New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-08
REBEL ACCOUNTS on THE FIGHT.
A GREAT VICTORY CLAIMED
GEN. PAXTON KILLED.
Gems. Jackson, Heth, and A. P. Hhl
Wounded.
GEN. JACKSON LOSES AN ARM.
REBEL LOSSES VERY HEAVY.
GEN. STONEMAN'S RAID.
Destruction Of Railroads, Locomotives,
and Bridges.
Destruction Of Railroads, Locomotives,
GEyTLEMANLY CONDUCT OF THE SOLDIERS
Thew 90 Within Four Miles oil
Richmond.
From The Richmond Sentinel. May s.

"We have again 10 thank Almighty God for
great p,ctory," writes Gen. Lee to the President,
AZ appears by his dispatch in another column. Inc
telegraph has carried the news all over the Confed'
eracy and to-day whole people are indeed lifting
their hearts TO Heaven in joyous gratitude that It
has again crowned our arms with glorions success.
aud sent confusion and disaster upon our foes Thank
God
Without needless repetition Of what we have al
ready published, and without attempting 10 supply
any deficiency in our present information with fan
eies, we will state that the enemy commenced cross
ing ut fredericksburg, and skirmishing there, on
Wednesday morning; that IL soon became apparent
that the strength Of Hookers attack was invested In
a flank movement, designed to turn our left and gain
cur rear; that Gen Lee responded to this new liue
OF approach of the enemy and met him In the vi
entity of Charlottesville, ten miles northwest OF
Fredericksburg
On Friday evening heavy skirmishing commenced,
resulting in driving the enemy back for several
mics.
| On Saturday the battle commenced early. We
| learn from Gen. Lees dispatch that Gen. jackson
| on that day unanswered 80 as to gain the rear
Of Hooker, while two of Longstreers divisions
4" pegged away ut him in trout Thus caught be-
tween the upper and the neither milestone the
enemy suffered very severely, as may we'll be
imagined. Five tbonsand prisoners ore represented
40 having been taken on that day, beside an eDor-
nous list of killed and wounded. Hookers army,
driven by jackson, weIo pressed down from the
| Wilderness to near Charlottesville -four miles,
when night brought its truce.
The next morning Sunday the battle was re-
sumed. Hooker WAS driven from sll bis positions,
and made for the river by bis hank. Here he WAS
crossing at last accounts with cur victorious army
pressing upon bis heels. or the disasters which
| attended bis crossing under such circumstances. IL
would be mere speculation for Us to speak. We
| wait for the news.
| Ihis great victory is Bs usual, paid for with the
blood of heroes aud the tears of the Confederacy.
The severe wound received by Gen. jackson will
excite universal solicitude. Tue manner in which
lie babitually exposes his person, when guiding the
battle, is 30 well known that the public anxIelss
are always enlisted. No life is dearer TO the peO-
ple-pone is more freely hszarded. We learn that
The wound he received on Sunday was in the iei.
arm, and it is asserted that ampuaton has already
been resorted to- IL the prayers OF whole people
may be answered our dear hero leader, mutilaied as
lie TO- will long live 10 lead armies and to defend
lis country with his skill and matchless Prov
ess, from the fury Of her foes.
Hrig..Ge T.. +. Paxton Of ROckbridge County,
Va. whose fall in battle is announced, was formerly
Gen. Jackson's Adjutant-Geueral. lie commanded
Il brigade in Jackson's corps, and It is sufficient
| praise 10 say Of him. that he commanded Jackson's
afectiouate confidence. Green grow tie turf over
bis grave, and undying be bis fame!
Geus. A. L. Hill and Henry lletb, too, are among
the wounded but il IL happiness to know that their
wounds are but slight.
For the long .t of martyrs OF less rank but equal
patriotism who bed on the field OF Charlottesville,
ten thousand anxious hearts wait in torturing
pense. Every one OF them has family or friends to
mourn his misiortune, or cherish bis memory.
As TO Hooker, the lowest depth Of humiliation
which has yet overtuken Yankee Commander-in-
Chief is his. Read the testimony which We publish
to-day, aud which he gave before the Committee Of
Congress, and see how iucecately and ungeuerously
be acted toward bis brother officers OF high rank;
how he always dsparaged them, and never failed to
magnify himself.
L. far he ur1ic ba
holds lie gained il; but IN doing so he dug for
himself in OF failure, a pit deeper than any
had sounded before him. WhOSs there TO mourn
for bun now lie has found no strength in bls
arms; his own compatrots will show him no mercy
in his woe. Mcclellan aud Burnside would be
human il they did not feel secret Joy at his failure
and downfall.
L. s.-We have received some private information.
from the scene OF battle by letter from Guineas
Station az late as 2 O'Clock on Sunday from an en-
tirely trustworthy source. II Gays:
The latest news from the battlefield represents
our prospects brilliant. The Yankee infantry are
fighting badly. Their artillery however, Is handled
very skllfully. This is the only thing in our way.
Our Generals thought We would finish the enemy to-
From The Richmo nd Enquirer, Mays
A GREAT VICTORIA LARGE NUMBER OF YAM |
KEE PRISONERS TAkEA--IHE YANKEES !
DRIVEN FROM THEIR POSITIONS AND RE- |
TREATING ACROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK-l
GEMS. JACKSON, A. 2. HILL AND HETH I
WOUNDLD
Acting like charm upon the public mind amid |
the furore Of patriotic excitement which pervaded
the community. yesterday came the foowin dis |
patch from Gen. Lee Ii ;ells the tale Of tue enc.
my's second charge upon our gallant army on tue |
in language as simple as 1t 10 cheer
INK and eclipses forever the futile raid hch was
no doubt intended by the enemy TO be one OF their
fancy Embellishments to what now (alas for them d
a spoiled picture. 1t will be seen by dispatch in
another column that tue number of our prisoners
estimated az 5000
THIS battle was, from all we can hear, one Of the
most holly contested Of the war. The gallant men
on our side, who fell, numbered among them some
OF our sblest heroes whose virtues this occasion
shone out with ten Old luser, az they dashed AND