The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-12


ence, q d seUlsd into the cou sictE n thaa this
Administration IL totally incompetent o cvu.
duct the war, and that there is no tol ger any
hope of the very speedy snp ,rsssion of the
rebellion.
THE LATEST,
We have received a copy of the Washing.
ton Chronicle of Sunday, the 10th instant and
copies If other Northern pa. ers. The New
York Herald announces the battle az "crush
ing 70 It to II ,oker. -Anot .er Yankee pa
per s.ys that the Federal army now numbers
20 900, and is strong enough to repsl any st-
tack.
c m. Porter gives an account Of the attack
on Grand Gulf. and 'ays that he accomplished
ali no wanted except silencing the batteries,
which, he says, "were fought with despera,
ton never before witnessed"
A dispatch from Port Gibson, from General
Grant, says he completely routed the rebel.
there on the 3Oth, capturing 500 prisoners be.
sides the wounded
An arrival at New York fr,m Wilmington
bar, on the 4th, says that the iron.cIads are
a9, in off Charleston, dthat an attack on the
plecs is imminen
Rosecrans has issued an order prohibiting
women or uon.comba,an's f ON entering his
lines after May Ssh-a sign of bu. sss.
The news of Van Dorn's death, and the
cause, are published in the Yankee papers.
Tue decision Of the Court N arllal 10 the
case of Vallandigham has been submitted to
Gen. Burnside, but no decision rendered az
yet.
Lincoln has iesued proclamation, dated the
SSh, declaring all foreigners subj C, to enroll.
ment who shall have "decl.red their inten.
tion," and g wing them Is days to leave The
United S'a'es.
the Chronicle has an editorial on tho battle.
1t says ii F. edsrals "set their mark too high,'
and failed, bus neve rthelssa gained something
The reason they did not gain all was the heav v
reinforcement Of Lee by Longssree, TIE
rs mething" gained, 1t seems, was frigh,en.
ing The people in Richm md a, .he slixh cost
wound d, as Published In the lists return.
from F edericktbnrg, Of which the ID division
alone of Sickless corps lost 1885
There was not q soldisr loft In Rich.
mond or 10 Petersburg. Home euarda.
armed with shOt-guns, did picket duty
in front of Z chmond, ard depar ment
clerks, armed with horse pistols, guarded the
prisoners in Libby prison. Nearly the wol+
Freeericksburg Against these odds-muc h
grea'er than we had any reason to expo
Gen. Hooker could not accomplish the magni
f. ent task he had proposed to himself 1t il q
t nth that will stand the test Of all history,
that he only failed in the eatire accomplish
kp<w u, - hA h..At 40
But we Lave gained much Gene ral Lee ia
said to have reported that he has taken five
thousand pri sonel 9, Though it is stated on good
anti sority that this report was disbelieved in
Rlohmond, where it wss got, en- up by jeff
Davis for effect But even If 1t 10 ,rue ~s
have p obably taken moro thau five thousar d
of their men, many OF whom are ady 20 ,aks
the oath OF allegiance to The Union, If Tor
20 hi < else, for the sake of escaping from
the Confederacy for which they have been I'M.
will inglv fighting. Two hundred took the
oath in Rii'imore yesterday. Authentic dis.
patches from General Lee and other officers
in Il rebel army captured by 10, place their
90 il killed and wounded ut rom elghte~n n to
twenty thonsand. Our wi ole loss can hardly
exceed half that number.
Tue army was Lever-so We Judge from all
the accounts We bear-in better Condition OF
better spris. They have m re confidence
than ever, both III their cou maudsr and them
selves, and in the n. xs fOrwarl movement will
again c. YER then selves vih glory, and add
new laureis 10 the army of the Potomac.
Tho Chronicle has the following two para
graphs:
The correspondent of the New York Herald
who was captured on the Rappahannock q
week or two sRo and carii TO r cnmohd, and
was one of the party recently exchanged, eayl
that al! the Prisoners we're paroled WHOM Stone
man was within q short dis ancs of that city,
or they won nave overpo We, ed the guard
onf cavalry forces captured over Thousand
rebels
Ii is said that among the forces captured BY
StOneman in the vicinity of the 70 ,el capi' al
was battalion Of the Richmond CITY Guard
an aristocraiic organization for houe duty
They had been on reconnoissancs.
HoMIHATIoss IN wssTBRH VIRGINIA. y
The Convention which met ct Petersburg
ON the 9Th inst, to nominate officer. for the
new State Of Western Virkinia, mas adjourned
having nominated for Governor A. j. Bore
man, Ut Psrksrsburg; Secretary Of Ssass, J. f.
Boyer, Of Middesown; Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Campbell Tarr, Of Brooke county; State
Auditors, Samuel Brans Of Wheeling, Judge
B. O. Bsrctahirs, of Aorganto sn: Wm, A.
Hsrrisoa, Of Cisrksburg, and James n Brown,
OF Ksnswha; Attorney General, A. b. Cald-
well, Of Waesiing.
BRIxY ACCOUNT OF fHB DATTLI
FALMOUTH, Va, May 5.-YeMerdsy two
terrible battles were fought by the 9th corps,
Gen. Sedgwick, resulting In fearful cernagson
both Sides Monday morning she rsbei: sud
denly made their appearance ON the hills to
the fsft of Fredericksburg, and coming down
rapidly, oecul led the city, thus getting IN the
rear Of the eorpa Aost Of the sapply tsains,
ambulanoss, mules, and soldiers in the vicinity
were taken. A dsss horse savsd ne from
oapsaro. 4 serious blu.dsr was perpstratsd
ID pushing our forces on - rapidly without -.
rebels on the woody heights 70 the lsls Of tho
city. One whole corps caoe down, and form.
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