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London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

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QUEENSTOWN, June 5.

The royal mail steamer Africa, from Boston the
25th and Halifax the 27th of May, has arrived.
The following is the protest of the New York,
of the editors and temporary suppression of those
World and Journal of Commerce against the arrest

- -
newspapers
"The doc lwent in question was written on the
manifold paper such as is used for all the despatches
sent to the several newspapers of our association,
and had every external appearance and mark to
identify it as a genuine despatch arriving in the
regular course of business,
"It was delivered at our office late at night, at
the time of the receipt of our latest news—too late,
of course, for editorial supervision, but, as it hap-
pened, not before our printing office was closed,
"It was delivered at all, or nearly all, the news -
paper offices, and published in a part of the morn-
ing editions of the TVorld and Journal of Commerce,
and, as we are informed, in n part of the editions of
contemporaries.
" Early this morning the fact that the despatch
had not been sent by the
one or more of our
agent of the Associated
Press became known to us, and its fraudulent cha•
racter was at once announced upon our bulletin
boards, and a reward of 500 dols. offered by us for
the discovery of the forger. The Executive Com-
mittee of the Associated Press
reward of 1,000, as the fraud had been attempted to
be perpetrated upon all the journals composing our
allo offered a similar
association.

"We took pains in the afternoon to apprise
General Dix of the facts in the case, and gave him
such information in regard to the circumstances
of the forgery as might assist him in the discovery
of its author. The Government was at once put in
possession of the facts of the case. Neverthelees,
this evening General Dix, acting under peremptory
ttierce, and their orders from the Government, placed our offices
under a strong military guard, end issued warrants
for the
aa arrest
re si'; ofur the Journal
al
editorsof
c orl
and Proprietors of the
World
impri-
sonment in Fort Lafayette. A vessel was lying
under steam at one of the wharves to convey us
thither.
"Chancing to meet one of the officers of General
Dix's staff charged with the execution of this order
we proceeded in his company to t!e headquarters
of the Department of the East, and were informed
by General Dix that the order for our arrest had
been suspended, but that the order for the suppres•
ion of the World and Journal of Commerce had
not been rescinded, and that we could not be per..
mitted to enter our offices, which continue under the
charge of the military guards.

"We protest against this proceeding. We pro-
test against the assumption of our complicity with
this shameless forgery implied in the order for our
arrest. We protest against the suppression of our
journals for the misfortune of being deceived by a
forgery not less ingenious nor plausible than the

forged report of the Confederate Secretary of War,
which Secretary Seward made the basis of diplo-
matic action.

"PRIME, STONE, HALE, AND HALLOCK,
Journal of Commerce.
" MANTON MABELE, World.

"Nasv York, May 18."
Governor Seymour's letter to District Attorney
Hall in reference to the military seizure of the two

journals says :
"It is charged that these acts of violence were
wit-'gout due legal process, and without the sanction
of State or national laws. If this be true the offen-
ders must be punished. It the owners of the above
named journals have violated State or national laws
they must be proceeded against and punished by
those laws. Any action against them outside of
legal procedures is criminal."
The Governor argues the matter at some length,
and concludes :

" In making your it.quirits and iu prosecuting
rho parties implicated you will call upon the sheriff
of the county and heads of the police department
for any needed force and assist -ince. The failure
to give this by any official
deemed sufficient cause for removal."
The ribune states in relation to the document as
follows : under my control will be

