committee proves most conclusively that had
the attack been made upon the left with all the
force that General Franklin could have used
for that purpose, the plan of General Burnside
would have been completely successful, and
our army would have achieved a most brilliant
victory."
The committee continue (still referring to
the order which they say was to make a "rigor
ous attack with my whole force," and was sent
by Gen. Burnside upon his hearing of the
small force which I bad ordered to the attack')
“Gen. Franklin testifies that it was not an
order but a request, and that when he received
it, it was too late to renew the attack, and
therefore he did not do it. Gen. Franklin tes
tifies as follows." The committee then proceed
to give an extract from a small portion of my
testimony, in which not a word of 1y testi
mony on the subject of this request . :nt
given.
My statement to them on that subject was sub
stantially that after 3 o'clock of that day,
according to my best recollection, an aid from
Gen. Burnside came to me with the message
that the enemy was pressing Gen. Sumner on
the right, and that Iraas reqaested to make a
diversion in his favor if I could. I again re
plied that I would do the best I could. About
the time that this message came, (viz : 8,40 p.
m., as will be seen by referring to Gen. Har
die's reports, that officer informed Gen. Burn
as follows:
"Gibbon's and Meade's divisions are badly
used up, and I fear another advance on the
enemy on our left cannot be made this after
noon. Doubleday's division will replace Meade's
as soon se it can be collected, and if itbe done
in time, of course another attack will be made.
The enemy are in force in the woods on our
left toward Hamilton's, =litre threatening the
safety of that portion of our line. They seem
to have detached a portion of their force to
our front, where Howe and Brooks are now
engaged. Brooks has some prisoners, and is
down to the railroad. Just as soon as the left
is safe, our forces here will be prepared for a
front attack. But it may be too late this af
ternoon. Indeed, we are engaged in frost
anyhbw. Notwithstanding the unpleasant items
I relate, the morale generally of the troops is
good."
REPLY TO THE DIRECT ACCUSATION OF THE CON-
MITTEL
Keeping in mind the fact that the divisions
of Howe and Brooks, which General Hardie
reported to General Burnside were then actu
ally engaged, were the two divisions upon
which I bad to rely to protect my right, centre
and bridges, and that every other division of
my command was at that moment already in
support of the left, and that this dispatch of
General Hardie's was a piece of the evidence
before a committee supposed to be in search of
the truth in regard to a subject of such mag
nitude as the loss of the battle of Fredericks
burg, it seems incredible that the next para
graph of their report following the extract
from my testimony which they have given, is
the one already quoted, that—
“ The testimony of all the witnesses before
your committee proves most conclusively that,
had the attack been made upon the left with
all the force that General Franklin could have
used for that purpose, the plan of Gen. Burn
side would have been completely successful,
and our army would have achieved a most
brilliant victory.”
This sweeping statement is made without
giving a word of testimony in support of the
conclusion, or the name of a witness. lam
necessarily in ignorance of what has been tes
tified to by others before the committee, but I
know that General Burnside and myself were
atleast two of "all the witnesses," and that he,
when he was first examnied, testified to the
contrary of any such statement. I know that
Gen. Hardie's svorde, written from the battle
field to his chief, were in evidence, and that
the facts shown by these witnesses prove the
conclusions of this committee to be as unfound
ed as they are unmerited.
Standing, as I do, thus arraigned and con
demned by the committee, 1 have no fear that
my countrymen wilt adopt their verdict until
I have been heard in my own behalf. They
have thus far inhaled with the air they breathe
that vital principle of fair play that hears be
fore it condemns. As a people, they have no
purpose to serve in striking pown a public
servant, unless lie has proved to be unfaithful
to his trust, and to their sense of justice I ap
peal, though the circumstances attdnding my
accusation compel me to add to my statement
a few words personal to myself.
My profession is that of arms. I was edu
cated to it as a pupil of e nation. My duty
and isclioatieu leading in the same path, with
the feeling that stirred the nation's pulse when
the flag was torn down by parricidal hands, I
dedicated my life, and whatever was enwrapt,
within my life, to the defence of my country.
