New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-28
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC


soath-what a Maior-Geu. ThinLs-
Fighting 10" In Good spirits-whnt
He Thinks Of the Lat Fight-Nos
DissstisGed-The Killed nsd Wounded
Of both Armies.
From Our Special Core'pendspt
Nay n. 1874
The ominous movements Of the Rebels have been
watched with in;eres, from this aide Of he Kappa
hannook to-day. There has been marching and
counter marching Of squAdrons and bA,tAlions OPP
posite the different foris United States, kelly's
and BsnEss). In front Of United States Ford the
greatest activity has been displayed. In this vicinity
new camps, In elo.e proximity, AZ IL corps va,
mnssed for an offensive movement have appeared.
Bustle aud confusion have been the order Of the
DAY. Drums have resounded, regiments have
Unanswered, and exciting runors como from our
videttes thsta demonstration Ia on the qui vive.
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN !
This quasi denomination has been discussed In
camp to-day and many opinions have been eI-
pressed Young officers nee smother battle but the
old We sraps who remember the retreat OF the
Rebels from Manassas and Yorktown before the
youpg army Of the Potomac set II down m Q rnse,
TOO s6a low 10 deceive these perenoed interpreters
Of Rebel strategy.
The Rebel papers, received to-day, are as SOLEMN
an the grave over The overwhelming victories OF
Gen. Grant. A vail Of sorrow has fallen over the
whole Confedoracy, and something mus, DO doue TO
-ad of the impending DOOM This Is what this
mover en-, means.
Ilel-y We Ito army Of Gen. Leo Is reinforcing
their defeated columns In the West to-day. be
heye before Saturday night shali roll around ~ OOO
Of the veteran troops Of Leo will swell tho shat-
tered ranks Of Penn oerton, and the bood-bought
lsures of Grant will again be contested for on the
| ba,tls.felds Of Mississippi.
WHAT A MAJOR-GESERAL THINKS.
| Converting with o distinguished General to-day
| at his headquarters, lie expressed tho following
opinion, "Tho Rebels must now do one Of two
things, Withdraw their army from Mississippi or
eyscuate Virginia. /. were folly 10 attempt to hold
both positions. They may send Is 900 men 10 the
South, to polish over the defeat Of Gen. Grant, and
then, leaving Mississippi, return TO Virginia, and,
with Q reenforecd army, cary out the offensive
| programme for which the radical leaders Of The
Rebellion have always been tuning, and bend all
the muscle OF the Coniederacy in one grand effort to
reocoupy Virginia. and invade The territory OF The
Union" This would agree with tho OPTION ex-
pressed above concerplDg The 70 enforcement OF the
Western army from the Rebel army 10 our Immediate
| front.
IN HOoKER's TENT.
| Yesterday, accompanied by Col. Arrow'nith OF
the 18th n. Y, your correspondent called Oh Gen.
Hooker, and had quite long con versat'on with the
fighting Californian" ! bad met the Genera
during the winding up Of POpe's campaign, but
never saw him in better spirits than yesterday. lie
was highly GLAZED ~ the success Of Gen Ora &, and
characterized his late movements - spl' ndid mill
tsry achievements NJ tue same time enthusiastically
expressing the opinion that Grant would not only
whip the Rebels, but capture the entire Vicksburs
force.
THE LAST FIGHT.
| Gen. Hooker looks upon the last movement with
anything but dissatisfaction IN the grant result ana
said be- Good people Will cease 10 write me lot
tiers Of coincidence when my official report 10 pub
hsbsd." The General bas been receiving about
fifty letters of coincidence daily from people IN the
country since the battle. lie sad hs cared more
about Gripping the Rebel sriny than taxing hieh-
uond. lie did not about sacrificing the mower
Of the Union army in pushing the Rebels toward inc
s,roDgholds OF Richmond but 70 encounter another
fresh army from suffolk. There ID one msn ~ nexd
quarters whose business II TO extract the oeiai irs
Of killed and wounded pubshsd In the Richmond
papers, These footipgs already foot up over 70 OoO
Is 10 IN vain for the ksb.ls TO deny the Aggregate
when the details, officially signed, are admitted IN
| The Enquirer snd The DspGten. Gen. Hooker
sels down our killed and wounded, reported up 10
this tiue st 200, and biuks his Official report VIII
aggregate the entire loss a. less tba0 ~ OOo men.
| FLAG or TRUCE.
The flag OF truce comes almost daily rom across
| the RappshanDock, when newspapers are sxopai geo
and such messages Ne necessity requires. iour COT
respondent will DO present =. the reception VI LIE
neIt fiav of truce and will give all incidents mol
coptrsbsud TO the readers Of 1Hr TRIBUNE
List Of Killed, Wounded, spd miss'"s In
the 1924 Regiment New-xerk '"ieh-
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