The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-01


ternoon, from m eevation in the sieiiIy Of fine
Mountain This Indicates how et6s- we are Ia
the jast fOo.boiI Of The rebels ms si'e OF the
ChaitahOoehee. few days viii Pt1hahly hna
him driven across the fiyef, aud ths tfiahtdLi"Hh
RI gion cleared By army. aaFiettA IL small
bur pretty place, about twenty msles ffs' atlanta
CONVEX R+ArioSs VIII rKIsossRs -THs fstHfs TROOPS
NOT sAcRiICgD csRfLxssLs
hId extensive coaYcrsation with tne prisoners
taken an the lJ bus elicit ltte ne w. from fhem
icme say the trbrI soldiers are IN asgohJ SPLITS
"a ever and inst - VIII ing To ii tht a. tsef, utris
do not yut on such a br,sh co'osins. The cap
tnTed ca GneI was formerly lawyer g. tniF1so,
aud 4 short time before The war removed "a Hunts
Vi!ir, AiItstaI, WhaTe hr pfasrrutfa Ai3 prpt~s'
sion end al tta s1Ia9 time cafii"d on shit fof
the pnssass.on "f the heart "i tate ti1u' hroni
which he won, aHd nniisd {" hini4elt mt.iiiaohi
ally.
t,ne very sinJaiar nEseIy alton ~as mad. by
eTll of the en- In relation 10 the hghtihs ef The
two armies, which struck mF As 'ety Htue' They
aaI ibs dr IN IL T1 sdn 3iT' s7fd 5efi'> tATW
1tss al Ffttiy j tasy ID, our men Rave c"inmdn
seE-s enough Ia know HhaR ihcy sTe ohne9 essaSt-
IY exposed, and act accordingly TIE rebel army
Il moved only by the intelligence 0f i5a iesders
ouI a!sdy sts through ins intelise1fs o. ne wfoie
mass. The prisoners say our oT1tiTa so noi s2c
fitce their nen uselrssly. hu: always EaSiter the
cost bHfnsf they undenako Inove9 ASt fhey
thinR theIr oiiicess have iilr regard III ,ie lives
of the saiiri-. ana i!IiDg 80 s1cfthc ) amy
bumhrT 10 accomplish their pntpGsfa.
now GIN EoLAs- rgAra ~ a D3sco oyrREn.
sl,ot, lime ago signal officer By the name II
fiuke, IL fiidemhef The name rightly, discovered
Inc principle of ite rehei sy#tem OF signals. " hich
enabled hiio 10 Interpret what WA transpriag
Ilnns ihr @HcHy's lines, The iiscosrrY and key
the -yslem was made kaowH 10 some of odr
signal officers, ani often through them aud by ihis
melns valuable information has been secured
concerning the designs oi The ENEMY. on the al
t,tno0n Of the iith, aiteF The dealt, ui Gen fo h,
Ii srema the fIct Wa, announced along the rnemy's
lines hy signals tiat0t the sighii officers al onF
corps read and Interpreted the tigaa:s, and at ontc
made ihr unexpected announce To our 9th
crTs
Al n.IceS tells mp, when tr drove The enemy
back on the following day, that Il pole with a
piece al paper fastened at The end was tonnd stan
ding against a stump. one at Ih6'a sccrird The
paper, HPoa WhiG.i were these words - on
damHei Yankees have killed old Grntra Polk"
when the FIST Tcws Of his death reached u5
tiicie was some d0rbt whether il was Lieutenant
General Polk or subordinate general of The sons:
name. Frm the facts since secured however,
there seems 10 be 40 doubt about its being tc var
i;at" Bishop GeheFal i"onEdlS.
made some inquiries as To iIrct his death Will
probably have upon his troops They Of the
npini0n, though mnG II lamGHted, his loss VIII not
seriously disturb The mdrGts of his army. TIE ttCt
is the General wa- not v'iy p0puidi. The snc
ces~tr "t General iok viii be either Gen l. 1IiHy
ar Gcu"rAl French. The former, understand, L.
the senior, nad choice of The two. LpIiHg has
= en identil ID with ih" Army of the Mississippi
ibI- time, and at Champions Hill pcrieU, ed
itlt dft'CtAbie sensation CT b"iitS cut tH tuM
The rest of his command, and only saved himself
by rare exhibitions of pedestTilT ship the part
OF his troops l.orng tOoa part in the evacuatory
operations OF Polk's army during the Sherman
raid 20 Meridian, .iiss. He viii now have q rare
chance 10 perlccl HIM self III this favorIte practice
OF discreet genefilship.
MILITARY CHANGES.
By re2ent ori2r from the headquarters Oi The
irijitITy division we irdIn that the 'pIstuCt OF
Nashville has been changed Int" the "i,istIict ui
TenHrss"c," extending To Lookout creek, Il few
mi IS north OF Chattanooga. out oi the hew iersi-
tory occupied by cen. sherman another district,
known IA lbe District of the tlt6wah, - has been
created, and placed under ce,nniand 0i Gen.
