Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-18

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THE NEWS NO FIGHTING ON 7HB SOUTH
SIDE OR At FREDERICKSBURG XESTER-
DAY-INTERESEZYG IRON THE SOUTH
WEST-ANOLRER GUNBOAT SUNK IN
FLORIDA.
TaoN BkAURIsARD's Army.
Expectation at high pitoS yeltsrdg mOsRing and
early risers we're M Asrt Ourselves among the num-
bsr) 80 learn additional particulars Of rs battle of
Monday 20 what had been received by the papers
p,eviOus 10 going to press Monday night. Each slightly
wounded eHieer or man who arrived was ssgerly
"a stoned 10 the exsens Of our victory, and the
universal response that the Yankees had been badly
whipped, and that the triumph would have been more
substantial had the ground besn more kvo:able Tor
pursuit As It vas the question with Butler vas not
how to reach Redmond bus how to escape Beausegsrd
aud get u5deF his gunboas without the less Of his
tire force. A. o'c.cck A. NJ, We lesrnsd-we must
say with some regret (aOt thas success bad not
been great, bat bscau9e Ws had hoped it would be
greateF)-thas the B.ass had fallen back to BERMUDA
Hundreds, the James. This position gVeI ITEM
the protection Ct their gunbOGts the James and she
Appsmatto1, and WI enable them, il not dislOdged 30
recruit to some sxent tSsr demorsliEsG defeated
remnant OF ths army with which they bOangy ssIAysd
to take Richmond.
Tbs, however, again gives Us possession Of the Rich
mOnd and Petersburg Rllroa1.
II they do NOS leave Of their oFn accord, Bsaurs-
CARDS uaequaled engineering skill viii, before very
long, compel them 70 b.ss hAs,y retreat.
There VS. CarnOladiDg heard yesterday afternoon
about 4 o'c-ek, which as.sd for = short time We
learned lass night ai the headquarters Of enc of our
Generals TIA. it vas cur batteries a. Chsls Bluff firing
o. the Yankee guRbOats.
report Wss ensiTey circulated yesterday after
noon throughout ths city that Ba;leF'a forces we're
crossing 70 the north side Of the James bslOE Chafns
flrm-s.m5 iay a: Cu.le'5 Neck l. may have come by
reliable pasenge.." Il vas not credited by The su-
thories a5i night.
NORK FRoM DALTON.
Tae Press Dispatch given in anOher column shows
tba. our SUCCESS at Dalton vas more important than We
were led to believe IRON Gen. JOhnsOns brief despatch
The fact ia t0at Gn. johnston, like Gen. Lee, is
modest ia ci,ll repors that We always under es-
innate bis victories until hear something more than
bis Grss report OF a battle How unlike Hooker whose
lying Ia bis official despatch Of the battle of Missionary
Ridge was too much eV,n for Grant. And yet the
latter, Whls ho cannot stand an improbable lie, has
never ye told h5 g5Vernmsot the u1varaisb truth
about single bate that he has feugSs during the
present sar, and history, truthful viii 60 record it
ASOTHKk GUSBoAT BUNK
We are Indebted 20 Major Reilly, Of the Ajuta1t
Generals OILS, for The iOl0-in; despatch received
yesterday However busy he is ever ready to furnish
the press al the Information in his possession, from the
Vious sels OF war, that his judgment, can be pub
hshed without detr.meni to our cause
Whie we are, Of course, glad to hear that Yankee
gunboa. has been destroyed anywhere, we very much
wish it had been one o! their ase, now "a ths james:
"CHARLEsEoS. Hay lO,l
Reed 17.h.
"Gsa. S. Cooper:
"Gen. Anderson te,egrapAs M that another of the
snsmy seamers vas blown into fragments yesterday,
By torpedo in the ST. Johns, short distance bs-
low Jacksonville. SIC had tHO guns aboard. and was
towing sczoensr. TIE latter escaped. Not knowa
hos m-sy lives lost This il s.e thiid steamer that
has net this ic5 ia St. johns river, in the lat forty
daya SAN'L JOSEs, Esj. Gen."
FRON DEN0POLB
We are Indebted to TIE ssuefJ the following which
was received yesterday by A6j Gen. Coopar from Maj
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, at l2 o'clock, n.
DExOPoLls, May l6.h, 1864
To Gen. S. Cooper:
rsdins party from VieksbuTg Of Infantry ard cav
airy moved the Central RailFoad and Ehils General
Adams was sighting their main BODY near Pie5en's a.
ton cavalry force burnt Blughan5 Station and sew
eral uncomfortable reses. Capt. Younger, with one
bundled and 6fy men Of Woods regiment of infaniry,
dove them from the railroad bridge and saved it.
The enemy retrea.ed to Yazoo City. The railroad
bat slightly Injured. S. D. Lee,
Major General.
CoRsEs BRIGADE.
= A wounded officer with whom We converted
yesterday remarked to rs 1T Was worth a
slight wound 70 have seea this gsant brigade, which
had position with our right in The fgh, Monday charge
he Yankees as they did a. 10 o'clock OVes ser1bby
asd. The Yankees ran as hs never saw the 'hlae
devils do before"
We have no account Of the casualties in any Of TIE
regiments Of this brigade except the SOsh TEgnis,
composed o. the flower OF Caroline, King George Spot
sylvania and ths toxn Of Fredericksburg-and from
this our information is very meagrs.
Among the wounded are Capt Pesro5s, 90. Z, (OArc-
line 6rsys,) eighty; Li,u, Philip Samuel Co. b in the
right arm, no: dangerously; Capt. John K. Anderson,
Of Co A. fredericksburg Washington Guards,) very
slightly in tho leg The regiment Is reported to have
lost ten killed ard about 6iiy wounded.
GAN ALBERT JESKNs.
This brave cav Ter, wounded a. Dublin Depot We
learn through p,iva.e despatch received yesterday in
this city aly improving, and it is thought that he
viii - = This vii be gratifying to hs many sd-
mirers throughout the Sae who respected him for bis