The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-20

Inactive operations beyond further building Of earth
works and making stronger our position Other corps
mea inns hayo been chanslos their positions and this
fact, with now dispositions artillery cavalry, ndi
Gates that the eve q another great battle.
Our skirmishsrs Tonight been advanced beyona
any position have occupied heretofore, and several
brgadss have been thrown forward protect them in
constructing new earthwsrks. Nas Ust
would be eontraOand 70 unfold the plan Of the
ing attack A general attack WAS 10 have been made
this ming, but was posp med from ere preliminary
preparas having been completed expected.
Our soldiers 10 good spirits tonight, although .
great and severe battle is Imminent.
RAnoNs FOR WOUNDED HOSPITALS.
Capt. D. l. Smith, chief commissary of the corps, who
had been ordered BY Gen. Meade TO send nvo days
tons, under flag Of truce necessary, 70 the wounded
Of tA corps s u The hospitals whore at moved from
70 preseat locality. TO-DAY received fa particulars q
the result Of The expsditson.
He detailed Captain Spear and Lieutenant Nsads IN
mand Of the wagons carrying the Eatons. They had
occasion 70 MSS tho ag cf trucs, having met with NO re-
sistance. aud finding only few Struggling rsbes about
the place. General Early had however, ben thsrs Win
small force but IAsrt time before sheir arrival.
Squads of the enemy hsd gone thsre from o time,
in their visits had taken away all the Tasons ess
the wounded 30 thas the Tasicns came u Them exceed
ingly opposiunely -. aas ,sa as8ssess s ha. Il,
&
Of the Second corps. arrived with Brigade and h empty
wounded some twelve hundred In number, together with
the hospital tents and every thing Of value We have
therefore, vitAn the rebel lines but wounded
comprising those LETT ~ the hospitals tho Of
the Wilderness battles. ss saft Ng aas4aer
DEATH or pa. .yowxs-lsnn WOUNDED RSxovrp. 9
Or. Jores, o tho Eighth Pennsylvanla reserves. who
had been left IN charge OF the former hospas regret
say, killed By neof General Notts skrmshcrs The
Doesor, 10 coming ap 70 the advancing column, was
ordered 10 halt and failed 10 do Co. upon which Inc skr
msher, thinking he was spy, shot him, killing him in
stansly. - .. .. 1890
The wounded were taken to Fredericksburg, thence 70
be sent to Washington. -
CURIOUS ESCAPE or The BaornKRs noBrssos
had an nterview with Captain Robinson and Lieuten-
ant Robinson. brothers, belonging Company Seventh
Pennsy reserves, who taken prisoners In the
frst Wilderness battle; marched with sixteen hun
red other prisoners to Orange Court House, where
hey made their escape, thence worked their way to
Washington reported to the Secretary OF War; obtained
passes TO back and have rejoned their regi
ment. The prisoners were resting by tho road.
side, and the brothers Robinson managed, unob-
served by the guard, to slip under fence parallel
with the road crawled into Pine thicket there hid
themselves TIL the prisoners started their jour-
again The story Of their travels and adventures by
the way ul or thrilling incident. They passed round
the Of the rebel army reached the Rappahannock
eight miles beow Fredericksburg the river from
there Belle Pain took steamer for Washing
ton They report Colonel Bonger OF the Seventh Pennsyl
vania reserves announced killed, prisoner and
hurt aud the OF Lieutenant Taylor Of this regi
mont, and Coonel DANA o. the Hundred Forty.
third New York.
4 sPY--rHR rENssYLvAyIA REsERvss.
man In rebel uniform, claiming 70 bc scout, was
captured today within the lines Of General Grifn's
division. He privatcs uniforms but his bearing
marked inteiaenoe, and his retcenos regarding the
enemy, indsce the belief that he officer OF high
rank acting spy.
The Eighth Pennsylvania reserves eit 70 day, their
term Of enlistment having expired. This makes tho
third regiment the that has eone homo for
the same reason. rhe withdrawal OF thess regiments,
under the circumstances 10 which our army is now
placed whom the services Of soldiers needed
than they havs been at any time before, and whom few
hundred may turn the scale IN favor, snd
end the and the country, has given rise to
presions both Of surprise and indignation on the part Of
many. Whether the reputation OF these retiring reg
ments will b, enhanced or sulied by the course they
have taken tho will tell. One thing must be said
their they have gone unninchinsIy into every
battle, and no troops have fought better.
rHE srR o ,IzRs-.ssroP rnIzp."
am told there at lsast 1--WE thousand straegsers
manage TO shirk every ht, and win continue TO do
unless rigorous measures adopted TO remedy
the evil And strag lin; not the ony crime Of these
dcrelict soldiers. They carry Q wholesale business
stealing. Horses they have special affection or and
70 these oicors vasce and their contents, that
be left in the REAR and last and not least, the
locked up subsistence slowed away In chests
they not particular to what they steal This
morning Mr.. Edwin Forbes. Frank Lcse's artist, my
sleeping companion, woke up 70 nnd himself minus bis
hat and portfolio, containing not only all hh recent
sketches, but material for making others. g.
tesmed bis loss rather = rich joke than other
wise until found that 10 the night my Colts
revolver had besn stolen from under my head. Mr.
Forbes has gone - Washington 70 make good hs loss
have way Of making mine good except 70 advertise the
theft and the thief On ths revolver ibed "capA
wm H. owen, @ A. O." any one comes scross Il and
returns promise, In the language Of advertised losses
he shall be hberaly rewarded, receive The thanks
Of the owner. and no questions asked"
H tM ry,H Aaxr CoRrs,
IS rns F1ErD, May Isl p. ~
or MING uroN IHs nssxr Win GREAT auHs.
Al daylight the batteries Of this corps opensd the
enemy In our front. brisk artillery engagement en-
sued, lasting about hour. The additions made 70
earthworks, and ones thrown up In the nighs-and
worked All night-nost materially strengthened
position and very secure shelter was anords1 the
troops against the cncmy's shes All The batteries Of
corps had been placed In position including those
gently added. Our men lay behind their intrsuoh
meuts, and The shells Of the enemy passed harmlessy
over their heads. ~ a.N
Previous The cannonadns hsadquarters train and
hospitals being exposed TO The snemy shells 10 The POSI-
tions they occupied moved further 70 the
The enemy fred from all thes guns In our front.
CHARGE on orR Roln-xoss GREAr GUNS.
Meantime news reaohed thas on right ths SECOND
corps had carried the nrst line Of the snsmys works
and that she Irish Legion participated 10 the charge
report prevails tbas they captured two basssrt but
IL Is not confirmed.
About ten O'Clock . second artillery engagement 90
Cured In front. This much ssversg than that
Of the morning, and lasted over two hours.
It's quiet now but how long II will remain 20 no ono