The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-07
From Georgia.

We have received Atlanta papers OF June "a, In
advance Of the mails, through the courtesy Of Ar
H Hamilton, of the Southern Express Company. |
They eontain some iaisf particular Of Gen J0hns-
ssou's fight At New Rope Church on the eesh. A
letter In the .appsal, describing tho assault, says:
On came the enemy, In long compact lines, their |
bayonets glitteTing In tho evening sun, win the
opened with great spiIit and rasea furtocsiy for
some hours The enemy hurled their picked d.
vision against Gsanbusy's Texas brigade, but his
ott tiled veterans dashed back their assaiiing
columns with q vchemence uuly defiant.
The enemy not dauated BY their faliufe 70 break
our lines, rallied again. and with terrible asomen
Gsaubury's, Govan's, Lowry's, oaases's, aud per.
haps other bsigades met the shock and drove eoe
enemy back to their work., and then with yeii
charged their works and scseteEed them leaves
In an autumn gale. The enemy came within ave
PAGES Of 0ranbury's lines, bus 1t was only 70 add
10 the fearful list Of the siaia 10 his immediate
front over three hundred dead Yankees attest the
uaerring fire Of bis brigade. The enemy were
pressed vigorously I'LL night hung her klsck fas
Of truce over the sceae Of carnage Tho stars
xtitler like the eyes of angels through the blue
pavement Of the sly. but their beams ooiy eiss
more ghasuy hue 70 the features Of the slaln.
Another writer says:
They crawied on their hsnds until they were
Withln fifteen PAGES Of our bseaslwOrks before on!
boys fred a eu0. Alter The nsss v0liey was 6ied
inio then they hoisled white aass, and said they
down ,heis arms ihey refased, and attempted to
gain the works, when q most tenibie and destruc-
i've FIRE was poured Into them, resulting n com
g.e.e rout: The troop. engaged 10 the e:ns we're
charged the Texas bneade, the eah and !th Ashan-
sss ea6lsded them on lhe leu, while the 6la A.
kansas engaged them on The siohi. The latter feg1
pslled % chsrse the eaemy, LOST very heavily
Ihets IOap Was So KILLED, s. wounded, and twO
missing. The loss Of the other Eegtnents was very
ss sss y
!. ONE Asjor neKtm, who says hs ieaidsa e ". q.
Eielta several years ago. Whes The war broke osa
he was livtag q Wsis Poius, niss. ,..,..
eveaing % the left-sheiT l0s6 Wes very heavy
Lewis's Kentuchy aad Finiev's Florida esteades
l0a ~ killed, $50 wouadeA, and s. nissins. they
chasyed The eneny IN heir esesssworhs and were
letter from New Hope Church, dated the alss,
says:
Our Hines are very nearly the sans this nosning
that they have been Tor several days. The sick
asd wounded have al beea seat 10 tho EeaE.
lf Gen. Johnss0a can Ost The ehemy IN - opea
de 60, o hs feels hls ability to defeat hi let The
nm cone on when and where Il may The noops,
tkoueh UeaheA ~ loag marches, ase IN has splilts
= sessevsi & ssss seisldsceseass are q iSeis v.v
(fom nanks's army ~ deefoaa. hut . 0ea. J0hn.
etou ID aware Of Ihls, no vii not allow 0hsSman
% have the beeeei e shsa u ths peaAise eoaaiet
ebeaac. aa1 q ws csn oaly iatessup tAair iine q
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"a @ aassek ~ % our ewn pealCon e lAn kaek
asase, theis base o. ssppltes
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