The New York Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1864, Page 1

| HE NEW YORK HERALD. ee WHOLE NO. 10,112. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1864.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE SOUTHWEST. ecretary Stanton’s and Admiral Perter’s Despatches. Dur Fleet Out of the Red River. did Achicvement of Lieutenant Colonel Bailey. xtensive Conflagration at Natchez. ction of the Louisiana State Con- vention, &e, &e. &e. espatch from Admiral Porter te Secre- tary Welle Wasuivaton, May 28, 1864. The following despatch was) received at the Navy Le- ‘tment this morning:— Mississivry SquapRON, FLaGsHir BLACKYAWR, Mourn or Tugs Rev River, May 16, Via Cairo, May 22, 1864, po. G, Weuuxs, Secretary of the Navy:— 1 have the honor to inform you that the portion of the juadron caught above the fulls at Alexandria has beew lieved from its unpleasant position, owing to the in- fatiguble exertions of Lieutenant Colonel Bajley, Acting gineer of tht Nineteeuth army corps, who proposed id built a tree dam of six hundred feet across the river the lower falls, which enabled all the vessels to pass fer in safety, the back water of the Mississippi reach. Alexandria, Your obedient servant, DAVID D. PORTER, Rear Admiral. espatch from Secretary Stanton to General Dix. Wasuinctox, May 23, 1864. jor General Dix:— ‘patches from Major General Canby, dated ‘Month Red River, at midnight, May 15,” state that “Admiral ‘ter has just arrived. The remainder of the gunboats iM arrive to-night. General Banks will probably reach inmsport, on the Atchafalaya, to-morrow.” despatch from Admiral Porter, dated ‘On board the hip Blackhawk, mouth of Red river, May 16,” states it the portion of the squadron above the falls at alex- dria has been released from its unpleasant posi- In, owing to the indefatigable exertions of Lieut, Col. Niey, Acting Eogineer of the Nintcenth army corps, ho proposed and built a tree dam of six hundred feet oas the river at the lower fulls, which enabled all the ls to pass in safety, the back water of the Mississip. eaching Alexandria,” and allowed them to pass over the shoals and the obstructions planted by the enemy Point of safety. Lieutenant Colonel Bailey will be diately nominated for promotion for distinguished meritorious services, + eT unofticlal report from Cairo, dated May 22, states the army and gunboats were all safo at the mouth Red river and Simmsport, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Mr. Wm. You # Despatch. Naw Oxtgans, La , May 13—5 P. M. THE GUNNOATS OVER THE FALLS. test advices from Gen, Banks were received here theevening of the 11ih inst, All the gunboats but o were then over the Alexandria {alls. NO FIGHTING, fhere has been no general engagement with the enemy my last report from Alexandria, and none is appre. ded at present. COMMUNICATION TO BE OPENED, Dommunication up Red river will be opened in a day or 0, and I shail then be able to proceed to the front. NOT UNDER ARWNST—COURT OF INQUIRY, am authorized to say that Geo. Albert L. Lee, late it and of the cavalry division in this department, yr asserted that the Red Tiver exyedition was not for ting, but for thieving and epeculating, and that he is under arrest, Gen, Lee, having been relieved from the mand of the cavalry, bas requested the Adjutant of the United States Army to order a court of jn- ja relation thereto, which will involve an investiga- into the disaster at Sabine Cross Roads. ‘THE ENEMY AT GUINEA REND, grapevine reports that Logan’s rebel command captured the steamer Maria Deming to transport bis vairy across the Missise{ppi, from Guinea Bend to the side of the river, WRIGAD'ER GENERAL RENTON been ordered to take command of the First division, Urteenth army corps. MRA, BANKS? RUCEPTION, pesday evening, was a pleasant gathering of sociable jes and gentlemen, among whom was the venerable od Barker, the famous banker. UP THE RIVER. is despatch is seut by the steamer Julia, which wes for St. Louls this afternoon, The Cairo Teiegram. Cairo, May 22, 1964 \miral Portet’s Aigship bas arrived at Mound City roports that the entire Beet is out of tho Red river, dam” baying Koschod aheighton the 19th instant edubled thein to movo. Our forces evacuated Alexandria last week, and moved ‘ds Si:afnaport. officers of the steamer Fanrel Hill, which bad ar at Now Orleans, state that they ane patra nooading from the direction dur foFces had takeu Admiral Porter’s fleet was greatly avaoyod in passing Ltor tho Redriver by the rebel guerillas, who lined banks of the river botween Alexandria and Fort do iy. A portion of Alexandria was bornivg whee the Laurel Jet. This stoamer had two hundred elvk ‘board, while flying the hospital Dag was fred into ten miles ow Alexandria, No injury, however, resulted from firing. Goncral McCleraand, who was seriously ill, on board, At tho time the steamer City Belle was captured and ped by the rebols, thirty mites bef&w Alexandria, in early part of the montn, Colonel Mott,of the Une jandred and Forty-ninth Ohio, was killed, Many other frank were also killed, and the greater portion troops were slaughtered, of whom there wore five dred on board. An extensive conflagration recently occurred at Natchez, uming several blocks of moat