We give some additional intelligence from Northern papers of the 1st inst:
Stanton's dispatches about Grant's movements--"repulse" of the Confederates.
The latest Yankee intelligence from Gen Grant in contained in dispatches from Stanton to Dix, at New York, dated at 8 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday last, (31st ult.) With a feet explanatory notes they are more intelligible. For instance, the cavalry division of Wilson, which was to destroy the railroad bridges on the Fredericksburg road is the one which was so badly whipped by Rosser and others of Fitz Lee's brigades. The "pitching in" of Warren, Wright, and Hancock, which took place at nightfall, is already known to the Confederates as having resulted in a bloody repulse. The "indications" were that the Confederates had "fallen back south of the Chickahominy." The following are the dispatches:War Department, Washington,
May 31st, 4 P. M.
Major Gen. Dix:
We have dispatches from Gen Grant down to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
There seemed, the dispatch says, to be some prospect of Lee's making a stand North of the Chickahominy.
His forces were on the Mechanicsville road, South of the Totopotomy creek, and between that stream and Hawes's shop, his right resting on Shady Grove.--Dispositions for an attack were being made by Gen Grant.
Wilson's cavalry had been ordered to destroy the railroad bridges over the Little river and South Anna, and break up both roads from those rivers to two miles Southwest of Hawes's shop, where the headquarters of our army were established. [Mr Stanton is muddled.] There is yet no telegraph line of communication with Washington.
A dispatch from Gen Sherman, dated yesterday, 30th, at A M, reports no change in the positions of the armies.
Some slight skirmishing had occurred subsequent to the affair of Saturday.
No intelligence from any other quarter has been received by this Department.
[Second Dispatch.]
Major General Dix: A dispatch from Gen Grant, dated at 6 o'clock this morning, at Hawes's Shop, has just been received. It is as follows: ‘ "The enemy came over on our left last evening and attacked. They were easily repulsed, and with considerable slaughter. To relieve Gen Warren, who was on the left, speedily, Gen Meade ordered an attack by the balance of our lines. Gen Hancock was the only one who received the order in time to make the attack before dark. He drove the enemy from his entrenched skirmish line, and still holds it. I have no report of our losses, but suppose them to be light." ’ Other official dispatches, not from Gen Grant, received at the same time, give more details. --They are as follows, the first being dated yesterday, (30th of May,) at 8 o'clock P M.: ‘ In the course of the afternoon Warren had pushed down on our left until his flank division, under Crawford, reached a point abreast of Shady Grove Church. Crawford having got detached from the rest of the corps, was attacked and crowded back a little. The enemy then threw a force, which appears to have consisted of Ewell's corps, upon Warren's left, attempting to turn it, but was repulsed. The engagement was short, sharp, and decisive. Warren holds his ground at a distance of seven miles from Richmond. He reports that he has taken a considerable number of prisoners, and that there are many rebel dead on the field. Of his own losses he has not yet made report. His latest dispatch says the enemy are moving troops to his left, apparently to cover the approach to Richmond in that direction. On our right an active conflict has been raging ever since dark, but has just closed. As soon as the enemy attacked the left of Warren, Wright and Hancock were ordered to pitch in, but do not seem to have got ready until after nightfall. No report has yet been received from them. The other dispatch above referred to is dated at 6 o'clock this morning, and states that on Hancock's attack last night, Col Brooks drove the enemy out of a strongly entrenched skirmish line, and holds it. The losses are not reported. Burnside's whole corps got across the Totopotomy creek, last evening, and is in full connection with Warren's. The left of Hancock's rests upon this side of the creek. The 6th corps is upon Hancock's right, and threatens the left flank of the enemy. Smith ought to arrive at New Castle by noon, whence he can support Warren and Burnside, if necessary. Sheridan, with Gregg's and Torbett's divisions of cavalry, is on our left flank. Wilson is on the left and rear for purposes reported in a former dispatch. The country thereabout is thickly wooded with pines, with few good openings. The indications this morning are that the enemy has fallen back south of Chickahominy. Nothing of later date has been received by this Department. ’The Presidential question in the United States.
The Convention of "Red" Republicans — the extreme branch of the Black Republican party--held at Cleveland on the 31st ult, numbered 354 delegates. John C Fremont for President, and John Cochrane, of New York, for Vice President were the nominations, and the following platform was adopted:- 1st. That the Federal Union shall be preserved.
- 2d. That the Constitution and laws of the United States must be observed and obeyed.
- 3d. That the rebellion must be suppressed by force of arms and without compromise.
- 4th. That the rights of free speech, free press, and the habeas corpus, be held inviolate, save in districts where martial law has been proclaimed.
- 5th. That the rebellion must be suppressed by the destruction of its motive cause, slavery.
- 6th. That integrity and economy are demanded at all times in the administration of the Government, and that in time of war the want of them is criminal.
- 7th. That the right of asylum, except for crime and subject to law, is a recognized principle of American liberty; that any violation of it cannot be overlooked, and must not go unrebuked.
- 8th. That the national policy known as the "Monroe Doctrine," has become a recognized principle, and that its establishment of an anti-Republican Government on this continent by any foreign Power cannot be tolerated.
- 9th. That the gratitude and support of the nation is due to the faithful soldiers and the earnest leaders of the Union army and navy, for their heroic achievements and deathless valor in defence of our imperiled country and of civil liberty.
- 10th. That the one term policy for the Presidency, adopted by the people, is strengthened by the force of the existing crisis, and should be maintained by constitutional amendments.
- 11th. That the Constitution should be so amended that the President and Vice-President shall be elected by a direct vote of the people.
- 12th. That the question of the reconstruction of the rebellious States, belongs to the people, through their Representatives in Congress, and not to the Executive.
- 13th. That the confiscation of the lands of the rebels, and their distribution among the soldiers and actual settlers, is a measure of justice.
