Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-05-27

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/ which We make some selections, leaving to
our readers to contrast the absardities, with
what they know to be the facts.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON. May l7-9 p NJ
70 Major General Dva
Dispatches from General Butler lust re-.
ceiyed report the success Of his expedition
under General Knutz to cut the Danville
Railroad and destroy the iron bridge across
the Appomattox River. That on Monday
morning the enemy in force, under cover Of
thick fog. made an attack upon General
Smiths line and forced it back in some con-
fusion and with considerable loss, but as
soon ssthe fog lifted General Smith re-es-
+tablished his lines and the enemy was driy-
en- back to. his original fines.
Atthe same time the enemy made an at
tack from Petersburg on General Buffers
FORCES guarding the rear, but were hand
someiy rcpulsed The troops having been
on lncessant duty for Eve days, three of
which were in rain storm, General But.
Ter retired leisurely within his. own line,
he held the railroad between retersbnre
and Richmond.
Prisoners state that Bragg and Davis
were present on the field.
Dispatches from General Sigel received
this evening report that on Sunday he
fought the forces Of EEchhels and Imboden.
under Breckenridge, at New Market: that
the enemy's forces were superior in number.
and that he gradually withdrew from the
battlefield and recrossed the Shenandoah,
having lost 6vo pieces ofartillerg and about
600 killed and wounded, and City prison.
,erb, but bringing all his trains and the
wounded that could be transported from the
battlefield.
He states that in consequence Of the long
line and the trains that had to be guarded.
he could not bring more than six regiments
into the fight. besides the artillery aud cav
airy, and that the enemy had about seven
thousand infantry. besides other arms
That his retrograde movement was effected
in perfect order. without any loss Of mate
rial or men. He gives no list Of casualties,
but Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln, Of the 34th
Massachusetts. is reported to be wounded
and captured.
No report ofany operations Of the Army
Of the Potomac have been received to-day.
4 despatch from General Sherman re-
ports bis advance upon Johnston as pro-
crossing to his satisfaction. His supplies
are abundant, and our animals are improv-
ing on the grass and grain fields, which
now afford good pasture.
(Signed) EDWIN NJ STANTON.
Secretary ofWar.
ST.. LOUIS, May l7.-Vicksburg adyices
to the 18th say that the expedition under
General Macarthur, sent out by General
SlocuIn, had captured Yazoo City with but
little resistance. A messenger en- route to
Kirby Smiths army was captured, with de-
spatches purporting to be from General Lee
to Adjutant General Cooper, saying that
Grants army had been repulsed and driven
back toward Washington %
The raids by the Rebels on the planta--
tions along the Mississippi continued, and
most 6eudish brutalities had been commit
ted. Even infants were carried off and
killed to terrify the women.
General Slocum's raiders had produced
great CONSERVATION among the traders and
spectators. Their stores had been closet
and commerce with the enemy stopped, and
many cerrupting practices corrected.
Later adyices from Alexandria, Louisiana
indicate that General A. G Smith will be
compelled to march overland to the Missis-
sippi river, fighting his way out.
It is reported that Forrest and Roddy,
with ten thousand Rebels, were threaten
ing Huntsville and Decatur last Saturday
General Smith, in command at the former
place lad ordered all the citizens to work on
the Notifications
NEW YoRK, May IA letter from
North Carolina states that the enemy arc
sending all their available forces from that
State to Virginia, and that Rebel troops
from the South.are continually passing over
the North Carolina railroads to the relief
Of General Lee. General Palmer, WHO de-
Tended Newborn so successfully last Febru-
airy against formidable attack of the enc
my, is now in command Of that stronghold,
and if the navy will take care of the Rebel
rams. General Palmer will take good care
Of Nevbern,