The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-02
Arrival Of the Massachusetts,.
NEW YORK DATES TO The 18TH.
Another Advance by General Grant,
&C., &c, &c.

Yesterday morning. Her dates are to
the 2Sth. We copy Secretary Stanton's
latest dispatches, and condense other
news from various quarters. The news
looks very cheering, but it is evident the
enemy are making desperate fight, and
that Gen. Grants gradual advances are
costing great sacrifices of life.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. May
2l9 P. M.-To Major General Dix =
The latest date from Gen. Grants head
quarters received by this Department is
dated at Mount Carmel church, one P. NJ.
Yesterday. The despatch says everything
is going on well. Warren has four hun
dred prisoners, Hancock some three
hundred and Wright has picked up some.
The whole number resulting from yester-
days operations VIII not fall short Of q
thousand. .Warren's loss is not over
three hundred killed and wounded. The
prisoners captured are in a great part
North Carolinians, are much discoung
ed, and say that Lee has deceived them.
The pursuit is delayed by the great fa-
tigue of the men, still Hancock and War
rem will reach the South Anna by night
fall. Gen. Butler, in despatch dated at
headquarters in the field, at seven o'clock
this morning, reports that "Major Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, lately promoted, made,
with cavalry, infantry and artillery, an
attack upon my post, at Wilson's wharf,
north side of James river, below Fort
Powhatan, garrisoned by two regiments,
all negro uUop-, Brfgatffcr 6oncTat Wtttt
commanding, and was handsomely re-
pulsed. Before the attack Lee sent q
flag, stating that he had force enough to
take the place, demanded It's surrender,
and in tlat case the garrison should be
turned over to the authorities of Rich
mond as prisoners of war; but if this
proposition was rejected he would not be
answerable for the consequences when he
took the place." Gen. Wild replied: =
"We will try that :" Reinforcements
We're at once sent, but the fight was over
before their arrival Our loss is not yet
reported. No other reports of military
operations have been received by the De-
partment since my telegram Of half-past
nine last evening.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Sec'y of War.
WAsHISGroN, May &c, lSGi.-Maior
General Dix dispatches from General
Grant, received this morning, inform the
Department that the rebel army still hold
a strong position between the North and
South Anna rivGs where their forces ap-
pear to be concentrated. 1t will prob
ably require two or three days to develop
his operations, which are not now proper
subjects for publication. The Ninth
Corps has been Incorporated with the
Army of the Potomac. No dispatches
have been received from any other field
of operations.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Secy of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WAsHISGroS, May
e7-lO p. NJ. To Ma. j.-Gen. Dix-A
dispatch from Mai. Gen. Banks, dated
May 9lst, on the Mississippi river, was
received to-day. 1t details the brilliant
engineering achievement of Col. Bailey,
in constructing dam across the falls of
Red river for the relief of the gunboat
fleet, the particulars of witch have al
ready been made public.
The army, in moving from Alexandria
/ to the Mississippi, had two enga gements
with the enemy-one at Mausuna and
sollc at Yellow Bayou. In both the rebels
iwere beaten. Gen. Banks states that
mo prisoners, guns, wagons. or other
material of the army, have been captured
by the enemy, except that abandoned by
him in the unexpected engagement at
Sabine Cross Roads, on the morning of