, 1864-05-13
CHICAGO, FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1861.

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has just been received. The result Of the last
great battle IL the defeat Of the rebels and the
treat Of Lee. 10000 prisoners and II cannon have
been captured.
1t viii not take Gen. Grant III the sumner to
onieh this fight at this rate.
LATEa.-Up to this writing We have received no
confirmation Of tho rumor aborc mentioned, but
the fact that such report WAS current In Freder-
ieksburx yesterday shovs the bnoy.nt feeling there
in reGatd to our position.
FROM GEN. BUTLER's coMMAND.
| BERMUDA Huan1ED., Va, Nay 10.
Nothing definite has Jet been accomplished BY
onr forces IN tho way Of captures, but everything
looks hvozable.
Beauregard with about q, 90 men IL in Peters
burg, and ne have al the railroads cut leading to
| that city. and forces enough to keep Beauregard
there until he auszenders. We shall 1t Ia reported,
soon commence sicgo Of the place.
There aro four monitors and several xunbosts
within four mics Of Fort Darling ready to coopp-
rate with cur land forces pa1t Of them abreast Of
tbs monitors. Onr forces occupy strong position
oAA 0Ao 1sA"Ak "40AkA ~ Al4A IL 1uu IL 6OQQ Al
Petersburg Ia taken to advance On Fort Darling
with land and water force and with the viii aud
determination existing In our tan6, there Ia no
doubt Of euccest.
It il supposed that General Eautz IL now to tho
south oi Petersburg, aiming At the destruction Of
railroads leading south from Richmond.
Correspondents have probably announced hisde-
feat, and many Of his t1oops captured, SC. 1t il
not believed here. Beaure=ard has no cavalry.
WARRINGTON, May17.
The World has rumor from Washington that tho
10Th and 18th army corps, the north bank Of the
James River, arc to Be sent around to reinforceths
| Army Of the Potomac from the north. That they
comprise too small an Amy to capture Richmond
and too numesoua to permit their being kept out
Of thu field. =
Tho correspondence ftom General Dutles's .rmy,
contains nothing later Of that Generals operations
than was announced In his dispatch
FORTRESS MONROE, NaJ u.-Thc latest adyices
from the front state that the gunboat Brewster was
blown up on the Appomastox. yesterday, bya rebel
battery. No statement Is given In regard to the
loss Of lie.
Fighting WAS going On all day yesterday. Tho
main portion appeared to b On our right.
The troops were under command Of Gen. Smith,
Tho turnpike between Richmond and Petersburg
was the bone Of contention.
Up too p NJ today nothing later has been re-
ceivcd. Most Of our dispatches are suppressed.
Petersburg has not been abandoned, burned nor
as yet besieced. Beauregard Is taeze in command.
Fort Dazzling is still in the hands Of tho rebels.
report Just received statet that Col. Spear has
burned the long bridge near Weldon, and two 9TH
ers; that he made three charges, and the third time
succeeded. give this for what It Is worth. Ny
informant ssys he heard Col. Spear tell It. 81
The latest advceA from Newbern state that the
rebels arc again threatening the place, that they
have possession Of the railroad, and that last
ThuredAY they demanded the surrender Of Noor-
head City. Our forces refused, and the rebc1s de-
stroyed the railroad and retired.
It is rumored that they have 5000 men, and pro-
poao to invest Newbe.n.
The tight On Thursd1y between our fleet and the
rebel gunboats in Albemar1e Sound lasted several
Roanoke river.
WHAT TIE cnREsTEAF B1iKS COMMISSION Is
By Telegraph
TO Jno. Y, Farwell, Chicago.
The Christian Commission has one hundred and
thi1ty-niue delegates On the bloody he1d ia Virginia
with teams and supplies. More men will be sent
from dsy to day ~ fast Is they be got through
4 great amount Of money will be needed for bat-
tie feld stores; what u giFcr will be used at once
to rave the lives Of men who have bravely fought
and fallen to save the nAtiun- The emergency Ia
greater than ever before, We bare IT, 900 wounded
1t Fredericksburg besides Nil that ts len on c1eat
battle fields
( AL the money that can be got IL needed. Can
you not ritz your people mp to meet the emergency
Pittabu1g has raised nearly thirty thousand dollars
thia week. GEO. q. STUART, |
NnTE.-Cont1ihutions In Chicago and vicinity
mar be sent to B. F. Jacobs, 18t South Water |
street. |
WASHINGTON, Msy 1a-The Star SAYS that Gen.
