanta Anwy Corrs, ‘The Correspondence of Mr.J. H. Vosburg. May'17, 1863. } crucifixion of somebody, accordance with precedent that the victim in this case should be the Eleventh corps, and not Barabbas, or any other man, 4 RESUME of the transactions of Saturday, in which thie corps was concerned , may not be unacceptable, as Do fair statement of that affair has yet been made, and as the official reports, which will doubtless do justice to all, bave not yet ap Peared,I give the facts as received from competent officers on the apot, who vouch for their correctness, The Eleventh corps was placed on the extreme right of our parallel line. Between its left and the right of the Twelfth corps, its nearest Support, Was & space of about a mile and a half, Some may it was intended by General Hooker that the Eleventh should form a crotchet on the right flank of the army, aod that through & misconception Of orders it was placed as Above stated. man w ‘taken the Major's money (tom nls pocket to The enemy dit not advance usin as he should send it to his family. have done, but J x brody son wean the ‘ater mao the Major had given bis money ve- | neravre, auddanly appeared, in oblique order, with loss ‘ore bo went into ackion; but how the first man's iiigsion | Sorumue. the’ Eleventn corps in flank and ortaluty the sajee had @ fale right to be shot. As the | Teh © nexprotediy were they assailed that many of regiment moved torward to the charge be selzed the eo- | Cur men wore i back while sitting on their knapeacks, Surprised in this manner by ap overwhelm. ing force and a murderous volley, the ‘nrat and third divle sions, broke and fed, as almost any troops would have dove in like circumstances. No destiny appeared on the scene to shape theee miserably rough ‘THE DIVISION OF GENRRAL eTROTWERR bad been divided, and only the brigade of Coionel Rasch. er bock was wrth the main body of the corps. This brigade The Correspondence of Mr. A. B. Talcott. | heida position somewhat tm reserve, itrd fronting ducks Faumovrit, May 16, 1863. son’s advance, Hence it was pot Like the rest; tors (rom the olor bearer and rushed forward with them with so {or that {0 @ few seoonds he was some distance io ac of the foremost of his men, and so d out very conspicuonsly, colors tf hand, ‘to be the of every dangerous shot, Tho weather is very bot DR, M. 1. LORD, the men ee ng — oD? fought ‘ , " tow York V joriously. The brigade lost twenty-cight ity-two of the One Hundred and Fortieth New York Volunteers | Siren ig one third of the calisted men. they inve one of the surgeons who remained on the field with our | the honor of having given Stonewall Jackson his death retorned to camp yesterday, after & most | wound. ee of nearly two weeks. The doctor ellor House at the time of the shelling of that mansion Tih WOUNDED REMOVED FROM CHANCRELOR Hoven. seisted in bringing Oot the last man, and denies the GRAND TACTICS. ‘Were it safe to dose | might give the opinions of eda. cated officers, based upon fret princivies of the art of war, upon the impropriety of always waiting to be attack. ed, not knowing where or in what order the assaulte wil) come, with army corpa so separated sailed individually jn turn, Such Opinions may be sha a in the army; but to them a ve a izing effect upon the publio—eapecially the fomaies—at home. J " romor thatany of OW wounded wero burned in the building. AS he was bearing out a man while the boild ing wos in flames, a rebel ball penetrated it and took off THe wouxDED both the legs of his pationt end the hand of @ man who We’ tae partons toon: te pny Fk ah Rema ! They say they were was ssistiog in bis removal. The wounded were car | trgaied by the robela in whose haoite they wares but er, ried a short distance from the bailding, and made as | cumatanoes did cotadmit of mach aid being rendered comfortable in the oof the trooe As citournstances | them. They think thiat the rebel loae was treble our owe, and eay that on the feld about Chancellors ile rebel wounded to one of ours, Monel Jones, ol the One Hendrot and Fif.y fourth Now York, wounved and wken vrisone arrived bere 1a allow The revels cane we RenALs PILED AT Tie MOMPrTAT. p while the puiiaing was sti turn NEW YORK HERALD, WELT ‘mg, and excused their firing upon the hospital by pro- | shis mornivg. He makes the fottowing statements con- | corning AFFAIRS ACKOSS THE RIVER nded on Saturday evening by men of sonal Baschbeck's co Ho desired. to toad his men into action the next day; bet Geueral Lee insisted Colonel Buschbock's command. upon relieving him from his command. 