SANITARY FAIR. Mr. Brunot, Chairman of the Executive Committee, has issued a circular calling upon all employers arid other; toco-operate with the commitree in order to secure tor the Fair the proceeds of one day's labor, froiu every man.of whatever trade or oc cupation. in the territory embraced by the fair. By a little effort this desirable ob ject could be fully accomplished, aud we hope that every person who has the com fort and Welfare of our soldiers at heart will give their aid and influence to this end. For the convenience of those who will engage in soliciting such contribu tions, we publish.the circular below, in such a form that itcau be clipped out and pasted on a sheet of white paper: • HELP FOB TZEEIE SOULIER. We the undersigned, hereby give the WAG KS OF ONE DAY, or the SUMS SET OPPOSITE OUR NAMES, to the PITTSBURGH SANITARY FAIR,' for the SICK AND WOI'NDEI) SOLDIERS. [The name of the establishment, mine, profession, or trade, and the locality, will be here inserted.] Let the Proprietor, Manager. Bo >•. or patriotic man, paste or copy the above on white paper: get it signed by ail the men of the mill. mine, furnace, shop, boat yard, store, trade or occupation to which he belongs, or of the town in which he lives, and collect and transmit the amount to NATHANIEL HOLMES. Jr., Treasurer of the Fair, Pittsburg. . The receipt of the money will be duly acknowledged by letter and in the newspapers. • The sound of battle; the groans of our brothers and defenders} the memory of the glorious dead, and our hopes of success in the smuggle call on us to be prompt and generous. May God put it into the heart of every Christian and patriot to respond with his mite or his treasure. For the Executive Committee. FELIX R. BRUNOT, Chairman. The Indies of Chicago are making yig-1 orous efforts to make their contributions to our Fair worthy of thatgreat city. I n the Post wo find a card from Mrs. J. \ LeMoyne, chairman of the Chicago Com mittee, from which we make the following extract: If there are any ladies in the city who have not been notified of the effort that is being made to get up a contribu tion for the Pittsburgh Sanitary-Fair, and would be willing to aid, we take this means of telling them that we will be most happy to receive assistance either in work or by money. If it had been possi ble. all wouljj have been solicited person ally ; but the time was BO short that this could not be done, and we hope that all who saw or heard of the beautiful and substantial contribution that Chicago re ceived from Pittsbuegh at th«> time of the Chicago Fair, will be willing and anxious • to help us in our undertaking." It was the intention of the Executive Committee to hjvc President Lincoln make the address at the opening of the Fair. It will be seen by the following let ter, however, that the President will be unable to be present: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washingtoa <Tltj,*kpril 25th, 1865. Gentlemen: 1 fear it will not be possible for me to assist at the opening of your Fair, but my best wishes for you success will, of course, be with you. If the use of my name can ifrail anything for so good a purpose, it is entirely at your service. I am. very truly, your obd't servant. ' A. LINCOLN. Felix R- Brunot, Esq.. S. F. V. Bonn horst, Esq., Wm. D. M'Cowan. HANDSOME DONATIONS. —In the St. Louis papers Geo. P. Hall, Chairman of •tke Committee on " Iron and Steel. ' of the Great Western Fair, "returns profound thanks for the following named additional donations from the large-hearted manufac turers of Pittsburgh, advices of which have just been received by him. Boyd A CO. (NAITD of their own lU.inufoctwjf i thirty sawjdates—aborted tool*,ciwt uteol —valued at - - -s£•<£> 00 linger, Nimlck k Co. (wild of their ou n manurac t lire) one caM-suel bruch-toadinir cannon, valued 1X..... —. 150 00 J'ark, Brother 1 Contend of own manufacture) flu-sorted tool*, caat-eteel, valued - 100 00 Making 00 which being added to contributions here tofore subscribed by Pittsburgh to the Iron and Steel Department of the Fair, make's the magnificent sum of about $4,000. " It is proper to add that handsome con tributions have been received from other committes—for example, on Glass, Drugs, etc.