I did not underrate the proportionB of the re
bellion, and I accepted my line of duty with
the conviction that the nation would require
of its loyal children determined purpose, and
perhaps, great sacrifices, before its unity would
be restored. With these convictions, I took
command e of a brigade in the Army of the Po
tomac in June, 1861. From that time until
I was relieved from duty with the Army of the
Potomac, on the 25th day of Tannery, 1863, I
have been trying to do my duty in camp and
upon the field- That I have not altogether
failed, the brave men who have grown up with
me have proved on the battle fields of Virginia
and Maryland, and it is but common justice to
those of them who yet live and to the memo
ry of those who are dead, to say that they never
failed Inc in the time of trial. My time has
been passed with my command. Including a
period of illness, I have been absent from it
but twenty-one days. This bas left but little
time to look after matters personal to myeelf.
Having no political associations of influence, I
must content myself as best I can with the re
flection that the committee believed that the
failure at Fredericksburg demanded a victim,
and that being of no consequence except as a
soldier, it was - most available to order me to
that duty.
I have had no friendships which have stood
in the way of the performance of my duty.
When General Burnside took command of
the Army of the Potomac, and np to the time
he left it, I gave a hearty obedience to every
order he gave me, as well as a full and frank
expression of my opinion when he invited me
to his councils. I supposed that we were at
tached friends, and that we were both looking
only to the means which would achieve success.
I agreed with blim folly in the propriety of cros
sing the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg at
the time propose] by his original plan. After
that failed, whatever advice I gave to him in
bouncil sprang from the honest convictions of
my judgmentyand I should have been recreant
to my duty, to my country, and my own con
scienoe had "k given him any other. When
the crossing Was determined upon. the alacrity
with which I obeyed the order, the time with
in which my troops were crossed and placed
in line of battle is the best evidence. This
done and our troops posted on the enemy's
side of the river, with nothing but frail pon
toon bridges between them and their deetruo
tion as an army, i proposed that an assault
should be made upon the enemy's position with
a column strong enough to command success
(naming the number of at least six divisions,)
with the request that I might be allowed to
make immediate disposition to carry it out.
After waiting through the night, I was order
el to take a particular height with one divi
sion, and to -keep my whole command in read
iness for some contemplated movement. In
obeying this order according to its letter and
- *Mt, a force of the enemy upon my left, my
- right and my centre, discovered itself, sufficient
to engage during the day every division in my
command. Our failure was the natural cen
'knew* of the insufficient preparation and
inidequits provision for an attack upon an
army like that in front of us. This being the
s t a te of the facts, so far as I am conoerned,
without a hearing or the -opportunity of de-
fence, &report from the Legislative branch of
the government has been spread through the
newspapers and in pamphlets before my coun
trymen, stating that, had I obeyed the orders
given me
e by General Burnable on that day,
our army would have achieved a most brilliant
victory. Instead of a brilliant victory it was
a sad and fearful disaster, in which many
brave men felt—men to whom I was attached
by two years' association—and for this disas
ter, and for the blood of these comrades, this
committee say I am responsible.
I place these facts by the side of their re
port, perfectly willing to abide by the verdict
which the public will pass upon me. •
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NOVEMBER 21, 1862.
A Correction
In our news column yesterday we published
some rumors of army movements, taken from
Forney's Philadelphia Press, which that paper
refused to endorse, and in commenting on them
we expressed the opinion that they were not
true, adding, "We have ATI as reliable intelli
gence that Hooker was beastly drunk," &c.,
and concluding with these remarks: "Rumors
of all kinds are rife, but they are quite as unre
liable as War Department dispatches and For
ney's editorials"—meaning very plainly that
we attached no credit to any of them.
The infamous villain, whoevei be may be,
that controls the editorial department of the
Telegraph, - has so garbled the paragraph, by
omitting the words 46 just as" and the whole of
the concluding sentence, as to make us roundly
assert that we had reliable intelligence that
Hooker was drunk and did not possess the
confidence of the army. If there is any lower
depth of baseness we know not of it. And the
scoundrel uses this false, garbled extract as
the subject of as article wherein he endeavors
to influence the minds of the soldiers against
us and incite them to violence. We are in tfo
dread, for God knows we should scorn our
selves if we felt a single quake of the heart or
tremor of the nerves at any threat of personal
danger from the Telegraph. We should despise
ourselves if we shrank or trembled before a
mob of any description.
