The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-25
THURSDAY MORNING. ........ AUGUST
THE WAR NEWS.


weldon railroad, aud are using all the appliances of
engineering skill To strengthen their position. Our
forces having abandoned the ground which they
gained and held on Sunday morning, ana fallen back
much nearer the city. the enemy advanced his skir
mishors, and on Monday occupied the recent battle
field threw his pickets forward to Johnson's fa,ln
distance this side and plvis's iarin-tht
seene of thrge battles in each Of woh the Yankees
pressed backs now within his lines. Thence,
westward as.os, The Ntu. luu towards the S4u,rr,
level road, his lines 1ge established and unti,pttei
The Yankees. they advanced have thrown up
rattlsW1;ki, which ttr only concealed tlam the view
oi thc rcteIahuIEeTs hy thin SKIRT woods the
Davis farm, whtlc their PIckcts within seeing
distance of the city, though not thcnslvc- visible
- tar Il iurthoatt1na arc concerned, they have int
proved tlsr time WITH All energy worthy OF better
cause, aui well protected III front, flank and
rear.
The object OF the Yankee, after they ahall have
rendered their present position secure, viii be 10
raid upon railroad communication and giadu-
ally extend their lines IN that direction They
would possible, invest the city of Petersburg from
tho east south and west ana compel It's evacuation
The lett OF their line they would have it, should
rest upon the river above, and the right upon the
rlvcr below the city. 1t is fine plan, and would
probably halt starye the poor Of Petersburg II ul
lowed 10 be successful but Grant has to consult
some one cl'e before he carries 1t out
II Is our opinion that 10 further advance around
the city will be permitted Ii Grant persists, hc
viii find unexpected and powerful obstacles i'll his
path, which will make him pause il not retreat.
AN. INCIDENT
The Express relates interesting incident Of the
the fight, two privates ot the Twelfth Virginia III
fantry- George VI May, company \, aud -
Miles, company B-startei from town to Join their
command, having their rifles with them. On near
ing the of action, they compelled TO al
vance through I thick shirt OF woods, when 10 then
surprise, they observed party of Yankees coming
towards them. The two men hastily concoctcd
plan for their capture, which entirely success
tul As the result Will show May acted the spotes
man, and Miles the part OF a whole rrgiment--
When the Yankees We're within speaking distance
May stepped forth from his place OF conccallnent
and boldly demanded thylr surrender, backing his
demand with a statement that a regiment was IN
| ls rear and another around on trir flank. Some
OF the men q: once threw down their arms, but the
| commanding othecr showing some hesitation was
siieneed by the threat ot oyerpowerins nu.n-
| bays beng sooa upon ham, The whole party then
| surrendered ana May, placing himself Al the head
| of the column, .id Hf,s 1T the rear marched
| them double tile 10 a stronger guard. The
prisoners numbered twenty captain. one
lieutenant ami twenty five p!vltea. Their cagtin
| wts understandable when they discovered the dccel-
| ton that had been prtctc,i upon them
It is stated that one of oUT seTgcdIts recognized
| III Federal major, captured on Friday, his own
brother, whom he had before confronted Oh the lo-
pin,uia. -
| Passengers from Petersburg yesterday report
| everything quiet, with the exception OF the usla
| artillery and picket fixing.
| our scouts report that the Yankees have not dom
| much damage TO tue Weldon railroad. They hav,
settled themselves down with the apparent intention
of holding the position; but they will do well TO re-
member the adage about the best laid schemes o
| mice and men,"
Colonel Robert a. Ca>kie, Of the Tenth Virsinii
cavalry, was wounded-riot dangerously-in i'll Sigh
skirnish with the enemy on Tuesday near Ream5',
| station.
| FORREST ATTACKS MEMPHIS-CAPTUltEs
| PRISONERS, HORSES, MULES, Sc,
| The telegraph, Il day or two sinee, announced tia
Forrest had mad. an att ak upon M,lnphi7; but th
public have been So often Iui-lel By dispatches iron
tte Southwest that littl, iInpoi tnee attached +
| 1t The News, however, III this instance, tuIns GA
| to be true as the following eoltinaatoN dispatch
| received Yesterday at the War Department, wli
| show
by Telegraph from Mobile. August %, l@Gi!
The following dispatch received from Gen
oral Forrest dated Iiemando, 2iat
=. attacked Memphis at + o'clock this morning
driving the enemy to his tortltoatIons. We ktle
ami captured four hundred, capturing then vhtli
camp with about three hundred horses and mulc'
Washbul1le escaped III the darkness Of the mofninA
.aying his clothes behind. Ny loss is twenty kle
, and wounded Signed n T. FoHEfer,
" Major General"
D.H MACHY, MaIor-Gcneral
We 10 not know that it was the object OF Genert
Forrest 10 capture Memphis, though We suppose /
could have done 50 had he pushed his ady,sitas,a
Memphis is A j. Smiths base OF supphea, and tt
fact that it is lnenaccd by Confederate force ma!
! | ps.haus, induce the Yankee column III Mort
| Mississippi 10 return.
THE YANKEE RAID IN TENNESSEE
| A body OF Yankee cavalry, numbering three hul
dred, dashed into Rogersyille, Tennessee, on Il
2lst, and captured Hon. j. Heiskcll" and otir
| civilians and soldiers We do not learn that Il
raid had any other object IN view for after eitectii
c the e;.pturcs the enemy retired III the dire2ton
G | Beams station. The Mr.. Heskell referred to
doubtless the Hon. J. B IIeiskcil, representative
: Congress from the First Congressional District
Il Tennessee Rogcrsyile is the court-house OF tia'
kins county. ,.
| FROM GEORGIA.
Atlanta papers of the 18th report that, on Tie li
= | vious night, heavy cannonading and musketry Il
. commenced along the centre and continued Tor Sc
!. | eral hours Ii Is stated that the enemy mad'
pretty general assault upon our advanced Anes' L
- was successfully resisted iii ali his efforts huie
+. from ShclmaIts rear to the effect that our e'
. airy had destroyed the railroad ut AcWofth, uul
the bridge at Etowah, aud badly damaged the tr'
3 from that place to Alairsyille These points are
Ii | the We.tem and Atlantic railroad Acw"ith
tlnlty-fva mIiea fruin Atlanta, Etow,i. ioIty six
= | Alairsvillc sixty -nine miles Iumor add that
II thousand prisoners and siA thousand head oi Ia
3, cattle were captured wchis doubtless, neXags
. | alton
The sale Of all intoxicating liquors within
limits OF Atlanta, except upon aa order from hr'
quarters, has been prohibited.
d The Appea{, upon information derived from
II engineer scouts the idea that Sherman is "iIdeaF
= ing to mine Of the prominent works oil deici
= | ut the outer end OF Marietta street. The diSi'i
II between the lines is eight hundred yards ana
would take months to perform the work of burroWi
8 | thus far.
Il Brgadier- -General John G. Brown, oil lehhe'S