M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-05-12

NEWS ITEMS-CLIPPINGs.
Washington May 8. There seems
to be no doubt of the death Of Gene.
raI Hays, of Pittsburgh, Pa. lie
held the position which bore the
bruht oil A. Z. Hills attack, and fe,l
at tie head fhis command, just at
the moment that support had been
ordered forward to reach him.
Reports received from the front mp
to ii o'clock Saturday morning, say
there had been two days severe figh.
ting ON Thursday AMI Friday, and it
was believed that the enemy were re.
treating, and our wounded were be-
Ing sent to the rear, showing that we
had lost no ground ir the fighting.
May S-Midnight-rhe Govern.
ment up to ten o'clock to night had
not received any particulars Of Fri.
DAYS engagements, q, This is the re-.
port Of those who made special in
q1iI,. J rre thousand ofour w"un
d,i Hho>r injuries are slight, are to
be cared h'r where they now are,
while the Others are 10 bc brought to
Washington.
May 10 -Wo haG a great variety
Of afternoon dispatches concerins the
campaign against Richmond, but lit
tie or nothing was official or reliable
in them. 1t 3 reported that among
tho killed en- our side is Genera
WadSworth, late Republican candi.
date for Governor Of New York
One regiment Of Pennsylvania Rs.-
serves were, it is raid, made lrisoner
| hy the COniedcratcs. 1t lie reported
that General Longsirect is seriously
wonnd,i, I'M III, Confederate side
and that Tcneral Jones and Jcnk in,
wcr' killed.
We have the report orthc capture
o! Petersburg by the Fcderals, hui
aterward contradcted.
Tic New York press of Monday
are very cautious in their com mentt
on the battle, but lare hopeful .
the rcsnlt.
! The Arkansas army under Steele
in its advance to Shreveport, Louis
iana, has been most disastrouoly de-
feated. lie has sacrificed nearly al
his baggage wagons ant artillery
Nand reached Little Rock in q sac
| plight. Three regiments with /,
600 men, with 245 wagons, were
captured on the retreat. Anothc
train, with 200 wagons and 200 mon
was also captured by the Contedc
ates.
The steamer Alamo, with twent
tunS Of ammunition. was sunk in tn,
ArEansa; River. near Little Rock, b,
coming in collision with another Fe,
eral steamer. The pilot WAS arrcste,
for treachcry.
Steele had no stores TO su5sist hi
troops, and was Obliged to put then
on quarter rltions. lie arrived il
Little Rock barely in time to save i
from capture.
! 1t is ascertained that every man OF
board the gunboat Commodore Jones
va, either killed or wounded will
Que exception. The accident happel
cd by man exploding torpedo
Ilo WAS killed by men who had Doe,
watching his movements, on Jane
River.
We have two dispatches from Mr.
Stanton, tho Secretary Of War. II,
informs us that dispatches from
Grant had been received, but the,
had not been fully deciphered. Gran
bad taken 1000 prisoners and va
on the way to Richmond,
Our Headquarters were 90 mile
south Of the battle field. We hav,
occupied fredericksburg.
General Lee claims in an officia
Dispatch published in tue Richmonc
papers, that Grant attacked him il
the battle Of Thursday, which contra
diets the report received here tha
Lee made the attack upon our army
Lee employs this language, thank
God, we have repulsed the attacks O.
the enemy" He states that Long
street ls badly wounded.
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