Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-08

The Washington Republican Of Monda,
afternoon says
our adyioes up 70 noon, to-day, are that
the victory of Gen. lockers army Is mort
r'mpletc than fiIst supposed. Al that the most
-anguine could hope for has been realized
We congratulate the army and country uluu
their important succesS. There are facts con.
poctod with their movement which cannot
~ present he stated. but when it il completod
,hcY Will develoPc themselves and he arrre-
Gated
At nine y clock Sunday morning. General
Peek sent force of infantry, cavalry and
artillery across the Nansemond river az Suf
folk n make a reconnaissance They ad-
vsnced cautiously up the old Petersburg
turnpike. and when two miles out encoun.
tered the enemy's rife pits, which were
thoroughly manned The seth New York
and 18th \. II. regiments made a spirited
and successful charge upon the rebel works
and carried them after a heavy resistance,
when the enemy fell back out Of range. leav-
inE their dead and come wounded on the
field. During this time the drawbridge hat
terry and our urmy gunboat Smith Briggs.
Capt Ice, were playing upon the enemy,
aoang good execution among the sharpshoot-
@rs secretcd in the woods
In the afternoon our troops cana upop
rebel masked battery situated . 10 miles
north IF Suffolk, and at IL o'clock Davis
Mass. battery and the gunhoat Smith Briggs
commenced Smelling It out. After so min
utes tho rebels returned the fire, which was
kept up on both sides till sunset. when the
enemy'- battery was silenocd
Col. Ringold, Of the lO3d y. Y. was shot
while lcading his regiment in front. and died
during the ui-ht. The chaplain of the 2jth
New Jcrsey was wounded Dr. Smith Of the
1854 y. y. was shot severely by an insane
officer yesterday
While the above sklrmehin- was IN pro
gross G,n Getty crossed the Nansemond.
; mil,s below suffolk. and encountered the
enemy and it was rumored and believed that
he had succeeded in capturing rebcl bat
tory of > guns and large number IF prison
srs
a dispatch from St Loui- says
Is OF ~ of the most prominent secession
lsrs Of this city were arrested on the Sth
INST. under iron Curtis recent order
\ special disratch from Cairo. saws the
steamer Lady Franklin had arrived from
-'hHAul- HI AHulNldN ulEDL lGer- >Ne re
ported that on that mNning, Gen Sherman.
7yith fleet Of transports. accompanied ~
-unhos's, passed up the Yazo9. and made an
attack on the rebel batteries In the after
noon several more transports followed with
''ors aboard. Il was reported that Gen.
Sherman landed precisely in the same place
fe landed when he made the former attack.
Csnn1nading and musketry were distinctly
heard at Young Point On THURSDAY. till long
srcr night fall
4 gentleman who left New Carthage on
Wednesday last states that very heavy force
rf ten. Grants army has been landed on
she Mississippi side Of the river. miles
above Grand Gulf, and that our gunblat,
have been Smelling the latter place for several
days
The steamer kennehec arrived at New
York Tuesday morning, from Fortress
Monroe. with Hawkins Zouaves, which Re
gimcnt's term has expired. The Regiment
was met by the 18th New York Regiment
and escorted up Broadway. where it was
greeted h7 thousands in tho most enthusias-
'lc manner.