The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1864, Page 12

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JWNow ‘York, Friday, May 13. 186%, St THE SITUATION. ‘The pews from the armies to-day is most hopefuland ‘vecouraging. General Grans bas got bis forees into eueh © position after seven days’ fighting as must reader wicMry mot only -cortain but speedy. General Lee's” army is depressed, #0. barassed for want of supplies, and 0. out off from ite oom- ‘munications ta every direction, that it cennot hold out ‘much longer against the combination of diMcultics which @urround it, Itavas reported that Lee sent a flag of truce to General @ramt on Wednesday moriing, as our line ‘Was advancing, asking for a cessation of hostilities for forty-eight hours te bury the dead. Grant is reported. to have answered promptly that he had no time to bury his.own dead, and that Be most advance, which, " appexrs, be did with some effect. General Burnside drove iu General Hill’s corps. The colored troops in re- werve, were called into action and fought desperately. yring the baitie of yesterday a brilliant operation was performed by the Second army corps, about four o’clock ta (hg afternoon, Major General Hancock captured an @atire rebel division, including its commander, General Ed. Jobneon and Brigsdier Generals Geo Stuart Tne division consisted of between nd three thousand men and two battesies of six — ech. The darkness and storm favored the attack General Hanoock, and he took the enemy by surprise. Asevere battle was then going on. General Sheridan announced to General Meade—w ho lesued the despatch to the troops amid much enthusi- asm—tbat he had turned the enemy’s right, and got into ‘their rear with bis cavalry. He cut from eight to ten miles of the Orange Railroad. Great consternation ‘Prevailed among the cebols, ‘Sheridan says that he expects to fight the enemy’s tavalryon the South ous He recaptured five hundred Union prisoners, in- @lading two colonels, Wo givo fuller details to-day of the terrible battles of Tuesday and Wednesday, and a map of the battle feld of Virginia. ‘the report that General Lee issued an order to bis men ‘that supplies from Richmond were cut off has been coa- rmed by documents found @p rebel prisoners. News from General Butler reports him within three miles of Petersburg, whese Beauregard is intrenched with twenty-five thousand men. He has orossed the outer fines of defences. The spleadid operations of Gen. Kauts’e @.vailry in cutting the raliroad, and the recent movement of General Sheridan in the rear of Lee, cuts off Beaure gard effectually both fram Kiehmond and from the army of Geveral Lee, jeaving him Without supplies, completely teolated, and with no prospect but a surrender to General Butier General Sherman, afver three days skirmishing, has driven the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountains where he was shelling them. The last accounts deave him im that position, Despatches from Cairo om the 11th state that three (Cotted States transports were fred upon and destroyed ‘Below Alexandria by the rebels on the 5th inst. ‘The rebel Generais Forrest, Chalmers, Roddy and Lee ‘were said to be at Tupelo on Sasurday. General Stecle is Portifying Little Rock, Arkansas. It is sald that the ne. groes who fell into the bands of the enemy were well ‘ereated. Advices from Vicksburg to the 10th, state that an ox- spedition had left there for Yaroo City. The rebel Gene. vale Lee, Rows and Adams were there, witb a large force, end an cugagement was daily expected. 4 The rebel tro-clad North Carolina, supported by four vwodden vessels, made an attack on the Nansemond on «abe 6th tost., ia the New Inlet, N. C., but was repulsed. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship Africa, from Queenstown on the Ist of ‘May, reached Haltfax yesterday morning on her voyage ‘to Boston. Her nows is two days lator, Lord Palmerston's Cabinet was assailed ja the Mouse of ‘Oommons fer its course towards the rebel privateer Tus- ‘ealoona, Tae action of the government was sustained by @ maority of thirty-four, ari Derby condemned the couduct of the government dowarda the Messrs, Laird in the rams seizure affair. ‘Kar! Russell defended the Krecutive, which, he said, had bby (ts vigilance prevented the Lairds from plunging Eng- fand imto & war with the United States. The Danes had evacuated Fredericia, and withdrawn to Femern Isiand, The conference continved suspended in Loo@pa, Tho British Coannei fleet bat sailed for the Downs. The King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria were Lo vinit Duppel in company. A meeting between the kinperor of Austria and the Ba peror ef Russia was epoken of. Al the Shakepere tercontenary cetebration at Frankfort Political Ul feeling was manifested at the banquet be- ‘tween the English and Germans, but the American Consul and others made ¢onciliatory apecchos and