The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-05-25

BY James McHcnry, of'be same place, srri
ved this f'renoon. Arrangements are boiug3
made n to sell the same at public auction ont
Tuesday. "a ,.' b 4
PH1,ADnPn,A, May IS. 4
A Aspeci.l to tho Erening. IllSgraph con-
ta'rs the following 1t is reported that id
vices from tho army Of tho Potomac up to
3 oclocka. m, have been received. and
show that the I'd corps advanced success.
fully, turning the ene,ny's left flank and
100 guns with many prisoners
It is rumored that Lee is falling back slew
", and has been forced to evacuate his
works. II this be true the total overthrow
will soon be colsummated, s.ss.ssssss.
~Efg-:-H.g> WASHINGTON, May 10.
[Sp'cialto Commercial. 1.-The Sta, saws
the re.rforcements had. been assigned to
the variouS divisions, and all the troops
seemed anxions for the coming great strug-
gle. Nothing was known OF the reported
junction Of Breckin'idge's forces with Lee,
neither was the repor: believed. .s'..a
PH1LADELPH1A, May 20.
A special from Washington to the Bulle I.
tin, says the Star states that tho skirmish
es IN Grants army for the last few dsys
have been in our favor. 4 battle is irsni.
nent.
The rebels confess want Of supplies.
a large number Of rebel prisoners wore
taken in the battle of Wednesday.
-. WASHINGTON, May 20.
lSpecia1 10 Commercial. Officers and
civilians who are constantly coming from
the front, say the Union troops regard
success as duty, and they were intent on
rsvengng the many outrages committed by
vindictive foe.
The Volunteer Surgeons who wero sum
moned to Fredericksburg to attend to our
wounded, arc returning to this city, and re-
port that the sick are all we'll cared for.
and rapidly recovering.
WASHINGTON, May 20.
[ Special to Post. 1Although there was
no heavy fighting yesterday morning be.
tween the two srn.ies in Virginia, it il
known that Gen. Grant is preparing for
the greatest contest Of tho War.
BERHUDA HuxDEEDs, May le:
All quiet with our army day. The
object Of the demonstration on Fort Darl
ing was merely to draw off ard entertain a.
many Of Lees troops as possible, and also,
to atttact the attention OF all tho rebel fore
es in and about Richmond, to enable Gen.
Kau:z to destroy the communications
south Of Richmond.
On Monday. the 10Th, tho rebels came
out o: their intrenchmcnts and carthworks
in front Of Fort Darling at daybresk. having
been heavily reinforced by Longstreet's
corps, and made three advances, all Of
which we're promptly and energetically re-
pulsed by our men. The enemy lost in
these charges from 1000 to 1900, while
ou: loss was very light.
| Gen. Butler having learned that Beaure
gard was having endorsements by Long
streets corps, and also ascertainsd by tie
rebs; papers and rebel courier that the
bridge over the Appomat,ox river and sew
eral miles Of the Louisville railroad were
''es'' Dyed. and tb~t the dams, locks, and
embankments o. the cenal leading into
RicI nond were alss destroyed, fell back
froE before Fort Darling and gave orders
accordingly.
BY Monday evening. our army had 3.
lcurely arritsd behind our new lines Of en-.
tIe' chmentss having retired IN perfect ~ L.
[der. excepting Gen. Hickman brigade
which was hadly disorganized and H;ek-
rnae captured. tbs brigade formed the
extreme right wing.
The enemy attacked this point with
great desperation, following them back
rcsfly two miles With Overwhelming nun.
h'rs. capturing large number and killing
and wounding many.
Three ofour seige guns fell into the
hands Of the rebels the horses being killed.
The gums were spiked. At present it ii i'm
possible to estimate our loss. Straxglers
arc constantly coming IN. We have lost
more prisoners thsn tho rebels, but their
loss in killed and wounded doubly exceeds
ours, as our men were projected by in.
trenchments. Several oc Longstrests men
were captured who stated his whole force
was cooperating with Beaursgard,
p PHILADELPHIA, May 20.
The Eofning Bulletin says that . letter
from an American naval officer. dated DO
yer, England. states that the combined
Confede:sts Pirate, Including tho Alabama.
are to make demonstration on our NORTH