Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-05-18

portant cooperative movement upon Rich
mond. Having landed few troops al
, West Point. head of York river, and mad,
preparations as if about to advance on the
Chickahominy route to Richmond, the
troops were secretly embarked at York.
town and Fortress Monroe and taken UP
the James to City Point, where they land
ed and established themselves on the pc.
ninsula of Bermuda Hundred, between the
James and Appomatox rivers. At the
same time cavalry force under General
Kaunzt sailed out from Norfolk and
struck the railroad south Of Petersburg,
destroying an important bridge and doing
damage that must at least temporarily en-
barrass and delay rebel movements. Gen.
Bntler reports that Beauregard's corps
was thus cut asunder. and that part of
it was left south of the gap made in the
railroad, but this does not seem to be def
initely ascertained, and if it were so it is
not likely it would be delayed more than
day or two in getting around the breach
The force landed at Bermuda Hundred
made reconnaissance towards Richmond
and destroyed portion of the railroad
between that city and Petersburg. On
Monday last there was seveve battle
somewhere near Petersburg with portion
of Beauregards troops in which General
Butler claims decided victory. The
fruit Of it does not seem to have been re.
allied as yet. either in the capture of Pc
tersburg or an advance upon Richmond,
and the continued silence in that quarter
begins to be ominous. In the movement
up the James we lost three guuboats: the
Commodore Jones destroyed by rebel
torpedo, the Shawsheeu by shot explod-
ing in her boiler, and the Brewster by a
shot in her magazine The interruption
of the Petersburg railroad breaks but one
of the southern connections Of Richmond.
Tho railroad to and through Danvile
still remains intact, and there is no hint
of any attempt to get at it. and the ex-
petition sent from the Kanawha valley to
break the Tennessee road at or near
Lynchburg has not yet reported itself.
1t is eonjectured that General Buffers OBJ
ject is to draw the rebels at Richmond to
the south side of the river, and that he
will suddenly take his army across the
river again at the right moment and at.
tempt to get by quick marches between
Lee and Richmond That would be the
thing to do if possible. From the con-
tinuous silence in that quarter we. may
at least hope that some strategic move
ment is in progress.
THE CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Our armies in Georgia and Alabama
are in motion, but we know little as vet
of their performance On Tuesday Gen.
Meade informed his army in special Or
der that he had official information that
Gen. Sherman had whipped the enemy at
Tunnel Hill and Dalton, and that Johns
ton was retrea.ing. leaving his dead and
wounded in our hands. If such news has
been received at Washington it has not
been thence given to to the country. The
news was inspiriting to Meade's troops,
and perhaps that is the secret of its "of
ficial' origin. What seems to be true is
that Shcrman's army had passed Tunnel
Hill and was on Tuesday in front Of the !
enemy at Buzzard Roost Gap, where they
were strongly posted Sherman was
waiting for the balance of his force to
come up before making an assault. Gen.
McPbcrson's corps was engaged in a flank
and had got as far as Resaca,
where the rebels we're fortified at Snake
Creek Gap. Resaca is fifteen miles north
Of Dalton. and if Gen. Mcpherson sue
ceeds the enemy will be obliged to retire
from Sherman's front. Otherwise the
work to be done is difficult on account of
the nature of the country. which gives
every advantage to the defensive party.
In East Tennessee our troops have des-
troyed the railroad as far east as the vir-
GINA line, and Gen Scofeld is reported to
be moving down to the support of Sher-
man. A brigade Of Forrest rangers has