The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-24
DELAYED DISPATCHES.

COFFICIAL BULLETIN.J -'
WAR DEPARTMENT., WAsIIINoroN,l
-. .. March ID, 1866. :
To MAJ. Gen. Diz, New York:
The following dispatches have been re-
ceiyed by this department; 2, 4. -, "a.
(Signed) E. NJ. STANTON
Secretary of War.
HRApo'Rs ARMIES OF THE UNITED SrArEs,(
Crit PoINT, Va, March Is.
To Hon. E. II. Stanton, Secretary of WT:
The following has just been received:
''WIsR's Fork, March 10.
Gen. y. s. Grant, City Point:
The enemy made heavy attack upon our
center and left to-day, but was decisively re-
pulsed with heavy loss. His dead and badly
wounded were left upon the field. We also
took several hundred prisoners. Our loss is
small
''Gen. Couch is only twelve miles from here
tonight and will be up early in the morning.
We took prisoners from Lees and Stewards
corps. They say two corps are here, and the
rest of Johnston's army is coming.
(Signed) ~. NJ. SCHOFIELD,
major General"
CITY POINT, Va, March 13-p.M
To Hon. E.. M. Stanton:
The following items are taken from to-day s
Richmond papers:
1--WE have some good news this morning
news of victory in South Carolina. 1t is an
nounced in the following official dispatch from
General Lee. Though the dispatch is rather
deficient in its particulars, yet enough is given
to show that General Fitzpatrick was badly
worsted:
HEADQUARTERS, &C., March 10.
Hon. j. C. breckenridge, Secretary of Var:
Gen Hampton attacked Gen. Fitzpatrick at
tckxt mo md
his camp, taking his guns, wagons, many
horses, several hundred prisoners, and relieV-
ing great number Of our own men, who had
been captured. The guns and wagons could
not be brought off for want of horses. Many
Of the enemy were killed and wounded. Our
loss is not heavy. Lieut. Colonel J. 8. King
was killed. Brigadier General Home, Colonies
Kugan and Morrison and Majors Davis and
Ferguson and others were wounded.
(Signed) "R. e. LEE, General.
It win be observed that the locality of the
fight Is not named in the dispatch. This is for
prudential reasons. Sherman has no commu-
nications with the North, and it would be i'm
prudent to publish where he was, as it would
be giving news to Grant of his progress. Mat
tiers are beginning to look decidedly better fol-
us in the South. In the last two days we have
had news of two victories. one 10 North Caro-
lima and one in North Carolina and one IN
South Carolina. We alluded in our late issue
to movement that was being made for the
purpose of recapturing our prisoners who were
taken from Early in the recent fight neal
Waynesboro, and who are being conducted
under guard to Winchester. The following
official dispatch tells of it:
HEADQUARTERS &c, March 9
Hon. J. C. breckenridge, Secretary of War:
.'Gen. Rosser reports that on the 9th. with
q few of his men. he attacked the enemy nea
Harrisonburg. who were guarding the prison
ers taken at Waynesboro, and captured few
of the prisoners. On the morning Of the I'll
he again attacked them near Reeds Hill, de
tanning them for day and night at the river
causing them to retire in haste, abandoning tn
only piece of artillery they had and their am
balances He annoyed them o good deal anl
enabled good many of our men to escape.
"R. E. LEE"
The Northern papers claim that they hav
captured about one thousand prisoners in tn
fght-one eighth of them cavalry-and repor
that most of this number had reached Win
! chester.
"The Southern Express Company's mes
senger from Augusta, Georgia, brings advice