The news from Virginia since last week is insignificant. General
Ewell made an attempt to turn the Federal right on the 19th May, which was repulsed. The Times correspondent's telegrams, which are apparently freely constructed out of his own imagination, says that General Grant also made an unsuccessful attack on Lee's position on the 18th, with a loss of 1,200 killed and wounded ; but of this Mr. Reuter has no confirmation. The same Times telegram says that General Joseph Johnstone (the great Southern failure of the war) is "drawing-on" General Sher- man into Georgia, where the Federals have occupied Rome and are advancing on Atlanta. This means that General Joseph Johnstone is retreating as fast as he can after the serious defeat at Resaca. Beauregard is said to be preparing for a great assault on Butler's lines on the James River, but we have not yet heard of any result.
