The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-20

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q account Of ne llsht o. 1.,-h uM
eey pssvious, . portion q MIA -N n
a. enemy nd besn paraA,,s .SN
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ess y Aac eeeoAs - insoisot ~ = T.
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ss ~. g new whether hs mem =
sc1 imPiied, or vs. msrsay plsviss y w
gaYe AeeoRdingly. As Pat . rp s,t \. u ~
Y notion IN the forenoon, ana \" =, 49,
40 had come up With tAe ensm. o'a1
On: "oeesrtsd village" ave m" xusS
oa C0fintes on tAe road 10 Harrisns,ss o''aS
Uei omcers wers swaIs that a.
xmiDg0n with his NJ b
Sn~y.v =. =. n ~. "a goo men. It was not -
70 cooperate With hin. The Soyc. wswAs
70 engage ham differed verv ii.,Is sNS
own IN numosfs. And YET ks .~H lnaa
army seemed 10 b stricSen Mn : " N
the osgin Ming Of the snesgsmsnt ksskiH
70, they nsd ltks 20 many sheer. TvasM
nemen0 oid attempt to Maks 4 .s.saN
- Cns inetanes 2 considerable forcs sN
dash q Bobinson's battery, out ,hs. ~,
PULSED In the most gallant manu., VIVA
t!o9ble.shottsd his guns with nam s.%as
q 70 y rapid and well .dlrecteS ds..Is "a HS
scattered thsm like nock Of tuySssssS
moment they gave way, hs dasnsXs b
NTH the battery and poured = w,s
nre into their rstreating ranks. ~ Tus
Hun faAhtou. anba
There are some details Of the AMI.
could not fail 70 In tsrest your reads,. y, ma
81 liberty to give them. Suffice n - ~ II
came ne ar cap. uItng the grea.a, siN
Pope's army. Two hours more ana ,i.r
would have been done. Three s,':
hred In Succession By the Confeders,S VA
. O'Clock the night befors. which .sasU
have produced moving effect upon y. ~
some sort, and, accordingly. thsv ssp au
some distance daring the night, rs,. va
dered it necessary for a. to march th,s is
farther before We came up to ham ~sse
thus the my escaped. ~
Gen. Rpggles opsned the attack ana = i
Dorm and PTice soon took up the ns !,
army of ths West, led BY the herosso, ~
horn, were principally engaged The so...
ran 20 fast that Gen Ruggles's diyiscs '.uI
. few discharx ss, were unable to sss 10. ne
range Of his a ring colamns. Inded IAN
running dgnt from the moment n. ~
erals learned we had attacked them - , ~
Ponibly Gen. Pope had orders TO rssS0
the event he was attacked. stIce o,a w w
hardly conceive how 81, 900 frssh no. 40
position could fail to Offer a stubbsrn - "a
snce to even twice their OWL uunbss-
which his troops fst-sach maa svm,,..
30 concerned in taking care CT himsslI .Io,.
would preclude the idea tina! hin W.
drAWAl was In accordance with prsvior...
ders. S'
His conduct is rendered still more m,,,..
Gus By the reports Of prisoners, tev Of W.
were captured In spite Of their nse,,s,s
Some Of them say that A, 900 msn were n,s..
together In an entrsnched camp behind Ss,s
Miles Creek, about n mile and half saes !.
Rarmir gton. These troops had amp,s ~
TO come TO the assistance OF Gen. Pops. Ps
sibiy Halleck thought We would follow !,
across the creek, where he would have grn,,
the advantage; or, 1t may be, he waa nc, rr,
for the decisive battle, and therefore remsuI
quietly In bis camp. BE this a. 1t may, Us
Beauregsrd offered him battle apon Ia, n
open fsld, and he declined to accsp, IL i
he was not ready, then he acted wisely Il !
was, and still declined the Offer, then /. mn
distrust his ability to cope with ~ upon ,ga
terms.
The loss was eight on both sides, on sccO,r
Of the character Of the engagement. I'm
will probably cover the mum Der Of our hid
and wounded, and two hundred that Of =
enemy. We captured telegraph cfice All,
considerable amount of baggage and car
were picked M, one Of which, written b.,
young girl to her br other, con tains ths iOun
Ing singular II jarctioa:
Be good COY Charles and II you WI
seschenist In distress help him il IL q IN w
power il tt is Jsff DAVIS his self."
