The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-28
ADDITIONAL FROM The AoarH.
We capy some .ar:her ncws from ou
lafest Northern dated:


latest Northern dates:
T1s fsaaTIsa on Tas seurHsfbx-aow Ao1LKR
aTfsMsrs ~ s.BAa" A dosexLaRArE wAasS
1e.fs. Dvf baEs'ss 30 tT.
II appears That Butler had q very fne pIaa 90
the sauihsiae The oahe, atsh, 10 capture Coofed-
srata wagon train Of Immense siss. 1t appeefs
that on trying 10 car7 cut ias Little sIfanssnens
be iS iis tsst time discovered iha; Ls wss Ioi il
sttict military language, on ihs cHelsive but. on
the coaraTy, was shut Up In his entrenchments by
Gen Deaursgsrd, who had moved in on him during
the day. letter, dated at Haichet's, May 18Th,
from III O." OF the 18th army corps, thus relstes
how the discovery was made
A. have already informed you, our forces re
Tired .o taetr eu.reBehments on Monday evening
last, In consequence os the 1aassi8g 0f heavy
tirceoi tas encmy at our froat, at tse Halt Way
hoasc ;ind Sefi"us battia which occurred on the
sat1e day, in which We i.fst the position had
stined ~ tho Ghsanee towards kfcamOHd. Our
forces CANE III in good order, Without te loss oil
niah q tee th: retreat besa,l. The orara ion VIA
asiiuliy carried ouI and after four days Of hsht
Ing, marching, and ioss OF sleep, tho men again
rested ia thei. C3mpS behind secure fbrtthe at0s,s.
Our scouts wefo sent out TO watch the move
menis OF the enemy, and during III. afternoon twO
heavy cougiHs of the enemy, With large trains,
were observed passiog down tie pike towards Pc
tersnaFg. Ii was conjeetare1 that Tie Ia,as we.e
oilhcr carrying supplies sof the moving coiuMas
PTefH OStfis sent 10 fetessD1I2 uadc.
with supplies fnt Lees army oT Tie iosces in Rich
nioai Al any rats The capture or destruction OF
any Ut t!ie trains Was All object Yrty desirable III
,iie present Jahctofc Of rcnel Affairs, aid IL was
detcieInrd u ateine. II. Gen Is ) EOsiee. Chief
Of Gea Gimof.'s Siaf, took eo.nL;aad of the
ioIce, consisting at Oaderdonk's Mounted Rifles, .
battalion OF the 4ss Aasaeh huse;,s cavalry, two re-
g:aehts .: negto cavalry, and portion " lhJ llih
Maine infantry.
Mani EXHIBITION
Gen Foster started with hs column 1T abozt nina
O'clock In Tue veGiDs, and saovcd qdie&iy olt 10
our p.cke! itnee, AID FEW HUNDRED Yards bshiHd,
when he halted, stationed picSets on different
tdaos 10 guard a5Hhss b :-c fc 10 cut httn OIL aud
then ait.Giptri Ia ni)ve ~ Le ROAD leading 10 tie
piks. He encountered the rebel piekets 10 mU-
meat Of Two, and atlemDtn. 20 capiufs them
dive tacm I'D, received neavy fire from the pick
cts and l,rse rebel io5ce In ne Of battle beh,nd
them. ue engaged ~ but the fire becoming more
heavy and from longer line, he WAS satisfied at
that point the reDes Were i'll Too eat force 70 be
forced back or broken through. tie tried another
portion OF the line with the SANE rssu {, and soon
s,-ceria!aed thar the woods were ia.ralng with req
els, an! that Beau.egard was il .uii iOrce beflre
oar wosks lie then tuned aad came into camp,
having lost his orderly, Killed, a:'d several mrn
wduudad. As the 6ghtipg was done In The dark,
no say what the rebel ioss was. II pet
haps elutl Il ous own. Til. sound of the htiax
alarmed our ca,nps, and The quickly got
under aIc,; aud waited results Tor 1aile wh.n
,he cause of TIE iifing tti8g known, they again
tised. The Intelligence o The presence Of le enc
my In 50 large q force in our Immediate front &C
casiotei extraordinary e1ct,t0nj 10 complete tie
wo,k our de;encea. A large force was but OF
this mviuiIg, and have worked through tLe day,
AID viii couiinue 10 woik a.! the present AiaLt
making ready Tor "haiever may, coma.
TEE ENEMY ESasoa oUR PICESr,.
At daylight this morning the Iehes Threw out a
heavy iinG OF ski,Eisnefs and dove cur pi, act
liac within & bundled yards vi the bIeastwoiks,
wlcu thair e,.van:s vas Checked after a heavy
s&ifmish Gar p!okets we're reinforced, and have
yx,.-.
ring ,he day at oae or two points of The ,ine In
ffoat CT iien imes's 'iHe the emmy were pdrticu
lady stfong aad biougl, ~ their aid some light
pieces Of eriiefy. which. however, did no dam
age A soldier OF the ll2Ih New York was killed
By a sharpshO0ter tnsIie the eRtfenchmenls, so
near had The enemy got Oh one OCCASION. They
were speedily driven ftuCl their position by vjRo
IoGs advance of car pickeis ana shells from Com
pauy 81 United States artillery, Lieut. Sanger IN
unlU.and There he's been heavy picket fTiny Rii
day, hui Ia night 1t seems to have ceased.