—so that Pittsburg is well worthy of our best thanks and grateful renjemberan ces for Wge liberality." We are pleased to note these evidences of liberality on the part of our manufac turers as faint of their prospective, contributions to our own fair PITTSRUROH SANITARY COMMITTEE —A meeting of the Pittsburgh Sanitary' Committee was held at their rooms, No. 59 Fourth street, on Tuesday afternoon The President, Thomas Bake well. E«q.. was requested to tender the sejgjjjces of a liirjjc number ol' Stirgeonsaud nUrses,whrt had volunteered to pruceei at ouee to the army in Virginia, to attend to the sick and wounied Soldiers. The following jlispatch was forwarded to (ion. •). K. Moorhead, in Washington City, and a reply it expected 1 this morning, w hen tlio Committee will | again meet to select the required number j from the volunteers: " Hon. J. I\. Moorhead, Washington : j How uihiiv Surgeon* and uiale nurses | shall we send to assist in relieving the 1 wants of the wounded. TIIOS. TS.VKF.WFXL." j The committee also sent on a check for 1 several thousand dollars to Gen. Moor- I head, to be used by the Pennsylvania Sol- j diers' .Relief Association. A large Block i of supplies are also being shipped to l't. I Monroe, AVashington and the Western I Department. As the demand for supp'ies are very j pressing at this time, the committee again j call upon our citizens for contributions of j sanitary stores, and we havo no doubt that | the appeal will tie responded to with usual liberality. j The following are the subscriptions by j the Banks, and Banking Associations of! Pittsburgh to the Sanitary Fair, up to Sat urday, May 7 inclusive: Exchange Bank, 82,000 Bank of Pittsburgh, 1,000 Mechanics' Bank, -50 First National Bank, 1,000 Iron City Bank. Second National Bank, 500 German Trust and Savings Bank. -50 Farmers' Deposit Banking Co, 500 Union Banking Co. \ Mechanics' & Manufacturers' Bk.. 1,000 Third National Bank, 250 Allegheny Bank, 1,000 Citizens' Bank. 1,000 Sanitary Committee. We dropped into the rooms of the Pan- i itarv Committceon Fourth street, on Wed nesdav. and were astonished to see the ex- 1 tensiv'e operations that were going on.— There wj a small/.irmy of some '■! our most delicate and most accomplished la dies at work with a will, llerc one was | eommanding a brigade of bottles; there, j another was manoeuvring a regiment of j jars, filled with delicacies and cordials for ! i.nr wounded soldiers; while others all \ round the room, were packing lint, band- ] ages, shirts, socks, and, in short, every thing necessary for the comfort of the j brave tnen who have been maimed in the ! recent, or may be in the impending bat- j iles. Few, comparatively, of our citizens • know thcamountof gratuitous laborvvhieh j t has been performed by these self-denying ' 1 ladies in behalf of our armfts. There j ! they are toiling night and day, and when j not working in the rooms they are plying | ! the needle wifh earnest vigor in their own houses. It would be well for our citizens j to drop into the rooms occasionally and : see the extent of the work that is being j ■performed, and the material needed. It would give -h impetus to their zeal j in behalf of thoapproacliing Fair.— /'ills, j Gazetfp. ' A word lo tlie People. Itsliould be.borne in mind that Gen: Grant's advantages in Virginia have noi i been gained without a very great loss of men. The rebels realizing that their all was hazarded on the military operations of j this year, it was to be expected that they would fight with a desperation never be fore equalled. The large number of cas ualties already reported sufficiently attest that the lighting has been of the most ter rific character. Although the rebels are being stubbornly pressed backward by our advancing legions, we must expect much more hard fighting aud still greater losses before lliehmoud becomes ours. These .thoughts leave us to say thatUrant'sarmy should be immediately strengthened, so that our eventual suocess may be more certain. The President's last call for troops have not been wholly filled yet — our quota has not been fully made up. — Our people, in view of the present exi gency, should immediately renew their ef forts to place in the field the number of volunteers required of them. It is bet ter it should be done by volunteering than by drafting. To the young men we would say, now is the time to contribute to the last efforts needed to crush out this wick ed Rebellion, and to aid in restoring the supremacy of the Constitution and the ►laws over the whole country. The dead upon the battle-field,the wounded the dying in the hospitals, plead for Ton to supply their places in the Union armies. Enlist at once, and a grateful country will reward you and history record your dar ing.—Pitts. Com. ( lii-islism t'omiiiisMiou Fund. The noble and liberal subscriptions to the funds of the United States Christian Commission is daily increased by the free-will offerings ol! our citizens. , The Treasurer reports the following subscription* received yesterday: ChristiftiitinßmtfeM'ita of -Uulie*' Aid Society of Waahlngfcm. ra, s3flo: Allegheny township, Wm. If. Kw-vrli 2W Wen tin oreland co. Pa. 80 Whitniore.WoHi>.uff4iiC©'J«N»|Mr*. J«n« Mngee 'Jo ('apt. .J. Mr Harton BW Mm. ft. O. Coffee 20 I lava k Stewart.. lUO James Murdoch... 10 W. G. Johnston A Co 100 Mrs. W. Wendloss 5 J. J. Siebeneck W) Oli«en«ofNcwCa»tlePa 7 A. 6.'> Mi** Mi11er...—........... 