, 1864-05-20
FROM WASHINGTON,
= he Army Nr tho Hotomnc.-Tic Into
Great E8aE1ics--Cotton Speculation.
lFr1n Our Regular Correspondent

t'" oue ns f., 1.as u"'respIsasn mas roo,
+ .,,.v nm ~. ,.osa... s - As'-
A'4'' 0'-Aa " 4ns ,p1prAo"tns LATE
e',A- Ia -4''-s
1@ls no" heasi' fourteen Gays s'nce 1en.
trunt b1ckc up camp and lett bis qnirtera
Mt Culrcrper for forward movement. Dur
,rr ten OF those d,ys It Is safe ,o say that
~ t,a,,,r+ .s,>.x,,,a,.r 1..+,,.. - ~ :.
~ VA ". "".es ~ ~.
"1s.ol, y. tue "oito nast oesn 'onsut II
reports Of newspaper correspondents csn he
relied on, the casualtifs, prisoners, strag-
rlers, &c. must diminish botb armies to
tto evtent of 1T least ~ mn men rbe
-. ~ .,,.. ast. ..,ts 49,. ,..,s ~.
t".e.''e'e, u 'nss city. pu1s oaf ioeses III
io,dN. those OF tue rebels cannot be less,
und are reported to be greater. Such II
succession Of battles could not but have a
,,,.teria1 cffect nron The o-oaD;zat,o, of NV
- sss.s.,ss. 49, . N'.. ~ 80
4rH'y' anu oouoL.ese loe present nn1aFofaoie
weather. for military movements has been
taken advantage Of by Gen. Grant to re Or
:,pnize his army, and fill IN ita denIeted
r.,1-s bv 4te r.,rf,rco,no,+. l., =, an.
ctNing 1Fola lae Nofld. learn that bJ
"Wednesday {to-morrow) he viii have re-
;ufnreements tn the nrtent or 1,3s 1oseaz In
t,,c meantime tho ,ehe1a ara hv ~ r,o.,,a
49, AAo ~ ~ Ae0o"
.o1e' pn' IT IRE nGt only aoItuying taelr poal-
elso SAID TO pc receiving relntorceneats
from sonta Caronna, ana even Geof*ta-
bftchlnnoeeis eala 10 &c IN command OF the
uoole IRON ING 1aI5et sag.
The reports BY telegraph hare mtsled many
a. respects the present positions et the hos
tile armies. Lee has been at different tlnes
reported behind the NORTH and South Anna,
y d it was even asserted, he had fallen back
un Richmond. One otlici,l report stated be
was falliug back on Lynchburg; but as this
place is OVER one hundred miles from his
osition, II would be almost ns proper to say
that he Was filling back on Chaflestou, s. &,
1ht truth ie, Lee ts' still In lhe Vicinity Of
Slot1ss lyanfa. some twelve or thirteen miles
eou1h Of the Rapidap, aud appears dst.rnlu-
,ionsly fortified bS him. It ba bef n discovered
.Lat tie grsss is growing on the breastworks,
uc, behind which he has retired Gen.
fasant, Oh the otLer hand Is nosT in the posi-
tlon in which Burnside would hare been,
sutposing he lad defeated the rebels at
Frs sdcrickstnrE, and had pushed on some
eight or ten miles from thefo on the road TO
Richmond -,
Gen Grants rnoVement acfoEs the haHadan
wns intended no doubt to turn Lees posi-
tton, which could not easily De assallea II IN
front, .na 1uns con'pel MN 70 ngnI u 1 LUG
or n nela. Les. naV!aE lac eaossez TN tmess
ho"ese1, we aoae ~ 4oso a' ea - sras;r
arg lat. " IN ~ Cghsa ngn. o ,.nst,;o,,
hf t"o uass s1a'Isn.sr;tia ~ nns. ,,.,tia '.on"d
~ H. 1e uiu G4ant nnr ,.ns c9ssr az H. wi.
a.rne,e t.1u ',af;,,e isr feIi INN him ha couid
lave fnn",t haiti. m rTound Of bis own
s.iec1iops aI snd With WITH b lis artillery and very
hsay eolumps a or. Of 1nanT a2,e siFpes e sae4 10
i.ck In disorder. and thus enable Grant to
,,oro fn@Msyd tn 1ssc IN and taks mn = new
i,ase m s,,,. nannahsnnock River. For hr II