, 1864-05-11

time the rebel capital must succumn TO the
numeIo oas forcea advancing on Its flank,
under tac glorious Stars and strip7a.
TIE OPERATIONS OF TIE NAyY,
in conjunction with General Butler, arc to
be on grind scale. a day or two ago Rear
Admiral s. F. Lee, commanding the North
Atlantic blockading squadron, transferred
lis broad penuant from the flagship Mime.
sofa to the gunhoat Malvern, aud returned
to the James river. His torce consists OF
four Monitors and the captured rebel ram
At1anta, besides some flYe or SIX double
enGers and boats OF lesser calibre. The pro-
service will be duly chronicled bY compe-
tent correspondent Of tue Herald, det .ilcd
for that special purpose.
FR1NT MOVEMENT
to draw off the enemy's attention from the
real point OF attack, was made BY General
Butler during this week. The: massing OF
troops at Yorktown was 'blind," and q
landing Of brigade was also effected at West
Point, at the mouth Of the Panmuuky river,
which must have been duly reported at
Richmond, and no doubt. bad the effect to
lead the rebels on IN the opinion that another
Peninsular campaign WAS ct ha1d. Before
my battle comes ctf We shall probably have
few more such diversions, and It will bea
matter Of great shrewdncss on the part Of
The enemy to guess where the main attack
is to lie made
TIE PROSPECT OF SUCCESS
Is great. The troops have the utmost conf
6tnce in General Butler, and he again in his
1nen- Surrounded by some OF tho ablsst
1nilitnry men In the field, the commanding
Gerenl enjoys all the advantages Of sound
advice. Eis own great talents, however, are
sufficient to carry him through almost any,
thing, and Ills knowledge OF tactics, learned
by three years experience, necessarily makes
bin goad soldier md able to conduc. tho
operations of campaign. The troops In his
command are all veterans aud soldiers rho
, have heard the tbunders Of artillery nnd roar
Of lnusketrJ before, and these men will not
finch In front Of tha enemy now With all
efforts Of General Butter. His SUCCESS will
make him the grcatcst man in the country.
He has stAked his Ill on the issue, and aHaits
the result
DhaAvpA Hu1pnHps. O:E MtIx AND HALgl
ABOVE CITY POINT, May G-p. N. !
SCIENTIFIC CHANGE OF BAsB
has been most successfully accomplished By
Major General Butler, in moving his large
army from the York River to this p1nce, in
the almost incredible time Of twenty hours.
From the heading Of this letter, Jon will see
that We have again obtained d footing almost
within sound Of cannon shot OF the rebel
capital, and this time wt are not only in
hopes Of capturing the same, bat every one
has the utmost confidence in the result.
TG6 E1A11AIAAnARl NpVGNENI
l have described in dispatches which for
ly necessary for nc ut this time to say more
on the subject It is sufficient to state that
everything was accomplished with the ut
most eecreAy and dispatch, and the result
shows how we'll the campaign has been
| planned.
TIE ADVANCE UP THE JANEs RIVER
| Was led by Brig. Gen. firatam's leet Of army
re- - Thnr ,fnu1
is the flagship. The navy followed with the
iron-clads and double-enderG, after which
| c:me the transports, laden down with troops.
| The gunboats started from Newport News
on the 4th inst, at dusk- J1st previous to
Gen. Graham reaching City Point, he fell in
chased some distance; but owing to its light
draught and ita conductors being familiar
| with every creek md bayou Of the James
| River, the rebel gunboct escaped capture.
At uARR1sos's LANDING
| q rebel signal station WAS observed opcrat-
! Ing at full blast. The signal officer was way
Ing his Tag to his partner at City Point. Our
| signal officer was called upon to interpret
| the signals, and as near as he could fecipher,
It nleant whether there was anything new
from Richmond. The navy Was called upon
| to fire at this officer, but no response was
given, except that they had orders not to
| Tire.
PASSING FORT roWnATE,
portlen OF General Willis colored troops
were sent on shore, and found the place de-
serted. Two regiments were left there to
garrison the place. Had the rebels been
aware Of our coming that Woy this point Of
fercd facilities Tor most determined oppo-
siiion. As 1t was, however, not soul was
to be seen at the fort or ia its yiclnity-not
even guerilla
AT CITY romT
we met tho steamer New York, flag Of truce
boat, in charge Of Major John E. Mulford.
having on board AGO rebel prisoners, who
were taken up on the 4th instant, md had
not yet been delivered to the rebel authori-
ties. At this p1nse General Buffers head
quarters boat, the steamer Greyhound, led
the advance, closely followed by Gen. Ed. W.
HlDks, With his colored division. Il was
now nearly dark, and as the transports arriy-
ed they were sent ahead.
A LANDING EFFECTED AT DERNuDA nur-
DREDs.
One mile and half abeyc City Point Is
small place called Bermuda Hundreds, stu.
xted In Chesterfield county, Va The banks
ot the river at this place are nearly level with
tie water, and no bluffs in the vicinity. On
resehing the Point, orders were issued for
the immediate construction Of = what, which
consisted Of patent arrangement, invented
BY Capt Andrew AinsWorth, Master Of Trans-
purtatIon Of this department. In vory
eEort time trsop4 were landed, and akirmIsl-
11,.rs, nrv1a,or -, cn,o.raa go. ID
a., ,.rs---:Nt ~ eoAoAhp 9aoote
.sM aac aosa5ce inlo tne country, and blrou-
W. ndes ~, rom hae pihco OF disem-
1nasaa 11atha1,oa: W. - .ns meanume lne remaining
.1S d,.nossd psIsu - ast rs possible
ce1;,ios RE ~ .nf,tn a.o aus nn.aeoas 20
~ rintenacd neTsnna,i1 ~ Es1 pn.sa ne9e 81,
nnerfornned ~ f,;s ntmo.t at;.f,at1an "ua
--r...'
TIE "1AIAEa
10 al that can De desired. The storm Of
~ 1osing f.. dnsf WA @ +ha rosas ~ .,
ycrv best condit{on. The n;,,hts sre ha,mS
and cheerful, and although the sun pours
down bis rays somew what strongly in the day-
+. time, yet the weather, in the main, Is ali that
can be desired for q campaign.
rr,p e,,,,u
:, ..oa4 ~ In 4Aoofs
- ine .eiy nesI. 4Mouco WIN conndence IN
iIclr ieaaefs ana lne prospect OF SUCCESS,
thry obEe1ve mat trec-and-easy deril-may-
care appearance 80 natural to veteran SOL
11trs HAo light 1oF good and holy cause.
iEelr "atchword IL onward, und all they de-
fisc Is to receive orders to advance, and they
are ready. Richmond is In danger. The
colored troops remember the horrid massa-
cres OF their brethren at Fort Pillow and
Fly mouth, md will stop at nothing to
ayt nge the atrocious cruelties of An unscra-
pulous foe.
AN EC1DEsr or TIE TRIP
occurrcd sf citv Point Aaonr Ho.t sdx,,n
I'd nm tbe .1sn,rs r,ver an5 1vl,an ,a,r ~.
last namrd nlace a rrIei a5gnaI af,t;on w.s
observed. The officer in charpe was wayInr