The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-20


make up the following SUMMARY from the Yankee
reports f" war movements and other inu,tsrs:
FkoN M'DowELEs DIVISION
FREDERICKSBURG Jun. l,--fou.id.rab. cx.
ciiemsn, was ceelro,,ed yesterday by the report
that the rebels advancing upon ,f,;, citv and
'iad driven in our piesets. II was found that the
a,a'n originated IN party Of depretiator, being
nred UPON by farmer The enemy. line Of ples
es Is eighteen miles distant, sni was driven in by
our cAvdiry yesterday
A day or two since Major Lacv Ai.. de amp 20
IN" rebel General Sp.ith, and owner vi the csta,,
occupied b.; Genera. Mcdowell for Headquarters,
came up within few miles of Frederick sbury and
sent in for his wife. Suspicious ware aroused bv
her departure, and securing party gent upon
her track resulting in tn. capture I.acv He now
processes great anxiety to bs para..,l.
Col. Wood. of the Brooklyn Fcur,eentl,, IS ex-
pected TO join his regiment again with one HUNDRED
recruits III few days TIE cxuh.rauea Of hi. com
mand upon the reception OF the was ina..scri
babe.
The bridges damaged by The recent high water
have been repaired and trains will cross the Rap
pahanpock again to,norrur
TIE BATTLE OF roKT REPtBIN.
FRONT ROYAL, June -, is6a.
The results OF the taffie of Port Rsfnitl,c 'n
Monday iasf between p0rtio OF Shields DIVISION
and Jack.cps army aseertsined as near as
can i.. The nan,ss alre4ay given are knewa TO be
asncifg the killed ts,Id wounded although usay
cIessed among the missing no doubt badly Ia
fore a foe superior in numbers and i' all other
r.s;,ects. excerpt bravery, mauy were necessarily
lei: on the field. whose names cord not be a,csr-
tanned Of the large numbers elaese'i rs missing
many will doubtless. find their T:ay back to their
regiments. ~
The force engaged composed mostly Of West
crn nen who did their duty nobir: as Is evilencrd
by thes fighting toe more than tive times
their number for five hours. and then retreatpg
in order. excepting one OR two regiments which
were completely surrounded and compelled TO
nae back to the division. The Seventh Indiana
regiment did noble duty, holding their position op
the righ, for four hours against vastly superior
force, Coos.l Gavin repeatedly charging and tirv
ing the enemy like sheep. They left freie ricks-
burg eight hundred strong, and arrived at Port f..
public with only three hundred. the remainder be-
ing left along the route sick and disabled and after
the fight they mustered about one hundred and
forty, losing more than half their force
The Iwenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Ohio rcsi-
ments also lost heavily
After Mondays fight. il is upt, rstoed Jackson
took the road towards Skspardsve, passing
through the gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains in /,
line fer GordonsYiie. at which point il railroad
conin,ilie alton with Richmond
THE Yankees ALWAYS trump up some sort Of an
excu.e for defeat. The story of their lighting
foe more than five times their number" Is intended
as sort of sugar coating for "a very bitter pill
siDce it is well known that jackson force hume.
ricallv, was far less than that OF the eneInv An
other imaginary statement is that of repeatedly
charging" the Confedsra,es in the batti. The
charging on that occasion doue by ths giari,p-
Louisiana brigade, and that shev made tie Feasees
run like sheep Is proved By the result
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Gazette, giving
an account Of the battle, puts down the Federal
loss at 40 killed and wounded including several
Colonels and Captains. and the rebel loss at Cos in
cludirg Gen. Stewart killed. Remarkable state
ment. The writer concludes:
Col. S. s. Carroll, of Ohio with tvvo regiment. nf
shiedss division. reached the opposite side of the
river from here Yesterday morning, Gstbl and az,
tempted to hold the bridge, but was driven back
by Jackson. He opened with his artillery III.
morning the bridge, the rebel arnly were
crossing, INT driven back by the superior force
OF Jackson aud retreated down the river.
