Washington telegraph., 1864-06-08


ing at the progress of events, the follow
ing news may be interesting. It should
not be received implicitly, nor allowed
to affect the spirits of reasonable NAM:
Especial Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune
Guinea Station, May %, p. m.-The
Army of the Potomac is again on the
march toward Richmond. During the
night Hanoock's corps, which has held
the left of our lines in front Of Spottsyl-
vania Court House, took up its march
on the road parallel with the NY river,
and early this morning reached Guinea
Station, on the Richmond railroad two
miles due south from Fredericksburg,
and thence pushed onward, following
the railroad, and tonight finds the head
of Hsncock's column at Bowling Green,
eighteen miles south Of Fredericksburg.
The other corps have to-day been fol-
lowing the same general line, and are
now passing the point from which this
dispatch is dated.
Ysu will observe from these indica-
tions that the commanding general has
effected the turning movement on the
right flank of Lee, who is now hastily
falling back to take ap new defensive
position
1t is expected his next stand will be
OH the South Anna river, although he
may endeav or to hit us while moving by
the flank, Just as he did when outfanked
in his lines ON the Rapidan.
Heavy firing in front is this moment
heard across the Ny, where one Of our
columns is moving a mile south by west.
Guinea Station is the point of confiu-
ence of the Po and Ny rivers, and at
this point the stream is crossed by the
Guinea bridge, which is in our posses
sion.
Our arn1y is now all gone from the
front it mas held before Spottsylvania
Court House for the past two weeks.
Our present front which puts US in q
very advantageous position in regard tc
the enemy, at the same time perfectly
covers our communications, which are
via Fredericksburg and Aqua Greek
railroad, which will soon be all righ,
from Aqua Creek to Fredericksburg
and will doubtless be pnt in order south
of that point as we adv rance.
War Department, Washington, Mid
night, May PA dispatch from Gen
Grant, dated ii o'clock Monday night
states that the army moved from its po
sition to the North Anna, following the
enemy closely.
The 5th and 9th corps marched BY
way Of Harris store to Jenyck's Ford
where the 5th corps effected crossing
and got position without much sppo
lsition.
Shortly after, however, they were vi
olently attacked, and handsomely re
pulsed the assault without much loss K
us. We captured some provisions.
Everything looks exceedingly favor
able.
From the Chicago Times Of the 25th.
The rebels made an attack upon But
ler's intrenchments at midnight on tn,
2lst inst, and were repulsed, leaving
their dead-263 in number-upon the
field. Buffers defences are said to bt
, almost impregnable" A Richm ono
paper admits that the rebel loss in thu
battle on the 10th was 1900. The Fed
eral loss on that occasion is stated, OF
, official Federal authority, at nearly {, 900
, Three thousand four hundred Fedora
wounded have been sent down the Jane:
river since the commencement of tht
) campaign.
We have a statement from Louisvill,
that John Morgan, with 5000 or e,00t
, men, is at Abingdon, Va, intending {,
make an immediate raid into Kentucky
5 via Pound Gap while at Indianapoli.
there is report that Morgan is in tn,
4 vicinity of Lexington, Ky, with ferc,
S of $4,000. Federal troops are being
sent forward to repel the invasion.
The following from the Cincinnati
Commercial is useful in giving the po
sition of points
r Guinea Station is eleven miles from
fredericksburg. Milford Station, which
4 the Secretary states is in our posses
sion, is eleven miles south Of Guinea
, twenty-five miles below Fredericksburg
) and thirty-eight miles from Richmond
= The Mattapony river, the northern brancl
, of the York river, is crossed by the rail
road about five miles south Of Milfort
r Station; and as we occupied south D
the Mattapony on that line on Frida.
r night, our advance guard must hav
r been within about thirty miles Of Rich
t mond. The Mattapony is formed by fou
! considerable streams, called the Mat
the Ia, Po and Ny. Between the tw,
; latter, which are the northernmest, j
, situated Spottsylvania Courthouse, ant
was fought the last series Of battles be-
, tween Grant and Lee. The next strean
5 beyond the Mattapony, on the line oul
) troops are moving, is called Poleca
5 river. Next we have small stream no
q named in the maps, and then the Nortl
Anna. beyond which the Secretary 0
War has reports that the enemy has re
I tired. The North and South Anna river
/ form the Pamunkey, which, with tn
' Mattapony, form the York river. Gen
5 McClellan's base of operations, while h
|, was before Richmond, was, as will b
well remembered, the White House, Of
the Pamunky, about twenty miles abov'