"The forged proclamation was sent to every
paper of the Associated Press except our own, and
in such a shape as to lead those who received it to
believe it came from the officeof
It was sent, designedly, no doubt, when
sumed that it would be
the association.
.
seen by none of the editors,
but would be taken by the
into a part of the morning each paper,
the printers baying no tin 2 edition of.
it,
evenpap if
to examin.e. .
printers and hurried
they were disposed
jetting what seemed to
to take
an accident, the edbietolnial
the responsibility of re.
important roclama.
tion. and to have come b
Y an authorised channel.
That it did not find its way to this office was pro-
bablyand the messenger perhaps not knowing how to find
his way to the:printing. ea roomsbeiPng closed,
°Luce, and to this accident
it is due that it was not
II both those offices it be-
published in two other of
the morning papers. I
te
he
ie vme cl, by
it , iannqdu is
rays p i c i o n being
came known, by the
merest. accident in one of
in the other, that we had not re-
the forged document, th ~
excited by that fact,
ougo in type, was sup.
pressed in both offices."
some stockbrokers The authorship of the proclamation was traced to
Mr. Howard, of the Brook/
yn Eagle, who had been
in on the probable effect
on n
the ult gmarkets of
the
issue of a new call for troops,
and had shown them a draught which he pre-
tended he had private information
from Washington
was to be issued shortly. On
his arrest he made no
attempt kt concealment of the forgery, which be
avowed he had perpetrated for stockjobbing pur-
poses. Two or three other persons connected with
Brooklyn papers have been also arrested on suspi-
cion of having been concerned in the fraud. Mr.
Howard was a Republican in Politics, and a promi-
nent member of the King's County Republican
Committee. He was at one time private secretary
to the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Most of the
leading journals of New York, irrespective of party,
condemn the severity of the action of the Govern-
ment towards the Work/ and Journal of Commerce.
The New York Leader has the following
" The'present Administration is possessed in the
very highest degree of the faculty of committing
the most unpardonable blunders. With the nicest
and neatest sinister dexterity, it carefully
manages
to displease everybody. It ought to be nicknamed
the Handy Andy Administration. The most recent
instance of these characteristics of the Administra-
tion is the temporary suppression of the TVor/d and
the Journal of Commerce in consequence of their
publication of the forged proclamation on Wednes-
day morning last. Now, could any folly be more
gross, more senseless, more disgraceful ? Sup-
pressing a paper the day after the forgery is like
locking the stable-door after the horse is stolen.
Suppressing the
very issue that was to contain an
explanation and retractation of the forgery is like
refusing to let the stolen horse return. Punishing
the papers, that were the only sufferers from the
hoax, is absurd. Arresting the editors, who were not
at their offices, but who were fast asleep in their
beds when the forgery was accepted, is monstrous.
Such insanity is unparalleled. It is useless to
object that the Administration did not know these
facts, for General Dix knew them and could easily
have telegraphed them. And for this Administra-
tion to attempt to punish newspapers for such a
hoax! Why, when Fremont issued his Missouri
proclamation and Old Abe recalled it they perpe-
trated a greater hoax! Why was not Seward re-
moved for the Mallory hoax ? Within the past two
weeks Stanton has hoaxed the people, through

General Dix, with official telegrams, locating our
armies wrongly and exaggerating our victories.
The President's little arrangement with Frank
Blair and General Schenck—what was that but a
hoax upon Congress and the army and the country ?
Come, if you are going to send the victim of hoaxes
to Fort Lafayette, begin with those in high places!
Several of them have a right to go there both as
victims and as perpetrators. This weak attempt to
further injure the World and the Journal of Com.
nerce recoils, like a boomerang, on those who make
it. We have no special admiration or aff, ctionate
regard for those journals, and we certainly do not
approve of the Worlds recent course; but we speak
from principle and as the organ of people of all par-
ties and classes, who are justly indignant at this
outrage upon the press and unwarranted interfer-
ence with private property. Who believes that the
Tribune would have been stopped and an officer
sent after Horace Greeley to take bim to Fort La-
fayette had the Tribune been deluded into printing
the forgery ? If the Administration desires to sup-
press certain papers in this city for opposing it, why
not do so at once and boldly, and take the respon-
sibility and the consequences, instead of sneaking
behind little excuses in this way ? Then it would,
at least, please the Radicals. Now it disgusts
everybody. Heaven hasten the election day, when
we shall see the' t of this imbecile, senseless, and
corrupt concer• •
The following official bulletins from Secretary
Stanton have been published :
" Wishin—Tog IVIC:II2I,V.eb
" Despatches from General Sherman state that
our forces found in Rome a great deal of provisions
and seven fine iron works and machine shops. We
have secured two good bridges and an excellent ford
across the Etowah. The cars are now arriving at
Kingston with stores, and two days would be given
to replenish and fit up.
" A despatch just received from General Banks,
dated at Alexandria, the Bth May, states that the
dam will be completed to-morrow (the 9th of May)
and the gunboats relieved. He would then move
immediately for the Mississippi. General Canby
was at the mouth of the Red River on the 14th of

May, collecting forces to assist Banks, if necessary.
" Despatches from General Butler, dated at 10
o'clock last night, report that he had ' been fighting
all day, the enemy endeavouring to close in on our
lines. We shall hold on. Have captured the rebel
General Walker of the Texas troops.'

" EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
" To Major-General Dix."
"War Department, Washington, May 22, 10 p.m.
" On Friday morning General Grant commenced
a movement for the purpose of compelling Lee to
abandon his position at Spottsylvania (the details of
which, for obvious reasons, should not be made
public). It has thus far progressed successfully.

" Longstreet's corps started south at 1 o'clock on
Friday night—an hour and a half after Hancock
MOVE d. Ewell's corps followed Lon gstreet last night.
The indications are that the rebel army has fallen
back beyond the North Anna.
" Howe's brigade has joined Lee.
" The movement of General Grant has thus far
been accomplished without any severe engagement
or serious interruption.

" We now occupy Gurney's Station, Mulford
Station, and south of the Mattapony on that line.
" A despatch received this morning from Genera 1
Canby, dated May 14, at the mouth of the Red
Rivers, says We have rumours to-day from
rebel sources that the gunboats, except two, suc-
ceeded in getting over the falls at Alexandria on
the day mentioned in Gen. Banks's despatch.'
"Na despatches have been received today from
General Butler.

"1) gp,r'..tches from Kingston, G2orgia., state that
General Sherman's forces aro rating and repleni•sh-
ing their supplies.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
" To Major.Gcneral Dix."

" Washington., Alay 23.

" Despatches from Major-General Canby, dated
mouth of the Red River, at midnight, May 15,
state that Admiral Porter has just arrived. The
remainder of the gunboats will arrive to-night.
General Banks will probably reach Semmevolt,
on the Atchafalaya, to-morrow.'
"A despatch from Admiral Porter, dated on
board the flagship Black Hawk, mnuth of the Red
River, May 10. states that the portion of the
squadron above the falls at Alexandria have bean
released from their unpleasant position, owing to
the indefatigable exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel
Bailey, acting engineer of the 19th Army Corps,
who proposed and built a tree dam of 600 feet
across the river at the lower falls, which enabled all
the vessels to pass in safety, the back-water of the
Mississippi reaching Alexandria, and allowing them
to pass over all the shoals and obstructions planted
by the enemy to a point of safety. Lieut.-Colonel
Bailey will be immediately nominated for promo-
tion for distinguished and meritorious services.

"An unofficial report from Cairo, dated May 22:
states that the army and gunboats are all safe at
the mouth of the Red River and Semmesport.
" Major-General Sherman, by a despatch dated
8 30 p.m. last night, reports that he would be ready
by the morning to resume his operations. Returned
veterans and regiments, he says, have more than
replaced all losses and detachments.

"We have no official reports since my last tele-
gram from General Grant or General Batlen.

" Official reports of this department show that
within eight days after the great battle of Spottsyl-
vania Court-house many thousand veteran troops
have been forwarded to General Grant.

"The whole army has been amply supplied with
full rations of subsistence.

,g Upwards of 20,000 sick and wounded have been
transported from the fields of battle to the Wash-
ington hospitals, and placed under surgical care.
of Over 8,000 prisoners have been transported from
the field to prison depots, and large amounts of ar •

tillery and other implements of an active cawpaign

brought away.
" Several thousand fresh cavalry horses have been
forwarded to the army, and the Grand Army of the

Potomac is now fully as strong in numbers and

better equipped, supplied, and furnished than when

the campaign opened.
" Several thousand reinforcements have also been
forwarded to other armies in the field, and ample

supplies to all.
"Daring the same time over 30,000 volunteers
for a hundred days have been mustered into the
service, clothed, armed, equipped, and transported
to their respective positions.
" This statement is due to the chiefs of the army
staff and bureau and their respective corps, to whom

the credit belongs.
EDWIN M. STANTON; Secretary of War.
68Major-General Dix."
"War Department, Washington,
May 24, 10.30, p.m.

