The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-12
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New York. Tuesday, May n, 1863.

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New York. Tuesday, May n, 1868.
THE SITUATION.
There is nothing to report from General Hooker's
advance to-day.
The rebels were at work in considerable force
yesterday on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
repairing the bridge over the Rapidan.
The Stoneman cavalry expedition is immortal.
We have given heretofore very full accounts from
army correspondents, embracing nearly all the
leading facts Of interest in that brilliant raid. To-
day we publish the official report of Colonel Klpat.
rick, describing his portion Of the expedition from
Louisa Court House to Gloucester Point. We
commend 1t to eur readers as specimen
Of the succinst style which well BELTS soldier.
The story is as simply and plainly told as the deeds
therein recounted were boldly executed. wher.
ever he met the enemy in his hasty ride Of five
days he defeated and scattered them. He destroy
cd their commissary stores at every point he
touched upon; captured prisoners within the lines
Of the enemy; out up their communications at the
different railroad bridges, and, to sum up in his
own language, "at ten o'clock A. M. on the 7th
found safety and rest under our brave old flag,
within our lines at Gloucester Point"
Ranors were prevalent in Washington yesterday
that General Halleck was about to take the field
In person. II ives not stated that General Hooker
was to be superseded, the impression being that
the presence Of General Halleck at the scene Of
future operations would have sslutary effect upon
the direction Of anAirs.
The rebel accounts. which We publish to-day
from the Richmond papers, Of the battle at Chan.
celloFsville are full and interesting While claim
ing. Of course, great victory they admit severe
loss and the wounding Of Generals jackson, A. p.
Hill. MCGOWAN Heth and McLaws.
Tho news from Mississippi IL highly important,
manifesting as II does that the movements of Gen.
eral Grant between jackson and vicksburg are
bringing matters to an issue there. A despatch
from Cairo last night says that according to the
Memphis Bulletin jackson Ia already invested, and
that the rebels have no way Of getting out Of
vioksburg but by cutting their way through the
national forces. Our map to-day will show the
relative positions of these two points. A rebel
despatch from jackson to Richmond, dated the
9th, says that the Union troops were repused the
day previous at Ankersons Ferry on the Big Black,
after four hours fighting The fate the news
paper correspondents on board the barges which
were demolished by the rebel batteries at vicks-
burg is cleared up by despatch from General
Pemberton, commanding there, to Adjutant Gene
raj Cooper, stating that twenty-four prisoners
were taken from the barges among whom were
one correspondent of the New York World, two
Of the New York Tribune and one of the Cincin.
natl Times.
General Braxton Bragg also sends an official
account to Richmond Of our cavalry raid in Geor-
gia. He describes the resistance offered to our
troops % stubborn, and boldly maintained from
point TO point, resulting, we know, in the cap
ture Of Colonel Streghts command by General
Forrest, near Rome. General Bragg claims one
thousand ak hundred prisoners, With all their
horses and rines-
BY the arrival Of the United States transport
Oriole from Port Royal yesterday we have dates to
che 9Th inst All our iron-csds had left there for
North Edisto, their recent damages received at
Charleston having been repaired. Folly Island,
seabrook's and Coles islands were occupied by
General Hunters troops, who were intrsnching
themselves at those points. The Ironsidcs 10 still
at anchor inside the bar in Charleston hsrbor.
We have also news from Newborn, N. c., up Ia
the It'll, by the arrival of the transports General
Meigs and Ellen 8. Terry-the former with dates
from Hilton Head 9Th, Newborn 9TH, and Fortress
Monroe 9th; the latter from Newborn 9Th and
Fortress Monroe 9th. Everything was quiet ai
Newborn at last accounts.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The steamship Bohemian, from Londonderry on
the LIST Of May, passed Cape Race yesterday
morning on her voyage TO Quebec. She was
boarded by our news agent, and her report
which Ia five days later than the advices of the
Australasian, telcgraphed from s. Johns New.
foundland--is published in the HERALD to-day.
II was said In London that Mr.. Adams, tho
United States Minister had made |" frank ex.
PLANTATION respecting ticket Of leave" letters "a
the Mexican traders, and that no diplomatic pro
test on the part Of England was necessary In con.
sequence. France. It was stated, on the contrary
was offended, and demanded an explanation.
The London Times Of the LIST Of May says that
notwithstanding contradictory reports from New
York. the Cabinet in Washington would not irri
tate England 70 such point as 70 render con.
tinued exerciea Of forbearance imnossiide %