The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-21

risces of artillery were captured from Gen. Lee
Tae people, howeves, and ss.'eeisliy Wall street.
don't seem 10 be deceived by The bubbab for they
shstnalely hold gold az 10. Il Lee had bren in
deed whipped gold in New York tn mgsow would
not be mor.i, $50 Secretary staa,sss is slili at
tending TO the newspaper department. Here is q
dispatch ru,p"stns TO be received by him from
Grant
NEAR SPoTsyLvAslA {. H.
May I2-ti.HD T.. NJ
The eight, day of tho battle closes, leaving be-
tween thee and fnur thousand prisoners In our
hands for the days WORK including two general
officers and over thirty pieces Of artillery.
The enemy Is obstinate, aud ssem to have found
the las, ditch We have lost no sfs aniz alton, not
even company, white we have destroyed aud
captured one division, (iohns0H'y1 one brigade,
tt'orbs's,l ana one regiment ehsge 0t ths enemy
The mex. day Mr. Dana sends to s5tsn,oH, aud the
latter 10 Dix, the following *s
Mar l3.--Lee abandoned bis gosiffaa during The
night, whether {" occupy new position In the vi
c.tity, or 10 make thorough fetfeat Is not deter
mined.
than on either Of the previous days fighting, This
Was owing 10 The great use ufade of artillery,
May Is, Stanton teiegiaphs TO Dir:
Rrino;cements sfe going forward TO the Army
OF the Potomac.
Another dispa:cl, from Washington, dated the
18Th, says
Our losses In the past eight hours have been Sfy
heauy; but Ii ia Impossible 10 form any correct esti
msie OF The M Tue accounts Oi our losses vary
rom eighteen ID twenty five thousand but owing
10 the nature OF the contest which is mostly tn the
woods, thou sands. may he lying dead or wounded
or the giouni of whom no record can be made at
present.
'?he following SQUADS like one of Mr. Ilncola's
little jokes
Ne are authorized hy the War Department to
a,stp that The fumpIet rapitutHiion ul the rebel
Gen Lee aHi his army are uuif,ic.
Tht rrjoicings over Grants "victofirs" are uni
vcrsai Gov Seymour ordered one hundred guns
be fired. Tine Rector OF Trinity Church ofiaTj
solemn thanksgiving. The House of Representa-
tives, ssOn the UaiOn side Of the House." cheered
aud huZzaed most ObstIeper0usiy Everybody,
every where, was too happy to attend to business
The Herafd has an article which, for mendacity
and braggardism, r. one OF Behnett- bet. IL is
headed Gen Lee in iu retreat. Onward 10 Rich
msut'' II says that the retreat cannot save him.
tbat the Sin. rtt.siGe veterans OF the Army OF tile
Potomac are close upon his Track, strengthened by
;aeii great successes &c. "Oa the other hand
the strength, the unity. The prestige, the morale,
the efficiency, Of the Ietrea,ns army ART gone. We
ipate this retreat of Lee will become rout,
&C. and 20 for half an hour.
RE.ARKABIE OPERATIONS up THE FLYING DUTCH
MAN
Telegram was read sat the front; OF Grant g
>atny on the l2th, dated AT Buffers Mountain, be-
tween Charlottesville and Lynchburg, at ~ M
announcing ,iiat our cavalry Had torn up the ran
road between Charlottesville ana Lynchbuig,
twenty six miles below the former place, and also
that the track of the Gordonsviiie road, between
Charlottesville and kesWick had been destroyed.
~, the b. iages between The above points on both
roads have becn destroyed. lIt Is probable that
the bridges referred to are the tsew MMkei tridges]
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
4 dispatch from New OrIrans, dAtelthe 9Th inst
says:
rhs army of the Gulf has fallen back from Aie1-
2n,it,a, and Is noH wei. on ita way across t'it
yfchr 10 ;iassin. Undoubtedly Gen Banks has
tieemed II prudent TO abandon The it'i liver sKpt
,iiton aud iiir position lie occupied nj Aexandfi"
;,r;hsps in coHse d1bce ot tue movements oil &'it
eneiay, vino could readily gef between him and
the .:lauia OF the Red Iivtr. Ii Is not known how
great b the loss Of gunboa.s and transports tntov
ID ia this movement towards the Techc
! repeat, ltat the expedit on up the Red riVr
WAS not undertaken in accordance with the desire
ot Sen Banks, bui on the contrary, was planned
and executed against his belief in ii feasibility o
.ncCess.
