The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-20
He has steadily moved his entire army by corp
by the flank from Todd's Tavern to this point.

by the flank from Todd's Tavern to this point
and acted Extensively the whole time.
WASHINGTON, May ID Heralds special --
The Ny, Pc and Tay rivers form the Matapony
eight or ten miles southeast of here, and is
considered the intermediate country suscepti-
Die OF Defence and the.rebels have erected sub.
sss .il earthwOrks near and Immediately
Ironing ,n our present position. They seem to
mount heavy guns 80
we are between the Ny and Pc rivers. and
from one to two miles north of Spotsylyania.
Uul losses are so far estimated about IS. 600,
large proportion of which are slightly
FORTRESS MONROE, May 15.-Gen. Sheridan
arrived ~ Sames River yesterday afternoon.
got inside the rebel works around Richmond
and could have taken the city. but he was TO-
norant Of Buffers position. We took 900 pris.
oners.
Sheridan reports J. E. B. Stuart MORALLY
wounded.
Sherman destroyed a million rations. and
other stores, rolling stock, &c., amounting
NEW York, May 15-The Heralds 9Th corp
correspondent of the 18th, 6 A. NJ, says the
| fight continued throughout the afternoon of
the 18th, and terminated before nightfall with
victory for our troops.
The fighting was more terrible than in the
| morning.
We added largely to our prisoners and pun.
| ished the euemy more severely than on any
| previous day. We have over 5000 prisoners,
| while we have not lost one half that number.
General Wright and two of his staff were
slightly wounded by shell, but did not leave
the field.
The wounded in the 9Th corps sum up over
| S0Oin to-days fight.
| The 4th Massachusetts, which left Culpepper
| Court House with 600 men, has but 100 left.
| The Fourth Michigan, which numbered 227
men in the first fight, now numbers only II
| men.
The rebel General Johnston, of Hills corps,
| was killed yesterday.
| The Second corps has lost ], 800 killed, 1000
| wounded, and 1 400 missing.
| The Fifth corps has lost 1900 killed, 1850
wounded, and 300 missing.
| The Sixth corps has lost 1000 killed, G, 900
| wounded, and 200 missing.
The total loss of these three corps amount
| to q, 500.
Gen. Burnsides losses are in nearly the same
| proportion.
Ten wagon loads of Sanitary goods reached
| Fredericksburg to day, and more will follow
when transportation can be obtained.
The Indiana State Agent has fed over 10, 900
persons, gratuitously, at Belle Plaine, and con-
| tnues the charitable work.
PHILADELPHIA, May ia special to the
| Evening Telegraph says squadron of the 65th
New York regiment who were captured with
600 others in the third days fight and subse-
| quently parOled, came into our lines on Satur-
day with the body of Gen. Wadsworth, which
had been inferred by order of Gen. Lee in q
| neat coffin.
| Our informant also saw General Longstreet.
He is wounded in his collar bone. The wound
was not mortal, but would incapacitate him
| for active duty for some time.
| Gen. j. E. B. Stuart was not down at Rich
| mond at the time Gen. Sheridan was near there
but is now in General Lees army unhurt.
| The rebel loss is tremendous, but there is no
lines are well supplied by lines of interior
works, and more are being constructed.
| Gen. Lee has not been wounded, as the sur
| geon saw and talked with him on Friday when
| he gave him permission to take the body of
Gen. Wadsworth. He is of the opinion that
the rebels will yet make desperate resistance
He says their pr1Vatl0nS only seem to exas-
| perate them, and that they are kept up by the
hopes and idea of exhausting and compelling
us to abandon the contest.
Gen. Crawford, who was cut off from his
command of Pennsylvania Reserves last week,
and supposed to be prisoner, is reported to
have rejoined the Reserves.
Four more boat loads of wounded have ar
rived here this morning from Aqua Creek.
Some Ohio militia arrived by the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad to-day, making fine appearance.
NEW YORK, May ia mass State Con-
vention has been called at Beaufort, South
Carolina, for the 18th of May, to select dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention. A similar
movement is reported on foot in Florida.
The armed steam transport Harriet Weed,
was blown up by the explosion of two torpe-
does at once, on st. John River, Florida. The
second engineer, cabin boy, and one Of the
crew were killed. A large number of other
persons were wOunded-sOme severely.
The steamer Plato got aground in Savannah
River, when large steamer, supposed to be
ram, came down from the direction of Savan-
nah, but returned after accommodating.
The Fulton reports that when off Charleston
bar on the 18th general engagement was GO
ing on between our fleet under Dahlgren and
the rebel forts and batteries on James and
Sullivan's Islands, Fort Moultrie and battery
Simkins on James Island.
The contest was spirited and seemed as great
as has TRANSFERRED since last autumn.
The Fulton chased blockade runner, bound
out from Wilmington on the morning of the
10Th, five and half hours and then aban-
doned it.
The sum of one million dollars was handed
over to the Sanitary Commission by the Chair
man of the Metropolitan Fair Finance Com
mittee as the first installment of the results of
the Fair.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says
person from Richmond the 9Th says the
streets were full of people specializing on Lees
retreat but seemed confident of the for tifca.
lions about Richmond.
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