Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-13

was also badly damaged and bad to be towed
to New Orleans.
The enemy attacked Greenville. q small
town opposite Alexandra, bat were driven
back by the gunboats. They have driven in
the picksts at both places several times. The
Federal force ct Alexandra il reported 49,.
! 900 strong. The rebel force is quite Is
strong under Kirby Smith, Magruder, Tay.
lor and others.
The Cloud reports that . flag of truce, with
. demand to surrender Alexandria, WIS sent
to Banks the day the boat left that place, but
with what result il is not known.
The steamer Gen. Grant, arrived at Men,
phis, reports having learned ut Pine Bluff
that Steele, with his whole force, had arrived
at Little Rock, still followed by the enemy,
and had lost all his wagon trains and the
greater part of his artillery No fears of at.
tack on Little Rock were entertained, it be.
ing strongly fortified. ga ta e'.
The wounded were being brought to Pine
Bluff, which is also fortified and considered
impregnable against any force the enemy can
bring against it.
The alarm which existed at different points
along the river few days since has general.
ly subsidized tt..I re-
A Gamer from Memphis has arrived with
one day later dates. She has 264 bales Of
cotton for St. Louis. The 1st Iowa Cavalry,
from Little Rock, 5th was on board, en- route
home on furlough. They confirm former &C
counts Of Steeles trains and artillery being
lost. Our loss in killed and wounded is esti
mated at 1000. The greater portion Of the
36th Iowa, nth Ohio and SD Illinois was
taken prisoners Lieut. Col. Drake, Seth
Iowa, was severely wounded.
WASHINGTON, May 9.
The National Republican has an extra that
official dispatches announce our complete VIC
tory over Lee, and that the rebel army is re-
treating in the direction Of Spottsylvania. -
Grant is pursuing. ..... ......, .,,
Gen. Wadsworth, Of New York, is killed {;
also the rebel Generals Jones and Jenkins,
and Generals Pickett and Hunter wounded.
Gen. Butler has whipped Beauregard and
cut the Petersburg Railroad.
New YORK, May Q.
A despatch dated Washington 9th, 1O:45
A. NJ, to Gen. Dix, says: 1--WE have intel
ligcnce this morning. by scouts direct from
the army as late as Saturday evening, but
not official reports. The general results may
be stated as o success to our arms. .
"The fighting on Friday was tho mos. des'
perae known in modern times.
Seen. Wadsworth was killed by ball in
the forehead, while leading his troops against
one of the enemy's strongest position.
"Gen. Webb was wounded.
'The condition Of our army is admirable.
Sat the latest accounts Gen. Hancock was
pushing forward rapidly by the left, for Spott'
sy lvania, and yesterday heavy cannonnad:ng
was heard at Acquia Creek, from that direc'
ton.
"We lost some prisoners. One regiment
Of Pennsylvania Reserves charged on the en-
envy, but were unable to get back. and most
of them were captured. We have taken
large numbers Of prisoners supposed to be
more than we lost. Artillery was not used
in either of the two last days fights.
General Sherman was heard from last
night. He would attack the rebels to-day"
WASHINGTON, May 9-1l:30 A. NJ.
| To General Dix: s.t
This Department has just received from
General Butler the official report of General
Lees (rebeD operations Of Friday. He says
his loss in killed is not large. but he has
many wounded, and states our forces attack
ed them and ca used some confusion. He
grieves to announce that Longstreet was
severely wounded. General Jenkins killed and
General Pegram badly wounded, on Thurs.
day. He thanks merciful God tina: every
advance of Grant has been 'repulsed.