The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1864, Page 1

‘ “s NEW YORK HERALD. aqTulie ae ‘ . NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1864. en WHOLE NO. 10,117. ee emergency, must cortataly. taken eH, with bis battalion, was therefore ordered to GENERAL CROOK’S EXPEDITIN eres ee ate ee asian ove | Scans to inet polat sea euptare. the wageah is ted ° | inendets, ‘knowledge of tbe country poe- | bis command cheerfu'ly obeyed, and | hope whee we eeased by Rucker, who acted as guide to the expe. | Bext bear from him that he has mot with success. Oer Sinton, scan ef toaette ssrvice to ine General, and enabled Joss in thie engagement was emall—not more than forty Additional Details i him to take many advantages of routes which be could | is killed and wounded, twenty-one of which were of Al , i. 5 by General Crook Tdrongh South- high tha Geourth aoa Maye’ Macher perilously warkes 3 many as we bad in killed and wounded. _ out ae vietims; their horses and persons minutely de- | Averill, one ofthe Yankeo }, was wounded in LA soribed. and their positions at the head of the column | Acad (we are informed by @ Indy whose house was io the wester® “Virginia, Soted. "Near the Sch Sulphur Spriogs one. af theee ‘vit tear of the Yankeg lines) early tn the fight. It was Gon poo Bo fey odie 6 salle Mire 074 Morgan’s purpose lo renew the attack at daylight; but way, . ‘out with the avowed tion of murdering one or both | the enemy, taking advantage of the night, made their i Soa Sarah We Deere thee | aint me’, Preperty wotbing else. This io a it vietory, as it was evidently a ’ at of INJURIES INFLICTED ON THE REBELS. the atatin “a, sh Yunkens Lo yep C4 Y the loss of the wert y . and Captured, rebold by this raid. ‘The Virgins and “Tennessee Ral | point. This is" the testimony of all the fow road bas been most effectually destreyed aga means of | Of whom were taken. a unt ae of Greasy Con Kea defeated a vastly anperior The Rebsl Position Pierced in Fapiy over the Vital Poin oper very, great. and then we would bad P t. pe woman almost without aries Gpposition,' a ‘have captured a much larger Dumber of prisouers but for a 0 large as that of Southwestern Virginia, | the difficulty of pursuit om account of the steepness of the destroying the most Tallroad connection | Billa. ‘ and ‘cre communtcetion fn Tn yoko ra one Pie ies ont bab ay Destruction of the Great South- Ted eteedet' ibe commantestio to have given you | Bien to cat we will taxe after Mr. Averill, aed I western Railroad. ‘an account of the part perf: at Oe. ‘Averill and | &™ much mistaken if he is not made to regret that he hie dashing cavalry corps, but shall have to reserve it | ever came futo this country. He will think it is a long fog apadiee, later spn Shleis aipentn. youn: long. ber am bask ao wheve beciagtedinatean ne gels ihere, Below I annex a list various - citizens place very ments comprising this Secaene an tatremerieny ‘us alt they can spare, and | hope they may bo rie ae RUBBL ACCOUNTS, den de., ae. @ur Army Correspondence. re rn H G. Sickle commanding; com- posed of Third and Fourth Pennsylvania reserve corps and Eleventh avd Fifteenth Virginia Volunteer infantry. Artillery—First Ghio battery, Captain MeMullin commanding and Chief of Artillery; First Kentucky bat- tery, Captain D. W. Glaasie, Tcannot conclude this letter, however, without wearing testimony to the efficient manner in which the whole Of General Crook’s staffhave discharged the delicate and arduous duties devolving upon them, among whom ! will particular'y mention Captain Craig. the efficient Division in ‘Quartermaster; ‘aia Allen, Division Provost Marshal, Soa Licutensats Moore ana Patton, two of the cour: (We eeccensfal termination of one of the most daring and Drtihent raids whieh has beea yet concetved and carried @at, ‘I-speak of the receot raidof Brigadier General (George Crook through Southwestern Virginia, which cor- “petiten. command of General Crook, consisting of three | sure to render this just meed of worthy officers, brsag be y sat im these degeuerate days ef otal? delinquencies. i ‘Wrigades of infantry, under his tmmediate supervision, @@4 two brigades of cavalry, ander General Averill, Qeft Charleston, Kanawha, on the 24 day of May, took up its line of march ‘for the Virginia and allroad at Dublin depot, via Raleigh, and Rocky Gap. from Raleigh to Princeton ‘the roads were completely tleckaded by means of felled ‘ekabeor, &c., and,the services of two hundred pioneers ‘were kept in coustant requisition to remove the obstruc- Felons of the enemy. °REE FIRST CONTRSI—THR ADT ANCE CONTINUED—TER arf am ‘WITs ¢ExxiNs. ‘The rebels were first encountered at Princetoo, two «‘gempanies (one of infantry and one of cavalry) being left sat that place after its evacuation by Colonel McCansiand, | 4 “who were gallantly charged ‘by Major William P, Rucker, | maining force of Colonel McCausland (who’ commanded @f General Crook’s staf, atthe head of about one bun- | after Leen} of General Jenkins) could rally. zed of the Second West ‘Virginie cavalry, and speodily “General Morgan, witl -of his force, Burned :- forward, marched thirty-eight elles, came up with and Warews into confusion amd ‘routed, with a lows of two | fmmalictely enguged the anomy under averill woo fone REBEL ACCOUNTS. [From the Richmond Examiner.] GENERAL MONGAN’S DEFEAT OF AVERILL. tate of General John H. Morgan. fa 5 Virginia, is said to ‘have boon one of the most brilliant of the war in rapid! lorgan’ ‘was separated, ¢ two portions being about thirty mites