The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-08

Rebel ACCOUNTS Of the Fighting Oh the Rap
pahannOck
The Richmond papers of May 5th ave the
following:
G.RDoN.vILLE. May4 The fight it still 90
ing on. jackson occupies all the lords exc pt
EIy's. Our 10 is heavy. No enemy in Gull
pepper.
MILFORD, Va. May 3. Yesterday Gen Jack
son =, netrated to the regc of the enemy, and
drove him from his position in the wilderness to
within Que mile OF UhancellorvINe. He was
engaged at the same time IN front by two Of
Longstreet' S divisions The loss on bQth sides i,
heavy. Gen. jackson is severely wounded.
The Inquirer says, edltorlally:
None OF the wounded have arrived at Rich
mond owing to the destruction of the RAILROADS
between Richmond and fredericksburg. MANY
OF the business houses n Richmond closed YES
terday, In consequence of the exciting news
from the Rappahannock. .e ..ol
A despatch from Fortress Monroe says:
The Inquirer contains an account of sever.
battle on Sunday at Spottsyvania, in which
1t admits a heavy loss Gen. jackson was
wounded by the loss of an arm. The battle wa,
renewed on the 4th. The Inquirer states that the
loss was heavy on both sides, and claims that
the rebels lost 5000 prisoners. While the bat.
tie was being fought, the Inquirer Says, that
Gen. Stohemin with Is 900 cavalry DESTROYED
the Fredericksburg railroad at Ashland and a
train, capturing several rebel government off,
GERS. The engineer jnmped from the engine
and pretended to be dead, but the Yankees
awok, him and made him run the train to the
Village. The also destroyed two locomotives.
A detachment of Yankees then proceeded 70
Hanover G. Ii. tearing up the Central railroad
track and cutting the telegraph wires. They
also burned the court house and several bridges
on the Ere ericksburgh railroad and DESTROYED
the water tank at Hungary. They were evi.
IDENTIFY guided by some one familiar with the
country. We have obtainel his name and he
is we'll known in Richmond .a
At Brook pike the Yankees exchanged their
jaied horses for fresh ones and proceeded across
the Chickuhominy, destroying the turnpike and
railroad bridges over the river, and Ca ptured a
locomotive which had been sent out this morn.
ing on reconnaissance. -
Gen. Stoneman was still in Louisa county
yesterday and d detachment of his command
is making its way down the York river and MAY
join the Yankee force now in Willsmsburgh
They have destroyed several trains of cars load
ed with government stores . .rN fe,,.,
The despatch from Fortress Monroe also says
Two of the prisoners who arrived from Rch-
mond to-day report that they were captured
within two miles of Richmond, on Sunday, The
Sd inst, while in pursuit of a courier with div.
patches from jackson to Davis. The Richmond
City battalion went out Sunday to see what th,
trouble was, as communication was cut off both
by railroad and telegraph. The people of Rich
mond are In terrible state of excitement, and
the report of the rebels having captured 5000
prisoners is false, and was gotten up by JEFF
Davis to quiet the excitement of the people.
We learn to-day by the Yorktown mail boa
that part Of Stoneman's cavalry arrived a.
the White House yesterday. '' 81 -''' --' y