, 1864-05-17
TIC have Beaten the Enemy in
Several Small Fights.
HIGHLY important FROM
GEN. SHERMAN,
A Sunday Battle at Res
aca, Georgia.
Sherman SucceSsful---0ur Loss
About 3,0M---Eycrythins
Going on FaTora5ly.
LATER FROM EUR0PE---f0aEIGH
SukSkaARr--DEATH OF MEYER
BEER, THE COMPOSER.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.


To GENERAL D1x:-The latest dates from Grants
headquarters are to yesterday morning At haltpas1
eight O'Clock. No operations Of importance oc-
cured Our retnfoscemeats were arriving.
Nothing later from Butler since hie telegram Of
Saturday night
We have intelligence from Heeacs, Ga, up to II
O'Clock last night. Cur lines lad advanced on the
let, two lines OF the enemy's works harinE been
FtoE.ned. Stoneman is reported to have destroyed
wagon train. captured two guns and th,.shea
Roddy. E. H. STANTON.
WAs1usaros, May 1G-5P.x.
To MAJG1 GEN. DIG:
We have dispatches from Gen Grant to o'clock
tlie morning. He states that offensive operations
have been necessarily suspended until the roads
become passabIe, that the army is in the best Of
sp!,tts and feels the fullest confidence IN its sue
cces.
The two armies are now concentrated on the
main road from Fredericksburg to Richmond.
The news Of the operations OF Gen. Sherman are
up to xesterday. Af1ertw days hard fighting, he
had forced Johnston to eracuate Resaca at mid
alsht last night.
Gen. Ehernan'e forces are in vigorous pursuit
No dispatches have been received from Gen. But
ler to-day. At the latest reports he WIS still oper~
atiug against Fort Darling.
tsigncd) E IL S1ASTo1.
WHAT 4 FEDERAL SURGEON SAYS.
PunADE1r11A, May 10.
4 spec.a to the Erentng Telegraph from WASH
inston, 81, Surgeon Of the 6sthN. 7, regiment,
who Was captured with Coo others, in the3d daysf
nght, and subsequently psroled, came ifto our
lines on Saturday, with the body Of Gen. Wads-
worth, which had been enclosed, BY order Of Gen.
Lee, In neat coffin.
He also saw Gen. Longstreet in his tent. he
ts wounded In his collar bone. The wound was
not mortal but would ncapacitate him for active
duty for eome time. General J. E. q. Stuart
was not down ut Richmond 1t the time that Gen.
Sheridan was near there and Is now In Gen. Lees
amy unhurt-
t1on Of their giving up yet
The rebel lines are well supplied BY lines Of inte-
rior works, and more are being constructed.
Gen. Lee bas not been wounded, as thc6u,geon
saw snd talked with him On Friday, when he care
him permission to take the body Of Gen. Wads.
worth.
lie il Of the opinion that the rebels syln yet
make desperate resistance. he Gays their proyi-
ssone only seem to cxaspesatn them and they are
kept cp by the hope and idea OF e1hausting II and
compelling us to abandon the contest.
Gen. Crawford who WAS cut of from his com
znaud Of pennsslvania Reserves last week, sup
/ posed to be n prisoner, IL reported to hare 70
| 1otned the RcseFSeA-
| -Four more boat loads Of wounded arrived her
thif morning from Aqua CreeK-
Some Ohio militia paraded along Pennsylyani.
Ave1ue to-day, milking hne appearance.
fBy tie United States Telegraph Ltne1
| NV YoKE, May 1d
The New York Tfi5un<'s special from Washing
ton, May 18th, i o'clock, says:
Iatc1 information from The front accords to Han
cock the glory Of another gnllsnt achievement Il
Is stated that On Friday night portion Of Han
cooke Corps madc fe1nt On the cnemy's]ine, the.
went in, in his usual driving sty1e and succeeded
In taking Of the eighteen guns contested for be
tween the lines since his great victory Of Thursday
There was no hghlug yesterday, {saturday) ex
cept last nights assault The new reinforce
-n.r,s u,r,c h.1nc os.5cned nrens,.torv n . da..
e'e n'o"
Another dispatch saSs: The newt this morning
il very encouraging, End tnlly con1rnatory Of tht
sure and steady progress made By our armies.
General Averi1le operations hare made impossi
49, a.. 1..,,. =.
Wv NA~ - wy - ~ A~'A
oa'g.
| The Eanant enefaoAn' "1ta n1s entire totee, AZ
| rived Mt Turkey Bend, On the James River, ycste.
| day Saturday afternoon, and WIS warmly vel
COINED nv But1er,s armv.
| A"'e 'eosA p"p~-' ~ -' -
NOUN ose1 too sie"s eu1.e'4 VI '"e'tN"1 aa
Ayeill. Lees daily ouileuns, Announcing CON
plete victories over the Yankees, seem no 1on.e
enfac;ent to inspire the rebels with confidence, au
| ,hr, sntrits drpop as the newe Of our now III
..n.,ca succese reachos them,
A.. <zo.n,, ~ ..va nau. f,o-, ~
AspeaA' ~ s10 os"0''S 49, .. -
front says tnat Lee nas leeess9 c aeass 1e1'o'e<
| mcnts from No11a eato'in" e@a oeo4s41'
| CIRCULAR TO THE LOYAL 9oV1hSoRS-suA
MARY OF TIE aE"s of ~ eoNoAt'
WAsa1so1oS' @aS. - a. II.
| To GOVERNOR iA7Es*
The military 4ntellieenee 1ast a'gn. Is meoly 81
| ;efortorv. The operations Of Gen. Sherman haE
,ornne1ied the enemy to evacuate Dalton, and OF
sr,nT wxs operating upon his fanks and rear Wit
| .ho .,n4nect of fmportaut results.
~ nrtler has attacked Fort Darling, and Wit
sna1! 1oss " ~
constantly an'.eapat a@ ~. n.,,~v MN. rnde- II