5 po he was given to General Stuart, who was execrated by t! | ith which he led them against men for the recklessness w one sina was safely across the river. ‘olonel Jones thit Lee was | artillery. General Lee first hear movement when oversining An Alabama colonel told Breadstuis (igh and Kebe “Graphic” Description of ‘I General, &e. ‘The following intercepted rebel correspondence hast! fallen into our hands, and we give it for the benefit of the public:— Forces, dic., dic. ‘The command INTERESTING FROM TENNUSSFE. Position and Movements ef the Rebel | Muryaunsporo, Tenn., May 18, 1863. ‘The situation here is unchanged. The extension of the rebel lett to Williamsport has not weakened the heavy infantry foree in our immediate front. The shree corps much Of Geuverals Polk, Hardee and Breckinridge, are at Guy's that pre ee poet: ip ia ° evens poen ores ew from Little Rock, | Gap, Wartrace and Hoover Gap, respectively. General Colonel Jones overbeard General Lee, in qnversation ’ ¥ 0, 1868, taken from the original spél- | Polk's corps congista of Generals Withers’ and Cheatham’s The abitty of Pavel og Be nigh ‘carliment to state naaat inform you that this Country ts m a frightfuu | divisions; General Hardee's of Generals Claburn and ‘The rebels have buried seventeen Drondialt seachee es eh Fighting every Day with | MoCowan’s; and General Breckinridge’s of his own old Bundred and forty dead from the recent batt! ‘of course, many of ours. They claim to have taken eight thousand five hundved prisoners beexies the The Sixty-Gret New York Volunteers im the Battle of Chaneellorsville. on both ekles there tm this state particularly one at the confederates had a Forth biit there and General Curchil) was in command the Federals sent oer oe Boats up the find nh span Hird Pouas goaall the Fort Genera) Thomas ‘Catch! all the lin that in it it ie almosi ee eae oe 1a Dessribe the Onndition of the 4 uand theee ), including , weentes, under command-of J. Patton Andersen. 4ivision under Hardeo, Helm’s, and the reinforcements lately received, forming another division, said to be General Wheeler’s rebel cavalry were at MeMimvilic on the 13th inst. Colonel Wilder’s scouts captured eight monet of his body guard yesterday, and OFFICIAL HEPoRT, ti they y have past Se Ppreillg 2 Red ver any See them showing Whecler’s nia Picopces mal ~ Ruapquasems, Sarr _— mas 3. You } Are coiaring Nery Mowe nh in | General Morgan has had a quarrel with Wheeler, and was To Captain @. H. Gaupwand, Assistant Adjutat General, Caldwoll’s Brigade:— Carraim—I have the honor of transmittin; to you the part this regiment took om the day of th« lst inst., until eleven o’clock P. M. the same day, dered to take command of the regiment, Colone)N. A. Mites Deing detailed as general officer of the day and 2 command Of the line of pickets in front of the division, The regi- ment was then drawn up in line of battle with the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Peovaylvania Volunteers on ite right, and the Twenty-seconi Massacnu- setts Volunteors on ite left. While here it bai been ex- Posed in the fore part of the evening to a short but sharp fire of the enemy. A little before daylight on the 241 Yecetved orders of Generar Caldwell to march my regi-.| | ment out by the left flank from tive position -it had occu pied in the woods during the night, 1 was followed by the One Bundred’ and Forty-eighth regiment Penn. sylvania Volunteers. Aftor leaving the woods we marcbed down foad and ‘0 thé rear about two hundred yards, and a new position was given us by Lieat, D. K. Grose, sid-de-camp to seneral Gals: well a6 ti Paks aR ia a ERO lel to the one battle about Four months it was Vought near Mouatains in the Ni part of this Missouri Paul wag taken er ahey Kope hin | eomniand, feeks and then ent hima Baek ts le Comune again if when I was or. he crossed on Friday, but it is not credited, tm the woods, oommand. the department, | under arrest, but bas been taken from under Wheeler’s The prisoners