, 1864-05-09

"lhunde.s all aronnd." The line Of attack b5 Lee
in the lighting Of Thursday and Friday. nearly At
right angles with Gfant's line Of advance, and
from the direction Of orange Z. H., Indicate that
Lee made the latter point his base anu headqaar-
The forced march Of da7 and night by Burnside
nom Manassas, by which be got his troops to Gen.
even tarpaeeed ,s tri1ians i,rced marcae. N Es.t
Tenneseer: b. which be slrplised the eneay there
Probably Lee has, b. this time had occasion to
feel their presence with Grant.
Gen. Webb Was killed In the battle OF Fr1day.
NEW YonK, May e--The Tribune has letter
rom the army dared Thursday night saying earty
as ~ sss
1sA.
mer cavalry dIytfIcn, made his whereabouts known
tie Tavern. and II The vicinity Of Shady Grore
GhaIeh, where for thseeqnartess Of an honF he vas
nd te1ss q 14nsy ss :,
night would hare found Gen. uancock:s command
at Shady Grove. Church connecting With Warren
By hismancuyer we would have occupied the
pike running in a northwestern direction from
Verpa1ia Ford on the RaptdAn.
The movements Of Lee Boon revealed his resi-
Gen. Warren Vas directed to attack him at once,
which he did about IL an.
4 q
great loee Griftn's division. Of the Fifth corps,
ed the attack and suffered severely, nearly 1,00J
being killed, wounded md missing. Finding his
eifori to hreak our center futile, thc enemy uext
attempted to interpoee an overwhelming force he
tween Warrrn and hancock, the la.ter Of whom in
rap,diy to form juncture with he io1ne1. H. '1'
Fortunately bis advance consisting Of Dirney's
corps came up just In time to clrcumv vent the rebel
:sntIa. wto at S@ P n. commenced tts ts.i1c o.;
Getty. TIE latter had been temporarily detached
to form the extreme right Of Hancock's command:
The fight ra.cd untla some time after dark, and
resulted In the complete rerulse q The enemy at
al pointE. Our t0te does not probably exceed one
,tauus and men. Scarcely any artillery WIS broush.
!ntc zr9uts,tion, the character Of the ground ren
The battle field is covered with thick growth
Of updeTbrush and Medium sized oak trees. and II
Ia owing to that fact that oar tofses are COMPARE
10: Wien nsneocEs corps retired towards Par
Ter; etoss go Of The 18Th P pen1s;ylraa!s
pp @ 1SR1t1 eea T. M
and driven back TO Todd's Tavef, in confusion
and quite a large number taken prisoners br the
A great and, perhaps, decisive battle will be
:,ught to-moIToW. All are enthusiastic ovor the
success Of to-day, aud speak conndeatly Of the
There seems to be no doubt Of the death OF Gen.
aays Of PlttsbErs, Pa. He held the position which
bore the brnnt OF a. r. ttilre attack, and fell Ut
tue mead o. ~ eommand 19at AZ the moment that
soppo4t n"" neeu 'tos'eo W. "atu ~ teaeu uiH'
NAVAL OPERATIONS ON JAMES RIVER.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trbune.]
WAauxaros, May 8-10 F.A.
General Butler has formally established himself
on Bermuda Hundred, tongue of land running
into James River from the south side Just above
City Point. He has sent a reconnaissance to Pc
te1Bbusg and to within 10 miles Of Richmond,
neither Of which developed the existence OF any
considerable force Of the enemy.
4 Rebel artillery officer, rho deserted from Lee
a fe. dsys ago, states that out Of tho Is horses
belonging to bis battery, 80 were disabled from
lack of forage. They we're receiving for daily ra-
dons only one pound OF wheat and one pound Of
rrite.
NKw TonK. Nav 8-The following are The names
of the vesae1s Of Admiral Iee,s anuadron which mr.
commanded tte army m the river: Tbe Malvern,
fag shin: tbs Monitors Tecumseh. cauon.cns.
Sanous. opondaeo and Atlantic. This sight Of tba
lset nnst he tantalizfnp to the enemy. The anuhte
enilern Ttah Markinnw and Oceola. and Com.
,nandtr Morris. HnDchback. commodore ,fone,.
nawn ne1aw,re Antnam md sbnwshce
rrhe .,7,v f,rnhoata nm ronnd,no Tnrts pera
d,scov-red at.a,ner rnrornoIteriro 1b:sa 49,
1nade mr. vnnnr scceah oncnad ia .+s,1.~,,-ss
nni1 atarted for home ne could not be- oyerhan1e1
The HrFr{1sk 4nfciA1 dHDatch EfFR8 fhH frf1awfro
a. Gen. Butlez'e Official telegram to Laeut. Cen
Grant.
OFT C11T POINT. VA.,}
May 8, 1851.
1te1z. zen. tfdn<, co97smdhdsAg ARMIES, Or fhe
United ssdt<t. namsn9fon: u. u:
We hare eeized Wilson'S wharf landing. bsd
Gade Of "1ld's co!ored troops are there. at the
Fort Powhattan Landing. Two regiments OF the
ta1ne brigade have landed At City Point Cot uinks
division with the 1ems.ntng troops and battery
have landed. The remainder Of both the 10th and
18th New York corps are being landed At Bermuda,
Hundreds above the Appomatox- NO opposition
has been experienced thus far' The noTenent
Was complete surprise. Both army Corps left
Yorktown during last night (Inesday) The mon
itoss are all over the bur at Ha11tson's Landing.
The operations Of the fleet have been conducted
today with energy and success Gem. Smith and
Glt1uofe arc pnsnlng Inc 1anu1us VI Tue meA
Gen. Graham with the army gunooats led the
advance during the night capturing the signal Eta
tion Of the rebels.
Col. West with 500 cavalry made several dem
onstrzttons from williamsburg yesterday morning.
Gen. Eau left Suffolk this morning With his
cavalry fof the service indicated daring the confer
euce with the Lieut.. General
The New York flag ot tface ooat was found lying
at the wharf With soo prisoners Hnom sae mad not
time TO deliver. 6ne #eut up 3csLt1uAy morning.