The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-07

| duu nlS UOUy u IN our pOS8009iO0.
The latest intelligence received here was up
to II O'Clock to-day. This 'lstess intsli
gence" the xgnnse War Department did not
allow to 10 made public c-ED
| a REcIPnULATi9N OF THa BATIL1 OF WEDRJ
| DkS.
The correspondence Of the New York U0sik,
writing Oh the - inst, thus recapituatss the
battle Of "Wednesday:
The engagement yesterday was quite severe,
though confined to our advance. the First and
Eleventh corps, the aeti on being fought main
| ~ by tie First corps. usdsr General Reynolds
who wss killed by a shsarpshooter early in the
fight. We first attacked the enemy = advance
inst beyond Gettysburg aad repulsed it, when
the whole corps became engaged, aud subse-
quently the Eleventh corps, which came up 10
sapport by the Emmetsburx road The oppos
ing forces were the rebel corps of Hill and
Il we'll. Our men gaiIantly sustained the fight,
holding their own until O'Clock, when they
retired to strong position Just to tte esst
| ward and southwark Of dst.ysburK. This was
maintained until The arIivsi Of reinforcements
at night, and our lines are now we'll formed
No general engagement has yet taken place,
but the probability is shat great battle will
be fought this afternoon or to morrow. The
enemy is in great force. Oar troops are now
all up Lnd we'll in hand.
The baitie Yesterday was sanguinaTy In the
extreme. Wadsworti,'s division sustained the
early portion OF ]. with great vslor. chargin
tho enemy aud taking d whole regiment of
| prisoners with Brigadie~ General Archer We
have taken fully one uyoasand prisoners aud
lost many, most of thasn being wounded and
| in Gettysburg, the greater portion Of which
| the enemy now hold.
| The balls occupy Pennsylvania College as
| an hospital. kobinson's division aud one
| brigade of Doubleday 8 supported Wadswortb
j Ia k.,t
| il, fought well. aud redeemed the Disgrace Of
| Charlottesville. Among she general oincsrs
| we lose, besides Major General Reynolds,
| Hanerai Paul killed, ann General Barlow
wounded. Gen. Scbimniel fennig is prisoner
An estimats of yesterdays casualties cannot
now be male
Gsttysburg WAS injured by shelis to con.
| eidsrablJ extent. Al ost OF the inhabitants re-
main in the burgb. many got away yesterday.
| It's u beautiful Place, surrounded by y beau.
tiful open and rolling country. g
There has been more or Less skirmishing all
! the morning, but no engagement of dimen.
| eions. Both parties are preparing for the
great contest before them. Oar troops are IN
| spieudid condition, and tight tka veterans.
| Among the casuaitses ia yestss days engage
| meut were the following;
| L.ieu.enant Dayard WilkisoD, commanding
Battery q, Fourth regular artillery, son Of
| samuel Wilkison, Washington correspondent
of the Times right leg shot of below the
kuee, while gallantly fighting his battery
against au eight-gun battery of the enemy
enGlaoing his position; believed 70 be pris
| oner.
Col. Stone, l49sh Psnnsylvsnia. command
ing brigade, badly wounded.
Col. Root, 9th New York, wounded and
prisoner.
Col Tildeu. 10Th Maine, taken prisoner.
Capts. Hovey and Thomas, Of Gen. Bobin
con staff, wounded.
Col NJ Mah!er, 18th Pennsy ivanis. dangerous.
ly wounded
| A6jt Dodge, ll9th New York, wounded
and captured
Lieut. Col Arrowsmi,h, 18TH New York,
killed
The following is list Of losses Of officers
in Gen. Sol. Meredith's brigade, WadswOrth 9
division, first army corps la yesterday 9 ii sht
| Gen. Mere dith, bruised ON top Of the head
by a fragment OF shell His horse was shot
under him aud fell upon him, bruising and in
Lieut. Col. q W Woodward, Aid de. Camp
to Meredith, wounded in right arm.
The New York papers have not eing!s ex-
ul ant paragraph over the fight, which is very
significant. The IIiorld. Of the 4.h, says:
| AT last CLEAN of Ineligible light relieves
the murky chaos of iicisl kilograms, In which,
for thres days past, the batils fields Of Penn
| ayiyapia have bseu eli nshrOuded. Ia dispatch
| which would have better satisfied the general
expectations, and gone further to appeass the
general anxiety, had The War Department
Thought tit to pubiisl 1t in fall, but which,
even Ia the mutilated form in which Mr.. Stan
ton presents it, commands attention aud in,
spires confidence by its modest and manly
| tone, General Meade announces tha! great
battle really began Oh Thursday evening, and
was renewed yesterday morning, between his
own army and tho whole force OF the enemy.
He claims for his troops the credit Of q stern
| and solid resis: to an attack Of which he
does not conceal the fierce and formidable
| character, and At 8 o clock on Friday morning
he asssrts the continued success Of that resist
anoe.
| Since 8 O'Clock on Friday morning, how
ever, nothing seems to have been heard from
the scene from this supreme conflict, aud fur
| ther tidincs must therefore be looked for with
an eagerness positively painful Ia its intensity
| These tidinRs may-indaej, If the dovern-
| msnt viii. bn. do lie duty, they E.ust--rsach Us
| at any moment. at us hope that they may
| come 20 throw y sudden glory OF victory and
Of hope over the solemn hour OF the great an
uivsrsary which the nation this Day celebrates.
TaR CAPfUAS OF BsAsH4AR Ci5f LA dARss
son sots .ip UP-ALL CT BAxKsD REAvf BAG
eA0a Loot.
A letter to the New York World, dated
New Orleans, June 2Gth, confirms tie capt1rs
| by the Confederates of Hrsshea- City, La,
and the large AMOUNT Of stores there, aud also
the garrison. Ths correspondent says:
| The forca at Brashssr expected an attack
| but they looked for the advance from Lsfoar-
che, ani were fairly surprissd-i,sra'iy, as
| we'll as in u military senss-when At day Wight
| Tuesday morning two batteries, planted the
! night PREVIOUS, opened upon theu from Bsr
wick City, opposite, aud not an hour after
came crashing through the woods u mixed
mass Of horse aud fooimea- There were not
more thsn si, hundred Of them, and they
were ap AaoutOa's force from tbs west
bank of IT, TGcas They crosssd On rats
and dat boats, iandiog on the soaih bank OF
Lake PAiondrs, charged into town, ana came
| In the rear Of the Fsdsrsls, who were looking
for ~ advance upon 3 ayou Il lean II was
| short work. There WIS no lighting. Ace
| Provost Marshai aud few men near the bay
,ccesdsd In getting on board the hoiy hocs
Taa rest were ''gobblsd."
ASS raid, sarpriss. Or "gobbls, II was mos'
importsnt achievement for the ConfedssAfss,
| snd dieasser 10 the Fsdsrsls. There are ~
nssrs OF knowing precisely the nnEosT o.
men who were taken pr!soners- They wefe
vo!notssss bslopeing 70 the 8ii Connsesaeni,
the l76eh New York, and Ne lss ledlanA oes'
tssy, With several tick end eesyhlssseee oee'