From feroI, ihat reaches this CT y. II Is earne.
Thai the ftis Ia aIaVe AeNandiia ditidrd The " u
;ers of Red river - that The dtmmiHg proeess he
came 4 t:liiure. 70 su.hoais are presumed TO b'
.iii.i above tie fails.
I;sclss.Ir, Nay .3 Gen Johnston evacuate,
Dalton last night. oar forces now occupy tn
place.
30 VICTORY fee asANr~THs sBAaBlEs or viR
GINA.
It Is refreshing 10 me-t with al least one North
EN- paper whiei. is afraid 10 speak plainly An
tru,h;alsy OF affairs In the North. Such paper
tne New York Daily Ns,os, late issue OF whic
has come into our rosse esston. The Washington
coffeepona, nj 81 The N,lei says Grant has game.
L.. ct. =,
and that he ls as lar from Rieh:nona eves. Rea,
,he following
WAsaNsTaS, May II, 1851.
For four days We have had 10 eua oi the eIcit
Ing fun.ors and exaggerated reports In relation
The < eat baItles III Virginia. TO day the uuit
begin. 10 Or known. and am now able 10 sen,
you ioi-i atty connected and clear statement o
what has really been accomplished by our afMtes
ard what remains To he dune. II is well for IN,
readers of the Ntios that they have not been de
uded either by ti,t official bulletins OF the Secre
tdry OF War, ~T with accounts OF supposed Vtct0
riCs; such as have appeared I'm some of the othe
papers. The simple truth is, that we have as ye
gained no victory We are as far from the Otje
tive point Ot tho campaign The capture VI hlch.
m,ohd-rs We were week ago. We have suffered
q .-fiibe Ioss la kiiiad aud wounded, and We have
done iiitie more than 4" demonstrate the immense
advantage which Gen Lee enjoys III MS various
defensive positions between the Rspidam aud the
Pannnkey.
The Ne,os, in an editorial, has the following:
No, time 10 bury the dead That, il Is reported,
position OF Gen Lee that the work OF desfrucnon
should cease a brief while till the dead were bu-
red The request aud the answer are probably
both fictitious. They are the substance OF a mere
sensation Extra that was issued last evening Inc
dispatch Qf Secretary Stanton amounts TO con-
tradictiOn Of the statement, and equally discTedltS
the rumOr of the capture of 90 600 COdiederates-
But surprising the statement true, zen drant was
Ia Vtn... huFU lfp - n
Gay after day they are counted by thousands upon
thousands. II tie fends of hell were cOInmis-
stoned by an angry God TO wreak vengeance upon
earth, they could not more tenihly iuihii tho mis-
sion of obstruction than 90 the conteHding armies
in Virginia No maIvtl that the community thrills
with excitement, and quivars with an universal
shuider. Every fash On the wires IL laden with
tate OF horror The word "siet~y siafss IN
moe kerry at the reader from The gaIing headings
Of each dsuatc but below there Ia but the record
of slaughter slaughter beyond oil precedent OF
battle fields but winning nothing but the need OF
haroism for those that nght this iGseiisate quarrel
We mark the absence of, all enthusiasm Of even
the widest IunOrs Of triumph that cone from the
Virginia shambies, and II is no wonder, ior along
with them comes such fearful accounts Of hutchery
that the public heart has nU room tof exultauOn IN
the intensity'Of irs agony and horiof.
Could we but read the anguish and despair OF
the millions that have been beTeaved within this
week. side by side with the detai's tnai we read Of
..se mn r,ie rous strife there would be few 10 camOr
for a pro,oogaiiOa Of the war. We count the mourn
ers by millions, for the dead and woanded are
being couated by the hundred thousands
The 7siB.ne Of yesterday, estimates our loss thus
far a, 80 600, what has since occurred, II ts q
hona,,,t caienlariou, makes il 70, 900. We claim
ersater luss for The enemy; bur call II equal, and
the.e are I4o goo victims inundated within seven
days of indecsive battle.
Do you think Of this. you men that worship the
meek and love ordaintng Christ. and will you
thirst for more blood, and have your paipts again
desecrated by furious invocations to the Saviour
Do You dream only Of the military fruits Of the
victory, on look a little at Its other hideOus
otr.nyipg We have 10 search ali over the wide
North to be conscious of the desolasion that the
past accuysed sennight has engendeTed. Hear at