The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-18
YnF WAR NEWS.

.,ee ,lsewtere all the news received
err agu3, ia Maryland since our last
.,r;e,iIon. According To the Yankee ac.
.tA the ConfeasFates were reti'ibg ia
t,ci,r tfem the trout Of Washingtcn,
s,r having given the i.irr,lnites terrible
-. ana accomplished The destruction ot
r-o1syiy. We eau bNt wish il was in
ooser to rtcyd the blowing uP Ct ike
,.,.ra, cariioi ana other public buildings
u-,.s;ngton as sequel to the expedition,
xesnrpose oar commanders acted upon
.,,sau3lian OF sii4i;s surrounding them
,.t,urrs cut, tie movement will have y
..,a.ct. In SO far as Il shows the Yankees
.,the COnfedeiates can do. Before this
l,..,l, expedition The raids OF Sheridan,
,rr.,n and kaniz twindle down TO Il small
,-,igf and may he regarded Al really
...n)gy ia comparison.
,y,tt!tman aEn came down the t'Jicmsc
- Ietstay rtates Iha! tie iiyeI WAS lite
.., alive with Transports, loaded with
..,sra. on their way 10 Washington. This
...,v. hat Grant has detached a ronsidera-
,,. rorli6n oi his amy from the front OF
f.rer:bnr.. tor The defence at the Yankee
CsFlal. -
THE LATEST.
+: before ten O'Clock last night We
t.u,d tlai ihe Washington Uroaarle OF
a., - b had been received, Lnt all our
,t,Tts TO lad ii proved unayailing. IL was
suited thai Il acknowledged being mistaken
i,-fepoli ing, on the lIsh, the retreat of the
,ngf3efates from the front vi Washington.
FacM PEfSRsDURa.
The enemy were rather quiet yesterday
m9.lgg, bU. as evening approached the
.se'lug vas resumed with much vigor and
6st,turss ropderous missiles were thrown
q, tie citS with every evidence of Yankee
,pdic.lyruess, bat they failed 10 have any
tl,.tt beyond annoying The non coubatants.
+. WAS currently reported yesterday that
.gsss3 s Grant, the much-overrated Yam
70 dtaeIdl, had taken his derartntc rom
H. sat,unary sphere, in other words, that
L.. h,d died ircFn the effects of the aDpu-
lllion Of En- arm, which was wounded BY a
,haIl Passengers by last evenings train
Alti that this news was posted on the bull
l-siu boards in Petersburg, and there may
be 'uth IN Il. Ii it turns out 10 be correct,
W g,uteF Tno will be the next command
Gri iae Grand Army Of tina Potomac, for
{4nkesion will flna 1t matter of diff
r..,y 10 trump up q General with the bull.
dos courage Of Grant.
trAJCAElGN OF WILLIAMSBURG AND YORK
TOWN.
The report sf the evacuation Of vii
lals1uTg sui oIktown ny the Yankees Il
,hrmed b. gentleman who recently LETT
ltt lower Peninsula and arrived IN + ch-
Iaeni on Saturday. He states that ell the
aaopa have been withdrawn from thoEe
places, au1 that the people are :or the time
lei.y relieved Loom j 4uEee rule.
ARRIVAL nT PRISONERS.
lie Petersburg train last evening brought
Over Gitefn Yankee pFisonets. one of them
oobsd very much likea negro, though HIS
daik c5mpleNio lon may have heen the result
OF + thick coating of dirt.
IEAhSPJRTS SUNK.
L Vas currently reported on Saturday
ihat our batteries near uartison's Landing,
rh James river, had succeeded in sinking
iva nt the euemy'a transports, and had
implicitly blockaied the river so as TO pre-
yant The egress Of the Yankee feet. Heavy
ming was ttard in that direction on Satur-
d'!, and We doubt not that our artilierists
He paying stEc. attention to the enemy'a
Vessels
ms SECOND H0WTTzERS
@e Gnuounced on Saturday the woundiBg
And capture CT private A. Duvall, Jr, OF the
4,cont IijWit2ers, at Curps Neck. In al
ENGAGEMENT at Wilcox 8 wharf, on tue 18th,
lI'ate Smith, CT Gloucester Point, had his