Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-05-10

! Thursday night was parallel with and little
advance Of The road from Germanla Ford to
Charlottesville, tbs two TANKS resting on these
points, and the general headquarters was at the
! Wilderness. In the afternoon the advance Of
the Och Corps crossed Germania ford laking po-
,ition on our right flank Gen. Burnside rear
/ (reserye) arrived this forenoon
NEw YORK, May 8. The Trbunes extra says
the Washington Republican extra says Grant
hurled his entire force on the enemy Friday LIE
was driven three miles, leaving 5000 killed and
! 10 900 wounded in our hands Gen. Grant IS
master Of the field Leo is in full retreat Gen
rant is in hot pursuit Everything il being
done for the wounded that lies in the power Of
our surgeons and ambulance corps. From th3
enlnsua the news is glorious as far as heard
from
WASHINGTON May So p NJ The Nation
al RepublcGH has the following We are glad
20 be able TO state that the result Of the lighting
On Thursday and Friday Is all that the most
sangune friends OF the government can desire
The dawn Of day on saturday exhibited n eyl-
. dence OF the presence oil the enemy Gen
Grant with great prumptn.s5 took advantage Of
he fact and ordered forward movement
1t Is proper 10 say here thai in consequence Of
bhNA
nom Gen Grant lie has more important duties
% perform. 1t Is believed by those who have
the best means OF knowing that lee il Fastening
u the worss OF Richmond, not oaly to save the
remnant Of bis own army, but u rescue II pos.
able the rebel capital from lallnginto the hands
Vi that dreaded cheltain, Gen. Butler Inero
IL little doubt that Lee will have to make good
time to prevent such disaster 70 DAVIS rebel
dominions. We are in possession Of Information
that the rebel authorities az Richmond s5elug
the fate which await. th1 city have taken peas
ures to remove everything Of value from lhe
city.
The tea Thousand wounded men upon the field
mentioned in our extra to-day, some OF winch at
this writing probably reached RafmhannocS
Station includes the wuunded On BON ,lIes. Tie
list Of killed and wounded has not yet reached
the city and probably Will 10! before tomorrow
or next day, us the time OF every one Is employed
10 rendering relief to the untOrtunates. Fur
= ther details are inonentarlly expected OF the two
If DAYS battles, but it Is doubtful II anything Is
received until the retreat and pursuit terminate,
- Ii is sufficient to say that all The dispatches
- from the advancing armies under Gems. Sber'
r. nun, Hooker Sch0ield and Washburne are as
10 encouraging AZ could be ASKED lor
!. New YoRK, May S.--By telegraph from
- Washington to Maj. Gen }, A. DIX n. y.
-! WASHINGTON, May So A. NJ
u We have no official reports from the front but
o the medical director has notified our Surgeon
10 General that our wounded were Icing sent 10
+. Washington. and will number from six to eight
thousand The chief quarIermaster OF the
Army Of the Potomac has made requsitiou tor
10 several days grain and for railroad construction
trains, and states that the enemy Is reported to
be retiring. This indicates Gen Grants adj
vance and affords an Inference ol material sue
cess on our part The enemy's strength his
always been most felt IN bis first blows, and
these having failed and our forces not only hay
ing mana ed their ground, but preparing to
advance, lead to the hope Of full and complete
success, for when either party tails disorganlzl.
ton by struggling and desertion commences
The enemy 5 loss IN killed and wounded must
weaken him more than we are weakened. Moth
i, ing further than my last nights dispatch has
: been received from Gen. Butler. Nothing later
. from Gen. Banks. You may give such pubcl-
ty to the nlorma lou transmitted 10 ou as you
may think proper OWN NJ. STANTON,
Q Secretary OF War
" WASHINGTON, May 3. The extra OF the Eoe-
:, ning Star says: the Chief Quartermasler has
!. made rcquisiton for grao for thoanimas This
&c imports an advance By Gen Grant.
Gen lpgas says We have fought two
lie days The enemy are said to be retiring -
T. There appears to be no doubt that although
nothing decisive has yet occurred. the enemy
r has been foiled in his confident expectation OF
driving Gen. Grant back before his operations
could DO fully developed and that Lee has been
u, u compelled to give way. The tactics of the en-
% envy have uniformly been u strike his heaviest
u blow at the outset, and to this their has
e' always been owing. This has now failed. AT
nc The casualties reported are Gen. Hays killed,
~ and Gems. Getty aud Gregg, Col, Hayes and
~ Gen. Owens are reported wounded Gen Han
~ cock is reported TO have received slight wound
~ while rallying his men to resist A. =. Hills on
~ set Two OF zen. Burnside's stall Are reported
killed while carrying dispatches.
re WASHINGTON, May S.--The Star says WorC
H. we at liberty to publish cert.in facts within our
d. knowledge we think we could demonstrate that
m. Lee has real occasion TO dread the strategy oil
N, our military operations, as well as the yigor
"a with which they are pressed We believe that
jeff Davis finds to day in reality what has some.
times been talked about, that 1t thunders all
round The line of attack by Lee in the fight
n ing OF Thursday and Friday nearly at right
we angles with Grants line OF advance, and from
~, the direction of Orange Court House, indicates
:. that LIE made the latter point HE base and
I'd headquarters. The forced march of day and
led night by Burnside from Manassas, by which he
ia GOT his troops to Grants support on Thursday
Al night said to have even surpassed his brilliant
!, forced march H. East Tennessee .by which he sur
ne prised the enemy there. Probably Lee az by
ok this time had &C aston to feel their presene,
re. with Grant Our loss Is stated at 900 to S00(
>, killed and wounded
!, Or CRY PolST, Va, May 5.
Lieut. Gen Grant, commanding .irmies Of N,
ne iniied States
on We have seized Wilson's wharf landing. !
th brigade Of Wild's ollorGd troops are there \
an Fort POwhattan Landing two regiments of I'll,
same brigade have landed. AtClty Point Hind
'0s division with the remaining troops and battery
nd have landed. The remainder Of both the lStl
nd and lOth army corps are being landed at Der
ou nuda Hundreds, above the Appomattox, n,
opposition experienced thus lar The move
Is ment was apparently a complete surprise. Botl
70. army corps left Yorktown during last night
10 The monitors are all over the bar at Harrison Z
~ Landing, and above City Point. The operations
i, ot the fleet have been conducted to-day with en-
'he ergy aud success. Gems Smith and timor,
MIA are pushing tie lending Of the men. Gen
Graham with The array gunLlats led the adyanc
Va. during the night, capturing the signal station
the re lels Col West with 1900 cavalry mAdt
We several demonstrations from Williamsburg yes
lorday morning Gen kauR lef Suffolk thu
liz. morning with his cavalry lir the service ndiea
ay TOD during the conference with the Lieutenant
the General The New York, lig of truce boat
nd was loud lying ut the wharf with four hun1fet