The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-25

posits the villaes, ami ssns three hosts ashore.
TIE boats lsads1 Of the hotsl Whsvf, snd An
omssr s.a.sd inst they a m isrCood n u
some scho0nses Wore here ready 20 raa the
blockade With cotton, aOd they @.hs Ysdsrslsj
had bson esnt 70 cspsnre hon. On being -
sured that there was Es vessel Of rs kind
here, no said hs Wal mtsinf0c med, &C ana
apusared sasishsd that he would mud nons
In tho &C uase Of ths c0nvefsAu IN, he said
perhaps altu they got through ON the Missis
sippi river. Eom. Farragut had gore up 10.
wards vic1sourg. He also said that the
French CONSUL At New Orleans was cut on theif
sln, aad had expressed himself dissatiifl ID
with the manner Ia which he had be0n treat.
cd BY the Oonfederates at Fort Jackson. II
appeAys from his statement that they took
Capt. Pegram, who was ON tbs Naahviils.
Uapt PegrAm IL reported as havi NJ been in
command Of one Of our gunboAts about Fort
Jackson.
1.-THE statement ahout tn, capture Of Gap.
rssrsm Is faisehood
RABson's cAvAtBY n sEiknIes
Our Richmond readers no doubt remember
the splendid regiment OF North Oiroltan cav.
AIRY comm anded By Dol. Ransom, which en-
campsd for q short period near this place last
summer. They will therefore be interested
In perusing the following account Of recent
skirmish Ia which.the regimen. was engaged,
which is furnished ny a correspondent Of he
Ralaga Ssasdard under ds.s OF May II:
have the pie .sure OF announcing to you .
very Handsome" skirmish which occurred on
our lines Oh the l5.h, between q portion of tho
ID cavalry, ana an advance co,umn OF tn"
enemy Early ia The NOR ming, 40 advar ced
scou,ipg party Of the Yankees att,cked onr
videttss on the rUad Leading 70 Newoern from
Trenton on tho north side Of the Trent the
videstes resrea.ing, hotly parsued BY the Yam.
KEGS, waa. ] guess, were facilitating them
selves upon ''dispersing rsbsis'' In srch
hassy nannsr Tae reserve OF tn: picksts.
commanded 6y Lieuts Rogers aud Graham.
and stationed short distance OF the n aia
road, suddenly entered the road, upon the
alarm being given ,and charged dJwn upon the
Taen commenced The bali. Our men discharged
their firearms IN promptly u posi- bis-shen
dtsw their sa5res, AID went 10 work In rsau-
iac style 1hs CALLING IRE they bad given
ysils As they Bag .wn on them, aaded de-
ciaedly to the disccmd .ars OF the blue coa.s.
and they Commenced falling back. TLa pl&
.oon which had pursued ths fcS 1'lvs vidssses.
and cur mea found themselves attacked b.
this body also. in their he r.. Tnea COM
rnsnce' a coz h.ct which i'm astne was Pre-
rorti ma tsly similar TO that ~ nch Ecknaal
and 20 Y pens witnessed. Taa steel oi fCemeI
raj & wildly against that Of his Antagonist,
and cries OF agony Il am told oy oae who
bsayd) mingled with the 50 euts OF en- nusiasm
ncd the sharp cracks Of small arms The
Yank ees con tast ted we'll the ground for shout
half a mile, aad uotii their iafanty and cav
airy made their appearance on the roadaide,
aud In email cid fila. Oar men having
cut through :hs force attacking thsrn IN their
withdrew out OF range ~ await tuEih &c
monstrations
Tue YANKEES row returnsd to whert the
fight was opened, hastily ootlso'sd their dead
and wounded, burned the church aud dwell
irgs around which the fight ragged, and coE-
Guiding frat 1t would nos be advisable to
await further ssope,nsHss oay port. hest q re.
