, 1864-05-22
T.. iFrou Our Regular Corrcspondent.1
: WASHINGTON, May IS, 1914.

nnt a. slated In MT last. been driven acro.3 tho
70. 1t arpesra tha, oc Thursday Of last week,
after the capture Of the. kcy cf bis position by
Gen. Hancock, Leo maae desperate effort to re-
take il and the guns he Lad lost. and suceoedcd
rcEards the position and portion Of the guns
This enabled him to bold his origipA. line, and ae-
counts for tho fact that he IL still upon that eide
Of the s1vcr. In the meantime Grnnt Is receiving
large rei1fozceDeuts; Int the etate OF the roada
such that it Is a1mozt impossible to move srtiliory
from cne point to n othtr, which would make
general sdvancc on uur part extra hazardous, the
e1euy having I'll his Ruus IN selected positions,
In points IA yet unknown to Is, and only to be
discovered ty drawing their fsc: learn th1s the
roads between Belle Pla'n and The army, dis
dititp. 1Ee wagons sink In the mrd up TO
the a1lcs,, and six mule tesm can
% h1 sin .ss's IL 'Sg only @
ncct snt,aird tic placing Of the army short Ia
ttGne. large number OF the wounded at tbs latest
datts wire still on tue fe1d, between Freacslcks-
burg and were tndestnt, 10 some instances, eyen
for want Of 1ood. learn in this copncctio~ that
ueorEc 4. stuart, Esq, President Of The U. s.
CErisslan Commission. accompanied BY Dtshop
Ncilraine OF ohio, has gone to 1he battle field On
3 tour Of inspection. md 10 aErangc lor enlarEi0g
the eptcrc ol orcrations Of the commi!sion- The
Gemnsston aas w. nsE @ g;eF % tTo hgatcd na th'ity
ping tWo hundred boxes Of supplies daily. And
Jet, II Is Sid be.s ii sill much suffering among
The EG4f, W0t1ued men. ALI tQo36 bfQnt,nt to the
hoEpttais in this city. Alexandra and baltimore,
have been well provided for.
4 gentleman from the front, guest Of General
Gfant e,atsa ihst her r. woud probably oe battle
raine, and think other cznRca have couAp!red 10
render it doubtful Hhethsr our General Is rs yet
There iaieE causes take 70 bo the defeat Of Gen.
sgcl In The valley nna the Ee2ultc Of Gcns Bnttcr
and Smith below Etchmond. Gen. Grants plans
doubt included the active cooperation Of both
these armies. Bssics there, 1cpulses OF tho other
branches III the expedition MGst necessarily delay
tne advance Of the main portion; thar 10, anlcss
Gen. Grant Is satisfied that Lee hns been 80 shaken
a1o weakened that he cannot successfully resist
another general attack. Il Is also a Question
whether Lee cAnuot now be reinforced by The rebel
and Bn1ser. Tive days since tho Richmond press
stated at the damage done 10 railroads. By Sher
idan had been repaired. and that communication
With Lee had been agatn established. This Would
enable tho lktter to Receive ret1fofremcnts from
md through Richmond .eany are g. 10 b I'D II thss
Sigel took place on Sunday Lat at Woodstock.
From that placc to 6tAnntou IL forty miles by
wagon road and from Staunton to the Virginia Cen
army. eothst i Breekin1idxe 50 desired, he might
BY thss have rclnfurced Lee with y least portion
e1 his army Lts pGobah!e, howcxer, tha: no w'Il
ni,nself desired his aid foS the purpose Of oen
stye movement upon Grant, which consider
highly imptobable. The general opinion IN Grants
enueEchn snts, and that the decisive battle viii DO
fought at E.ptt*y.yantu Those hpldtny kaig ou,n.
len also thtak that Ger. Grani's army should be
forces. But At the same tine, 1t must oe recol~
lectee that the rebels in the mtan tIme coald, with
greater eclety renfoFoe Leg by the addition Of the
The telegraph dispatches sent all orcr tnc coun-
til by ntHslnl er rcportsta hero and at the 'front.'
some Of whom took their Views second and third
hand, and most Of WhO1n allowed tbelt imx-iua.
tons to run away With their Judgment, hare done
much harm, In the Way OF cxclnns false hopes and
Islse ideas teepeetipg the Positions aud condition
as the real i4cts OF the ease beeouc lallJ known
These facta mrs as | wrote you In my last letter,
ie VI. 'as R1 L
mile or ia this side Of SpottsylvaI{a Court Hoasc
while Lse holda the position to which be rcured
1s G.n es.e Of base II
made this movement Of Lee absolutely necessary.
nnlcss be meant to allow Grant 10 flank him on hla
.efsburg and M,huona :reilroad. Il viii also bo
uoi!e6 that Gen: Grsnt still csntlnues to mosc to-
wards biz rant'sl len for the purpose Of eainlng
In my previous letter ,)en the RappahsnnocE, and
TO which base nll the transports, long einca prs.
pared and In waiting at various points along tho
nnds tho land cnsriage from Beuo Plain to
Spotteylyanla sery buruenrome to him.,
Observation-Disclosures TRxIT1,
The revenue bill md National Bank Bill are re,
sarions Important points IL the Senate and hss u
x0nc beck 10 the Houec. The Senate committee
ate alto etill 1t Hork on the revenue b,l. and j
unoesetcnd have made important amendments
The truth Is the last battles have almost put stop
20 legislation rendering members really unit
dtfpassionatc review Of the various tntasesss to
venue properttonate to tbs needs OF the Govern,
mtnt- At the present rAte Of progress Congress
WI, tceiy adioqra betore July, and il en- acstce
y then do so without leaving Erc1t deal of ne
cesaary l-gislat on Imperfected.
III. Gi;ah Ward, Of New York, III the House,
yesterday. made ve1r senefb1e SPEECH upon tho
subject u The Reciprocity Treaty. He said that
aside from he waz, none was more important than
out commercial! relations with the canadas. Taey
contain population mn7G numcrous than all tho
nee tnhahitants OF the untted States were In 17l
several years aftef the Revolutionary War had ter
minated III pence. Their Territory Is capable OF
supporting population largcr than ours now IL,
ftr comnctcs With Canads alone has, for the last
n.c year., been larger shan with any other conn-
tIy, e1ccpt5n. ony England, Franco and Cnha.
Can there, said Iii. W1rd. be any doubt that It Is
more reasonable to attempt bY negotiation tho
removal ol any objectionable features which may
have arisen In connection with the existing treaty
than to dirtotb the industry snd investments of
Indirectly engaged In 1hia Under
He ahowcd that the balanca Of trade with the
Canadas IL not against uF, as via supposed, but
that during Tho opesstion of tho treaty It had been
TX, Gs3 In our favor. The exports Of 1868 In.
c1ude .1eo IN gold coin. hnt ~ m Offset Il
chanplain alonoi NJ. Ward advocated TIC ap
poinsEncnt Of Commissioners By both sides to con
eult carefully n the courre most conducive to
our mutual benefit, before anything ts doue to dis.
tufb the present status of the commerce between
The TWO countz1es. +.