We took several horses, and killed %
many A battalion Of Federal cavalry.
view they made q charge upon our feg!mG
but q angle volley from the Oonfedera,ssH
seated nearly half OF them, and sent thsH
hyip after their CONTRACTS The pursui n
stopped at Seven. Miles creek, across xsa
the enemy Ned In confusion.
fuRKIU0 TIE rABLIs.
The last number of the Abingdon yrsas
mentions the following incident:
A few days ago, a. some thirty well Gouu.
Cd Southern Ksnfuckians were making 'ha
way through the mountains Of Kentuekys
Virginia, to unite their fate with the In srss
Of the South, squad Of Home Gusm'
attempted 70 stop them, but taey caIcus~
their host. and were taken prisoner
place Tuesday evening, and lodged In Hil.-
There are thirteen Of them, two Of whom ar
represented - desperate character. Tes|
viii be sent to Richmond.
OPERATIONS On JAMDs HIvsl
The Petsrsburg EEpvsss, Of yesterday, a,'
The Monitor, At las. accounts. VS. CT hil
Point, near the mouth Of the Appomasa
rivera position which also commands d
channel OF the james. Three of the gunbOs
have proceeded down the river. whether
return with large accessions or repair to 500
other sec.ion, remains to Be seen. Tbs Gslss
has escaped the vigilance Of our vidsts's ~
gone no one knows where, but We hope 10 Q
bottom. 1t II said that the Yankees on boz
the Monitor bufied large number Of Tie
comrades Friday, supposed to have b.
killed In the engagement Of Thursday az IN
ry's Diuf1. One Of our picksts estimates .
number at ore hundred. We presume I'M
rather too high q figure, although We shoi
IKE to zee II multiplied BY one tnou:and
II was reported yesterdsy that the fshts
had landed In large numbers at 6mitt ns
The nearness Of SmithAsld TO Jamts Nv
oRsrg facilities for the landing OF the tnsc
which We could mot prevent. 1t 10 stated y
they have also appeared at Chuckatuck. NJ
ssmond county, In large force. Burn'd'
reported 70 b making his way slowly tovN'
=. ". and other Ioa.ioe'
The vicinity Of the Ssaboard railroad.
these report. be correct. the indications Ia1
very plainly to an attempted function OF y
forces under Burnside and nacOlsllaa, 81
then . grand movement towards Elcnmoi
on he south side Of James river.
The Ezpvsss also makes the following Sill
sion to rumor which prevailed to som'd
tent in Richmond ON Saturday last:
We understand that . most terrific run.
prevailed in Richmond ON Sa turday, rsisa'
to Petersburg. Some Te(iie)abls person u
psarod In the streets Of NE former ciy.s
most out Of breath and scarcely able 70 "
culAte for the time; yet man1sd
firth 70 his hearers, that 5000 Xankes y,
landed At CITY Point, and marched suNs.
ahead and captured our beautiful c,ty. ~! ~
Ye(lie)ablo persOn had no time 70 wAis iN
departing trains bat started 1T RAPID ooay
quick on the railroad and arrived - -.
1ond sheAd Of all the engines ana nieNf
too. We are informed that the gooo ssh.' !.
the people Of Richmond prsvsnsed tssn = !,
lieviDe any such news. No, genue1eS,.
have not 20 Oc0 Yankees among %
from present appearances are ro' "~''
have them shoSuy.
11I YAnKR1s - srsroLxs Va
Duyisg Tussday last 100 Ysnsee es'a
entered tAa t1Wn Of Suffolk, toek p.,s,s.
Of ToMporanco Hall ard one OF sne GO -. |, !,
ana then rooAed about the stisss. .IS ,si
afr o. Indifference 10 danger tnas cU ~
have been surpassed By Soud eln uov va nv
citiSsns were entirely dsisr cslso, sns a ~
were no soldiers to s'molest tnem y. .,ns,
them afraid" Had thsie ben sIrss.t