reAt t. ,hsr en:aupmeas. CO nr:e'siy foiied
In their attempts 20 force column upcn
Trenton, which they evidently designed do
iag Their loss, a. re2or eli by oius ms Tho
woundei, aud hvs pIisooe rs, which fell Into
our hands, together vita eight horses aud
their equipmeats, several pistols, ssb-es, and
othe. cavalry aocoursmsnts Their 10 oe
Of cannon. Oar torcs was oesw en- ~ aud 80
cavalry, from the companies Ci Capt HAYS,
Capt. Andrew, aud Capt. Tarnsr, almost the
entire numcsr being from Capt. Aayss com.
one man killed. tMr- Ray, Of Uapt. Hays.s
company with sevefS: slightly wounded.
mostly with sasres- vs. lost two or three
horses killed.
YstA vICKsBuRa.
Toe lateet newspaper intelligence from
Vieksbnrg lie contained 10 the Jackson Missts.
sippten, Of the ls-h inst. The following par.
ticalArs are gs.hsfed from q geLilsmen who
laf, the oeleag ored CITY ON the evening OF the
lSsh:
Five of the Yankee gun5oa.s arrived With
In rspge Of our ba t:ertes at IL O'clock, NJ, and
oas shot from our guns dred across the bow
Of the forem Jss vesse! btouga ut them to They
sent 3 meas g with q nag OF truce to Mayor
Lindsay, dem atlng the surrender Of the city
The Mayor replied, WITH signtdc tnt tersen ess
and pol tedn ess, that II they wanted the city
to ooTue and taks IL
They then oEamunicatei VITA the Coated
crate &uthoritles, demanding, 1t IL supposed,
the surrender CT our for.s just below Vicks
BURG which was CT course az promptly and
psssm psori,y refused "a At H snis me sa ,n:
river. 1t 10 believed that they went down to
report progress. and bring upthe balance of
thsir gunboass for tho purpose OF opening the
Since the appearance .. the boats yesterday,
noon. We learn that sw0 large additional CO.
lambiads have been mountedsin our forts -
We are vsry we'll prepared for the enemys
Ing By the forts. From past experience. how:
ever, We should Ds prepared for the successful
passage Of the ensmy's boats but We sincere.
~ hope that We may never hear OF the sur.
render Of yicksburs
The same paper also says:
Gov. Psttus, We lsarn. is at vicksburs. and
will perhaps remain during the bombardn snt
OF the city. The people OF WlseissiPpi are
willing TO trust the Governors spunA. He
will never surrender to an insolent aokee.
ruil Of the spirit which ought 70 amin, ase the
bosom OF every southern freeman, hs would
prefer death 10 surrender.
sApPsas AID MINERS.
The Knoxville R4Sissev. OF the Ed, publishes
a paragraph which shows tho efficiency Of the
branch Of the service which hseds this ar ticis
We have been permitted TO pernse q letter
TO q gentleman In this city. from Lieutenant
Sap ~ and minery near Uhastanoo9s Rom
which We learn that the bridge over Lookout
Greek, recently burnt, he's been Fs"aired, and
that the railroad connection between Chat
tanooga aod bridgeport 10 again complete !,
thus rsopen;Es the supply Of coat 20 our
Southere foncdries and factories. This com.
pSsy of Sappers ANA MiIsrs, by their liz aas.
Try on this e. we'll % ctaef cotAsions. 40 "a
rendered most efficient Sc vica to.the Uonfed
eracy, and Aisus. MarIraves Is winning for
himself an enviahle reputation rs an er srgetic
AID skiilful military engineer.
THE CITY or RIoHMosp.
The Raleigh S;a:: Journal, ~ Saturday last.
says 10 regard ~ ths present condition Of cur
city:
Richmond SIN stands, end we trust In God
will still stand, after the enemy has expended
hts fury upon IL. The calm, however, which
has succssded the first essay OF his gunboats
- omincus Mcclellan Ia throwing his coils
srouGd 1t: 3urnside, IL 10 surm issd, IL proceed
ing up the james river In order 70 give more
Vitality and life % the anaoonds hy uniting
hts forcss with Mcclellan. Soon that river