Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
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Details Of movements Of Hooker
and Sedgwick.
The enemy re-occupy Feed
b ericksburg.
Rebel Reinforcement from Rich
mOnd.
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GEN.. HILL REPORTED KILLED.
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Jackson in command of the enemy.
sEN., HILL REPORTED KILLED.
Jackson in command Of the enemy
THE NANSEMOND RIVER CLEAR
ED OF REBEL BATTERIES.
100 SeceSsiOniSts arrested in st.
Louis.

100 SecessiOniSts arrested in st.
| Louis.
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The Dayton Empire newspaper
suppressed and the editor
sG9s5l34 arrested. ~ g. rH
"----4 New YORK, May 6.
| The steamer Australasia from Liverpool 25th
is below. Steamer Northern Light is also
below. ....- -
The Tribune correspondent with Hooker,
writing at sunrise on Monday, says that the
guns are already laundering on our left and
it is believed that to-day will prove most dis
astrous to the rebels. Over 5000 rebel pris-
oners have been brought in. They report that
Jackson is in command of the rebel army,
and that reinforcements have been sent them
from North Carolina and the peninsula. Our
loss is heavy. Gen. Hill is killed. 80 7'~as '
Another correspondent, with Sedgwick's
division, Monday morning, says the battle
opened at daylight and is still going on on the
hill at the extreme left. . tk8r
Gibbons division of the I'd corps returned
to Falmouth last night, and Halls brigade
has gone over. All non combatants are leav-
ing, except surgeons. s. ,.-t.- ..-
The cracking of musketry nears. Rifle
pits are now being erected on our side Of the
river, to protect the bridges. ,e4...
The Times correspondent with Hooker,
writing Sunday night, says Gen. Howard has
been recognizing the 18th corps, which has
been placed on duty again. q.
Gen. Averill, with his cavalry command,
reported to Gen. Hooker, Sunday afternoon,
having been as far north as the Rapidan Sta
ton, where they destroyed bridge on the
Orange and Alexandria railroad, and drove
Lee and Stewart out of Culpepper. Averill
has received instructions to perform further
important work. u @'. 2
The headquarters of Gen. Hooker to night
are under tree.
The Times correspondent with Sedgwick's
division gives further details of the Freder-
icksburg fight, but nothing new, except a
postscript Of Monday forenoon, stating that's
considerable body Of rebels had made their
appearance below Fredericksburg, marching
on that place to gam position near Sedg-
wicks corps. This force was judged to be
Longstreet's, but his attempt to retake the
hills was unsuccessful.
The Worlds correspon dent, writing at 10
o'clock Monday morning, says that Sedgwick
has pressed on towards Hooker. Gibbons
division is left to guard the heights in the
rear of fredericksburg. They have been
attacked by the rebels in large force, and are
in danger of losing their position and aban-
doning Fredericksburg altogether.
The Herald's correspondent, Monday night,
says heavy firing in the direction of Chancel-
lorvile has been continued all the morning.
There has been heavy battle there.
Large reinforcements had arrived to the
enemy, apparently from Richmond.
The whereabouts of Gen. Stoneman is un-
known, but if any disaster had happened to
him we would have heard of it from the
enemy. - ---.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.
The Inquirer contains the following from
Washington
The news from Gen. Hooker is conflicting
and meagre. The Government is not permit
ting the news regarding operations about
Fredericksburg to be divulged. 1t is gener-
ericksburg and hold the town. The heights
below are jointly occupied by us and the
rebels.
A portion of the heights occupied by us
Sunday morning were retaken, after desper-
ate resistance, by fresh reinforcements from
Longstreet's corps. -.-l 74 1000
The fighting on Monday was not generally
as sanguinary as anticipated, though Tues
days battle would be decisive.
1t was the impression among passengers
from Aqua Creek that Hooker would hold
his own. r-t,lE
The news is very indefinite up to Tuesday,
8, p. NJ, beyond the fact that many thousands
on both sides are killed and wounded and that
the fight has been in progress since last We'd
nesday. 1t is also thought that although the
rebels have re-occupied Fredericksburg, it was
part of Hooker's plsn.. They would either
be bagged or be annihilated.
The Tribune correspondent at Falmouth
says the rebels have regained Fredericksburg,
but cannot hold it. The rebels, it is thought,
have pontoons, but measures have been taken
to prevent raid across the river. t
The news from the extreme right is salts
factory. Heintzelman is said to be near with
reinforcements from Washington.
IA Washington correspondent says that
Hooker has taken from 5000 to $4,000 pris-
oners, and has lost about 5000. Hooker is
reported to be in q good position.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 8 M.
| The Bulletin says that a private dispatch
received at noon to day from perfectly trust
worthy source states as follows: - - Z
The authorities of Washington are perfect,
" confident of Gen. Hooker's success He
can maintain his position and reinforcements
to the number of sc, 900, under Heintzelman,
have been sent to him. $50 .cset .ei2.s 81
Nothing definite has been heard of Gen.
Stoneman, but he is believed to have accom-
plished the work assigned him.
NEW York, May 6.
| The following is from the Heraid's extra:
Our messengers from Hooker's army bring
details Of his movements to Monday night,
and of the movements of Sedgwick ia, two
o'clock Tuesday morning. Hooker main
tanned his new line on the edge Of the woods,
short distance north of Charlottesville,
crossing the main road leading to the United
States Ford, without important change. There
was no. fighting there until late on Monday
afternoon, when division of the 9Th corps
advanced towards Fredericksburg, meeting
the rebel skirmishers in the woods, driving
them back. The main body pushed on, meet
ing large bodies of the rebels in double line of
battle. A half hours heavy fighting ensued,
our batteries compelling the rebels to fall
back in. disorder, and then returned to our
main line and rested, having ascertained the
enemy's position. Gen. Hooker, on Sunday
night and Monday, entrenched himself, and
is abundantly able to resist any rebel attack.
From Gen. Sedgwick's corps the Herald
prints the following in substance: III esia
+ II appears that after the great struggle Of
Monday Lee detached . large body to meet
Sedgwick, and it was known that Longstreet
uaa ranidix mating in ,Sedrwick,s rear. At