The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-08

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iuf wa 1i"St'h tAF"hitt' says that Lincoln
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Guard uf Ohio cavalry
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'"' ""S, senate "'' 'oH'" Il" '"eh"'neh' 10
Tie bill Tor giving hepnbiiCan form of Govern
mcnt for giates now IN rebellion which nrovldes
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sha'i vote inr President. The baus; IL get 10 act
on this praunsiynn. Vne G,,u,y.uc il cony nC tbr
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That whca tue innsbiants OF any state have
been declared IN state at instruction against
th2 htted states by proclamation al the viesi-
fcuil by force ana virtue 6t TIE act entitled ''iH
act iuftstE 1" p0Vide Tor tht 'oilecu"E at duties
uh imports ahi Ipf Other purposes approved
jay ~ l6bi, thcy shaii be- and hereby are, decIar
81 10 ho lH'apab" OF casting any vote tor electors
Of PRESIDENT OF Wee President, or 81 eltcting Sen
a'pIs of representatives, 10 Congress, uani said
AHii's,'ttiai ~ 5a4d tAAt~ - i'~Ht'A pI d"tH-
doned, and said iahfbitants nave returned 10 their
allegiance TO the Government CT tue United StalUS
aud until such return to obedience shall be dc
clarfd 10y Proclamation of the President issued by
virtue OF an actOi Congress hereafter 20 be passed
authorizing the same.
TkRRiEJs NATURE OF THE ASSAULTS on PETERSBURG
VALVE Gl STANTON "OFFICIAL BULLETlS5'-A
NoRTaERN CoRREsroSDENT'5 view OF iHE slTUA-
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! a Washington CORRESPONDENT of .he New York
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Vtisduoh With ses'tdI ohlcefs Who were "onndcd
in the recent assaults on Petersburg. The writer
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u Is 'NI'eh' ito't tHtiI accounts 'l'': ina history
81 'h">e 'tiip'o 'HSiSFh'eH'S nus yet 10 ." VIII
Ken, h"u thtt "htH II - ~i''eh tuthIuiy me
Couhuy Wi' ." aPp'i,"a at ,'ic II iAealui sdcfIHce
oi ne WnAtH 'Aty AnF"iVtu' me secretary ot
" var, III ms incghefeht ana nHGrahmalicai "olh
CidI SuHehh "i Sdtu'HAF bip!TlhS tdst, III "AlC0
ne avery ahnouhced shc StptufG oi fctsis9urg,
tine Capi"'e 81 Te'eFa'",5 ny negro troops, ZOO ,
dtsciIo'S ute c"'lGefcu iaes: ~ Ra cans ththl,
On tte authority on ms "HtlsI informant, as '.oi
'ut Te'y SIfonsfSt hihu' "'95 tHgteu' ,h4., Tue
works on SiissiohaTy nltge" lie calls these
"o'aS' 100, "tH2 piihcipai hhe "i th2 enemy
W'iNs no" what VIII me ihtei'ig"ht people III
ne county u'ihH "hth taty come 1" ie1fn 'haI
me N"'As thh3 o'sStotd ny st 9t.'hioa cihstt-
tH'i n't1$ y lhe "i''E i!hc oi inc th@i1y s d"
i1"'ts' ''a tp'y "tt" 'h1 "SIhFTt hhd ~ Tax the
o' az via o5 VIII @ ,iS'u'g Is ar
iE"df'. t"i' '". P'thtip'i i"e u 'h' enemy
""!h7 ht' '','i "u,h wen i'i.'5u. 'Hu t"d' an
''' 'e's Ia't nsi''s III 'pliI c " t o'tif"a : t''A
p'aSe go VIZ ,0'''.' ,t t'i'''"i"t went over
t,' t,, .,if - . =. ,,.s,'1 - IL, !'NtS
" "l" - t'"' '' N''' io' '' N'Hu"" ~ t'A' 7"h''
;'s II o' - o''s ~ "E ,l'u 'ihl1'y
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~ 'i'4'is "k"a''s ~ t"' iN'' i.tH Sh' IN
". .,'' - 80 pa,at,, r, ~ .' ~, t'I.