restored amity At (he Sbakspere anniversary banquet io Fraakfert the Germans and Kogiish manifested considerable political 4) feeltag towards each other, The United States Congul made « covciiiatory speech, ‘Tee Liverpool cotton market was buoyant at an ad. vasoe of ofé apd @ half of n ponny over the official quota- tations, Brondstufls were frm. Provisions quiet and ateasy, Consoles clored in London at 014 a01%. The wobel lean was firm at an advance. F CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Wilson reported from the Military Committee & preamble and resolution to authors fixe ali raiiroade in the country operated by steam to port government fre ight, mails, passengers, troops end supplies. A resolation calling on the Navy Depart. @ment for toformation in reference to the erection of a qaval depot at Kittery, Maine, was adopted. The greater portion of the day's session was consumed in a discussion of the bill to amend the ebarter of Washington city. By aja bill every malic resident of the capital @ the legal age, without regard tocolor, t# allowed and Robert Johnson. & vote» Different amendmena were offered dot cone” of them wore adopted, and, without @ny float action baving been taken on the Py 4 was laid natde. A reactitiog way adopted are affected by its provisions. city yesterday morning, ia charge of a few officers of bie staff, and were placed in the Governor’s Room, which was vielied by humdreds of people. The body will be taken to Cornwall, Gemo., to-day for interment. General Bandford has ordered the Eighth regiment National Guard to parade as an escort, Society was held yesterday morning in Irving Hall at ten o'clock, the President, James Lenox, Esq., tn the chair, The meeting was opened by Bishop Janes, after books tesued 1,500,576. The aggregate issues of the last three years, 8,778,119. Total since the commencement Of the society, excluding foreign distribution, 18,884,296, Number of agents, thirty-eight, of which ‘séren were abroad, an@twelve new agents had been appointed. ‘The army and navy had been @applied with 766,076 volumes through the Christian Commission, and in ‘all nearly 2,000,000 since the commencement of the war. The freedmen of the Bouth and the seceded States had been supplied, the first with 16490 and the tatter 257,878 volumes. The society had employed thirty col- portears,and publishes the Bible in forty-six differeat’ languages. The meeting was addressed by the President: the Revs. W. L. Thornton, of England; Dr. Ferris, of New York; B. Sunderland, Reverdy Johnson, Jr., Esq. ; Revs. L. Taylor, of the B. and ¥. Bible Society; T.Duryea, New York, and D. Cox. ing last evening in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, when brief patriotic speeckes were made by the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Bacon, Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, Rev. Mr. Hastings, George Thompson, of England, and the Rev. Dr. Kirk, of Boston. Our sketch of the speeches is crowded out by the war news, ‘destroy them by the intoxicating cup, Addresses were anniversary yesterday morning at the Church of the Puritans. Lengthy resolutions, pledging themselves, not to the support of the government, but to nev«r rest until a new nation and a new constitution to sult thei: liar views were raised from the ruins of our present dis tracted country, were adopted. Addresses were dc!ivored by Wendell Phillips, George Thompson, Lucretia Mott and Earnestine L. Rose, all more or less expressing their ap- je —— a eS calling @h the Secrétery of War fora nat of all The senor “SMEs Of Ue army in commission at the commencement of (be preseot war and those since com mtustoned. 1b States In WhICB they were born and from f Sew tunafe hands. whieh they wore apporeted, with a statement of coufirma- ‘ions, resiguations, Cisminsals, deaths in the service, &e. After helding ap executive session the Senate adjourned, till Monday. Tn the House of Representatives the Speaker presented the resotution ‘ef the New York Chamber of Commerce, commendatory of Mr. Collies’ scheme for @ line of tele. graph between Burope and the United States, via Liberia and Bebring Strats.’ The dill to give soldiers end satiors Romesionds on the coufiécated estates of rebels was taken up, and a long debate on it ensued. “It was finally passed Dy a vote Of seventy-five in the affirmative to sixty-four im the wegutive. The House then resumed the consiviers- ton of fire bit! declaring the Oxmden and Atlantic, amd the Raritam and Delaware Bay railroads wattonal pestal and mititery routes. After an extended discvesion a substitute for the "bill was accepted and passed, by s'xty-three yeas to Bitty seven nays. This Substitute provides, te effect, that-every railway company tm the United States whose Toad 1s operated by steam ie authorized toearry ever tard road all freight, mails, passengers government sep- plies and troops, from one