The eneny engaged in throwing UP works
directly in front OF u.s. wbeiher for tne purpose OF
laying siege to our position, OF 10 prevent from
reaching he raiifcad again 10 destroy II. They
are Known 10 be engaged Ia repairing the railroad,
and may design only 10 Keep Us away from II. Bat
IL Is gcneflly expected that they viii ende0s0t 10
carry our WORKS hy assault to morIOW, and eubhIe
cai 10 pieces GII army. " q shall be seady ios
tnen al daylight, als'i 10 Eot doubt our ability 10
.spuise eTe.y effort lhsy may make. Their torce
IS placed at from r~eny five 10 thirty Thousand
inen. Geaerai Beausesa.d coDMa11s, uhj Bush
Ioi Johnson has their rit wing.
The gunaoals uads. Admiral Lee have been
sheDg the ;abels engaged liz building batlssy
on uI!e OF the bluffs OF ,ao Jams river, about Is
nile and Il hait frJai oar i.nrS. TuuS fur they
have succeeded in .beif cff6sti 10 drive i.eIn
from thet, wosk and :I Is feared that Tomorrow
they Will have their guEs Ia Posid0n, commanding
the river, and OF annoyance 20 our iiaes
Lieu: Col Carpenter, OF the liam New YORK, has
died Of his Wounds received IN the battle OF Mon
day beyond the Halfway h,u-e. lie was an esu
lInr ~. al bic
regiment wil greatly ieei his ioss VIII hos: OF
.fisuds.
the Fiaar At RzsAcA-Foca YAsxsE azxsaAts
wOusuEv.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Cor:mercial,
writing from Resaca, Ca. May y, closes up long
accoun, OF the operations around Resaca a. fol.
lows
On Sunday morning firing commenced as usual,
but bo.hing Of particular importance occurred un-
iii z N. At that time de!esnined charge was
!nade {: HG0k-E's corps, which now occupied Our
iait Palmer, Howard, and Scnoheld having teen
shifted towards lhe rish, 10 di up the gap o:ea
aioaaa hy Hojaef's WiiEdtawa! the day before. -
fhis cLnyie 1T first believed 10 be successful
The enemy were driven from portion OF N, II
SECOND lines, aud Woods brigade, Of Dauxosid .
division, stotmcd small fort aud iook sa'sty ..
four guas. The rebels. however, haViag inasseu
on this part Of tho lino very heavily the day 80
fore, our mcD exposed 10 90 deadly ir0 from
the iEner works that tney were competed % with
draw. Par. Of them continued to hold the smatt
fort and kept possession OF the four rebel guns.-
Notwi .h5!aading tbs TepGise, our line was now
advanced to what mad been tha first rebel ttue OF
works. thus had We held our own In the centre
sad gained substantial aud permanent advantage
on both Wings For this. aud tor some reason yet
unknowa The enemy ,hoa. h. best io retire, and
on Sunday psls egaca1tad tis place with his en-
,ra army, leaving only three guns and some stores
OF meat and cora behind. Early this morning ve
Sfav "A tn cnan IN
this time WEI, on his way across the EtOwah nvsr.
estimate cur losses In our operations In front
Of Resaca at six hundred killed, three THOUSAND
wounded, and fOur hua.Ied miasiHs We have
toubs.ess killed aad wounded two thousand of the
~neny and raSea sixteea hundred pnsoaetS. f0af
of our Bfaaifef Gensfa9s have been Wounded
aeoae'. s,ishdy, A.ips:f!ab. painfully, Manson,
sr srslausiy; NI,iieh. IL IL ic6fed, H5fiaiiy. hfr-
Genesai oii e.s vi The Tcbels are knOwa 70 nave
hsea Killed.
Oue tropaies nay be summed up at Oae stand Of
eoors aad pieces OF artillery, unless tn. cav
airy has since takrn more OF which there ara some
hopes.
We can doubtless pursue the encmy 20 Et0~ ah
river with ease, as the cars came down 10 krSnca
To day, the rebels not hasias tGjarea the raisosd
anywhere south OF buzZit Roost Our teiegraphic
communication Il also perfect 81 Resaca Ths
rebels have made no attempt 10 tnicricfe With 0af
con..uaieatioas except by burning the depot ut
Madison, vast of Huntsville, last n1Sat, and fun-
Ming off ! aoz a prsoaefs. rhe cars fda through
70 Nashville As usual
THE BURNING OF rHE eHIe AVN OF BOSTON, sx TEE
FLORtDA.
The rebel cruiser FIos.da destroyed the ship
Avon, Of Bossoa. Oh Tue ~ Ii OF h.te'. ~ latitude
- north longitude 81 west, az 6eIotn reported Ia
lhe Hsraat. Captain HoWes, Ms family snd avc
seamen of the Avon, haa arrived q Ply1oata IN
board a vessel from Maufitius., The Avon Wa
bound to Queenstown with suano.
Asditioa Al parriculays ui ths destruction Of the
ship avon By ste pirate Florida, snow that edHta
were male to slak her by 6dag shells but they
wero Intellectual, and she was finally earasd -