Show BY Y PACIFIC TELEGRAPH TO DAILY UNION VEDETTE fg rECiAL washington 11 may fth I 1 tile ri richmond Kich climond mond jEva miner of if wc nye hold na our own in ln virginia gini 3 fqy until tile the summer is ended the norths power of ini mischief will everywhere be gone ponc p if we wc lose tile the mouths cap capacity acety for les resistance istance will be broken the confederacy lias has ample power to keep its place in virginia 0 if the means be employed energetically and consistently and this is the last year of the war V whichever hi chover wins whis washington may alay ad all quiet with the army of the po omac today to day everything in readi less for a movement at tho the proper time our 0 ur troops are in excellent spir spi rits I 1 and anxious foran for an advance against z the enemy under their new commander iri chica burnsides command is in a favorable position deserters from the bellemy all agree that lee is malting making extensive preparations to meet grant these people profess to believe that eliat Eich mond is evacuated banks in his official dispatches to the war department relative to the red river campaign admits a surprise and reverse on the etli of april but claims that the battle of the resulted ina in a terrible disaster to tile reb rab asin ds in killed and wounded being great er proportionately than they ever suffered in any battle during 0 the war NEW YORK may ath special to world says an officers formerly of the north carolina was brought here today to day having baving 4 been captured on the potomac lotom ac tile the general belief in richmond lie he says is th eliat t lees entire army at present numbers about fifty thousand longi who was at charlottesville when he left had twenty thousand lie ile states should richmond be basei 0 ed it could hold out one month the republican says it begins to be feared in high military quarters that lee is endeavoring to escape from the rapidan to fortified works in tile the neighborhood of richmond orleans letters of alt confirm the statements that banks has fallen back to alexandria in consequence of the low waters of the red river all the gunboats gun boats and transports except the eastport East port are arc down below the falls six gunboats gun boats which went up the black and washita rivers to monroe returned with 2900 bales of cotton con tia bands besides convoying down the steamer ruby with from four to eight hundred more contrabands contra bands NEW YORK may fth newborn letters of the say the rebels under hood were approaching little washington on the beauregard is now in command of thO rebel forces in north carolina 4 the rebel ram from kingston came down tile tho neuse river to within four miles of newborn and there stuck fast sho she draws nine foot feet and evidently will never be serviceable again alio the river has fallen and iso is in some tp places laces there is a large rebel force between newborn and kingston maj gendral Gen cral peck has been relieved fiam om the command in north carolina ad has been succeeded by brig gen J N valcar sa an attack on newborn is is expected at an early day the lebel ram albemarle is at plymouth leaking badly and kept afloat by two tug boats CAIRO caino may ath later arrivals coli confirm firm the capture of our wagon train near pine bluff when tile the steamer left that place only about forty of tile the guard had ic turned who ic ie ported tile the rest killed or captured further news may modify tile the disaster but it is probable our loss will reach one thousand men and four pieces of artillery CHICAGO may ath A private letter from nashville dated the 1st ast says the army at huntsville and chattanooga were to move 0 that lay day but the movement m ov ement for some reason was deferred it has been ascertained certa ined to a certainty that there aie many troops of johnsons army gone to richmond the discovery of this fact may have something to dewith do with the revocation of the order for a forward movement the richmond E enquirer of oatlie the says the great fire at wilmington N 0 lias has fallen heavily on blockade operations indeed it may be consid clad aled to have put an effectual stop to running the blockade for some time the destruction of property is estimated at three to five million dollars in in gold cold the examiner says a most serious scarcity of provisions exists in virginia both north and south of the james liver not only in the cities and towns but throughout the interior the same paper says four army corps have been sent flom chattanooga C a to reinforce grant in a long leading 13 article the E examiner applauds forresta For rests atrocities at fort pillow arid and says the whole country will applaud the action and so it is hoped will the confederate government tile the E enquirer in in commenting upon upon a recent speech of vice pros president ident ste says lie lias has disappointed his admirers and friends only to gratify his enemies cile and those of his country NEW if may ay fth A special to the post says the rebels are concentrating an immense number of troops in virginia but our military leaders profess to be perfectly satisfied with tile the situation all mail communication with the army of the potomac and with the troops are pro habited for the present philadelphia may ath the bulletins special from washington the ath says the army of the potomac passed the wilderness which includes the old chancellorsville battle il ground east cast of lees army and pressed on until it reached tile open plain southeast south east of the wilderness 0 our u r informant states that grant took that route in order to flank lee he also states the theory entertained by officers there was that leo lec was still in in tile alie works about orange court house many believe that it will be found general grant has flanked lee and is between his army and the works at richmond NEW YORK may 6 by mail from washington we learn that information has been received there that our army passed safely through the wilderness but nothing noth ilig further is known of the onward movement 11 humors prevail of fighting 0 but they are founded on more mere conjecture as it is known that up to 1 7 on wednesday evening no movement had taken place there are troops remaining on this side of the rapidan Ra but it is improper to state their exact location they include some if not all the colored soldiers much of the rolling stock of the railroad has been sent back to washington as there is now no further use for it 1 |