Daily national Republican., 1864-05-09
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Tonrnuss Mornos, Nay e.---Hsving obtained
permission fnom Cnpt. Puhet, A. D. o. 70 Gen.
Butler. 70 publish anythiug that has fully trann-
pIred hero In regard 10 The highly Important
movements in thls dlrsstlos, 1ansnlt the
following particulaoi ,i5 I.
On Tuesday night, the 81 Instant. sbout one
half OF the largo ncst pf transports that have
been lying In the roads for soms time, wore or
dered 10 yorktown, and eommsneed embarking
troops. On Wednesday The rest Of The Feet
went mp and took the remainder Of the troops
on board and came back here; the whole aeet
then proceeded Up yanss river passing here
last night. I... q 5E.
greatest secrecy and With all possible quis,ness.
Tho neet advanced up the James river, pre-
eeded By the army gunboats, under command
Of General Graham. During to-day snd Last
night VERY succtssful landing has besn cffeet-
Cd, and no resiatauce had hesn met with up 70
to'elock .. N. this morning, q which ,ims
the Thomas Powell lea with dlspa,chss In
Cured beyond the killing Of solorea soldier
and the injury Of two sthsrs b. bsiag ssuEhi
between two boats. n
Our movement wa evidently . sonplcie
surprise. A. last advicss oar forses we're be-
ing rapidly landed sad pushed forward.
We have landed 81 Wilson's wharf, voyt
Pouhatsn Landing, ana Bsrnuda Hundred,
~
Our monitors and guAboats are all over he
bar at Harrison's Landing, and shove City
Point The operations of the acst havs besn
characterized BY crest snsrKy sad success.
OFFICIAL DIsrATcH yRou onr. BufLnR.
Orr CITI PoIrT. Nay :, p. n,--Lis,a.
Gen. Gra,f, vo'Amaadsr-t.- CAi|; We have
,eised wil,cn's .harf landing; !. briE.d. y
mcnts same ss>unes Have landed 81 City
Point Hlck5 diytsa-a. The rensiniss brigade
ami battery, and the remainder OF botk the 1esh
and 10Th army corps, have bscn landed q Bsr.
mud. Hundred, above the Appanattox. Nc
spposltion thss far. Apparently . sonplsts
surprise. Both army corps len Yorktown au-
ring last nlgh,. Ths nosi,ou are ell over ths
bar at Hsripn's L.sdisK and ssovs oiiJ
Point
The operations Of The aest today (Thursday)
have been conducted with snsfRy and sueeoss.
Generals Smith and Gilmore are pushing the
landing OF the men. General Graham, with
the army gunboats, lsd the adyaues duhsE the
night, capturing the signal station OF The rsb.
els. Colonel West, With 1,e00 cavalry, made
morning.
General Kants len Suffolk this norninE viii
5000 cav airy for the service indicated In con.
ference with the Lieutenant General. The New
York nag of-rl"o boat was found lying at The
wharf with 100 rebel prisoner, which she had
not had tims 70 deliver.
We are landing the troops durisg The aight,
. haEardous service IN the face Of The sneny.
b. Y. BUTInH, Major General.
NEW YoRK, Nay e.-Ths steamer Western
Metropolis, from FORTRESS Monroe m the Tth,
bss arrived and reports that on the Sth instant
Ne LIST aud ID regiments Of eolorsd esvklry,
under Colonel West, made dash across the
Chickahominy river, sad two companies dis
mounted and charged Into The camp Of the
S6th Virginia cavalry. killing thirty men and
espturipg thirty hnrses. The horses were I'm
modistely mounted By our troops, who punued
The rebels 10 within ten miles OF Richmond.