The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-05-25


in the afternoon, where Warren vas posted; bat
our ba,tsries soon drove him back aud siencei
bis gus
Al was quiet at six O'Clock ia the evening.
THuRsDAY, MAY ls
have just received intelligence that Guinea /
Station, OF the Fredericksburg and Virginia raj |
ROAD vas entered asst night BY cur scouts They /
captured the telegraph operators apparatus a.
the station. aud destroyed q arge quantity OF
supplies.
WAsHINGToN. Nav l9.
The sction Of yesterday az Spotsylvauia re-
suited in the success OF Graut in gaining an al
vantsgeous position on the eaemY's right.
Tbs was the oil j-ct Of the attAcs bs Grant Or
entire loss 10 the engagement viii nor exceed
one thousand in killed wounded and m.--iug
No general officers were either killed or ~oun-
ded
Up to ten O'Clock to-day tie battle LAD no,
been rcn-wed.
The position occupied by Lee i vast en-
trenched camp, It's uaiur. strength having
been Increased by the erection Of tort f atoms
hich were buill long ago 10 anticipation Of ,heir
need Lee nsihie-t> htlle disposition to come
OUT Of these drieuses though every opportunity
has been afforded hin 10 90 50 ard change ia
the position OF our forces las been maize with
the view If compelling him 70 accept battle be
youd his forthcauous.
WAsHISGToS. Nav 81.
This p. II. We have dispatches dated $50 this
a. m, from Gen. Grant Last evening an effort
was made by Gen. EwelIs corps TO turn our
right. They we're promptly repulsrd by Biz, ey'
div sion. and some OF Warreu's troops that we're
on he xireme right. $40 prisoners tel intr
our hands, besides many killed and wounded.
Oar loss Wa lirrie over TX hundred wounded
and one huudrcl aud fly killed and missing.
Gen. Grant says our killed and missing are over
stated
Over % 600 veteran reiniofcemeuts have been
sent to Gen. Grant.
FoRTRFss NoSRoE, Nav II.
The Richmond Era1ainer ssys: The Fede
rals have concentrated 10 Virginia and If beaten
here NC are beaten ever, where If they vii
here they viii every where.
TIE war ard the confrderacy might eonru-
Le, butt Virginia y 'o-t the present conirder
ATE organization xill not probably survive. Belu
IN and Earth nov cal on the governments 10
bring up all The troops az Is command
Guy Point, the hescq narters OF Gen. Bater
l. some sixteen miles irou X chmoud ard Ten
miles from Petersburg. ! he position a. viii be
seen by the map, : very strong one defensive
liy. A bend o. the river forms rarrOs PENN
~ua, across Which our lines stretch. BON It's
tanks are thus projected bg water. and an al
tempt OF the enemy 70 dsoige 10 would be met
oy tie FIRE OF a solid lac Of batteries aud the
equally deadly FIRE OF our fleet OF gunboats and
iron ci8ds A. base of operati Dns, the posses
sion Of City Point = most :mportsn'.
/ Since the commencement OF the recent move
ment oil Richmond ~e have lost twelve general
-Seds ~ick, W idswo.th. Stevenson, HAYS and
Rice killed, Bartlett Getty. Robinson. Morris
and Baxter wounded and seymour and Sbaler
prisoners The ret els have lost even more than
se have
disvi-on surgeon states that out Of thous
and wounded under his care, not over about
thirty were permanently disabled, the fighting
having been IN the woods, aud many OF the
sounds being caused by glance balls
A correspondent in Graut'- army slys that
about = ,0.0 rebel PRISONERS were ched past
II was amGsing 20 hear the negroes inquire, i-s,-
! irgly. " How il YOU bos-s Mighty good tling
~ didnt cotch you; we would uev.r took We
prisoners" The prisoners became iufurisreJ.
and begged to have iheir wil OF the negroes
five minutes Remember Fort Pillow, the
negroes would urge. wen eut YOUR black
throsts," was the threat of the Others. Thus
the Two races revei each other. Tie master
A. prisoner; the bondman tree aud a soldier
FROM CHARLEsToN
The Fulton reports that when of Charleston Bar
on the l4th inst , a general engagements ~as going
on between our feet ard Admiral Dahlgren
and the rebel forts ard batteries on Jan e. aud
Sullivan'- Island AL the monitors appeared
10 be engaged, and also the new lfor -idr- Fort
Putnam. or Gregg Poirr,. seemed directing Der
6re urine pals on sampler, winch was replied 10
by Fort MO0iue. on Sslvans I-lat j. and battery
mpsiusl OF james Island TIE c,ate.rxt
spirited, aud seemed as general a has tganspi-
red since last autumn.
Passengers by the Fulton state that the on
gaeement Of Charleston was Of a terrific char
acter Tue batteries on Morris Island we're d.
rected AGAINST Sampler, "a vas also the lie of
severs, monitors Tne attack vas - have been
made a week previous, bar p,ep4ratiols lad not
then been comp etei Sumter had been IF crivelv
repaired aud il vas thought the strongest fire
came from il.
NEW York NAY - The Heralds correapon-
dence from near Spotts lsania CoGrt House, Nav
2l-t. A. Il siys thtf our troops were movi0g
al night 10 4 new position. This morning. gen
erai heaiq llrters were broken up 4li nearly thu
whole army was IN morton. Prrc s-y where CIR
next hating place will b., time only en- deter
nj
The general expectation Is that We shall have
hard ne hrr 2 immediately.
Another correspondent saws Of the Sighting
Thursday night. in which the ra~ heavy arrili,r,
acted 80 hands mrly. oar loss w. but halt th.
number Originally stated
A rebel desefter saws their loss i d0-bi. our-.
and repr,s, Ms the rncmy a. very much csasriu- .
IA az their failure TO turn ar iight The gth T
Corps nov occupies a POSITION in advance Of Two
lines of WOODS he'd by the enemy a few d4,- I
since. that our progress, it SLOW, j. at least +
sure and steady.
The rebel papers state their losses 1t %. 600
ia the battles WIKI the army OF The Potomac. +
bot clam A vicrory every time Thew ackuoel- /
edge losing 80 guns. bui are silent a. 10 the NUN 4
Der Of prisOIers.
Trains we're running 70 Guinea Station during
last wees
Gen Mead bas issued an order compliment
ting Gen. Tsler'~ Division and ten Krchen'-
brigade Tor Their galmtry in t.c actioa on
Thuis iay.
There was 100 fighting on Friday.
Official to Maj. Gen DIX:
WAsHrSGroN May %.
Dispatches form Nj General CANDY. dated
mouth Of Z 81 River. m.duighi, Nav 18Th, state
thst Admiral Porter has Just arrived
A dispatch fran ADMIRAL Porte dated o- ]