The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-01
FROM THE NORTH.
We Continue onr extracts from Northern papers
Of the 25th The correspondent Of the New York
Times says writing June 1gth

VI ttlt -.du AHc COIIt6Yehucut Ol t1e NtW oIh
Times says writing June 18th:
FROM BEFORE RICHMOND.
On our side everything has been perfectly quiet
res three or four of our con- an,.s Of Engineers
going out with axes aud spades 90 construct two or
three small corduroy passages for artillery, and at
one or two points saw men at work completing
hre,istw Baf oil our prepaycsioEs arc sabstaa
taty done And II there is further delay ii will be
due to some other than tina. which has done
duty 'has far. that we wsrc not quite ready"
have expressed the opinion that Mcclellan will
commence the attack within three days a, fa,tbt,st
1t may come to and Cannot well be delay
ed beyond sioaday At the same time am bound,
in justice, 10 give you the other side OF the story
i. 1t is quite possible that Mcclellan may be apais
ing tic co-aperotionof burnside Mans sfeid aud tee
gGaboats on the James hiUer throw this ont mere
" ccnJecture. But Burnside came herr to heal
quarters last week, then went to Washington, and
then re-, urned to his command. Mansfield was 81
simultaneously sent to Suffolk with strong force, Il
state only what has been announced In the Rich
niond papers, and certain ugly customers kavegone
up the James River Ii the distractions. Including
Fort Darling, can I've so removed rs 10 permit the
passage Of our gunboa.s rp TIE river the surrender
Of Richmond becomes question o a2ars only. Con
sdering McClellan's well known inclination to save
life his utter abnega'on Of himself in his desire to
the cause his rather inexpiicable delays here's
for the last few days, and other circumstances to
which have referred, am hall inclined to suspect
that he means TO post pone ad'recs attack until he
hears the echo Of The guns at Fort Darling You
may remember a note acknowledges. the important
service rendered by our officers who sicc. eded in
opening communication with the James River.
=. For two or three days now the reoci9 have
made deuce of a row with the drum every morn
ing. At a very early hour can hear tattoo in
their camp, with the words of conAuand. &c. II
tlcy i.4s ndsd t. attack ~. they would not thus
give us notice. n thy infended 10 evacuate, they
would cloak their design with precisely such demoa-
strations. 7IGfr OsteHta1as firing To- ay reminds one
rery much Of The similar performance the dry b(ors
Meg left Yor..own Gen. Mcclellan on Wednesday
said lf l,ld lain awake nj: nt,lnjEy listening .
their tattoo and wondering vile .Lcr it did not
''skedadds." He may advance to-.iorroso i'll order
to ascertain.
3 Mr. Robinson in the letter given above, says
that "both armies eatreachiag." This is true.
The rebels have put up some ve:v formidable earth
works during the last tliree weeks; and our side
has at least kept pace with them, They dix to pre-
vent our advance. We dig to rsai.c sure that, if
checked we need not retreat. ,lo not think shat
this proceeding warrants Ni<. Rolinson's inference
that there will bo no fighting for 'ine. There
may not be, and then again there may! When there
il any ii will be severe ard part aoiH he
maiRiy battle Of nrtII0y. Tou will probably hear
of sixty pieces being nasscd i'll single field. slo
not believe the rebels have any thing which can with
stand il.
Affairs at beadquartcrsare perfectly quiet Gen.
Mcclellan, who has been quite ill. is now recovered
and III perfect health. Gen. Barry Chief of Artil-
ery who ha, been anxious about the weather, is
perfectly satisfied with the existing state of thinss.
He loo@s If his par. Of the preparatory work lad
been done
You Will probably publish this letter Tuesday
Hornug. In my opinion you will receive nows by
telegraph before that time that battle has been
fought, and that Richmond hats been taken or else
tli: il has rot.
The correspondent OF tie Philadelphia iaGairer,
writing on the sg}d, says:
THE EXCITEaENr OF YE REBELS NEAR EEw BRIDGE.
For several days the Rebels, Opposite here have
hron excessively jubi!aut about something. Il
biass band played earl III the morning.. during the
,;ltf ~ lat Ven Wyn
small hours OF the night We kDe" there was
some cause sor it. We knew they wsre not yet
evacuatin.y, for, from the balloon, we could look
down upon them iii the open fields and lind no
change had the spirit Of their dreams,
and thai they still expected to hold their ground be
fore Eichniopd uutl we attacked thein bat gradu-
ally We found cut what going
In the woods above LcHsS liill, last Friday,
heard rcprlt of Il heavy gum Il whizz grew loud
er nd louder aud explosion mile i'll the
where Our Sihi"y was pitched enabled us to
csl"" 10 the conclusion that ye Rebels had been
mounting heavy guns within range Of our ten
pound Parrots The baud was mere piece OF
bragg eadocio, 10 get the 10 work with te!in,
OF security. They knew ou. guns could prevent
them, were we 50 disposed, 80 they put as bold
4 front Us possible, and succcct.c,:. They have
fred the woods around Int guns aud in trout have
formed an abatis by taiiin1, the trees crosswie.