Btate 40 another, aad receive @ompensation therefor.. The House e@journed without transacting any other Business, = business transacted was mainly of 9 routine nature, ie Honor tbe Mayor sant ja conrmunication recom: mending the paseage of am eréioance prohibiting the felting of fat within the city limits, which was referred te, the Committee on PubMo Health. Mayor Gunther the tax Jovy for tbe present year, and in annowno- ing tbat fact stated that be was induced to do so by a dense of justice to the numerous persens who have claims ‘against the city. He disappreves of the action of the Common Council i= striking eat the appropriations for the Blind Mechanics’ Institutien and the IneDriate Asylum, recommends the judicious expenditare of the public mo. ‘peys by several practical suggestions, and calls upon the Common Couneil to ald bim tm the work of retrenchment. A resolution adopted by the A’dermen relative to lay- fog Out a portion of the P ark as a parade ground for the First Diviston of the miltia gave rise toa lengthy dis- cussion, which resalted in the motion being lost. Several members voted against i, believing that they had no power to grant such a privilege, and @ resolution asking the Corporation Counsel's opinion wpon the legality of the matter was proposed aad lost. 4 large number of general orders were passed, and, after a lengthy session, the Board adjourned till Monday. A special meeting of tbe Chamberof Commerce was held at one o'clock yesterday, to hear the report of tho committee appointed at a previous meeting to consider the recent decision of the Secretary of the Treasury in- relation to the applicability of the.law imposing a tempo- rary increase of fifty per cent duty on‘all foreign importa tions for the period of sixty days, The question in dis- pute between the merchants and the Treasury Depart- ment is, whether goods bonded previous to the promul- gation of the law are subject to the same duty as govas imported subsequent to the passage of the act, A me- morial was submitted by the committee, which was Te- ferred back to the same committee, with power to cor- rect ite phraseology and forward it’to Washington, ask- ing Congress to interpret the Iaw,and to designate at what date the same went into effect, and whether goods, the duties upon which were paid before the bill was Bigned by the Rresident, can be held liable for the pay- moot @f the extra duty. The opinion of the Chamber ‘was that the law was unjust and oppressive, and should’ Desoamended as to operate equitably on those whé ‘The remains of Major General Sedgwick arrived in this The forty-eighth anniversary of the American Bible which the repogs were read, setting what the in- come of the wsoclety ¢@uring the” year had been 9500.578 @0 from sales of books, donations amd legacies, and the total tesue valued at $848,360 61. The grants Of the society of money and books were $161,144 83, and for foreign work $60,068 92. Twenty-eight new suri! Jaries had been recognized, ninety life directors and 1,626 We members constituted. Book printed, 1,502,196; ‘The American Congregational Union het ita annual meet. The twenty-eighth anniversary of the American Tem- perance Union was held at Irving Ball last evening, Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, President, in the chair. Resolutions were passed thanking the President and the military authorities for the protection they had given the troops against those whe would tempt and Gelivered by the Rey, Alfred Cookman, Dr. Marks, Rev Mr. Striorby, Jag. A. Briggs an‘ others, and the inevite- ble Hutchinson Family wound up the proceedings with @ Patriotic song. The attendemce was rather slim The Women's Loyal National League held their second “wa pecu- Proval of the resolutions, and dissatisfaction with the ac- tions of the admivistration. No busincss was transacted, and after the delivery of the addresses the meeting ad- journed. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Tammany Society ‘was celebrated last evening at the Old Wigwam, in accordance with a time-honored custom. Grand Sachem Purdy presided, and performed the interesting ceremony of installing the new sachems and officers. ‘Ihe building is undergoing a course of thorough renovation, but owing to the present proprictor's inability to have the hotel ina condition tofurnish the becessary accommodations the usual banquet was omit- ted. The following sachems and officers were duly in- installed, after which the meeting adjourned :—Sachems— Inaac Bell, Daniel K. Delavan, Charles G. Cornell, Matthew T. Brennan, Douglas Taylor, Peter B. Sweeny, John EF. Levolin, William M. Tweed, James B, Nicholson, Edward Cooper, John T. Hoffman, Albert Cardozo, Jebn Clancy. Tresorer—Henry Vandewater. Secretary—Casper (©. Childs. Sagamore—George 8. Messerve § Wiskinkie— Stephen ©. Duryea, The second day's session of the Spiritualist’s Conven- tion was held