The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-24


o..,ri,a. news oi the rspalse oil the enemy
...,,,l on Wednesday night
u,,pg'gs ARMY OF NORTHERN VA,
June 2., 1864 ,
,..,> 4 S,iRaa, Secretary of Har.
u,- since Friday last the.e has been skir-
...tis.s along the lines Ia front OF Bermuda
tired and around Petersburg. The Fed
.,J army appears 70 be concentrated at these
.e,lt.. IS. and is strongly eGtrenched.
r..t.rl.y movemtnt Of infantry, caval
ttri.trv vas made towards the iigi I
I'D .a, f.F..s and Petersburg, 10 the diret -
Il o., Nc Weldon railroad. The enemy
"a .4,i,tn back, and his infantry is reported
.,a,,e hated. III cavalry have continued
.....a.e npou the road by route further
we'd from our position.
Jssrueays infantry was attacked this af
.,uo5u, 90 the west side oil the Jerusalem
.aaEr1l., ani driven from his first line OF
.,ls - his second OH that road. by Gen.
& ai1.,pr. with 4 part Vi his division.
n Anon. sixteen hundred prisoners, four
Il ,.s.s OF .rl,!it.y, eight si.stiis OF colors,
III ,., a5.s. uuuber oi small arms were cap
81 ,.. I,iy respectfully, etc,
~ X LEE. General.
81 tfs,H OUR OMS CORRESPONDENT
81 r..,e.riIso, VA. JuAc -, "a. n.
"a 9.emost brilliant alIail hJ odds OF thi.
81 ..Ha,.u .ccurfc,! yesterday evening, abou,
q .4.d llu niies south ol This place. The
q -5rs II, il we're Wn9h.'s ia, Mlhone's Va,
B ..Ismudttz's s. formerly Wiicox's, Ala, bri-
g4.,u cue SIDE, and The first, second and
i5i Gn4s,ons OF the Second or Hancock's
t.z uu lbe part II The enemy. The bat
ff. ae.., al on JDhnsous farm, neag Battery
Nla3 About . L. NJ Brig. Gen. Wright,
.s,i.l, tie column IN pels III, moving Lis
.,c5 bE the light Hibk, 4 liue running at
u.At abylts with thor CartLworks, struck
Irtu4 ui their earthwofks, aud PASSED to
i4irielr. completely surprising them. Oar
fire, however, Was small one, aud 30 when
" haa made the eAomy's reir, hey, thouA &c
naGIHg themselves nank,d, VIA discovering
tie p.uclt} OF our numbers, supposed they
.luI tither beat ua back or ltlc; u3 10 sur
render. 80 wh,n biddeu TO lay dowh their
aims they boldly refused, and SHARP ii. htinE
u-ultcG, lasting one or two ho,u%. The
t. Ia}, however, quickly began Ia give
BOD. h. aud ouf men continued to press them,
a.}laG them about one aud bait 10 two
lI p our troops at every step c,pturing
t.41is and scorc3, aud, III suIic iI5iaBCeF,
T4mruts ot Yaukees. When the enemy
l, led the plankroai Gen Malone, having
5Il -mal force. ceased the purhuit and
t.-lu - eutreuch. The euemy, quickly
5..uslag up fresh troops, hurled lhcu
4,4ll.t our columns not less thau tour
t.u,s LlIA tlnle, however, the enemy were
iuFl u!tnljy tVtLlset VIII iumtra,: loss
.le h'Alng la-tcd untli some time after
4-lt.4u. Il As uot been resumed this
44olLlug, .ut All Is now quiet.