We have on divers occasions admitted the
bravery of General Hooker, and we claim no
credit for it, because his actions in the field
prove him to be a brave man; we have never
disputed his patriotism, because that is as obvi
ous as his courage; allwe have done which can
be construed into an offence is this—we have
doubted his qualifications as a General to plan
campaigns and handle, as it ought to be han
dled, so large, an army. We take it that we
have a right to entertain and to express this
opinion without giving just cause of offense to
any one, soldier or citizen.
White and Black Soldiers
That western bard was moved by a true in
spiration when he wrote :
wish I was a nigger,
I really do indeed;
It seems to me that niggers
G.et everything they need."
If there are any persons so incredulous as
not to believe this, we beg their attention to a
case, reported in the New Orleans Era, and
heard. before Judge Peabody. A nesro named
Henry was arrested for assaulting Frederick
Behemick, a private of the Ninth Connecticut.
From the testimony it appeared that the sol
dier had asked the "colored cuss from Africa"
a very civil question, to wit: "Do you sulk
pose the Yankees came down_here to free the
negroes? The negro replied, " That's what
Massa Lincoln says." Behemick told him he
was entirely mistaken, it was not so, where
upon the negro struck him a heavy blow with
a plane. After hearing the case through,
Judge Peabody discharged the negro, saying
that the soldier had no right to ask such a
question, and was altogether on the wrong.
That's the way it goes in New Orleans at pre
sent, and the way it will go here after a while.
By-and-by the white man who refuses to tip
his beaver to every ebony he meets will be
considered a traitor, and if he happens to ask
a question not considered courteous he will
auvject himself to assault, without remedy
against the sable assailant. "I wish I was a
nigger," etc.
Loss In the Late Battles
The loss in the late battles fought in the vi
cinity of Chancellorville, by the troops imme
diately under Hooker, and near Fredericksburg
by Sedgwiok's burps, has been variously esti
mated at from 10,000 to 30,000. It seems clear
to us, considering the numbers engaged and
the courage and daring of the troops (with one
notable exception), as represented by eye
witnesses of the different battles, that the loss
must considerably exceed 10.000, and in all
probability approximates the maximum esti
mate of 30,000. This would be a terrible loss,
bat it must be remembered that not less than
130,000 to 150,000 troops were engaged on
each side, and that the battles they engaged in
were terrible eengiete, We have, in part, a
a detailed statement, which gives the total loss
in killed, wounded and prisoners as follows :
Sickles' corps, 4,874; Howard's corps (11th),
3,120 ; Sedgwiok's corps, 5,970 ; Flying divi
sion, 1,300. Total, 15,264 :
These returns are incomplete, and besides
they do not embrace the loss of the sth corps
(which was very heavy), and of several ether
divisions which were Ingaged. A eorrespon
WM. B. FRANKLIN
dent of the Philadelphia Inquirer computes the
entire loss at 30,000, and the N. Y. Times pla
ces it at 18,000. The probability is that it
will exceed 25,000.
Gen. Franklin's Reply.
We publish to-day the reply of Gen. Frank
lin to the charges contained in the Congres
sional Investigating Committee's report in re
lation to the failure of the Fredericksburg at
tack. Gen. Franklin was singled out by this
committee to bear the brunt of the responsi
bility of Burnside's unsuccessful demonstra
tion against the rebel works and lines in De
oember last which resulted in so sorrowful and
unnecessary a defeat.
We earnestly commend to the careful perusal
of our readers the carefully prepared reply of
Gen. Franklin, which, apart from being a
perfect refutation of all the charges laid up
against him in the report of the War Commit
tee, and a complete vindication of the Gene
ral's soldierly abilities, is interesting for his
torical memoranda of facts in connection with
one of the most memorable events in the his
tory of the war. We reserve extended com
ment, on account of the crowded state of our
columns to-day, until to-morrow, when we
hope to be able to do more justice to the state
ment in question, which so deeply concerns
the well-tried reputation of one of the bravest
and ablest and most faithful Generals in our
army.
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GEN. STONEMAN'S EXPEDTION.
i i
WASHINGTON, May 11.—The following was
received at headquarters to-day :
YORKTOWN, Va., May 8, 1863.
