The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-05-16
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS.
THE FIGHT CONTINUED.
Richmond almost Taken.

then we have had news of the most impor
tant character. There has been series of
fights at fredericksburg and vicinity une
qualled in this war for the bitterness with
which they were contested. and for their
fatal results. 1t is hard to gather a very
ineligible account of the particulars, from
the jumbled condition of the kilograms. We
must only give the main facts. It seems
that the fighting lasted until Tuesday, the
9Th inst, when Hooker, for some reason
which is not satisfactorily explained, re-
crossed the Raj pahannock. From theWash-
ingtOn Chronicle (generaly regarded as the
Government organ) of the 7th. we take the
following: Time can only develop the pre-
else reasons Why Gen. Hooker withdrew his
army across the Rappahannock. 1t may be
that not only the swelling of the stream by
three days of rain. but some Interior pur
pose, caused the movement, but which YVES
so unexpected by the public at large. We
do not care to speculate. Ii is certain that
we inflicted vastly more damage to the en-
envy than they have on us. The whole
amount of our wounded cannot exceed
5000, and our killed 800. This we have
from reliable sources. There is no means
of telling how many prisoners we have TAX
en-, but it is certainly more than 5000. The
number reported by Lee, and our dispatches
from Suffolk, show this to be Al under
estimate. The fact that they were not will
ing to follow US as we withdrew to the river,
nor able to interfere with our crossing, is a
certain indication of their exhaustion. They
were unquestonably terribly cut up. Gen.
unprecedented losses, and that they suffered
especially from artillery. On the the other
hand, We find our army in the very best of
spirits. From many whom We have seen
directly from the army, we learn that the
greatest enthusiasm exists. The soldiers
have the greatest confidence in their Com
handing General. They understand the
reason why they are on this side of the riv-
er, and are not inclined to consider them
selves driven back when they know that
they had the better of the rebels in every
encounter, and destroyed many more than
they lost. Stonewall Jackson has had his
left arm amputated above the elbow. 1t is
not known how soon he will be able to take
the field again. Gen. A. P. Hill was Sc
verely wounded in the calf of the leg Gen.
Paxton is killed. From gentleman con-
nected with one of the Pennsylvania regi-
ments which partici pated in the series of
battles of the Last few days. and arrived in
this city last evening, we have the most
cheering advices from our army at Fal
mouth. He was partcipalor in the bat
Ties fought under the immediate eye of
Hooker and his officers. Never did soldiers
fight better, and never was more admirable
generalship displayed than on this occasion.
With the exception of the time of the panic
in the 18th Army Corps, all the men stood
firm as rocks, and literally moved the reb-
els down as fast as they came up. He had
witnessed many battles during this war, but
be assures US that he never saw such i'm
mense slaughter of human beings take place.
Our batteries were massed at the threatened
points and poured their double-shotted con
tents into the ranks of the enemy, and while
this was taking place our men were in a
great measure secured from the fire of their
opponents. They were so disposed that
they could do the most possible damage to
the enemy, whilst not suffering much from
him. The rebel dead were piled in many
places two or three feet deep. He thinks
the enemy at least lost four to our one, as
Hooker did all he could to draw them out Of
their strOngholds, and then dealt as much
destruction into their ranks as possible. All
reports that the army had been demoralized.
and feel that they have been whipped, are
unqualifedly false. Never were our troops in
such good spirits, and never so jubilant over
their achievements, as now; and, instead of
thinking that their Withdrawal was an &C
acknowledgement of defeat. they knew that it
was wise measure of Hooker's, and would
result far more disastrously to the rebel
arms, than if we had remained al Chaneel-
louisville. Instead. therefore, of his retro
grade movement being considered an &C.
acknowledgement of defeat. our soldiers know
that it was done for purpose. The de-
struction of fifty thousand rebels they also
know would be better for US than the pos
session of a hundred miles of Virginia Ter