, 1864-05-10
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
IMPORTANT FROM
VIRGINIA.
SECRETARY STANTGN'S WAR
BULLETINS.
CEN, GRANT Is "oN TO
RICHMOND"
Cur A1nzy Has Pursued Lee
Twenty Miles from the
Latc Dattle-Fields.
OCCUPATION OF FREDER{CKS-
BURG BIZ QUE FORCES.
We Have Taken 5000
Prisoners.
Partial List Of Casualties to
Both Sides.
SERIOUS LOSS OF PROMINENT
FEDERAL 0FfIUEKS,
Lees Official Reports Of Fridays
BATTLES,
| IMPORTANT FROM JAMES RIVER.
The War in Arkansas-The Scare
at Little Book.
SERIOUS LOSS OF PROMINENT
FEDERAL 0FEIUEKS,
Lees Official Reports Of Fridays
Battles,
IMPORTANT FROM JAMES RIVER,
The War in Arkansas-The Scare
at Little Book.
LATER FROM MISREPRESENTATION
NEWS SUMMARY,
E3E PIRATE TEALAHAN1!A AND
HER DO1NGS.
T'IsE WAR uN VIRGINIA.
Latest from Gen. Grantss Operations.


WARRINGTON, May q, 4r.1.
EAloR GENERAL D1x:
Dispatches have Just been received here direct
from Gen. Grant. They aro not fully dcciphe,ed
Jet. but he is ION to Richmond"
We hare taken two Thousand prisoners.
{SIgnea) Epx1x NJ. STANTON
Secretary Of War.
1TAsnrSGroS, May 9, 4 p. ma bearer Of dis
patches from Gen. Mcade's headquarters has Jest
reached here. He states that Lees Amy CON-
meaced fallinc buck On the night Of Friday.
Hancock passed through spottsylsanla Court
House 1t daylight yesterday.
Our head regiments, At uooa yesterday. wcrc
twenty miles south Of the battlefield we occupied
At Fredericksburg.
The depot for our wounded il established at
Fredericksburg. 49,
. lsigned0 Eovn N. STANTON,
:: Secretary Of War.
WAtu14oroH, Msy 9,-In the Senate this al1er-
noon, Mr. collamer read the following telegram
from the Secretary Of War:
"pitpasches hare been received from Gcnera1a
Gsapt and Meade. Thef were 'on to Richmond
Lie vaa in tun retreat With sedgwiek, Hancock,
Warren, and Burneide s]ose On his heels"
WAEtnsoroH, May 9.-The 6tar publishes an
ezt1A this evening. tA.ing there is no foundation
for the report that the rebels are evacutinC Rich
nond, nor that Petsrsburg is e1acuatea.
The following list Of the eazuatles. 10 FIR ~
received It tbs present time:
B;g'dtss asn na,ss e Rsnn.,,'s9'2 k;',sa:
&'fq Rfs: een. Webb, Of ! NJ, wounded;
col: & stone, ; Il he - ID Vermont, Il wounded.
Col Lewis, Of the Sd Vermont, wounded.
COL Stone, OF the Pennsylvania Baektails, in
''ttsS g. = ~. f., !! RE- e 5s Is Ssias ss!ss killed.
L!sut. Col. Ty!ez. wounded,
Lieut.. Col. West, wounded.
! Ma,nt Martin; 9: - ;3ih \. F., wounded;
Nal. Darlington, Of the 18th Penn, wounded.
Pau4DE1111A, May a.-The Erea1ag Telegraph
! bar the following List Of killed and wounded:
Col Woodward, son OF Judge Woodward Q
| PchntyIxen{e, killed.
Cvl. Carroll, Of The asth rennsylvsnia, killed; ,,
Col. Quinn, Of the 11sth Penn, Woanaed 1t
capf. Briggs, Of the 11th Pcun., wounded II
| tho thigh.
Captain Byrne Of the Sd Penn., captured
Gen. Longncre was shot bs bnl1et In the neck
and Is stated to be moztally wounded.