Uut Ciptuice ut prisoners will foot up
a5odt sixteen hundred, including sky
,uni.a stoned officers, among them two
Cyiurls aud three ads TO Gen BliloW. Ii
eA7 also our T. rod fortune 10 take aud bring
,E tAe ield icui inch rifle guns. These
glus Ate sai3 Ia bG very iine pieces, and will
br lyru by Msjor Gen Malone to Col Me-
l.IJahs battalion, whose artillery assisted
u Ihia Brilliant exploit. When ] rode over
t4e field last night WAS told by the parties
ga'A-iing small arms that they had picked
u,, II that time some six Or seven hunared,
AAi would probably get about one thou
-,ui Several stands OF splendid colors also
gll'eI this victory. They were captured as
v.ll"s Two by the 6lst Va, Col Grouer,
t"p ~ lie llt Va, Col ParhaiI one 10y Col
l.pi.t, OF the I,th Ala, one by the "a ia
..Aent, and Que by The ~ Ga battalion
The enc!hJ iosS III killed ana wounded
in lhc Il .nh movement is not supposed to
Lave RStu lucy uOWGftT,
aYltt severely III their Efforts to retake their
h'r4siwotks. lnd,ed, it may be confident
Ii sad that they were we'll punished and
sigualy repulset
The credit OF this movement is due to
Big Gen Wm Malone. Upon calling at
ten NJ 8 headquarters last night to learn the
OBJECT ot the movement, was told Icy him
HAT its only ttject was to drive the enemy
lrom the town. Gen NJ, AIN reliably told,
t.4utsf aud sfsc'Sfed this movement himself,
merely g,tt;hgthe consent OF Gen Lee TO do
st. Gen Lsc giyes Linn great credit for the
results obtained.
our losses will foot up, am informed,
about three hundred III killed aud wound
cd NAhone's old brigade lesing about so,
saunders about one hundred and tiliy,i
ami Wright seventy Col. Shelley, Of the
io'h Alabama, and Capt. Williams, of the
trh Virginia, are alnongt'the brave in battle
slain" Tae enemy were dislOdged at the
point III attack iro,n three lines of fortitea-
lions, but they still h old a position inside Of
the oatef Qualifications Of Petersburg. TIE
most gratifying result of this fight was the
hoe effect which it seemed to have upon the
people generally OF this.city. They seemed
10 have been literally born anew under the
inspiration OF Mahone's victory.
Wilson, kauz and Spears are off on an
Other raid. They struck the Weldon rail
iAid about seven O'CLOCK yesterday morning
Ill kcatne'a ion, ten miles below here,
Ani after tear,ng up The track and burning
fhc water station, moved TO Dinwiddie G. Ii,
where they remained until four O'clock, oc-
'uPying themselves during their stay III de-
ettoymg the county records, iiberating pris-
ohefs, stealing poultry, &c. About Z NJ
oar advance guard came up with them and
LAG sklrinish, taking ten prisoners, killing
and wolndihg some, and losing slightly
lie enemy irom Diuwiddie & II moved to-
"a!ds Tue SJuthside railroad, which they
douttlvGs reached last night, as telegraphic
tomih"nic'iion with Lynchburg ceased
1o1dt q OF I O'clock
ihrfe are several theories in regard TO
the ufpoae3 oI the raiders, and the points
"uich 'hty are aiming to strike, but all Con-
taf ttit their prime objects are the int1ic
non 81 The gfeaieet pussibe injuries upon
.1e soutLside aud Danville Railroads -
me thlnE they vail attempt to reach the
ilgb bridge
I. N.-rhe day has been unusually quiet
nus lar. No hghting at the puint OF la.
'eiehl yesterday evening. No shells have
'aiien III the city o-day, and il wears dc.
wed more business aspect than during
s9ny day since the lighting commenced
'i' DC good Simaiitans," the Ambulance
NoihulHies, are here, miuislet,ng To the
'uu ilhs aud The dyirg. la their good
"oih tley are nobIy seconded by the iair
""iheh oi this g,odly city.
L, Muir Iorcrs late last night re.
"'nod to the posltiou which they occuri. d
'e'oie HE light las, night. Nothing has
''eA done up io this hour. "
ans LAEMY IN sTAUNToN