The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-06
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LATEST FRol De H0RTH.
The 4dyan,e Of ihs II ,be rstsma- -
General Ste. enn..Sa kisy- Gen EaaL...
Victories Ia L. isin1 -
The New York Hsi IF Saturday laas,
the q inst, has been red. Ils news is
not Of very important sastsr, though the
following summary will fund interesting !:
4HE sIrtxYios.
l.. General Hocker's arml &Ae made positive,
aad, 80 far, succses5m 4ds&nce, having
erossed the RsppahanuoS p1i ~ due .day, en-
eounts red the enemy ON ptAer side. drove
them from their rias PITY tosow the city Of
Frsderieksbu capturin&4Ve hundred pris-
oners, and gained decid1a svictory over the
rebels. The troops are reR0Ftsd to te ia mag
nificsnt condition, both as regards health and
discipline. The crossing Vas made by the
right wi6g above and the lofs wing below the
city, General Hooker sups1intsBdiug the ~
ing OF the pontoou bridgeeAeRr keliys EOVQ
ia person. The rebels naa1D but q slight show
of resistanc, 1t this poink g the Que Hun
dre. and Fifty fourth NsWE York and Seventy
third Pennsylvania crossed ever, but fell back
after litt.e skirmshinK H1e advance Of
Hooker's army has crossed 81 spidsn. Ger.
Lees forces are thsrezufa 1Qbtlaaked to q
great extent and must ei1heE give, battle or
iall back 10 Redmond Oar amy correspond
encs to-day relative to this portaut advance
x 1a sas a-p pa & the ne
rounding country, Will bs found most valuable
in following the movements Of the grard
army.
From the correspondent frcm Fortress Mon
roe On THURSDAY, we sea II thai C.l Robert N.
West, co nmanuny Fort HagIuder, mase an
attack, with Infantry and cavai,y ,.on the ene-
my at vii iams uTg, and succeeded in diving
the robe.s two miles beyond the town. Our
picke:s ire at present stationed there sni are
ordsr.d 10 maintain their position at all Laz
ARDS.
BY the arrival of the transport Escort from
NeWbeIn, N. G., we have intelligenc from tlat
region up to the 29th nl... Gen Palmer made
a successful recon- oissaEce to ward, KiLs,On
and returned after driving the rebels frcm their
position behind ealthworks, wittil eight miles
OF that 7 lace. The caisf parsicipat ois in this
stfair were the Forty fifth Massachusetts, and
tie + ifty eighth Pennsylvania regiments.
Shirmishing 10 great extent bad be' II goieg
on IN she ,icinities of Nswbern ami Wash, ,g
ton. The enemy have BEEN repulsed at every
lont, and considerable numbers of rsbel-p i
SON rs have leen taken ani sent into New
bern. General Hill is supposed TO lie at Gods
toro', with portion oflhe forces with which
ha lately invested Newtern and Washing
ton
uen Hickman forws rds his official report
OF tho march of his forces 10 Washingt( nani
the opera, ions there.
The nsws from the Southwest is most i'm
portaDt. BY the art ival Of a steauer az G ,iro
yesterday, from MilGken's Beud, we are in
formed that nearly the whole Of our army at
that point was Ill mation, leaving tents and
baggage bshiLd, and the oliiers taking tix
days ra.ions.
Il is stated, on what is considered reliable
authority, that Gen O3terhaus oce upied Grand
Gulf Two tugs, having in tow foar hay
b-rges, run past TIE batteries stNVicksburg on
Saturday night, vi hous b, lag fred u,on.
Dispatches frora Fsankii... Terne ssee, dated
" s.ertay, report spisEdsd dash OF our cav,
airy, under Col Campbell, of the q Mic, j
Ran, among Gen. Van Dorm areooi plckets, naar
Thompaons Station. The enemy wtre pre-
pared to fun. Fourteen Of them wsra killed
and twenty wounded. and eleven p1iionsrs
taken, including one officer
1t was stated by rebel deser.er at Mu:-
FIRE ssboro' that Gen. BreekinriGge advanced
to Beech Grove and Hoover's Gap. tweivs
miles FROM there, on the Manchester pike. Hs
sta,sd that ths entire rebel fOrca nov is in 20
sition from Beech Grove, through Warraec,
Gays Gap, and ShelbyviIls.
We give o-day, from the Wheeling IateNt-
EeHSef, very Interesting account oI Tue iate
rebel raid into Western Virginia The rebels
went from Morganiown to Uniontown, where
they committed some depredaions and so-
turned by way Of Blacksvile towards Fair
mont, raising within thirteen miles Of Waynes-
bu e, Pa. There was q good deal of alarm 1t
tie latter pia.e, and the cashier OF the bank
there destroyed 800 600 of the bank 5 issus fof
fear of its falling into heir hands.
Yesterday was another day of wild spe ecula-
t:nn in Wall asraef T.o husiuaEa dana uN.a
eacrm: US and every thing was higher, the
leading speculative stocks being Harlem,
Pitslurg, and Erie. The Government a'eo
dit very large business. Nearly FIVE nil
lions were loaned to Government ut i've ard
8 Per cent. The limit of the five per cent
deposit has beea reached. Gold was dali
Tue price tiactaated between 1901 snd 1911,
closing as ) L. NJ. at l5O5. Exchange closet
a: l6bi a l67. Money was very easy. Gail
loans 4 a. ) per ceut.
C,ao.l was dali, ba. quoted steady, veg
terday.
THE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE PoTo-
MAc-THE GREAT sfUGGLE CLOSE AT
HAND.
The Herald has the following editcrial
TIE reports which we publish to- day of the
movements Of Gen Hookers army indicate
the near approach of the most impOr: ant,
war.
The det Ills Of the crossing of the Kappa
hammock by the army indicate G G.nefal Hook
er's plan OF operations, He is III wing on an
interior lima above or was: of Fredericksburg,
to turn that strong position or draw the en-
emy cut into The open iisld. the detachmen,s
which were seut down several miles below
Fredericksburg, to lay number OF pontoon
bridges, as if for ths crossing Of the whole
army there, were evid entity employed to divert
the atsel ton Of the enemy from the lcaim de-
sign Of crossing above, apd.this strstagsm no
doubt contributed largely to the p asssge of lhs
river a: the several crossings above almost
without Il show Of resistance
Tie main body Of the army was thus rap.
idly marching southwark, several Of the ad
vanced corps having crossed the Rapid iii. and
the alternative was thus presented to General
Lee Of instantly coming cut OF hI defsacss
for battle. or for rap,d retreat to secure his
roads to Richmond. He could not rernain De-
hind his intrenehneuis with hls enemy rapidly
pushing along his flank to get in between him
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