princely buildings, fire is supposed to have been the work of an tncen- liary. ‘The steamer Mollie Able, No. 17, arrived here this ren ing. Fourteen delegates to represout the State of Louisiana the Baltimore Convention were elected by the State ous, every member endorsing the general policy— # civil and military—of the aaminietration, They o approved the military and civil career of Genera and the policy Inaugurated by Governor Habn, as ing to put down the rebellion and restore the Union, ‘The steamship Cassandra, from Hostou, bas arrived. Hancock, ove of the mest prominent Unien men ad of Texas, had escaped from Rebeldom and arrived at Brownsville, accompanied by about twenty others. NEW ORLEANS MARKETS. ‘The cotton market was quiet, with @ moderate demand for lower middling, Nothing doing in sugars. 120 bbls, molasses, all in firat hands, for export, sold at 60c. for Inferior old crops, Common new, TSc. The quantity beld by speculators is very jigbt. News by Way of Cairo. ¥R. THEODORE C. WILSON’S DESPATON. Cairo, May 19, 1964. REBEL MOVEMENTS. Information received here this morning confirma the report that General Polk had detached about ten thou- sand of his force of fifteen thousand men from Mobile to opérate against Banks, Granting this to be so, we may then expect soon to hear of hard fighting and considera. blo trouble on the Lower Mississippi. REBEL LOSS AT SALINE FORD, ARKANSAR, Lately a flag of truce was brought into Little Rock by Jobun Adams, who stated that at the recent battle in whieh General Steele’s command wes engaged at Saline Ford, the rebel Generals Lowry and Randall were killed, and General Wall, of Texas, was badly wounded, Adams says that in that action the rebels Jost fully two thousand men. There 1s positively no forage between the neighborhood of the Arkansas And Wachita rivers, This being the fact, ag a consequence Price has beon compelled to return in the direction of Camden. CAPTORE OF COTTON SPECULATORS, Jately the rebels haye captured quite a number of cotton buyers im Arkansas. It is approximated that nearly one bundred thousand dollars have been taken from the “upfortunates”’ by their captors, REBEL ACCOUNTS. [¥rom the Richmond Examiner, May 18.) Yesterday was the most quiet day Richmond has ex- Perienced for the last week. The news came in well from the Travs-Mississippi Department and other distant points im the theatre of the war, but the public mind is so deeply absorbed in the crisis of Virginia that it failed to excite more than @ passing interest. The great demand was for news from Lee aod Beauregard—uron whom now rests the hope of the country—bnt nothing conld be heard. Searcely a rumor circulated, and nothing could be obtained until night, when we were abie to gatber up the following summary: OPERATIONS NEAR VICKSBURG, Operations seem to be commencing anew detween the armies in Northern Georgia and Mississippi. ‘The follow- ing offcial despatch was received by the War Department last ovening:— Deaoro1is, May 16, 1864. General 8. Coorer:— . A raiding party from Vicksburg, consisting of infantry and cavalry, moved on the Central Raiiroad, ond while General Adams was fighting their main body, near Pickens’ Station, a cavalry force burned Baughem’y Sta. tion and several inconsiderable tresties. Capt. Younger, with one hundred and fifty men of Wood’s regimont of infantry, from the railroad bridge. saved it The enemy retreated to Yazoo City. ‘The railroad is but sliehtly ia- jared. 8, D. LSE, Major General. Benks Surrounded—The Gunboats and Transports, Demorots, May 16, 1864. A despatch to-day from Colonel Scott, via Summit, con- firms the account from Trans-Mississippi. The despatch says: eral Taylor has Banks hemmed in at Alexand: and a battery below, stoping all communication by way of Red river. Said battery is supported by Major Bridges and part of Polignac’s infantry. It captured a transport, with a valuable cargo of commissary stores, and one hundred prisoners, and the City Belle, with the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio, killing Colonel Mudd, Colonel Bassett, of the Corps d’Afrique; Colonel Ogiel and one lieutenant colonel in the tebt. ‘On the 5th they captured the Warner, algo gunboats Eight and Twenty-two, taking from them twenty-one pieces, including eight thirty.two pounder Parrotts. Their crews were also taken. It was reported at Shreveport that the evemy had a fight at Jenkins’ in which we captured several hundred prisoners as many si’ arms, their pontoon bridges and all their trajus. We lost General Leary and Colonel Greenwood killed, aud Gene- rats Wall, Randall au@Clarke yvoyuded, The Rebels Begin to Doubt Their Buc- sea. [From the Richmond Sentinel, May 19.) The reader will find a despatcn relative to the trans- Mississippi Operations whith will give bim comfort ac- cordin, fo his fai'h. kor ourselves we confess that we arewaiting for its contrmitien. We have been deluded Orten cnou;h with news from that quar'er to teach us cautiin, At the same time the result agseried is not to be considered as improbable. Banks was undoubtediy in @ desperate situation, sarronuded by superior forces, and his navigation interrapted aud suspended. His prise, how:-ver, would male him refuse oO :urrengee