taken by Colonel Wilder say General Morgan has moved toward Kentueky, proposing to cross ‘he Cumberland above Carthage. There isa report that Goneral Wood returns to the coniand of his old divi sion, inatead of retaining the command of Nashville, his old troops protesting against his retirement from active ‘The Mobilo Register of tho 15th inst. says General Buck- ner hasbeen assigned to the command of East Tennessee, vice Davis. There is also a story in circulation that he ies Vodurais’ Deo trou hag been attempting to cross the Cumberland fork, tho one de 6 th ier ho peg tte It is presumed that forces have been lately thrown into threw But did not succeed the Water would not work. East Temneeace, as General Buckner’s rank throws him {too tty gave up pode OLY | netiggos into command of a division and presumes the retirement there is noth ,Of Davis, There was only the Seventh Georgia brigade in TC udOcony, Nasuvitts, Tenn, May 19, 1863, All is quiet on the front, The river is still falling. Our Franklin Correspéndence. you that thie Coun- had I ied, Here we threw. try is in Condition Since you left Here by this ~ Huapquanrsss, ‘Granger's ColuM,” Dreastworke all aay aieng on tront. "in the afternoon | Cruel War which isgoing oo it Byer you Retura which t | - -. BRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 1863.” theicketa tn our front were raddealy and viene pet ie Deanne fed rds ro Risinors of Operations against Franklin and Brentwood— wacked yey’ int your juaintance bagged a maine ia fhe ‘skill and tact of our | BUmbers kilied and more Died by exposure than in apy | Gonerals Kewcrans and Granger Prepared for the 1) N: A. Miles, who wag in command of said pick- | Battle that has yet been fought Byrnes ig Dead he | Enemy—Splendid Condition of Our Forces, dic. ots fp ile a 1 8 G01 Oo | a ee eae ncnths ago J.B. Jonson Is |’ The war in Tennessee on the part of the rebels is one g artillery, but without ay ‘damage 1 oe nee rail aaa om the Rail Road ot Virginia Of the quietest, most gentlemanly wars ever waged just ber. About al: o'clock P. ‘M. 1 was requested by Col Fegsing overs is Broke and was to Death | now. ‘The Southern confederacy is mo doubt greatly Miles to throw out a line of plekets from my case call’ aS LG he ames | incensed at General Rosecrans‘<beoauso be bas sproad = : Pe coe ee tae ton ae the | row. all over tho Land All the Business Houses | himselt over #0 much ground in their lovely State of Ten- line. I. sent two companies dut, under the com. | 10 Little Rock is closed all other Houses taken for Hosp} | nesseo; but their pique does not lead them to acts of vio- mand o P. C, Bain, ‘The’ whole dotechment | {#18 and Commissary Stores Even the Churches is‘aken | tence, Figuratively spoaking, they ‘ spit upon the bur consisted of six commissioned officers and forty-three | for Hospitals all ee Hee a the Cnniey rowing old.dog,” but do not attempt to disturb him b; enlisted men. This force remained out until noon of the | War they are eighteen Volunteers or ripted they are 4 y following day, when most of it rejofed the regiment | all gone from 18 t0 40 you may well no the copdition.of:| kicks. Several days ago # statement was made, and be- after ‘back. No orders or the country Monks fromm Texas wae Killed in duly lam (be | lieved, that the rebel army had advanced to within nine Te eae es etc id tits connection | w ® reat Battle about to be Fouxtt at Vicksburgh if the | miles of Murfreesboro, and were preparing to fail upon with the right of tbe icket line being suddenty lost, they | Confederates is defeated there the War will come near to | the Army of the Cumberland alll along its front. General did not move until they found that the enemy was in | ® clove They are sick of be OP Rosecrans at once conceived their plan of operations to be thelr rear, Ca the bln PP galt aged ye yd ae ainst his right—i. ¢., Franklin and Brentwood—judgio which the regiment bad previously been lying. In | Ever Saw it is s War of Extermination and Robbery | 94 le Gy 1s their way ous of the woods ni men oe the South shere ie not a plantation on | that their high regard for him personaly would not per- and one commissioned officor—Seeond Ldeutanant Buck- Micsipey River that is pot ort Desolate | mitthem to kiek against the