, 1864-05-22

There Is nothing decisive. yet from the |
army Of Virginia. On Thursday afternoon |
the enemy attacked US In the rearo Of our right |
flank, but were rcpnlsed BY division Of
troops who hnd actually never been under |
TIRE before, and were scattered in confusion |
through the woods. Although our loss was !
ecverc, reaching about 1,100, the new troops |
are In the best Of spirits over their INIT VIC.
tory Both armies have changed their POSI- |
tions somewhat. No fighting is reported on
Fsiday.s Gen. Grant will .evsdentl%not lead
his men against brcastwo1ks n'he can
secure his results by any other means
In tho meantime private adviees report
Lee's army seriously weakened by tho Tt
7erscs Of the lnet two Weeks' battles, md
other 1crorte, make him about to take up
new poaition southeast Of spottsylvania-
: Gen; Crooks expedition il returning, hav-
jng accomplished 1ts object. Ho has de-
slroyed large amount Of supplies, and serl-
orsly lamage the Virginia and East Tennes-
sec 1ailroad, besides whipping the rebels very
decIkively.
The lat.et rcwB fror, Gen. Buffers depart
ment, as contained in Secretary stauton'@
gazette. is Of hcavy fighting Eli day Friday.
No results arc given. The rebel Major Cen
cial Walker vas captured during the fight:
Gen. Sherman, with his Irresistible veter--
e1ane, is still moving on With all his commu~
nicauons open. The capture Of Rome yielded
quite hsrvcst, In the shape Of seven iron
works with machinery complete, which must
prove q serious loss to the rehe1s-a large
quantity Of provisions, and two important
bridges. Cars are running through from
Chattanooga to Kingston, and supplies are
rapidly going 1orward- =.
A CLEAN of light Is shed through the clouds
which have surrounded Banks: nI-fated
expedition by Secretary Stanton's dispatch.
The dam on the Red River mas finished on
the 8th, thereby relieving the gunhoats, and
undcr their cover Banks Would more to the
Mississippi on the 9Th. It takes nwaJ . load
of anxiety to know that our gallant South
western nrny has thus escaped from destruc-
-tion.
Another reporter who had hand in tho
Bogus Proclamation business, has been ar
rested. The originator Of the scheme, t'Jo: -
Howard, q sensation reporter Of the worst
sort, and, as his latest production proves, q
:scoundrcl, is still In custody. Being related
to John c. Fremont, 1t is possible thst he
may escape the punishment he SO richly mer-
Its. Trial by drum-head court martial, and
atone for the leartlcss and infamous decd he
-perpetrated
The pirate Florida is reported to have Lett
Bermuda, and now is in the track Of the fat
Merchantmen plying between%IEew York
and Liverpool Where are the feet steamers
the Navy Department were recently pittlng
against the world? :"
The Cork Exporter eays that the:tldc OF emi-
grafton still rolled as vigorously aud unceas.
ipgly from Queenestowr, as II 1t had only
commenced The day before. It YVES remark
able, strikingly apparent, tnat among those
emfgrnting for America there is large In
crease or young men, strong. stalworth, Wig
orous fellows, able to. work and willing. to
fight. Indeed, some Of them made no secret
of tie likelihood Of their joining the A,uerl-
can army.
Suppression oftf1e Baltimore Is Eycn-
In. Xranscx&pt.H
BIZ order Of Gensral Wallace the Baltimore
Ercning Transcript was suspended for the pub
1icaticn OF n dispatch asserting that the loss
of the Army Of the Potomac was not less
than seventy thousand men, and crediting
the news to the Associated Press. It Is
proved that the paper did not
tnkc the Associated Press dispatches,
and that the desp.tch In question did not ON.
anutc from any agent Of the Associated Press.
Tic agent publishes tfe following card;
OFTIcE ASSOCIATED pRr:sa, [
BALT14onE, MAY II.
t'Tle attention ofthe Agent OF the Associated
PTtts having bee. called TO dispatch published
in fc EreutH1 1teasc.rf OF this city, II its issue
,cztereay afternoon, 10 the effect ttnat' NC had
NOT lost IN Eilled wounded and n3tssin. less thar
a1a 1sdogg tie ,.sa, +,
opportunity OF ditclainng. on bchan Of tbs *As
keciattd Ffeee.' the authorship vi any pIch lase
Of the Potomac No such diep1tch was ever re.
celssd hero 1sum any agcu! Of the Associated Press
and the agent Of the Asaoclated Pfess at Washing
ton indignantly denies ever having such a state
mcnt here or elsewhere aud requests this pnblit
contradiction be made. II Is proper to Add tns
the c1rcr In question docs not receive ues from
any agent OF the Associated Press.
ALEXANDER FULroN,
y Askeut A4encfafed Rrrs4 Baltisn -