5 Hunter <>rr Cat»h....... 10 I n lon R»-iief Association..4ui . U.J. 5* 251 112 1,379 J. M. Knnp.... ......24); Previously acknowledged 27,120 The Treasurer »lw> acknowledges the j receipt of a very lady s dress ing ease, containing two valuable gold rings and a purge of silver. The draft for SIO,OOO was forwarded to Geo. If. Stewart lagtevening. Contribu tions w ill still be received by the Treas urer, Joseph Albrec, No. 71 Wood street, A dnrd. 11EA DQI'A r.TERS PITTSULEOH SaNITAHY FAIE. CAPT. WILLIAJfB: Dear Sir —The Executive Committee accept with pleasure your generous. offer to exhibit your panorama of a Whalu A oyage for one week, giving the net proceeds to the Sanitary P;dr. The undersigned. hav ing seen it, recommend it cordially to all our friends who wish to enjoy a very pleasant and profitable evening's enter tainment. We will certainly return with our respective families. (Sigued.) Felix R.JBrunot. B. F.Jones, Jas J. Bennett, Nathl. Homes, Jno. W. Cbalfaut, Janus O'Connor. she C'ithtr.. •* \ I THOMAS ROBINSONt } TMitr.™ i CYRUS E. ANDEKSON, j LQKOra ' 91. W. SPK.iK, Publisher. BUTL.EK PA. 112 ■ ,M I, ~0.1 11,1 ». M., IVl.l».\i:Sl»AY MAY IH. I*ol.- i Llfctfrfy end Union. Now end Forever, One end 'naeparable."—O. WeJiater. FOB PRKBWENT IN 1*61: Altlt A 11.171 LIX( OL\. Presidential Electee*. •KX ATORIAI.. Morton M'Michael. Philadelphia. T'uomai 11. Cunningham, Becker count*. EKPEH'IKMT A7IVE#. 113 Kilns W. Halt, 14 Chfirle* 11. Bhrlnw, ; ;(j John Wis ter. Hi DAY id M'Conftvghy, ' !17 Imvid W. Wood, 113 IMAC netwoii, 4 119 John P.itton. 120 Samuel B. Dirk, 21 Ererurd r.lerer, 122 John F Pernio?. '23 Kl-. ur/-T M'Jiinkln. . J-i John Sv. liUncharil. 1 pohert P. King. 2 (100. Morrison t'uatea, 3 Ilenrv Bnmm, 4 William II K»rn, b Barton 11. Jenks, 6 Chnrlea M. Bunk, 7 Robert Parker, 8 Aaron Mull, ft .l«ihn A. Ilit-tand, 10 Hichard 11. C.irvell, 11 E'lward Ilollidar, 12 ('harles K. Reed*, UNION REPUBLICAN I rniii A at v TIOMS AND trnni mi nwnm. At a meeting of the Union Republican . I Count* Committee held in Butler, 011 Monday, tlse Irtthinst. it was Resolved. That the Union Rejm/'tlieefii \ voters of Butler county, ami all other i Union citizens who desire to unite with«j them in sustaining the National and State Administrations in their patriotic efforts to suppress the vnhoh/ rebellion, and to Blip ' port by every means of the Government,! i our hi 'roir I,others and friends now in the I field, are hereby nequCjted to meet in their j | respective election districts throughout i the countj', on >SATL HI'AY. THE 11th j OF .J I'M i coming, between the hours of "n» and six o'clock. I*. M., of sai<l day. : and vote by balhit for the candidates for | i the nomination for the different offices to j | be filled at the fall election, to wit: One person for Congress. < I Two persons Jor Assembly. One person for County Commissioner.' One person for County Auditor. * | and further, to select one of their number j J in each district as a RETURN JUDGE, or J ! DELEGATE, to convey said vote, and meet j j with similar delegates on the following j .Monday, at 1 o'clock, p. m , in ti# Arhi- j | trillion room, in the Coih-t House , for the i | purpose of castilig up said votes, and de- | I daring the nominees, and to take such I further measures as the imperiled con dition of our beloved country may then seem to require. .TAMES MITCHELL, Clnn'n.pro. tem. 11. C. Graham, Sec'y. IM-imury I'.lccl ions. In to-day's paper will be found the action taken by the Union Republican county committee, with regard to the Primary elections and county convention. While ! our brave army is doing its duty nobly in j j the field, in beating back and conquering ; ! armed rebellion against our government, j | let their friends and the supporters of the i j government at home, do their duty, by | attending the Primary Elections, and by j j their action place in nomination, good, , j true and reliable t nion nun for the dif-. i fcrent offices of trust and profit that are to | be filled at the approaching election. I*il(s!im'i;li Nnntliirj' Fair. It is to be hoped that the good and pa | triotic people of Butlpr county, are doing i their duty in the good work of raising i funds for the relief of the sick and wound led in our brave army. Thousands of the ! defenders of our Govcrnmcntand country ; arc now suffering from fatigue, sickness. , and wounds contracted and received in I fighting against the enemies of civil and I religious liberty. It is the imperative duty of every indi -1 vidual to contribute liberally for the purpose ! of alleviating the sufferings of the wound |ed and sick in the Union army. Persons who are acting in the capacity of eonimit- I tees should wait upon the people and re | ceive tlieii contributions. Many of the I brave men from our own county are now ! suffering from wounds received in the late ' battles, and call loudly on us to do our duty. Will'we not respond to tliis call? , The first of June will soon be at hand; let all work in this good cause; work faith -1 fully, energetically and contribute liber ally. ralcnt j our I.aml! ] 112 any of our citizens have pot yet ta ken out patents for their