Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-16

Massaponax, thus completely cutting Of al
retreat 10 Richmond.
The Post prints the following:
LATEST PROM HOOKER'S ARMY.-The
battle Of Sunday was renewed on Monday
morning. The enemy appeared to have
forces equal in number to our own. His sue.
cessive attacks were made with desperate
spirit. The destruction of the railroad
bridges over the Massaponax and Mattapo-
max creeks south Of Fredericksburg has Ger
tainly been accomplished, and the road to
Richmond thus cut off to the enemy.
Light hundred prisoners. including the en-.
tire strength OF the 23d Georgia regiment,
were brought to Washington this morning.
They were well clad, and not one looked a.
though, he had not had enough to eat. tat
Cairo, May Ga steamer from Vicksb,rg
on Thursday night, reports that on Thursdsy
morning. April 30lh, Gen. Sherman, with
feet Of transports. accompanied by several
gunboats, passed up the Yazoo river and made
an alta * on the rebel batteries. In the af.
ttrnoon. several more transports followed up
with troops on board. The reports is that
Sherman has Landed at precisely the same
place he landed at when the former attack
was made. Each transport is armed with
three guns in order to meet any emergency
that may arise. Cannonading and the rat
fling Of musketry was distinctly heard at
Y"ung's Point, from nine o'clock ON Thurs
day morning until long after night.
1t is learned from gentleman who lpft
New Carthage on Wednesday, that very
heavy force had landed in Mississippi, some
miles above Grand Gulf. Our gunboats had
been Smelling the latter place for several days.
Chicago. May. 5.-rhe Chattanooga Rebel
of the LIST contains the following: <~F
Jackson, Miss, April 29-Communicntio
with Grand Gulf has been established. For
six hours and half there WIS continuous
firing. The Yankee gunboats have retired.
They fired about 5000 shot and shell. tempo
rarilv injuriug one of our guns. Two Fed.
rral hoaIs were apparently injured, hut tho
damage is unknown. Their disabled gum
boats, after trying unsuccessiully to pass up.
now liz three miles below, on the Louisiana
shore. five miles above Grand Cult. tt
Suffolk. Va, May 4.-Y+strrday morning
Gen. Peek sent a force Of infantry. cavalry.
and artillery across the Nansrnlond at Suf-
folk to make reconnaissance, They ad-
,ancrd cautiously up the Petersburg turnpike,
aud when two miles out, encountered the en-
rmy's ri0r-pts, which were thoroughly
manned. The S9'h New York and tn. 9th
New Hampshire made spirited and success-
iul charge upon the rebel works, carried
them. and. after heavy resistance, the enemy
rrtrratrd. leaving their dead and wounded.
During this time the gunboats were playing
on the enemy. doing good execution on the
slrn,p.shoottrs srcrttrd in the woods. In the
afternoon our troops came upon masked
battery, two and a half miles from Suffolk,
aud at four o'clock Davis battery and gun
boat Briggs commenced shrlling it out. After
80 minutes the rebels returned the fire, which
continued until sunset, when tho ene,ny's
battery was sil.mcrd
Washington, May 5.-More than 1000
prisoners have already arrived here.
New York. May 6-The T.1lune's cor
respondent with Gen. Hooker, writing at sum
rise on Monday. says: The guns are ALREADY
laundering on our left, and il is believed that
today will prove most disastrous to the rpb-
els Over 900 rebel prisoners have already
been brought in, and they report that Jack
son is in command Of The rebel army, and
that rinforc-nrn's have been sent them from
North Carolina and the Peninsula. Our loss
is heavy.
The Tnbunes correspondent writing from
Falmouth on Tuesday morning, says The
rebels have re.occupird fredericksburg. and
it is thought they have ponioons, but mems
urrs have been taken to prevent raid across
the river.
The Erening Bulletin says: A private dis.
patch from derfectly trustworthy source,
been received, the tenor of which is a. fol-
lows: The authorities at Washington are
perfectly confident of Gen. Hooker's success,
and that he can maintain his position. Re.
Inducements to the humber of $4,000, under
Gen. Heintzclman have been sent him. No
thing definite has been heard from General
Stoneman, but he is believed to have accom-.
plished the work assigned him.
New York, March 6 in answer to ques-
ton from the President, on Monday night,
Gen. Hooker said that. the matter Of retak.
ing Fredericksburg by the rebels was Of no
consequence. Hooker keeps his line Of COM
munication open. Ammunition and rations
go forward freely, notwithstanding the des-
pcratc attempts by the rebels to take Banks
Ford and cut our line of supplies.
United States Ford, May Yesterday
morning the trains were all ordered back to
camp. and by dark the whole extra caissons,
pack mules, ETC., were at Falmouth. Tho
wounded were hastily removed from the hos
pitfalls and sent to Washington, leaving NO
thing on the other side except the infantry
and artillery. About o'clock on the altar
noon it commenced raining, deluging tho
roads, tearing up the cordurors, sweeping
away bridges and threatening the destruction
Of the pontoons. The river ross with'geat
rapidity and soon overAowed the ends Of the
pontoons rend ring crossing in,n0asihIe Thu