Mojor-General H. W. Halleek, .Commander-in-
Chief United States Army :
GENERAL hive the pleasure to report
that by direction from Major General Stone
man I left Louisa C. H. on the morning of the
3d inst. with one regiment—the Harris Light
Cavalry, of my brigade—and reached Hun
gary, on the Fredericksburg railroad, at day
light on the morning of the 4th, destroyed the
depot, telegraph wires, and railroad for seve
ral miles ; passed over to the Broad turnpike
and drove in the rebel pickets down the turn
pike across the Break, charged a battery and
forced it to retire to within two miles of the
city of Richmond; captured Lieut.. Brown,
aid-de-camp to Gen. Winder, and eleven men,
within the fortifications. I then passed down
to tilt left to the Meadow bridge, on the Chick
ahominy, which I burned, and ran a train of
cars into the river ; I retired to Hanover town
on the Peninsula ; crossed and destroyed the
ferry just in time to check the advance of a
pursuing cavalry force. Burned a train of
thirty wagons loaded with bacon, captured
thirteen prisoners, and encamped for the night,
five miles from the river.
I resumed my march at 1 a. m. of the sth,
surprised a force of three hundred cavalry at
Aylett's, captured two officers awl thirty-three
men, burned fifty-six wagons, the depot con
taining upwards of twenty thousand barrels of
corn and wheat, quantities of clothing, and.
commissary stores, and safely crossed the Mat
tapony, and destroyed the ferry again, just in
time to escape the advance of the rebel cavalry
pursuing. Late in the evening I destroyed a
third wagon train and depot a few miles above
and west of Tappahannoek, on the Rappahan
nock, and from that point made a forced march
of twenty miles, being closely followed by a su
perior force of cavalry, supposed to b 3 a por
tion of ""Stuart's" from the fact that we cap
tured prisoners from the First, Fifth and Tenth
Virginia cavalry. At sundown we discovered
a force of- Cavalry drawn up in line 9f battle
above Ring and Queen court house. Their
strength was unknesin, but I advanced at once
to the attack, only however to discover that
they were friends, being a portion of the 12th
Illinois cavalry, who had become separated
from the command of Lieutenant Colonel Da
vis, of the same regiment. At 10 a. m, on the
7th, I found safety and rest under our brave
old flag within our lines at Gloucester Point.—
This raid and march about the entire rebel
army—a march nearly two hundred miles—has
been made in less than five days, with a loss
of one officer and thirty seven men, while we
captured and paroled upwards of three hundred
men.
I take pleasure in bringing to your notice
the officers of my staff, Captain P. Owen Jones,
Captain Armstrong, Captain M'lrvin, Dr.
Haukley, Lieutenant Estia, especially the lat
ter, who volunteered to carry a dispatch to
Major General Hooktr. He failed in the at
tempt; but, with his escort of ten men, he
captured and paroled one major, two captains,
a lieutenant and fifteen men ; but was after
wards captured himself, with his escort, and
was subsequently recaptured by our own for
ces, and arrived here this morning. I cannot
praise too highly the bravery, fortitude and
untiring energy displayed throughout the
march by Lieutenant Colonel Davies, and the
officers and men of the Harris Light Cavalry,
not one of whom but was to lose his
life, if he could but aid in the great battle now
going on, and win for himself the approbation
of his chief. Respectfully submitted,
J. KILPATRio.K.
Colonel Commanding First Brigade, Third Di
vision Cavalry corps.
" PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE. " —Where the
sun rises as well as where it sets, where it
sheds the most beams, and where it sheds the
least, people have just "to paddle thier own
canoe." Just as if others were going to help
you up every time yo u fall down ; just as if
they were going to pick all the thorns from the
rose, and present it sweet and beautiful to you;
just as if they were going to tell you about big
bears in those woods, or the terrible quicksands
you are approaching. Human natur e is not of
so generous a turn. Friends are nice things
when the sun shines, but when clouds begin to
gather they are in a hurry to go, afraid it will
rain before they get home. So if you are the
most distant relative of Solomon, never tell a
long story of woe to any Crcesus among them.
With sustained and steadfast courage "paddle
your cwn canoe," and make everybody imagine
you are drinking honey instead of lemon.juire,
and serenely reposing on the highest summit
of earthly bliss. Tears are weak, fears are
foolish, wishes useless, regrets for the past
chant a mournful dirge, discontented fault
finding ends in winding-sheets and coffins, and
only faint hearts leap from the bridge and let
the water flow over their world. weary frames.