land, we would direct their attention to the fact that they must do so before the first of November I coining, else interest will be added to the j principal. We understand the late Leg | islaturecontinued in force until that time, : the law that enables pateuts in this sec ! tion of the state to be lifted by paying I the principal, twenty dollars to the hun | died acres, and if not taken out by that ; time, interest will be charged from the : date of the improvement made on all such lands. It has been a good, law for many j a poor man, and we hope the few remain ing patents that are to be taken out in i this county, will be lifted before the first ■ of November next, as tho law will likely i never be revived again. Our Rcpreseu : tatives inform us it was with difficulty tho law was continued to that time, and ' that there is no reason to hope for its fu j ture revival after that time. It thus be comes a matter of importance to all inter j ested to take out their patents before the ' first of November. 1 A«IJ on r n mcnt of tlio Lfs;i slut uro • The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourn ijt noun on Thursday, to nieetagai# on i lie 23d flf-August next to receive the re turns of the special eiection to bo held on the 2d of Augujt. The following ar6 lie believed to be the most important pub measure d!sj"o ; pdof du-insrthe sessions: 1. The Mjhtia bill, organizing all able bodied men iiwlie State, who are between the ages of twenty and forty-five, into a militia force, tub called out in case of insurrection or iuva.-i -n. w ..- p-is.-cd. We have already published the provisions uf this important and much needed measure. The bill, wo understand, was modeled af i ter the militia laws of New York and | Massachusetts. A fine of fifty dollars is | imposed for refusal to attend a "militia I muster." Tlio disposition of the N'ational grant of land to aid in the establishment of agricultural colleges, popularly known as •land scrip," was postponed indefinitely. it. The proposition to revise the reve nue laws of tha State, so as to provide a better system than that now in force for the assessment and collection of taxes, fell to the ground. We are glad that it did. Ag ' o-l bill, abolishing the present tax system of the State, and substituting a better one, is urgently needed, but this Legislature would not. Fn its haste, have given it to us had it made the attempt.— A committee of seven members of the House was, however, appointed to exam ine and report the.subject at the ad journed session Home good may come out of the committee. Dr. Reed, of Washington, is the chairman. 4. The bill relating to land patents, in troduced by Representative Ncgley. oT Butler, was passed. It extends the time ; in which patents on lands may be taken out at old rates until the first day of No* vtmber noxt. Alter that date the expen ses w ill be increased to at least three times the amount. 5. The bill revoking tho charter of the Connellsvillc Railroad Company has pass ed as was likewise the twin measure grant ing a charter to the Southern Pennsylva i oi.i Railroad Company, empowering it to construct a road from Connellsvillc to the Maryland State lino and other points east. 7. The passage of tho Appropriation bill, which divides the State for the next seven years into Senatorial and Represent ative districts, and #hich has been alrea ' published in these columns. ' 7. The ,-doptlon of lhe the Constitution allowingsoldiers to vote. —Pitts. G<v:ntle. The Fair Dro-scs and ItiulßO I *. 'J lie dresses of all the ladies forming the I Committees in attendance at the Sanitary j l'air will bo uniform, thus adding materi i ally to the attractiveness of the exhibition, and serving to systemize the operations of the various departments and prevent | confusion. Each member of all the dif j fcrent Committees will wear black dross ! skirts, with white or black waists, white I aprons and white caps. The badges distinguishing the members of the respective Committees will be as | follows: Executive Committee—Star of red, white and blue ribbon. fining Room Committee—Hash of blue ribbon Bazaar Committee—Sash of red ribbon. Post-office Committee—Sash of red rib bo A.' Floral Conimittc—Sash of green rib bon. Art Committee—Sash of purplcribbon. Old Curiosity Shop Committee—Sash of white ribbon Mrs. Cust has been appointed Chair ; man of the Bazuar Committee, Mrs. l'ax- I ton having resigned, j Mrs. J Sell and Mrs. Wijkins have i charge of the Children's Play J louse, in | ihe Bazaar. This Play House will bo I large enough toadmit six or eight children I at one time in its commodious and cle ' gant apartments, and here they will not i only have the opportunity of indulging 1 their taste in partaking of all manner of •good things, such as ice cream, cakes, can dies. liuits. etc.. but the little folks can | nurse baby dolls to their heart's content 112 while all manner of toys, games, etc.. will be furnished for the