, 1864-05-12
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
BETTER NEWS FROM GRANT.
The Nation may Thank God
: and take Courage. =:
OUR ARMY STILL PRESS
ING ON.
Latest From Grant to IL.
P. M. Tuesday.
Headquarters Two Miles Below
SpotsylEania.
HANCOCK HAS CROSSED
TIE RIVER 20.
EE H0W HOLD ABOUT 5000
PRISONERS.
We hare Captured Much Rebel
Commissary Stores.
4 Grand Advance to Take Place
Tuesday hight.
Gallant Fighting Of Cur
Troops ~.
IA TOUCHING INCIDENT OF THE
ADVANCE.
| Interesting Battle Accounts,
Latest from Cen. Butler and
/ fAa Is -k&~a~03.ar
4 TOUCHING INCIDENT OF THE
ADVANCE.
Interesting Battle Accounts,
Latest from Cen. Butler and
the JameSRjver.
TIE REBEL PAPERS ANN0UHcE
LONGSTREET AS KILLED.
INTERESTING FE0n TIE CAMPAIGN II
GEORGIA.
WAEI DEPARTMENT NUIr
LETIN8.
T1usT Dt4PITCN.
WAaHHQ1oS. Nay II. 1854,

HAH1tA0foSt nay L. 1soA.
To General Dig.
4 dispatch received ttom the army Of The poto-
mac. o'clock Tuesday aiternoon. states that both
armies held their positions At spots51vsnia, With
ont material change. The euemy has been driven
to their breaetworks.
The 9Th cozps.under Gen. Wright had carried ths
first line Of the enemy's 1ide-pIss.
ThHe MAS heavy diminishing dnrlng the day.
Nothing has been heard tton sherman or Butler
stncs noon yesterday.
{Signsd,) E. II. STANTON,
Secretary Of WAt.
tEooxo u1HrATcM.
WAR DRAarx1sT,}
WAsn1Eo1oN, Nay ILL p. n
70 Najor General Dit:
No intelligence haa been received by this de-
pa.tuent nom the Amy Of the Potomac since my
dispatch OF this morning.. 4 dispatch from sher-
nan. dated Tunnel HIn. 9::0-10th-4tates that
Mcpherson had not attacked the enemy ut Rcsaca,
having found their position strongly fortified, and
had taken his position at snake Greek Gap.
Gen. Sherman Is In front Of Buxzazd Roost Gap
awaiting the arrival OF a part oft's forces.
This dispatch came BY way Of Knoxville and
Cumberland Gap, having been delayed oyer twenty
fon, honra IN conseonence ri n he.r .to,n, that
b1okn down III the wires south Of Naahs111eA
M intelligence has been received to-day trom
o.., p.t,or,. ,oro,,,,d .~,.,+ .,,t nm -eho,
prisoners. including one negro, had arrived at
Fortress Monroe from City Point, in charge Of
negro guard.
from Barks' command nothing OF recent date
has been received.
t61encd> EN-, STATION.
1A7ra
rspcc3sl Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
wAsu,ssros. Nav II. 1e64-11pH
The htest accounts received from Grant arc up
to last evening CTue4day), when evcrything waa
progressing fayorably.
Officers who LEFT Fredericksburg this morning re-
por, that rumors prevailed thst terrible bstue
took place toward nshtfal yesterday, and that ser
erl Union Generals were hlled; hut no authentic
intelligence has been received there OF has reached
Washington The story is believed here, as heavy
cannonadtsf was heard.
seue particulars are Known Of Mondays engage
merit between the corps OF aens' warren and
H"'n' 1ne 4a1'ef u sA1o " one correspondents 70
haso been driven ron the aoge On "hcn No was
poeted-a success which gives Us command OF
spotsyivania Court House and the river 70. Inc
litter statement may be doubted. n Gen. ingalls,
dispatch OF yesterday indicated mat ina snenn5
were stu between III ana the 1Eea.
a wounded officer who came up Today reports
that tn one of the recent engagements 1ne cososea
o'1sade III t1en' bu1aslose co7pS o1spnsoo g1e"'
va1or and fook pY Jtm p7aaot7s: going Into action
with the CT, 'Remember Fort Pillow
tspocaal D,spateh to the chicsgo Tribuna]
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Tie nct that General arant has oEuereo hfee
amount Of supplies Tor h1a army, and has made A.
rance1nents to ensare their transportation, has
given birth to the rumor, eagerly caught up By the
seeet,fon,xts here thst he his been cou,pelled to
.s], hack to Fredericksburg, which is nnt,ue.
He ia making Belle p1n1n and Aquia Greek, on
the Potomac, bis base Of supplies, and Is sending
north his wounded By that route.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne.]
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