(Times Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, May 27 – A movement made to-day by Gen. Fitz John Porter’s division of McClellan’s army, is reported to have been attended with complete success. It resulted in cutting off railroad connection with Richmond, at a new and important point, and will undoubtedly tend to the discomfiture of the rebels.
Maj. Gens. McDowell and Ord spent the day in the city, and after a protracted interview with the President and Secretary of War, returned to Fredericksburg.
Some of the above item about Gen. Porter doubtless refers to the capture of Hanover Court House.
(Special to Post.)
A new treaty with Mexico has just been received here. Its terms do not meet the views of the Government and it will undoubtedly be rejected by the Senate when it is submitted.
Washington is perfectly quiet to-day.
It is understood that the Government has satisfactory advices from several important points where our forces are operating. It is certain that everything thus far goes well.
The Government entertains expectations that in pursuance of the plans laid out before the retreat of Gen. Banks, and which are now being carried out, the rebel forces who ventured up the valley of the Shenandoah will be captured.
It is considered certain here by the friends of the measure and those who have taken most pains to inform themselves of the opinion of members that the Bankrupt bill will pass.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 3
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