interest.and amuso luont of the boys. | 'I ho ladies composing the several com mittees are working incessantly, each dc • termincd to make theirscveral departments i a« full, attractive and interesting as possi ! blc, and their efforts are being crowned with the most flattering success. S ANCIENT IUISPITAMTY. —It was once ; the universal custom to place ale or some I strong liquor hi the chamber of an honor ! Ed guest, to assuage his thirst, should, he feel any on awakening in the night, which, | considering that the hospitality of that 1 period often reached success, was by no i means unlikely. It ir. a current story in Teviotdule. that in the bouse of an ancient family of dis tinction, much addicted to the Presbyte rian cause, a Bible wag always put into the sleeping apartment of the guests, along with a buttle of strong ale. On »ue occasion there wasa meeting of clergymen in tho vicinity t>f the castle, all of whom were invited to dinner by the worthy bar onet. and several abode there that night. According to the fashion of the times, seven of the reverend*guests were alotted to one large barrack-room, which was used on such occasions of extended hospitality. Tho butler took care that the diviucs were presented, according to custom, each with aliible arid a bottle of ale. Butufter a little consultation among themselves, they are said to have re-called the domes tic just as he was leading the apartment. " My fricm>," said one of the venerable quests, "you nuist kno x that when we meet together, the youngest minister reads aloud a portion of Scripture to the rest; only one Rible. therefore, is necessary; takeaway the other six. and in their place bring six more bottles of wine." -WHO ARETIIK RKPCDIATOTIS ?— lt fin# become a common tliin<r w.th Democratic editors to speak of the I'nion party its u party of repudiation, because the i'enn sylvania Legislature resolved to pay the interest on our Ptate delit in legal tender notes instead •of' Gold. And yet theseed itors publish with approval the action of thirty-three Democratic members of Con gress, who voted the other day against rawing $800,000",000 jo taxation, and by that vote recorded t lionise Ives as oppotrd to paying our national debt. ; <|!«M liepilnlr Prices. A- the price of gold goes up. the price of everything else g«>es up, thcrafore gold is the cause of .liigk prices.: So say many men and not a few papers,having a repu tation for sense and experience. If gold were the inexorable cause and the true standard of values, its influence would be regular and universal. Is this the case? If this were so, breadstuff's would be first and most sensibly effected. 'lV> show (hat bretldstufis, flour and grain, wvfc not thus Lecu effected, 110 tabular statements or deep calculations are neces sary. It is the every day remark how flour has maintained itsevonness of price," and how cheap, in comparison with gold .and almost everything else, it h;ts contin ued. Ji' the assumption that gold is the regulator is correct, flour should have in creased in price as gold has increased; whereas, tlio fact is, the price of bread stuffs generally is not materially higher than wheugold bote a premium of only 10 per cent.' Now. until this can be satisfactorily ex plained, the assumption that the price of gold regulates theprieeof everything else, which is the idea that is confusing many minds, must be relinquished as unsound. Wo have seen a table showing the pri ces of certain leading articles for the past forty years, and the advance in those pri ces within that time, which has been about 100 per cent., but form causes quite in dependent of gold. Thus, from 1822 till IMI2 I'ork had advanced 00 per cent Codfish has advanced 150 per cent Flour has advanced 50 per cent < Vfi'ee has advanced 280 fier cent Tea has advauot I ,100 per cent Sugar has advanced 150 per cent Hides have advanced 100 per cent or on an average of about 1550 per cent., while the advance in gold with u that time did not exceed 20 per cent. Can these things be explained and made to square with tho assumption that gold regulates prices ? Com. Journal. JCfsyThc United States Christian Coin mission has ppnl forward to Brandy Sfa lion large quantities trf'hospital r.nd liat- 1 tlefield store.-', that they might he on hand whey tlie emergency called for them. The Commission sent a wagon loaded with bat tlefield .stores with eaeli corps of the ( Iram! Army of the Potomac, and over Ci ty delegates to distribute thcift and mill- ( i.ster personally to the wounded. 