The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-23
THE WAR NEWS.

v.s,erds- passed unrippied oy fu-
A. Petersburg, also, all was quiet,
%,,,b there had been some shelling
rbarslay night, which did no damage.
l4ter from our army correspondent
l,,s tha, all is quiet along the lines:
tssoa OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
PETERSBURG, July u, lSG4
,,.,, NOT written you for upwards Of a
= s;mpIy because had nothing worth
,,,,.. There is no change IN the situ
he conformation Of the lines Of the
'''o .,,,;,s bcing identically in every respect
wv ', ,sre on the first day Of this month,
a. anestion very naturally arises as to what
IN, j. doing. This is more than l can tell
yyl IMPRESSION, however, is that Grant
.,., nov without any pan or dciinite
=, reward 10 the future. The presence
ug,ufedcfite force" in front OF w ash
,,n has doubtless, To large degree, In
,-,.r,l with his original designs, and for the
emf he IL without any q, finite plan Of
,.n,i.n. The Impression in unofficial cir
-. IS that he is busy with the eshoyel and the
..glvith view of undermining Petersburg,
he WIS about 10 do at kichsburg. This,
l,Eseer, is purely speculative. II is, how
.,sr. hY no means imp osSible, but on the
s,Dir.ry is qlite probable.
Dse fac {, however, is quite well estab-
LID, aud that is, that Grant does not mean
,,eyiye Il up so" lie has no idea, none
t.g,a-t distant, Of abandoning this line
,.,,l forced TO do 30 by iuexorable necessi-
f. At present he is huSily Strengthening
h. works and mounting new (and some Of
Lem very heavy guns. The shelling OF the
.,v mrlatime conliuueS--Sometim very
,izatly, aud then again with considerable
an. II is, however, consoling to know
lytt thus tar but little comparative damage
L,s been done TO life, limb or property.
Tae new schedule OF prices adopted by
,l- Virginia Commissioners is generally
indeed, might say univers sally-regarded
by he army IS ruinou5 to the cause. tsa
a! hanls there is demand that it shall be
Itslinled. Ii is not believed that the good
people OF this State, who have given so
l.,ay aud repeated proofs of patriotism aud
e.. sacrifice, VIII make necessary scheme
.,r lheir own aggiaadizement which must
ls,alt IL the utter and entire depreciation
,ad ftI,uiIltion Of the currency of the
,autrg. High prices swell the volume Of
tA.cuncl,y, which in the ratio OF imitation
is The measure OF liz depreciation. 1t is
u,I.ctrd tU ia The army because many first
4ga,enauis hni il necessary TO keep a
serylnt. Their pay is $50 per month; whilst
the cost III a ration to iced the servant on is
jlsi $50 by The new schedule, OF IA more
per month than his pay.
The news OF The removal of Gen. j ohnston
aud The appointment of Gen. Hood TO the
Command OF the Western army created great
tl.piisc ana cons iderahle comment. There
IS great coutraIiety of opinion on the
gi.ati1n.
The rereshing shower Of Tuesday re-
i'saed both animal and vegetable lie, and
made everything wear 4 new asp Get.
The so!JlcI6 ATE being well fed, and the
aGiG.i4 are still getting bountiful supplies
Gi iotagr In i word, the situation in this
army never Was ,aorc hopeful, and can
l4'y sound the scntincl'5 'All we'll" y.
SktRMi5H ON THE RIVER.
GA Saturday night last party of our
1ooI@ out in the river, near Westover,
on business" the character Of which
the Yankees need not know, were at
lacked by gunboat, and lost two row
boats which they had with them. We
lost no lnen.
ANOTHER SUCCESS BEFORE ATLANTA. -
The news from Georgia is still encour-
aging. We learn that dispatch was
received 1T the War Department yester-
day announcing that Gen Clcburne at
tackled the enemy Thursday (at what
point Is not stated and drove him back
with heavy loss.