yesterday at Clinton Hall, and was not characterized with entire harmony. The discordant ele. ment, slightly perceptible on Wednesday, was more tur- bulent yesterday, and called frequently on the nerve of the chaieman. Tho majo business of the day was an ad- dross by Mrs, ‘Bownsend and Mrs. Bliss; religious poem by Professor Hamilton, which croated considerable stir, and a resolution recognizing the reporters as great spirit- ual phenomena. The thira day of the session will com: mouce at half-past ten this morning, ; The American Telegraphic Company transmitted from Washington yesterday to the press of the country fifty- eight thousand seven bundred and forty words—the lorgest amount ever sont for the press in one day. Thore was alarge calendar of cases prepared for trial yesterday in the Court of General Sessions, but owing to the absence of the witnesses for the prosecution Assist- fant District Attorney Hutchings asked to have the jury Gisebarged till this morning The United States steamer Sacramento, Commander Patker , from Boston, and the Voited States ship Onward, fromr A cruise, both arrived at Mio Janeiro on the 24th OF March and were etill at that port on the 2d of April. The Surrogate bas decided mgainas the motiog for the |octiges Of a collecter al ; thit it would’ arte Tone We thé estate, which the Surrogate says appears to be ‘The stock market, so far as the railroad list was con- ‘cerned, with tite exception of Harlem, Was gvtieo strong Yesterday morning as a: the opeting of the day-previous, ‘We' have abundant reason to believé that it will not. “take all. summer.” Rvents in the great drama in progress soath of the Rapidan follow one. another. with terrible rapidity, and the catastrophe {s certainly near. General Lee had at the commencement, of this great series of battles rather less than one hundred thousand men. His losses fn killed and wounded, through six days of persistent com- bat, were equal to ours; his losses by prisoners ‘and stragglers were much greater; ‘and ft is not M&kely that he had left more than sixty thou- ‘sand men at the close of the sixth day. On the seventh day (yesterday) by a bril- lant exploit of the Second corps of the Army of the Potomac, Lee lost a whdle division, mambering three thousand men, taken prison- ers, including a major general and two briga- diers, together with twelve pleces of cannon. He has been compelled to announce to his army that bis communications with Rich- mond were cut, and that there were no rations; and if there are no rations there are per- haps not many cartridges. All that is left, then, of the rebel army of Northern Virginia fs a broken, disheartened, hungry and worn out agglomeration of less than sixty thousand men. How much longer they can stand the per- sistent onslaught of our victorious troops the reader can readily judge when told that troops who depended alone upon discipline and or ganization for their excellence fail all at once ‘when they fail at allon these points, Making due allowance for éxaggerated . sevén days’ battle has left Leo's army used up, After that same army had fought seven days on the Peninsula, it was compelled to retire to Richmond, unable to seize the victory that its commander believed to be within hie grasp. We believe that the seventh day has even more completely destroyed its power now. than it did then. News from General Sheridan, in command of the cavalry corps, tells us who ft is that has interrupted Lee’s communications with his capital. Our cavalry, under this energetic Ipader, had turned the ‘enemy’s right wing, gotten in his rear, broken up the railroad, destroying cars, locomotives and commissary stores, and spreading consternation through the country and in the rebel army. All this must tend to further the demoralization of the shattered remnant of the rebel army that still holds together, and gives cumulative evi- dence that Lee’s army must go to pieces soon. No army, with such difficulties, and so beset front and- rear, can fight much longer thea Lee's army has now fought. We give in our Supplement to-day a full and @ear map of the theatre in- which the opera- tions of the Army of the Potomac have been carried on. It illustrates admirably the letters of our various correspondents descriptive of the positions of the various corps of the two armies, as well as the relations to each other of the fields of battle in the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. ‘ General Butler makes good progress appa- rently in carrying out his part ef the grest plan. He is within three miles of Petersburg, and inside the first line of works by which the enemy had expected to cover thet place, Beauregard occupies Petersburg with twenty- five thousand men, and General Butler, it is expected, will not only be able to keep Beaure- gard from reaching Richmond with this heavy reinforcement for Lee, but may also be able to capture the whole