The brave live and laugh and work. Delicate
rosevines need a trellis, tender morning glories
cling to some support, tottling childhood
grospE the maternal hand, infirm old age ear
ries a cane ; vigorous, self•reliant manhood
stands alone. The young voyager, when first
he begins to paddle his own canoe, may feel as
if he were suspended in space, uncertain on
which planet he should alight, may see the sad
ivy of disappointed hopes climb over his fallen
air-castle, while complaisant pride and imag
ined power is torn down,lbruised and bleeding.
Alone in a crowd, surrounded with walking
icebergs in human shape, he will marvel at the
way little canoes and stately ships are tossed
about on the boiling waves of active life, and
sometimes find a very sweet flower growing
right among the stones.— Wide World.
NEWS OF TEE ,DAY.
Major General Hitchcock has been assigned
to duty temporarily as acting Military Gover
nor of Washington, in the absence of General
Martindale, who visits home on leave of ab
sence.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 9th says offi
cial information of the death of Major General
Earl Van Dorn has been received.
From Grafton, Western Virginia, we learn,
May 11, that heavy reinforcements have ar
rived, and that the rebels under Imbodea,
Jackson, Jones and Jenkins are retreating to
wards the south mountains. There are now
no rebels on the line of the railroads in West
Virginia.
A telegram dated Lebanon, Tennessee, May
11, says CoL Jacobs had a hard fight of eight
hours with the rebel Morgan. Col. Jacobs's
loss was heavy, but he has succeeded in get
ting all his men on the north side of the Cum
berland, and will soon be reinforced.
A Washington dispatch, May 11, says:
James Madison Cutts, Second Comptroller
of the Treasury, died this morning. Mr. Cutts
was the father of Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas.
It is said that the rebels have a large force
engaged in rebuilding the Orange and Alex
andria railroad bridge over the Rapidan, which
was destroyed in the course of the late raid of
Stoneman's cavalry.
Gen. Banks' official report of his late move
ments have been received. They contain no
thing especially interesting besides what bas
already been published.
Information from the Nansemond represents
the river as clear of rebel batteries and sharp
shooters, and steamers are running to Suffolk
as usual.
A large number of rebel prisoners were sent
away to-day, by steamer, for exchange at City
Point.
A Cairo dispatch, May 11, contains the fol
lowing :
The Memphis Bulletin says :
“We learn that Jackson is already invested
and that the rebels have no way of getting out
of Vicksburg but by cutting their way' hrough
the national forces. •
•'The steamer Horizon during the engage
ment at Grand Gulf ran on to a snag and sunk
with 100,000 rations. Most of the rations
were lost.
"It was the pontoon bridge over the Big
Black river that was destroyed, instead of the
railroad bridge."
[Jackson, a thriving town of Hinds county,
and capital of the State of Mississippi, is situa
ted on the right bank of Pearl, river, and on
the Vicksburg'lima Brandon Railroad, 45 miles
east from Vicksburg, and 1,010 miles from
Washington. Jackson is also one of the prin
cipal points on the New Orleans, Jackson, and
Northern Railroad.
The possession of it will give our forces the
only line of railroad by which exit from Vicks
burg can be had, and it will be almost !mime*
Bible for the rebels to retreat, or to hold out
for any length of time.]
SANTA Fa, May 11,—The Santa. Fe mail, en
route for Santa Fe, was robbed on Friday
night, near Black Jack, 40 miles from here, by
a gang of twenty-five guerillas. The express
matter and baggage? in the rear boot of the
stage, was rifled of $3,000 in money, and the
passengers were relieved of their watches.
The express messenger is safe, and the
mail, which was placed in the front boot, was
overlooked.
Two old horses were procured in the neigh
borhood, and the stage proceeded on its way.
All the horses belonging to the road, between
Black Jack and Council Grove, were taken by
the same gang, but they will be immediately
replaced by the company, and the stage con
tinue its regular trips.
By teleraph yesterday
CINCINNATI, May 12.—A motion for a writ
of habeas corpus in Vallandigham's case was
argued yesterday, before Judge Leavitt, of the
United States Circuit Court. The argument
is to be continued to-day.