apart, He called them together, and sent five hundred men to Dublin depot, to assiet General Jenkins, where they arrived In ‘time'to save our stores at that point and prevent the enemy from carryiog off the prisovers they ‘Upon thelr arriva’, and without « moments rest, they stubbornly met and the enemy, until the re- ; and several wounded. Marching thence th thousand strong, fought him four hourg, and finally Gap, without further interruption from the rebels, } charged him on {¢ General at (He head of the am occasional stray rom bushwhack- |column, driving bim bis gens and pursoing him, still -shot fi ore, for the 4 on for seven miles, But for the night closing in New he woula have completed his victory by the en tire force. Averill oa the and the pontoon bridges over New river, thus preventit euit im that way, and the river rose so during the night that it was Ga | ible for General Morgan to cross. The ‘pails transversely of "8 mover the people com- ‘Geend. de frie, whieh proved an by The citizens of Wytheville, know. ‘against small arms. that there were no Confederate forces within thirty ’ ‘THE NGET, 5 miles, and tbat the evemy were advancing towards that Adous eleven o'clock A. M. on Monday, the 9th, fice, Ree moving, their effects, when the news of Aver- ‘We battle opened in the various regiments of the, | {ll’s defeat reached therm. The of Southwestern First and Second brigades ing in lines of battle in | Viratn(a are loud in their praises of the gailant goseral fields, and meving ily forward to the attedx | and bis men. The Coofederate'loss in the attack upon jall the precision aad‘ccoolness of a general review. | ‘Averill was ten killed and fifty wounded. Twelve dead they were i full , and the rebel batteries | Yankeos and a number of their wounded were left on the Spened upon them; then Seuadon, blinding binze of light field. They carried off most of their wounded, among aay ene pai like hog tete get ‘them General DuMe. ‘the borders ef @ thunder cloud, - war eae that the battie had | ‘Stebel sarge ope en the “Yas. epened—ine barvest of death ‘bad begun. Provdiy and ees”? wer vem. Meringly, witha wild ; nedon [Correspondence of the Richmond x) ont gailaat Gogs te the enemy: ‘The: Wrrnsvirie, May 11, 1964 the jnlarvening_ebde ab » double quick, Since my last letter we have had stirring times in this foot of a sae crest the rebels were See is sent mediately io, troue of thett Yankee Averill, Lovell and Duffle bave ‘works, and then commenced-a flercely contested and ter. | been making attempts to oocupy the country, ecene of carnage. Volley.after volley was poured in and, I regret to say, with too much success. I have no ome at short range, and with deadly 4 oe ut their it paren vn — bec yl While whole piatouns mowed r Grant's success re Kichmon wi woul us ins re. ba rab cue setae’ a mare enubied them to take full sad ‘nto fou of NT — CESS. vi jnia at one gran low. General Tee, however, General Crook now determined on. flank \¢, | hed something to say in the execution of tte programme, and bas, fortunately, very sertousiy interfered with it. Your readers have n0 doubt heard a)! sbout the eapture of Dubliv, and the subsequent movement of the enemy ‘enemy's attention. on Now river bridge, and, a8 1 kaow very little of the pl Gales rece the first intimation | particulars,I will not attempt to relate thom. the enemy bed of jt-being asharp volley poured | On Sunday night last General Mergan left Saltville for Tie thar asa, while thousands of balls Toait deote jon ] the purpose of occupying Laurel Creek Gap, and prevent ‘ead death among them. And pow commenced the } the approach of Generals Avorill and Dufte, who were re- scope of confasion and dismay, the cnomy to be at Jeffersonville. His command reached gq in every direction, like @ frightened flock of | the gapafter a very fatiguing march over a rough and Defore a pack of , throwing away | difficult road. about two o'clock on Mon morning. their wild terror vebich 1 ir | Scouts were despatched towards Jefersoavilie, who re- ight. ‘They certainly Toupht bravely but ‘turned about three o'clock P. M. and gave the informa ‘tion that the enemy were moving upon Wytheville. It Like the leaves of the forest when summer Is green, ‘Dow became @ matter of the utmost importance to reach ‘This host with thelr banners at Ubore in time to'meet them. and the command. wae or. Like the leaves of the lorest-wheo autum bath blown, | dered:to.move, They reached a point about thirty two ‘That host on the morrow lies ad miles from here by o'clock P. M. amd went into CLOTD’S MOUNT aIN—THE.. 5 camp. ‘The vext morning the columa was put in motion For the number of troops +, ed tee tenets oF and arrived ip town at three o'clock. A camp was se- dime occupied, the battle of "2 in was cer- | lected, and the order given to unsaddie feod the tataly the most fiercely and dicody om record. | horses, which by this time was vory hes aad they > "@ force was about 4,000, whilst Untonista | bad ot been fed but ouce since leaving Saltvill Bot pear the same number jate Hi OWS | APPROACH OF THE UNION TROOIS—TAR TANKERS” RETREAT, Pa , during the space of two a Searcely had the saddies been removed before it was ‘fal, our lons in killed and wounded will probably reach announces that the enemy were approaching tn atron; $000, while that of the rebels id wine se te and fogs neces "8 Gap. ittenden, with the fore Bees cae The in tbe Se } of Colonel Als:on and Lieutenant Colne! '. Was order. “ Pg eae Nomar permet 4 p Ans he Eo Ke int Bey orad Pies < Virginia alone