One OF the guns fired i, the siege gun left
the hill, near the Stone Eridsse; is j pound
Parrot gun; aud strange to say, Sccrs si;ts rcuiiy
made an improvement i'll the shape OF casting the
shot and she'll at least, our artillery otc.rs here
say it Is Improvement. They make the base of
The shell hollow, like the bottom of a wine bottle,
knt the rim out thin. instead of being blunt
They have an English gun. firing II pound shell,
similar TO those at Yorktown. They have also
nunhr III 10 pound Parrot guns but they general.
ly make miserable firing.
ANOTHER "YAAKEE DEVICE"
While Professor Lowe had one OF his balloons up
the other day. they opened on iiin, and ihe first
shot passed between the ropes the hext fell within
hundred yards of where the detail Of men were
holding he guy ropes but did not explode; he nI;e
descent, and reporting the location Of matters,
c'iorei his balloon in ravnc. Not to be ouidone,
the Professor soon had Il quantity of shovcls ard
spades brought, and III snort time he had suiIl-
cicnt number Of bomb proofs thrown up, from
which the men could operate the ropes in safety
lie thinks he is perfectly secure in the car of the
balloon, when up, a any height, they must fire
IL great elevation TO hit him, and the chances are
hundred to one in tavcr of missing both the car
and balloon.
GAINEsS HOUSE NOT ENTIRELY eafE YET
We thought that Dr.. Gtiness house was safe
when he reinained there with his family and the
bes aware OF it fbut it seems they have no
gard for anything While the old Doctor was talk.
ing his treason the other day bang went a cannon,
and the next moment the whiZz aud crash was
heard as a treetop tell in his lawn. We'll, now
that's too bad" ho exclaimed and going in great
hurry to the Use, got his wife aod children, and
with his vauables, went down iato the cellar where
he remained as long as the robels continued TO fire
none Ol tHt obier slDfs StTUCk DIS near, however,
but wha: position for the proud, naughty and de-
tiaut traitor
There will not be much wheat harvested this SUM.
in this region. What is untouched by the army,
hands cannot be found to cut Worlen are, i'll most
i,stagses at work gathering the crop, which seems
to be The only hope Of subsistence the coming win
ter.
ARRIVAL OF THlEANTHRorIsTs
Mrs. Senator Harlan (of Iowa) and Mrs Senator
Wilkinson (of Minnesora} are here on Il mission Of
hmm y JD he, <igl. aud
wounded soldiers. Daring the last few days about
t.o hundred Sisters OF Charity have come up sis
nurses but they are stationed at White House.
rKosAssoR LOWE AND THE EEEEL MOVEMENTS
Professor Lowe has three balloons inflated
and making aScensions at all Eonrs OF day and
night. '1he Union" floats over Mechanicsyllie
Tile lntrep;i' over Nav Bridge and "fhe Con
stiiuton' over the left wing. No uove,n,:nt can
BE- made by the rebels when t'ere~is calm on tie
air is Tree tgom fog, hut II is instantly reported 10
headquarters.
THE INQUIRER" IN cave.
We get the Iaqgiror every m,rniag, as .ec,,lar
as the morning cOnes Mondays paper we GIT
Oh "Wednesday morning, and on. The Iag,.irtr
and New York Utya.G are the only two papers to
be ha we do not know how many colue alto
ge.lcr
THE ROADS.
The roa!, have become quite dusty ant, the
movement OF. an army tram will cause ;.s much Of
"a loud Of dust as though a thousand hurricanes
were al WHk 10 ue III caip Hrdr 4 ROAD Is To 1--we
in dirt. The effect upon the men, when they have
10 march, is very severe.
The STRENGTH OF THE REEEL ARMY BEFORE
RICHMOND
il Is believed by those who have u good clanee
TO kalow that tho rebels cannot to-day rase out ct
the army in front OF Eich,nond sixty Thousand men
OIL WHOM they can rely, TO make charge upon us,
or stand one frol a.. They have over a hun.
drcd thousand their ro!s but the sick dis.vct-
e aud n,iii'a nan.bcr nearly fifty per cent OF; the
whoc. They have all their best men Il. i,ont NOW
and should break through their lines, the militi..
in the rear would Only make confusion worse con