The Buell court of inquiry concluded its,
labors yesterday and adjourned sine die. The
'court has been in session one hundred and
sixty-five days.
WASTIINGTON, May 12.—1 t will be recollected
that Major Delaney Floyd Jones, of the 11th
regular infantry, was arraigned before a court
martial several months ago, on the charge of
misbehavior in the face of the enemy, which
allegation was not substantiated. It will be
gratifying to his numerous friends to know
that, in the recent fight of the Army of the
Potomac at Fredericksburg, Col. Burbank, the
cammander of the brigade, spoke or Major
Jones in high terms for his coolness and the
manner in which he commanded his regiment.
Mr. Wm. H. Goodhue, the Vice Consul of
the United States pt Zanzibar, reports that
Messrs. Speke & Grant's expedition in search
of the sources of the Nile have been almost, if
not entirely, crowned with success. The two
mentioned English gentlemen left Zanzibar,
September 25th, 1860, on the expedition, and
were last heard from March, 1862, when Capt.
Speke had discovered the Miverargo river,
which, he writes to ber Britanic Majesty's
Consul, is the first certain branch of the Nile.
It is four hundred yards wide, with a gentle
flow to the North. It takes its rise in 12° lati
tude in the Victoria Myanza, a lake discovered
by Capt. Speke. The expedition could not
Wye forward, March, 1862, through the King
dom of Uganda, through which said river
flows, owing to the unwillingness of the na
tives. Capt. Grant was heard from April llth,
1862. and was then making explorations and
scientific observations in the Kavazive King
dom, which is about 1° flOf south latitude.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—The facts connected
with the flag of truce sent over by Gen. Lee
on Wednesday morning are, as stated by him
self, that he had exhausted his medicines, sur
gical appliances and hospital
. stores for the
wounded, and asking-for fresh supplies. These
were sent over by way of United States Ford.
The truth of the report is now satisfactorily
ascertained that some of our wounded who
were lying in the woods around Chaneellorrille
were burned to death. The woods were fired
by our own and the enemy's shells, and the
the flames spread rapidly until the rain fell.—
Brigadier General Hays, of the reserve artil
lery, who was wounded in both legs, was cap
tured by the enemy. There was a . prevailing
impression at Falmouth, on Friday, that the
enemy had withdrawn from our front at the
time our forces left their entrenchments in the
rear of etiancellorville. One of our corps
Commanders bad occasion on Monday to send
a message under a flag of truce to the rebel
commander, but after a fruitless effort the
messenger reported that although he fell in
with scattering bodies of rebels, pickets and
skirmishers, no one could tell him who was in
command or where there were any officers.—
There is no doubt that General Stoneman has
arrived safely this side of the Rappahannock.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.—Dates from the
city of Mexico to the.l6th ult., and Puebla to
the 14th have been received. The French had
gained nothing since the 6th. They were oc
cupying the castle of San Javier and six blocks
of the city. On the 12th General Ortego wrote
that the condition of the city was unchanged,
and expressed confidence that the French - could
not take and hold it. The French were bom
barding the convents of San Augustine, Coma
and Merced. The attempt to capture them by
assault had failed, the Mexicans capturing a
number of prisoners from one of the zouave
regiments. The guerrillas continued to annoy
the French supply trains. Large forces were
concentrated at the city of Mexico, and Gen.
Commonfort held the road thence to Puebla.
Deserters state that many French officers con
sidered it impossible to take Puebla with the
present force, all the houses in that city pro
ving to be fortified castles.
NEw Yonr, May 12.—A special dispatch
from Murfreesboro', Tennessee, to the Tribune,
dated 11th, says trustworthy information has
been received that Martin's rebel cavalry are
at Forrestsville, twelve miles from Murfrees
boro', and are reported to have reinforced Gen.
Buckner's division. A lady who has arrived
at Nashville, reports 700 rebels at Williams
port. The latest reports place the entire rebel
force at from 60,000 to 65,000 men.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, May
11.—The following order has been issued :
GENERAL ORDERS No. 49.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF TEE POTOMAC,
May 6, 1863. 5
The Major General commanding tenders, to
this army his congratulations on its achieVe
ments of the last seven days. If it has not
accomplished all that was expected, the rea
sons are well known to tile army. It is suffi
cient to say they were or a character not to be
foreseen or prevented by human sagacity or
resource.
