Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-14


ton which rhey occupied a5 the close of cue
cattle On FizesG:ay. 1t WAS Ihough5 that gen
el,al enlargement oouId not De prolonged beyond
70 day. bur IL is In possible 50 tell II one Tas
fought. Those who reach here from Z}:a front
are confident that one corps OF l,-c : aG2ny Is
across the po river and tfac he Will u0t TASK
another engagement on this side IIlIeIe 10 uo
truth IL the report that i4ee sent ta& Dt Grnce
Yesterday to t}caut I'ne I3(l New orh 7o!~
untt5ers were badly cur np II Gile engagements
Of Thursday ana Friday last. They went lnto
action With seven hundred ueEl. a0Q on ] hGrS-
,2sy evening could muster Dit eighty, vino HeGe
hr l,,,r duty Fifteen nunuTed u 5ae HoHndo<i
arrived today. lu Ihe general advance 90
tuesday tbs dsh cerps captuEad one Thousand
prisoners Of Dole brigade, OF Rhode : 2tt;,-
100. yf iIwe!i' corps, With twenty sa:en o1IA-
cers and several stand q. 9ojors, instead oi
lilrea tsigades, as published,
The Associated Press dispatch says that So
far. since the opening of the campaign. tla
Federals have taken 1000 prisoners Il al,
The New I ork Herald letter giving . d.
scriptlon Of the capture of 'Ten. johnston
trooDs saws - Taking Advantage Of the s1ocm
and darkness last evening, Genera! t5aaccoA
MANAGED to change The position o. bis troops
unooserved BY the eae1:Y; anI Ehie toe
darkness and the i0g st1l! prevailed, poIIced
on them tuis morning like d WoH On the Te}d.
He took his cap5ives completely by 5urpr5e,
and, having sent bis prisoners securely 20 Sh6
rear, tu1aed their oW!4 guns on me eneny III
the vicinity.
The Washington Star Of yesterday evening
reports on the authority OF al oa1ceE Eno ai"
rived II that city yesterday, tna5 1ispaton
;'arrived at che front iroAl gen. oigei COM
maF,d dated az Bntiers Mountain. <ocE'7ten
Charlottesville and l4yncnourg: On " Wednesday
at IU 0 clock .. H.. announcing thatvNE ca AZ
ry bad torn up the railroad between CharioIIo'~
vile and Lynchburg Tor distance q twenty slA
miles below the former place; AID also That
she track Of the {!ordonsvlIle foa1 between
Charlottesville and keswick had beeu destroy-
ed All the bridges between the above points
ou hotf roads we're destroyed: but the
WASHINGTON Chronicle Of this morning. says
that there IS no official confirmation Uhat SlgoI
has chi the railroad communicative L. between
|, Charlottesville and Lyuchburg. whlcn means
! that the Stars report Is !lat;',e.
0ispatch from Fortress Mouroe at 2 0 clock
IN THURSDAY announces that there was 10
f fgbting Yesterday Our forces itall back 70
wards James river some three mlies: ana were
engaged during the day II throwing up Ell
trancj7,nenrs Butler intends entIcochlng from
the Appomaltox to the Jaases, a distance o1
some SIX mile. Beauregard was re1ptorced d'l-
ring Tuesday. night With TWO or1sades 5g0m 70
Less army, as pear as can be ascertalned The
James river was obstruered yesterday afternoon
Nv the Federal forces near Turkey Bend, slnklng
number Of schooners and oarges ihl5
effectuay blockades the Confederate iron ,oads'
The tu 1 FsderaI force moved at 4 A NJ. today
Probably are engaging the Confsderat55 at TINS
time. " A dispatch from Bermuda Hut-
dred also dated the 18th, says al IL 4. II; Il the
Whole force was moving in the direction OF te-
tersburg and Richmond,
Al2 M. the enemy WAS discovered entrencn