Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-05-25

whole face of the co.ntry is perfect sea Of
s,ul ani water. ard she. atmospiers exceed.
insiy lamp sud d.asrre.hle. The srn'al
IA 'i an @ul!,i-!e ,n,,.t g:a!ef= III
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M.y IL, {ia MILFORD, l7fh.
The enemy during Saturday absn'luned
the .roI., on our left, requiring n.w-di'posl-
lions OF our forces.
ly for the purpose Of building up and cover
ing the railroad in order to use it for trans
pr;ns supplies. 2
The enemy thus far is reported to acknowl-
edge lose OF thirty ono ssneral officers and
:orty67e thousand nnrn.
Ihey lstl in the hospitals their wounded
near Yellow Chuith oa. Sunday, containing
about seven hundred Of their tuen and few
uf ouTs. =;
They also lett a large number of unburied
dead ou cur left; from, whence they r.tired..
There has been no general engagement to-
day, OILY SIGH, sss;;raishHg ara some csn-'
ronadihg.
Lac This evening the Yan1soe cavalry
cana within one mile and = ha!f o!- Guineis
STALLION,
Iaey also left ri cur front yesterday, thr-
tean caissois and twen,yone gun carriages.
This.shows that they lcfl that part OF their
Ine lurr;clly.
Our army is sill in the best Of spirits.
R,cnMoxy, May l9-The following d.s-
pa, II has been received from Csn..Lee:
SrursYlvAyIA G. H., May 13-7 P. NJ
~ tie Stcretary Of Wn: The enemy epsn-
III his batteries cr i portion OF E@e!ls line
AMI attempted an assault, cut failed. He
w;.< easily rapa!scd Subsequently he can
r,rad.l d poriiono of l!;irS liLes, under EaFlF.
Casuul,::, on cur s;.lc very iew.
Tho ene,ny's gun boats shcll.d Poit Eoya,
pu the R"ppahauuocE, yesterday.
|; il reported This afternoon that Butler's
!roupa are leaving Chesterfield, embarking in
transports
Big. Gen. Gordon, of North Carolina, died
y. y,.st.r!uy. from the eff.c: of wounds received
ut the battle of Brooke Rosd, near Richmond.
las, Thu-siay.
SSrAuSrox, May J9.-Gen. Breckenridge 5
victory ut New Market wss even greater and
more complete than at first announced. We
captured six pisces Of artillery and nearly
Zoo stand Of arms. The loss Of the enemy
! ia killed wounded and prisoners is heavy.
Scicel ian thirty miles without sto2pingi
abandoning his hospitals and destroying .
portion of his traius. His large cavalry force
alone prevented us from burning the bridge
in his rear before lhe rout, aud thereby cap
tu.ng the whole.
Lat night, train from Dahville ran into
tst on the bridge across the Staunton Riy.
-r. The collision threw the engine and sew
,.ral cars slf the track Six passengers were
Killed and a number wounded-lnostly SOL
iers.
PrrE spuac, May lS.-The army cerrcs-
pondcn; OF the New York Netrs, of the 18th,
says Grant was COM PEELED to use his 10000
reserves on the second day, and now all are
gone. He estimates Grants losses st sirfy
thousand.
RICHMOND, May 2O.-The Petersburg Ec,
press of yesterday says Gen. Amos Was KILLED
ia the fight on Monday at Chesterfield. Badly
Smith lost foot. Butler remained on the
Greyhound with steam up TO the top of the
guage.
A Washington correspondent of the New
| York Meirs Of the lS:..i, says the simple truth
is, We have yet failed 10 obtain a victory and
hsye suffered terrible loss in killed and
wounded.
ltisrepated this afternoon that later ad-
vices from the Unitai States have been re-
ceived. Gold in New York eco.
Lincoln has called for 200, 900 additional
troop5. The report seems to DO credited