St. Mary's gazette., 1864-05-19
he FAR NzHs.

duiles within tie Efste, siAat ieeN il2 De
st,r.t 10 the f-our all assist tlsel army nos
operating in FugF,iit Tie " .I',nfeers
] who Will respond 20 this call ar, No be mus
lferei iuto the service of tie United States
| for The ters Of nne shundred days. and vii
receive ihe same Tty an! eniaftln,euts rs
other Volunteer fare s of the GOV rnmeni,
and i'm no case will be r, quised tn c.n duty
outside Of In. STATE wi,hsat their Consent.
| LII uecessary. lfaft will De- na'fa to COM
plcte the number required in ten days from
| this time.
The new. from the Army of the Pato-
mac continues 10 be highly Interesting
Secretary Stan'ou's Official bulletin o: Sat
lrday morning announces that the latest
/ informatinn from the battlefield at Sp,tt-
! sylyania Court House is up to 6 80 Satur-
DAY morning Daring Friday nigh. a
movement was made BE- the oh and 9th
corps to the left. and all attack was to have
| been made tue next morning mt daylight,
fbut mo sound Of csnnen or battle was heard
at Bell Plain or fredericksburg on Satur-
day, from whic.. it is inf .rred tina. Gen
| Lee had retrea,ed during Friday night, be-
fore the advauee OF the oh and 9Th corps
was made Cen Sheri tan's command
formed junction with tho force of Gen.
Butler on Saturday afternoon. at Turkey
Bend on the James river.
Official dispatches from Gen Batter have
been received by the War Department up
10 l; O'clock Saturday morning, at which
time he was still before the works 1T Fert
Darling, where the Confederat-s are in
force. Gen. Gilmore, by flank move
mcnt, assaulted and took the enenys works
on their right at dusk on Friday evening
Gen Smith carried the enemy's irst lue
on the right at 8 clock Saturday morn
ing with small loss. The Cont+dcrates,
it is stated. have retired into three square
redouhts, upon which Gen. Butler was
bring his artillery to bear with effect.
The aniyal of seven thousand prisoners
at Bell Plain, iucildiDg four hundred Off
GERS, With Maj Gen. johnson and Brig
Gen. Stewart, is announced in ali official
cial dispatch from Secretary Stanton, Az
other account fgom Washington States that
among thcm re two Geaerals johnson,
ole of waom is Gen Bra Ley T. J.hns5n.
of Maryland. The officers were placed On
transport nus sent t. Fore D,law4re.
One of the prisoners reports that it was
understood BY Gen. Longstrte.'s command
that he had died on his way to ltlohmoad
from the battlefield in whish he hal been
wounded, and that be heard that Gen. X.
+. Lee aud Gen. y. l.. Hill ha! been
wounded.
1T is rcpo.tal, vi. Cincinnati, that Gen.
Schofel1's army moved from Balls Gap
on the q Instant, and that after four
hours fighting IN TIE III Instant the Con-
f. ierates retrcated, the Union troops bur
suing them ito North Cafoina. Ball
Gan is in East Tennessee G, and Oh tn" raj
road between Knoxville and G.ccnviiie.
The report Of the capture of Dalton,
Geo is confirmed. Five thousand pri>-
oncrs have been taken ami ten or t.eye
guns. The Confytlcrates retrcattd 70 IL
SAGA and Roma.
Dates from Red River to the 10Th have
been received, stating that Admiral
Porter was at Alexan!ria, La, with his
iron-clais A large force was engaged Is
damning The river at Alexandra SO as 10
give Sufficient depth Of water at the Fills
for the gunboats to pass over. 1t wonii
take two weeks to raise the water. Tfi.Se
was no communication By land with the
army Mt Grand Ecore Gen. Magru!er,
with a 900 men was reported to have
Joined Kirby Smith at Sabine Crossroads
Price had detached 5000 men to work on
Notifications seven miles below Shreveport
MFR. Derby, surgaoiI in-c chief with Gen
Banks, reports the Federal loss Al P..casaLt
Hill at six hundred and seventy killed ,one
thousand three hundred aud forty wounded
and enc Thousand five hundred aud sixty
missing and prisoners.
The Governor OF Kentucky has called
for 10 600 six months men to enter the
service Immediately Bait San IF -uoa,-
day.
The news from the Army of the po.o-
mac is not very important. Secretary
Stanton, in an official bulletin, announces
that he has dispatches from Gen. Grant to
eight o'clock Yesterday morning, stating
thar offensive operations have been neces-
sariiy suspended until the roads become
passable, aud that the two armies are con-
centrated on the main road from Freder-
icksburg to Richmond.
GIN. Sherman. after two days. hard
fighting. forced Gen. johnson to Resaca,
Ca, on Sunday, at midnight, and was in
pursuit of him.
A few days ago an expedition composed
of colored troops, under Colonel Draper.
accompanied by four gunboats under Com
mander Hooker, left Point Lookout, and
going up the R"ppahanncck. landed on the
farm of r G.. Garland, a Confederate, who
was taken prisoner. The marines from the
gurboat also discovered on the beach the
lines of Ave large torpedoes- These were
also secured. The expedition then started
for Fishing Bay capturing large number
of horses aud stock on the road, and des-
troying the extensive mills OF Bennett,
Stiff Il: Co with about 10000 buahels of
grain. Ga the farm of r. c.. Taylor a
quaut;:y of powder and arms and several
;orpedoes were seized Subsequently, the
exp edition had fight with number of
Confederate cavalry. Five of the latter
were killed, including Captain Maxwell,
| r.x.oui,, .e 81. IT 9 Nv an. ,rto :.