'These j wagons and delegates started "i®bc.march 1 with the army, have shared its sorrow? and its triumphs, md have, no doubt, by ' this {'me nearly exhausted their store--, and rendered ,"Owd service in assisting the | wounded and dyi.ng. On Monday seven- j teen additional left Washington : for the scene of action, and more have j gone forward since. Ju addition to the ' delegate's and stores with Gen. Meade',- ar- I n»y, the Commission has also a force with j • ion Butler. Altogether there arc about j one hundred delegates of the Commission I on the scene •!' action, more than half o'' j tlii'in having been with army from the time it began to move, it remans for the j people who remain at home to keep the iiands of these devoted men full of;»! man- j uer of stores suitable for a battle-field. The Commission will do all in its power to ' assist'in the care of the wounded who aie being brought to Fredericksburg*, and at ! all other points. Tt is gratifying to those j who have friends in the great cohflict now going on in Virginia, to learn that this noble agency have, the men on the j ground, ready to minister tothebrave boys j who have sacrificed everything for our country, BKKMLDA ]li;.MlM;i).—This locality! stands 111 danger of becoming famous a-, ] theplaoe wbele General Butler dates his dispatches. Though steamers goto with- , in'four miles of Richmond, it is the tcr- j minus of deep navigation in the James, and is three miles above City Point, which j is twelve miles from Petersburg. This i city is twenty-two miles .from Richmond, on the railroad that runs through We Idon, Raleigh, Columbia. Charleston to Savan nah, which is the great artery of supply | and communication of the Confederacy, i Taking Petersburg. General Butler will cut Lee's main reliance, to continue bat tle. and can move over pretty good ground directly to Manchester, opposite Rich mond, and the place would then beat his ! mercy. Or. making Petersburg, by mov- 1 iug to the right he could strike the rail- 1 road further north with the same result. | The Pr.st yesterday had an article ; on " General Blair's speech,' in which oc- . curred the following lamentation : '■ Here we have the Secretary of the ' j Treasury openly eharped with fraud, and ] that, too by one of the leading Republi- ( | cans of the country; and instead of the j i party in power in Congress undertaking | to inve-tigate the matter, they resort to all sorts of legislative tricks to stifle investi gation." Unless the telegraph lied the other day, the House of Representatives last week appointed a committee of itinr to investi gate Gen. Blair's charges against Secreta ry Chase. Gen. Garfield was reported to ; have moved the appointment of the com | inittec, and to have been subsequently ap- I pointed its chairman. So much for that i virtuouu outburst.-— Pitt*. Guz. LOUIHVII.LE, May 15.—8y order of Gep. Sherman no person not connected with the military is allowed to proceed I south of Nashville. Very I.utest XCMVS. WABHIMITON, May 16, p. iu.. 1864. Mnj. Gciu:rnl IJU: —We have dispatches - from Grant to 8 o'clock this morning. lie I states that offensive operations have been i almost suspended until the roads become i passable, that the army is in the best of j spirits aud feels the fullest confidence iu | success. The two armies arc concentra ted on the main road from Frederieks | burg to Richmond. J TIIQ operations of Gen. Sherman yes- I terday and two days hard fighting forced | Johnston to evacuate Ressac. At midnight lagt night Gen. Shernufn's forces were.iu vigorous pursuit. No dispatches have been received from Gen. Butler to-day, At the latest report he was still against Fort Par j ling. I [Signed] K.M.STANTON. ' Seatetary of War. ,' • .53C^$. " • rhi K^fcg^B Oili'.iiil Irons tii'n. Iliillcr. AVAI! DF.p'T. WASHINGTON, May 14. Major <;■„. Di.r : 'i he following telegrams have justreacli cd this Dei artuient. tVcm General Cutler. Xo other official reportsliave been receiv ed since? my dispatch of Ill's afternoon: HAI.F-WAV Horsr, 8 A. M. llom. K. .1/. Si'in/<<n. A*' Trtni'i/ "t l»'i/'.* We lire still before the base oi' the enemy's works at Diury Dluffli and l'ort Darling—l lie enemy still in force. General Gilmore, by a flank movement with a portion of his corps and brigade of tho 18th Corps. assaulted and took the enemy's works on their right, at dusk last evening. ]t was gallantly done. HKADQ'us, HALF-WAT HOUSE, ) May I t. 10 o'clock a. m. ji. To Hon. A'. M. Stanton, Sicretury of H«r. Washington: General Smith carried the enemy's first line on the right nt 8 o'clocly this morning, the loss was small. Tho enemy have retired into three square redoubts, upon which we arc now bringing our ar tillery to bear with effect. [Signed.] B. F. ISUTI.kr, Maj. Gen. Commanding. npr.Mi ?I»A IfrsMirn,Mav in—4 A.M.) Via V OETRMS MOJWIOR, hly 14 / Rebel prisoners captured last night say that Leo admits a loss of 30,000 in killed, I wounded and missing. The Petersburg /iV/iVvr. of May 12th, (says:—General Walker, of Virginia, wns i wounded nt.Spoftsylvanin. losing one foot. The onewycet Uiuly fought with nerve and I desperation. Gen. Hays, of Lousiana, was wounded 1 vostcrdnv. Gen. L.Stafford, of Louisiana. ! died yesterday in Richmond. WILMINGTON, N. C. May 0. I ' The iron-clad Albecmarle engaged nine j of the enemy's gunboate, and sunk one. FokuCKKS MONROK, May 11. Nothing later from the front to-day. I'uß'inF-s MONROK, May 13. Largo snpplii - of commissary n rid mcd- I ic.il jitwesare being 112 >i warded «>> thr.)nines river, ure well represented. The friends ( of tho soldiers can rest assured that all is ; being done that cau I o for the c; mfort of the nun. We expect to hear if fighting from (lengrnl 11 utier's army by the next dispatch j boat, as the troops were under orders to 1 move early in the morning. • Wuriilrsii «n«l ItutScr Jaiqed. | WASHINGTON, May ll.