The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-03
TIE WAR NEWS.

THE WAR NEWS.
49,. sar last report military operations below
'.,ora fave been somewhat active though .ae
M h.v,e Gained no advantage s'nee the capture
'rN" ,r.,,lson on Thursday last saturday morh-
o' gov same desultory fling, but as the day
.rs '".e . and disacreeable, IL was generally sup
W. -, -. ,he,s wsuh be no fighting, As the day
lvT' hou.ver, heavy cannonadc commenced,
So, .taut balf-past four O'clock IN the afternoon,
= =, rspd.tv and sound anything ever be-
sp'F'' -, IN Richmond. The reports OF heavy
t'' IL .leok the houses in the city, and from
k"'' items The smoke eeuk be distinctly seen
T" ..,..,uei u,.til hear six O'Clock, and some
,,s.,y4 persons were under The impress
,t., q general engagement was in
an the very environs Of Richmond
-. f,nsie,i they could hear the rattle OF mus
,,,. 4, intervals, and numerous conIeetnres
- ;r.algei respecting the nature and progress OF
-. ts,,le. The reports Of cannon avefaced about
,,;..lte Willie at times they were even more
ort Tie cause Of all this excitement was eS-
.I,;nol Yesterday by persons from the front 1t
.,,S thai the Tenth corps Of the Yankee army
y canms,le,, by Birney, advanced on the par-
,,,,sr,, and Charles City rosis, accompanied by a
't,.;le-ab,e body Of cavalry, under Spears, and
..sate in getting ~ the vicinity 81 the interme-
..I-ns II srtranc buants, some two miles and
,.l, tal,v Richmond. The object Of this move
Iii. believed 10 have been ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-, !, this point our batteries opened upon the
r,nv and prevented their getting into position, and
.lFy retired Many Of our citizens were yesterday
f,.,ssi 10 treat tLis affair IA false alarm, and
I'm. who proiesscd to have been at the front as
-,,t that there was NJ enemy within sight of our
..,,,-,.,oeu. II was therefore talked about as a
-, srsste O., ammunition 10 10 purpose whatever;
81. " have every reason to believe that the fore
. .,,,s,ps,,t of the advance of the Yankees Is
..!Trti.
,.,,4;on OF the James river tleet has been en-
I siufa THURSDAY morning IN sheiling Fort
,t,r5s5n but 10 general assault has been made by
r r5ops since flidiy, and the enemy still holdth
position.
,.g, I. tiin's Bluff, fighting took place on The
,ue below Richmond. Ia themorning the enemy's
ski,1ai.l.r, advanced MD drove in our packets at
that pyjIt but cur lnen rallied, aud III turn drove
N. Yankees Jasb. l. was currently reported yes
t4r,y ;at t.a enemy were rocrossins TO the south
,Ir Of the james, but UP 10 the time vi writing this
rsragragh this lacks Confirmation.
Among the captured in Fort Harrison were Colo
UsI Maury, commandaIt of Chafin's Bluff, and
Major r C. Taylor, brother of General Lees adju-
tiut-gen sTa} e0mmandant of artillery ut the same
Last The fort vas manned by about three hundred
reserves who made feeble resistance, and all fled
except seyenty-fve, who were captured. The report
IL al tia aN
behaved badly in this affair is untrue. Not more
than Twelve Of the command were there at the time,
and thee were on the sick list. The battalion
Va ordered fiom Newmarket Hill to FJrt Gil
NIL slid bore 4 conspicuous part III the defence OF
thlt place, assisted by the command Of Colonel Du
t> The repulse Of The enemy here Was decided,
AID th,lf loss heavy, while ours was comparatively
.ga: Il i estimated that Ill the woods, III front OF
fJ;!Gilmer. from six hundred ID seven hundred of
1la elJuy are laying dead. and after the fight the
';sh5h before the Tort was filled with them. The at
tisk was made by negroes, and some who were CAP
tlrel say that they forced by white troops
tie point ot the bayonet, ana threatened with
il>taut death If they refrea.el. 1t is in this way
,3tLe Yankees show tLeir affection for their pet"
Africans. The commands OF Colonies Elliott and
DaJois we're highly complmented by the general
cJnanding for their gallantry during the assault.
Several farm houses below the clty have been
burnt within the past two days-some of them by
;le enemy and some by our own forces. The Yam
lees burnt the dwellings, Of Thomas I. Duke and
Df. Loain, while our people destroyed Hughes
'ayen, the houses Of Mr.. Clay, Mrs. Weaver, and
tie barn of Joseph White. Some of these were
lll1--
tina: the houses Of John n. Davis and L. B. Cook
we've destroyed rs incorrect. Many of the citizens
II iIen,leo have been plunderej by the Yankees,
=Il sre heavy sufferers III consequence. One in
stance Of the preservation OF sum of money under
singular circumstances has been brought to our no.
t.1e. resident Of the county, on the approach Of
thr eitAiy, loI from his home, bringing away such
articles could be hastily got together. He had
placed oui thousand dollars upon bureau, intend
ing 10 move 1t, but came away and left the money
behind. The next dry he ventured to return to his
L0a-e, AMI iJund that it had been visited and
searched by the Yankees; but the money had
slipped behind the bureau and was all recovered by
The ywllrr
1t vas reported last evening that the enemy, in
Considerable force, were advancing On the PENN
siaai aal tha: some diminishing took place at the
Whle House yesterday morning
Jv"h Uhihorn. employees of the Southern
L4p75s> Company, and Chr. Baumhard, resident
u kehinond. were captured by the enemy while
IL d scouting expedition below Richmond on Satur-
DAY They belonged 10 one of the local cavalry
,,mp1niys
Two citizens oi Heniico county were taken out by
EY- Ia. 1
"'ai LaGfei Church. Their bodies were left lying
upon The pot Surely this act calls for soine retail
"'h ii tic hands Of our authorities
FIGHTING AT PETERSBURG.
-'N''''alieOuziy with the operations OH the north
''s u lie James, the enemy III front of Petersburg
nave osen displaying good deal Of activity. On
may BGrnside's COPS advanced across the
- 9lah road to Squirrel Leyei road, broke through
'' 'ivh VI the line held by our artillery. who re-
'4 9'ot@I!I PIT being tiaiked and overwhelmed
-. superior numbers, were compelled to retreat
r'7 occurred Oh Peebles's farm, about four miles
1'-'''' irSE Petersburg Ou; loss is stated at
7"'9 @'!'ei, wounded and captured, and few
- vi artillery tell iuto the hands OF the enemy
''' '''9 advantage, the Yankees pressed forward
Tue boydton llsnkroad, but were met Oh
:, " '~Afs's plantation by Generals Heth and
y, '''p'vh ana driven back 10 the captured works
49,. ''. S''e nine hundred prisoners and in
l heavy loss upon the enemy The follow
'nieiai dispatch from General Lee confirms the
i'ezoing news
D~' NRiEks Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA
or "October |, 1854
4iy'' Jaass 4 Sedton, Seeyetary of War.
ItbiesuiY ckeung Ganocas tIu.l , A.
80, INFANTRY who had broken through u por-
I,..1 u'' Ane held by our artillery Oh Squire,
'''vl road and drove them back.