The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-27
VA. FRlDAf l1ORNING, NAY 81. 1864.

we ~ New YORK; t0sf 1fSe 0f tlseB tWeatys pONnd
Aen aps.roael II sh- sac,ey Vpas them sIstaifh ii,
fng tins iae was yrldink % fhH dsesdtMI psettuie
whsn 10 the Aasiie tsgHassted Wltis Increased m
trnsiiy on me s1iIsmr sisAt Chi nsaks'a hsiea1e
she ensthy aad coming IN the rescue nf Hefkmaas
No9t uf RaFke 3 artillery vas uuW ofdef.h - the
1<as, a4 Wa1 oeSked heyund Pstnset.A creek, ahoal
mile ana qaaFter OF Assillefy c0tta ~ Dc
nseA 90 dese was the fog, and this fact u The cx
psaaa,ian Of the dtsposlsaoa Of our annaa. There
was . lHil IN the suite B1w. Our ts0ops Md
eIanxea their posliinas rendering TIE adsansaees
hitherto derived " The enemy irsH ste fos aseiess.
- was now abont d O'clock. The rattle al skt r.
HllsAaag sii! continued AVID spread more generally
along the whole hne 8 The eaemy's artillery thsn
dered away, and ths expl0diAs ahcils conpciled
iances to tbs rear. yoaRdea mea sisnssled aiswa
u places Of secuaty: others Wcsa kssBe 10 ssspG
tis ny their c0nPani0ls hat shetts s0aa began 10
drap tats some at these, and cur most aAsaacad
hospitals were abandoned. bat not uAit the WOHRA.
ed Wete removed.
1 In the syeniss tha order n fall back "a new
position wac given BY Gen bniles, and hts s0iMma
is now In an I,fitade 10 defy the wlp0ie pnwes OF
Lee's army il II should he drlvea up0n him
While the hattie was going 90, which have
above described, an attack was mad0 on 0ps rear
guard In the direction of Petersburg. Tha akfs-
shiR& grew warm, hut the giabOlts up the Apo
mslios took part tn the ensasement, aad conspeil
cd the ensiy 10 1ht at great disad vantage. The
result was his Feplisa Our ioss In this AFFAIR was
ablnt fffy men. In the battle OF the morning We
probably lost two thsusa1d killed, wounded and
missing; bat Ia the battle with Gen 0lasore watch
occurred eubss 1aenty, ,oHs iOss was c0mpa nttvely
tiaing, perhaps two hundred. Eae loss In eaas
was, so far rs { have learned, fnur pieces. We
lost no Wagons or other material OF war.
Our gainS wafe the developing Of the enemyss
stscngta il oas ffonl, aad compeing him to selaia
atafEs army In Faaitssa of kute ysine n the
teal stFagg e.
Ths enemy's losses are estimated as from two
lhausaHa u iOur thousand men; three tlaasand Is
probably near the mark. OF these, six huajred
are prisoners, while about one thousand OF our
men are ptisoHers. II Is certain that The rebel loss
Is In excess OF ours ard that their first Temporary
success was no equivalent for the angmInary re
cords afterwards made upon their columns by our
urmy.
A CONTEMPLATE RAID sy "REarL PgRAfes.p G
A dispatch ftom Philadelphia, dated the 9th
inst, gives the following piece Of astounding Intel
Iisenee
letter from an officer on aa,American war veg
sel, dated Dover. Eas. May4 contains the following
impofttnt infosm .tian Ii has been known u us
through rebel AavAI officers that the Atabams was
coming here. and that the combined rebel DIR ates
are to make demonstration On our N0rthsrn c0xei
ds soon a. they can get ready.
Inc detention OF the Rappah3nnOck and non
arrival ol the Alabama here postponed 1t for a
msnth. This comes direct from rebel officers
aboard the vessels. through our spies.
sHsRMAs's MOVEMENTS -THe WHEREABOUTS Oh
JoHS>ToS.
A telegram from NashyiIie, dated the cO,h
says:
Oen Sherman Il in possession 0f Kingston
H0me Cassvir and tue iine Of the Etowah The
army ha heavy sktrm.shng with the enc my all the
way from Rcaaea Tne railroad and Telegraph have
been repaired to the present position of the army
The troops are In good condition and spirits. john
ston is believed to be at Atlanta
Five hHadred and thirteen prisoners, captured Al
HesGca arrived here yesterday and to day. AmnnS
tscm are thirteen otiacers, beioHgi tg 10 Polk g
hardee ), aad Hoods corps. They viii be sem
North To morrow.
Hugh Tally native nf Ray county, Team, was
hung TO day BY or Ter oil tns E.uitlry comm aadant
charged with discriminating and numbering Unio,
citizens. naiIy was captured In White couaty
East Tennessee, where lie WAS actinx as gai ie tt
the rebel General " hceie. Hc betrayed no emo
ia2 the sca!Tojd and av0wcd that he died true
rebel soldier, and not guilty Of shedding ianoe en
blond.
The river Is three ieet deep On the shoals. and l.
now falling.