The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-24

Wcdns sday opened quietly III Petersburg, 50
quietly tba, such an unsua slate of things becane
the subject of Conjecture in The town. Before
night, however, ihere was something else to talk
about The fapress, after noticing The Inactivity
of the eatly h"ars ui the day says:
This state Of quiet prevailed un'ii nine o'cIics,
when heavy cannonadiDg was htnId uu our Ate me
ltl, aud upon inquiry IL was ascertlIned 10 pro -
ceed f, M IA Confederate battery admirably posted
in Chesterfield Ihi~ battery had obtained the
range of two Of the tncmy's 2o-Poundtf Pariotis,
pintei al batteries Nos aud : u8 Jufdau's farm
and by The Admirable aim and precision of sun
urls ed admirable service. la less til
uiniles after ouf artery opcned lie .catmy gGus
weIe ehrciuay siicncei. Hrprated attempts w,ie
III ide during the day 10 teoprn these guns, whicti
Tor several days past have been Throwing shells into
our clty but every atIrmIh was met by a hot nre
from te chestc field Heights, which prevented ihe
accumpi hment Ut The en-, N.Y. purpose. OuT
city yesterday enjoyed a remaikabe exemption
from these annoying missiles Of~lhe enemy, aud
many were surprised at the amiabia disposition
which seemed suddenly 10 have taken possession
of our uninvited visitors.
About > O'Clock NJ heavy drirg was heard on
our extreme right, TO the Of Neliss old place,
In DinwtIde, about TWO miles from ButLeIw worth 3
bridge. The firing was rapid, ana the discharges
OF nIuske,ry were plainly heard by persons residing
In the subus bs IN that portion OF the ciy. The re
port that fight was progressing in that dir, cuon
apread RAPIDLY through the city and many fastened
where they supposed they would he enabled 10
witness the battle. la tBis, however, II" y we've
disappointed, for the country was too thickty
wooded TO see The conH CT thout exposing one )
person To the flying balls AID bullets An, how
ever, could hcar the ti,sg a,ul listened To The
cit ng sounds with bTcath!ess atention Tue enc
my had advanced an enlile corps around Ia This
extreme sOuthwestefiy di )tiom daiing Tuesday
night, TOR the purpose of se'ziHg and holding the
Weldon road, and our Generals were Oh the out
,ioe a, a very early hour Shortly after midday u
Hank move ment which had been planned was put
into process of execution, and this brought un the
fight which had attracted the atlehtion of eli
IL soon Became evident that gallant boys
were driving the Invaders aud before iour O'coc k
IL was ascettainea that we had gtinrd very de
cided success. Three brig 'des, under the com
,nand of Gen Mahone, mad, by the sk,lilul I,aEte
yefne of their officers succeeded in getting the
front, hight and left OF large bouv o The Invaders,
before vandals were Iuy app.iscd OF the dan
ger of their situation. Their front was protected
by a heavy line OF bIeastwoiks, which had bee n
IhIown up during Tuesday night, but this did not
deter Confederate troops from theif duty, tor no
sooner was the Oider 70 charge given than cur boys
rushed forward with oae OF those Characteristic
yciis VIII ch for the second time lately has keen
di s,inctIy heard IN Petersburg. Simultaneous
with this charge ia front OF the enemy, the two
other b,igades mentioned opened on both tanks,
and between the three h,es tut lew Homents }
sutiie cd To end the conflict, the great bulk the
vandais throwing down their AIMS uad begging for
quarter.
The res uits uf this admirably planned and 30 less
admirably executed moven,eHt, are The Capture
Gt sixteen hundred prisoners, eight stands ui col
ots, tour pieces Of artillery, aud Two formidable
linz of breastwofks, Bar better than all, We re
i.ye the .hac Of Iaiisoat, and stii miiniain our
coinihuaieaiiens win The south.
Among the pfisouefs are fifty seven commission
ia ofiiceTs-but none h gaer Than Colonel. The
belong mainly u the u and 4ih Big ades,
Ennsy's Division, ilaneock's Second Array orps.
We captured no general officers, Coils Fraser aud
tasta,d, both commanding brigades. Some of the
prisoners IakeU, ray that the movement towards
the rait1ad was generally regarded as hazardous
AMI Cen Hancock was unfortunately taken sick
just oh the eve 0l the expedition. Bnney was Ia
command, of whom the prisoners do n9l speak ST
all complimentary. 1hey say lac invariably nian.
ages Ia get them Into trouble
As usua', all nitioaa iies ate represented aMopg
the ptisourts, aitd niaby al The say that thry
ieil ihe uehei,cs around Washington twelve days
s'uce. msJo,i,y ot them express great satisiac
t"n tt.st they atc now pfisou-ta vi war, lad de-
clare that they have n'f feait lo bsht - spme~i,'I
sistuted son Of HE Eaaesaid izie, whose head -
heavily spiiaki"d' with etey, ut,oe beng asked
where he WAS ff ~, psosaiaty Iessuded 'sifeiaad,
by Jasus, and wou.d ~ Co. thai back tiicie
10 day"
LSfER-IHs FisHr srlLL PROGRESSING.
Al nine O'Clock last night, gcaiiemaa just iiom
thr vicinity OF the ff0nt a0riaed ihat the nsnt
was still psogressing aud that se we're dtiviHs the
eneiny rapidly. We had forced hin fiom thc vi
cinlty ol the railroad back io and the Jeru-
sai~m piaatsoad, distance Of four Hik e. IL was
dtsc0vereA'as ~ We mOved. thai the cnrnsy had many
ita"s u bteaslwoshs extcdtaK easterty fsoni the
saais ,isx aroasd the city, " pssvest ark move
dslveu.
A1tfs bstng fatced from the tea iss. Hines, the
esetay vess retsfosced, asa nasAe an eaosi 70 re-
capssss them bnt our boys tanned their 0wa euss
upos ,hvns, (nasy kavtag lsst the1 nsMsksss Whea
ihsv hsda ssA s~psised theaats saiiEss style.
6Atch~s ~ rsts0asss c0siiavsd 70 assive W %
the tssrM aeesnsas asd senitemss who ~ ske
tnsw utl rsseh 2.3.e.