In withdrawing from the south bank of the
Rappahannock before delivering a general bat
tle to our adversaries, the army has given re
newed evidence of its confidence in itself and
its fidelity to the principles it represents.
In fighting at a disadvantage, we would have
been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our
cause and our country.
Profoundly loyal and conscious of its
strength the Army of the Potomac will give n
decline battle whenever its interests may de
mand. It will also be the guardian of its own
history and its own arm.
Only our celerity and secrecy of movement,
our advance and passage of the rivers was un
disputed, and on our withdrawal not a rebel
ventured to follow.
The events of the last week may swell with
pride the hearts of every officer and soldier of
the army.
We have added new lustre to its former re
nown. We have made long marches, crossed
rivers, surprised the enemy in his entrench
ments, and whenever we have fought have
inflicted heavier blows than we have received.
We have taken from the enemy five thousand
prisoriers, fifteen colors, captured and brought
off seven pieces of artillery, placed hors de com
bat 18,000 of his chosen troops, destroyed
his depots filled with vast amounts of stores,
deranged his communication, captured priso
ners within the fortifications of his Capital,
and filled his country with fear and consterna..
On.
We have no other regret than that caused by
the loss of our brave companions, and in this
we are consoled by the conviction that they
have fallen in the holiest cause ever submitted
to the arbitrament of battle.
By command of
MAJOR GENERAL HOOKER,
S. Williams, Asst. Adj't. Gen.
IIEADWARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, May
11.—The Richmond papers of Saturday have
been received. There is but little in the edi
torials of them, except favorable comments
based upon the most extravagant exaggerations
of our losses and the advantages gained by the
rebel army.
The Examiner quotes a rebel surgeon's re
port of their losses at 900 killed, 7,000 wounded
and 1,200 prisoners. The country people
around Richmond have discontinued their mar
ket visits, in consequence of the belief that
their horses will be impressed for military pur
poses.
The British Consul at Richmond declines to
issue any more passes.
The Examiner, speaking of Union prisoners
at the Libby prison, says the higher officers
are reserved, and all take their condition phi
losophically, looking forward to an exchange
in a few days.
A large amount of blockade goods was sold
at auction in Richmond en Thursday. The
sale included thirty thousand dollars worth of
ladies' boots and shoes for summer wear. The
sale aggregated one hundred thousand dollars.
A hew Confederate State flag has been
adopted. It was raised in Richmond on Mon
day.
The Examiner thinks that the Union army
has crossed the Rappahannock for the last
time.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—Several gentlemen
recently arrived here and proceeded to the
Rappahannock to recover the bodies of their
friends, who fell in recent battles. One of
them, in a private tote to-day received here,
says a communication has been transmitted to
Gen. Lee for permission to pass inside of his
lines for that purpose. Although on Sunday
night no response had been received from
General Lee, it was understood from the re
bel officers who received the communication
that there would be no unnecessary obstacles
thrown in their way. Subsequently, the enemy
commence'] sending over the river, under a flag
of truce, considerable numbers of our wounded,
who have been paroled.
For several days past medicines and supplies
have been sent over from our side.
A report was current yesterday that the
enemy had left their formidable position along
the heights, but a close observation last eve
ning disclosed the fact that their numbers had
not been diminished. They were still at this
point yesterday morning.
At the time of our re• crossing the river at
United States Ford, it is believed that only two
divisions of the enemy's forces remained in our
front near Chancellorville, as a rear guard.—
The divisions mentioned were commanded by
Generals Anderson and MeLaws.
Dr. Webster still remains in the e nemy ' s
lines, in care of the wounded.
Dr. Lukely, medical director 11th corps,
who was captured at ChanceDoraville, send s .
back word that our wounded generally a re ,
doing well.
Notwithstanding all the reports that our
troops have again crossed the Rappahannock,
it was not the ease up to Sunday noon.
DIED.
On the 12th inst., ditonaaL SHAIFFER, in the 4 th
year of hie age.
The funeral will take place from hie•late residents i n
Broad street; between second and Third ate.. to-mono,
afternoon at four o'clock. The relatives sad friends
of the family are respectfully invited to attend, with
out further notice. •
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