yas reduce to extremity, He is fighting for the Presideucy, and 10 surrender is not tbe it, In reference 'o the suzrend 7 Of Steele to Price there ha: much Coniusen and many contradictions, Yrom a comparison of th we are inclined to the opinion that his army has captured just a9 Milroy’s was at Winchester oa the 14th of June Jast—that is to say. steele with a remnaut made bis escape while the body of his forces fel into our bands. He probably lost from @ix to nine thousand men, besides his trains and artillery, Steele, with about three thou- wand men, had a race with Marmaduke, whicb sbonld @nter Little Rock the first. Steele, carrying¥but light weight, woo by a neck. NEWS FROM NEWBERN. eneral Smith and Nearly the Whole of Littieg Washington Destroye: The North Corolina Times of the Zist inst. is received. here is nothing very new in it ‘The rebels in Washington, N.C., set fire to the town on the 11th inst., destroying all but abont twenty houses, and robbed ail the women aad children in the piace. Advices from North Carolina state that the skilful sur- geon, Hf. J, Meminger, of the Second North ‘arolina (loyal) Volnnteora, has been detaif@d on special duty Surgeon-in-Chief, with several assistant surgeons assist him. Surgoon Hand, Medical Director, whose administration ‘of affairs has been crowned with sucu success, has nearly relieved the department of the smallpox. Goneral Harland has been assigned to the command of the sub-district of Newbern. Dr. Page, of the Sanitary Commission, hi several vegetable gardens tor the use of the hosp soldiers in camp. Major H. T. Lawson, Second Massachusetts heavy ar tillery, has been appointed Provost Marshal of Newbern. The poor Union refugees from Plymouth and Washing. ton, whose houses were burned over their heads, are at Newbern in great numbers, in a very destitute condition. ‘They are moetly women and childrea, without bedding or proper clothing, who are worthy objects of Christian charity. to NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Sax Francisco, May 19, 1864, The steamer Golden City has been |delled for landing goods without a permit, There have been (ow Arrivals of goborhl merohan tise latoly. ae ‘Tia markets generally are flat, Graio is oasier. Avived, ship Victor, from Coronel, Rattler, from Bow ton, and Fleet Wind, from Rio Janoiro, Sailed, ships Haze, for New York, and Resolute, for Baker's Inland. SAN FRANci800, May 20, 1864, ‘The imports of general mercbandice, both from foreign and domestic ports, continue to pour tn at a fearful rate of increase, filling our bonded and private ware. honses to repletion, snd rendering markets for the most part dull and redueing prices far below the cost of im portation. . ‘An enthusiastic meeting was held at Sacramento yes- terday, at which @ large sum of money was realized, ‘The Chamber of Commerce bave forwarded a remon- strance against the mining tax. Arrived, ships Ville de Toulouse, Bordeaux ; Fleet Wing, Rio; Viento, Callao: Dublin, Shanghas. Saiied, ships &. Bulkiey, Port Angelos; Brewster, Bos. * San Frascisco, May 21, 1864, A severe shock of earthquake last evening shook the houses and frightened the people, but did no damage. ‘The grain crops are more promising since the rains, which bave been heavy, and have reached more than Dalf the crop, when it was thought it would only reach a quarter of it, Money is easier. Buliton in the market, $1,300,000. Exchange for currency 68268, Commercial bills 406 Premium. Telegraph remittance, 6% a 7. Trade is quiet on account of bad roads in the interior. ‘The opposition steamer American sailed to-day for Panama. Also @aited ship Binck Hawk for Callao, Arrived, ship Gaapee from New York, brig Antelope from Hamborg. IMPORTANT OPERATIONS ON RED RIVER. Release of the Union Gunboats---Splendid Achievement of Lieutenant Colonel Bailey, of the Nineteenth Army Corps. Wa=warr on Soe ZS | S 3 Me VESSELS WORK TUROUGH BY PUTTIVG OOF WES TQ Tile GAN wee wf The banks of the river are fifteen feet high at‘ boating stages.’? Tho banks are generally lined with cottonwood trees. Back of these trees, on both sides of the river, the land is cultivated—principally with cotton, Alexandria ia built on high land, and commands an extensive view of the surrounding country. The falls are not asa body of water rushing over precipitous rocks, but rather as water patsing over broken ones, the descent being quite gradual, Seen from a distance they would not be noticed and in some instances over which vossels of light draught can pass at high water stages, SHERMAN. cretary Stanton to General Dix. Wasarxcron, May 23, 1864, Majer General Dix:— Major General Sherman, by a despatch dated baif-past eight P. M., last vight, reports that he woutd be ready by this morning to resume his operations. Returnod vetorans and regiments, he says, have more than replaced | wil lose \d detachments. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, REBEL ACCOUNTS. (From the Atlanta Register, May 11.] THE AFFAIK AT RESSACCA. reat deal has been said here by Madam Rumor the affair at Ressacca last Monday, but it is vory t 10 get at the truth of it, From a geutieman who was (here @t the time we obtain tne following par- ticeulars:— Monday morning the enemy, ia what force our tnform- ant conid not learn, approached Ressacen through Snake Creek Gap, and about noon came witbin three quarters of a mile of the village. where they were attucked by the Thirty-seventh Mississippi infantry, commanded by Lieu. tenant Coionel Weir, ‘This regiment wag flanked right and left, ang lost in killed, wounded and missing seventy.one men. 4 small force of cavalry was sent to the rear of the | noms and captnred sixteen of them. vhe Seventeenth aud Iweuty-ninth At engaged the evemy about six ov ternoon, and repulsed them. ‘The enemy fell back on morning wore pursued by so from the Gap, where they bad commenc few prisoners were brought in on Tuesday Jientenant General Hood, Major Gener: Brigadier General leynoids, were at General Canty commanded the troops on Monday. ‘The forces that were in pursuit of the enemy on Tee A about aim yama regiments zx in the at. nday night, and on Thesday Cleburne acca ou inesday. aged in the fight | day wera under the command of General Cleburne, whose presenee called forth a great deal of enthusiasm amoug the troops. ‘The object of the enemy in making a dash through Snake Creek Gap was evidentiy — to deste the railroad bridge over Qustanauin Ashore distance this side of Rewavea, Thay came mitain ritle range of the village. 4 shot¢rom one of their sharp- rivg the fight, severety wounded a fine horse tbe church there tiavta ) of the Lith publishes a re. ities in the Twenty-seventh Mississippi, ir commanding, at acea, May 9. ihe list contains seventy-one names—five killed, forty five wounded and twenty-one missing, ’ {Correspondence of Atlanta Register. | FIGHT AT DUG GAP—THE ENEMY LEAVE THEUt DEAD ON THE FIRLD—TUEY STORM OUR WORKS AND AKR DRIVEN BACK IN CONFUSION—ONE COLONEL AND ONE HUNDRED AND PIPTY PRISONERS CAPTURED — OUR ARMY BUOY tr Mine Creek Gar, May 10-4 P.M :/sTeR —Our army has been in line of b for tree aa Ou Sunday evening the enemy endeay- ored to pes? through lug Gap, bat were guliaatiy re. pulsed by General McNair’s bricade, and General “irigs+ by's dismounted cavalry. Our cagualties were weet small The enemy leit filiy dead on the fled, and Ty | about two hundred wounded We captured about fifty prisoners. {{ they bad ceeded in driving us from the Gap it would bave been au important point gained, as they would pe have beag able jo juga our yr. Quring yesterday ié (iauy Were Thassiog beavy forces in ovr Trout, ying tg develop the position of our Ithes A heavy artiliary® d Forrors Ri S duel wi going the greater portion of the day, A ck on yesterday evening the remy made orts to storm our. ritle pits m the brow of the ridges facing Mil Creek Gap ‘The enemy advanced to heavy columns around the points of the hills. Our officers ordered their men to reserve thoir fire wntil the enemy should get in short range When they got within seventy five yards the order to fire waa given, when voliey after volley was poured yato their raaks, They broke in confusion and felt bock beyoud tue bill avd refermed their lines, and again advanced to the cuarge, but the same bloody wel- come was tendered them, and again they sought safety in flight. A third time they endeavered to turp our left in order 10 eniliade our works, but the movement was promptly met by the officers 18 command, and the enemy were driven in great coulusion from the field, Maoy of the enemy were seen to fli as each volley was fired into them Our casmaltie: kil are very small, perhaps not mere then and wounded. Our rifle} pits were held by the Fifty-fourth and fbirty-eighth Alabama, and ‘Thirty eighth Teuneseee regiments. Our artillery was bandied with consummate skill, throw ing shells frequent there was cons! venson’s lines, bat no advan my. Goneral Maney’s brigade, posted on the top of Rocky Faco Ridge, had several men wounded by the enemy's sharpeliooters. General Wheeler had x heavy skirmish with the enemy yesterday, on tho Cleveland, road, repuising with iderabie loss = in Killed an He captured one hundred prisoners, among ‘them 4 colonel commanding % brigade From the enemy's demonstration yesterday even- ing, wo expected the great battle to come off this morning, bat the quiet that reigns along the lines ‘his morning is only broken by the noire of the sbarp- shooter’s rifle or the thunder of artiliery far off to the bs. “tye indications are tbat the enemy are endeavoring to {une possession of the rajiroad in our rear, in order to burn fe ‘ridge at Resgacca, and thus cut off our communica. ton with Atlanta, General Johnson i# aware of their intentions, and bas made such a disposition of his forces: ‘a8 to insure their defeat. Nevor have I seen such cont. dence and self-possession by troops just on the eve of DESPATORES PROM ATLANTA AND DALTON. {From the Richmond Examiner, May =) ‘The telograph ernisgwe Daten: sharty raph isagain working , The press re} Tecelved state that the assault terday on the fee ot the ridge a¢ Mill Creek Gap, at two o’ciouk. A. M., was repulsed with great slaughter, The wounded of ‘ne esemy are unknown. Private reports from Daltom fevresent ali cuiet tbie morniig, Asmong as falls. Amidst these rocks there is a channel through the prisoners brought here yesterday were several officers Tecognized as belonging to Streight’s raiders, * SK OND DESPATCH. Darton, Moy 12, 1864, The evemy made four assanits oo our works at Mill Creek Gap yesterday, and were handsomely repulsed by Stovall's br: ing S8F2n hundred of their dead on the field, The enemy are making a hoayy deronstration upon the Cleveland road this morning; but little dghting as been done. [Norg,—it will be perceived that the news was six days old when published in Richmond and Jad been sent pre- vious to the evacuation of Dalton by Johnston.