about men, We oer’ ade and General Morgan’s o! ander CK held ‘oteer Osione! Woodward, of the | the com of Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Alston, were ivania reserves, es brave aad gallant @ | ordered to move rapidity by a circuitous route through @idier as ever drew a sword (rom the acabbard or cheer. woods and ic the enemy vigorously in their ef men on 10 victory. » By the time they had reasned a position GENERAL JENKINS, to command the entrance to the gap, the esemy qomemaniiog the rebel forces, was wounded, | bad fatien back were drawn up in line of ie heeds aa ieee lesa ie | Dattle on a very high hill in an je 4 aed officers was very teavy. Jenkéas bas, 1 | which the whole country in their venderstand, since died of bis wounds. frent, The country here ts & succession of high RIVER—ANOTHER FIGHT. ‘and beautifully sloping billé, and in fine oultivatien. commenced.and | In a few minutes after their arrival on the oo Pe the exhausted it of, yet, suck was the nim- by the enemy, to whom terror ings, that our forces failed to tiles of Dublin, where rv with more steadiness and determination. Their required to urge them forward, their u08 ‘ve eager impa- enemy who were so strongly posted, Plainly seen greatly to outaumber them ered, but all seemed to contend who should ‘ABT gazed earnestly ov the short distance ened between the two hostile columns and saw jess very rapidly , the anxiety and suspenee wae Who ‘among. that. noble imi was fto be to fall? Di there is a tremendous roar ry, which is followed by a volley from 5 Hg Yankees, which docs not, how- al a i at de advance of our lines in the volley are fired in quick succes. he reverbrates through the long chain The Yankees saw we wore ‘going for them,” it, and their line begins to yinid. = forward, and soon their 4 aa ty atream| 6 gail ering tain ie bill a 0 and reve seceeston, and Look up = that we could not press th cou! they wheel and form toad for Christiansburg, where | again. With another of those shouis, which tho Yankees received reinforcemeats, and | bave beard so often that they know what it means, our ‘woul tie; but om reaching Blackbury | men continue to advance; the enemy's live is again Gilenrear information of the euemy's retreat to | broken, and they fat neck to apotber bill, From this it until the command to Greenbrier About this time Colonel Crittenden's force, which was river {trom wbegce f write) noth oc- | Commanded in person by General Morgan, is seen to ‘to break the monotony of the except the ee ee cae tee ane left fank of the trashing of Colones: Medwall Jackson, 10 command of | enemy. lo ‘minute the sound of artil is gome fifteen bandred men, and the taking of one piece of and a shell explodes right in the middie of the Yan- ee saute portion of bis transportation. | kee linen The our men on the left was a whole | dimeett the lead, Sod io leas = nom gaboundes, Leweneet Deval; weeeomnmanaee te ’ arms, keapeacks, versacks, a a sbell ir el 10 eir rei atrewn ca, the roel for wlies. s My S Y an 4 eolumn, and M the dificulty of climbing ube bw | bill ted a Pursuit, the retreat would soon Yankees, being dismounted jn henever they were driven back z | i would mount and go back #0 rapidiy that they for wfantry. Yat all these | bave time to form agiin before wo could get and drawbacke, she command moved steadily them, them |, and would ere this beve beed sa’ety encamped i comty Bet Shee ay i fm our Maes bad Greenbriar river, ty moat trying By the success San See emery al tod sageclous fon’ ; Ce gloriousl: the promotion which x Soares siven im without detay or ‘hesitancy. oe command the several expeditions, having in view t® | horse! game object, which hive been planned since the | back outbreak of the rebelll.n, suone,, the, youngest great mao who has undertaken It, 008, No one preset oa, form an iden of the | bat fed for SSRs Sess [ESE all, and va eveal Wo bay dition 10, the futtre from apy further incursions from the bar- ‘variang, When we arrived here they were in a great state of excitement and all were preparing for a general ‘Stampede, and we did not get bere a minute too soon, ing of the kindness of the eitizoos reminds me Of an occurrence that 1 witnessed op the march to this if ished to pay for them,and also jows. He generously reptied, Jonel, | can well spare a few rails aud a little grass if you witl keep the Yankees away. I know very well if they get here rails and grass wit be of little value, and therefore | do not want any pay.’”’ Virginians have a right to brag on old Virginny, and I think hereafter the rest of the States will submit to it without irritation. THE NEW SENSATION. and Merchants’ » the Appointments, a the Design of the Clab—The Batldt: the Membership Institation, doc. Americans, whose mission seems te be to improve everything, have now made up their minds to improve upon the foreign tea of aclub. Our people cannot con- tent themselves with a mere restaurant and lounging place. They have neither time nor inclination to display ‘themselves im club windows and ogle the ladies who pass dy. They must mingle business with pleasure and profit with amusement. This peculiarity sufficiently explains why the erdinery kind of clubs hevo always been com- paratively umpopular here. At last a company of gentlemen’have organized and established an American club, to be conducted upon American principles. It ie located on Fifth avenue, be- tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second strects; and a brief description of its internal arrangements and the purposes