bristling pricks of Murfrees- irre gau_ bab, Wk, eure F2a® | Sey ‘nave engi cans bartea | bre. The obs were ofl Murrnbore rough, whi Gon ‘bas merited, touch oredli aa Doing the principal | Houses Destroyed bp harragay a 3h bag try 4a their chief exertions were to be directed to the capture of ‘one in saving this force, together with. six companies of | azé desolated in like manner After the bi atd Aene - | Franklin and Brentwood in quick succession, afterwarits the One Hundred and Kighty-eignth regiment Ponnsylva. | leans By an Order from General Beauregard cotton | the investmentof Nashville, Van Dornand Wheeler, wich nis Volunteors, who had also been out on picket, by en the Mississippi and Tributaries was Burned to Keep twenty-five or thirty men, were assigned sdroltly conduntiog them out frien off the énecny, whe ie From Failing into the Hands of the Federale it wae | 10 this work. General Grangor has ‘been cooly wait Renta regs: Of tse puso pt round | oro wore gna aie, rsed te Ltt Hock | Sy"uy Sp" wat" aa ae" a of 1 ants. 10 got . s by tbe enemy's artillery. On the moraing of the 84 our | tbey say the Fodarals will come to Listio Rovk yet thelr | Southern . We do not hear that Van Dorn Gua. ‘The: has been reinforced tor undertaking his work, and con. shooter clude that the storm bas blown over. Meanwhile, com- ting each new fort and big gun as a reinforcement of a ceived orders ‘thousand meu, old Army of has been ip- creased in fourfold within a couple of weeks. 1 and do pot consider this contraband news. if the enemy do halted net know as much already, they ought ‘States Kngineers, has beautifully im- formed * studing each little carbuncle on the face of unteers: beresbouts with a perfect little jewel of a fort. The woods it rebels respect such things. Hence the war on their part we bof gh is pethmpipeee zt , a8 T wrote above; in fact, car. a reserve. a atep. 7 Recently dated ommeeae @ system of before our centre. raids by an atair at McMinnville. Granger foi- tho ett aa towards the "Taaae tix caey tamed to ar cavalry. "Van Dora's the teft eur enemy was res . Van a to outflank us on the Generel Cajawell ordered TOA, -«-evareeeees TATA «Totes 0 eseeeeee horsemen have been ais tee plan ot sleeping the line ¢o fail back about twelve yards, moving it at the | The above race has been for some time past an affair of | with one eye open and the other on boots and saddle is a same time a little further to the right. Soon the | great interest among the admirers.of trotting horses, and plan; and they act sie wis His mounted pickets 7 pan ie) ie fcusmy, | Whenever and wherever a fow‘‘sparte’” met speculation thelr ‘outpost, Slatin ana ieee an igs dh eed pg a ae merry ent Ss aaeggimanccsmiie about two hours’ we ty dollars sold in atthe Fashion - by the right flank until we reached the opening whére lbs agian mga armas the trot, besides. large ‘The unlucky Colonel Brooks, of the Texas Legion, who our batteries were planted. Here we formed into line, ” was pounced upea by one Colonel Watkins last week, has parr ga eral the woods, one of pris. haley agabasaurs leraadhagra leer peed erg Wadi tho Aa ees ee which we ontered. were | ting men most do congregate the horse General | dismissed the rebel service—oven worse Toarched, with the fest of the brignde.uotess. tse. opens Motiotian did not comes Us the post, all The poot bets were | iis bim—all because he was too slow on his fet. ing to the woods on the left of the White House, a Wao Dorn te-cennvonsiy yor paziows to ores armed con- ind ‘under Antes oeeaceorks oocanlonally ‘etied ‘vy sslncmatens iss thar aead prt a fr Is Dah agen em Hy gg Pa mh ea and rained carly were '. » hehe ” without any damage to. us, shane ig taeee abe goatee, un pare - ine mgogpa Spring Bill, where they were two weeks ago, orfiers to fall back. "Crossed the Rappabannock, with the | to the best of their judgment on the two horses thet were | ‘Things go ou swimmingly with Gen, Granger's army. Festof the Second corps, at United States Ford, and ar- | sure to contend for the purse. In theearly part of the | The closest inspection cannot discover anything wrong in the snot May. ‘During the engagement on the 2d our | 4¥,and ja fact ontil the horses on the track. | Paci of he command, ban ween compliowestod ‘by ‘high ‘the 6th ‘. our . lame wan two killed and thirtees wounded, all calistes | F°aik Temple bad the call ia the betting—one Suthority as having the healthiest sry, the best polled mT would especially recommend, for their excellent, brave the healthy men are conduct and good soldierly. qualities, Captain Willard ‘Commission, Keech and Captain T. G. Morrison. in bebalf Lieutenant F. W. Grannis, Fos phon deserves much and deli- praise for the energy, bravery usefulness he every- veral di- where and on alloccasions manifested. regiments larger ‘The rank and file of my command have maintained which are faithfully their well earned and well known reputation, arrival of always doing, aud always ready to do, their duty tothe recruits ont Jest. paid ‘We all—officers and men—feel the loss and de; deeply fons: arms, the sad fate of our beloved and highly esteemed Colonel, N. means of one: ey Dar nog pth @ formes foe oy dod pson, Acting Inspector General, and an exacting returned to us again, and to usefulness the service of So r has & TO THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Your issue of this morning, in detailing the proceed- ing® of the Vallandigham meeting of last night, has done me unintentionally an injury. No threat Anpanaina. tion to the President was conveyed, directly or ind}. rectly, in my address to my fellow citizens, No profane language was uttered by me. Teaid that Patrick Renry, the great Virginian ora tor of the Revolution—the citizen to whom the Union is indebted for her late proud position among the patiens of Mar 19, 1868. - —atenentts | Boston Weekly Bank Statement, j Beeron, May 19, 1868. Capital stock ° Leana and discounts 3 Due from other banks Due to: ther banks... Depoe iis Circulation Very respectfully, your obedient servant, K. 0. BROADY, Lieut. Colonel Commanding 61st New York Vols. Charles H. Grant was yesterday brought before the King’s county Court of Sessions for sentence, having pre- viously pleaded guilty to burglary in the first degree in baving feloniously entered the house of Mr. Fox, in Second place, in the night time, and stealing therefrom EDMON BLANKMAN. ust propebty sever bd 6 eape- Nothing daunted, the Atkanons shore, to sible, He ordered 4 fui ca—Chairnan range. | ‘Thi , Mame. B. A. Gould, Cambridge, Mase, Natural History—Chairman. Ff. Sifimao, New son, Secrgtary, J.8. Newberry, tin, Repre Counehi—Admiral C. He Tavis, Fomie a, it Jobn Xercey. Prof. J.J Lecter qoat Cricket, with infor tuo way lyme ab the tr wis poing en , Beige Green eile formed his crew he would run be A gy Ae supposed to | tonian, a strain of v atl is s rior for speed and endurance, both iu the racer and the ber Rabanne lah fae syaraly ea ae trotter, was in admirable conditien for the race principally composed, will never di ‘the States they vestenday, tie pwe salle. sree, WAR Morrison Inst | Forrevent. They aro well oiflcered, too. Two of our yoek putting bim in the right abape for the present one. | divisions are commanded by ier Generals Absalom There was a attendance te witness the race, and the | paird and C. C. Gilbert, reg ‘soldiers of excellent track was in most excellent order for s fast (rot. ability. Other divisions and brigades are under command pbihe pn yng Dh gay of officers who have had either military education, or ‘A good start was effected, and the horses were 6 opportunity to learn the art of war by practice. ‘The side for an eighth of a mile. Frank Temple then went ia | Cavalry divimon of General Green Clay Senith bas proved Sront apd led 10 the quarter pole itself capable of performing big deeds by dash and dar- and haif seconds, and was alittle further ing. A fow days ago General ith learned that he was he passed the bait mile pole tat: ‘aironety vaed of" for Congress In, the Covington, Ky., the Cirep-auarser pole, district.” He bas since gone home on siok leave, leaving Miele hotee a thes potas, and the cavalry in of Cojoael A. F. Campbell, of he score in 2:34. Frank then opened toad RS eS ee himeotf in ‘5 Miarinpp| cameeign. lOve division tho Decketretch. Chass of General Granger's army, that General agua St. Freaky. mee Crook, is at Carthage, Tenn. and 8 portioe of hia cavaley the three-quarter pole. at Brentwood, ing Brigadier J.D. Morgan, Remesretch lapped, and who commands