Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-08
FROM GEN. moOKnE's ARMY.
Reported Re-CrosSing of the River
SUCCESSES OF STOaEM4RS CAVALRY

| crossed the RappahannOck on the evening Of
that day, influenced by prudent motives,
doubtless springing i'll part from the great and
sudden rise in the Virginia streams, in conse-
| quence of the heavy rains, threatening our
supplies. We do not learn that Gen. Hooker
was apprised, before making this retrpgade
movement, of the successes which is alleged
to have attended the operations of General
StOneman in breaking the enemy's commu-
nicaton with Richmond. Ii the last fact had
been known to him, assuming it to be fact,
it may be doubted whether Gen. Hooker
would have deemed it necessary to take a
step which must tend to deprive him Of some,
at least OF the advantages resulting from
| Gen. Stoneman's cooperative expedition.
UNITED STATES FORD, May 6-S a. NJ
Yesterday morning the trains were all or
| dered back to camp, and by dark the wag-
ons, extra caiSsons, pack mules, &C., were at
Falmouth. The wounded were happily re-
moved from the hospitals and sent to Wash
| ington leaving nothing on the other side eX-
cept our infantry and artillery About five
| o'clock it commenced raining. The water
fell in torrents for over an hour, deluging the
roads, tearing up the corduroys sweeping
away bridges, and threatening the destruction
OF the pontoons. The river rose with great
rapidly, and soon oYerhowed the ends of the
| pontoons. rendering crossing impracticabe
| The upper pontOonS were taken up and used
| in frightening out the others, and after sev-
| eral hours of very hard labor the bridges
were once moro randy Pine hnu,,bs v9re
snraad ,,non tho uonfoors IN nroynr+ tho
noise nj crossinr and abont midnight tLc
troops commenced falling hack T6e FIRST
Gowns ,vas tho first r, cross and !. ,,o,, ,,,o,
lv all nvor The third earns rnrnoins in tho
entertainments to cover fine retreat
# is ,hnnpd the army will roach tI,is side ba-
foro the anan, discovers the retreat hnr nan
nonadinO has commenced opite tiarca1v at the
front and a desnarate battla is not an i'm
nrohahle event We can doubtless ratira
across the river without serious loss. but if
discovered in our attempt the STRUGGLE will he
fierce. If unmolested. the troops can get
| over by noon. The roads are IN a terrible
| condition. almost as bad as when Gen. Burn
are living in the roads lint a1nI,rlsn n;:os -; TX
ro inc nm ~ ranovn thonI ~ ,,,,,, a.
fqbtin9 Yesterday of onv corsaamor,o, r t,o
s6arns6ooters were onit9 sc,i,a a,J t,,o ~
| tillprv oncned occosionaliv Lnt rosnIts 700
nnimnortant The enemy has a,i,I,,'ti,- ,',.
cd his army on o,r rigLt ,y;,L ,.ia;, :,
| believed oi cros.inr o5ova and at+,,I,ir,r -
ON the flank and rear Tho hirb ,,ator Io,'.
over. will Illustrate that nnven,o,,,
| F,1yorru WavG-10t yN'i,hrao t,,l,,,s
were svpnt away On tho.roiIrood f.,n, Az
CraaL last niybt R,ilIir,, ,,,+;,. -, eli ~
NIGHT and thu. trains ra .,tTa,,, ,,,,,,,i,,,,
rn9,oroJ Thar ,h. ono,,,,,,S
over nncn tho nortbern noc a,,d 80 o5.,,N
irG ,ortiorsI,, toy,ord +l,is ri,oa eH'D-
haen snrt DOW ~ onnnso t,,anl E.ltI, nos
;s nniet ON tho o+her sida M .;,'cn '' il7
risen over ten feet and i stiu rar,i,IIr risirrr
Heavy cannonadinr is heard in thn dirpct;11n
nf tbc I1nitad Stata7 tord III '''' "iie''ioA
NJ, w., Mo,. 'c,,,.,I C..,...,
forces ,,o,,,, Ji,idoI info tlrnn e
nnder his avn la,nn,ar,d n,1,o Co,u, In Guy 0'ie
mn,,;. ~ - II, """'',Sl "'0ei ~" m
."oroll.s d;,'is;o 4 f GI'i h'eleii
H,'Iao, J .i'1' ''iI ie"el o@'"liy DIT
Ouipepi'ei' 1s'lu N.oYe 'lIe'i' across OGuar
~ e'a'ioii "ilel9 the leoGis
burned tiie I"llroau oIiuSe altef a smart 1S4t.
Inc reDels lost Col fosser and a number OF
Killed besides thiIty-one prisoners. General
buioru coiulnh (tle Quar- says cur the rall-
ROAD between 'ToroohSVille ana hlchmond,also
between UordohSVlIie ana CharlottevllIe At
tGr t,ie reneiS occupied tFcuerlckSourg' Ten.
Hooker with his left wing, carried the rebel
batteries on our left, said to contain twenty
siX9uns. The guns and most of the cannon
GERS were captured.
VARIOUS ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
NEW loRK, May The Richmond pa
pers say that Gen. Pecks forces are pressing
after the rebels who had abandoned the siege
of Suffolk, and that GeneralKeyes' forces were
also moving from Yorktown.
The Times extra says the rebel troops that
reinforced Lee, came from Lynchburg via
Gordonsville. The Times says Had we
been content with holding the heights of Fred
ericksburg after capturing them, all would
have been well, as we then had the enemy in
tight place"
Gen. Hancock and his aids had their horses
shot under them. Gen. Couch was slightly
wounded, his horse was killed. and his clothes
were twice struck
New York, May In the flight of the
18th army corps on Saturday, some men
reached the Rappahannock and some crossed
it. The most Of them were stopped 1t is
reported that in Sundays battle as many were
| killed as wounded. The enemys loss that
day was 5000 prisoners and 10000 killed and
wounded. We lost in all about 1000 Our
loss in officers was very large. Gen. Whipple
Is supposed to be mortally wounded by a rifle
6all' General Geary IS wounded in the neck.
zen Hays Is wounded seriously.