Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-05-18
The News of the Week.

Peside the thrilling details of our late vic.or;as around
Fredericksburg, we have very little war news 10 Give y
readers. Hooker has betaken himself to the north hank of
the Rappahann"ck. Why're he has been heavily reinforced,
and it is confidently believed that he is preparing for another
. on to Richmond " advance. Gen. Lee has been reinforced
also, and has a larger force to meet him than on the firss
of this month, when he drove him across the river to lake
shelter behind his Notifications. A rumor prevailed in
Richmond on Wednesday last that Hooker had commenced
recrossing the Rappahannock, but the rumor proved un-
founded.
The Richmond Examiner of Thursday last, says our
woundedin the recent battles, amount to six thousand one
hundred and thirty-eight. Six thousand one hundred have
been brought by railroad to that city. The balance remain
in hospital near the battle field. OF those whose have been
brought hither, the wounds of two thousand are very slight,
only sufficient in the majority Of cases to enable the suffer-
ers to obtain furlo ughS.
Gen. Jones has recently made a cavalry raid into Mary
land and Pennsylvania, and returned. to the Valley of Vir-
ginia safely. bringing with him. two thousand horses and
mules, one thousand head Of cattle, five hundred head of
sheep and six hundred yankee prisoners. While in the
enemy's country, he tore up and destroyed the track of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in several places, and also
damaged the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal so much as 10
make it useless for several months to come. These, and
Gen. Imboden's exploits reported last week, viii embarrass
the enonyS transportation on that. line for d long time to
come.
Gen. Longstreet has abandoned his siege Of Suffolk and
fallen back to MISUNDERSTANDING accomplished his OBJ
ject-the gathering of immense stores from within the enc
my's Zines said to be over two million pounds OF bacon,
besides corn, wheat and long forage in abundance.
A report prevailed a few days ago that toe yankees had
evacuated Suffolk, but the Petersburg Express OF Thursday
LAST, contra lets the repert. Itsays they are still there in
Gen. Kirby Smith With 10, 1000 raw troops. is said to have
given Banks a sound ~thrashins, ana driven bin from Wash
ingtOn, La.
Forests great bagging raid, given in our last, is fully
confirmed. Ae captured 1900 yankees with their horses,
arms, a large number of wagons loaded with bacon they
had stolen, and several hundred negroes. 1900 of the pris-
oners reached Richmond on the 18th.
Affairs have been going badly for us in Mississippi. Lou
isiana and Tennessee fer some time past. True, wo yet
have Vicksburg and Port Hudson, strong positions on the
Mississippi river, but we have been driven out oe our WORKS
at Grand Gulf, a strong position between tie places named.
and forced to fall back. This gives the cnepay a strong pn-
Sltl0n between NlckShurg and Port hudson, and one from
which they are not likely to be driven. A small boy of
Yankee cavalry, some 1900, Under Grierson, have been
marching through Mississippi. levying forage from the peo-
pie, stealing negroes, horses, and everything else that would
"pay."
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss, informs US that a conma
of len thousand of the enemy had advanced to Raymond,
within a few miles of Jackson, where they attacked our
forces compelling them to fall hack after two hours hard
fighting. We very much fear that the next news We hear
will place the enemy in possession of the capital Of Missis.
.sippi. Our forces under Gen. Gregg. had fallen hack to
Mississippi Springs. and had been reinforced, and we hope
may be able to resist a further advance, but we are by no
4 means sanguine Of success. in that section.
The next news from Mississippi will be looked for with
much interest.