WARRINGTON, May 3.-Thc RepaMicr1 extra EST
there ls reason to believe thst dlspatches are a
-.-~. e@ea'e1 1iuI@ VIZ - 81 FAt4o @<oy tAat 411
[ zee. tazi:ed Ia 1aht IT. Spottsy1vauia on SundaJ
M w2s again ieprIsed and compelled to retrea
| Tbe,. "a apo,her statement TINT Gen. Grant hn
osnl:rd h,n and got between the rebc! army an
Edolmond.
Ice renott Of tie battle Of Thursday list, pn1
listed In the Rschmo1a papers, has been tell
c1apAed to thia city 6y GBH. b1tlcr.
Lec.ayB that Gen. GrStf attacScd hfn, whic
cop,tz.31ets the 1eport received here thdt Lee mad
The a.Iark nnon o1- armv. Lee employs tbs las
cua1e: .+trhank- ;od ~ have repuaed the attacs
~ .he e,emxr Te s7a,e< tbat 1.nnafrect wa
badly wounded.
t. IRE eaFa nothing in his renort about the Aght c
1us..,,,. .,,o +,.te pn.,.. +. IN, ho,a.,
dispatches sbo% tnat Ten. bntlet is 0tau aola'o ,
the line Of railroad between Petersburg md Rich
D'1aa W.. ~. -."s 49, ~. 4 Ca.s..1 M.s ~ ="
t1nsl1, my s'-nfs. oeass4 1psss4a Meaos "a
ted Saturday stating th.t .swe are wen."
j. N4sursarex Nax9-3eneral f3rhat} }e4t hehini
t,rsa .n,5ricn,1@ @ i,rce 10 ea<sr ~ W.shtn@,nn De%
The remaining stores were removed from Culpep
! ner and BRANDY stat3uu for m abandonment o
those t,o notnts. no elort being nadc tn huId tb,
railroad beyond me hsRpshannock:
TIE army was provided with ttxtefa daysf "a
tons for men and animals. Gen Grant was: X
'ng1on' ou' ooes mol fe's OF oepend upon oe1he
| able 10 90 go ourlus tae ne1t ten oas1. Inc oecu
paslon Of Fredericksburg VIII restore the old bass
NV Yonk' Msya-A d,snatch. f,o,n sec,.t.r,
| Stanton dated Washington. Aey 9; 1f}c45 IN tht
morning. to General DiS. saTs: " AVN - MY
We have intelligence this morning By sconts dt
rect iron the Army, a. late as Saturday evening
10 eaa to 96e sEne1 r. Tens
on friday was the most desperate known Ii mod
General wadsworth Was killed BY bali in tht
forehead While leading big troops against one q
me enemy = stronsest pos1uons. General Web
The condition Of our army IL represented ~ sd
mirable.
~ - a.eoaat9 . ~ haHcocK WAS pushing Tor
/ 1lonso, ana ytsteFday heavy ca1pouading Wal
heard at - Aonia @ Cresf rom TINT direction.
We loe1 some ptisSonsss ons Esglment Of Penn
lie enemy. but were unable to get back, and mosi
Of them Tsrc captured; We have taken large
nunbef o. ps1sohets-"a IL supposed more than NJ
1aTs ,rs nn.r s+,o,~x u,a not nsna ~, .,..x :,
ntsi t"o pcfs cfsrt.n a.r ~. b..-a
would attack .aT y sspste ~ q 1.ny'x
~ MAe01''1of' NA0' - oeoesa
DIX nM1S,~ mi ,,as inst rerr5vad ,,o,, ,,-.
1nie naonr9 ~ TGensr.1 M op Genera
stoa. l nn Ftda1. he eaYs their loss in kuea
ssre but be- as many woupde and ta ststs
that on torees attaekso % sSem & taa eaHssd rs nom'
coDtaEon. ne k,.ese ornJed Erns,sI Ia .aItss 1pns
enefr ,1sS IL ~ enerai Fec1am bsd1 Wounded ou
Tenrsdsv. IA 0'' '1 - -
Be shanss a1 mesai@ n,s. Soo 'o1' ''sf' Ao'aace
ILL., hss1sf here is fhnt Grant IA ucbteytne cor,
LEE Pens. ne'e 10 @A4A' N1~@' es'A'