Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH Is especial rECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE NEW ew YORK may etli 2 wesa gindes correspondent from james river the 5 ath tal speaking of butlers movement 81 says ays the project in which wl licci tile the gell after baleful examination fulla acquiesced was to advance on joir d by the james river get a fot foot bold as near tile the city as possible on tile the south batik bank of the krcanin stream in interrupt communication with tile rebel capital southward and eventually compel pel evacuation by lees army of their gieir strod strongly 0 ly fortified position on the kapidian rapidan Ka Ra thus forein forcing in the rebels to give civo grant battle or move rearward to tile the walls of their capital tile the first step towards organization was made gome weeks since by the concentta tion at yorktown from various posts in north carolina and virginia of the great bulk of the corps with tilis this nearly all the corps under gilmore Gil was sent to butler to par participate tie in the movement that yorktown and gloucester point both at the mouth of york river should have been selected for the rendezvous of these troops naturally led to the that tile the advance was wag to be made up the peninsula that deception might be doubly sure a brig brigade ade of union troops was dispatched by gen butler as late as yesterday to white house landing where at sunset they ocic wet c zealously engaged in felling trees and constructing in a military wharf as if in preparation to facilitate cilita tc the landing of alai alaice ge army all light draft steamers beio until the last moment kept at monroe whence early yesterday morning 0 they were dispatched to the york river and the work of embarking troops whose arrangements range ments had all been previously made gen butlers orders to his subordinates ordinates s required them to repair to hampton ampton II roads as quickly as possible where they should anchor for tile liht at day bicak the advance of tile troops moved up the alic james river river convoyed by an army of gunboats gun boats under graham and five monitors and eleven gunboats gun boats under rear admiral lee the cavalry branch of the expedition was commanded by gen kautz who with several thousand white troops left suffolk va also at daylight 0 yesterday morn morning ng tile the point at which he ainis aims primarily is hickford on the petersburg richmond and waldon eveldon road gen kautz received it a roving commission and may penetrate as far as weldon starting up lip the peninsula another smaller cavalry force set out at the same time its object being to create a diversion in our favor by y keeping the rebels excited and attacking outposts this expedition will try to cross crosa tit alie chickahominy at bottoms bridge and make its way to the main body on the james I 1 chur I 1 er gen butler has taken possession of dilons Wil Vi lons tons wharf and fort powhattan the distance between the two points is seven miles both bolli of them are strong positions city point became ours without a struggle the union forces are securely planted in a splendidly advantageous position within 15 miles of the I 1 ebel capital before night fall the greater part of the immense army will be dis embarked aurline our line vill stretch across the narrow strip of land toe the right resting on the james ri rier er and then pass passing ing over the will prolong the line so that it will reach to the james river gain again holding that almost insular position called bermuda hundred entrenched here aith both flanks protected by gunboats gun boats we can bid defiance to the rebels rebel this position I 1 also so considered consid cred admirable forso for so seriously threatening richmond lees army is now between two fires and should our cavalry raid seriously impair his communications with the south starvation will be added to ills his other troubles slay may ath reports from the front to 11 on S saturday batur day morning say theio have buen been two days severe fighting on thursday and fri lay ay it was believed the enemy wei c retiring our jur wounded were being sent to the file rear snowing that we had lost no ground it is believed our forces are pressing forn bom ard re rc borts orta front from chattanooga to 11 five lve in the after 0 saturday Sati Satu uday iday say ib operating against the communication N ith rome through b villana anil and resaca the washington star says N acio ci c IN we e at liberty to m mention facts fact within our knowledge we could demonstrate that leo lee has occasion to dread the strategy of our military operations as m well ell as she the rigor w ith which they have been pressed the line of attack made by lee in fighting on thursday and friday was nearly at right rig bt angles with ith grants line of advance orange courthouse court cout house being his base and head tin the forced march of a day and night by burnside from manassas by which he be got his troops troop to grants support on oil thursday 11 night is said to have even surpassed li his is brilliant forced march in in east tennessee by which he surprised the enemy there FORTRESS MONROE may ith on the ath dinst the and ad regiments colored cavalry under col west made a dash across the chickahominy and two companies dashed into the camp of the virginia cavalry killing thirty rebels and pursued them within ten miles of rich mond on the ath our forces who had landed at city point moved on petersburg when the enemy immediately set tire fire to the place and abandoned it on the mornin morning of the same day the gunboat commodore jones while on picket duty in the james river near turkey bend was blown up bya by a torpedo several officers were killed and fifty men killed and wounded NEW YORK may ath the times 7 imes I 1 from washington the ath says the latest news received from the army was up to 7 yesterday evening up to which time grant fully maintained his position the fighting on thursday and frilay friday was very severe with only skirmishing on saturday lees fit fust st onset was made upon our left then fell upon our center and finally upon the right where the hardest contest took place here the rebels charged upon our lines twice but were repulsed each time with a severe loss hancocks IIan cocks corps charged back twice and at one time entered that portion of the entrenchments commanded by A P hill but at length were compelled to fall back seymours divi division and Hanc hancocks colp 9 were badly cut ap generals wadsworth and bartlett were badly wounded mounded the rebels were deported ported ic ie retreating yesterday morning may 8 at midnight a special correspondent wiit ing from head headquarters quarters wilderness tavern fi friday iday evening div gives es the following intelligence of the great battle on friday day has closed upon a terrible fought field the army of the potomac has added another to its many murderous i conflicts lees tactics so energetically getic ally employed at gettysburg and chan cc ille of throwing wim his whole army first upon n one wing and then upon another has again been brought to bear but the army of the potomac has repulsed the enemy with tremendous onslaught T and stands tonight to night in the same poi position tion it assumed this morning the first attempt was as made upon our right somewhat weakened in numbers by tile the battle of yesterday but the old 2nd and corps nobly stood stood its ground the enemy hurled battalions ions upon sedgwick and once or twice gained temporary advantage but the old veterans of this corps nobly rallied and repulsed the rebels with fearful slaughter about half past four lee made a feint upon me whole line then suddenly fell with his whole force upon sedgwick 1 driving darivin him film back temporarily but tile the advantage was soon regained and the rebels hurled back m with ith great loss it is believed at headquarters head quarters that lee has withdrawn from tile front although ho be lias has been signally I 1 repulsed in all his attacks nothing but the nature c ot of the battlefield afield prevented it from being a crushing rI ing defeat the loss on both sides sid is heavy 1 l davy but at this hour I 1 cannot give an estimate advices advises Ad vices believed to be trustworthy represent butler has cut all railroad communications south of richmond NEW YORK may ath tile the copperheads Copper heads comment at length upon the situation but owing to the meagre accounts of lope operations rations lecci ved thus far are cautious in their opinions the tribune says it cannot undertake to say from any information yet I 1 ecea ed that grant won a dec decisive i sive victory on the rapidan Ri Ra but nevertheless believes that regarded as a part of the campaign I 1 movements the battles of last week are arc an assurance of final success the herald says all thus far know n of the operations of our armies are full of encourage encouragement and it seems safe to believe we nic are arc site on the whole butlers operations south of richmond go on admirably the news ficia shermans Sheri Sher nans mans department is also good the times 77 imes says irom from all we can learn or I 1 judge i dge N we 0 think a highly favorable i low of t the h c battle and its ita ie results may be taken the says we await tho result not without kit hout hope but still with inith much apprehension on |