The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-27

eitI Gays:
gan % sook : soushsriv dirsseaon, erossins Wssh.
inaton county and the 4askiASum river, in the
direction of MeC eConnslisvills, With the evident
intsntion to gain point on the river above
aunboss nsvigati IN, and cToss INTO Virginia
The authorities have made snGh arrangements
a. will s6ectua!iy chsckmass and capture his
bands.
rHR cApIrULA1Ios OF PORT H0Es n - TFIClAL
CORR, sP ~ osnCI-TsRns On pcAPiruLaTIos
The Herald, of the 22I, eoptains the corres.
pondesce between Gems Gardner and Banks
10 reference 10 the surrender Of Port Hudson,
AZ follows:
HEapoRs poRr HgpsoS, LA ,
Jaly 7th, 1863
General: Having receiv ed Information from
your troops that Vlcksburg has been surren
dsred, make this contamination 10 ask you
to give me- the official assurance whether this
il true or not; and if true, ask Tor a cessation
of hostilties, with q view 10 the eonside. alton
of terms for surrendering this position.
/ am, General, very respectfully,
Your obsdisnt servant,
ERANK GARDnER, Mai Genl
To Maj. Gen Banks, Commd'g u s. Forces,
near Port Hadron.
In reply to this communication Gen. Banks
sent to Gen. Gardner copy Of the official dis.
patch of Gen. GraDt, announcing the fall Of
Vicksburg; but declined cessation Of hos.ili-
ties to conaider tsrms for the Surrender Of
Port Hudson. After ssDeiving ss.ls dispatch
Gen. Gardner transmitted the folI,wing hcte
to Gen. Banks:
PoRT HUDSON, July S.h, 1863.
General IL have the homer to acxnO iedga
the receipt of your communication of this
Tate, ii :.Hs a copy vi an oliciai commuuics.-
tlon from Maj Gen. u. 8 Grant, u s. Amy,
announcing the surren ier OF NicxsouTg
UaviGg defended this poli ion as iopg as
deem my duty requires, l am willing 70 sur
render TO you, anu will appoint q commission
of three officers to meet q similar commission
appointed by yourself, at O'Clock this morn-
lag, for the purpose Of agreeing upon and
drawing up tne terms of surrender, and fer
that purpose ask for cessation Uf hosiiIi
ties. Win you please designate a point out
side of my bseastworks where the meeting
ehsil be held for this purpose.
l am, very respectfully,
Your obsdiens servant,
FRANK GARDNER, Mtj Gsn.
Conmd'g &. 5. Forces.
The articles of eapitustioa proposed be-
tween the Commissioners On the part of the
garrison and the forces OF the United States
before said place, July Ssh, 1868, are as fol.
lowe:
Article l. Major Gsn. Frank Gardner sur.
rendered to the United States forces under
Major General Banks the place Of Port Hud
son and its dependencies, with it's garrison, ar.
munitions, public funds matersei Of
war, in the condition as nearly as may ba 10
" hich they were at the hour OF cessation of
hostilties namely 6 o'clock A. NJ, Ja!y 9Th,
1863.
Article g The surrender stipulated in article
fret is qualified by no conditions, save that tho
olii GERS and enlisted men composing the garri
son shall receive the treatment due to prison
ers of war, according TO the usages Of civil
izsd warfare.
j. All private property Of officers and en-
listed men shall be inspected and left to their
respective ownere.
1. The position of Port Hudson shall be oc-
cupied to tOmorEow, vt O'Clock "A. NJ, by the
received as prisoners of war by such General
officers of the United States service as may be
by Msjo Gen Banks, with the or
binary formaities of rendition. The Confsd-
erats troops will be drawn up in line, officers
in their POSITIONS, right Of the line resting on
the prairie eOuth Of the railroad depot, the
lett extending i'll the direction Of the village
of Port Hudeon. The arms and colars will bs
piled conveniently, and will be received by
the officers of the United States.
s The siek and wounded of tho garrison
will be cared for by the authorities Of tho
Uaised States, asi stsa, II desired, by either
party of the medical officers of the garrison.
lApproved,l n P. BANKS, Maj. Gen,
iApproved FRANK GARDNER, Maj. Gen.
THE ARMIES OF GEMS. MEADE AsD LEE TIE
COMING CAMPAIGN ~ VIRGINIA.
A dispatch, dated tho 2lss at Hageretown,
Md, reports General Lee to be checked by the
FedsraIs at Bunker Hill, they having gotten
in his rear. General Averiil is reported TO be
'feeling' Gen. Lees westerly lire of retreat
Gems Eweli aud Hood are reported to be ~ ti
in l3 miles of Williamsport, Md. The Confed.
crate rickets have from. extending from
Hedeesville, seven miles from Martinsburg, to
psrs Ferry.
The New York Times has an editorial on
the "New Campaign in Virginia" The follow
ing ID an extrac. from it
Tho Information which we, as vet, have
both a. regards Lae's position and line Of re-
treat, and M eade's lins of advance, is too
scauty to enahie one to forecasts the nature OF
the coming campaign The character of The
great chess board is so we'll understood, how.
ever, that few movss must reveal the gen
sr.l aspsct of The grand game.
In au advance On an enemy moving by the
Valley, we have the choice oi
two lines, and only two. We can move either
to the right or to the left of the Bius Rids q
mountains. ii we move by the right the ad-
vance becomes r. mere following after the
enemy The chances Of over;aking hlm-he
moving towards bis base. we from ours-tTa
elender but should the enemy determine to
make stand the line of the Opequon creek
from CEa,lsstown To Winchester will aHord
him three or four capital positions.
II on the other hand it is determined to
move by the l.ft that is, East Of the Blue
Ridge mountaihs, i. becomes, on cur part, d
strategic maIeavre To seize the lower gay
through which the rebel army must debouct
to cover its communication by way OF Cui
peper and Gorionsviile. II We take Cuipepei
or Gordonsyille, as what military writers call
the "ohj hjaetive poiut," land it is evi lent Lee
has 10 make this in order to cover his line ol
retreat 10 II ch mond il is obvioua that force
moving to the eas. of tie Bne Ridge mountains
aud hugeing that range will be on the shorter
linz as compared vita forca moving dowI
the Shenandoah Valley. Lees route most be
by way Of Winchester, Strasburg, and Front
Koyal, and debouehing, to make CaiPeper
through Chester Gap or Thornton Gap. We
on the other hand, marching by way of Bsr
lin, Wheatland, and Warrsnton, have diree
line. Lee has two sides Of u great triangle to
describe Meade has but one.
Previous to the inauguration Of the cam
paig gn List autumn it was an anxious inquiry
with Gen Mcclellan which OF these two linei
Of operation he should take. he at first de
tsrmined to move by the Shenandoah valley
and reconnaissance Ia force was even mad,
a. far as Chsrlestowu. This line, however
was alb Andoned and the other chosen. Tn,