The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
The Depressing Thursdays News
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The Depressing Thursdays News
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The New York World of Thursday. May
9TH, had the following:
We learn by special messenger that a great
battle was fought on Tuesday, and Hooker
with his army was driven back across the
Rappahannock. Lee was heavily reinforced,
and the last battle exceeded il slaughter those
of = revious days -
Nothing has yet been heard of Stonernan.
It seems impossible to doubt that he and his
forces will be captured.
-z The Herald has issued the following extra
us. FoRD May 6-Yesterday morning
/. the trains were all ordered back to camp, and
by dark the whole extra caissons, pack-mules.
Sc, were at Falmouth The wounded were
hastily removed from the hospitals and sent
to Washington leaving nothing on the other
side except the infantry and artillery. About
5 O'Clock it commenced raining deluging the
roads. tearing up corduroys sweeping away
bridges, and threatening destruction to the
pontoons. The river rose with great rapidity
and soon overfowed the ends OF the pontoons,
rendering the crossing impracticable. The
upper pontoon was taken up and used in
lengthening out others, and after several
hours of very hard labor, the bridges were
once more ready sa s4s'e e
Pine boughs were spread upon the pontoons
to prevent the noise of crossing, and about
midnight the troops commenced falling back;
the first corps was the first to cross and is now
nearly all over The third corps remains in
the entrenchments to cover the retreat. 1t is
hoped that the army viii reach this side be
fore the enemy discovers the retreat, but can
nonading has commenced quite fercely at the
'front.' and desperate battle is not an improb-l
I able event. We can doubtless retire across
| the river without serious loss. but ii discov-
| cred in our attempt the struggle will be fierce.
| Unmolested the troops can get over by noon.
| The roads are in a terrible condition, almost
| as bad as when Burnside foundered here last
| winter Our sick are lying in the roads but
/ ambulances are coming up to remove them.
| There no fighting yesterday of any con-
| sequence The sharL- shooters were quite ac-
tive and the artillery opened occasionally but
! the results were unimportant. s.o 4 81
The enemy has evidently massed his army
/ on our right, with a view, it is believed, OF
! crossing above, and attacking us on our flank
| and rear. The high water however will frus-
| trate that movement. sslNsfa+
/ Three pontoon trains are down near Ham,
/ ilton's crossing, and some fears have been en-
tertained that the rebels would make dem
onstration across the river below Fredericks-
i burg.
A great numberof our wounded have fall
/ len into the hands of the enemy. {.
/ Our dead on the battlefield of Sunday are
/ still unb1ried, and the wounded are undoubt-
edly dying in great numbers for want of at
/ tention.
DIR. johnson, Medical Inspector of the ar
my, has volunteered to go over with corps
!. OF surgeons, and take charge of our wounded
He will probably be sent across as soon as
practicable.
Hooker is very much depressed. Last night
he held consultation with his commanding
j Generals, in which it is urged that a longel
stay in its present position would prove un
safe for the army. A hasty return to ou
camps is imperative. The rain is falling
i heavily, and the river is raising with great ra
j piditg. ~ 80
THE MORE CHEERING NEWS OF FRIDAY.
i WASHINGTON, May z.
4 1t is ascertained from the front that the ar
I my arrived, with all its material, at the olt
camp at Falmouth The demonstration o
4 Hooker proved no disaster, but simply a fail
4 ure but owing to the impracticability of tn
i position which the army had gained with s.
much skill and energy, less than one-eghtl
of the whole force were engaged or could b
engaged, the ground being covered with for
est, and being without any practicable roads.
Our entire loss in killed, wounded, and mis-
sing does not exceed 10000, honorably to tn
9 army, but lamentably for the country. Th
s greatest proportion of them are inkilled an
: wounded Our loss of prisoners does no
exceed j, ,700; we have received 2,450 prison
: ers from the enemy. We lost eight guns, an
took the same number from the enemy.
, The enemy's loss in killed, wounded, an
missing must have been double ours. .si h
The relinquishment of position was simpl
a made because it afforded no field for manoeuv
ring the army, and not from any reverse
injury sustained by it. @ :.
The General and the entire army are
9 excellent heart and ready for new move
ment. We will probably not know where
: has been made until after it has been cor
menced.
! The Richmond papers show that Stone
S mans Corps went within two miles of Ricf
r mond, and effected many captures. and gre;
8 destruction of property. At least a part 4
: 1 this gallant force had reached Gloucester,
Keyes' command, opposite Yorktown, Q
d York River. szs E4s -s =
: There can now be no impropriety in sayir
4 that the President and Halleck visited Hool
er and the army and returned to the city t.
night, at nearly one o'clock this morning.
Information is received that Stonems
It had safely arrived at Rappahannock Static
: with the remainder OF, his force. He has CT
: railroad communications of the enemy in q
directions and has thus won uoble distin
q ton. 1
I Gen. Averill has been placed under arres
and his command given to Gen. PleasantG
by Hooker, in consequence of returning wit
out having executed his orders.
! The following paragraph in the Tribune
Falmouth correspondence tersely sums up Il
II present position ss-.i5a4.sa g 44ts es
n The enemy again occupies Fredericksbu
d and heights, the situation substantially Il
vi same as as before the opening of the car
paign.
.. ..4 ORDER NO. 38.
1T 81. The following is the celebrated order :" n
L 49," issued by Gen. Burnside, under viii
al Vallandigham was arrested.
"a aa HEiperA AsTERs. DrP,R1nENT y THE HIo,l
= ~s s1tsf si-2,, rScISS,TI, o.. April 18Th, l>63
E General Order, No. 38-
/ The Commanding General publishes,
70 the information of all concerned, that hei
! after all persons found within our lines W
commit acts for the benefit of the enemies
our country, will be tried as spies or traito
and if convicted, will suffer death. This
T., der includes the following classes of persons
Z. -. Carriers of Secret Mails. sa- {.
nj Writers of letters sent by Secret Mails.
=. Secret Recruiting Officers within the lin
- - Persons who have entered into an agrt
ment to pass our lines for the purpose of jo
spor ann E-5r-