to which it is to be devoted will convince the most skeptical that its originator, Mr. H. St. C. Fytinge, has bit upon a decidedly novel, original and briliiant idea, ‘and that New York is about to bave a now sensation. The main Club House is ofbrown stone, five stories high, twenty-eight fect wide, end one bundred and twenty fees deep, with a bay window fronting upon the avenue. On the rear @ inrge building bas been erected, with two entrances on Fifth avenue and one on Twenty-second street. This res hall ts tobe used Dourse, or evening exchange, and will be accessible both to the-membersof the club and to the general public. A regular call of stocks will be made there on Wednesday, Qune 1, and on every suc- ‘ceeding evening. But, to begin at the beginning, let us enter the Club House from the basement. Here we find a telegraph oMce ana an elegant smoking room, A wide ball passes these departments and leads back to the ale and wine room, which is' to be seperintended by Chris. O'Connor, Feq.,and so upstairs to the Bourse Ail of tnese reoms are large and are to'be splendidly forvished. The articles for sale in Mr. O'Connor's department will Deof the first quality, selected-with the greatest cave. ‘The spacious kitchens are not yet Mtted up. Mr. A. Stotson, of the Astor House, is entrusted with the" im- ‘mense responsibility of selecting the artists in this most Important portion of the establishment. Passing up etairs to the Bourse, we enter ao im. menee hall, which will accommodate, with the salons, a thousand people. White was thearebitect of this hall, and bas ventilated it perfectly, and in.every way ‘t!od it for it class eveming stock exchange. Here the ster- ling moneyed men of New York will meet nightly to gain fortunes upon stecks aud transact all their private Lusiness. Commerce and business are aot the etijustie of other clubs; but they are of this. The bankers, the brokers and the merchants Il most comfortabiy pro vided for, and none of them should fail to ava}! themselves ges. The Club bulletin will hourly an xact state of the markuts. The arrivals and departures of ships wil be recorded. A banking fund will bo tept In the Club safe to change checks for mem- bers after banking hours, ‘The large windows of tho main salon open apon the Bourse. This salon consists of three immense rooms +n suite. These are all sumptuously furnished in diferent styles, but with exquisite taste and harmonious effet. ‘The saion will be the reception room of the Ciub, and It brilliantly lighted and sapplied with every possible con venience. It opens upon a magnificent halt, through which a wide staircase leads to the second story. T)'* whole floor is thrown into a restaurant, seating about two bendred persons. The service of silver and crystal for this restaurant is most costly. Here members will ‘be served with all the delicacies and substantials of the season, at the simple cost of material, and with wines of the rarest vintages, A bair dressing saloon and bathing room are upon eacR floor, Indeed, nothing fs wanting which the most refined taste and lavieh expenditure can supply. ‘The third floor ts divided into apartments for private partics, whist, chess and dressing rooms, These may be thrown en suite for @ large party if required, Each of these rooms ia furnished in a style contrasting with the others, and it is bard-to say which is the most beauti/ul. The large rear room, however, is the most gorgeous. Splendid dormitories, for the use of membors, are also upon this floor, All the standard journals of the world will Bo on file here, Allof the Furopeam languages wi!) Despoken by the servants in attendance, as many of ihe foreign Consuls and of our foreign residents have alrealy Joined the Club, and the diplomatic corps will be very fully represented in the membership. In this respect,as in all others, there appears to be the utmost solicitude to provide for the comfort aud convenience of these cou nectod with the institution, The fourth story consists of a spacious hall, entirely devoted toa billiard saloon, Six large tables will be setup. A well known professor of the art wil! take charge of this saloon, and it will certainty be superior to almost any other billiard room in the city, Altbousd thie-is a secondary feature in comparison with the Stoc! Exchange, still (he same care is evident in all its appoiat- ‘The cost of the Club House, with its paraphernalia, bas deen about $125,000. The coat of the silver alone amounts to $20,000, The annual dues are fixed at $100. ‘The location is the best in the city, central, and ensily seceasibie from down town or up town. Arrangemeots have been made for carriages for the use of thé Clad, The membership is already very large, and is rapidly inereasing, as the design of the Clud and the perfection of its details become better known. ‘The number of members is limited to six hundred. The strictest Inquiry as to character and standing determines the applications for membership; for it is one of the laws Of the Club, as aualterable as those of the Medes and Persians, that no irresponsible person can be admitted. Perbaps this feature, more than any other, bas ai fogetber the loading bankers. merchants and business men—the true representatives of the metropolis—in the Organization of this institution, We predict for it re markadle success, and expect to seo it outlive all of the mere imitations of Ruropean cliques that have hitherto usurped and monopolized the name of club in this city. SHERMAN. Secretary Stanton to General Dix. Wasuincton, May 