—An official" j dispatch from the battle field at Spottsyl i vauia, yesterday morning nt G:3O, states j that during the preceding nv/ht (Friday) j a Corps to our left, and an attack was to I have been made lit daylight, but no sound ! of battle hud been beard Ire m that quar j ter. This manoeuvre, if success, would place j our forces in Leo's rear,and compel him to ! retreat towar'd Lynchburg. Xo cannon or any soiwd of 1 >att!e was ! hoard yesterday at l!e!!c I'lain or J'redcr | icksburg, which affords ground for infer once thai Lee had retreated during the night, and before the advance of the f>th i and (ith corps. • ! Xotjiing later thfin !e3O a. m.yesterday j has been received from the army of this ; department. All the wounded that had j reacl:-Hl L'll« l'luiu yc 'er.i i;,* evening have arrived hero. The surgical report | from hcadq-uarters states that the condi tion of the supplies ia satisfactory. and j the founded are doing well. The Med ' ical L)i:u iui" at Cello I'lain reports that i everything at that point, is satisfactory.— | The surgical arrangements have never I been so complete as n >w. i General Sheridan's command had reach ed the loft b;:nk of Turkey Island at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and have form ed their junction with the force of Gen | liutlcr. [Signed,] K. M. STANTON. Secretary of War. W.Vi UI.NtiTOS.May 13.—Seerctasy Stan ton, in a dispatch to General 1 >ix. datcil this morning, confirms tho news of Han ; cock's suecass, and states that IJutler is be i sieging Fort Darling and that Kaufz had . I been seut to cut the Danville llailroad. PmtADEtPiUA. May I:.—The Ju 1 quirrr has several dispatches from Spotty ! i sylvania, dated May 1 lith. The last, da . . tuJ twelve o'clock, says there has been a I lull in the battle for the past half hour. ■ ! but the indications are that it will shortly I be renewed. Kverything seegis favors . j blc—all in good spirits. • j Our hisses in the past eight days have t ; been very heavy. Accounts vary from 1 18,(,'00 to 2">.0OO, but the contest having ■ been mo-tly in the woods, thousands may ; be lying there of whom no record ean be j made at present. Heavy firing is now heard on our left ■ flank. We advance, but h: I'd work is - i before us. It is thought that to-morrow > nifflit the funic will be up with the rebel.!. • ! 1:80 p. m.—We are authorized by the - i War Department to state that the ruiuoi I of the capitulation of Leo an-1 his army is untrue. This rumor has been circulated 112 j by the Independent Telegraph Line, and | was given currency to by the Philadel | phia Inquirer. The public will be officially notified of ■ all prominent events. WASHINGTON, May 13—0:30 p. M. — - General Dix: —The following- dispatch s from Mr. Dana has just been»received at j the War Department: i Spotttylvania, May 13—8 a. iii —Lee ■ abandoned his position during the night; [' whether to occupy a new one in the vi i eiuity, or to make a thorough retreat, is . . not determined. One division of \\ right's - and one of Hancock's are engaged in set tling this question, and at 7 a. in. had - C(sme upon his rear guard. Though our army is greatly fatigued from the enormous efforts ot yesterday, i the news of Lee's departure inspires the men with fresh energy. The whole force i 1 will'soon be in motion, but the heavy t rain of the last thirty-six hours renders . the roads very difficult for wagous and ■ 1 artillery. The proportion of tho severely w'oun -1 ded is greater than iu either of the three <1 ay- fighting. 'l'llis w:;S owing to the great use made of artillery.. (Signed) K. M. STANTON." WASHINGTON, May 13, (Wio p. in. — Mnjnr Gvnrral Die: —The Acting Sur gcuii General reports that out of 500 pa tients from tho recent battle field, admit ted into tho huspital, not oue require any surgical operations, and that he is of tho opinion that two-thirds of the whole num ber w united will be fit for service in thii ty days. Ni.W Yotut, May It.