AMERICA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 July 1864, Page 3

AMERICA.

NEWS TO 19th MAY. Active operations have recommenced in Virginia. The army ofthe Potomac, under General Grant, crossed the Bapidan on the 4th. On the sth General Lee came out from his entrenchment and met him. A severe battle ensued, lasting all day. It was renewed on the next, and ended in the Confederates repulsing the advance of the Federals. Next morning Lee retreated to a strong position in Pennsylvania. In these battles, the Federal Generals Wadsworth and Hayes were killed, and Generals Seymour and Swaler were captured. General Getty was wounded. The Confederate Generals Jones and Jenkins were killed, and Generals Longstreet and Pilgrim were wounded. On the Sth a series of desperate engagements took place near Spotsylvania Court-house, both sides holding their respective positions at evening. The fight was continued on the 9th, when the Federal General Sedgewick was killed, but there was no general engagement. On the 16th, at noon, the Federal centre advanced the fight, extending along the whole line. The struggle lasted for fourteen hours, and 1b reported as being the most sanguinary and fiercely fought contest of the war. The Federal losses, up to the night of the 18th, are estimated at forty thousand (40,000) killed, wounded, and missing, including eight generals. On the 12th, at daybreak, the Federal General Hancock assaulted Lee's right, capturiug twenty-five guns and three thousand prisoners, among whom were three generals ; but it is believed that many were afterwards re-taken by the Confederates. Federal assaults against Lee's centre and left were repulsed with great slaughter. The carnage is reported as awful. It is said that men fell like grain, At the close of the battle, the Confederates retained their ground in front of Spottsylvania Court House, but during the night Lee retreated to a stronger position. The latest news reports Grant in pursuit. Another Federal army, under General Butler, was endeavoring to reach Bichmond by the Peninsula, and was opposed by Confederates, under General Beauregard. The Federals under Banks met with serious reverses at Pheasant Hill, I . . j Louisiana, losing 2000 prisoners, 20 guns, and a quantity of small arms, the military train, and one million in green backs ■ The Federal iron-clad Eastport — the most valuable of Admiral Porters' fleet is also lost. At latest dates, General Banks was endeavouring to reach Brashear City. The retreat from Alexandria was over. In Congress, the House of Bepresentatives passed resolutions increasing import duties 50 per cent, for sixty days. The Governors of "Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, ancl lowa, offered Mr. Lincoln the services of one hundred thousand volunteers for one hundred days. Gold, 72 three-eighths.