" A despatch from General Grant, dated 11 o'clock
last night, states that the army moved from its posi-
tion to the Anna, followed closely by Lee's army.
"The sth and 6th corps marched by way of
Harris's Store to Jericho Ford, and the sth corps
succeeded in effecting a crossing and getting a posi-
tion without much opposition. Shortly after, how-
ever, they were violently attacked and handsomely
repulsed the assault without much trouble to us.
We captured some prisoners. Everything looks
exceedir gly favourable to ns.
" Another despatch, giving in detail the move-
ments of our corps, and speaking of the rebel assault
on Warren's position, says he was ' attacked with
great vehemence, I have never heard more rapid
or massive firing, either of artillery or musketry.
The attack resulted in a destructive repulse of the
enemy.'

" At the position attaAed by Hancock the rebels
were entrenched and in considerable force between
the creek he had crossed and the river, and made a
pertinacious resik Utica to his onset, but before dark

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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 against
our artillery, and suffered especially from canister.
"A despatch from General Grant, dated this
morning at 8 o'clock, has also been received. It states
that the enemy have fallen back from the North
Anna, and we are in pursuit. Negroes who have
come in say that Lee is falling back to Richmcnd.
0 Cocr official despatches from headquarters say
that Warren, Burnside, and I-lat,c)ck aro pushing
forward after the retreating army. Warren cap-
tured a good number Qi prisoners Its': evening, but
has not had time to count them or ascertain his loss.

•
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.,
" L tches 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 7inzes,
writing from Guinney's Station, May 21, 7 p.m.)

" The army of the Potomac is again on the march
towards Richmond. Daring 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 railroad, 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 511 is now passing the point at which
this despatch is dated. You will observe from these
indications that the commanding General has effected
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 eallsd by
the inhabitants of the country the Alattapony,'
although the Mat and Ta, its other two affluents,
do not enter it till we reach a point a dez's,n miles
south of it. Our arms is now ell gong from the ,
front it has held before Spottsylvania Courthouse
for the past two weeks, and the lilacs of Spottsyl-
vania pass into history. They are associated with
fighting as desperate as was ever made by em-
battled foes, and by the greatest valour of both
armies. Its woods sepulchre thousands of bodies of
brave men, killed in the great cause for which this
army marches and fights and sufErs. 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 Acqusi 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, 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
Ny, near the confluence of that stream, and the
Mat, the Ta, the Po, making, when put together,
the Mattapony. The Mat comes in eight miles
farther 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 towards Richmond.
The movement had been under contemplation several
days. One corps started the night before last, but
the attack of Ewell's corps on our right brought it
back, but orders were issued last night for the g eue
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
Fredericksburg, at the crossing of
the Fredericks-
burg 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 Gainney'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 berm'
t of
our column by throwing shells across the hree valley.
In the skirmish at the bridge two or
The rebels
the 68th Pennsylvania were wounded.
lost several men. A lieutenant was captured,
who talked freely of the movement of the army.
mo,vement to them.
. wot
He said it was an unex
They did not think Gran
Bawlieg.green, but that he would push down the
pectdedlid
swing
out to
telegraph road. Such is the beginning of the third
advance of this series. The first was from Brandy
and Culpepper
to Wilderness; the second to Spott-
sylvannia, and the third is not finished. We shall
probably find Lea 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,

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" The heat is intense this afternoon.NOgis,
soldiere, and horses alike feel the effect of the sun.
The movement of the army necessarily must be slow.
The 9th and 6th Corps have just arrived at Gain-
ney's. The men are taking a short rest, but will
move on during the day. At the beginning of the
campaign the movement, was rapid. General Grant
designed to get between Lee end the rebel capital,
but it was not possible, and now the marching is
more deliberate. We shall probably be cut off from,
communication with the outer world for a few days.
It is also probable that, at or near Hanover Junc-
tion, the enemy may again attempt to defeat this
army. If so, a great battle will be fousht during
the week."

