The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-20
qIIE WAR NEWS.

, .n,,ymcnt Of piping tunes oil |
'. " AMI no hostile armies were con
..., c,,h other on the south side OF |
,n.es Not A solitary rumor did We
,.,h ,ashout the day, and the Mary
'..l w .,mpaisn having come to an end,
arj1ena had no better theme for dis
;.n .han the probability of the death
,r,at This report was revived 10y
~. .;a,cmcnt Of A Confederate officer
.,h. Il,ss on the Yankee shipping IN
,ns,,,cle 1T hall mast, and the
.n. q,~rlion was made 10y a soldier
t..,,nI,l Yesterday from How lett $
L,Ney,r. may have been IN conse-
... If the death OF some officer OF
o..,r than Grant IL was currently
lied last evening that 4 Yankee dc
'.., who was brought to the city, al
..l lhat the Chief of the Army of the
,.,.,, had certainly departed this life,
, some ploof beyond the assertion oi.
.-,,,I,ns Yankee is necessary TO con
III of the fact. OF one thing, how
, there is no doubt-Grant is keep
..,sty quiet, if he is not dead, and has
..u,ntly entirely changed his reckless
..., Of hard and stubborn fighting,
'.l .yuosing his men to the dangers of
confederate bullets. 1t is reported, how
...r that Sheridaa has started out upon
a,her raidng expedition, and it ispuite
,..4ie that the Federal commander eX
--.. asSa result of this movement, to
ompll-h his purposes by starving the
initial Of the Confederacy into submls-
Lon. According to Yankee accounts he
fa. ,5ne towards the Valley of Virginia,
with a view of intercepting the 'insa-
den, # Mary land" on their way home,
ami We may have stirring news trom that
.aartcr before many days elapse. We
venture the prediction that he will find
ill.,, "wat patti" no easier to travel than
,lhe one last chosen, when he was SO
tremendously turned back at Treyil-
4as 10y Hampton and Fitz Lee, and sent
a.,g.,m d,,may towards the Pamunkey
We learned from passengers by the
rctelaburg train last evening that every
hing Wa. quiet up to . o'clock in the al:
,rroaan, and that there was less Smelling
.A4n usual. We were informed that on
.gune missile had been thrown at the
ly during the morning, and that struck
4 he Iocallty known as Pocahontas. l.
the Yankees were possessed OF the ordi
ul, traits OF civilization, they would
.b4ndou tins practice altogether. 1t doe.
u,tmyollc the surrender either OF th'
.!, oI its tortiiication3, and It's only et
let IS to iWure private property and t
dave women and children from thel
bones. The artillery firing and skir
m,,hIng Oh the lines yesterday did no
lA.ount to much, and our army in TIA
,lv'rohga had tall opportunity to EMO,
,ay refreshing rain, which was highly &C
ptablt atter the protracted drought.
olE CASUALTIES IN MARYLAND.
It's stated that our losses in the bat
tic At Nonocacy bridge were some tiN
h,.ndreA III killed and wounded, inclut
ns .ome valuable officers. Our force
acc compelled to leave some OF the s.
,ueI} wounded at the bridge, and the
d1ubtlc.s afterwards fell into the hant
m the enemy. Among the officers L
lolicd killed. in this engagement We
Col. Lamar and Lieut.. Col. Van Woke
b.1g, ol the 6lst Georgia regiment, MI
hlmbtey, OF the 18th Georgia battallo
Capt Lowther, of the Goth Georgia res
mcnt and Lieut.. George ilobson, of Il
Amherst (Na) Artillery.
FROM GEORGIA.
GcH. Joseph f. Johnston took lea
OF Tie Army Of Tennessee on the l8t
and ISSUED to his late command a far
Well address which is remarkable for i
GOOD te. Gen. Hood accepted Il
command, and in his address . to Il
hoop. tells them that he relies up,
their prowess to wreSt the country fro
the grasp Of the invader, emitting thel
elves TO the proud distinction of beil
allied the deliycrers OF an oppressed pc
PIE These addresses will be found u
der the Geographic head.
Gen. Hood was born in Bath count
Kentucky, on the 29th of June, 49,
and Is consequently now only lit
over - wears OF aye. lie graduated
West Point in the class Of 1853, a
vas assisnedto to duty in the 4th infant,
IA california, where he served TWEEN,
'"o months. In July, 1855, he "
transferred to the I'd cavalry, commar
'd y the late General 0hen Colon
Albert Sidney Johnston, and of whi
zen. K. T.. Lee was Lieutenant Colon
Ia the winter OF 1856 80 he enter
"poh the frontier service in Weste
texas, where, in the July following,
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