The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-08

the YAsKsB pI-pArCuxs.

riosisies ia their way. The New York Herald
Of Saturday, Eroiesses 10 give the reyy L1tes
news, and TO be ahead of lie co.emooraries
One of lis dispatches, dated Baltimore, 81, l,
+. III says that Meade had driven Lee fou
miles northeast Of Gettysburg. This is fol
lowed by dispatch, dated Hanover, Pa, 4.h
A NJ, three hours later, which says Lse ha.
been driven only three quarters Of q mile.
Telegram, in the Phiadeipbia kgui,er. whic.
the teiegrapher gays is a''brisf and candle
statement" says The Yankees were "repulssd
| overpowered, and ouifi .nked," on Wsdnes
| day, tnt On Thursday repulssd the reb sls will
! substantial sueces.' On that evening be
s9ys Gen. Meade called Icil Of hs corps
commanders, aud il WAS resolved to continne
,ha tight go long as there was any Que left to
light. A dispatch abou. Fridays fighting
daei at midnight states that she lighting was
(eaI fii, and mildly adds: We captured more
prisoners than the rs5els." This is the oni '
advantage which the correspondent mentions
The ist corps lost sixty ak per cent. Of its men
in Thur-iays fight. Gen. Robinson division
went into the hight with 2 !,t' men, and ils
~
gram says that import ,nt dispatches have been
captured by Capt. ID .hlgren from Jet Davi.
aud Cooper 10 Gen Lss. They Indicate an.
isiy for Tie position Of Richmond b tt, de
cline to send Lee the ,e,nturcements f.om
Beau,egard no asked for
THs BJMBAPT OF vtcK' K'sUfa-txpfo.to,
OF A si<E TERRfFiC srE.E
The cor, espondent OF the New York iro,M,
writing from before V.cksbur9 Oh the 10Th
nit, gives an account OF the tombardnent If
the day bs tpre aud the result of Grant first
experiment il mining Vicksburg The letter
says:
Tie way in which the fort OH Mcpaerson's
sroht wac exploded il, as we learn f.om some
on the participants, 2s follOws After the oiy.
gers bad Cit across the middle of the fort
which was prominent fort, and by reason Of
our Il inking it has been 60 pierced ,s 10 he II.
most Of the paraie0gram or nearly an oblnnp
shape, they deposited in it 8 ton of powder
and then sealed up the cavity as tightly az pos
sib!e. 4 train Of powder aid slo " match Gn.y
required to exl lode this imIense nass ami e.
fies the ENORMOUS SassoTs force SO coon >.s
The disposition was made for tie cl,uac,ssic
On yesterday afternoon, about o'clock the
troops n,l along the line might have bosu seen
IA order oi battle, the gums keeping " thsir
nslal din auj tue sharpsiioptes more than
usually brisk with their fire. Several prom-
nent oifcera might have been seei., vlassss in
hand, and their eyes iii-ned III two directions
maluiy however, Gu the hump of laid IN the
centre Presently movement might have
been seen nf tho earth, upward it rose rs if
some sIumberinx Man Of tha Mountain were
H5aklD2 eli the Eupefliu ,u5 covering; in a t,o-
nsnt more, through gaping crater Il shaft Of
white 3uoss rtlsIe ed through, aud then = cloud
Ot dust An ius:aut eilttes of firearms then
conLieneei AMI ragged with painful intensity
for ..u hour. when, ont of the confusion OF
smoke, something might lave been sean oi
two get, of cOmbatants almost, A3 YOU may
Say, 1t arm Z l31B.G.
All this while, before and after .hs exp,,
sian, there was q torritc ciunouaie pcsyi
ously, evesY gun along tue i:ne w.s il. p'ay.
aud the Intervals of 81 few eeccn Is not tiile,!
with lie turst Of sheils, the crack Of guns Of
all e;iJres were closed up by the n9re
awful crackie 0f the infantry along the who.s
line. Ii is true thst no assaul was jeiug u,a,.e
along the line, but the whole circuit Of n,assoss
was to s seer there were @ iafe5Ss ia 5!ek 99aty k
ever, there the siielU forts, bat the bullets
were whizziEg into their entertainments in
nyi lads of Iadiai iiu33. Wa have coma to
learn and to realize how fatal all this show
of leaden hail inHy have eeen, II it had nc ujto-
rior pnrpose, though not q soul was 30 lie nesI,.
