The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-10

We have received the Washington Ckroni
Gle, OF Sunday, ofths 7th inst. 1t is chiefy filled
with news copied from ths Herald of the day
before, OF which we gave a full synopsis in
the Dispotch Of yesterday. Grant telserapha
from Vicksturg, on the 81. that he can main.
tain the siege and take care cf Joe Johnston
Three hundred horses had been shot on the
river bank BY the rebels because they could
not be fed. VallaEdigham will certainly be
nominated for Governor Of Ohio. The CAroni-
Gle states that the Army Of the Potomae il
Only changing camps. Flfty-six prisoners,
captured at Fredericksburg, arrived at Wash
ington on Saturday pight. Gold was quoted
at l424 a decline of 81 GU the quotations of
Friday. A dispatch 10 the Gin ;iuna,i Conn
nercias, dated Vicks5urg, the Both, says:
A dessrter came into our lines this morning.
He represents that he was sent by Gen. Penn.
berton to communicate verbally with Gems.
posed to be batween the Big Black river and
Jackson. The latter was near Port Gibson.
lie represents affairs in the city as growing
desperate. About eighteen thousand effsctiye
men are there, two thirds Of whom are kept
on the fortificatioas night and day, and not
allowed to leave al instant on any pre.ext.
Gems. Pembertou, Lee, Reynolds, Stevenson
hHu OOuOfc 0A0 IA tuS City UAOSt Oh TIC 6lck
left the city before its investment Those
who remain have excavated caves and remain
in them night and day. Valuable merchan-
dizs in the city ID alsO stored in caves from
fear Of conhigration. The poor are generally
iu their houses. Over one hundred women
and children have been killed by our bonn
bardment The ganboats inflicted no injury
on the city. Gen. Pemberton believed his "a
tions would hold out thirty days, but urged
Johnston to come to his relief within ten days
at the fArthest.
Cavalry horses have been turned loofe and
driven towards our lines, owing to the lack Of
forage. There was ammunition enough to last
sixty days, with the single exception Of gun
caps. Those were scarce. All confidently
expected superhuman Efforts to be made by
those outside to raise the siege. They con.
slider Vicksburg the strongest place in the Con.
federacy.
Gan. Blair has met no enemy in force, and
the reports of Johnston being near are disbe-
lieved A cavalry reconnaissance three days
ago discovered a email force, and had one man
killed and four wounded.
This morning the heaviest clDnonadipg OF
the siege was kept up without intermission for
nearly three hours. New batteries have lately
been put in position, and one hundred and fifty
guns are play iog on the city.
At daylight This morning the firing was rapid
beyond belief. The reports of the guns along
the whole line averaged one per eecond for
minutes together the roar Of the heavy siege
guns was awful, aid the earth was shaken 6y
the concussiOp.
Our wounded are removed to hospital boats
in large numbers and transported to Mem.
phis.
EFPJRTED kovEayHTs OF LIES AMY.
The Washington Star of the evenin Of the
5.h, contains the fOlowi1g relative TO Gen.
Less movements
We lsarn that there were indications on
Wednesday night tina. Lee was massing forces
at ULised States Ford, on the Kappahannoek,
apparently either to attempt a crossing there
or to make q feint for crossing elsewhere.
1t would not be proper for Us to intimate
what preparations Hooker has made to meet
the enemy should they undertake to pay his
side of the river vist but it is ssfe to say
that Lee will find the attempt hazardous one
and that he will not be permitted to return with
impunity when once across
The rebels have some facilities for crossing
Just now, in the very low stage of the water
in the X Rippahannock, which can be crossed
almos. dry shOd as numerous points other
wise than this they will iiud "Jordan 30 hard
a road to travel in their proposed invasion
proisct las evidenced by their hnctuatiug plaas
and moyements) that Lse has, it is believed,
ad yised the abandonment of the project; aud
if he undertakes 1t, will do 80 against his jadg-
ment, by force of the ION to Washington
pressure, which seems at the South to be
counterpart of the famous ''On to Richmond
cry, which prevailed with Us ut one time with
euch disastrous results.
The Washington Republican mentions the
1umor that Alexandria is in danger, and says:
The pretext for this is, that coutrabands
and other laborers have been at work, for Q
few days past, in constructing stockades and
IL oh .b.,n N Ordnr tn fend4r raid lufO
Alexandria, where we have large amount of
Government stores, absolutely impossible. II
ia simply precautionary measure which
should Rave bean taken moatbs ago.
An IYPUpKsr RAID BY MCSpY.
The Yankee papers publish an "impcdent"
raid by Mosby on the Federal relief reserve
rieket on the Flying Pan road, near Fairfax
c. H., on the 4sh lust The dispatch says:
They came sud leBly On the relief, inter
minpiinr themselves b much that they could
not be Distinguished from onr own soldiers,
and, as they wore the Federal uniform, ii was
difficult to discriminate. Insy succeeded IN
wounding ono of our men in the neck and ir
killing horse They suffered no punishment
in return Rsinforcemsnts to our gaard soon
arrived. one Of whom the rsbeis killed, and
then fad to the woods, where they kept up
desultory firing until tive o'clock this morning,
without irhictin2 any further damage. Col
GRAY, with four sqaadrons of cavalry, thon
started in pursuit., aud. as far as hsard from,
has only succeeded in captnring rebel sur,
peou. He represents Mosby to be in command
on this oec lsion, with force of from hfty to
one hundred men, and says that his lMasbv's)
horse was shot and one man killed. Major.
General StAhl AID Gen. Copeland have started
for tie scene Of action.
THE RECENT CAVALRY EidaT HSAR FaASKLts
A dispatch has been published giving brief
Yankee account of fight between the Con.
federats AMI their cavalry, near Franklin,