Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WEDNEsDAY.-Latest-T following dis patch was rec eived this morning:
 WAR DEPARTMENT, l.
 May 24th-l04 P. M.

" EDNEsbAI'- -LdteSt-1ne lOloWlnS OlS- patch was rec eived this morning:
 WAR DEPARTMENT,
 May 24th-l03 P. M. To Aqj.- Gen. Dir:-
 Latest dispatches from Gen. Grant, dated Il o'clock last night, stated that the Army moved from its position to the Mo- Anna, fol- lowing closely Lees army. The 5th and 9th Corps marched by way of Harris Store to Jericho ford and the 5th Corps succeeded in etfecting crossing and getting position with out much opposition.
 Shortly after, however, they were violently attacked, and handsomely repulsed the attack to us. We captured some prisoners; every thing looks exceedingly favorably for us.
 Another dispatch giving in detail the move ments of our Corps, and speaking of the rebels assault on Wa:ren's position, says: "He was attacked with great vehemence; 1never heard more rapid and massive firing, either of artil- lery or musketry. The attack resulted in deei- sive repulse of the enemy. At the position attacked by Hancock the rebels were entrench- ed and in considerable force on the creek he had crossed-and the river, and made perti nacious resistance; but before dark, he had forced them from their works, driven them across the stream"
 It IS also said, in these engagements, the loss of the enemy has been very great. Our loss, inconsiderable.
 i A dispatch this morning o'clock has been received. It states that the enemy had fallen back from the No. Anna, and We are in pursuit. Negroes who have come in say, that Lee is falling back to Richmond
 Other official dispatches from Headquarters say that Warren, Burnside and Hancock are pushing forward after the retreating army.
 Sheridan was at Dunkirk Station, and would be at Milford to night. Signed,
 E. M. STANTON, Sec'y of War.
 From Gen. Buffers army there is confirma- tory intelligence of the complete success of Gen. Kautz's cavalry expedition, which most the Appomattox River, and also the locks, dams and embankments of the James River Canal, west oe Richmond. Sheridan had re- freshed his command and started on his way back to join Gen. Meade's army. He will un- doubtedly give the rebels another severe cut in the rear before he turns up again. Butler was all quiet in his position near Bermuda, to which he fell back after the fight on Monday. Gen. Sherman's army continues to make the most gratifying not to say surprising, pro- gress. dispatch from him to the War De- l .H-I .k0 Q T | Kingston, Ga, announced the occupation of that place, and of the important city ofRome, | by his army. Kingston is on the Etowah Riv- CT, 35 miles south of Resaca, and 59 miles north of Atlanta. Both armies were undoubt- edly moving for the latter place. At Kings ton, Johnston,.s rear was being severely ham, 7; mered by Hooker and Howard on Thursday. Advices from Port Hudson to 7h inst, state that the rebels had been making consid- erable demonstrations in that vicinity, and that | they were supposed to be in considerable force at and near Clinton. Brig g.-Gen. Ullman has of Port Hudson as to feel perfectly safe against any attack. He has received important addi- tions to his army. The rebels are said to have pladted a gun on the banks of the Mississippi
 The result of Gen. Crooks great raid is de- scribed by an eyewitness as being very sue. cessful. The Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad he has broken up SO thoroughly as to l render it useless for the next three months. He has marched through the entire Depart ment of Southwestern Virginia, has captured a large number of prisoners-among them Gen. Jenkins and Col. Smith-and is now slowly falling back to new base to await an opportunity for further operations.
 Advices from Natchez to 12th inst, state | that rebel reports of the capture of Port Hud- son had been received, but the arrival of the steamer Gray Eagle put the matter at rest. Bishop Polk, it is said has detached 10000 of his l5,OO0 men from Mobile to operate on the river. The steamer Cupa reports a batter of nine guns at Shaggy Point. The Red River is said 10 be rising little.
 The Euening Bulletin, of Philadelphia, says that letter has been received from an officer of an American war vessel at Dover, England which states that the Confederate pirates had made cors bination to make a descent on our Northern coast. The news is said to come through our spies direct from Confederate off, cers' It savors, however, strongly of improba- bility.
 The new rebel steamer Young Republic" :" captured by the U. s. gunboat Grand Gulf, off Wilmington, May 6, with a cargo of cotton and tobacco valued at half a million, is a splendid steamer, built in Brooklyn last year, the en- glnes being made by James Murphy of the Full ton Iron Works. She is 55s tons register. 2Is feet long and 30 feet beam
 In conversation with Captain Harris he casually remarked that if the federals had cap tured what he look in to Wilmington, it would have been ,corth more to Mem than aW the cot ton in tue SoutA. He would give no informa- ton further than that he did not allude to any cargo but to passengers. It was the general impression that he referred to the rebel Com missioners from Europe.
 Gen. Ogesby, in acknowledgement of his re- cepton in Chicago, Monday evening last, made a speech from the balcony of the Fremont House. where he was stopping, in the course of which he said that he recently asked Gen. Grant how he liked the Army of the Poto- mac. Grant replied, "Thls IS very fine ar n.y. and these men have fought, I am told, with great courage and bravery. They have fought we'll, but 1 have to say: The Army of the Potomac has never fought its battles through" Cheers.
 Gen. Hooker it seems was not wounded in the recent battles at and near Resaca. The sufferer was Brig-Gen. Harker.
 The battle-fag of the Ninth Pennsylvania reserves, carried through fourteen of the Army