—Fn, Firrann.) NEWS FROM MEXICO. Bitter Feeling Existing Between the Natives and Resident Frenchmen— Gen. Cortinas a French—One Man Shot and Another Executed—Fight Betw. the french and Gen. Car- vajal—Outrages on American Citizens and American Feeling—A Call for the Application of the Monroe Doctrine, &c. We have special correspoudence and telegraphic news aud reports from Mexico, dated at Tampico April 30 and May 3; Merida, May 3; Acapulco, May 12, with late ad. viogs from Matamoros Oar cortespondent im Tampico states that the French garrison in that place was small, not well provided with munitions of war,and its officers uneasy owing to the insecurity of their position, resulting from the half subdued, yetsullen hostility of the inhabitants, Ibe French commander-in-vhief took a force of about three hundred men from tampico, with the object of owptering Thspan, and thos preventing General Carvayal {rm oniting bis forces with those of General Canalas. After afew days Carvajal met him, when a flerce fight ensued. ‘The Mexicans stood firm, killiog and wounding over seventy Vrenchman—six :f them officers, two of whom died. The F h muted al over by force of arms atone, and chts of the independent nations, as well as those of athizing forelgnera, were entirely ignored. A uni oi feeling In favor of the immediate application of the onsoe doctrine by the United States Cabinet pre vailed in Tampie ihe United States steamer Kanawba bad arrtved at Tampico very epportanely, with despatches for the Amo. riean Cons)! ‘The French rebel sympathizers and friends of Jef. Davis from Sfexivo watched the movements of tho Union troops in lex#s closely, and were sanguine that Napoleon woull gain «reat advantages if the secession Cabinet could mujntain itself, From Merida, our correspondent reports the existence of a state o alairs very nearly similar to that prevailing in fampico-French military repression, some Mexican Dead sy | corruption but a wide spread feeling for native inde pendent ree Merida the people Loped for aid from the Usited States - Tho Regei¢y bad passed a law describing the status of foreigners {t Mexico, whieh leayes them entirely at the mercy of cb: officials appointed under French army rule. Caytain ampbell, Dr. Hemry Tappan, Dr. Tappan's wifo—nee Mas Lipman, of Philadetphia—citizens of the Ducted Statet, with Mrs G——, an English lady, died in Merida, ‘¢ denied burial in the consecrated oeme- tery on thoground of their being heretics rhe Latest News. San FRancisoo, May 19, 1864 Acapulco sdylees of the 12th inst. say that the Freoch oceupy but Darrow live from San Bias to Vera Cruz and Tampic? it is surm sed that the French Admiral does not ren. tare to oceuy any other Pacitic ports, because he would be unable () keep up Communication with the jatertor. Camo, May 22, 1804 Tate intelligence from Matamoros represents things as being ina very unsettied state, The bad fooling existing between the native and Freach residents had ripened to an actual outbreak Goneral Cortines and staff, while riding through the Jed by the Frenchmen, A general streets, wore I quarrel ensued; Wespons wore drawa and freely used by oth partms. Genera! Cortinaa’ adjutant general, dur ing tho melee, shot one Freuchman dead, and another was arrested, and subsequently executed on the next day by Cortinas, Mach excitement prevailed, and macy of the Preach residents were leaving the city, All was quiet @ the vicinity of Brazos, One of the Hebel Blockade Ren Wreokeda. Bavtneona, May 23, 1604. ‘tor from Mortress Monroe of the ist states that the steamer Dictator, from Newbern and Hatteras Inlet reports that a dottle was picked up off Hatteras on the 20th, containing a record of the loss of the steamer Man- hattan, at sea, (rom Wilmington, N, C., bound to Bermuda, A large lot of cotton was picked up off Hatteras Iniet on the 20th and atet, Governor Seymour our han written a letter to the District adores ot Now York, directing. him to procure indict ments agaiust all who were ougaged In the seizure of tbe offices of the Journal of Commerce the New York World. the Late Arrests: Aunany, May 22, 1864. io and CENTS. Splendid Condition of the Army of the Potomac. Our Forces Stronger Than at the Be- ginting of the Campaign. REBEL ACCOUNTS 10 THE ISTH INST. Arrival of Generals Seymour and Shaler at Charlottesville. Gen. Seymounr’s Address to the People of That Place. He Recommends Lee to Burn Washing- ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Phe Rebels Require All Who Do Wot Fight to Pra Reported Defeat of Grant at Stannard’s Mill, Ren ae, Secretary Stanton to General Dtx. Wasurxeton, May 28, 1864. Ro Major General Dix:— We have no official reports since my last telegram from General Grant or General Butler Official reports of this