The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-21

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THE WAR NEWS.
,..,ers,y IVES one OF the NEST quiet days
49,, has passed since the opening Of the
..,.,.n Madam Rumor, having tho
.'1,,y exhausted herself on Sunday, rested
..nnsreu! camposase, and no startling re-
.ts ere calculated, {" gather proportions
NV nroeres.et!. The indications a. Pc
.,.,.nrg noin. to q great battle, which csI-
In. many eays delayed. but so far nothing
s..;.;ye hos occurred. The enemy continue
'tj, bs,lagous practice Of shciiiIg that be-
,-.a,srsl ely, and SOME damage to property
'-,,.s,,,te3 tAcreirom The localities known
s.p,r,bcsisas and Blandiord have suh;rc'',
a. f,r,ner qnite heavily, aud the peol le
-, aseu mostly compelled to abandon
.s, norlion Of the town. SINE Injuries to
,,..oos are repcgicd, amonG them little
md Nf. George Balm, Who was badly hurt.
=. 4. cf.:ie,iag 10 note one circumstance ia
s,,reetlon with the shelling, and that Is
n,4, ,bs G9cs House, on Market street, oc-
e,pjsd IS prison by the captured Yankees,
-. stfiss on Sunday. The shell passed
,,t,aeh the bai!diag froia top TO bottom,
t,t aA not ~ plode else We might have had
u. additional satisfaction Of recording the
,.,b If nrnbsr CT the yandais at the
s.rls ol their own friends. The prisoners
. apce peiili0ned fer a change Of quarters,
z.s,cb REQUEST the authorities declined to
q. oIe 20.
ggaFds OF four hundred prisoners, among
.t.la rigbleeu commissioned officers, were
5l.agst ia between Friday night and Sun
a. n!sAt.
Gl.ni evidently designs 10 repeat his IA
Yo.lfe experiment, Ia which he haa SO often
s.gpally. failed, Of hurting his strength
sg.iLst enc portion OF onr lines, with the
l,ye Cf achieving success iy the over
s.c.HiLs iOfce uf numbers. Consequently
l. Ass tmploytd the ieifurc 3iiorde,. by
f.uDsr4rY cessation Ci heavy igatiug III
thsre, probably, that tie maiE attack will
b. made. That lie means to tight, his niuve
Al nts leave no room TO doubt.
ILc larger portion Of the .nviaY' lulles
tx. These who recently uC, ~ i,d The B1r
NuiA Hundred P,ninsul., t.! have lately
lsen laGded there, were transferred ou sat
lu',y hi2nt Aud Sunday morning Peters
llr, IL ilus threatened ty au immense
s,ly, Lu. between them staute, like = Wall
,i ll4illAt, al army more brave and teso-
4.,, Which has never yut been, aud Will not
NV he, overcome
NE 4louIING OK SATURDAY.
As we slated yesterday, there was no gen
eId tuGagemcnt on Saturday, though the
tA.iuy made several fence and determined
aasauiis At different points on our lines each
t!Nhi>h was handsomely and sigually re
la-ei. la each instance {says the &iyTtS,1
iG,.f forces were advanced against our
bict-l works in columns of from four to six
dep, hat wgr. inet with such steadiness aud
seventy oi lire from our batteries and i'll
t4I:rY, tb4l before reaching the goal OF their
AW1.lly1, they were compelled u ily PIE
cf.ate aud ID great confusion. Time aud
lgia their large was iepeated, ani with
l.1 result.
From all sources onr information is Il at
a. lhemy loss il these assaults was very
seleIe. They advanced across fields--some
oi them scVe al hundred yards in width, in
waieh they were fully exposed to The play
ct rar artillery, which was beautifully and
mNsf accurately served, and to the fire Of
ga. iuisutiy. which Is aow rendered ever
tafc The bodies OF their slain strew the
hciis i1om side TO side, and the nearer our
Nyastwofl;s the assaultiDg columns came,
;te thicker The bodies lie. Within the last
Il" days The ARMY oi Gen. Grant has been
drI-led Ly inaly thousands.
GA the other hand, 40 VIC have already sta
tcG, ouf loses have been comparatively
hsht. The hospitals in Petersburg testify
IL The truth Of the assertion that SO few
wounded were never before known in such
aseties OF engagements, while the less Of
SUNDAYS OPERATIONS.
The operations of Sunday were mainly
confined TO heavy skirmishing, picket firing
ANA sli8rpalooting. AZ on Saturday, the en-
tmy attempted once or twice to force our
lines TN TaYlor's fam, (situatcd on the Bax
teF read, near the right of our lines, and the
fc,ni Of the most active hOstilities on both
da5z,l bu. met with signal repulse.
'ihe enrpy's line Of battle extencs from
The Jerusalem plank read all around cur
i1rmer breastWorks to the Appomattox
lATer--thelr left resting near Timothy Rivcs's
ilie tthidence Oh the above road. On their
cAlfeme hight near Battery No. l, they have
p'acad formidable gun i'll position, from
y i!tl they have been throwing shells over
''it 6unounding country and towards Pc
ieis0arg
.@o i!'g6 oi truce were sent by the enemy
'o"aIdS our lines Oh Sunday afternoon, but
"' mag relative tc their purpose has trans
Ii'ed
o| Saturday and Sunday there was some
AeA'j Diminishing in Chesterfield county, in
"n' At!ie enemy were considerably wOrsied.
oefciAi dweliings have been burnt by the
i"'4itfa In r,ince George, among them, re
p'HId, are those CT Mr. John Hare, Mrs
b'''ScIy. aid Mr. Gregory.
YESTERDAY.
NPlo the time Of wriiiag this paragraph
"' n-'c 10 definite account III the opera
I Jus oi yesterday; though gentleman wAo