—-V ]VorlJ'»spe cial says: LLI.AI ijf vnTVitf ARMY POTOMAC,HAT TLI I'll L.D M:AH I-'PUTT^YI.VAMA, May I-' —H A. M. ) Our Army this morning is entirely en gaged in the fiercest of its battles and pressing onto victory, after the sanguina ry but generally luiuccessl'ul battle of Tuesday. The army during yesterday WHS coinp itativelv quiet, and a feeble de monstration against our r'._ht wing was repulsed; At 1:30 this morning Hancock attack ed the enemy fronting him. opening with a fierce cannonade and making resistless chnrsres against the very heart ol his posi tion. ( . The cannonade was replied towifh vig or and the charges of our men were as vigorously resisted, but the determination of the ' nset ovcrwhelmned everything. The troops rushed in on the rifle pits of the enemy bayoneting them in their work., cutting their lines and capturing on the first charge over three thousand men and several guns, including the greater por tion of the Stonewall brigade, belonging to the division commanded by Gen. Ned. John-nil. and forming part of Ewoll soorps. (Jen. Johnson himself was taken prison er. The assault continued till nearly a whole division of the corps was captured, and other troops, amounting to one thousand men. A dispatch was this moment received announcing the capture of 7000 prisoners and .'!() guns. The battle is still progres sing'. The Sixth corps, on the left of the Second, has moved rut" the buttle and are . pushingthocuemy. Warren s I'iftUcorps moved up t'i its support on the light. Tho battle is becoming general. Neat ly all the. artillery is engaged, and tho clang';r, and whistles of grape shot and., solid shot, the roar of mu-ketry and tho explosion of the enemy's shells, filled the oiro.-t vrth an awful tumult. Shells bur-1 around the men while 1 write. ],ATi it —12 o'< —lt is just now re ported that Hancock has turned the ene my's right 1 clow Bpottsylvaniii Court House and is pressing on. The battle everywhere isoveiNvliclming ly in our favor. Terrific firing has just commenced on our left near 1 • rant's head quarters. The buttle is going on with terrible energy, and our success is said to be certain. Prisoners are constantly com ing in. The following is a dispatch sent by Ilancok this morninfi: AV or Hpultsi/lrnnin . Court Jfoitsc, Mm/ 12—S a. w. —1 have eapturcfl from thirty to forty guns.. I have finished up Johnson and am now going into Early.' (Signed,) W. J. HANCOCK. The u'unseajjttrred have arrived at head quarters Gen. Stuart, commanding a brigade in Johnson's division, was captured. ljurnside's column is reported to have moved down en the railroad towards Fredericksburg, going in on the enemy # rear. General Warivn, witUthc "oh corps.on the right, is now sending heavy lines of skirmishers to feel the works in his front, which are supposed to be aban doned. it is impof sir le to ascertain all the par ticulars till this writing, but our victory is considered going onto a decisive result. We are peppering the enemy everywhere. General Wright is slightly wounded, but still in command of the (iih corps. WASHINGTON, MAIC 12.—A special to the Tritium says: Our army is now heard from six miles beyond Spottsylvania Court House. We fought again yesterday and drove the en emy most gallantly, captured a large num ber of prisoners and guns. Several gen eral officers arc among tho killed. A IJrrul,/ special' fr< m City l'oint says: 15y the latest, accounts received from the front la-t night, it is known that Butler's forces are within three miles of Peters burg. .He hud passed the outer lines of the rebel defences, This is important, as it more closely penns up Beauregard's command within the city. A Ihrutil special dated Headquarters sth army corps. May 12th, 7 a. 111., says: Hancock made n brilliant capture at four o'clock this evening. The entire rebel division, including Ma.j. Gen. Ned John son. commanding the brigades. Between two thousand and three thousand prisoners ;nd two batteries of six pieces each fell into our hands. Taking advantage of fog and ilarkne- last evening. Hancock man aged to change the position of his troops unobserved by the enemy, and while the darkne: and foj* still prevailed poWnced on them this morning like a wolf on the Hock. He took the captives completely by surprise, and having scut his prison ers securely to the rear, turned their own gun Son the enemy. A special to tho World soys : Tho A» my of the Potomac opened its 7th day bat tle this morning with a brilliant success. Dispatches to-night, direct from the front state that Hancock's corps on the centn?, ju.st.west of Spottsylvania, moved at an early hour on A. P. Hill's cijrps, and af ter a severe skirmish drove Heath's Di vision and part of Wilcox's, capturing -,- 000 prisoners and o«e Major General, two Brigadic/ Generals and fifty field and line officers. At nine o'clock a. m. uo other fighting had occurred. . NASHVILLE, Tenn.. May 18. I yesterday conversed' with a Captain wlw left Chattanooga at four o'clock in the afternoon ou Wednesday. Aboutfour hundred of our wounded in the late skir mish had arrived up to noon of that day. There were about eight hundred killed and wounded, 'i'ho rebels have beou driv en slowly.back with a loss greater than nurs. We have cj some prisoners. I was unable to obtain any further par ticulars. The fight was in the vicinity rff L>altou. at Boeky Ridge. IIANIIEL.
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