The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-09

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| vile. in confusion.
On Monday after the rebels attacked our
lcEt-EIUward' corps--nnd after desperate
engagement, were completely repu.sed with
great loss. Tuesday forenoon they again
advanced against us at the same point, but
were able to stand the contest but for lit:
teen minutes, when they again tell back,
rrpulsrd with heavy loss.
The Richmond papers Of the 9Th say that
Stoneiran's forces played sad havoc with
their railroad at Hanover junction and
other points: destroying locomotives and
a large amonnt of other valuable pro-
perry, and all ,he railroad bridges to within
five miles Of Richmond. A despatch from
rehel) General Paxton is killed, Stonewall
jackson severely wounded, and Generals
Hath, and \. j. Ill., also badly wounded
| Another rebel despatch states that the
rebel loss in killed and wounded has been
very heavy.
The Washington RPaMiran of Tuesday
evening says Correspondents who were at
ChanceIlorville last night state that General
Hooker has captured over eight thousand
prisoners a.d large number of guns and
rebel standards. Among the guns captured
are ten belonging to the famous Washington
Battery of Louisiana.
several very important movements, jnrcing
| lees ,rOie army baci mare thGR tlcO miles from
Mc paint It orrVpied, inticting upon the rebels
great loss in killed, wounded and captured
From an army correspondent of The Press
OF Tuesday morning, we select the following
as containing apparently the most authori
tive information in regard to the present
state Of affairs in Virginia:
| WAsnINGToN, May 1T is ascertaned
from the front that the Army Of the Poto-
mac has arrived. with all its materials, at
their old camps at Falmouth
The demonstration of General Hooker
has proved no disaster bnt simply a failure,
owing to the impractcabiity of the posi-
lions which the army had gained with so
much skill and energy. Less than three
Fights q! ;lle ;s-::;oie force was engaged, or
could be engaged. the ground being covered
with forests, without any practibe roads.
The entire loss of killed, wounded, and
missing will not exceed 10000, while the
encmy's loss must have been double Of this.
Honorable to onr army, but lamenahle for
the country, the greatest proportion of our
loss is IN Killed and wounded.
Our loss of prisoners does not exceed
! Loo We have received in Washington
2.450 prisoners of the enemy.
| We lost eight guns, and took the same
number of pieces from the enemy.
| The REIMBURSEMENT Of the position was
made simply because it afforded no field for
the mannuyrng Of the army, and not from
any reverse or injury sustained by it.
The General and the entire army are in
excellent heart, and ready for new move
ment. We probably will not know where
this is to be made until after it has been
| commenced.
| The Richmond papers show that Stoncman's
corps went within five miles of Richmond
effected many captures and great destruction of
property. At least Il part or all of this gallant
| force has reached Gloucester, in General Reyes
| command.
| There can now be no Improperly in saving
| that tie President and Mayor General HaIieck
visited General Hooker yesterday aud returned
| to the city Tonight
At nearly o'clock on this FRIDAY moning,)
information was received that General Stone
man has safely arrived at RappuLnnnock sta
| ton with the remainder Of his force. He has
| cut the railroad communication of the enemy,
| in all directions and ;hls won IL noble dcstnc
| lion.
The Washington Star says: In the course Of
! all the lighting throughout Saturday, Sunday
Monday, and Tuesday, the enemy had not ven
| tured Il general engagement with hi. army, only
time, and IN 10 occasion with as great loss as
he inflicted upon the rebels. Nevertheless, il
| became evident that this great storm of the
season would sure y cut off his supplies of all
| descriptions if he remained on the south side of
| the river awaiting AN opportunity to induce the
enemy To risk IL general engagement, aud he
evidently had left him but the only alternative
of returning, for the time being, to where lris
! supplies could readily reach hn
| NnSteri1uN pl,n
officer on whose person was found fresh dcs-
patch from General Lee stating that his (rebci)
| loss had been ''icariil."
The destruction of the railroad and turnpike
bridges south Of Fredericksburg, by Stoncnan's
force, has surely placed the rebel army III even
ii worse position than our own is at this time,
| as Hooker is now where his communications
are already rc-estabShed, while theirs--wth
Rchmond---m,lst continue unavailable for
weeks to come, nccessaing them to scatter or
fall back in body il seems to us.
On the whole, it is clear that decisive vic
tory was snatched from our gallant troops by
| tie elements.
General Hooker brought off with him all
aggregate Of $500 prisoners.
GENERAL sToNEMAN's OPERATIONS.
The Washington Star has the following semi
official reports of the brilliant operations OF Gen.
Stoneman:
Stonenan's force was divided into three col
unlns, one of which, that moving in the dircc-
ton of the Richmond and Fredericksburg rail-
road, he commanded in person, though the
havoc worked from Hanover junction down to
within five miles of Richmond was made by u
subdivision under the command Of Colonel
| Davis.
| One of the three columns, commanded by
| l}rigudier General Avcrill, after crossing the
Rappahannok at kelly's Ford, pushed On to
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