CURIOUS REBEL DOCUMENT"
The New York Herald informs us that the follow
ing curious rebel document WAS found with
others u partially destroyed railroad car az Win
| chester:
Iasractioa TO Gen .Iacssoa,c Teceiced a: s,g4na,a
! Ifay - le6a By Telegrapa ,ren Richmond
! To Major 1 II. Harte1a:
| G,eu. Johnston directs thu, this dispatch be sent
through General Jackson soo, dc os,.l. and
that b. kept entirely secret Telegrap, 10 r,..
| 1T what hour your courier starts from Stauntcu
with the dispatch. J. Il. BOSWELL
/ t., =, "A
Hpa'Rs DEPAErafST NoRTHiRN Va,
MaT II, ish1-9 clock, l. min.
| Tc Gsn.ral T. J. .l0cksoa:
| General have jus; received sour letter of yes
ter,isy by Lieutenant Boswell. \ copy Gf {, dis
patch teiegrsphed by that uffeer from Sta.int"u
! reached ine this morning. After reading, wrote
| 70 you iy special messenger, sugg.,tins, move
Ineut threatening Washington d,i,l Baltimore. UNI
less the enemy still has i'll your vicinity force
| enough To- make it rash to attempt it, Nc has 10
| force beyond the Potomac 70 max. it Rngerut,r;
| ouly what he has this side need b. considered.
! 1cu cannot III your present position employ surb
an army rs yours upon any enterprise not beaEin;
directly upon the state of things here--ei.her bs-
| preventing the rem crceIne uts To MeC.llan's army
or by drawing troop. from il, hy divisions These
| objects might be accomplished by the demon
| stratlonS proposed above. ar by a movement
| upon Mcdowell, although | fear that by the
time this reaches you it will b. late for either
| The most important service YOU can render the
country the preventing the further -trengt heunc
of. McCellans army. If you find too late for that
| strike the NOS; important body of the enemy You
| can reach. You conipe! me to publish orders an
| nouncing your success 80 often that You mu.tex-
| pect repetition of expressions.
| Yours, very truly, j. E. JOHNSTON,
| T. SIT is reported this eysuin, that NJ. Dc'vell
is moving this way from Fredericksburg. 1t is
| probable. j. Z. JoHhSroS.
THE LisCoLSirEs IN MIssou Ill MURDER >ECE5
! SIo>IsT.
The following is from the IIsnnibal tsio.) Herale
| Of June 10Th:
| lnfnnaticp VA, hr.u,,h, into camp a. Palmyra
| on SATURDAY last tha, Caicn.l John Owen a Doto
siuus rsbe who has made hinEef conspicuous III
burning bridges. carr. aud depots ana "'he i''.
passenger trains laet summer an'i tall was ecf-'"u
! at near his farm IN Msnroe. detachment Iion'
COMPANY A. Eleventh regiment Missouri Stse Mill'
ill., Colonel Lpscombs.) uiilss coinirand OF l%en-
/ tcDapt Donahue, was immediately sent ON Hohi
! Palmvrs to hunt The outlaw On approaching il'e
| farm of Colonel Owen on Sunday. about X d., 'ae
| squad discovered negro running rdptiiy from thc
| house towards piece of brush Inc Liea,ehan'
and his company immediately started for tae hfo>h'
and s-u. into it, discovered the game and soou
bar-ed it, At first the Colonel showed a iieernina-
tion to resist his capture but tiodtns such pro
| cccdin: usclass, ie yieiied. Preparations were
made for his execution. He begged the soldiers 70
take him prisoner They 'infUruet, BIN that " TAX
| ING pri.oners" was played ont. They then placed
him unon stump, in front CT file OF soldiers, and
| at the word of command eight bullets pierced t!ie
| iody of the rebel. killing him Instantly.
| Tbus ha. ended fhe career ef notorious bush
..hsrks sr and outlaw He has met this just Tetriba
| ton at his dainnnS crimes
NEWS FROM MEMPHIS.
The Northern papers bring u news from Mem
pbs N Int. az Jane i4sh We copy the ouly items
| Of interest
The city remains unusually quiet and orderly,
| and business is slowly revi.ing.
| Thus far the amount OF rebel property seized
| amounts to only $4,000.
Captain Dill, of the Proves, Guard estimates tia
amount of cotton, sugar, ac.. Concealed for ship
ping, 10 be Sl5OOO Tais Is rapidly finding its way
! to the levce.
The number of absentees has been o.er-s.stiina
| ted Many have returned. nltie those who go Oh
| upward boats mostly nlenlers of sundefed fam
| lilies
/ The Mayor and City Council Of Union pro
rrvites as general thin, and exercise heir func
ttfe
tixt,sd good couduct b renewed szf,ra,,sr at fi.