28—9.b0 P.M. ‘To Major General Dix:— A despatch from General Sherman, May 28, six A. M., moar Dalloa, reports that the enemy, discovering his move to turn Altoona, moved to meet our forces at Dallas. Our columne met the enemy about one mile east of the Pumpkin Vine creek, and we pushed them back about thres mites, to the point where the road forks to Atlanta and Marietta. Here Jehoston has chosen a strong line, fad made hasty but strong parapets of timber and earth. General Sherman’s right ie at Dallas, the centre about ‘three miles north. The country is densely wooded and Broken. No roads of apy consequence. We bavehad many sharp encovaters, but nothing deci- aive. EDWIN M. STANTON, Becretary of War. NEWS FROM FHE MISSISSIPPI. Querritie Attack en the Steamer St. Lowise—Nebol Steamers Up Red River— Return of General MeArthur’s Com- mand to Vicksburg, é&c. Cairo, May 27, 1864. ‘The steamer Hillman, from Memphis yesterday even- ing, bas arrived here, She has ffty-nine bales of cotton for Bt. Louis, The rebels fired into hor at Island No. 16. ‘The steamer St. Louis, on her way to New Orleans, was fired into at Tunica Bond. The rebel shells struck her and exploded near ber boiler; but, fortunately, mo one was injured. ‘The rebels are said to have twenty-five steamers up the Red river, above the farthest point reached by our army. ‘The steamer Silver Moom, from Memphis for Cincinnat!, bas seven bundred and seventy-three bales of cotton and rags. General McArthur’s command returned to Vicksburg on the 20:8 inst. He had no engagement with the rebels o any importance. Great excitement existed at Vicksburg on the reception ‘of the news from Ge! ‘! Grant’s army. GENERAL CANBY’S NEW COMMAND. What it Consists of and How it Affects General Banks. GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 192. Wan DerarrMent, ADJOTANT GrNeRat’s Orion, Wasarscton, May 7, 1864. By direction of ‘the President, Major General E. R. 8. Canby, United States Voluntecrs, is assigned to the com- mand of the Military Divisien of West Mississippi, which will include the Departmeuts of Arkansas and of the Gulf. By order of the SECRETARY OF WAR, E. D, Townsanp, Assistant Adjutant Geveral. Gen B ved. {From the New Orleans True Delta, May 21 ) Finding thas mucb misapprevension existed as to the Position to be assumed by Gen. Canby, we have, at con- siderable pains, ascertained the facts [rom officia! sources, Some @ ago it was found expedient to orgamize geographical. (nos. miljiary) divisions, composed of ‘wo or more departments, as the Division of the Mis- Bissipp) ts eomposed of tl ments of Tennessee, Mississippi ead Kentucky, which was originally created for General Grant, but is now commanded by General sherman, Anew igion bas now been created, called tne West Mississippi. This the command of Gene- val Canby. Its exeet boundaries bave not been com. municated fartber than that the Department of the Galt will be inciuded. General Parks continues in his command, but will report to General Canby just as Gene- ral Thomas reports 1oGeneral Sherman, instead of send- ing direct to General Grant, We cannot see from any intelligence shat have that the status of General Banks 10 atleeted in the slightest degree. THE INDIAN WAR. misation of = Force for the Prose- jon ef Anetn Ca ry ine Saw mesote, dee. ent the St. Pani Pross. rations for the Minnesota branoh of the In ition are being made ar reptdiy as possible we bave previously stated, ¢ iH) be under the commard of Celope! Thomas, of hth regimens, until a junction is formed on the Missouri with @everal Sully. They wili consist of the Fighth regiment, portion of the Second cavaicy, ander the command of Colove!l McLaren, and two aections 0: Captain Jones’ battery. The first eignt companies of the Second cavalry are the ones designsiot, ae followe:— Company A, Capita J. R. Jones ; Coinpany 8, Caytain B. Company C, Captain A. S. Company D, Captain Jomes Mein; Company E, Captain RF. Siaugh ter; Company F, Captain Thomas’ H. =mith; Compiny G, Captain "Jacob Nix; Company H, Captain |’ B Davy. Tt was the intention t@ Bave concentrated the Fighth regiment and the companies of the Second cavalry in the upper potion of the Btate as Sauk Centre, several days ago, but ine delay of Major Hatch 8 expedition ip reacn- ing Fort Abercrombie preveoted t. Horses to mount the fetantry were sent wp some time since, and were expect- 0d 40 loave Sauk Contre # ompany 9 Dis expedition. This company’, together with two sect!ous of Capt. Jones? battery, will leave Fort Soelling to.tay under ord rs to report at Fort Ridgely on the 26th, et which time the force from Sauk Centre ts also expected arrive AS the drought prevented the zrowth of grass, it Is qnite possible the expadition will orzauize at Fort Ridgely instead of Pope. So far informed, the plav for the campaiga is similar to last year. Coione| Thomas is expactet to unit General Fully at a given point on the upy tis reported that this wa al ww Yort Pierre, and that ator innction the combined {erces will move to the mouik of Heart river, a distanée of ove bundred miles south of Fort Clark, aod erect theres perma:cat post, leaving a garrison m charge, Todians are to, be chastisca whenever and wherever and if not met with before reaching this post, the expedition will continue its waward and upward pro gress, Minnesota will also be rer ed by Brackett’s Dat- 3, It would seem almost proceed, a8 much dim. f expedition forces a8 he #ixth reg tment will be sept to the head of ‘They wit bulld posts ou the James river Lake, The