The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-31

ksOeA 1Bey tO01 &c ~ RsssODe0 ma osa9A0
tered many. Bavonets clash I'd and mnskets
ratslsd, and tho Massachusetts, blacks got b.
wiidsred. They barely aaved one Of their
d sgs and the staG of smother, and then, " ith
thinnsd ranks, retreated thre ugh the showers
o! Iron hail, leaving their Coioael in the frt,
many oiiiesrs unsecouuted for and many black
bodies hfsless or disat.ed a!oag their track.
Tha Naw York 1s,6sse den lnaees ths at
tack as failure aud u tieasier, and calls uPou
Lincoln 10 ascertain who is tho ssspSnsitis Of
ieer.
7Hs P1siTsos OF THs ,wo At MsEs R,puL.x o.
THa 1SDskALs Ar csssJxa @
A Washington dispatch states that on tho
22l inst, while Loag street wa, eadeavoring
to get into Eastern -Virsinia, by way Of Ma
nassas Gap. Gen. A r. Liiii's corps took pos.
eession Of Chester Gap asM repuissd The Fed
sfai eavslry who attempted to drivo him out
Long streets corps afterwards came through
the same Gap. The Washington Republican
ssys Leo has managed 10 carry sli his Penn
sylvania piundsr with hin- The baltimore
American. of the 28.s, says:
There is no longer any doubt that Gen Lse's q
army has saccessfu y eiuded the pursuit Of
0sn NJ sads and is now again IN nearly its old
posiiion in Eastern VirgibiA and around Cul
pepper and 6er5xnsviiie When f.se @asese1sA
in getting acrozs the Potomac scasesly any
other rssai. was expected by those familiar
armies. Slngai1e people looked for a differ.
ent reeali, and even those not 80 sangaips
hopei for l.; tu; both have beeu disappointed.
The latest advicss from the Army of tha Po-
tomac state that on Mnrday our forces held
the line of thu Rsppahsnnoek between Kelly i
Ford anI Waterloo. Large numbers of
horses have bs.a found in the mountain
sorges and appropriated by our forces.
Tho following is a Dispatch from Gener. l
Meade to Gen. Schenck, commanding at Bslt.-
more
FRONT ROYAL, VA, July 25-Io MAJOR
Gen. X &. Schench The Major Gsnsral Com.
manding directs ne to ackno wedge the re.
caipt Of your dispatch, AID to inform you thai
he eDgagsdths enemy a. this poiat yesterday
This mornisg the euemy appears 10 nave
withdrawn, aud his whole army lie undoubt.
ediy en- route to Cuipsper and Orange e H.,
and probably the rear las passed this piase and
S.rssburg
by order. a. A. MATHEWS,
Col. and Chief Of 5 All.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MAJOR q eneral Logan and Colonel Raw ling /,
of General Grant, staff, who haye arrived u
Cairo state that dsD. Sherman ha.i returned
to ack son, and reported to Gen. Grant that
tbs leading citizens of that portion Of Missis
ssppi jmplorcd SO me action ty which the State
cJuli be returned to the Union. The army
and people wero compietsiy diapifited AID
ready for peace.
The Nashville Union says it is reported that
Hon. Meredith +. Gentry, formerly an emi.
nent Wing msraLer of Congress, surreDdefes.
.Jar a.
at Shelby vile, u few days tiace.
Nine hundred of Morgans men have been
lcdged in Camp Chase prison. They will be-
there until the oficsrs of S.rsight's OK xpeiitioii
are released from Libby p;ison.
When tho s;eamar Roanoke left Havana an
immsnss to1iiaGratinn was raging among ths
warehouses ,sn ksgiu !. ha:f. Ii is estimated
that tho war silonses asresstiy destroyed involve
ii loas CT 5 Oco 900 worsh of sugar.
The draft in Ph,sdefphia was completed
without disorder or oppofition.
Mayor OPdybe OF New York, has vetoed
the ordinance ~ pay cohscrlpta $500 coannn
ia;iou, on tha Yrouad oi vasusnoss amt ille-
ga!ity, and bal1auss it is propitatory Elas;'
suso 10 appasss tho n,cb.
Gen. BiouIts forces In Arkaasas, on the
Hth inst, ate cksd the rebels under General
Cooper, near Fort Gibson, and routed them
ConpiCSoBJ, Cdl oh0 Suu aLu uouy pti0-
vners. Tae aoels Ietreatsd to Fort Smith.
Admiral Por er reports that the grnboat ex-
psd,tion sent uy him into The Red river region
after the fail of Victsburg, had bsen Eioss
successful Tw rebel steamers were cap.used
QUO very line boat-Snd the rebels were
forced to dssti oy two o!hera A large quaint
ty Of au!n iuun.oa aud stores for the rsbei army
were :tisD captured.
Hon. .Soi,n j. Cfittenden died at Framkfor,
Ky, ou the aG.h. lie died from general d.
tl;iiy ,l.id oil age. without pain or struggle,
and IN 1nll Possession Of bis faculties. Has ago
was II
Al the first board, Nav York, ri onday,
mark 81 excitsd--goid I273 Virginia Skies g.,
Noria Csrolina G9 Tehnessee 6ai Al the
seco Oh board, market trm-gold l2/4.
A Washington. telegram says that in tbs
next two mouths large number of tr,,ops
whose time Of service has expired will leave
tho Army of ths Potomac, and the coascrio
ten mmst ts PUT in Immediate operation to Ill
their places.
la lhiaois the people ara drilling TO resisi
the draft. Federal cavalry have be On seni
there to protect the eurolliny 0tee
In the light near Donsldsonviiie. La, after
the fa:i OF Port Hudson, the 29sh Macs. regI
sssl; lost al tut l4D Msn.