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he had forced them from their works and driven
them across the stream.

"It is also said that in these engagements the
slaughter of the enemy was very great, and our
losses inconsiderable. The rebels charged egainst
our artillery, and suffered especially from °mister.
"A despatch from General Grant, dated this
morning at 8 o'c'ock, has also been received. It states
that the enemy have fallen back from the North
Anna, and we aro in prireuit. Negroes who have
come in sRy that Lee is falling back to Richmond.
‘. 0 jler c.ffioial despatches from headquarters say
that Warren, Burnside, and Har 'ek aro pushing
forward after the retreating army. Warren cap-
tured a good number of prisoners lest evening, but
has not had time to count them o: aseerteia his less.
Hancock is storming the rifle.pits this side of the
river. Last evening he also took between 100 and
200 prisoners and drove many rebels into the river,
where they were drowned.

" Warren also captured some official papers,
among them an order calling out all boys 17 years
of age to garrison Richmond. Ambulance men and
musicians are also ordered to the ranks.

" Sheridan was this morning at Dunkirk, and
will be at Milford to-night.
"No despatches have been received to-day from
General Sherman, and none are expected for seve-
ral days.
"Despatches from General Butler have been re-
ceived to day, relating chiefly to the respective
forces.

"Admiral Lee, in a telegram dated the 22d, to
the Secretary of the Navy, states that last night
(Saturday) the enemy attacked the army and were
handsomely repulsed.
"A despatch from Major-General Canby, dated
the 18th, at the mouth of the Red River, states
that General Banks's troops had arrived at Semmes-
port yesterday, and will reach Morganzea to-day.
The army is in better condition than was expected,
and will soon be ready to resume offensive operations.
"EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
" Major-General Dix."

The special correspondent of the New York gimmes,
writing from Guinney's Station, May 21, 7 p.m.'
says :

" The army of the Potomac is again on the march
towards Richmond. During the night Hancock's
corps, which had held the left of our lines in front
of Spottsylvania Courthouse, took up its march,
moving on the road parallel with the Ny river.
Early this morning it reached Guinney's Station,
on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, 12
miles due south of Fredericksburg, Thence it
pushed onward, following the raiiroad, and to-night
finds the head of Hancock's column at Bowling-
green, 18 miles south of Fredericksburg. The other
corps have been to-day following the same general
line, and the ss,h is now passing the point at which
this despatch is dated. You will observe from these
indications that the commanding General haseffected
a turning movement on the right flank of Lee, who
is now hastily falling back to take up a fresh defen-
sive position. It is expected that his next stand will
be on the South Anna river, although he may endea-
vour to hit us while moving by the flank, just as he
did when outflanked in his lines on the Rapidan.
Heavy firing, in fact, is this moment heard across
the Ny, where one of our columns is moving.'
A mile south by west of Guinney's Station is
the point of confluence of the Po and Ny rivers,
and at this point the stream is crossed by Guinney's
bridge, which is in our possession. The river south
of the junction of the Po and the Ny is called by
the inhabitants, of the country the Mattapony;
although the Mat and Ts, its other two Effluents,
do not enter it till we reach a point a dcz-in miles
south of it. Oar army is now ell gone from the
front it has held before Spottsylvania Courthouse
for the past two weeks, and the lines of Spottsyl-
vania pass into history. They are associated with
fighting as desperate as was ever made by em-
battled foes, and by ttle greatest valour of both
armies, Ics woods sepulchre thousands of bodies of
brave men, killed in the great cause for which this
army marches and fights and suffers. You will
notice by the map that our present front, while it
puts us in a very advantageous position in regard
to the enemy, at the same time perfectly covers our
communications, which are by way of Fredericks-
burg and Acquai Creek. The railroad will soon be
open from Acquai Creek to Fredericksburg, and
will doubtless be put in order south of that point as
we advance. There are also several available points
of water communication by the Rappahannock, as
at Port Royal, 'Sec., which will probably be used. I
should misrepresent the conviction of the soundest
heads in this army if I should convey the impres-
sion that our progress is to be now only a triumphal
march. We shall be met by the most obdurate re-
sistance which skill and courage on the part of the
enemy can command. But General Grant has
given you the keynote of the sentiment of this
army; we shall go through with this business, if
it takes all summer to do it.' "

The Boston Journal has a correspondence also
from Guinney's Station (the spelling agrees in two
despatches), and dated the 21st. It says:—
" This locality is known as a station on the Fre-
dericksburg and Richmond Railroad, twelve miles
from Fredericksburg. It is in the valley of the
Nyanear the confluence of that stream, and the
Mat, the Ta, the Po, making, when put together,
the Mattepony. The Mat comes in eight miles
further down toward Hanover Junction. The Ny
flows through a beautiful valley, broad and verdant.
We have passed through the Wilderness and have
come into a country more open, but still the wooded
acres are more than those under tilth and pasturage.
There are stately mansions, surrounded by the mud-
chinked
cabins of the negroes, There were indica-
tions yesterday that the rebel forces at Spottsylvania
had decreased in numbers. Gen. Grant therefore
decided to put the army in motion towardsßichmond.
The movement had been undercontemplation several
days. One corps started the night before last,
t itbut
the attack of Ewell's corps on our right brought
back, but orders were issued last night for the gene.
ral movement. The 2d Corps started in the night for
a rapid march to Bowling-green. The route taken
was by Massaponax Church, which is 12 miles from
g, at the crossing of the Fredericks-
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and Richmond telegraph road. The supply
trains which have been parked at Fredericksburg
were started in the night for Bowling-green. There
was a constant rumbling of wheels through the
night. The 2d Corps passed Guinney's before noon,
A. small cavalry force appeared on the south side of
the Ny, but there was no contest till the arrival of
the head of the sth Corps, and the escorts of Gene-.
rals Grant and Meade. Then regiments of rebel
cavalry appeared at the Guinney's crossing of the
Ny. The 68th and 114th Pennsylvania infantry
and Captain Adam's squadron of Ist Massachusetts
cavalry made a bold dash, and after a sharp contest
carried the bridge and saved it from being burnt.
The rebels were driven a mile beyond, and the sth
Corps passed over and bivouacked on the bank
above. I see their camp fires brightly burning as
I write, There was a brisk cannonade in our rear
at sundown, probably the rebels trying
to harass
our column by throwing shells across the valley.
In the skirmish at the bridge two or three of
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probably find Lee ready to oppose us at Hanover
Junction. I have but one remark to make in this
connection—that this movement towards Richmond
is an earnest one. Twice Lee has made almost
superhuman efforts to stop us, but the army has
hammered at the barriers constantly, night and day,