remaining members of the Bec. o i Met Will De ased to garrison pozis already e:- \oblisbed, Death of Co ove BEY t Fellows, WEST CORRESPONDENCE. Kay Weer, May 23, 1864, In consequence Of ap aceident to the Mississippi sbe has doen ined until thie morning (or repairs, This on- ablos me to announce the death of Colonel Fellows, com manding the fecond United States colored regiment, whieh melancholy event occurred Inst night, at the resi douce of the post surgeon, whither be bad been removed from the fort. Col, Fellows was a native of New Hampshire, end gradu- aled at West Point; sbortly after which be was appointed olonel of this regiment, which he was instromenial in raising ja the District of Columbia. Col. Fellows wae very Hitle over twen'y-(Bree years old at the time of his desth. He was remarkably fine lookiog, and bis manly appearance seemed to denote term of | be had attained at the time of ‘ath. He ponscaned in an eminent degree t oem of bis officer® and men. The eMoieney amd perfection of driii to which the rert mont has attaine@ usder him evinced bis capacity for (be position he 80 worthily Giled, The Dollar & 1O THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. Kxor's [!sanquartens, Montoyvittr, N. ¥., May 27, 1564 Please find enclosed the sum of one doliar tow: ds pur- a eword for he brave Live Mac, GEO. C, MORTON, Captain, Late of the Firth New York cavalry. ag Tax Muaver oF OrF.cem DUntes.—Coroner Naumans yesterday concluded the inquisition in the case of officer aud Second avenue, two weeks since, as previously re- ported, Two or three moro witnesses were examined, a8 who rendesed fellow! verdiot —"That Georte Duryea came to ie 4 ‘of @ man whose pistol shot wound at the hands unknown to them, on the of ‘They further Ond yobn Connell, the sory before the fact.” Connell was the Tombe to wale the action of he Grand twenty-two years , wae ST'No 433 Rast Nioetoonlls #tteet, astonecutter. The prisower of course TERRIFIC BXPLOSION AT DETROIT. From the Detroit Free Press, May 22.) ‘One of the moat terrible explosions ever witnessed Our citizens occurred this Propeller %| and passesgers on board, was about starting for Milwau- kee, when her boiler suddenly bursted, and blew the orats Soto a thousand pieces ina moment's time. The whole city was startled by tho shock, and soon the streets lead- img to she scene of the terrible accident were blocked with.eager thousands anxious to know the result and fearful for the worst. The scene in the vicinity of the dock was indeed a frightful ape. The wreck of the shattered steamer lay at several blocks, pieces were floating down the river; the areater portion of the bonler itself I1y im the middie of First street, a distance of ten roda from the water's edge: Duildings in the vicinity were torn to pieces; ay and massivo brick walls were perforated, by large timbers driven through them like forest. leaves riddled with bul- Jets. For miles around the fragments of the wreck were buried through the air some of the We are informed, struck the roofs of houses in the neighboring town of Windsor, in Canada, damaging them to a considerable extent. For te Bpace of an hour all was excitement and e-nfnsion in the immediate vicinity of the catastrophe, For a time jt was next to impossible to get anything like a detailed apd accurate acocunt of the accident; but from the different itements obtained by several of our reporters we are enabled to furnish the following detailed account :— Albert W. Bacon, nephew of Judge Bacon, of Monroe, a merchant of Grand Traverse, ly killed. His body was thrawn over Bissel ind fell on the pavement on Atwater street. ho. rit neaced the*accident says he saw the body some thirty feet above the warebouse. Peter Scheffer. a shoemaker, at work in the shop of McAfee & Fawcett, was struck by & stick of timber from the wreck, and instantly killed. He was at work upon bis bench and a stick of timber came through tho rear wall of the building and struck him upon the head. Thero were six other men at work in the shop, none of whom were injured. The steward and cook, Christopher Wayland, of Lancaster, N Y., was diown uy the roof of a warehouse, and was very #e- verely. if not fatally injured. Among the passengers were David Walters and wife, of Lancaster, Erie counts, New York. Mra. Walters was sitting in the cabin, The chair ov whic! sat was blown to fragments. and she was burled violently across the cabin: but, except somo ‘Blight bruises about the head, escaped serious injury. APPEARANCE OF THE WRECK—FORCE OF THR RX- PLOSION. The entire after part of the vessel is blown to frag- ments. About forty fect of her forward cabin ts le’ standing. The forward deck atands about eight feet ont of water, the after ‘part is completely submerged. The boiler blogn about three hundred feet up First street; heavy tithbers were scattered in all directions, and crashed throngh the walls and roo’s of many of the neighboring buildings, A stick of timber abdut fourteen feet in longth,.and ten by sixteen inches square, was Dlown abort four hundred feet across Woodbridge street, through the rear walls of the shoe store of Mc. Fawcett, ana instantly killed a shoomaker at work oo bis besch. Heavy bers and masses of iron, belong the botler and.engine, were hurled an immense dit . Masses of the boiler struck upon .Jeferson avenne, above Antoine street, others near the Grand Circus, while the walls and roofs of buildings in the imme vicinity were perforated im @ wonderful manner. Jig.of the building in which the snoemaker was completety riddled, leaving the building Iu an unsafe condition. The fragments around the ecene of do struction give unmistakable proof of the mighty power which Surled the boiler from its place. Several persons in the neighborhood were more or less injured. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Killea——Joho W. Walters, first mate: Michael.King, first engineer; Owen Tumblety, second dogineor: two fire~ men, names upknown; A. W. Bacon, passenger, and Peter Sohoter, 6! er, at work in his shop. Wounded—Robert McCu'ley. second mate: CC. Way- land, steward; Thomas Mullens and Philip Hulbold, wheelsmen; Jacob Sittel, watchman: Peter Trikes. fire- Agnes Carson, chambermaid; Christopher Swoeney, rs. it Walters, Floreace Nighelis, Jane Tanner, par. sengers: R. W. Gillett, Richard Bourk, Wiliam Helf aid H.C. Prenton. ‘The wounded, so far as is known, are all doing well and likely to reco Kohnetamm Case. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT court. Before Jadges Nelece and Hhipmon. MOTION IN ARRERT OF JODCMRYT, May 23,—This morning, in. pursuance of an order of the Court fixing a day for hearing a motion for an serest of jadgment fn the case of Solomon Kohastamm, ‘ound guilty of defrauding the government by means of fase certificates and vouchors, tbe case was brought up. The Drisouer was in court, snd was represented by his counsel, Messrs. Fvaris, Brady and Denn, the government béing represented by the United States District Attorney, Mri ‘Smith, aod Mesers. Pierrepont and Sedgwick. Mr. Evarte, in moving for arrest of jadgment, said ‘the ‘iret consideration in support of the application was Presented im the statates of 1528 and 1963 the latter, he eontended, repea ing some sections of the former, besides: containing certain saving clauses which did not embrace the present caso. The saving clauses provided, Grst, for vending suits and the rights and claims of the govern. meat, but ell of a pecupiary character. The case of Kobnstamm did not come ander this clause, as it waa Dot ding when the act was passed, and was not it woe necessary to prove ure Of ihe offenve charged. ndletmeat only charged that Kohnstamm presented acortain falso paper, in which it was stated that the gov- ernment was adebior © Lewis Preifier in the sum of $1,366. This was admittedly @ false statement, for whieb the prisoner was pot resvons bie. it seems, was owed some $100, made out a bill for $1,866 against the goverament, the offence could der the provisions of the act, which only covered the act of forziag or counterfeiting false papers, the Dill not Dejng counterfeited from any other, With reference to bis Honor’s eharge (Jodge Nelson), ho contended that inere ‘no proof thet Kobostainm presentod the bill, althongb the charge to the jury would lead them Neve otherwise only evidence wan on August Kobnstamm r avalis of the bili ef Preiter, bed of previous action, and the only ground viction could be asked was that aa order eubseyventiy io favor of Kohostamm. mint bave beea indicted for obtaining money pretences had he presented vouchers for thom to be false. Og the proof of presentath ernment bad failed: there was no proof that the bill, which tp itself bears evidence of = pve i esuid bore thew oe Attorney ae verdict which would by ofa Dill which gave inherent tolacate Gs ibele tit i cal conditiin was altered. It mau was convicted on pe: of ¥, E gs = & i 5 lah GH not guiiity the act of 1323, under which the amendment was {ramed. It would mot be disputed that the intea- ton of Congress was not to shield olenders by the pas- Bae of the more recent act, The times had greatly altered since 1823, The government was in the midst of a war, and Congress found that numerove frauds were com- 1 om the United states, in this city, in Washiny and other places 4 it was in order to punish offences that the tiom to the ore pecessary by jigne!to)upish, The act provided not merely for the ation of a Dill, but italso covered the case of pa 'y who caveed any such presentation of a false bill to maile for the purpose of defrauding the government, Freidence bad distinctly proved that Kohnstamm himself presented the bil! avd received the amount. Mr. James T. Brady followed on behalf of the prisoner, and contended principally that the indictment was nt valid In enpport of bis argument he cited the first seo ton of the law of claims, which provides that all trans. fers and assignmeats hereafter made of any claim ma: ‘upon the United States or any t or share thereof Yoterest therein, whether absolute or conditional, be pull and void, uniess the same sball be made in the Presence of at least two attesting witnesses after the al- to of sueb claim, the ascertainment of the amount due and the issuing of @ warrant for the payment there- of, There was only one witness to the sesignment offered im evidence, and it was made before the claim was al- lowed, and ‘hence the case against the prisoner could sot be sustained. ‘The Court took the papers, reserving decision til! Mon- day vert. Death of Joshua R. Giddings. Bowron, May 28, 1864. A Montreal despatch gives some particalars of the Goath of Joshua R. Giddings, He was engaged in playing & game of dilliards at St. Lawrence Hall with Mr. Feld- man, when he suddenly complained of,weakness, and sat down on © sofa, Dr. Turner, of the Soo Fusileer Guard, and Dr, Pallon, both living at 88, Lawrence Hall, ‘and Dr, Batheriand, were promptly by bie side; but be at ence became insensible, and expired in a few minutes, Peo eollige: Boup Rompeny s¥ 4 Prcarocuer.