Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-05-25

whole face of the co.ntry is perfect sea Of
sud AID water. ard the atmosphers exceed.
ins;r camp and cisasr-e"hle. The snial
IA .i.- an w,,Ii;i'!'e ,nu.t g.a.ef= 10
m.l 49,! :.;s;.
EA,rLrrls,.p Srax SpnTsYLvAsiA, &. IL
M.y IL, Via MnroSp, l7fh. j
Tie enemy during Saturday abanluned
the .roI.t on our left, requiring n.w-di'posi-
lions OF our forces.
This move on the par.tof Grant il evidar::-.
ly for the purpose Of building up and cove
lug the railroad in order to ase it for trans
p:r;ins supplies. :
The enemy thus far is reported to ackpowl-
edge lose Of thirty ono general officers and
iorty.ti7e thousand Men. :.
They lsil in the hospitals their wounded
near ollow chulta Oh. Sunday, containing
about seven hundred Of their men and 4 few
of ou7s. - -.
They also lett large number of unburied
dead oD tur lefs frdn, whence they r.tired..
There has been no general engagement to-
,i.y, otly si;eht sss;;rmishirg and some can
rnnsdihx.
Lac This evening tie Yankoe csyalry
came within one mile and = half Of Guinels
l':;ntion,
'raey also !,.il az cur front yea'erday, thir-
| tean cassor;= and twen,yone gun carriages.
This.shows that they Jeff that part Of their
,i,,e lurr:cdly.
Our army is still in the best Of spirits.
nlcnMoSp, May l9.-The following dss-
pat u has been received from Gen..Lee:
SrursYLvASIA c. H., May 13-7 P. NJ
IL tie Secretary Of yFar: The enemy:epsn-
e.i his batteries cn a. portion OF Ews!l's line
.,ld attempted an assault, out failed. lie
Va. easily r.pa.scd. Subsequently he can
r..rad, j q portion cf ll;irs lines, under Earlr.
Casual,:, un our srlc very sew.
Tho ene,uy's gun boats shell.d Port Eoyal,
pu the Rappehsuuock, yesterday.
l, il reported This afternoon that Buffers
.roopa are leaving Chesterfield, cmbarking in
transports :,
Big. Ge.l. Gordon, of North Carolina, died
y.star,!uy, from the eif.c: Of wounds received
ut the battle of Brooke l,osd near Richmond.
last Thursday.
SrArxrox, May le.-Gen. Breckenridge 5
victory ut New Market wss even greater ami
NOR. complete than ut first announced. W.
captured six piaces Of artillery aud uc.rlS
i,UG stand Of aruis. The loss Of the ene1iy
! in killed, wounded and prisoners is heavy.
Scisel ian thirty miles without !stoppinGi
abandoning his hospitals and destroying .
portion Of his trains. His large cavalry force
alone prevented us from burning the bridge
in his :ear before the rout, and thereby cap
iu.ing the whole. =.
Last night train from Dshville ran into
q fIt on the bridge across the Staunton Riy.
-r. The collision threw the engine and sew
,..al ci-s alf the track. Six passengers were
killed and a number wounded-lnosty sol.
iiers.
pErE sDuac, May l8.-The army cores
pondcn; Of the New York Netrs, of the 18th,
says Grant was compelled to use his 10000
reserves on the second day, and now all are
gone. He estimates Grants losses at strfy
MoUsdnd.
RICHMOND, May 2O.-Ths Petersburg Es:
press of yesterday says Gen. Amos Was killed
10 the fight ell Monday at Chesterfield. Badly
Smith los; foot. Butler remained on the
Greyhound with steam up TO the top Of the
guage.
A Washington correspondent Of the New
! York Neirs Of the Ssh. suys the simple trnth
is, We have yet failed - obtain q victory, and
have suffered terrible loss in killed and
wounded.
lti.reported this afternoon that later ad-
vices from the United States have been re-
ceived. Gold in New York geo.
Lincoln has called for 200,000 additional
troops. The report seems to be credited.
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