The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-15
THE WAR NEWS.

Yesterday passed on with unusual quiet,
sc,,fsiy tunor having disturbed the eur
rc,i Of The public mind. We give below
.,.oh news As We were enabled to gather:
FEoa THE FRONT.
7, appears thar all the reports OF the fight
.tu ,tale's shop, on Monday, were incar-
r,,i aud that, instead Of driving our troops,
-. Yankees were finally Themselves driven
T.. ear Infantry several miles. We still hold
g., Malvern uti shis, ana Grant - reported
,,L,yo gone 10 Westoycr, full thirty m.iea
TIM, e ehgaonl lay the road, ,iu Charles
,,y cagniy. This IL near the p.iat TO which
rrIe,!an retreatca alter he WAS whipped
.,.y l,om the front of T. chmond. Th,
,,.o,ls ol The ,,en,orll,z z ,iion Of the Federal
s.,sq .te If pare ntiy well gtoua.led. aad IL
,,.yLe that he has sopebt this celIi'y,
,.,,c. nu,ies thc protection ol the gun
l,ais. he can recureraic his shattered
s5cesth, ana get the courage OF his men up
:, ile ayhtine point; though ihe more pro-
L.h,a ztppusiiion il thai he desig IS crossing
~ ii, < ,alhside, somewhere III III. vicinity
cl Ciy Point.
Taefollowipg dispatch, received yestcr-
3.y Al the War Department feom Gen. Lee,
ofi,raliy confirms our acconnt OF the rout
o. Slsrii,n's raiders by onf cavalry under
t,u. Hampton:
iiFApQ'ns ARMY NORTHERN VA
& ,iane L., lS;i-loP NJ.
n >..J#Uy II Var.
\ dispatch iuat received from Mai )r Gen.
HAMPTON, states that lie defeated the che
m,s cavalry near Treyillian's, with heavy
lass, .puring Eve hundt.d prisoners, be-
sI,s the w0unicd. The enemy retrcated in
confusion, apparently, ty the route he came,
a leaving ts dead and wounded on The field
"a Atd,yligh. this morning il was discover
s# al that Tie aimy OF Gen. G:aHt hai left our
6# ..,nt. udf tkismishcrs were advanced be
@ tween one aud two miles, but failing t, d.,
S cover III: enemy, were withdrawn. y body
81 Ct cavalry and some infantry. ifom Ii H.
81 BiIga. al ganced TO Riddle shop aud were
Isl tryen back this evening neatly two mli.s,
al alt2r some sharp skirmisbina. Ee7prctlnliy,
~ Il Il. LEE, Gcj,Iai.
% FROM OUR owa CvhRssrJHDsST
# ARM oF NagIHrRa Epuisi.
81 JJnr ita, n {
The enemy are stiii moving, it is sup
~ pala ior The purpose ol croesiug The jailts
81 l!g,I near City Point. The main body oi
81 ,Atr lorce is believed u be moving still on
81 the north Eide Of tie Chickahon.iuy. The
81 iJTcs which they sent actoss the Chioka
z& hoiniuy yesterday at Long Btidge, a.i which
z# ad9ug a up tie Charles City road about
M thtec mics above Rddlr's shop and tie
3 load leading to Malvern Hill, until checked
AMI driven bach ty Mahonc aud Wilcox,
M n5sted of two picked divisions OF Yankee
ihfatry from the 5.h c)rps, diyihion of
et,alry, aud 4 battery OF sriileiy This
force lme across merely to divert our al
t.u'i5n, aud with no purpose OF sc:z:ng
Malvern Iliil. They quickly, and almost
Without resistance, gave back when our in-
II An:ry cane up, retiring some four or i've
miles, aud as Oocn as hight came on they
beslA moving down the south size OF the
II CHieGahominy towards the James
IL Ii this ;isht We lost some eighty or nine.
Il tynen. The loss Of the enemy Is unknown
btond some thirty prisoners we captured.
i Their purpose is doubtless to crcss to the
81 hths!de, but 4. what point is as yet not
n eAaeily known to us. Y.
u FEoM THE soUrusiDE
u .'oihi r worthy of special note has re-
q equity "turfcd along our lines in Chester
81 field county. There is apparently some
ia1'emcnt going Oh among the Yankees,
hut what it portends has not yet been def
nitpi7 asceitained. They elevated their
observatory on tho Bermuda Hundred Pc.
linsalI TO The height Of over one hundred
,ect, and il nov towers above the highest
trees in lis vicinity. 1t ia situated On
Cuht's farm, aud commands q complete
l.ew Of the surrounding country. few
dAya ago piece OF artillery was placed in =
position to play upon this observatory, and
it Is reported, fucceeded 10 striking it once
Or tgiee hnt before much damage could be
done the cnemy's batteries compelled re.
Inlsal of the gun.
ga Monday body Of the encmy's cavalry
made sudden dash On the City Point road
aud captured two OF our pickets. Graham's
battery, being in position, opened upon
them vigorously, emptying few saddles
and causing hasty stampede. Two Yam
hets tumbled oil their horses from sheer
hight, and were captured in perfectly
sound condition. 1t was thought by some
That this d.monstrati0n was precursor of
more formidable movement against Pc
lershutg, but up to the date Of our latest
ad'icea nothing of the sort had been de-
vdoped
Persons who arrived yesterday from Pc.
teiSbarg, report all quiet IN that city.
THE MOVEMENTS AROUND LYNCHBURG.
ii was currently reported yesterday that a
i'f'c of Yankee cavalry had struck the
s'u'l'Nsde Railroad at Concord Depot, thir-
Teen 'u!ies this side of Lynchburg, and torn
~ Inc track at that point. This turned out
u Ie true, but the damages were soon re
pared An official dispatch received yes
'e'day gives ass III ance that Lynehburg will
DC Well defended, and may now be regarded
IS safe
All instance Of hercism ID mentioned ia
c7hheeiion with the atiyanco of The enemy
Upon Lynchburg which is worthy of record
-" ammunition train left that place about
"''oek on Saturday afternoon last, by the
o'ahse road, aud returned the same evening
:" oeiotk. When the train went down. q
''",'e'nan namtd Dowdy, who had hun
"''' aoarmed men with him, took the re-
s'ousibili'y Of seiziug an equal number OF