Washington telegraph., 1864-05-25
MORE NuRTHEaN BRAGGARTIsM.-W

MORE NORTHERN BRAGGARrIsM-We
aIe Just in receipt Of the st. Louis Dem
ocrat Of the l3 h lust, forwarded to us
by Maj. Ewing, Of Gen. Narmaduke'.
staff 1t contains the latest news from
the seat Of war in Virginia, and. so far
as we can allow our minds to he affected
by Northern accounts, the news is of ali
unpleasant character The dispatches
are as late as the 18th, and claim that
on the morning Of the 18th Gen. Han
cock attacked and routed Maj. Gen. Ed
Juhnson's division of Lees army. We
give some of the dispatches most worthy
of attention There arc almost two col
umns of them, Of pretty much the same
import
Near Spottsylvania, May Is, An
l have captured between thirty and
forty guns. have finished up join son,
and am now going into Early.
". S. HANCOCK"
"Washington, May l3, Z. M-To
Maj. Gen. Dix.-A despatch from Gen.
Grant has just been received, as follows:
The eia hth day of battle closed leaving
between three and four thousand pris-
oners in our hands for tie days work,
including two general officers, and owe
thirty pieces of artillery. The enemy
are obstinate and seem to have found
the last ditch. We lrave lost no organ
ization, not even company, whilst we
have destroyed and captured one divis-
ion [Joknson's;( one brigade (Dobb's)
and one regiment entire of the enemy.
f. NJ STANTON
This reminds US some whatof the crowd
of three persons, described as three men
two negroes and black fellow, being a
white man, mulatto ani darkoy.
Washington, May 10 - Gov. Yates.
Official dispatches have been received
from the Army of the Potomac. A gen
eral attack was made by Gen. Grant at
4 O'Clock yesterday, followed by the
most brilliant results. At 5 O'Clock
Hancock had taken 1000 prisoners, in
cluding Maj. Gen. Ed johnson and sew
eral Brigadiers, and between 80 and 40
pieces of cannon
Now is the time TO put in yonr men
L. VI. STASToN, Sec. of War"
Mark that l,st sentence.
From Buffers army the Federal news
il that on the 10Th he was within three
miles of Petersburg, throwing up en-
trenchments from James river to the
Appemattox, a distance Of six miles
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe, 18th,
states that all the Instructions in James
river had bean removed and their feet
of iron clads was advancing on Rich
mond. On the 18th, Gen. Butler, with
his whole force, advanced in the d;rcc-
tion of the Petersburg railroad. and al
noon discovered the Confedcratcs en-
trenched. There was skirmishing all
the afternoon but no general engage
mcnt. They report also that the Peters
burg Express of the lth says Gen. Lee
is in Richmond wounded.
A Cine innati despatch Of the 18th says
Johnston evacuated Dalton last night,
and or forces now occupy the place"
f There it is all!-honestly presented to
our readers, whom we are inclined to
treat as firm and sensible men, and not
as dotafds or children who must not be
made uneasy. When we give them
good ncws-we expect to be believed.
Let US take long breath and consider
what tie whole thing amounts to. Sup.
posing the dispatches to be honest efforts
at the staten ent Of facts and giving them
the same force and credit we give our
own, it appears that We have only suffer-
ed one partial reverse iu series of en-
gagements running through eight days
The enemy admit heavy losses in that
period, some of their own dispatches say
z5,O00.' They say moreover that they
were unable to follow up their advantage,
and that Lac Withdrew, whether to take
pesi.fostr 'fall back On Richmond they do