The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-14
LATE AND IINPoHT.iFr.

yrori the Ee.v Tor, Times July ~
drfiyei of Ger. Hsrp,s;Ge ~ Fcrtrcss .Mouroc- R
iBfoycomeats for G5ntrdi NeC2eliGa-CoRf.dTgte
Eissefies Erected on .IQnses Eieer--7Ke Transport
.sGgtats tSrcd fntC-iS.0nehsH JochsoR NOT Dtad
4 special corresrondant Of tie Tires who arri, ed
IN lbs city late lat night. from t,en McteIian
headquarters on Montisy morning, briuss several
't4~rrsant items OF news.
Gen. BURNSIDE has arrived nj Fortress Meuro4, on
his way to Gen. GcCiesen'4 headquarters. TIN last
Tuesday his troops eIabaf cd nj eerd Of trans
ports and ready 70 cooperate with McUsean in the
battles on he Peninsula but he received dssrate,,
p~-eortns TO come from the Wa: Department, stat
ing that aecscan in Richmond aud the enemy
in flight in all directions Not suspecting the truth
of this dispatch, lac disembrkad hls troops and Was
iien too late TO participate III the seven days strus
gle. Ills troops. have, however arrived at Fortress
Monroe, and have before this arrived AT Harrison
Landing
The transport Junista, conveying supplies up The
james river, was iirea into from Confederate bat.
tsr.es Below iarrisons Landing. the Opposite
side o. tits river She obliged to ashore to
rave being sIEF. On the same side Of the river the
Contedera'es have cens.,ucted batteries between
Harrisons Landing and the Chiekahominy river
One OF them, which your cores pOnteent saw, ~
merely breastwOrk of sods, about eight fest his,;
placed one behind the other
Day before yesterday stonewall Jackson. who
was reported dead, sent flag of truce ill., convey
Ing lot Of our sick ald wounded. whom they
could not or would not keep. They, however re-
fuse to receive one from US, basins their refusal
upon the fact that General Grant refused their re-
quest ut Shiloh.
whose horse WIS killed at the same time that Gen.
McCais body fell into the bands of the enemy, re-
ports that the General was undoubtedly killed -
liis eo,tfmn marching along the Charles City
road when he received intelligencs that the enemy
were In trout # him. He halted his command and
rode forward III company with Captain Stone, Capt.
Shees4, and Lieut.. Lambert. when he reached i
bend in the road he found, to his surprise the Con.
federated drawn in line of siI
OF the road, within one hundred feet of him. They
ordefed him TO dismOlrnt. or they would fire. He
attempted to escape and whole platoon fired into
him. Major StOue cod Lieu. Lambert both think
that at lest fourteen fifteen bullets pierced his
body. They saw him Ilil from his horse, and be-
lieve him 20 be dead.
Day before yesterday Stonewa!i Jackson at
tackled and drove III the picilets of Frank liu =
division When Genegal Frsukln brought up his
reserve Jackson s-ll bacl., aud it was expected "A
night attack would &c oa,ie but everything pass
ed off quietly.
uioN CAIRO.
CAIRO, July e.-1he steamer Sunshine. which
arrived TO day, brings from Eicksburg to
the 30tb nit. at which time the bombdrdinent was
continued and the townwas deserted except by
the military.
The news from White river, Arkansas l. not en-
couraSing, Col. Fitch still holds ST. Charles No
relief has reached Gen Curtis The whole country
bordering on the White river is reported 10 be in
operations cf th- eonscription la'r. which is er-
lorced in the most rigorous hammer. Our boats
frequently fred OH from the shore.
FROM IICkSBrRG.
PiuLADELrit!A. July 9.-.-The special corr.spun
dent Of the Philadelphia Press, on board the u 5
steamer Brooklyn, writing under date of June
18th. says
All hants were called early this morning TO at.
tack the batteries and the city ef Eick sburg The
first gun fired at o'clock. and the firing wa.
intense. TIE Hartford Richmond, and the gun
boats have passed ttie batteries and the city with
out silenciDg the works. Tie BROOKLYN has re-
ceived orders iot 10 pass battery without Il
lenc,ng it. She remains below. The loss or til.
Hartford was man killed aud eleven woun ,ied
a masters mate was killed the Eichmos,d and
six men wounded.
MASS ACHUSETTS AND THE CALL FOR TROOPS
BOSTON, July 6.--Gov. Andrew and Alt Gen
Scbotier have prepared and published the mill
number of men each city and town shall furnish to
make up fifteen Thousand n;ep the proportion
Massachusetts Is expected 10 send TO the field n
unteers.
HiitraRT MOVEMENTS ~ NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CONCORD. N, H.. july p-The Legislature b;,
unanimously adopted resolutions piedging the State
TO furnish il. quota Of troops under the call Of thu
President. Meetings 10 encourage voiuuteerin.
ara being held in ali parts Of the State The l0tf
! regiment New Hampshire volunteers composed