The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-27
ADDITIONAL FROM THE NORTH.

THE CAPTURE OF PRTERsBrRG-PLEAsiNu POSITION
AFFAIRS BASED THERz-JfFF. DAVIS TO 90 10
NASSAU.
The capture of Petersburg was capital thing
IN Yankee land as long as IL lasted. II settled The
campaign quite thoroughly. The N. Y Herald has
two articles which close up the War in such an ir-
resistible manner that We copy them for The benefit
of the public
The IsmayaI Of t.e At7ea s6ohhs az ;hs Potomac from
side oi the Jamfs river, piaeua q an ~ the south
mos; admirable position tGs decisive works szains,
Lees shattered and diminished army and The re
bel capital.
The capture of Petersburg of Itself is an import
ant step towards the reduction Of Richmond; but
II Is only an item among The aaany advantages
gained by Gen Gsant in SHIFT ny from the north to
the south side OF the city First, OF his
; army from the deadly swamps and jungies of the
Chickahcmihy TO the dIy, rolling healthy county
between Petersburg and Richmond IL matter tor
general cOngraulaiion. Secondly the entire army
OF Gen Butler, a powerful reinforcement, has thus
been added to the army OF the Potomac, together
with the iron clad and gunb0ats Of Admiral Lee,
another tremendous reinforcement. Thirdly, In
tranitrring his base Of supplies to the James river,
Gen Grants active army Is again pr actcaiy rein
forced 10 the extent of fifteen twenty thousand
men relieved from the duty Of guarding the rail-
roads and common highways used Oh the Chicka-
hutniny for transportation purposes.
But most Important Of all, la a strategical view,
Gen GIANT with the magnificent army which he
| has now concentrated imnledi ateIy under his eye
The south side OF the James river, at once cuts
| OFF Richmond from all the southern railroad lines
| through which The city aud Lees army are fed
| from day 10 day. Lee must. then, make up his
mind very soon either TO give battle, in order tU
! reopen his communication with his sources Oi
| subsistence, or to abandon Richmond under cover
of The night, In order 10 save his army for II he
| attempts the experiment of shutting himself up
behind his f0rifc aii0Rs, like PenbertOn, hc will
inevitably svifer The fate of Pembertoa. We think
Il highly probable that Lee viii repeat his old tric
| Of Antietam Gettysburg and Wiliiamsport-a
| hasty evacuation between Two days-carrying this
time J.ft Davis .i and his Cabine, along with him
have already cleared Out,) and that he will move
OF up the James river, Oh the north side, along
| the canal, towards Lynchbufg, which Is the only
route of escape likely To furnish subsistence fo,
| his army.
Gen Lee would have now The opportunity for
stealing march upon Washington, if he only bad
the means aud facilities tor moving In that direc-
ton But all the railroads to the north and nor til
west from Richmond have been SO seriously broken
up by Generals Grant and MOsby that it will take
| thousands Of men and months OF labor 10 repair
them; and Ii they were not broken I'D they would
| be useless to Lee with the whole Intervening
| country between Richmond aud Washington ex-
hausted Of its provisions. Take, for instance the
| Shenandoah Valley In 1863, IN advance OF his
| Northern aggressive movement from the Rapidan
Gen Lee established convenient dspots Of pro
visions, from point 10 point, down said valley by
| which his army OF one hundred thousand men, on
limited ratiOns, was enabled to reach the bount
fui supplies Of the loyal States Of MARYLAND and
| Pennsylvania. But how Is 1t now? From Har-
pel's Ferry up to Staunioa, distance Of one hun
dred and thirty miles, the Shenandoah Valley has
| been thoroughly secured and cleaaed out BY Gen
| Hunter, while The county beyoot Staunton, 10
| wards Lynchburg and the Southwest, has been al
thoroughly harvested by Generals Ayeiill and
Crook :
| The rebel army in Richmond therefore, cannot
/ move nOrlhward, because the roads and lhe
facilities In that direction for army transportation
are destroyed, and because the country is ex-
4f,ff ff, nd and hAa
/ con aud poultry, everything. On the other hand
/ the army OF Gen Grant stands now across tht
/ roads ON the south aide OF Richmond. To give
him batte there. Lee will be utterly defeated tl
sand still In Richmond ls his part, to prepare
/ for surrender q Ia PembeTton, and what then
can he do but steal OF in The night up ,he james
| river, and next, by a r0auhdabout way, mOvt
/ down upon the desperate enterprise Of junction
| with Joe Johnston!
l. In any evcat the fall of1hc rebel capital IL no
far of; and then, rs with the loss OF kichmont
| and the retreat Or decisive defeat Of Lee, OLD
Virginia will have further interest In Jeff Davis
the seventy i've thousand veteran Virginia SOi
diers now la his service will leave IL in disgust
| the people OF North Carolina will then res0l
| Nassau OF Mesico win ba his only chance of es
/ cspe.
tbs scAMPAIGH II VIRGINIA.
Petersburg ts in possession Of our forces Al
| outer line Of enuenchments, ivo niles ftO@ u
town, was stormed BY Gen SsDith ON the 18th tnss
and he town was occupied BY Geaerals Hancocl
and smith the next day.
The fact that Gen Grant has heen able 10 ne
| Petersburg 80 cheaply may dOublless he accepix,
rs an evidence that hs passage Of the James rive
had takea Gen Lee BY surprise. Had Gea lie,
contemplated thB passage IT the nver ~ q possi
tlliy n would have throw. large force, II 20
| his whole army, Into PetenhusS during sks ~,
days In which Hlaat was mailing his way 70 u
| Etves. He had ample tluae % reach PeasfsbuSs
and Il was c<valniy the p0ins tur him - hold III
army IL of mOse consequence 70 the C0afedesac
thsa Richmosd IL, and No might betiss have sishe
thaa noW w0sthicss ely % stng Q Aalsle thaais
SlAk the very sxissanca IS Ne aIny n ~ asoenD