there. aR. a hy lige OE While tho Southern newspapers—one or two of the eae hae ope eed in front, whieh be beld | most violent presses—revile (eneral Granger as am ‘in past the score, making the second mile in 235. Going ,| carnate fiend who sways his iren sceptre, and rides rough- into the third mile, Shark broke he By fell off con: | shod over a down troddenpeople,’’ and #0 on, the General siderably, and the impression was it was all over vigorously at work: and I doubt whether his popu- with him, and any amount of odds were offered for the ‘wanes at all with the decent people of Franklin. moment on Frank. ee een Haack Rebels, of course, gain no favors, but citizens have only again, and Frang was taken in hand. After Shark to convince him that they love the old ‘and the old Cre, cr ean teed resumed hia trot, | order of things to isure for themselves life, liberty and closed up vory rapidly on Frank, and before the latter | the pursuit of happinoss (within our lines). Quite a num- wad reached th Unree-qcartar pole wa again at Bis whee, ber of obnoxious rebel families have beon sent south to a Eanes tae ee thelr frieeds; but nobody has been hung, shot or other- came on the close together, and the wise physically. Soldiers are not permitted to became very exciting, ‘ntil about half way up, w ‘Tavish, and property which is not needed in Hib splints s shyt Teed pis m wirba~ 5 The Service in tefl untouched, ‘The 1 interest is and home a winner of the heat, the looking up, and many fine plantations in this the best mile fo 2:354¢, and the hoat ia 7:47. Agrioufarel county of the State are being worked almost ‘ 008. hundred 10 \wenty five was now | ax'vigorously as they were botore the war. Williamson be an ead ype ney ij Aupeared | coanty is recovering from the blight of rebellion, and I pa eee 7 : ink & reapee will be permitted. oven mart; bot Shark oroke op on the tara, wt Frank yh a cemgenee tet VA Be coneaee pole atone tates lenarae y-cight | Oar Memphis, Tean., Cor . Si*Ei paws, floes nites see see foe Meera Ma 5,9. mile a 5 E ‘Shark Me Frank's i. ‘Their positions were un. | The Enemy Again at Greenville, Mis.—A Battery Pro- oat. wel up 9 Ae | tected ty a Force of Infantry and Cavatry tm Povition ; there—Navigation Dangerous—The Steamboat Era Fired ile pole the struggle fetce, and an effort | Ne y Deni | Was ade by the driver of Shark forthe lead. This oar. | fnlo—Ie Struck Right Dimes—nirapidity of her Captain, ried them both off their feet, and after a brief run one. T. B. Jownson—He Saves the Boat—The Minnesota Tomectretch tne ite borwe was urged desperately. the | Burned, de. hope of overtaking Shark; but it was evident as he passed ‘The withdrawal of General Steel's force from Green- the stand that bis chances were gone. Time of the second | yiijo, Mias., has invited the enemy once more to oo. hit eat one opponsat. ak every sirida, they wets | cupy that position, in offier to cut off communication forty yarde apart, when Mace took Shark in hand, and io | with our army aear and below Vicksburg. Thoir first at. tn ca cme assay tt sate Tine | Soya wa wen tb seaman rue Mr he % Mhore will be & trot ibis afternoon at the above course , having, left Milliken’s Bend the day before. fora stake, which closed with four entries, and | The first of her difficulties was shot fired acrors her & good race is anticipated. The contost will be mnie heats, | yow when about one mile and «half below the town. dest three in five, in harness, drivers to weigh 165 pounds. j y the cerhie ber of men moving on the shore, and, by means of a marine giass, Nanonat AcabeMy op Scravces.—The first meeting of | toad eat be Taba tote and or Go this association was held on the 22d of April, in the | ry was out of view, an: ni until the of the University of New York. It will be remem thot waa fred to Briog the boat to Pyne y towards the Got as far ontot range as "head “of tour, and "in. to effect organization bave been an eighteen pounder, from ite roar. io all “Wr. made a apeech in explanation of the thirteen shots were fired, eight of which hit ber, without tages $0 be gal American ' material damage, except the tearing aws vf oer of this character, joo cabin. None of the shots struck below ‘lor deck. after Mr. Wilson's During ‘he en time of her