Daily national Republican., 1863-05-05
LATEST FROM THE BATTLE
FIELD.
Fredericksburg Not Re-
captured.
HOOKER WHIPPING LEE AT
LAST ACCOUNTS.
Capture of 5000 Rebels and
a Large Number of
Guns and Rebel
Standards.
ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS.

J. Our latest adyiCes from the battle-felds on
the south side of tho Rnppahannock are up to
last night. They moro than confirm the glo.
rious news We announced yesterday.
The city has been filed with reports to-day
of the reoccupation by the rebels of the fortifi.
cations in Fredericksburg, from which they
were driven by Sedgwick, on Sunday, but VIC
have positive information from parties who left
Fredericksburg in the night, and whose bust.
ness 1t is to know, that the rebels have not re.
occupied them. We know that some gentle
men who have arrived here from Falmouth be-
lieve that such is the case, but those who left
there at q later hour assert positively that the
statement is unfounded.
Correspondents who were at Charlottesville
last night state that Gen. Hooker has captured
over eight thousand prisoners and large mum.
Der of guns and rebel standards. Among the
guns captured are ten belonging to the famous
Washington Battery of Louisiana.
Yesterday Gen. Hooker accomplished several
very important movements, forcing Lees whole
army back more than two miles from the point
It occupied, inflctlng upon the rebels great loss
III hlllGu, NOuuuBu ana captured.
The rebels who arc captured talk a great deal
of the many surprises with which they have
met from our army.
Hooker is omniprCs ent upon the field. Where
ever there is a disposition to shrink from the
fearful work, he appears in the midst of the
falteriRg troops, and never fails to inspire
them with his own determined zeal and bravery.
In several instances he has led the charging
columns in person
We have the best authority for asserting that
Hooker is master Of The position; that tho work
goes bravely on, and is as good as those who
know what is finally to be accomplished, can
hope for.
We caution the public against believing
every rumor brought to this city by subordi-
nate officers, or citizens, or even wounded
soldiers, who make statements each based upon
his own narrow standpoint, and have no
knowledge whatever, and care nothing, about
grand results.
1t will be very strange, If, in this greatest
battle ever fought upon this continent, some
brigade, division or corps does not receive
severe treatment.
Sigel's old corps suffered much on Saturday,
the enemy massing his troops against them
but Hooker appeared in the thickcst of the con,
aict, ut the head of his old division, and drove
the rebels back with an impetuosity unpar-
ralleled in history.
Some of our wounded who witnessed this
splendid achievement describe II as the most
terrific conflict, and brilliant act on the part of
Hooker and his old corps, that they have ever
witnessed.
This temporary reverse, which was SO hand
somely saved by the presence of Hooker, was
magnifed by correspondent into q defeat of
our whole army.
1t is said that the same correspondent ar
rived in this city on Sunday night and pro-
ceeded to New York, where, from the New
York papers, we learn that he make the same
report there, and that upon the strength of it
gold went up.
A sensation secesh correspondent, of this
city, whose chief business is to deceive people
with false reports, fors speculative purposes, went
to Now York in the same train with the sensa-
ton correspondent from the army. We COM
mend them both to the Government.