The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-10

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factory as ii Is gave most welcome relief to 5sit
lion Of anxious nin1s Fiie army was not beaten =
so they reasoned all sas--or would he right
Yet The Rtaenle,it OF Cen. Mcclellan hat no guns
were iost WAS iaeypIcabie /; other reports app,s.
rehtiy truthful, said that be had l4sa ti.:-,is bu
this late 81 news came isasn the War i,Eyari,nen;
they coHld not deceive the pc not in
teniionaIy SO. opinion was rather III favor OF the
la'est dispatch, and The painful suspense Of the
people was measnrably relieved III, This state of
mind tte city entered upon the of fhe nationai
anniversary. But the eastomh,y hnarity was no,
manifest the esrBing was cold and gloomy, .ind
even the irrepress.ble pa.rosm Of o,.ng me ies
was tame and spritIess
our next t-egraphie adyices, In order Of date
are from Fortress Monroe, July q endorsed BY
Mail to the Associated Press" The reports from
the army by this correspondent are I d TUESDAY
inclusive. That the sixth day Of corsin-
nous fighting all along lines n fight that for
dessrtctiveneas of life has parallel in history.
cur killed, v0hed and Ii;ssiJ,sr ar,, ,si;m.t.d t
$4,000 to 10000. This letter denies ih. toss Of the
siege guns statiDg that nearly all were brorl e6t
safely Off General Mcclellan and his staff agre.
that the army has got into much better position
by the great moVemen.
Some of our Re siaeti!s have suffered terribly ,
For instance the atli New York lost :0 after no t
heroic fighting The enemy everywhere ontnun.
bered MS; they had la.Goo effective men MeClei
Ian not more than la5GsD. Next we had .Iispstch
from Baltimore but it is suppressed at the ietation
OF Mr.. SaHaiord Military Supervisor of Teegrasnic
Dispatches From other sources, we learn that
utu SHieiuS army went nU James IupS.
dry TO reiafnre- Mefles.a
Our Washington dispatches st.tte that Il cav
officer from fredericksburg repoI ted heavy cannon
aiding heard all day on "Wednesday, in The direc
ton OF Richmond that at night the sky was
strongly Illuminated with lurid light and on Thurs
day yesterday inorning,) there was great smoke
10 the south, as if from some dense confasra, ion
The death II Stonewail Jackson, and also of Gen
Barnwel Ehett Of South Carolina IL announced
in a Richmond paper.
From this sketch Of the days dispatches and
from the letters OF our correspondents, elsewhere
printe The reader can get all the light available to
the public in regard to the great contest before
Richmond But the manner in which informs ion
has been conveyed and the hesitancy on all sides
about publication is not calculated TO inspire q
lively faith in any statement.
PEOCEFDINGS IN TIE YANKEE SENATE
III the Yankee Senate, on Monday .
MI. Wiley moved to take UP the bill for the ad-
m's5ion oi West Virginia, and Mr. Trumbull called
the yeas and nays thereon Of test vote The
Senate refused to take up the Lill--yeas II, nays
Ia.
Mr Chandler submitted the following:
i'esoioed That the Secretary Of War be directed
10 furnish for The Of the Senate all orders of
the Executive to Major Gen Geo T. Mcclellan rela
tive to the advance of the Army of the Potomac
upon Richmond, aud all the cOrrespondence he.
tween the said Gen. George B Mcclellan and the
Executive, from the date of the Presidents order TO
the said Gen. Mcclellan to advance ,lnon Manassas
on the 22d February, 1869, and the ls dty of NAV
1902; likewise the numerical force OF the ARMY of
the Potomac, as shown by the morning rolls on the
first day Of November aud December 1851 and
JANUARY February and March,. lsG2; the number Of
troops which Gen Mcclellan took to Fortress Mon
roe AMI The number OF reintorcements supplied
him up 10 and including the 25th day OF june, 1862
Mr. Chandler said the Senator from Pennsylvania
wantedto know where the army w;l; The army
al the Potomac. when it marched on Manassas,
numbered HWuO0 men, and the enemy less than
.n,tUo. They marched on Manassas and found
two ipllt- att
horses. He believed that the army ceull have
parched to Richmond in thirty days and not have
lost thousand men, and there wond have been1 10
iinpediinent 70 its marching to Charleston or New
Orleans. But the Senator from Pennsy lyania wants
to knoNY who placed the army where illev are The
press politicians and traitors TO the country declare
that +. Vi. Stanton pn them there but stanton had
nothing 10 do with putting the army in he marshes
OF the ChckahoEiny. This is a matter Of erir,i-
na,ity-gross eriniinaly, which should c1ns,,li the
criminals to eternal Getestation and conformation
The country demaihis 4 sacrifice for IL crime
and the press OF the country il demanding the sac
riiiec OF q mere clerk, MIR. Stanton being 4 p4r,
clerk, 10 obey the orders Of the President 4 call
should be made on the President, which II an.
syTered would show the true criminal The cr;Ini.
nality was new reduced 50 as 10 be between two
ard dyding The gfs. Army Of the Potomac, adj
tie criminal is ether AbraGm kiacoia ~ Ge0rs,gB
Mc Cjeileather- is no third man at all fn,s cri.
nina: should in bis u!g gme LII. lot only nc deprived
OF Office, but safer the extreme pes,iv of the law
The nation had been disgraced by this division of
the Army CT the Potorn:.s, which Secretary Stan.
ton had opposed Ii that array had been com.
nlanied b. that arch traitor jefferson Davis there
had not been step since December be would not
have ordered lie called the press to stop de-
nouicing mere clerk, and to denounee the Presi.
dent and Gen. Mcclellan.
Mr.. Lane, OF hsnsas joined in loud condeinna-
ton Of the manner III which the war had been CON
tleted and the socailed conservative policy urging
the putting OF Ill the hands OF ell loyai men
il the States, without reference TO color. If this
had been done first, his friends desired the ro-
boiiion would have been crushed in sixty days He
yellemeDtiy advocated this policy.
After further discussion, the Senate went in, -
Executive session and subsequently adjourned
TaIE BoHBaRiiMENT OF vICKsgURG
dispatch from Memphis, DARED 9th last States
that the ram LONGS had arrived The from Vicks
burg with dates 10 I'd inst.
The canal being cut across the point of land oD-
p0site Neksburg nearly completed A large
number Of negroes had been collected to work
on the canal from the various plantations in ti.e
vicinity, and in all Government receipts
were given for them. Several thousand more were
about 10 be cnga ged on the work. II s supposed that
when the dci, is finished the river will cut a wide
channel during high water, forever leaving YickS.
burg inland village.
The bombarfnent has been ke h up at re I'll ar
intervals from both fleets, Com. Davis having ar
rived when the Lioness left The rebel batteries
replying occasionally
1t is stated that the rebel works Were to . sor
ed he Fourth OF July and there is every req son
10 believe that the place has already fal,au
The city is said not to be badly damaged as frs,
stated. Ali the nonevmbatants were removed pre.
Vious to the bombarament The rebel fore. is said
to b. $4,000 story had reached the 1ieet that
several hundred Of the enemy killed by the
IxutaeiJu / gf tltt Snf lis