The New York Tribune correspondent with Gene-
ral Butler's command, writing from near City Point,
on the 20th, &scribes an unsuccessful attempt on the
part of the Fedoral troops to recapture riflrpits :
There has been a fierce and sanguinere struggle
to day to regain the rifle-pitP, which the rebels
drove us of of yesterday, which Eo far has been
unsuccessful, a though we have taken the right of
them, which is in the woods. At 9 o'clock the guns
from the rebel position opened on us. The 9th
Maine, with portions of the 4th NJW Hampshire,
55th Pennsylvania and 97th New York, were oc-
cupying the rifl3 pits. The rebels charged and
were met firmly, but the 9th Maine broke and
fled, thus permitting the rebels to flank, and com-
pelling us to retire. Two officers of the 9th Maine
were summarily dismissed from the service by Ge-
neral Butler for retiring their men. The rebels
pursued impetuously, but our guns drove them
back to their newly acquired pits. Shortly after-
wards the 13th Indiana made an imprudent charge
on the pits and were repulsed. During this charge
we took Major-General Walker, of South Carolina,
a prisoner. He had his foot torn by a shell, and.
says his tr9of§ 'ran off and left him. Soon ilffei
the 97th Pennsylvania charged with no battr
success. At four o'clock word came that Howell's
brigade occupied the right of the rifle-pits. Our
losses cannot now be estimated. In infantry
they are heavy and probably exceed that of the
enemy. Some shells of the 3d Artillery failed to
explode. On examination they were found to be
filled with plaster.

" May 21.
"Later.—There was some firing to-day ; other.
wise all was quiet. It is estimated that there are
25,000 rebel troops in our front, The loss of the
97th Pennsylvania yesterday was 170, and of the
13th Indiana, GO."
The New York Worlds Bermuda Handrel de-
spatch, dated the 22d, says:—
"Light skirmishing is going on. The attack of
the enemy last night was repulsed with great
slaughter. The picket lines are within 100 yards
of each other. Few prisoners were taken by either
army. Beauregard was in command and Jeff Davis
was on the field. The works have been materially
strengthened by General Weitzel."
The New York Herald's letter from General
Butler's head quarters, dated the 22d, narrates the
repulss of an attempted surprise, in which the Con-
federates were bcffied

"Shortly before midnight, after nearly every one,
worn out with the fatigues of a hard day's work,
had gone to rest, a volley of musketry, resembling
the distant rumbling of an earthquake, startled all
hands, and before the echo died away the heavy
booming of canon took its place, and continued for
fully thirty minutes. Some time before 10 o'clock
General Butler received a message from the front
that the enemy were massing on our centre, and he
in his cool manner replied, Let them mass, but
guard against surprise.' This message somewhat
prepared us for what was to come, and also keep
oar valiant troops thus menaced on the alert. Sure
enough, as was expected from the enemy, he did:
mass his forces for one grand 'assault to pierce our
line, end had we not discovered his in—
tention the attempt would probably hart;
suectethd. As it was it resulted in a
rnost eisastr•zus d6:2at to C-:e for,. Our

t

cf Gcr

red Arn's line rc-

c:ivt d the r(.1):4 fire with great stendintss end never
fliochcd. TINT returard volitT fcr rcILT, and
gradually retired in the reserve. When the rebel
column apprnlehed it wcs received with a moot
vrir:iering fire, and our men dropped to ailow the
r:Llery to pl ,y on the snowy. The sicw., guns and:
tight batteries then commenced their wor4. The
advaoee of the rebels was mowed down like gr:63,
but, as usual, they came up to the breach like vete-
rans, fining up the gaps as the men fell. Another
end another murderous fire from our batteries at
last checked them, and the confident foe at last
halted in his mad career. Captain Langley's bat-
tery, the Ist United States' Artillery, played on the
rebel force with great effect. About 20 minutes
after the fight had commenced a 20. pounder Par.
rott shell struck and exploded a rebel caisson, scat-
tering death and destruction all around. At this
sight the most deafening cheers went up from our
lines, to the discomfiture of the rebels. The gun-
boats on the James and Appomattox rivers also
opened their batteries and shelled the woods around,
making them decidedly uncomfortable for the rebel
reserves. At last, when the enemy found that we
were well prepared for his advance, and having
already lost very heavily, ha thought it best to with-
draw, which he did, after giving our mettle a fair
and impartial test. The fight lasted about 35
minutes, and as soon as it was over our men proceeded
to bury the rebel killed on the field. I learn from
gso9ouorwd
loss
t dhweoidrl i: t
ayn
sot
thwab
we had
2hm6a3odr we
aelrl e
than
tihn
etleorarake
vdi
lalbne ydt a or r fdo about
br cooeuus
tr.
side, constantly on the defensive, and the enemy
marching boldly up to our entrenchments. Our
defences are almost impregnable. Should Lee's
entire rebel horde pounce on General Butler the lat-
ter could still hold his own. The fleet in James and
Appomattox rivers is a great auxiliary to our army.
The sortie of the enemy on our lines last night is by
no means the first instance of the kind made by the
wily rebel General Beanregard. It is his style of
doing business ; but it has never as yet succeeded.
Thus far, in every engagement he has fought with
our troops he hasbeen worsted and will be again. The
pleasant weather of four or five days has worked
wonders in the state of the roads. A few more
days without rain will dry up the mud completely.
Yesterday forenoon the rebels made a movement on
Fort Powhattan, to attack and capture,
if possible,
some coloured troops stationed there for its defence,
and also to keep the enemy from obstructing cur
navigation of the James River. Colonel Baxter,
in command, notified Brigadier-General Rinks of
the rebel approach and asked for reinforcements.
General Rinks, commanding the first division of
coloured troops, at once despatched two regiments
to the relief of Fort Powhattan, and arrived there
in due last engagement,
but statedwhi cli
p
ensued timea tpa
at
ba i of.p arte in tpti
att an,
stt
.i al night. General
i
1 o'clock
Rinks telegraphed to General Butler that the rebels
were badly repulsed at a
Fort
The rebel General Wm. S. W
great reeaartme
he may
m. alker,
whose capture by our troops on the 19th inst. has
hospital for medical t
bneoenPaarltriceaudlyaated, was yesterday removed to the
()erne
his severe,
pers
obnutwwasit
general
fhound the following order
ayilrei:
from General Hoke, directing him
to make a move.
ment on Newborn at the
beginning of this month,
. . .
prom:m[3, the assistance of the rebel
ram Albemsrle.
cwoovuern.ds