'C'LS f"'ton - - - tS1uent I''It
'eu 1Taht Is pHitih9 hiS hcau tefe against stone
wall, wan aOoh' Nle same !esu''9 'h1t u5uaiV al
lthi Hf'A pen i''!i''ite' 10 4iCs-uaioit, th"'
Nhclh'i, aitt' al IL ""u'u Hot nave oceh hHUef
!9f Zen Gfalt 10 nave ih"Ftu WI h!tdlhhhd tFaiH
II trH-' as LdhGihR, MhtH htS army was mere on
the ION, by way oi NaIVefh HIi unl the thlF.es
tIty foai, tdthCr uhhh nave crossed Tue James
tiVcT 1t all. IiGf, tte Whhle strength o; the Con
tedtrite army would nave bcch IN his pain, and
triHbic battle would have taArn lace, but tic bat
tie cGuih 80; have been nor" sapguinary, nor at
tended VIA greater loss tIdn h1Ve been tie ac
tiuH7 h-!nie iytt:S2HI5' Zen Gftnt must Wrct aud
dr'.tt The Confederate army somewhere before he
clH take kicamond5 Anf hr would have had a bst
tee oppoii nhity 10 90 thdt bttWE"n HdlVcH iiii
and lhs Confederate cGo!tal than be has where his
army Is Uow,
Ii Ia had been victorious, ht Wonld ccftain)yhe
much nearer the capture ol Richmond than he Is
TO day II bc had been rcpused, be would have
been better oil tan he Is to-day, for he has heen
rcpu'-ad now not only once, but on lOut days In
succession. Ersldcs, he has now got 10 take Pc
tcrsbuTg and Richmond b0th. by moving In the
direction indicated above, there wGntd have heen
no Petersburg IA his path Indeed, he setIns 20
have carried the hInking business ilitle too far
this time aEd to have rushed against an obstacle
which li-sc was no nead for h;m TO ehc,fInler at
al. and ind iil1t many of The officers have The
impression that when he has demonstrated {" his
satisfaction The fact that Petersburg IL tUo hard
nut IT, crack, he viii 'change his hasc" again,
and, crossing his army I" Hdnison's Landing,
commence it"!h tiai p"iol hc% campaign against
In the Heantime, hnd II Ia BE- the opfuion OF
many ui thc nhicet~ 'ti thl5 attack On Petersburg
was desired AMI expected oY ttn Lee, for Toe pur
pose "i iH7mFthS our army ia Il tedious and pro-
iracted attempt So tA the iiate an attempt which
hr 6ht" mNs' '"", ahl IN Tue course OF which our
7sa"i's ihuTt "' httei'," wan teHio ioss' aud
thS vac" - 'onhfA'u "y ihieiisrhcc which has
tG@chtd ttiS ciiy iioi hithHouu, up 10 the 2uth
t"| 'aii' ~ wiz h1' 'ss"Pe 'he "ltthtioa "l the
in''l's'"t .eIiTt '"r I'M me thetN "hIeh we nave
= - GGAptiit"r1H p'i"'I el'' ~, mas "hoIaed 10
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+SI' ''''t'u, ~ "i ~ 80 -, a. ,, ,,", ''.'i, al .EL'
James tiVrr
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'a',,,ra "T rfr,,Tnc,d ~ ,hte ,ime rhpv are
as,-.s t,,ttrt a"aiust {; N Hunter totyarls
a.. ie,c,c. or Ivnrhhura and tovy9yds tbc de
H,,, ana ,,,servaIInn, art Ihp continued ayala
tIil of tter Iinea of RI ilroad ,1uniny frnm Rich
,nond -n,,..oIo The cu,, 10 Duvilic and Columbia
in Snuth carolina (which hy way OF BurkesyIl :.