Department show that within eight days after the great battle at Spottsylvauia Court House many thousaud veteran troops have been forward- ed to General Grant. ‘The whole army has been amply supplied with full ra- tions of subsistence. Upwards of twenty thouvand sick and wounded bave been transported from tho fields of battle to the Washing- ton hospitals and placed under surgical care, Over eight thousand prisoners have been transported from the fleld to prison depots, and large amounts of artillery and other implements of an active campaign brought away, Several thousand fresh cavalry horses bave been for- warded to the army, and the grand Army of the Potomac is now fully ag strong in numbers and better equipped, supplied and, furnished, than when the campaign opesed. Several thousand reinforcements have also been for- warded to other armies in the field, aud ample supplies to all. During the same time over thirty thousand volunteers for a hundred days have been mustered iuto the service, clothed, armed, equipped, and transported to their re- spective positions. This statement is due to the chiofs of the army staf and bureaux, and their respective corps, to wnom the credit belonge, EDWIN M, STANTON, Seovetary «f War, Our Washington Despatches. Wasminaton, May 23, 1864, The following wounded officers reported here to-day from the front:— Col. Austin, Seventy-second New York, Lieut. Col. Savage, Twelfth New Hampshire. Major Mathews, First Pennsylvania artillery. Major O’Brien, One Hundred and Fifty-secoud New York. Captain Harry, First Maino artillery. Lieut. Kiank, Seventh New York artillery. Lieut. Rice, Ninth New York artillery, Lieut. Maddel, Fifth Michigan, Lieut. Mason, Twenty-seveuth Michigan, Major Cutting, of Gen, Augur’s staf, left Wasbington to-night for Belle Piain, for the purpose of facilitating tbe removal of our wounded from that place. Colone! Green, Chief Quartermaster of this department, bas fitted up a large namber of the barracks in the for. titications for hospitals, Tho arrangements are most complete, and have been made in an incredibly short space of time, considering the vast amount of labor ne cessary in their trausfsrmation. Colonel Hull and Lieutenant Commanding Hail, of the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-second Pennsylvania regiments, died here yesterday, of wounds Teceived im the recent battles, ‘The rumor publisbed that General Crawford, command. ing the Pennsylvania Reserves, was wounded aud taken prisoner tn the recent batties, is without foundation. General Crawford’s division is accorded high praise for its admirable conduct in the baities of the Sthand 8th inst., in which itfstood for a while the brunt of the storm and gallantly drove the enemy; but the General, although in the midst of the fray, is unhurt. THE CASUALTIES. Death of Lieutenant Colonel Tyler, of Vermont. Leutenant Colonel John S. Tylor, of the Second Ver mont Volunteers, died at the Metropolitan Hotel in this city yesterday morning, from wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness, The deceased entered the ser. vioe of his country on the rst call for volunteers, and enlisted in the above regiment as 8 private, On the 17th , 1861, he was chosen (irst lieutenant of Company C, and on the 20d of January, 1893, became its captain, Within three weeks from that date—February 9, 1863— be was promotea to the majority of bis regiment, and subsequently received the appointment of ieutenant colonet before he had reached Lis twenty-first year, He bos participated in nearly all the prominent contests of the Army of the Potomac, from Bull rua to the Wilder. ness, including the Poninsula, Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns, and was distinguished on several occasions for his gallantry. In the sanguipary comtest in tho Wilderness he met with those wounds that caused his death, He has died quite young, having only attained the twenty-first year of his age tn April last. Ho was bora in Brattleboro, Vt,, to which place bis remains have boon removed for juterment, of Witional Names of the Kil anda AWvounded in the Army of the Potomac. THR FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, MAY 21. ¥, Jobo Vanaermes, C. 5th NY, Serge § W Sartore, Sth N oy 4 i. eo. R B Smith, K, Lith George Hayoock, 0, kh NY, James RB sinlth wi nin Greenwood, C. Sth Charie Myers, K, 16th Pa, elhow NY, left lang, severely Mgnit?, Ravcing, O, Stn NY, east " ) B, lth Pa, shoulder Preys pron NY, William Lyom, K, } tea ca NY, David Sizer, ©, Ist Ps, left NY, David Sizer, © Te Agron Wright, ©, oh ari Tight knoe Tee Ton Pa, band ; cones, MAY 20. ey be Tayi Kimunerer, 0, 2, 8 ¥ Tiles Wilson Alton, F, Stat Ps W, 7B Fant yiceh, i, odin Mase John va © twrom, the Richmond Examiner, All is gone ojean a from the eoene of t! eos, his dead ond dying on the (etd, #: o stand of arms, mutny calsaong, gun CaRriAge® Hh guns were conveyed away £0, ‘mako a vain trophy, ut {i ei not counteract we “** of bie retreat, Lee re. mains on the field, master of the field; therefore the victor Of that bloody feild, It te possible that Grant's army may stop awhile at Fraderickeburg to jv burts. Grant bas already received two reiuforce one of thirty and the other of forty thousand, He