" May 3,
"‘ GencraL-1 have just karat front Captain
crunmandilag the ironclad Albemarle, who
writes thrlt he feels satisfied that the boat can stand
the Sound and will be with us. I will move at 6
o'clock tc.morroxv morning, and will communicate
With you at Pollocksville, on the river bank, es court
as I reach that point. I desire you to Lrove at 6
o'clock to-morrow morning, and proceed to Pollocks-
rifle, and while your column is resting there you
will construct a bridge over Mill Creek. You will
have two miles less to march than my column in
going to Pollucksville.—Respectfully yonre,
R. T. HOKE, Major-General.
" General Walker, commanding troops.
"This, with many other valuable documents
giving important information not calculated for
Yankee soldiers to know, tell into the hands of
General Butler by the capture of General Walk;:r.o

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Margherita, Mdlle. Adelina Patti.
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Mdlle. Anese ; Metisto'e e, M. Faure ; Valentino, Signor
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Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.

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THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel.
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3lcsdAine3 Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam.
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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE._
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. 'Vining,.
THIS EVENING will be
.performed a new and original
Drama, by R. Slows, Esq., entitle,clLlGHT AND SHADOW.
Air. D. Murray,
D. J. 1%. Ray, J. Nelson. &c.; Miss
.Stafford and .riles Caroline Carson.
Atter which, 'THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louts
and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr.
Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr.
Waher Lacy.

EW TEEA l'ltE-ito YAL, ADELPEII.—
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Last Five Nights of :he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman,

in the character of LEAH.

THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S
MOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.

Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, U. Phillips, Biiling,ton, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson; Mrs,

To e3nelude with TfTE AREA. BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too:e
F. Bedford, homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis.

Commence at 7.

MISS BATEMAN as LEAH.—LAST FIVE
•.-, NIGIITS of the Great Tragedienne in her original
character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared
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ROYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of 3!:r. B. WEBSTER.
rowded with rank and fashion.—The highly successful new
Ccmedy, by Di„n Boucicault ,Emq., every Evening.
Re- engagement of those ce ebrsced and popular artistes, Mr.
an , Mrs. Charles Mathews.

Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
mutes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. .T. L. Toole, Mr. e. Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. F. iobinson. Mr. Ashley Mrs. Chas. Mathews,
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.

EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE
WEDDING. Miss Herbert.
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In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE
Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews.
Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Cham,er-
laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss
Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here).
At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles
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To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss
Fanny Josephs.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM.
Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada
Ewanborough.
Atter which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James,
Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c.
To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr.
T. Thorne. . _

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This 'gay at Two o'THPcIockRMOMETER.
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Barometer-29.93.
WIND —S.NV.; moderate breezT, and fine.

ItiGH WATER Al! U)NDON BRIDGE.
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