, 1863-05-09

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{rC NAI kDA I. M a.
.1.szzza-a-ru.. a-a-ru..aaa.s.@.EEs
in the rebel 1,cktta to within two miles Ct
p;o,,,,a,d ,,a -, on,r one 1;eutenan4 and
s.uInon"' ~" 1oes 'A1'
thirty men, having captured and paroled up-
wards Of 800 prisoners.
- a1aon lno pf'sone', "es ':.. M tA =, - 49,
N1nder, who WIS captured Will Aas escort
within the cnt1enchmcnts outside of .
| p;.h,,o,d
3@4eAtu"Au'
This cavalry has marched near'y 200 miles
since the Sd of May. They were inside the
fort,6cotfo,a or p;rhrond m the 4,h hnrn.
-, ~ 49, -. -. .-1s..,. at.,;aa ~.
eu a4l tae stores III ASle'ts olasioh, W ins
Mataponv, On the 5th, and destroyed all the
fences oyer the pamunly and NatapouT. and
1.roa doro+ ~ aran,;se,-r 's+,-.s nosr ona
4aFse oepot u com"lssa'5 s'e"e neaF anu
above the Rapphannock, and came in here
| in good condition. RUFCs ENG,
Br;r Gen. Com th;s Post
HAEa1aBrRG, Pa, May 8.-Goy. Curtin re-
ccived II dispatch from the Secretary Of War,
| this morning, 81, ing the President aud Gen.
Hnlletk hare just returned from the army,
and, though Hookers movement failed, there
! has been TO sericns disaster. On1y onc-thrd
Of .Hookfr's forcr was engaged.
|. StoucIuan's operations were brilliant sue
| cess, THE enemy i comm1nicatfbus being cut
in Every direction.
The army w:n speedily resume offensive
| operations
WAsulSGros- Nav S-Itfs asccrtaincd from
the front That tie army has arrived, with all
its u.ate1jaj. Ut Tic old camps at Falmouth.
The demonstration Of Hooker proved no dis
asttr, but :$1uply u failure, owing to the i'm
had galned Y It'll 70 much slAsl and energy.
Ltss tian tl'r.e .iehthe Of tho whole force
was cigngtd. or could be engaged, the ground
being covered " ith fo1est, and being without
any practicable toats:
| 0urcntfre LOST IN Killed. wounded and miss
army, but 9an4entably for the country, the
greatest proportion Of them in Killed and )
wo9ndcd; : QnT JOSS IN prisoners does not e..
from tic enemy. We los: eight guns, and
| took tic same number from tue enemy. The
encmy's loss in killed. wounded md missing
| mus. have been double ours.
The rel'n4ui:hment Of the position was:
| simply because 1t afforded no field Tor maueu-!
yeringt the army-not from any reverse or ill.,:
The General and the entire army are in cx-.
ccllcnt heart, and ready for another moye3
ment. We will probably not know where
it is to he made until after it has been com.
meneed.
Richmond papers show that Stoncnlau's.
cavalry went within two miles Of Richmond;
and effected many captures and great destruc;
tion Of property. At least part Of this gal:
liant force have reached Gloucester, in Key's
command, opposite Yorktown, on York
| river
There can now he no improperly in saying
that the President and Gen. Uallcck have yls
tied Hooker and the Army, and returned to
tho city last night
matte II was received that stoneman had saftl;;
arrived ut Rappahannock. Station, with the
remainder Of Lis forte. He has cut tho rail-
| road communica ion Of the enemy IN all d.
rec1inns. thus winning noble distinction.
contain nothing later than vas transmitted
Yesterday. one Or two extras are published
This morning, but they contain mere details
Of the flcts Which have been published here.
tofore.
datyd at n aua,t,r past ii o'cieck list nIelt.
eays: " Brtr. General Stouehton has arrISed
from Richmond. He says, On Monday morn
iurt the farmers rushed into Richmond with the
urbs, and his eobblng up every body as pris-
oncrs. The bells we're r1,np and fearful con-
sternation eu6ued. families backed m their
Goods and the military guard 1t Libby prison
were ordered to lie forfitIcations- Tie panlc
continued til Tuesday morning. when It Vas
known thnt Stnnnmon was On his way dawn
he 1nnins,,la ""'
Stnnrhfon sta1e TINT stnneman,a fnrce pot
within sicht Of Richmond, and one Of our
ofT9rcrs nnl one on fwo men were rantnred
;hir n,iI Q onI a sn un aa-+nr "etT f.on R;b
mond. There were only four hundred troons
insRichmnnd-
"fii, fhc MenH bas n ,e,+or f+o,n a nr;sono,
) named Vosirrc d,fed P;chnnn;s XIII stnt;no
the alarm th.t was ft.lt ,hnrs on snndar ana
; nr n 1nrtion nf !, Ind entcrcd Richmondson
, Sunday hight, Which they could easily have
done. tbcv could have seized Jeff. Davis nnG
: bis whole Cabinet, With a majority Of the rebc
Congress. could hare s bnEnt M the bridges sc.os:
sonthwsrd. -
Lieut.. Marsh, of the 18th Illinois Cavalry
I | who Vas captured Monday at Tunstal{s Sta
l tion, states that Perry Wiudham's 8 brigade
r tore up The track OF the Orange and Alexan
prisoners, g.
5 On Saturday evening Col Davis captured
train Of five hundred rebels ut Ashland Sta
tion. The men were paroled. tnt the rcbe
= Colonel, Major, and other officers were take1
= station, where he met twenty thousand rebels
c having severe skirmisl1. Davis had forc
Of only four hundred It.was D.Eis' dcsigl
= to reach Yorktown, which, probably, be ha
: accomplished. The whole number Of prls
e oncrs captured by Davis and Windhaul va
over thousand.
:, il Washington dispatch states that Long
street force was pushed through Oh Friday
Saturday ana sundny' before stoneman Gu
1hG G eonnectlnne. 49,.
+ 1Le At.aas EEeeIa sta.es tnaI 1eueIa
Stone S nas oee" assigned 10 outy Win oencr'
o@rhe' ,r.,
4ne Se" toin I t"eS ePecla' se:"es t!i
sisel las resumed the . command OF his ol
IT co5ns, ~ plaSe ~ III - eeu9tA.
Inc new M dork f1gnne nag me lolie9%Hlng
fAiKpA e G1"at moosE, ~ tho taesany, zoiy, o5n -
Gordonsville to Culpepper, reached here thi