New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-20

LILY POisT, 81 Miles from KictNOnc, Va, Nsy % l5'2
I address you siili with the bulk Of the army in
my rear, our advance beog, perhaps, six miles
ahead, a posi ion only accomplished ~ noon to-day.
As write nothing beigerent if tranFpiTng, the Io-
sion being as follows:
On Sunday the army rested, and the soldiers Jared
but poorly in c0nseq uenoe OF the delayed commissa-
riat Since then il bar moved forward with az much
eelsrity is proportions and ipedimentS
admit Of. suppose il will still keep progressing
onward 70 Richmond H. If said that our gunboa's
have already penetrated within six miles Of tie
Rebel Capital, up the James River. They encoln-
tered distractions Ia the shape Of sunken schooners
but blew them up with torpedoes and the silen.
highway is now unimpedei. The country peopis
Lere talk Of q submerged stone wall Iloch,dinS che
karbor; but knowing tho difficulties, not 10 say IN
oossibjli,ies of such an undertaking, place iitte
fsiih in their representations. Within ten days we
expect to inves; Richmond by land aud water.
the Rebels, hotly pursued by our advance under
she untiring Gen. Stoneman, and leaving deyas-
tafed country behind them, have risEed TWO shif-
ishes since that occurring a. Siaiesvle 90 The 9th,
but Of sil less importance. lie last occurred On
tie 18th, when, Gen. McClelanr baggage tiidu gel.
ting by mistake into wrong road TIE enemy opened
ire Of two Parrot guns upon IT, from mtSked bat
terry Of sx ying artillery III the woods protected by
suadron OF cavalry Oh tie ieit HANK necesslbling
hasty retreat on the part OF the tearstes and Their
charge. We occupy the valley up 10 the Richmond
and York River Railroad, and the brow oil the hill,
from which tie Iickcts Of the enemy were driven
backward this morning. All beyond Is actively hos
lile SecessIa. The woods between our advance and
the CIIcLabominy Ia narrow, shallow stream, run
ming southeast into tie James River, and said to be
partially dry in Sunmerl are fUu II Rebel soldiers,
cut of from tie direct retreat ~ Richmond BY the
bur1ing Of the railroad bridge oNeT the Pamankey
River lat the White House, the ex-reedence OF The
Rebel General Lee by their own party. by that
Iallroad Their luckier comrades hurried TO the
lie 81 Capita ~ lusr 81 minutes, express time, the
trains running incessantiy Our advance, then a
mere handful Of 9th Cavalry administers under
iAe9s. hern, heard them gCing from a. liz until
eaybEeak, and through the major portion Of The next
"a boars With the RebI artillery and cavalry oc-
e1pylng The adjacent bills and woods, five miles in
ADVANCE OF our army supported only By the infantry
And gunboais on the rver, the daring - troopers
"a ~ tner sacdies AL night watching the site Of the
"eoueu nome Oh Washington. They were 30 near
" the enemy that Of their videtes discoverinp
tner ARTILLERY In the woods reported IL IA ours
AProPos OF tne gentleman IN command on this occa.
non may mention that to him belonos ,be Ln,"~ ~
having captured the Rebel Cao,.; 49, "o I'm "
during the skiynish of the 9th snd mo, q, 49,
accredited In The Ucr0id. W ''' oii0e'
The White House, or rather the 0rounA, od;oo.u,
the basis OF future oIerationl our s1yanre
d now about three miles beyond il. w. no. .,o
ports that the Rebels have fortified Bottom pSaa
~ miles further, intending 10 make a stand tbss'
also mat orr guuboats lave destroyed il. I'm,
po'ning Definite in either respect though dsaerter.
come IN every day. They say that Thousands NJ
their comrades are starving in the woods. afraid to
follow their exampe-that for seven miles ON thu
side Of Richmond the country is one huge disorgan-
ized camp OF desperate men, sayagely determined to
bgt 70 the last and that they propose neither to give
nor 10 take quarter. The taking Of the PebeI
Capital must prove amercy to both rides. AN articles
food are at famine prices there, having risen no
isss than 200 per cent during the past three months
Nobody believes in the Confederate notes; yerv few
the success Of the Rebellion; yet they are resolved
o~y final bloody issue. Our men are growing
S''ge--soo, aad with reason. Only yesterday I