The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-12
THE war NEES.

I'll ground covered with two inches Of snow
~ and Slect the touch. or winter had ma
~ eject in prayenir" military operations.
- For the first ;ime in several months, the
sA initiative was taken by our troops. BE
Wy tween " ana o'clock !. NJ. General
~ I0ngStTcei, with heavy force Of infan-
~ Try, cavalry and artillery made q recon
- nas~1nce down the Charles City and
an i'aihttQWn roads and in the course Of
NJ the morning advanced as far as New
~ hI5tt iijN, Tour miles east Ot Fort iIar-
sbp ,tson, without meeting any serious re.
an at~t@nC2 In fact, until rcachin, The
fs point named, ha ioir., nothing bat thin
FL picket line Of the enemy. The Objects
IN ot the reconnaissance having been fully
sB, accomplished, "enera! longstreet re
u tni"ed 10 ms "i'%nai position, which he
q, reached "n Saturday night We killed
y lew at thc enemy " plckets and took
~ lew OF them prisoners. oar loss was
one man killed ard several wounded
sF Dnine the forenoon and ,,or+ or ,bo
D evening orr mortar Lo,,or;,, nAou.J
e For, IJ.rris,o C,,;.,l :
81 ,,.,itc,,,s,. or,.,..~,
q Ry-tIis Reconnaissance ,ho oo,,,o, ,o-;
- lion &C the en,o,,c limo o1 hoo,.,- II
al f,ncee ~, tbo ro,,,, -;d.>s ,.,,.- -.
Il was asccrtained Inetcad or ,,,r;,,,
- northwest from Fort Uarr;sor, o,l l,o |
y qinr our line even 70 tho rI,or1or o..
"a road rs had hoor bo,io,.,3 - 1a.
s. civilians Il rms from, H. ,I.:
"a east to New Market Hainhts which :: .
Fl 'aH' loin miles inithei distant from the
CITY than the former point Between |
New Market onJ .L "a r
q ''h'' anu 'iie iti ol our line
4 there is no lurt;iication ~, o,,.ra,,,,. |
"a '-'''''" VI IhiS'''huleiit |
u Of consequence and as we have stotol q.
e., = '
was Lo'ihd on Saturday to be held only
s Lv = Mol of E, ,tr,
Il ru '''' ''o'Pa'
= - 6''''S OUT ana returning, ira
'f''u over th9 ground from which the ,
''"AeoS nave been threatening to shell a
! i'''hihohd, they discovered no big guns '
ana no preparations ior mounting them. | !
AilA'h On OUR LINES SOUTH OF PETERS {
n,r;na r.;Iol- l,''', I-> i'<>'
So 4o,t that ,,,o o,,o,,,,,
NY -, ot,oa;- -, ,. ,...-...-.
i IN ;..,oreI,.r,,. .,,.-.,.,
SU dawn cn,s;,,ro,l, c,,o =
:-:. '''"''' "''" 6
b VI o''' "a a
d ,-, 100 'i' \
which t,,o,- nov, a,;,..,.. ,.'f ''' d
q l..,: ~, va ''''"' .
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L.... .'''@ 4 >'''a"s Secretary # Har: u
s.oni ,5Is f t ] NY tL, i.t IT1.!on OF The s
i ''', -. l',H on o"f ,'.a} meA1 IN the N4uyhan 4
",.1- hti"dde INV Courthouse.
drNr them tatk a-f9s- atrhrr's nm .arIurjI,@ v
''''s 0". At. II ri''t. = r.,, II
rHE FNEAsY oN Iuf WELDON EArpn,n o
iiti Alt REFUSED Al hELltIELn. -
- - "o" '''eita'hed mat the column h
"' 'he enemy VINO started for Weldon, Il
'',''2 t''' 'ine "' the petersburg and h
"''''h ''''ioA' i''s been aScertained TO ="
b ''''7 'V'A' "'h corps part OF the Il.
ia '''''. ana ''hS'dofaoie 1orce OF ca {;
'''> 7''i''" out well Supphed as
WIN subsistence ana ammunition, dgi-
''iS '''''F OWN oee7eS and those OF every ~.
,,,,. H., ''.'' Us
''5 'i' communication c
'N'<It hv "our.cr5 with our forces one III
atm, ,.,.;,-. A. -. an
i1t''lE against Them, intelligence Of their -
onc,atiana c,,ro, =, ~, -, raj
" nan" t'idily but
what We have received is Of highly On
,:-,..,..,. a,...,.. d" '''a"'s Nd ke
n7laetory character Gr
On last TY,nrcJ dow oo,,;,,, 4, -:
-" "'S' ""' '"'S VNohtiiG the enemy cat
column being then hort distance ha tn;
yond 1arratt's some thirtyive miles ore