force; for Beauregard is without supplies to subsist his men for aay length oftime, and his lines of communication have all been cut by General Kautz. Both this operation of General Kautz and the similar one of Sheridan in the rear of Lee’s army are likely to have a great effect upon the resalt of the contest. By these operations Richmond, Lee and Beauregard have been separated from one another and prevented giving mutual support in any way, and been compelled to stand and fight alone. Two intefcepted letters—one written by ® member of the rebel Congress and the other by the ohief clerk of the rebel War Depart ment—given in another columns present ® good view of the ideas of the rebel leaders, and show what a blow Grant’s great advance has been, and how compietely it hasbroken up the whole plan of operations that the enemy had laid out for the spriag and summer. The rebel member of Congress, considering it pow sible that the communications between Rich- mopd aad the Southern States might be out, sees ip that the “Foreed abaudoument of Virginta by General Lee, whose army other- wise “cannot he provisioned for three month.” The War Department official states Gen, Lee's plan to be the‘invagion- of the North with one hundred and fifty thousand men, leaving in the intrenchments at Richmond, or onthe North) Anna, thirty thongand wen. With this plan he says that Davie and the rest are delighted, and that it will certainly. be carried out, * unless, unfortunately, the enemy advances before Lee is ready.” Grant’e grushing and terrible on- slanght hae pretty well broken up all these’ plans. Richmond is severed frem the South, and even if Lee can get to that city he cannet possibly stay there. Owing to the destruction of the Westera wires by a heavy storm, there is mo later news from General Sherman’y army. bones) ee RY! nearer ime 4 | Tam Roosevaur Hosrmmit yor ‘Sick ap Wourven,—The Legislature a the last session passed a law giving: the trustees appointed by the will’ of Mr -Roosevelt full suthority and power to carry out its provisions in the erec- tion of a hespitel for the treatment of sick and wounded ‘persons. Judge “Roosevelt, we be- lieve, is President of the Board, and they have one million of @ollars to expend for that pur- We understand that the trustees intend commence operations immediately, with a view to be in a condition to take charge of gome of our wounded soldiers who have been disabled in fighting the battles ‘of the country— to relieve. the, sufferings of those heroes who left home and all that is dear to them and faced the cannon of the enemy that the Union might be maintained end the ation survive. It fs stated that the trustees are about to apply to .the Corporation for real estate for. site on whigh to erect their buildings. There canbe no doubt that @ site will be furnished by the city; for certainly no official can refuse to give his sanc- tion to such @ praiseworthy and noble object. In our opinion no place is more suitable for such a hospital than Hamilton square. That location, in the first place, is one of the best that can be had in the city. The plot of ground intended and set apart for that square, lying, as it does, adjacent to the Park, is not needed for a public park, and cannot be put by the city to @ better use than the erection of the Roosevelt Hospital. It is a healthy loca- tion, and everything about it especially fits it for the site ef an institution of this kind, We trust that the city authorities will move in this at once, and we have no doubt that their ac- tion will be followed by aid. from Congress, and that before many months roll round the Roosevelt Hospital will be a reality, and not a Project talked of to be built in the future. Let there be no delay in this matter, and the city an soon boast of one of the finest hospitals in the country, and s vest amount of suffering smong our gallant wounded soldiers will be prevented. When this war commenced our sol- dier citizens were among the ‘first to rally for: the defence of the nation; our capitalists were first to men, forward’ and the funds to odry ort the war: Now | be followed by their being the first to erect. per- manent hospital to take ¢are of those who have Been wounded on the battle fleld. | Tas Cosma ur or rae Great Gansevoort Lz.—Oomptroller Brennan has been or- by @ mandamus from one of our courts to issue his bonds for six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the amount involved in what is known as the great Corporation Ganse- voort swindle. The swindle originated over the old Fort Gansevoort property, which was presented to the Corporation, and sold and re- sold, end fought over end about, until finally the question of right in the matter has reached its present apparent solution. Mr. Breanan must issue his bonds, of course, and the only remedy now for the public interest lies with the Mayor. If the Mayor will take a high posi- tion in this matter, and refuse to siga the bonds, the money cannot bo paid, and all the courts in the country can do no more than send the Mayor to prison. It remains te be seen, there- fore, whether Mr. Gunther has the elevation of character to do an honest thing, and go to prison forit. There is hope that he has. He has re- cently, shown himself to be possessed of high moral courage, and evinced the disposition to look keenly after the public Interests. He and Boole have lately stopped fighting one another, and have combined for the removal of nuisances—s rfoble team for the purpose. A Quasrer or Ammapas SixExs.