has lost them, and must have more before he cau come up : the pew Jines, which await him where be wiil find hem, . Fate of Generats Seym (From (he Kiehmond kxaminer, May 19.) No more preposterous exhibition has been soen in the course of this war than the town of Charlottesville be held the orher Gay om the arrival of these two Yankee brigadier generals, who had been captured in the night attack by Gordon's brigade, to the Wilderness, The two worthies “re named Shaler and Seymour; the former bas visited nd before, in bis capacity ascaptain of a company ip the New Yock Seveotu, when that dandy regiment of Gotham cockooys was entertained here on ral obsequies, 8 a frlond and (in aud his comrades were tal, unsuspicious hospitelity of Virvinia, Now, ad vancing With hia crew of eotriroats and fire-ralsers, to burn and sack the eity in which be bas been an honored though unworthy guest, he experienced Virginia’s other atylo of Ing visitors, and will have an opportunity of comparing the Libby with the Ballard, This Shaler, however. bas at lout kept himgel! quiet, aud has in si- Jouce laid up all these things in bis mlud, and pondered thom in bis heart Not so the other redoubtable brigadier, Seymour is the same commander who, at Ocow Vond, m Florida, harled his negro troops up against the muzzlea of Con- federate guns. If he had been eaught on that occasion, in the very act of leading runaway slaves to attack their masters, if ts presumed that he would have been hanged or shot, as L deserves (a le. Summoned from the extreme South, he is given a com: mand in Grant s army, ona on the very tirst occaston of going into action, tho uniucky warrior of Ocoan ond, fancying himself to be pressing the rebele most prosper. ously in front, long with the advancing masses of Sedswick’s corps, suddenly bears upon bis right flank, pealing through the woods, the long, flerce yell of Gor don's Georgians A moment more, and the Second army corps is in wild rout before the swift and steady rush et the Confederates, and ns to what became of his own special brigade, or any othor, the hapless brigadier knows no more; a storm of *‘rebels’’ bursts and rolla over him, asd when it ie passed y he finds himself without # eword, moving to the 4S A prigoner, Une might well suppose that this latter commander would imitate the reserve and silence of bis companion in misfortune, and not, at least, provoke any taunting re- flections npon his two abortive cn ns, But this ie * not Seymour’s manner; it is not prescribed in the school of taste ip which he was brought up and since his cap- tivity he has lost no opportunity of creating effect and waking av impression, It was the fortuve of these two brigadiers to be frst marehed into Orange Court House with about twelve hundred other prisoners. ‘They were halted orposite the railing which enclosed the Court House; but while Shaler stood to a sufficiently natural mapner, and with apparent unconcern, the other furnished amnsement to the few spectators by bia studied attitudes and highly eraborate glances. standing extremely erect, with one tnamb stuck in his belt, aud evidently regarding himseif as an obect of in- tengo interest n the village, he first looked up around the windows to see whether the women were peeping, and asking their own hearts who the proper young man ip shoulder straps could be. ‘Then looking down upon the sidewalk, where some little boys, both white and black, were (we must con- fess) grinuing, he tempered his familiar smile with am austere regard of control, and shot indignant tiashes from his dark vyes. This was apparantly all the notice he youchsafed to so smal! a place ag Orange. But now comes the absurd part of the affair, On arriving at Charlottesville, a Inrger town, able to turn ont a greater crowd of spectators, this whipped bothonght him of honoring the place so far as a is his ‘fellow citizens’? at the railroad depot. The thing would seem incredible, yet trustworthy gentle- men avotich the fact that, by some upaccountable but most culpable connivance of the officer of the guard, this creature was actually permitted to’ ‘make a speech’’ the citizens of Charlottesville, They even report tl substance of bis speech, whictr was to the following ef- fect:—Goneral Lee may possibly defeat General Grant and the federal army; but what ‘of ttat? I trust that if he defeat him he may follow up hts success by taking Washington and burning it to the ground And let him ‘not stop thera; let bim capture and burn Baltimore, then advance on Philadelphia and burn that. Then, at last, we shall have @ united North, and shal begin to show you what war is, This, {rom tho ill-starred brigadier who has never done anything in the world bat ron away from Finnegan in Florida and yield bimself tfp, rescue or no rescue, at the first yell of Georgians ia the Wilderness. We (ind it hard to understand, first, why the man was not “docked and jagged” by the guard; and secondly, why he was not ooted and pelted by the populace. 