The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-03

ihe works on the hill tmme ediateiy u front Of III.
University buildings, from taifeTy siiiinned o.,
the ridge shovt distance north of Alr. CIisp's si
denr". Though the works OF TIE enemy WIRE
plainly visible, m guns were seen. nor could ut
provoke a reply 10 our batteries. IL wns thought
that bhrasid@ Anticipated Assault upon h- works,
and therefore reserved his ammunition. III. so.-
diere Of Longs.reet were anxious 10 st0fHi tiit
place, and believed that this wa. not dnhe oa Fri
day night tast because the vol. county was con
stnniiy Illuminated by the c"nnasfatons VIZ have
n'shtf"had I'm Saturday night there was a heavy
rain, and on Sunday night the moon shone fesplsad-
emily.
Thus the storning Of The Qualifications was post.
F"ned IL was understood that man, of the w"H,. n
apd Shiidrcn had crossed The river, and mus e<
rnped f,pH the trieaguertd city.
Ihs finkte pckets were In L. Mnses's res.
'i'hfr. Hfing upon u. An inceHtary she'll was
thrown by our batteries in,o nne of his nut kons
In order tfaf the Fed rata might understand ttai
we conid II we chose tire the house. The kiIeh.n
WIS set on fire, and the Federal sharpshnotris
abandoned the residence aud In doiEg 50 set ih..
building "n frej thus IL was destroyed. There
was frund In the yari many Of his hooks, faHii,
portraits, and many articles nf furniture iii-
family Went Into the city.
The Te1idence Of Nm H. Crisp, the lessee al
tkS theatres OF this city aud Mobile and Mont
gDHiery, was burned by The Federais. This resi-
dencc MIR. Crisp had recently purchased from MAJ
Campbell Wallace, President of the Ess. Ten
| nessee and Georgia Railroad. Another cnstiy
'ideneetha, Of me late Judge Reese, about one
enh quarter miles from Rnoyvlle-wasde ed
| by the Yankees. They also burned the residence
OF w. W. Walker, Mr.. Roth, and one or two Others
IL that vicinity. The pratext for this vandalism,
was that they might be used places ut security
| ty oar pieksta ard sharpshooters. The Federals
| fred them as theJ abandoned them.
The severest fighting M the approach of Long
street ~ the city, In which kershaw's brigade lost
50 OF 20 Zen, occurred where the railroad CROSSES
| the Gid road to CaUip5tI's sta Ton. At~ErHeirss
our troops found about ie0 wagons and csissef 5
| abandoned by the enemy. Many nf these were
| soon put in order and appropriated.
| There seems 10 he but one mode Of escape fUT
Burnside, and that by crossing The lioiston undrt
cover Gi the guns in position the South bank
of the river, and then moving down The stream a.d
eftctlna junction with Grant at some point neal
Chattanooga. The eastward route OF escape to-
wards cambridge has been closed.
| On Monday last n portion OF WheriPrs coin-
| mand had an engagement with the Yankee cavaI-
| r, under Col. Byrd, near Kingston, East Tennes
| src. The result was not known but I. was said
that we captured considerable portion of Byrd 's
| command.
| The above facts are cleaned from statements
| made by Rev. Mr.. Simmons, Chaplain of the ll,l
| Georgia regiment, who left Knoxville on Monday
| last fe was Informed that 5000 Federal cavalry
| tank possession OF Cleveland Gu Wednesday iaSl
| II this bc true, We have 40 cominnuia a,ioi
VIII. I.oHQstrret There ,iirte locomotives aid
ftains beyond t>ieveiantt, between cleveland and
Louhnn. II they fail !nin the iaid- of he enemy
| we shall be the losers.