—There ere four journals published in this city—one British, one French and two so-called demo- eratic—which must be noted for their extraor- @inary homanity. It is remarkable that this feeling breaks forth with more than usual vigor whenever the Union forces are success- ful. On these occasions the journals we refer are filled with homilies about the fearful Seagate of men. They weep and groan over the wounded and the desd, and hope—oh! so dincerely—that this may be the last of the war. ‘These same journals, however, can never see this thing in the game light when the rebels Bave the advantage. They palliated the mas- macre—the cold-blooded butchery—at Fort Pillow of a surrendered garrison ; they never ould give credence to the barbarous treat- ment of our prisoners in rebel dungeons, and } 84 often indulged in high-flewn threats as to “last ditch” to which the chivalry of the South wouid retire and die. We would suggest to two of these journals less concern about the humanity of the war, and more about the par- thes they represent—Jeff. Davis and Louis Na- interests of both of these Indi- Widuals being particalerly shaky at this period. | Barmsu Invonmens,anp Srime 1x THs Coun- tmy.—We have had evidence in the colurans of the leading English joursals—the Times, Post and Herald, of London—that a number of British spies were in this country, calumniating our government and giving all the information in their power to our enemies, It is not without surprise that we find American journals de- fending these British spies when they are de- nounced. Ben Wood and his News might, we think, find more fitting employment than bolstering up British sples. Tur Cisveann Coxvention.—If this con- vention has the sagacity and moral courage to nominate Grant It will simplify the Presidential campaign, adjourn the Shoddy and Shent-per- Shent conventions indefinitely, and place the Bisir,.femily,. the, Forney coterie and the Weed clique whero thoy onght to have been long ago. rH SOPPLRMENT. 9 ENT “I, Propose to Fight It Out om thie Rne, * S18 Tames “all Sammer.” There is nae poets sublime in this brief and simple prehensive expres- sion of General Grant im his modest despateh of Wednemsay last to the Secretary of War—‘I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.” There is nothing here of the pompesity of Cesar’s “Veni, vidi, vict,” nor ‘of Napoleon’s grandiloquent allusion to the ‘pyramids; nothing more than the statement of @ fixed purpose, in the plainest possible terms; aad yet nothing bas ever been written which so Clearly defines this model soldier in his trae ‘character, and nothing so well adapted to in- spire thé’ highest confidence tn his complete access, a9 this simple declaration—I propose | And that Gen. Wadsworth was probably billed - $0 Sight 18 out on this line, if it takes all sum- mer.’ : ‘the public ear like the blast, of « tram- pet, and will be interpreted by the padlio mind from’ the ‘records “of Fort~ Doneleon, Vicksburg, Wilderness.” They will be accep J signifying that, against all impediments and all ponsible, gontingencles, she line of operations | upor which he lias entered will be pursued to the'end, and that there will " be'no intermission from the. telling blows already administered. In this" unpretending hero of the West the reader of ‘history will detect, in a high degree, the terrible energy ef Richsrd the, Crusader and Charles the Hammer, the unflinching tena- olty of Oliver Cromwell, and the unfatling re- sources, daring expedients, sagacious calcula- tions and wonderful endurance of the “Little ” In illustration of the ready resources of General Grant, we have a strikinglexample in. the result of the two days’ hand-to-hand bat- tle in the woods and jungle of “the Wilder ness.” At the close of that sanguinary second day, Friday, the enemy had gained a decided and dangerous advantage, in dislodging from its position a portion of the right wing of our army. There was the danger to General Grant of being turned on that side the next morning, and cut off from the river and his base of sup- plies. To guard against such a disaster Gene- ral Grant, “according to the books,” ought to have fallen back upon the river during the night, and over it if possible. Bat Grant saw his opportunity, and instantly seized