St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-05-12

place ut that hour, and Lee gave evil
dence Of being weakened and falling
back. =.
Our wounded are reported to be
$4,000, most of whom are at Freder-
icksburg; and SO thick that they lay on
ravcments. 1t is said there are De-
tween 1000 and 5000 rebels wounded
there also, who were left upon the
field. j.. ="
Fort Darling has been captured by
Gen. Butler. Butler is moving on to
Richmond on the south sde'or James
River. : 49,
Grant and Butler arc evidently rum
ming race for the capture of Rich
mond, and Grant is little ahead, aud
tho chances are thai he will be first to
enter it..
Gen. Seymour just from Florida, is
a prisoner. His brigade was out
'Aankcd and broke. Gen. Sedgwick
was shot in skirmish at Spottsylvania.
\ ball entered his eye killing him in
stantly. Gen. Wadsworth is killed
Gen. Lee says in a dispatch that
Longstreet was severely wounded, Gen.
jenkins killed and Gen. Pegram badly
wounded on Thursday. The rebel pa
pers cop6rm this and state that Gen.
Jennings was also wounded in the
shoulder:
1t is said that the rebels have a large
entrtncbcd depot Of supplies on the
North Anna line Of dotenses toward
which point Lee was directing his re-
treat. Grant in following him win. be
leaving his base ofSupp|;cs at so,nc dis
lance, but his men have rations for sew
cral days with them.
BEnMurA HuSpREu, Va, May 10,
Via Fortress Monroe.
Fighting commenced yesterday noon
and continued till night between Gen.
Heckman's brigade and several other
brigades under Gen. Smith.
Bcaurcgard commanded in person
during the fight.
Our forces drove tie enemy back
three miles nearly to Petersburg.
We hold the railroad between Rich
nond and Petersburg.
Gen. Kantz' cavalry succeeded in
destroying some portions Of the Peters
burg and Weldon IA .lroad at Hick'
Ford, and captured many rebel priso-
ners. -,
BALTIMORE, May 10:
\ Norfol < paper says Butler had a
brisk encounter with Beauregard near
Petersburg Saturday, and on Saturday,
and on Sunday assalled him with con-
siderable force and drove him 1t adds
Butt has the key of Richmond in his
hands. Rebel prisoners report that
Lee was wounded Friday.
! WAsn1xcrox, May 10
| A messenger from Spottsylvania C.
II. yesterday morning states that Han.
cock was compelled to retire on tic
Spottsylvania road until he was Joined
by Burnside, when he held his ground
On Sunday morning the battle was re:
ncwed, and We drove the rebels to the
20 river, and on the 9TH the whole reb
81 army vas retrcattng, and by night
had been driven ia every direction
THIS morning we put artillery into play
and when our messenger left heavy
cannonadinY was going on 1t was
believed that Cenelal Lee will make :
stand on the North Anna River. II
three days operations we captured ahou
5000 prisoners and lost about 1900
killed aid wounded aud prisoners
New foaK, May S.-Thc steamer
Western Metropolis, from Fortress
Monroe the TIN, reports that on the 5tl
inst. the LIST "and I'd regiments Of col
orea cavalry, under Col 'nel " est, made
a dash across the Chickaholniny river
and two companies dismounted ane
charged into the camp >oc the 4th Vir
ginia cavalry, killing thirty men ant
capturing thirty horses. The horse
we're Immediately mounted by tn
troops, who pursued the rebels to with
in ten miles of Richmond.