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


The LyrchtUrg Rfpnbiteaa asserts tn the
enemy has eylcpated LeNisbarg and retreat.
ed to MEADOW Bluff. tweivs mile. dis ant,
where they are now concentrating their forces
in anticipation of an attack fro M Gen Lor-
iug. The movements OF this fficer since tns
repu.se al Lewisburg, have been of the mes:
energetic character, ard have created consid.
cradle alarm in tn Yankee army in the
West.
PORT PILLOW.
The 70 emphis <ppsal has Intelligence from
For, Pillow 10 Nay 2sth, at which time the
eLe my were Smelling iuIiously Most of their
shots fell inside the works, without, however,
doing any damage. The fire was nos returned,
the FEDERAL gnnbo.ts did not make the ir
appearance.
PROM NEW ORLEANS.
A copy Of the New Orleans Deita, Of May
q h, hGs been received. I.isnow under Gem
piete Yankee control. As a specimen of the
stuff that f1lls its columns, we copy the fol-
lowing:
We underi tand that 5. +. Glen, Esq, of the
Washington b,r. il preparing documentary
work Oh the subisct of the surrender of New
Orleans. IF course it will he exact and i'm =
partial, VERIFYING the truth Of history" as
he accompanied the stf fl Of Gen. Butler
Captain buchanan, htst oiicsr Of the gun
boat q. W London, was in town on Saturday.
q
TO see hts hancs)me IA . in our sanctum
The late Mayor Monroe docs not ENJOY the
seclusiou of Fort Jackson. He dreams audi.
bly,, suffers from the nightmare, and the mus.
0ul:o3s poster him. He has been great sin :
Esr, and 1t Il just that Il e flies should be per
mitied 10 do unto him as he has done an 10
oths,s.
Col Budley's regiment paraded yesterday
afternoon. Ihsy made fine appear nee,
aud the streets through which they pa SCI
were thror ged by ladies and gentlemen.
The great coward, Lowell, who ran away
upc n the acpros Gu Of the national army 70
New Orleans, is now in alexandria, La. He
Is surrounded by a mob. He has issued aI
order directing the destruction Of cotton. We
pint it elsewhere.
TaE ENEMY MOVEMENTS II STONE RIvEg.
The Charleston Mercury, Of Tuesday last,
says:
Yesterday morning the enemy's gunboats
U9gan q vigorous and IL discriminate shelling
of the nelghborhood Of SecassicnSille. The
firing continued with greater Or less rapio.y
Guring the forenoon but did not result in any
particular da III age on cur side. During the
afternoon the i1riug ceased, but ,he mum Der ct
the enemy's gunboau was increased, eight
hnviI & anchored In Stono river, Wniie thtr-
teen othsrs were reported TO be outside the
bar. To-day will pro bly, develop the mean
iug Of proxlcltry OF this unusually large no.
ulla to James Island.
Last night the town was full OF rumors, OF
various degrees of possibility; bu, as we could
trace nose CT them 10 authentic aources, We
coniine ourselves 10 the facts We have ascsr-
tai ed and given above.
BAAB4AIAsIsM.--Wsc copy the following from
tho Norfolk correspondence Of the Philadsl.
phia Iaqpirer. "Starvation is an exceed.
ingiy humane manner OF driving people In 20
reverence fer the " old flag
The rebels still hold out, ard refuse to sub.
NIT and taks The oath allegiaCce. For
blockade. II they des;ls starvation In pref
ersnce to YAakes notioas and the protection
the Govsrnment Offers thsm, tho General
has no objection to allowing them tine to re-
psnt.