it. He widened the gap between his right and the river by removing a whole corps from that side around to his extreme left, His object was to draw the enemy between himself and the river, in order to bring him to the test of a battle from which there could be no retreat. General Lee in the morning recognized a defeat in this simple experiment by marching off with his army towards Richmend. In strategy, skilful combinations and tactics, and in stubborn fighting, there are few generals of the present day superlor to Lee; and.there:) are few that can surpass him in conducting a | retreat. But his strategy and tactics, and his masstve combinations on the field, are therough- ly understood by Grant; and even his skill in retreating, we dare say, will fail this time to save him to fight another campzign. ies question of endurance, that army which outnumbers, and is better fed, better equipped and better supplied in every way than the other must inevitably win. A victory thus, achieved must also be inevitably decisive, It must determine in this case the issue not only of the campaign, but of the war, inasmuch as the strength of the rebellion is the army of Gen. Lee. When Gen. Grant, therefore, says “I pro- pose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer,” he knows that, when crowned with success, this campaign in Virginia will be the ~ ” _ Deseo Useo Ur Guvmnits—The House: of Representatives has adopted a resolution dis- missing used up generals from the army. Ne doubt the Senate will do the same thing. We wish that Congress would adept gnother 7 resolution, d siaiasing all~ the used up cians. It would coafer o great favor upon tha. people. However, ifthe Cleveland Conventies Dominates” Grunt ‘it will have the same effect, ‘ahd completely break up the Shoddy and the. | Shent-pef-Shent conventions. ~ A Worp oF Cavrion to Our Gunmnaum—= - From our losses of generale in these late battlen: in Virginia, and particularly from the fact that Gen. Sedgwick was killed by a sharpshooter;. by one, we appreherd that Gen. Lee hap’ or ganized a special force of markamen fer the special duty of picking off our officers, in the hopé, perbaps, that they General-in-Chie’. We ld therefore urge upon our generals; Ineting apne Gem, a Gen, Mende, that they are net ex-| o Duk thdir lives im jeppardy byan wey exposure to the enemy’s sharp-- ters. The veterans of the Army of the mac need no hazardous exposure of their Benerals-to lead them into the breach. ” and General Butler have vastly improved in se. 4 may even reach the: 3 7 { ntly... Stanton has discovered the... trae \_ = of issuing bulletins, and his present and wah Butler, we much better employed in noisy to give provement if it continues long genuine. Continued Success of the Army ’ ef the Cumberland. Buzzard Roost Mountains; Everything Satisfactory for the Union Cause: &e., &o., rY ‘Tenwet Hitt, Ga., May’ 11,1664 After three days heavy skirmishing, in which all the corps participated, we have driven the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost. Mountains, from which we are faust shelling factory way. IMPORTAGT FROM. RED RIVER. ees aa and Three Transports: yed Below Alexandria—General Banks Still at Alexa , d&o., &e. i, May 11, 1866. ‘The despatch boat General Lyon, from below, reports - that om the Sth inst. the transports City Belle, Emme, ‘and Warner, in passidg a battery twelve miles below * Alexandris, were fired upon and destroyed, Tt ig, ropertei that the rebels boarded the steamer Emma, on thé Red fiver, forcéd her orew into the held, . ‘and then set fire to her. This report is not vouched for. ‘The gunboat Signal was aleo destroyed by the battery, . and the gunboat Covington was set on fire to prevent her falllog into the hands of the rebels, ‘This battery is composed of guns captured from Gene - ral Bepks. ‘SHERMAN! — them, Everything is going on in a most satio- - The Rebels Driven td Rocky Ridge and’ A, » + A end of the war. Terrible in this view as are | Geneeal Banks) fenislas) ét! Alexbndria, andTy> dtrong’t /(, the losses of our brave soldiers, this “short, sharp and decisive” war policy of Gen. Grant, even in the light of humanity, is the best. We have reason to believe that a very few days now will settle the fate of the rebellion. It is staggering to its fall from the crippling blows of Grant, and cannot survive the summer. A Few. Querrmes.