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Peter Peterson, residing in Fairmount, Westchester county, stopped in front of the World newspaper office to read the bulletin, and while there a thief relieved him of bis watoh, vi Fite. Peverson PRICE FOUR CE TS. GRANT Our Army South of the Pa- munkey River. OCCUPATION OF HANOVERTOWS. Lee’s Army Largely Rein- forced. OUR TROOPS IN FI SPIRITS, be, ~ &, ro Stamtoh to Major General Dix. To Major General Dix:— "3 t Wasmnaron, May 28—9:50 P.M An official despatch from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, at Magabick ehurch, te spilog from Hanovertown, dated yesterday afternces . 4 ‘ave ovelonk. has just been received. rs It states that our army was withdrawn to the aortp pide of the North Anna on Thursday night, and mpved towards Hanovertown, the place desigaated for crossing ‘the Pamunkey. * At nine e’clock yesterday (Friday) morning Sheridan, with the First and Second divisions of cavalry, took pos session of Hanover ferry end Hanovertown, finding there only a rebel vidette. The First division of the Sixth corps arrived at ten A. M., and now hold the place, with sufficient force of cavalry and infantry and artillery to resist any attack likely to be made upon them, The remainder of the corps is pressing forward with rapidity. Weather fine and porfe:t. ‘A later despatch dated at seven o’clock this morning (25vh), from Headquarters, Magahick church, has also been recoived.” It reports that everything goes on finoly ; weather clear and coo; the troops came up rapidly, an? in great spirits, and that the army will be beyond the Pamunkey by n00n. Breckinridge is at Hanover Court House, with a force ‘variously reported from three thousand to ten thousaud. Wickbam’s and Lomax’s brigades of cavalry are alsp there. ‘The despatch farther states that after seizing Hanover ferry yesterday, General Torbert captured seventy-five cavalry, includiag six officers; that (ho rebel cavalry te exceedingly demoralized, and flees before ours on every occasion. No despatches from avy other field of operations have been recoired to day. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The Washington Telegrams. Waamixatox, May 23, 1864, Advices, via Port Royal, on the Rappabaanock, (rom the army of the Potomac, are up to Thursday night, ‘Ihe rebel army were busily engaged io intrevching oo the north side of the South Avra river, and apparently expecting us to attack them in their works No battle bad takeo place up to the t!me our informant (am officer) left. Our left bed crossed the Pamunkey river east of Sex. ton’s Junction, Our whole army was in. glorious spirits; and wore’ 't not for giving news of a movement before it was com- pleted, we could send you some cheering news. Tt ip believed that Lao is boing largely reinforced from Beauregard’s and other armies, Wasninctox, May 28, 1664, Parties who reached here frown Fredericksburg to day report tbat guerillas continue to hover aroand the toro in considerable numbers. Many of them are also to.be seen along the banks of tho Rappahannock. On Thursday evening the gneriilas, supporing that Fredericksburg had been evacuated, made a dash up to where some of our troops. were in the river bathing and fired upoa them, killing one and wounding two, They exon discovered that our forces held tbe town and they imme- diately retired. A detachment of our cavalry were: sent in pursuit, but they were unable to overtake the marauder:. ‘The steamer City of Albany arrived at Alexandria to. day from Port Royal, with seven hundred wounded on board. ‘These men were wounded on Tuesday and Wednestsy last, (0 the fighting on the North Anus river. To facilitate the tranamiseion of medical supplies to points developed by emergencies, and to secure the Droper distribution and presence of medical officers and their essistants where (heir peryices are most require:!, avd to provide comfortabic, abundant sa! availabe hospital accommodation for the sick and woundel of te West and Southwest, the office of the Azcistant Surgeon Genera! bas been established at Louisvillo. Our Wounded All Removed to Wash- ington. Wasmmaton, May 28, 1864. ‘The steamers Keyport and Lizzie Baker arrived here this morning with five bundred wounded, being all that were at Fredericksburg. The wounded brought up oo these boats are (he most serious cases that have reached here, nearly all of them having lost limbs. Some of these cases were found to beso dangerous that it was impos- sible to remove the anfortunate men from the litters on which they were brought up in the boate, sod, as they could not bear the jostling of the ambalances, detachments of the Reserve Corps were engaged for several hours in carrying them from the wharf to the hospitals, Six died on board of the Keyport om the upward trip, as did also quite a Bamber on the Lizzie Baker. Five died on the wharf while waiting their turas to be removed, and others breathed their last while being conveyed from the wharf to the hospitals, Pymapetrms, May 28, 1864. The gold medal presented to General Washington by Congress on the evacuation of Boston by the British, and the only gold one ever presented to him, has been purchased by a few gentlemen of Delaware, and will bo Presented to Lieutenant General Grant, The sum paid for the medal is over five thousand dollars, Perso! Intelligence. Earl Cowley has (April 25) left Paris for England. The Grand Duke Constantine of arrived at Ber: lia, April 25, and alighted at the of the Russian. Ambassador. The following ie a list of deobrock 4 Chauses 4’ Kane s de ia