The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-29
EATneT PROM rHB NORTH.


Below will be found summary OF news
"a thered from Northern papers OF the 5o'n
mat. It Is unnecessary for us again to wal
our reader. NOT to riscs toe much rehar O.
Z any,n ming which eman.tes rom fau-
ace syurces, as 1t 10 notorious that the truth
is hardly ever published In thsir journals
Whenever q lie will subserve their purposes.
PROM p1rrs.u.e LAsprsa-aIPoRTlD suoosss or
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SMITH, 80.
PIrrssuss LArDlSo, April IA recc mol
tripg party, under Brigadier. General a:
Smith, left here this morning. ana attac keo
tho enemy's pickets. enc hundred ana nIsy
strong, whe ded In great haste, leaving their
Il apsacks, blankets, and everything else.
1ne party then proceeded on TO fsa hlogo,
Tennessee, where they found 500 OF l,oO0
rebels drawn up in line OF battle, who. at the
first fire Of our artillery, also dscampec, ieav-
ing their tents, camp eQuipage, private BAG
gage, 40 d even half written letters, aud otnef
things, indicating the completeness OF the
surprise.
Enough tents were left to accc mmodate a
division. Every thing was burned.
We captured twelve prisoners, none OF
whom ex pres ssd regret at being taken. They
say the people South are gesting sick Of the
The roads are Improving fast.
UAIRo, April A.-tSpscial to the Ohicago
comm and OF Fort Pillow to Gen. Price.
From Pittsburg we have intelligence OF q
skirmish with the enemy, IL which General
Granger. With 500 cavalry, participated Dou'
In contact Wi the rebel picksts aud GROVE
them in, AM: tnen encountered strong 1orce
OF rsbsl cavniry.
After Chung for an hour botn aoss Fetireo.
The loss was light.
ri weekly packet Is now running from
u1iro 10 Ii2tonvill Mails and passengers
from COM Foote's notills, CT rors Wright,
arrived here yesterday after1oon. Ihere WEI
no Change IL anairs.
1Rox YoRKroWH- PRKPARArIoHs IoR TH2 sIEs 4
kAfIDLr PKssRsssiHa-A HARD IAKH.
ErADaUAsTIRs AMY OF TIE PoroHAo, s8Al
YuAxToWs, april A.-Ths weather IL az In
prasaut, and tho roads are beginning TO I'm
prove. The preparations for carry ing out the
plans Of the Com Ia aEder IN hief are beiDg
rapidly pushed forward 10 completion.
Two dasertsrs from the Sixta Ala baIna regi-
nent CAME within our lines yesterday. They
we're originally from Pennsylvania. They
represent me REBEL forces at one hundred tho u
Aand, and say they are busy constructing
works in the rear OF their present lines. They
aad NO knowledge Of the arrival OF JEFF. Davis,
a. reported.
Un Tuesday the rebels came on. from their
| rins- pits, il font ot Lees Mills, killing one
u our pickles. After ne Was dead, ABOUT
.hirty OF them fred their pieces into nis head
completely Kidding 1t with bullets. TIE ofi
Ger loin MandinE our reserve taen ordered his
men to charge n the rebels, which was viii
iIngiy rsspoGdsd TO, resulting In several OF
TIE e..eny being killed and one taken prison
or. Two men were killed on our side and TWO
m.rtalIy wounded.
correspondent OF the Washington Star
writing from "Camp before Yorktown. April
-, says;
l have barely time to write you that eve
rything is progrsssn satisfactorily here
n M i6Aaf nj m m an a n hnrN
the camp iigo at this point. 1t Is however
cnesrfuIiy perfo-m med, DAY and night, by the
whole army, IS all rest under the conviction
OF Its necessity to iLSure success, and that II
Will so insure 1t.
Hourly cur works approach these OF the
enemy. We have already constructed some
Veil within range OF ths rebel fOrtidca lions;
thanks ~ cor sharpshootsrs, who uaerrilgiy
pics tdeir men OF whenever attempting 10
work gun 20 stop the progress OF jar Garth
WorKs.
