, 1864-05-21
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THE REBEL ACCOUNTS.


Te}csrs,s,s from General. Lee, Jeb
" ftuart and tsansom and H1aJ-
or Slau.htcr.
THE MovEaEsTs on R1uuAoxD.
From the Richmond Dispatch, May ~
The city WEE fun OF excitement yesterday.
As tho local forces wore out, and the printers
wera called alto the 'front.' - We are unable
t1nnspired: 2ut we t1tnE that iii The port
ant intelligence relative to the movement on
Richmond is given below:
THE ENEMY AGAIN REPuLsHD.
The following gratifylRg intelligence from
Gen. Lee Vas received 1t th!p War Depart
meRt yesterday:
sro7rsx1vAx1A Coun7 uou1z,}
- 9Unn1's, Asyu, 1861 ,
TEE HONORABLE SEcRKTART o. Wan: =
Gen. Grants army Is Iatrenchep near this
place, On both sides Of the Brock road Fre-
quent ekirmfellng occurred yesterday and to-
day, each army cndeayorine to discover the
position Of tQe other. To-day the enemy
ehelled our lines and made several assaults
ularly on our len, held by Gea: r. H. Ander-
son. The last, which occurred after Bnnset,
was the most obstinate; SONS Of the enemy
1eaping over the brcassworEs. They were
emily repulsed, except in front Of Gen.
Do1eB' brigade, Where they drove our men
from their position, and from four gun bat
and the battery recovered.
b large body ofthe enem mpved around toy
our left, on the evening Of the 9th, and took
possession Of the road about midway be-
tween Shady Grove Church aud the Court
Nopse- General Ea1ly, With part Of Hills
one gun and few prisoners.
Thanks to . mercitul Providence, our casn-
allies have been small.
Among M the b TeqPdsd =, q~s arc Bfigaq,e5 Generals
The following private dispatch from Mayor
Slaughter, Of Fredericksburg, was received
yesterday. It refers to the repu,sc mention
i, GrMs1's, May II, 1857
/ came here to obtain Information from
Fredericksburg. I hear nothing but the
statement that citizeDs have been arrested IS
hostages for prisoners captured there. on Sun
day.
There was serers lighting yesterday near
SpotsylyanfA Court House. The Yankc ces,
drunk with liquor, attacked our entire In
trenchmcnta and were repulsed with terrible
slaughter.
MutketrJ firing vas heard to-day. In the
same direction. The news is generally faTo-
rablc. N. SLAUGHTER.
Some anxiety v.s felt in the public mind
| ~ to the supplies for General Lees army,
| which may be removed by the fact that Ill
the railroad damage done By the raiders haa
been repaired, and G n. Lees line ofcommu.
| nisltion is intact
| THE SOUTH SIDE or THE 1ANEs-TuE ENEMY
FALLEN BAc6 TO BERMUDA HUNDREDS.
| It would seem that the enemy have changed
/ their plan Of operations on the south side OF
| the river. The following dispatch from Gen.
Ransom was the first fntiuaion Of the
| change:
1 ry~
The enemy fell back last night from thelt
| position yesterday, towards james River, up.
parently in some haste. Their pickets have
! appeared in large numaers on James River,
| in the vicinity OF HoWlettss and Dutch Gap,
| on the south side 4. RASsoN, JR.
| Shortly after the reception OF this iatelli.
| gcucc, 1t was rumored lhat the enemy were
| movement OF this character had occurred up
| 10 yesterday afternoon, when this dispatch
was received BY Gen. Bragg:
| Charms FAR4, Mty II, 1851
| The enemy's pickets do not extend far thiE
| side Of How1ett's house. They arc not op
posite Cox's wharf, az reported this morning
and there are no signs OF crossing to thll
| eide
Yesterday evening there were no Tankecl
ut Port Wa1thall, nor along the line Of tn
railroad CT turnpikctgom Petersburg to thi
city.
Last night an official dispatch from th'
commanding officer 1T Petersburg annouuc
cd the TACT that the enemy had fallen back II
the river {Bcrmuda Hundreds) aud wore In
trenching.
Intellieence through our signal corp
states that the enemy were cutting dow
trees, and attempting to block up thu rive
with them, upon the apprehension prob
ably, that the iron-clads, which they say ar
at Richmond, would 60 down the river.
Tho movement on the south side, Is Il
my have fairly retreated, whether with th
purpose of reinforcing Grant or not is no
known. II the Confederate Governmcn
really had any iron-clads at Richmond nov
they wou1d be useful.
TIE CAVALRY RAD-sTRESGTu or TIL
| ENEMY.
The1cayalrY raid, numbering four tkousan
men, under Generals Custar and Merrill
which was first heard from at Beaver Dam
arrived ut Ashland yesterday morning, whtr
a fight occurred, the result of which
given in the following telegram from Gan
Stuart:
HE4nor4RrErs, ASHLAND, Mar 11-s:so a. m.
To General Brasg:
GEsEnA1-The enemy reached this poir
Just before US, but we're promptly whips
ont after short fight bJ Colonel Mnnfo1
(F,tz Lees advance, killing and cApturin
, I quite number.
Gener.l Gordon Il In the Immediate rea
Of the enemy. Iinterseet the road the ca.
head Of the turnpike, six milea from Ric1
mond.
M men and horses are tired, hungry ID
J.E. B. STUART.
About nine o'clock General Stuart arrive
in the encmy's rear, on the Brook road, an
General Gordon to their rear on the Nom
tain roai. The two roads join nt the Broo
turnpike at the Yellow TaTcrn, about 81
miles from Richmond, and the Intention I
the enemy was to come down the turnpik'
cross the Brook bridge, 80 a-oun1 to Il
Meadow Bridge road, and thence doWn +
Peninsula. 1irfs plan Tas frustrated BY Il
burning Of the Meadow bridgeby our troop
This fact being discovered the only mode
J. rctrc.t left was to beat General stuart
] Yellow Tavern and 80 up the BROOK
Mountain roads, or to attack the battery
tue Brook turnpike and cut their III
through.
The former mode was tried, aud about fo1
!, o'clock yesterday afternoon they attack
. Gen. Etuart, who, with 1oma1's and Vic
; Lau's brigades, repu1sed them. The fig
rms vciy hot one, Testing. oye1 an hou
Among our c8sualties were Lieut.. Col IL
Pate and five Captains killed.
On their route from Ashland Gen. Gordo
p who WIS in their rear, attacked them thr
i timcs, using them mp badly every time.
There had been no more fighting up to
- Into hour last night, nor A2d the enemy ma
another effort to break iort al Yellow Tavc1
ALI the damage done by the raiders On t
- - Central road has been repaired, and the 70
10 will probably be in running order to-day.
q AyEnuL's NoyEMENTs-FhILlNo BAcK
= OUR FORCES.
Averil1, It appears. Is not In command
the forces which attacked Gen. jenkins
+ Dublin depot lie has gone With anotl
- portion Of bis command to SaltYi1le, who
it is reported, he WAS defeated.
The force which made the attack on G'
jenkins, was under the command Of Gene
i Crpok, and Was composed ottwe1Ve regimen
y. Of infantry, tHo Of cavalry, and fifteen ple'
= of artillery.
Il Our force, now under the command
Col. McCauseland, has fallen back to CHI
. tiansIurg, In Montgomery county, cisl
miles west of Iynchburg.
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