The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-12

that Cvsc<, ~ith bis wboe army, mining bacl
10 tho drrcioo - tue White House Although we ere
ar ala. on e 3 aiso r~,nrl~A that tho Ysakce
o. instamS bridge mnv,ug n6
Tho war nsrarms v . st sisst. without ary istes
in,es'ee9ce from GencsN lie. aud reported tnst the
ssnatautems ned uGohsncsd and nathg Of interest," mad
tiaasp'sed between the two armies during the day.
| From the Richmond Examiner. Jousvi
BArrrA tR0USD MAR GAiSwr MmL iunc s-SF. N.
LAST eveng Grant scot Dag sf rnce prcposns tOas
II the utcsvas OF the asht parties should be
This eeu.ra Lea Is sstsoa declined but
TINA cd o" willingness 10 eotsesan sosueas nag o. sruoe
Ths morning Grant sent another aas saying hs would
Avail hmse az the understanding 70 seud out uuarmod
partiesto bury ths dead and caro- for the wounded
misunders God he letter Here the matter res'sys
Tho heavy nrns last night amounted 10 nothing last
night tho eneNy abandoned left OF
tre. apparently great haste EArly followed them
ten miles odav CAPTURING sixty prisoners. Who say that
not neht The here. however u that Grant
mixing TOR the James river 70 cross N the south ede
There Vas little sharp shooting o. our right to-day
Rebel Opinion os Gra ns's Army-They
Anscs 20 Believe is = myth-Riohnond
(From the Richmond Examiuor, June o.
WAR NEWS.
The ueve ia dull this morning We bsve nothing new
70 report from tho armies immediately around Richmond.
The situatin remslns unchanged. u reported by per
sons from the that Grant 10 baleved 10 Re moving
from the front down Ia hs direction Of James river and
of crossing TO the south side. But This mere comisc
tve. and ,ct prob'v be SONS vs. before tie eme"sys
confronting each other, with their lines only some four
hundred yards apart.
SOUTH AND WEST.
On&he south side oil remains quiet The enemy sends
occasional she'll but TO be tho extent
OF hts demonstrations.
We are stl without any informattan Of the enemy IN
the valley Y !" not k'sous wAat in.ry the eremv hsns
dove IN &aunscn, and DOUBTED the Grea
seyday whether Mey had taken hs toWn.
Yestardsv morning eleven hundred Of the Yankee pr-
soners Of var hold N Richmond, and which have mainly
accumulated snce General Lea commenced active opera
r0,ts for Americas Ga. 10 day thousand more Of
tbs same sTt will follow. Between forty-and any o.
6cces are among the number OF prisoners forwarded.
vEEDN6 tbs POOR.
While the Yankee ehouls arc making themselves
merry, the supposed desttntcn aud starvation
IL afforded by the extraordinary spectacle OF the soldiers
frequently donating their rations 10 help feed the suffer
yesterday Jumped their entire rstons FOR THAI DAY ana
sent IT, In aoar, meal, Bacon &C., to be distributed
among the poor OF Richmond.
From the Richmond Examiner, June 81
SIEGE or RICHMOND.
AFTER abiding TO the comments upon this subject In
the Northern press the leading article in the Beamn
The citizens. II may judge BY their quiet indiaer
ence, did not believe word Ct II 7hev b0tnro doubt
Here Richmond waiting to be taxed; built evidently to
be taken predestired 70 be tsken robbed and burned
acOrdtog hgn autn0rtteS ais0 tnet
the whole hesr OF great and mighty patton Of oil tue
mighty nations the highest and the bost has been aot
upon this achievement its highest business and hoi
est mission upon earth. And there arc not wanting
eager eloquent v0luole writer's for the public II
that people, rst enlightened Of all creaton
protesting. affirming and almost swearing that large
and bodies of persons 10 uniform, wearing
buttons carrying weapons. In fact what Yankees call
armies wore most certaIalv coming this way on the
GRAND aforesaid, and tbst Richmond TO consider
herself besieeed for that matter good faten
There Is very general Incredibly about this whole mat
ter. Perhaps il because now used to Yankee
lying to set down anything false because they IT,
porhars is that czcns have heretofore read In
books about cities ana had the impression that
tables could market from the country and
no matter how tempting the summer weather, fksniy
parties could not mako pcuics "a the rural dis
trictS. And finding mono OF there conditions In
tho present situation they say that there Is eiegs
Tbev surmise that the whole story OF these hosts
and this investment " city, and bloody arbranlent Of
the great world conflict OF the age cst have bean got
up, ia order to amase or deluda . convention now
said be assembled at Baltimore. and they BEGIN
generously % ioatt whether IL be indsed true.
true fsU d0ys ago, that so'ae OF the largest armies
enabdtI,d upon Garth nd dncino ph ceerity
nrrsr before kncmn, 10 dctk the desiHies Of CON
srees aud seal the grand charter Of her
tion crashing dwellings and e murdcrous shriexs
OF a hundred thousand souls They say, "Booh." Say
there has been such battle In hand at all Let Gront
pyor> Il. vi no has any army, let hm produce VI lot
him prove hls existence 10 begfn WITH Richmond II
oren correction and 10 tired OF waiting 10 be taken
Richmond danger OF falling asleep her seven
hills Ia this stiA and snitsy atmosphere We can con,
covc Of certain lazy son,nolc0ce which seems 70 be
crushing out people.