The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-20

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-rur DISPATCH Is sold 10 News
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CItY CARRIERS arc au'hof'2edte 10 charge
AXE DOLLAR ASo FIFTY CRNrs pr '"ses, 10
..., .4g sshe ff'sFN
.., yrsr \EWs--HEAVY FIGHTING
',|gtr rKFFRSBj KG-rHE ENEMY
'"Ht't~gt- CHfkRING PROSPECTS
titl SUPERINTENDENT OF
Kiln ENEMl AT l.iNCiiBt RG, &c.
no,s deauitcly ascertained that GIANT S
..., ,a,c- : have gone TO the south side Of
,.,,ss ana his whole efforts arc concen,
....4 n Al sts3gl TO capture the city oi
.,...., .i1., all hope OF carrying Richmond
.t,,ct assault having been abandoned.
..r,g,y reconnaissance through Charlie,
>, NJ. Friday developed the fact that the
., the yuemys forces, consisting oi a
... body u iuoanied men. crof sed the
.t n NsstoYvr that morning and the
.t.ys i.1.ht. This reconnaissance ex-
4-4 90 .nc mouth oi the Chickaho ominy,
..,n...1,- thc Information ao9uirsd, re-
...3 il tae cap!uye of some twenty five
..,.. .'t.s from the ankcc army, great
...t.--o If whom are said to be lurking
.i.., in The woods in that direction.
tg,.ptea from General Lee, dated Fri
5.yHi.lt, sa{s
.n., L5uQs ..ssautcd aud carried our
LLAMA. ..t...a l.s,.i B BtilhidA Hunisea, with
.l,.,i.e vu 0de pArl."
. va al! ihc Official inioiinalion that
i ..,s as uuta,utd, ana tunns Ihc whole OF
.i.y lie public elamnr ior news re-
..l.i .4-4lrhtd. Nothing WAS known
a ..tdfhe iAci THAI the enemy hear Peters-
q I-u,J,. Al attack "a force upon eur liues
.AAtl Aoul on t!tiay evening, aud were
Il sgstJ. and thai two OF three hundred
,.a.i- ecre captured.
Il, enemy, 3.. Ihei, dies perate attempt 10
.a4.t Petersburg, have rcsorted TO the
..-4ioas cXFcdieut of shclling the city
ssleu. moment warning. Tais w,s
au-ueed on Thursday, ana continued
..i4- HAT night and the next day, and, We
.ua, v.- progressing on Saturday. On
s.lly m1.ainZ a lhtec inch shell struck the
ass Of Mr Wilcox, on Diiiugbrook
-i5ti aud falling, passed through the
l.to COPING OF the cullAr door, and eX-
tated below without damage. Several icll
Nfaodt hainl. any lIhry, in the same street,
.l-g ne.gbborhood oi the Wtysidc iioepi
f.j Another entered the second story of
ILrlweiiiug OF Mr Charles Bf0@l, on Syca-
n.Jeslrge., su exploded, but fortunately
ItluUg none OF the occupants except one
fa.g D.
u..A.. 1850 negro children bclongiug to
d. James ll.!, iii Btndiord, were badly
B 5alad hy one oi thesc nissileR, which
4.aa. oter Their bed. / . to last ac-
.u.i- ilt little daihalse had been done to
a. os property III COMPARISON with the
4aate' ol shells thrown.
uIg l-t report closed with Al account Of
,4enp-tAi1n. ol Thursday, which were Gu
t.tl, 4actcs1iul. The prisoners captured
oa iAlt day lL~injed twenty one comruis-
,.,utt uuiceIs, an ong them Lieut. Col ID.
j. NMctaelty, OF the l15th Pennsylvania rec
iA.lt, Wh6 Is a second time prisoncI-
I5c Colonel Ut his regiment WAS captured
I'D "te ui he recent b4ttlc;:4 SpotsyhanIa,
=
sJ1.iii. Two handsome 5taGd ui colors
wtge t.Gea from the cucmy ola the same
day.
u4 Friday morning, a, / very carly hour,
- raf'ny appeared in heavy iurce ia front
ol battery ia. which covets the B.xter road
ia Pagce George county, aud got within
tE,uiY 81 thirty yards Of uuE breastworks
ar..t ih-y we're discovered. rAey came
4r ui IDLY IA lpur lines OF battle, lcaped over
t-a lottidCAtious, aud demanded a surrender.
-4- H..- rtid5ud by our men, aud / desper.
han! - hand conflict eusued. The cne-
lD} jttA al, .ui.e,e oi / small gap which had
'rvu lrit ou our ripht, and our troops, find.
ass them, ,i't4 il.ukcd, rctreaied ia some
'lder rs sippustt. however, that our
'4luc i"sa IA kiiiud, wounded, and missing
".ll aut Ainouut To over one Luudled Oar
A--u ,oli back 10 L second line OF foriilica-
In, NhitA Aai been hastily constructed
Ia t!s assault the battery Of the Macon
tUtJ l.eat artillery, consisting OF four IL
IIAAler \ 'poleon guns, was captured. The
ulon III this command fought with great
siiIAnhy, aud only abando ned their guns
allef twenty one horses had been shot
coBA.
portion II our liass ip this vicinity was
b. the !G.h Frginis regiment, Wisc's
mlsAde, who handsomely repulsed an attack
TT Tie enemy. Ia this assault Col. +. L..
Page, Of the 10Th, "; mortaliy wounded,
and died BOON all er reaching Petersburg.
He Was native of Gloucester county, and
most sallaut and popular officer. For
3 'lAc tilac past Col. Page has been in COM
mlnd oi the brigade, Gen. Wise acting as
evasion commander.
Heavy skir,nisliing aud occasional can.
l1aAdng continued along other portions of
tle lines until . o'clock in the afternoon,
when an eillri wac made TO carry battery
d., located in close proximity 10 IT, The
taeaiy at preached in three lines OF battle,
bai the opposition was of such stubborn
e-Atictef That the attempt was abandoned
alter two OF three assaults.
Al o'clock the enemy charged our works
Oh TIE hIli ncar the New Market K ice Course,
"i' were signally repulsed. In this charge
tue enemy lost heavily, leaving many dead
"ai wounded III ouc front.
AteF temporary cessation of hostilities,
d AeaVy clunouade .mmenced at d O'Clock
o1o oaf right, near batteries II, Is, ~, aud
~O'' Col Ayery's farm, and gradually ex-
'Aaei around TO our extreme lclt. BY dark
'-' engagement became general along the