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


Wosndrd OnIy 1000 ConIedsrste Prison.
.r. Tskea--1he CenfedeEa'es Hold Gettys.
burg
We have received from Hon. Robert OaId
Commissioner Of Exchange, New York papers
Of the Cd, ID and 4th insts. The news Of the
tattle of Gstiysburg differs considerably from
tho frs. Yankee sccounts. When they were
first attacked they were some distance beyOnt
Gettytburg, but were driven out, and are no.
this eide Of the town. The following dis
patches in the New York Horid give ali sc
count Of the proyress Of the fighting. The
hrst contains e-Efrarss from the official report
Of Cen Meade which was all the War De
par.msnt would allow to be teIegrsphed from
Washington to the Northern papers,
Washington, July 3d-An official dispatch
vas received this afternoon from Msior. Gen.
ersl NJ 4ade, dated headquarters, army OF the
Potomac, III o'clock p n, July 2nd, which
says:
day, sud, sfter one of the severest contests of
tho war, was rspuiaed ri all points. We have
Suffered considerably in killed and wounded.
Among the former are Brigadisr Generals
paul and T. )ok, aud among the wounded Gen
ren, slightly. We have taken large number
Of prisoners
i.HrOSD DIrATCH
tiashinptoR, ,laiy IA lister dispatch has
Lesn received from Ms or General Meade
dated 3 clock this morning, which Gays;
"Tbe action commenced again at early day
light upon various parts OF the line. The enc
nv. TINS far, have made no impression upon
nv petition All accounts agree in placing
Ia hos prto hat
i.onpstreet's and A, r. Hills forces we're
much injured Yesterday, and had many gene1
rsl officers killed. Gen. Barksdale. of Miss +,
IL dead His body is within CUE lines. We
have thus far about GOO prisoners, and h
small number yet TO lie started.
DsPGfcHx, ABour THs F'deTiaa.
iay,ssSars, July "A prominent citizen
Of Getty sburg, who left the. Q yeaterday morn
lag on y pass issued by Gen. EwsIi to 80 to
lIeidleburg, met S,nart, Fizhugh Lee. and
Wade Hampton, with what he esti mated at
lnG09 cavalry, who were moving tu the direc
ton of Getty ysburg. Their officers told him
that Lee had no Intention Of leaving Pennsyl-
vauia but wes going to remain here until hie
army was destroyed or viciOIioue. The gen
llemsn arrived here this evening, the enemy
making no effort TO retain him.
Two miii:amen from SnsquehannS county
were killed this evening at Camp Curtin by
shtniDg.
A dispatch from London this morning stat es
that Yesterday the rebels left Chambersbnrg,
taking the road ia the direction Of Gettysburg.
Before leaving they burned the depot and
workshops belonging to the railroad. London
Ia fourteen miles west of Chambersburg.
Theeuemy alec evacuated Shippensburg yes
isrday, moving In the same direction
Everything goes to show tha. Lee has his
whole army concentrated between Cashtown
and Gsttyeburg
The train that left Carlisle at seven clock
this evening brought down twenty four rebel
dsserters, who had come In from the noun
taius. They knew nothing about the result OF
The Lstte, Lut state that both armies are fight
igg with great desperation.
Firing was heard from daylight up to three
o'clock this afternoon, ut different points down
The fiye..
BATTLE FIELD NEAR GETTYSBURG,
Thursday, 4 80 p. nj.
The day has been quiet up 10 the present
moment The enemy are now massiGg heavy
force on our ieft, aud have Just began the At
tack with artillery. The probability ia that 4
severe battle will be fought before dark.
The rebel shsrpshooters have been annoy
10y our batteries ard men sll day from the
'sesplss Of the churches In GetiysbarR
We hold the Enmettsburg and Baltimore
f0xds
WRlGHrsvHLE, Pa, July !
! O'Clock, midnight.
oar forces are known to have gained upon
tee enemy until o'clock this afternoon
hiuee o'clock the fiSing has been much
heavier and more rapid, indicating general
sngseement between the entire armies. The
iebel force is concentrated on South Mountain,
toward Carlisle, ak miles north Of Gettys-
burg Gan. Sedgwicks corps passed York in
the direction Of Dover, al O'Clock this after
noon. 1t lie In the rear of the enemy. The ID
e'my corps moved up from Hanover at =
o'clock this morning.
Fh'iadelrh,a, Jolly IA special eispatch
TO the Bulletin, from Harrisburg, says:
Nothing ia yet known a. IT, Iesults, out the
Impression prevails that the great decisive
bs,sls of the campaign has been fought in the
n.igbborhood of Cashtown, between dsttys-
barg and ChRmbersburQ
IL is believed that ace hare suffered hsary
tossss .n officers and men, bat Lss is 60 Grip.
PIED ss to be placed on the defensive.
Yesterday Gen Meade assumed the cffen'
sss. The day before Lee had attacked Meade,
and was repulsed with heavy loss.
Lee holds q gap in South NJ untaiu, near
'hsnbersburg, through which he hopes to
Escape, II defeated A guard stationed st
bridge Eighty four on the Northern Central
railroad, heard firing in that direction, like
us' Oh lying artillery, whence it 10 believed
rlessanion 10 again nj work with tie dashing
cavalry, lighting for the possession Of the gap:
G@nmtsa. Pa, July Capt Roberts, Of
.nliadelPha, who was captured near Gettys.
'a,y nd psroled, has arrived here.
ns reports that yesterday, beyond folk, q
courier from Gen. Meade 10 usn Couch
sopped 81 = house to have his horss fed. the
women 10 the house became alarmed and blew
aofn 70 collect the Dsiehbors. when the c0u
hsr. fearing that the noise would reach tue
isesls. threatened them II they did not dssist.
a! tlis moment the owner ii the houss a..
."ed and, taking the courier for rebel, drs v
Pistol and killed bin. The courisrs di..
psNnss were subsequently, sent 10 Bsllim IRE,
wy iooiishiy, instssd Of 70 Harrisburg.
apt Porter ssys that nunsbsss Of people Ia
aofk snd Adams counties offered every possi
W. assistance 70 the rebels pointing out 10 d en-
as property OF Uaion citizens and Of the Gov.
'mnsn1, and showing then The roads.
nsesy aud coaatnuols artillery firing WA
s'e yesterday afternoon, sad Iass uishA, In