6 trash that he uttered was merely @ safe piece of the most vulgar Yau. ch usually r Keo braggadocio, virulent with all the spite rankles in @ nature. Yetwe have heard Confeder- te ns, arently sane, absolutely compliment the “pluck”? and “dash’? of this miscreant’s barangue. Our people, unhapyly, have such a diseased ap- petite for oratory, are 80 resolite to have every- man ‘define his position,” ave s0 easily duped by the show of everything spirited and plucky (in language) that they will even Listes Lo the impudent rant of a despicatle being like tus. If he cannot fight, be canat least talk. His tongue is sharper than bis sword. If he canoot advance to the burning and plunder of Charlottesville, at the bead of his brigade, hoe can, at least, electrify the citizens thereof by 4 small tirade of deflant phroseology | On the wholo, this whole scene ig the acme of absurd impropriety. Tho gaard who permitted it deserves pun. ishment; and if such “speeches” are (o become a perma- nent institution, we do not sce the use of buck and gag. More Prayers Required. (From the Kichmond Sentinel, May 19.) The Confacerates find a source of great encouragement ond abundant reason for thankfulness over their present prosperous fortunes, If we can conquer now—and God is giving us the promise of it—our work will be done. The Tensonings and the fears of the enemy assure us of this, Grant's army 18 the last bead and froot of this horrid war, This i# the time, therefore, for every man who can strike a blow for his country to render his aid. Lat every one assist in whatever sphere is open to him. Ourselves r substance, let all be cheerfully and zealously ren. Bis may be needed or called for until this great fight done, The weak and helpless ones who caunot lift the spear of battle or assist in active employment, may do as the friends of ksthor did when the fate of a nation hung on hor efforts. They can besiege the throne of Heaven with fervent upptications tbat its Dlersings may be upon those who, on the part of the confederacy, are conducting the great ixsue, We have much to stimulate and encour- age us. The news of yet another victory has just come dowm trom General Lee'sarmy. Butler has been driven to cover} Tue trans-Mississippi sends as cheering tidings. Lat us strike on and strike bard, for our deliverance drawe nigh.” Grant Said to be a dat Stannard’s [From the Richmond Sentinel, May 19.) The news reached us yesterday morning that there bad been more fighting im Spottaylvania, The reports brought in represented that Grant mnade a heavy assault on Lee's right at or pear Stron: mill bis usual suecess in his Virginia operatious-—s very heavy repulse, The telegraph may bring us more accurate details before going to press, Another Victory Claimed. [From the Richmond Sentinel, May 19. ) Wo had nothing official from General Lee yesterday; but from Milford siys that General Karly & pri despati wade attack yesterday morning upon the enemy to the right of Spottey!vani ourt House, capturing nine pieves of artillery and a number of prisoners. Later in tha day the enemy made two assaulss upon our lines, neat Stannard Mill, on the Po branch of the Mattapony, both which wore repulsed, with severe loss. Persons wha ‘t Millord fn the morning coucur im saying that the fire was very heay; ire at Ware, Ma Bosto: = i 1864 24 A fire in Ware, Mass, on Saturday ‘night, destroy the buiding owned by Addison Sandtor ‘id Sen, Lyon, in Which were the Post Office and Masonic Hall, Lose $25,000, partly insured. ¢ of Real Estate— $300,000 Involved. SUPREME COURT—CIROUIT. Before Judge Foster May 28.—Jtodman Af, Price vs. S BP. Dewey, Theodore ne, Eracmus D. Kayes ame Edward Scott.—This is an ynterestiag action, brought by 6x-Governor Price, of New Jersey, to recover $165,000 (or the sale of certain pro- porty owned by bim in San Franemoo, California, io fraud of bie rights. ‘The plaintit alleges thas be owned certain property in an Francises, and that ov his retura to New Jersey be Jett Captain Erasmus D, Keyes (gow major general id the ‘States army) as bis” attorney, 1 fact, to yege of and manage att ntate: Mnat, Koya ‘on coming East himself, ab ye hy of Edward Scott, aod at ot te plaintift forwarded a temporary Srney. to scott, t be ved until Captarn team return aod reswme his office of at tthe request of Keyes, before his retare power of Keyes should May, 1863, the plaiotiff made oat an wid wer of attorney, giving Culler power te Keyos to act in the matter of estate, That this power an forwardot by the steamer which suceeded the one by which Keyes took his departure for San Francisco; that acter Keyes’ arrival in CalMormia he conspired wit the other defendants, by whieh Scout (who was etill act- ing ander the temporary power of attorooy) sold w the defeodante, Dewey and Paine, the whole.of the pints foal estate, in gross, for the sum of $135,000, which wae much below its value, the property being worth $300,000, t, in answer, allege thas The defendants, Keyes and Scott, in an Os gh the sale of the property in question was for thereof, and that they w jpelled to make |b, om ae- count of the pressure of the plaintift’s creditors tm Cant fornia. ‘The cage for the plaintiff was opened by James T. Brady, after which ¢x-Governor Price took the eee ‘was examined in relation to the allegations set forth im the complaint The trial i# expected to last several Weeks, and may prove quite interesting. Jeb Cushin Riven ae inage weouret, 4M Dane, Wi and Peviin & Miller