Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-05-27
The Yerr Latest from ,he nor,h.


The New York Herald, of the 10Th, was receiyed
Saturday night IL contains very little Of interest,"
not even the closing quotation of gold on the I4tb
which we presume was published in SUNDAYS H.
sue.
The HerdlGs army correspondent, under date Of
l4th gives the following mild statement of the loss.
es in Grants army to that date:
The I'd corps has lost 100 killed. 1000 wounded,
HOO missing The 9th corps has lost 1900 killed
1000 wounded and 1900 missing The 9th CORPS
has lost 1000 killed, 5000 wounded, and 1900 miss.
ing. TIE total losses of these three corps amount
to 27,700 Burnsides losses are nearly in the sane
proportion, and swell the total to about s5 200 =
The proportion of slightly wounded is extraordns.
rily large.
The only al!usion to the terrific fight of Thurs
Gay, l2th Is contained IN the following extract from
the sameletter:
Hanesek captured 1000 prisoners, as stated, and
my informant counted 1S pieces of cannon taken
oy MIN, and believes there were others The uris-
oners and guns were mainly from Gen. Ned John
sons command. His cannon had been taken from
their first position by order of Lee to strengthen
Shotner polnt AtJohnsons urgent solicitation they
were turned to him on Wednesday night and his
men We're engaged in putting them in position At
o CLOCK on thursday morning. when Hancock sur
priSed them by sudden attack, and captured the
whole. The lighting was obstinate till light Our
success was uniform along the whole line all day
no reverse at any point
OOhoIueiaole SpaCs IS QeVOteQ TO partlcular6 OF
Sheridan's movements but they contain only ex.
aggersted accounts OF facts already known here
The HerdlGs situation summary says:
On the 18th the whole command eneamped at
Bottoms Bridge, after accomplishing the most
splendid cavalry movement of the war. At 8
o'clock on Saturday afternoon Sheridan formed
junction with Buffers army at Turkey Bend on
the James river. His whole loss was not over 800
in killed, wounded, and missing.
There is nothing later from Gen. Butler
telegram dated Fortress Monroe, 18th, saws:
Gen. Sheridan arrived at the James river yester-
day afternoons
He had heavy fights, in which he was very sue.
crssiu He got inside of the rebel works around
Richmond and could have taken the city; but was
Ignorant OF Gen. Buffers position. Our men could
see the gas lights in Richmond. They took three
hundred prisoners.
Capt. Hover, A. A. G., of rebel Gen. Ruggles
staff, and seventeen officers and three hundred reb-
e prisoners, have arrived from Belle Plain in charge
of Capt Hood of the 18th veteran corps en- route to
Fort Delaware. Among them are Major Gen. Ed
ward johnson, Brig Gen. Geo. II. Stuart Col Peb-
bles, of Georgia Col. Davidson, of New Orleans;
Colonel lIardeman, of Georgia; Colonel Harrel, Of
North Carolina; Colonel Fitzgerald, of Virginia
Colonel Parsley, of North Carolina; Colonel Da-
vant OF Georgia; Major Carson, of Georgia Major
Enett, Of North Carolina Major Wilson, Louisiana ;
Major Warnum, of Louisiana; Colonel Vanderven.
, der, of Virginia Colonel Cobb of Virginia; Colo
mel Haynes, of Virginia; Major Nash, of Georgia 1;
Major Perkins, OF Virginia and Major Anderson Of
Virginia.