Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-06-04
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Special to the Neao York Tribune. -
Washington, May 20 Your cores
pondent with the Army Of the Potomac,
saws, the statements that Lee had issued
an order congratulating his troops on
their victories, and indicating an inten-
ton to invade Maryland, are little more
than inventions of sensation correspond
ents, there being no foundation for them,
unless it be the reports from deserters,
on which no reliance can be placed.
The &as. ofllast evening also says
that no such impression existed last
evening among those necessarily the
best informed in the Army Of the Poto-
mac ~. t.e
Gen. Schenck and Gen Curtin had a
long ineryicw with the President to-
day. It is said they seriously appre-
hended an invasion of Maryland ofPenn-
sylvania. . 2.'97f 4aaa
The fact that Gen. Rosecrans began
to move upwards Of a week ago tends to
confirm the report that Braggiis falling
back from his front o4't4 iro
The Hcrolds special says that pri-
)vate advices from Gaueley, Va, state
that warm work is expected in that
region before long, as the enemy has
of late been making demonstrations which
indicate that they are bent on mis-
chief ao1e3 L eH.d 5Hoaa $50
10000 rebels have crossed the Black
Water and it is feared that Beaure-
CARDS forces are to be brought up from
Charleston, and ran active campaign in
this direction inaugurated by rebelsito
Offset their Vicksburg disaster
Maj. Gem w. b. franklin haslcon
sented to the use of his name as candi-
date Of the Democratic party for Gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania, provided thacon-
vention wiladapt an unmistakahle war
platform, 4a
Headquarters Army Of the Potomac,
May 20 Yesterday aslccessful balloon
reconnaissance was made by Capt. Paine.
No indications Of movement by the
enemy we're discovered, though tits still
believed that portion Of the forces have
passed up the Rappahannock. No com
munication is allowed between pIckets,
and intelligence from the other side is
very meagre.
All quiet on the Rappahannock.
New York, May 20 A Washington
dispatch says
From the most trustworthy sources,
we are informed that the whole rebel
force in Virginia does not number eigty
thousand men, and this statement allows
them twenty thousand reinforcements
received since the battle Of Chancellors-
willie. r.g asar., .,a
A Washington dispatch of to-day to the
Eceuiug Post, ssys:
Military men here don't credit the
reports that the rebel leaders are con
centrating an unusually large force in
Virginia, but believe rather that every
soldier who can be spared from Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and South Car
DINA, has been sent to relieve John
ston and Pcmberton, or, if too late to
save Vicksburg, to seize some other
point on the Mississippi river, or SO to
strengthen Port Hudson SO as to make
its capture a matter of great difficulty.
"Gov. Curtin is, however,of a differ
ent opinion, and is comforting with Gen.
Schenck for the defence Of the Pennsyl-
vania border. " .'.'
The 9Th Illinois cavalry, in recent
scout down the Peninsula, between the
Potomac and Rhppahannock, captured
1875 prisoners, / 500 contrabands, 800
horses, and broke up four smuggling
routes q sjH a9AIassl
AWashington letter to the Con'naeresat
says although it has been contradlcted,
it is true that the President did receive
dispatch day or two ago from Gen.
Grant, in which he stated that he had
intercepted a dispatch from the rebel
Secretary Of War-not jeff. DAVIS as
published Gem Pemberton stating
that if he could hold out at Vicksburg
Is days longer, be could send him q
hundred thousand men. Gen. Grant
adds that this was impossible for two
reasons: 1st That Coll Grierson had 50
destroyed the railroads in Mississippi,
that that number of men could not be
forwarded in that time, and I'd that Penn
berton could not hold out 10 days. Gen.
Grant was sanguine Of success.
Washington, May 26.-An official dis
nntnh to the War Dnnartment received