The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-08
Ti,f WAE NEWS.

hs.up oNelA uEpaiSu ""'" N~"'" 'N~
:. ,sr,;se.l at The War Department ut q
80 hour on Monday night
Ilr,ru'Rs ARMY N"R'uHRN Va.
Jane t:;h, 1854 so Pm.
,l.as..'lr :S,.1s'."g u War:
qse,s has been very little sLirmishing on
,he lines 10 day.
uw,s discovered carly this morning that
=, e.,.nv G4l Withdrawn hom the front
G,,, E.iiy ON on left, and irem the most
ibe l,oui OF Gen. Anderson On the cen
,,s Respectfully. A.,
II + LER, General
Tbsfe war fcme r. imnh'Tg en the lines
...tf.A,v hat nothing OF any importance
o,euft,t Grant ia evidently too hus,iy en-.
e,eed IA h,s strategic movements ior
,asqe of paaiiio,. ttAsish The eo.hs iaeneas
ot .rhniiiuy seiins! Our w0,ka asain just
4 IIr tii.
: reconnaissance over the York River
,,l,o.I yesterday DEVELOPED the enemy in
,oe farce a. the lower end OF the trtstie
s,,., over the Chick,hominy beyond Mea-
NV X. aiion. They have instructed 4 mask
n haSaea 10 conceal their movements, and
shrthcr tiry are planting battery on the
,o..l, OF proceeding on down the Chicka-
}nuiiny, IS not known.
rAe latest intelligence from the front rep.
,.,c cnia INA, Gsant is s;ill moving towards
snr i,.tht. anh The impression still prevails
mat he la endeavoiing 90 make his way TO
,6es iiVef.
Aa.ils at Bottoms Bridge continue quiet,
nothing having occurred yesterday save the
/ |o.clsiuual throwing OF shell from either
de, which served to keep the men On the
| l,koaf.
lhefe is no news OF interest from the
:,uiLside.
IrHoM OUR OWN CORnEsPONpENT
ARMY nj NoHtnsRs VsoiSiA, /
June Il. O'Clock L NJ, irCt I
Since my last communication nothing Of
rtcial interest has occurred in the fighting
oe After dusk last evening there was o
se4yy cannUnade, lasting for about an hour,
| tat il amounted TO little or nothing.
About sundown yesterday evening Lie1.
G-a Grant sent l ti,g OF truce bearing q
communication for Gen. X. Il. Lee, propos-
H., that iu the intervals Of battles eq uatls of
naarmed men by merely exhibiting a white
. hlg should be permitted to come between
,uc lines to bury the dead and care Tor the
wonaaed. Gen, g., in ssnaingthis flag, pro.
i~fsrd 10 lie ae,uaied alone BY motives of
humanity. Gen. Lee at ouce replied, de-
! Ginning il IS said To acceie to proposition
NJ lhis chafarier, but intimating q wiling-
uefa 10 entertain proposition for flag of
huec in The reenlas way. Gen Grant, il is
proper TO mention, averred in sending his
crumunic.iion that there were dead and
wounded ci both sides between the lines.
fuat there were any Confederate dead un-
hnied OF wounded unattended to between
/ the lines ten. Lee denied.
This morning Lieut.. Gen. Grant sent
| another dag, saying that he would avail him.
tr oi The arrangement to send Squads of
his men between the lines for the purposes
Indicated Gen. Lee at once notified Gen.
h'lnt that lie had misconatrued his letter
in1 wound mp the correspondence, and co
ihe matter tlanda.
lIla morning the fact wa. revealed that
'hr eneuly had fallen back from our left ani
" Fi'i "i The centre, III front OF Early aud
Il ro'ii6n oil AndefEhh's Command, and
moving hy their lett flank still TO our r;pht.
ct concentrating their troops or that point
h'eht. Heh Eaiiy at once beran 10 swing
hiA columns, and Went some two miles
lsssiag over three heavily entrench cd lines
oi works which the enemy had lett. On
lines parallel with the Mechanicsyille pike.
solne nine or ten miles from Richmond, We
captured some tifty prisOners, some OF whom
say uiAht has fallen back to the White House
10 get The protection OF his gunbOats.-
Others think he is moving towards James
aver, III order 10 go TO the Sautheide. Be
fiAea the Noih.ns OF inteIest has tranapire0
u day
haze il from good authority that our
'ldarea oi prisoners since fhe campaign
"''gih Will loot up about seven thousand
i've hundred well, besides a number OF
Wounded ones.
JUNE 49, r NJ.
tnly yesterday evening moved forward
"f fNher swung his lines on Our left around
some Three or four miles in pursuit or the
enemy, who had left his front, until he found
,hein IN force strongly entrenched on the
'ottototomy creek, with deep aud impen.
e'aoie mamh in their front. After ekir.
,n'shing with them awhile nothing was left
','''' pat TO desist in the pursuit.. Among
Inc prisoners whom We captured was Cap
tam ol tagineers on Sheridan's staff The
enemy in falling back left some three or fonr
'ioeS oil very heavy works. As usual the
'hFi0y have Inflicted all kinds of wrepes
won the heads OF the poor non -combatsnts
., '' !" 'heir lines. Some Of the people In
'"' country thus abandoned by them were
'h'iateiy without one monel 10 eai.
whist ileir houses had been literally sacked.
,"' 'euaihg being taken by The Yankee
.'nS ,'.' 10 ihe trenches to sleep on, and other
"au' OF furniture carried there and wantou-
p,u'Stfoyed. To day our wagons are lau,iog |
aee lumber OF bides left BY the enemy,
1', 10 ''so some araas--aay, elk or seven hun. |
'" A'aadh. To-day on our extreme left ah |
"-s quiet at ~ PM T.
h1'l evening Grant sent another FAC of
80 " 1en' Lee requesting 4 specific nag
90 "s "aee 10 bury the dead. This was grant |
a'a 'he time between aud 10 +. n. set
. iof That purpose From como cause
'"' however. Grant did NOT get notice
" '"e truce in time. and hia dead ,vera ,oS
ss.na ea THIS @ersing another flag OF truce
"e - over, but am not advised at this
"f.''hs Of its puspon.