Its real purpose waa, however, to prevent any
on ths critical points by ei9ning
an attack at all. Beaides t,e ono Oil the ceutre,
another was selected OH Blairs front, which,
as we learned afterwards, proved abortive,
there he ing an insuihceucy OF powder, Or bo.
ing placed 100 loosely III the Eiine.
After the -xplosion--whi by thu way,
wa, either ncsaless, or at least not noticeable
in the rear Of heavy guns--onf soldiers rushed
for tho breach, Intending to occupy the whole
of tie work. The blaet had opened up 3 ri,t
right acr0es the fort, extending from wall to
wall The rebeia, as il they had knowledge
of the design, or else by a marvellous coinoi-
denoe. sushed simultaneously from the other
end The powder had laft Il couple of huge
d. ii actins iips, and between them Il cizt9r.
iik. iissiire, making tho distance from fdrroW
to turr0w from len to twenty feet Thns,
RANGED behind these new formed waita. our
men found themselves face to face With their
foae. and 4 dire and dreadful slaughter com
manced from perhaps three hundred uea on
each side, within this arena OF two hundred
feet length
The contest was severe, anl the fresh packs
of titles kept, on opening on all rIie,, The
loaded and fired away viSorouaig -
The rebels crowded up witt. great spirit. Oas
men went ia, u regiment at Il lme, Nth iah
cartridge hoxea, aud IN thirty minutes wsfe
hour was more ter. lie than any battle field
ever tho CORY ald o. war has Witnessed Hal
evary shot touched It's r.al there would tvc
| cen half Il million s'lin; IL It was, 10y far the
orsater uortion of them iou.,d ioJg men. in ,h,
et0iid clay.
the first regiment v7hich Iu7hsd III was
tho ec4rrad rem lant 1t the Forty hijl Il;-
nois, whose members he GA dozen ii!us.rlons
iie;is, led by Coionei MaitbY. lis loss w.9
10
"Bloody Seventh" Missouri, Who were soon
recalled
Mex. went in the Twentieth Illinois, who
kept up galin. resistance for 4 half hon',
when ihs Thirty isst Illinois, under i.euL-
Coioue! REESE we1t in. subsequently,, during
the evening and night, tho Twenty tbiid III
diana, the Forty sixth Illinois, ana The Fatty.
sixth Illinois the latter under ita beloved
e., ,ue; I'll iasiuci Il on Smt,. The iist then
apaia relieving in this sztrio erier
Tie aaefee at first was taI,ibie, although the
ioases were not propoilion'.ta at all 10 'he
sausse. IEe men Ou beth side: ~s'a eh&asea
in :hgo ', ing up temporary wegks, with riew
10 getting ilsiit iieid- pIece iii . on Ehsy
had ultten notehed piece OF timber rolled IL,
10 Tie top Of tae rough blnk, when snash
came Il bias. fro ii u tan pouEiss right lii their
faces sending tho ttltk oi timber iighs
atuoi.st them, sin.eiuy their hair and b.ag&
ea.ug them with .he discltfse, aiitih5 i"o Oh
three outright.
This blow struck Col. NJ al;by with siunniDe
force. Iae rattle OF DusAetFy kept up until
nj yltfaii Oar batteries or L'gh,burn and
t:.jes Smith ; trout, ss we'll as ffom Busbfidse,
ksp, iifing ou tie sebsis, tat ffom the nearn' 81
of lie cUmbatau.s The missiles either did not
reach the thick Of tie rebel opposition, or
e.us So close ..s to injate cur own men. Ia =
f.y houts, however, they had felt 20 nnch
toconei!ed 10 III: is position "a TO commence a
most dangerous aud dseadin! piece of warfare
eas4ing hshlei shells over INTO one end OF siia
frrt Soma prsu.des, ii il said, vera frat
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