Sit""duln.
GHE CtSE OF MR.. rJiL+RD-CORREsP0N
DEncE WITH THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
II agpeaFa !h9, Lord Lyons has applied TO Sec
.utafy Stwanl for thr release OF the British steam
tF Grey hound, which waq captured BY Yankee
vessel, I25 mics nut of Whining, n or tie high
seas gnI ont "f 'i.e nfisiiclon CLAIMED 10y The
Uniied slnl"s. The application also requests the
release Of Mr. EwdafA Pollard Ui RI Iohmord -
The correspondence nu tie sui ect, Including .hrtc
lritr.a i;on Af ?, aad pr0icst fiona the Captain
oi tie Greyhound, addressed Lo,d Lyons, IA
putltshcd ia The Boston rNsrtf. Mr. T. states Ia
position In i letter. as follows
was Oh hoaTd lh- Greyhound in The .impie and
rxciIsiyr character ot u pnssrngpf When arrest
ID theip on ttr f:a scas, YVES proceeding 10 Eng
land 10 hh'l an engagement ioT literary w5ik
the Confederate State, &c, with publishers In
London, srh" had already printed Two voinhes
had composed oi similar nature and also 10 dis
,hatse u FTisai" and dome zig duty III vt=iins The
relatives OF my wifi, Wh is a native of EnglAnd
and = subject "t Her Htitanhic Majesty. am not
connected with the military service OF me Con
teierate States, and charged with no public
office trr4t on their behalf These facts may be
readily established by appropriate evidence and
iI Consideration d: them, submit TO your LoId
sN u that, Il iDterpoSti0n be necessary, may be-
protected la th0se vTly obvious rights, which
invoke In the character oi an incC "nt passenger
on The high seas, under the British hIg
4nd In anOthrf letter be- shows hew entirely un
justihablr WAS the capture or the Steamer
BosroH, May 20, 1864.
IJrd lyons, Envoy Extraordinary, &c, for Her
hItonnic Majesty, Er1t Washington, Nnlri
STATES
NY lufi / have been dctalnra here - II IIisnn-
cr one week ia day, Notwithstanding thr n"tih..s
ti,gn, uudrg date ot :osh instant with wbifh your
idrfsh'p obliged me, tu the effect that you had ap
pgG 20 the Secretary OF state Ot The United stat
iOF my iecsse,
fnere ii. ieF0 point. IN Iny rase which hgs Ia
hing TO yodi ntahiion again in precise AID tEiai
Eo9apiiiatt2n.
The Greyhound had passed cut OF tne port
ai Wilmington without tight of bloch t7ding YES
nri, and was taken by cruiser about - miles
6ai al sra, dt sire 70 put the question U 10 your
lard ship It the Government At Washington an 50
change It's tactics Oi blockade ss 10 omit a n
cleHt sHaTd Cf The coz4t. and take ~ vssacis
which have come uut Ut COME terate p0Iia ~
last gatiilg cFiiSefs on the orean highway. t0F
such was informed hY oitiCe eTot tiIc utted
SiRteE steamer CHnDGeiicat Was the recently
adopted and easy plan OF taking prizes, the fruits
of Shich yo,TI iordship may have observed liz The
clFtnre ot four vessels "a II Gea In single week
each taken Ear out on the high sess.'
~ .fpg,t wa f:cF1V
sell the RiitiSh nag shs carried WAS n0t "a decOy,
aud that II " coysi ed me, after hdd passed o
the territorial jurisdiction Of tie United States
a0i even In case ii did not protect vessel CT cargo,
Granting, for argument, these t0 be OF an Illicit
character } protected ne as an innocent passen-
ger e. a. having 90 other egress from the Conied
eratc States, the passenger would he the victim of
his necessity. and, else again, ii n citizen Of the
Confederate States, not contraband, could be out
lawed on the high seas Under that filg, lying on
bona fte British vessel, why not sabjcc, or ci.i-
zen of any other Government? IL the flag was Il
reality II ALL IL certainly should give protection
the ocean highway to passenger who was pHrsH
Ing ohiecIs Of private convenience. and ccIlaihly
was not ainenabe 10 any military penL,lts % III,
Government Al Washington.
BeggiHe THAT ysuf iordship will aeqniI M of tilc
charge of importantly in a matter the inportance
of which is by means altogether personal To my
self,
have the homer Sc, your ob't servant,
EDWARD foLiARD.
PS- teiegraphrd Your l0rdshe oa the 9th
ins, To obtain liberty tof me 20 see you IN Washing
ton, In the interest ri the Grej jlohhd, but nav &
recr,yed no reply, heHee these lines.
A mother Circumstance: II Is true that II the
blockade tunnef be seen In tyra,te dct@to passing
The terrtolIai llaes she may be pursued and taken
an The high seas. But the GEeyhound was 40, pur-