being under fire, which was President, Alexander about a quarter of an hows, Captain Johnson stood apon Vice President. the upper deck giving orders with all the cootness of a Sorerer ‘loot *aarte cre "ny thet first position, the enemy moved laying ram their 5 s taserphi nornce the omen jarios atiother, bringing the time, as before, the boat or a aud#t time Gnder a tary fire, ngof the rebet fire a small boat was » of what overal rview fiw Crwiot imracdiately com: to the aid of the Era, and after a brief fire drove the reels Several other geinboats soon appeared; this was su imducement for the rebels to leave. The Minnesota is reported this morning burned ee, rebejs at the same . Nothing contrming mest has been reseed, One ‘The country in the vicinity of Greenville is admirab! | adapted to the purpose for which the enemy occupies | The river here makes a vend, which enables artillery | take two positions—the second by outing across tl Cowstry before a boat can make the satue distance river, In addition , the equntry is level. aifording artill an excellent opportunity to sweep the river. Under Circumstances i¢ would be advisable to have a permaner force stationed here. It is really the only eligibie tion from which to distarb communication between and below that remains unpossessed by our troops. The Killing of the Rebel General Va: Dorn, DB. PETERS’ STASEMENT. [From the Nashville Dispatcn, May 13.) ‘The reported killing of Genera! Van Doru by Dr. Pet bas been confirmed. It oceurred in his quarters at Spr! Hill, on the morning of the 7th inst. Dr. Peters he: ai rived in this city, and from him we learn that the of the diificulty which resulted in the death of Van Lor was an interview held thirty hours previous to the kil} ing, in which the latter agreed, on his honor, to give D Peters a written statement the next day setting fort four distinct facts. Dr Pevers said wo him that upon #) fulfilment of tnis promise he would spare his life to h wife and children, altnough Van Doron had said cared nothing for his own wile, The next da} Dr. Peters was sick, and did not call on Van Dor} until the second day (Thursdsy morning, abo eight), when he demansed of Van Dorn x complaac| with his promise, which he seemed not inclined to d Dr. Peters then said that he would give bi huif an in which to comply, and distinctiy nvti‘ed him that, ij ease of failure, his life shoud be the forfeit. He t waiked up into the village. Gn o/s return, Van Dorn r the had written. The tirss clause fully © plied with his promise, the second wus an entire mit Fepresentation, and the other tro seknowledy mente hi relused to make. Dr. Peters then uaced him ior bi bad faith, when Van Dorn cursed fom fora “coward! dog,”” and ordered him to leave the room, or he v-oul kick him out. Dr. Peters then drew hig pratol and tire the ball taking effect in the left side of the head, and pr. ducivg instant death, 2 Dr. Peters picked up the statement Van Gorn had pr , and has preserved it as circumstantial evi Preceding events, and, mounting hts huree, rodo Avoiding the pickets at Hurt’s, he crossed Duck river an arrived at Shelbyville, when he ‘earne? that Gene Polk, to whom he had i:teuded surrendering ised an order for his arrest. for Winchester, disguised, and Gallatin. arrived at this place x 5 Dr. Voters says it is not true that he detected Van Dor: in @criminal act with bis wife, He refuses to reveal tl history of the thirty hours previous to the trigedv, a will only do go in a court of justice, in justification of course he felt it his duty to pursue, Dr. Peters was tora number of years ‘a distin; Practitioner of medicine in Wost Tennersee, and was member of the Senato of this State one or two seaRins. ‘His present residence is in Mississippi, where be is regard. ed ag a wealthy planter. THE RETURNING REGIMENTS. The Seventeenth Regiment N, ¥. 