The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-08

The N. y. Tribune does not say one word edi,c
RALLY. but in Iss news summary thinks that
The latest rumoss are very conflicting, but mes,
Of them seem TO be- niifasprable Dispatches TO
Flag Officer Gcisbcrough, on Monslay, are said to
state that the re bel attack on our right was ie.pe
rate affair." In which the rebels lost 5000 men; our
loss was heavy. Gen. Stoncman being cut off from
the right had rctreated to Yorktown and arrived
Fortress Monroe 1t s further stated that his le
Mcclellan, with severn lighting, had passed through
White Oak Swamp. with i0.oeo nien and ioo pieces
OF s.iery la secure aiid advantageous pnsiten,
and had subsequently, cut through line Of
nicaton with tire james river 1t Is reported that
during the two days sighting, MeC,ollaus iots
it.Nu. On tais head we hav. particulars what
ever Col. Alexandcr had come through to James
river TO selec. the base, and Turkey Bend had
been decided on his is about thirty miies from
Richmond, and ten miles above CITY Point. Teie:
graphic communication beyond YORKTOWN is cut e.i,
and the officials permit nothing outside the official
dispatches to so upon Tho Wirc.
The " Y. 7f.sss thinks the work which Genei-
al Mcclellan has in hand Is progressing to favol
able conclusion" II goes on
The heavy operations of the battlefield lasf
week. practically ended with Friday, by which lime
the change Of position which was desired, had been
effected aud further offensive action on the part of
the enemy was impossible. Our left wing rested
upon the James river right upon the Ch,ck.,-
hoiIlpy, and The Wi2aa national lin" was less tiu
nine miles in length. Communication with the
gunboafs bed been opened up perhaps other forces
now compact mass Of the Union army WAS ready
for the Wcrd Of its eommanef sT
the rebel army We hear actually nothing Wh-thcr
that section o it wael pushed to the railroad ii.
the York river sti. fenains there or, nudirg that
in their occupation they had achieved barren
quest, and ,ii Il were altogether Useless 70 attmpt
to hold or it, whether they nave drawn back
again 20 the main line oil dei'nce-, the rebi
capital there to await the onset Of Mcclellan,
quite in the dark, Ne should judge that fbt
latter would BE their policy and that they world
have carried ii out just as rapidly possible
They cannot cross the hicahoininy they cannot
operate on the York river, aDywheIe north
or east OF il and So perhaps. leaving h small
force for the sake %. show, and TO give them
selves assurance OF victory won, jackson at
fastened III the direction Of the beeagiered capi
tai. Jackson's mime and army would be y tower
oi strength there 1T present crowned he is with
the i;turei5 of the Shenandoah aud followed by iii
~ thousand Of tha best troops in Jeif. Daeiss
vice. All iiheee rebel masses, however, cannot avail
for the defence, OF Richmond " len once oir aclm
boats shall have passed Fort Darling and the rebel
obstrnttion- in the river. Nliea ftfg reach siir
town, its surrender i; certain: the most feasih.
line OF retreat of the rebel ARMY is Off If indeed
the irnr;-ctds hc not capable OF rendering Il
ccsssui retreat altogether iupracticabi". At pee,
ent iu.oc that the na; oua aud rebel arnie-
again confronting each other with the former
in an incalcuiatly better position than il formerly
occupied. aud consequently far stronger and with
line not onethird the length OF its former line to
defend.
may be Will very soon te veiop itself Army rt'r
respondents busy predicting fbai he teiit b.
tie rebei caPiid{ ba iae 4 of mir and papers
have published the ne" that he Is ai'rody there He
is, doubtless, anxious I" get there anybody
can be. knowing what destructive effect such Il
movement would have upon the rebellion and the
rebel army. Thin evidently iD that peculiar
condition ut present. when AoHr nor Rask
tie aires e eiat he is tftFc, oRe Hgt tie T5f
IS n rorse yiGcc III the meantime he Eer.ts
that every soldier that possibly be spared he
pushed on 10 feinforce hia tina; 50, when lie does
strike, be inay rt;ihe ot his stroke a sure thing.
The New York Erpr6s> up the two things
gained in the following brief paragraph;
One, tha. Abolition VI {. 5 can no longer rail"
at Genera! Mcclellan the White House :; the
other, that his 'te adauarters beyond their
reach, tnlcs- they so through the fire of th: enemy
Tie Hcrtd IS of opinion that General Mccle-
lan'> great v;ctory--it it proves to be onc--vii
come upon English cousins ike clap of t!.un-
der in d clear sky" But after stunning III. The eey
eral reverses to the Fedora! arms. it says
''Should General Mcclellan meet with II great
disaster there can scarcely 10. question but that
it will lead to Toe recognition of the southern Con
fedeiacy.
This journal is net pleased with the military
situation liz the West" and says
Gen. Cur:i; is rereain-, with prospec- ,hat liz,
will lose his army and leave MissouN ;tudeterJet!.
Ii en. Mitchell - re;liHggs 81 tore tie rebels in Ten
EtAsct bSn. AtofgrD N itit1cDnfS III oppoSlIE
direction from Knoxville. Rebel armies turning
Mp is every direction, aud forces are nowhere
rs strong hey should 5e.
The Times, in fact ali the papcrs- cry aloud for
reiuforcements which The great victories" have
rendered necessary i'll order 10 speedily crush out
the rebellion The ETprgss wants million OF ,Gep.
aud if they wont volunteer, it advocates drafting
1t declares the war as thus far prosecuted,
to be not war. but a species ct 'gaiublin-
III which many thousands Of lives have been SEC
rifced. emily becaise there were net more n,eil III
the field The Tis.s Is also much distressed about
the evacuation Of james Island hy Ger Hunter. Ju-
der the caption ct Step back ard it observes
that nothing the Northern people will much
greet as the brought froiu Port Royal b. tie.
steamer blackstone las nigiit.-tnat Gen. Hunter
had ordered James Island 10 be eyacuated--b.-
cause, ii there spot more than another. in
all the South, where there ought have been no
step backward that spot that very james
Island near--nay almost in front rather on the
flank of Charleston