The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-05-07
PROCEEDINGS OF GEN. SLOVENIAN
Especial Dispatch to the Press

Especial Dispatch to the Press)
WASHINGTON, May @.
have just returned from the battlefield
and have confidence of success. Maine has
more reason to be proud of her troops in the
field than everything else put together.
A. CoBURN.
New York, MAY 6.
Dispatches to the evening papers state that
news from the extreme right is satisfactory.
Gen. Heintzleman is said to be on hand with
reinforcements from Washington.
The hospitals were all moved from Freder-
icksburg to this side of the river YESTERDAY.
A Washington correspondent says nobody
there knows anything, except that Gen. Hook
er has taken from 5000 to 1900 prisoners
He has some 5000 or 5000, and is in good posi-
ton. We have got the best of the rebels, but
are not out of the woods.
The following appears to be the most intel
lgabe exhibit of the position of our army
On Monday, at p. NJ, the opposing forces
held about this position, the enemy occupying
all the entertainments southeast of the plank
road leading from Fredericksburg to Chancel-
lorville, and Gen. Gibbons at the northwest of
the same road. He also occupied the city of
Fredericksburg. Gen. Sedgwick is further
out on the plank road, and "sandwiched," as
it were, between Lee, who is i'm turn sand
wiched' between Sedgwick and Hooker and
the rebel force that retook the lower fortiica-
tons at Fredericksburg. Gen. Sedgwick,
however, who is one of the best officers in the
service, knows fully what he is about, and has,
it is reported, already opehed communication
with Gen. Hooker. The loss on both sides has
been heavy, some estimating it as high as 90
600 to each army, but experienced army men
hold that the rebels have suffered materially
the most as they have been fought in masses.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6-3 Pm.
The Bulletin says private dispatch was re-
ceived at noon to-day from a perfectly trust
worthy source, the tenor of which is as fol-
ows:-The authorities at Washington are
perfectly confident of Gen. Rockers success.
He can maintain his position, and reinforce
ments to the number of 10000 men, under
Gen. Beintzelman, have been sent him. Moth
ing definite has been heard of Gen. Stoneman,
but he is believed to have accomplished the
work assigned him.
New YORK, May 6.
From various published sources the follow
ing is compiled :-Longstreets forces are not
with Lee, but are between Richmond and Suf-
folk.
Gen. Hooker, In answer to question from
the President on Monday night, said the mat
ter of the retaking OF Fredericksburg was of
no consequence.
Gen. Hooker keeps his lines of communica-
ton clear. Ammunition and rations 90 for
ward freely, notwithstanding the desperate at
tempts of the rebels to take Banks Ford to
cut off our line of supplies.
1t was rumored that Beauregard had reached
Richmond with some forces from Charleston,
and had taken command of the defences
around Richmond.
Reports from Fredericksburg, apparently
authentic, state that Gen. Stoneman had been
heard from on the 4th. He was then near
Hanover Court House, eighteen miles from
Richmond and had succeeded in destroying
the railroad bridges over the North Anna d
Pamunky, and rendering fifteen miles of the
railroad track useless Gen. Stoneman's pro-
longed absence can be consistent with no other
theory than that of his success.