Washington telegraph., 1864-06-01

where a negro brigade is entrenched
| No fighting at Waltham Junction to-
day.
! The enemy's loss yesterday was 1000
killed and wounded.
Butler made n narrow escape from five
of our plckets near City Point on Friday
evening
A telegram from Gen. Lee says the en-
emy has advanced his position and is
marching on fredericksburg.
The news IS favorabIy construed in Of
fetal circles
At Chester, on Saturday, between Rich
mond and Petersburg, the Yankees were
repulsed with loss Of 1000 wounded.
I'll the Yankee officers, 1000 in NUN
bar, were sent to Danvile on Saturday.
Before leaving they became very refractory
An unofficial telegram from Harrison,
BURG. says it is believed to be reliable that
Mcneil struck the Baltimore aud Ohio
Rallroad at Piedmont on Saturday. de-
stroying the nachiue shops. mill, locomo
tlvcs, &c, The amount Of damage is
serera. millions Of dollars.
Tue following Official dispat ch from Gen.
Lee has been received here:
Near Spottsylvania Courthouse, Nav s.
To Hon. j. Il. Seddon-After a sharp
encounter with the 9th Army Corps, War
rel S and Terre;'s divisions OF Cavalry uu-
der 4. Ii. Anderson, with the advance of
the army, repulsed the enemy with heavy
slaughter aud took possesi.n of the court
house. lam more than gratiIied to the
giver of all victories that our loss is small.
Signed. Il E. LEE.
Richmond, May 9.-An interruption
in the telegraph communication between
Richmond and Weldon, with the hourly
expectation of the line being restored,
has caused an accumulation of press re-
ports at this point, the material points of
which are subjoined:
Orange G. H., May 7-Ewell again re-
pulsed the enemy yesterday. Tne Yam
kee loss is terrible, and especially in the
early part of the engagement Ewell' S
loSs was small.
Last night our men held possession of
the nemy's battle field, on the left and
centre, capturing a number of wounded
Our success is very great. bu. not deci
sive
The charge of Gordon's brigade is rep
resented TO be the grandest of the war.
Our loss thus far is 5000, of whom
large portion are slightly wounded.
The fight occurred in a densely wooded
country. and hence little or no artillery
was used 10 the fight.
Ri;hmend May S.-Tbc following was
received this morning:
Hdqrs. Army Northern Va, May s.
10 the Secretary of War: Gen. Cor
don turned the enemy's extreme right
Yesterday and drove him from his rife
pits Anon. the prisoners captured are
Gems. Seymour and Shslier y number
of arms were also captured
The enemy has abandoned the German.
ia Ford road, a-c has removed bis pom
toon bridg,s towards Ely's
There has been no attack to-day, only
slight skirmishing along our line.
(Signed.) r. E LEE, General.
Official dispatches from Chafin's Bluff,
that one of the enemy's gunboats was at
tackled, disabled, boarded, and burned Oh
the 7th. Two iron clads bore down on
our forces, when they retired
Brandon, May l3.-Oiicisl dispatches
from Gen. Lee, dated Spcttsylvania. May
10Th, says Grant is entreuched near that
place There were frequent skirmishes
along the line, resulting favoraby to our
side Our casualties are small. Among
the wounded are Brig. Gems. Hays and
Walker. Full copies of dispatches are
fled to the earliest moment to the press
Mobile, May Ii, Weldon, 12.--The
conductor of the railroad from Stormy
Creek to Gatson today reports that
Beauregsrd had driven the Yankees to
their gunboats near Petersburg, and that
he had sunk six of them lie SAYS he
read it in the express before leaving Stor-
my Creek, and the conductor Of the train
from Stormy creek to Petersburg told
him it was reliable.
Nine blockade runners came into vii.
mington since our iron c'ads scattered the
blocksding squadron few days ago; five
of them are entirely new vessels on their
first trip, and say they sa W no biockader..
The telegraph it is thought will work
through to Petersburg tomorrow.
Weldon, May 13-Passengcrs from
Petersburg, report no fighting in Chester
field since the 7th Encmy still hold the
railroad. A, attack expected every mo-
nent by our force. Train will run thro'
to Petersburg on Sunday.
Our forces are at Swift Creek All
Business suspended a. Petersburg and
every man is in the ranks All here and
at Petersburg are eoo.I--4--f snocsss
NJ further attack on Drury's Bluff.
Four Gunboats were Destroyed.
Weldon, n. c., via Mobile, 18th
Gen. Lee has driven Grant across the
Rapidsn with terrible slaughter. Gen
Beauresard is at Petersburg, and has
been reinforced by from $4,000 to 10000
and still they are coming in. Drury's
Bluff has been reinforced.
A private letter from Camden, trans
mits the following dispatch:
Shreveport, Hay 25.--Gen. Sibley has
Just arrived from the other side of the
Mississippi river. At Meridian he re-
ceived dispatch from Gen. Maury to the
effect that Grant had been whipped and
driven across the Rapid Ann with an ad.
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