—What has become of the Sanitary Commission? What are they doing in these battles for the wounded soldiers? ‘Where is the million of dollars raised at the late Sanitary Fair in this city, which our oiti- vens supposed was to be used to relieve the sufferings of our gallant soldiers? What has become of the four hundred thousand dollars raised at the Breoklyn Fair? Where are the hundreds of thousands raised in Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Cincinnati and other im- portant pointe? We hear of private funds being raised, physicians.and supplies sent en to relieve the suffering soldiers on the battle field, but very little, if anything, from the Sanitary Commission. This is the time for them to apply the funds placed at their dis posal. The emergency which the people looked for when they poured out this large fund is now at hand. The wounded now num- ber tens of thousands, and are constantly in- creasing under the active operations of our armies and the gallant work being done by General Grant. Let the Sanitary Commission come to the rescue and perform the work of charity needed in this crisis. Ovn War Corresronnents.—We referred a day of two ago to the fact that our correspondents at the seat of war run many risks in the discharge of thelr duties, and mentioned two of these gen- tlemen as having been made prisoners. We now hear that Mr. Finley Anderson, one of our correspondents with the Army of the Potomac, was, during Tuesday’s battle, wounded in the arm by aehell. With characteristic pluck, Mr. Anderson pushed on to Washington, however, and, arrived there, dictated his despatches in time for our yesterday morning’s edition. This young gentleman was only # short time since released frem a rebel prison, where he had been confined a year. ne Gexerat Bayxs ann Pregient Livoonn.— Some of the republican papers say that Lin- coln is to blame for the disasters in the South- wost, and that he ordered Banks there at the instigation of the.cotton specalators. We think that this is very ikely. Lincoln was certainly to blame for the Florida expedition and for the useless raid of Kilpatrick against Rich- mond, and very probably he ventilated another of his 1ittlé plans in the Red river affair. But, formoately, Lincoln has now abdicated in favor of Grant, as far as the military department goes, and he will abdicate entirely on the 4th of March, 1866. enough to resist any attack made upon him, Daring the igh} above’Alexandria, when. the. gunbeed - Joliet was destroyed, the Cricket, Admiral Porter's: boat, suffered severely. Both engineers were killed aod maay * Of the crew wounded. NEWS FROM ARKANSAS. General Steele Fortifying Little Rook— How Stecle’s Negro Treeps were Treated» by the Re! dice * Camo; May 11, 1864. General Steele's forces were kctively engaged tm forth fying Little Rock. All was quiet on the Arkanses river. Rebel cavairy had gone in the direction of Fort Smith, . and it was ramored that they bad taken Dardanelies, @ emall town below Fort Smith. Tt teeaid the rebeld did aot carry out their system of © slaaghtoring colored troops at the battle of Saline river, Dat took many of the wounded, dressed their wounds, and sent a flag of truce to Genoral Steele for an exchange of prwonern, The reason assigned for this is that the Regroes during the whole of General Stesle’s campaign took mo prisoners. Arebel force is said to be in the immediate vicinity ef Pine Bluff, Ark. NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Rebel Force at Tapelo, Miss.—Union Sauce cesses in West Tennessee, dic. Carno, May 11, 1864, ‘The rebel Generals Forrest, Chalmers, Roddy and Lee- are said vo be at Tupelo, where they had a grand review on Saturday Isat. Ad cacapod Union cxvalry officer reports Union sue Conses at Jackson and Bolivar, Tennessee. ‘The stoamer Belle of Memphis has arrived from Mem- phis, with one hundred and four bales of ontton. The steamer Commorcial had arrived at Momphis, with nine hundred and seventeen baies of cotton. Move ‘ts of General Canby—Captare or ket Foree near Columbus, Ky., &e. Camo, May 11, 1964. @enoral Canby and staff arrived here this morning. On Saturday night a small band of guerillas passed be. tween the camp and picket post of an expedition sent out by General Prince from Colambus, Ky., under Colone} Moore, The guerillas pounced upon our picket force near Mayfield, and eaptured the whole of them without our forces knowing anything about it until after it was age complished. An Expedition Against Yazoo City. Meurms, May 10, 1864. Advices from Vicksburg state that an expedition had loft there for Yaroo City. ‘The robel Generals 140, Rose and Adams were at Yasoe City, with & large force, and an engagement was daily expected, The rebel General Forrest has passed southward, Gene ral Sturgis was unable te come up with him. News from Caire and nis. Carmo, May 11, 1864, ‘Tho steamer Silver Moon, from Memphis for Cineinnatl, passed here inst night, with one thousand acd seventy- seven bales of cotton. ' Thostoamer Patrick, with seven hundred bales of cot , ton, for Evansville, has also passed here, Hight hundred bales of cotton were sold at Memphis omy Saturday, Six handred bales brought Tic. per pown and the remainder Téo. a 760, Tho total receipts for v week wore three thousand one hundred and seventy _pales, and thé shipments two thousand. two bales, Middling was quoted at 720. a 730,; good midy ling, Tho, « Téc , ang fair, T1c, a Tae, oe)