Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-10

lle fan, fhe battle Of Chanceorsville, they
1a 8 n ava that the town was occupied by
guard, who, aided by the citizens
J l;,n,,ted their passage through the place, ana
e e.aa several shots at them. Being nearly
a;Tbont arms, and surprising that the town
NC ,occunied by Federal troops, this opposition
H wv astonished the wounded men, but, nav
.a.A .o,,a fifeen guns. wounded as they Were
Az lhs coon overcasne The Confederates and
to-caa their way through the town. \ dltil-
,Iss hon occurred the discovery that there
r va no n?ea IS rovded to enable them to cross
! ovor 70 Falmouth; but temporary convey
oeo vas constructed, and the men were sent
| a across the Fappahannock in parties Of from
tsn 10 1wentv, uatl all Of them arrived at Che
,ther side. They then mar. he'd 10 AQUA
C,oo, anil owing 10 the extreme heat o. the
1av thew suffered severely on the road, IN
oao saonence Of the scarcity Of water. They
sl.o sfata that on the route from Falmouth
n Aouia Creek they were occasionally troubled
hy yneuillas. but, Of course, now that we
have possession Of the road, this difficulty IS
. ended, Owing 80 a want Of proper under
Standing, the neu found some difficulty IN get
tjDg on hoard Of a vessel to come to y ashln
son. ali the gunboats chat passed Aqua Greek
surprising them to be rebels.
last night number Of persons assembled
in front Of the President $ House, in Washing
ton, accompanied KY band OF music. Hlr.
Lincoln was introduced to the crowd by Sena-
tor Foster of Connecticut, and expressed bis
thanks for the honor extended TO hlm, but
that it was not SO much to him as on account
of the good news from the army. There was
nothing to show flat orr generals were not
following I'D their victory resouteIy ana sue
cessfuIIy. He said that he was exceedingly
gratifed to know that General Grant had not
been iostled from his plans, but that he WAS
noW on the line Of movement according TO the
original design and he added that while we
may rejoice at what had been accomphshed,
we must remember chat much more remained
to be done
The Washington Republican Of yesterday
evening says Seen Lees report Of the bat
tie Of Thursday last, published in the l!ich-
nond papers, has been telegraphed TO Wash
!agton by General Butler. Lee says that
Grant attacked him, which is contrary TO all
the reports received here, which concur In
stating that Lee made the attack upon our
army. Lee employs this language: Thank
God We have repulsed the attack Of the enc
N.Y. He also states that Longstreet is badly
wounded
The Washington Constitutional Union OF
yesterday evening says eve are satisfied that
lighting was going Oh all day yesterday with
what result we cannot tell, as we go to press.
The New York World Of yesterday, IN its
editorial comments ON Fridays fight, sags:-
Fridays battle, so far as we can learn, was not
decisive. The enemy on this occasion seem 10
have fought within their line Of entertainments
at Mine Run, and repulsed the Union forces
whenever an attack was made. On Friday
night, however, if we read the report Alright,
Lee retired, but with the organization Of his
army intact. We are safe in saving that moth