Brrns,de's colored troops were held In reserve,
but were subsequently brought into action, and |
fought With desperation. Their otacess expected |
TO have considerable difficulty In restraining them.
as they appeared to be deairous not to take any t
prisoners, being ezasperated BY the remembrance /
Of Fort Pillow, and the atrocities committed there
It was believed IN the army that Gen. sigel, har-
Ing made forced marches, had DESTROYED Lees
railroad connections with Lynchburg, and that |
Sheridan had done the same to his communica-
tons with Richmond.
An orde. wns given for another advance yestez-
day (Wednesday} morning, at 8 o'clock.
When our informant 1ett, our centre and right |
were heavily engaged with the rebels.
The 9th corps was then on the uaarch.
Our loeFes arc represented to hare been very
heavy, but every thing looks hopeful. Prominent |
CT GERS ray thar VIC ehall soon See tho end.
WARRINGTON, My 1o-(Dispatchest to the Boston
>1oEsn1l:1 Doctors ordway, Page, Tteadwell, and
G. ". Bfce'oW arrived here tonight, and reported
to the Surgeon General Other Boston Surgeons
are expected tomorrow. Some OF the wounded |
will be placed in hospitals at Ftedericksburr
Others will b, brought here BY Aqua Creek aud
the Potomac River, and are expected On Thursday.
Some lists Of wounded have been received. but are
not msde public. The Prfsident says tint a. Cen
eral Grant went ahead and drew his ladder after
him.
ID1AsAroIrs, Any IA telegram from Isaac
r. Monfort, 1ndiana Military Agent at Washing
toD, to Governor Morton, states that delegation ]
Of twelve lndiantsnR, under ReE. E. B. Kiiroy, /
were to leave Washington yesterday for the front
with supplies for our wounded The dispatch nso |
states that Capt Quisey, Of the aoth regiment, was
killed in the recent battles.
THE GREAT BATTLE OF TUESDAY.
WAsuNoToN May 1a-Dispatches from the
Army Of the Potomac, dated Wilderness battle
neld, May 18th, say:
Probably the most desperate fighting Of the past |
seven terrible days took p1ace on Tuesday.
Believing the enemy to have sent the greater part
Of his troops to Richmond, An advance along the
entire line was determined Oh at an early hour.
. The I'd corps, having the right Of the linc, had
Ioefcd the Po the evening previous, and met with
but Light opposidon. In tho morning ths posi-
tiou ofthe enemy WAS found to be In the shape Of
q lorEe shoe, and On Hnncock'e tro1ps advancing |
to the attaek they we1o compelled to fall back An
attempt to break their center war then ordered,
md part Of Uancock's men were sent to support
Warren. In the movement our right was also I'D.
vanced, and the movs was begun. In tbs altar
noon the enemy were driven into their eutzeuch-
nents in gallant style, and Upton's BRIGADE, OF
WrgEts 9Th corps, got into the enemy's nae pits. |
capturing twelve guns and about one Thousand |
prisoners.
Not being supported BY other portions Of tho
line who vera unable gain the line Of works In
their 'front.' this brigade was forced to evacuato its
advanced positions. leaving the captured guns At
ter tpdDg them, but b1iogtng OF all the prisoners.
The enemy suffered heavy losses during the fight, /
our shells falling into their works. aud our Infantry
delivering their fire with remarkable precision.
Gen. Rice was wounded In the thigh ear1y In the
and died after h1s leg had been ampu-
lated,
Gen. Stevenson is also reported Killed. He CON-
nanded brigade In Burnsttles corps.
Our 1oeses were very heavy.
Gen. Gibbons dvts1on has lost, altogether, oycr
thousand men. -
Gen. Roblnson's division. after losing both It,
General officers aud about 2, 500 men, had no Gen
mi to command 1t. And It has been broken up and
among other divisions Of the 9Th
,orps-
No division Of the army fought BETTY thau this :
'ne.
: About O'Clock p. m. a report was brought to
Zen. Meade that aank movement was being inside
IN our right and the Headouarters betn, in th.t |