8. V. Their Reception To-day, d&c. Part of the Seventeenth regiment New York Stat Volunteers arrived in this city last evening, all of whom. however, were invalided and sent to the Soldiers’ Hom in Howard street. The remaining portion of the regi ment, which is under the command of a brave oflleer, Lieutenant Colonel N. B, Bartram, pri bably arrived ab] an early hour this morning. The regiment is two bun: anized and taken to the seat n yghth and Seventy first regiment ‘the returning soldiers, and the! Common Council will entertain the regiment by a ban- quet in the evening. The following orders have been is-; sued by Major General Sanford and Colonel Varian, of the Eighth regiment, in relation to their reception:— N will form ‘at two o’clock P. M. after two years’ service, and mandant Resol iments returned from the fleld be invited to jow us at boar. Col. T. P. Mott will take command of the eseort so PROGRAMME OF ARRANGEMENTS POR THE RECEP- TION OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT N. Y. 8. V., COMMANDED BY COLONEL H. 8. LANSING, BY THB MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JOINT OUM- MITTEE ON NATIONAL AFPAIRS, ON THEIR RETURN TO THIS CITY PROM THE Wai. The regiment will be reviewed by the Mayor and Com- mon Council fa front of the City Hal! at four o'clock P. M., on Wednesday, the 20th inst. After the review the pro- chester Light infantry. Captain Savon ; oflieers of the United States Army now in the city; voluuteer oifcers now in the United States service; officers of the Firs olunteers, under command «f Colovel F Lansing, headed by the Seventh regiment band: t members of the Common Council im barouches; citiae generally. All those wishing to participate in the reception wild address or report to Colonel Henry F. Liebenau, Marshal, 491 Broadway. The line will form in Broadway, the right resting on Barciay street, at half past two o'clock I’. M.: eater the at the cast gate, and be reviewe! by the Mayor and Council; pass out of the west gate up Rroadway to Madison square; around the square to and through Twenty sixth street to Fifth avenue; down Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street; down Fourteenth street vw Br: way, and down Broadway to the lark Barracks, whe they will be dismissed. of * public buildings = Proprietors of hotels public places, masters of ship" ing in the harbor, and citizens oe. are requested to display y. The Mayor corporate authorities of the city will tertain the Seventeenth regiment at a banquet at irk Barracks in the evening. whole under command of Colonel Henry F. Lie- , of the if Light infantry. By order of Committee on National Affairs of the Common Council. Alderman FARLEY, Alderman MITV HELL, Alderman HENRY, Alderman OTTIWELL, Committee on National Affairs of Board of Aldermen. Councilman JOYCR, Counciiman WERSTER. Counei!man MCCONNELL, Councilman BRANDON, Councilman HAVILAND, Committee on National Affairs of Board of Coiné !men. Captain Alfred Spann. who has just completed a « company of cighty.two men, raised in thie city for (oF &. H Mix'’s new cavairy regiment, sailed with the Iw detachment of his men yesterday in the steamer Emilie, Newbern, North Carolina Arrivals a: Departures. ARRIVALS. Lavenroot—Steamship City of New York—Tho and lady. oon J Peal and indy, Mies Far! H kins, Miss & Tompkins, Miss Houston, Me Gapt Cushing, Indy and two children; Maser Wy Mee Vinten, ‘Mien, Miss Branigan, Mre on, F Olcott, Mr Thur laste S'Livealey: Rev Mt Oregana, Capt Montgomery, «it Bead’ Cape Gr Roberta Me Edmiston. Td enh. C i Bowen, Wonton W Kenny. 3 Biche, G omipecr, rae, L Rordvid, WB Neharts A Artin a ‘ ; oO Buon, W Parks, F Beare, 1 Baroux, W Master, Ind). in fant and nuene, SHIPPING NEWS. AS e caper), Atwell, Ateamship Geo Peabody (U8 transport). Atwell. New Or. feat 14th, with asengers and 2 | Moana, May 10. 78 eT atantey, fchan ge fh ‘ers from | steerage re, Maisiant (ru "i Texas) and 40 streretoke brig Joseph Maxwell, ‘rom: ey Chase, London, 31 days, in Dallas to Ni ini Fegnmtoy Cham London 3 dain, tall, Xp - ‘quantities of field ice and lceberge, wae two dave fa Tritt toe; naw four ships entangled ia ice, but could not who were, Lant, Buenos Ayres, & With hides, lal PaGD Laat. The ship Thos Rave, of Boe. Brig J lasses, (Br, of Sunderland), Embieton, 8t Thomas, i¢ indward, Henry, New Orleans, 14 days, with mo- oo Sr Tuomas, Ma fn por = The bra we oi Ports. ‘UB steamers Wadhuchet. tnd ww, Shaw, sailed same day for m Ports. ‘bate Amerte e i4— in port UB | ia; U8 soop-of wat ita, New. Handy, com, ty nboa. Saganore, Begiish, commaniing US rae Eienit, Randall, com ing; US gunboat Fox, {iieton, commanding; ship Mallory, for Yorn, taling fn cotton, ae SEE PTH PAGR