SO fatal and constant is their fire that the
rsbels seem TO have abandoned the idea OF
Opposing our occupat lion OF points from which
20 make the grand unal attack.
The charge Of drunkenness in the late Lees
MIll engagement, uttered against Gen. W. +.
Smith, turns out to BE- entirely untounded -
1t has bsen disy roved by many Of the frst and
most reliable q GERS IN the army, who were
close by him throughout the whole anAr.
On MONDAY last there was firing between
two rebel regiments, causing much cOmmo-
ton In our Camps. 1t Continued SO long, and
was 50 severe, Inat IL YVES mistaken al first for
a regular assault On our oatposts.
One Of their regiments was firing into an
other, which returned the fire with equal
spirit. We could distinctly see them carry ing
of the dead and wounded
The affair is believed to have been mutiny,
and u easures taksl to Qusll it.
TIE NirgiEians now being conscrtpted--
forced IN TO service at the pOint OF the oayo-
net. resist DIS r as they can, zoe especially
being drafted and forced into regiments from
other states, u NIL the latter to their respec-
tive QIotas. 1t Is Supposed the N ut!ny gY ew
Out OF sons thing Of the sort.
From the best Information We have here,
the rebels are collecting as largs force as
posi- BILE at or near Cord nsville, TO the end Of
@ sudden movem emit either on the COLUMN Of
Gen. Banks by the time that makes Its ap
psarabcs at Stanton, or on that of Gen mc.
Dov-;l, If he crosses the RappahannocK at
Fredericksburg.
They have q railroad to both points, you
will recollsct.
TheiI situation hsre is desperate. they know
and doubtless a, nl 10 strike some sneo blow
before the grea fsat here can come off.
PROM wxsrHRS Observation-Disclosures szoN aKs
FREMONT.
WEuIKaTcs, April 24.-The following dis.
patch has been received st the Var Depart.
ment:
WHRrLIxe, VA, April "a
Hsa. EdALn III. Stanton, Secretary OF war:
a dispatch from General Schenck states
thAt squad CT twenty five infantry, ssnt
f.om Romnsy by Lieutsnant.Colonel DoAny
to look after the gusrillas, "a as attacked yes
tar6ay morning on Grass Lick, bstween Lick
river and Cara rion, by the rebels, forty strong.
Our forces lost three killed, bat drove the re-.
bels, WHO tsok refuge Ia the house OF one Pal
land. Colonel Donney went with reinforce
msnt OF cavalry, but the rebels Ned at his sp-
proach, carrying or several dead and wound.
cd among the latter Colonel Parsons, their
leader, and Palldnd, the owner OF the house.
Col Uonnsy reports that the In terror Of the
house was covered with blood. He burnt The
house aud pursued the flying enemy, taxing
five prisoners. Gen Schenck cent rsinfoe cs.
ment Of $50 cavalry, and one piece OF Debeck's
artillery, TO come On the enemy In the rear.
They must have rssched the plo % about four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Our messengers,
passing to and 70 between Grass Lick and
nomnsy, were Arid 90 four, six ana seven
miles frt m Romuey by the gueriiias
(.ignsd) }. y. FxHHoSr, MAJ. Gen.
pxPAxrnnS OF TIE sHssAsDoAn -Rlpoarsp
oAPiVRB OF oosP1DAxAfR YRIsoaERs.
NV ARxIY, VA, April -.
Hon z n. Stsstos, Secretary OF War:
Our advance guard, Colonel Donslly CON-
manding, took three prisoners to-day At a
POINT nine miles beyond HarrisonSurg. One
says hs belongs 70 company Is, 10th Virginia
resimsnt OF infantry This regiment has
been oa the RsppahaDncck, according to
previous liz 70. mutton. The prisoner says 1t
joined Jackson CT his present location, near