The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-21

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s''D"-..,.p,,'- - NrWs-GRANT QUIET-
rafEoTnrR Tln REVERSE FOR FOR b'rfI BurLEs : !,
s11aur A. rar soUrHs'pE-Ti'E BATTLES
On ,,ntISIANA, &c.
II Nv ',,,. 70 he quietly with the ex-
tf'"' so,oe cavalry dcmons:ratioss)
eii eii'i'' Inducements before trying ano-
ssa'''s on Geueral Lee There was no
i.s .. Il ., ia;erest ifom the Army oil Northern
<,,.sii, ysa''H'Ay'
- AZ 1l,r snUtusrDE-THF ENE-
tsaA3F Ns', -, ~ sriII fuRTHea RACk.
-, from the Southsiie 10 of an
l'., .,;sg character. AT An early hour yes
s'"'. ,-ning our forces advanced on the
e'N ~ 'os fae,ee,iea at about T. NJ. In car
@H'' cbargo. their rife pits, or outer
6F' l,. whole front, and drove him
* So n, -, , hall. Al 3 T. NJ the enc
s~' - hean heavily reinforced, at =
~ At, fsiske h,- lost position. aud su'
3. rerliaine his pats 10 "ae or two
:. m ,he right Of his line, hnt was At
r. s..-su n,.lt With considerable loss
F.,,ss i, wounded. most ot whom were
--Es =, petsraUutg, IS estimated a. about
s,.ns any or sixty u! them were
~, 70 this city. among whom were the
s'r- I'm Oil eeJs capt Ellis, Of the @5th
- ng.l.si hsn in the thish, ranging up
,,rard5 the body; aud Capt Petty,
- -, same regiment; Col Johnson, Of the
%Tyc, vas also wounded, though not Sc
.-.,,. Lieut. Mullen, co ID, 9Th Va reg't,
s...r,r,s brigade, WAS shot through the alb
n The heaviest fighting occurred on
..,.ht The &j.h and 10th n G and the
:, 4, did iuc principal lighting on our
H.
qss following official dispatch relative TO
..s,bt. dated al headquarters on the field,
-. rece.cei st iaEe hour yesterday
6sliag
F. e.te Ervgg
y. have driven the enemy back about s
a. dong the whole extent OF his front,
ID have captured some prisoners.
q. I. BEAUREGARD.
7Hr RATUERS on THE MOVE AGAIN.
Tl~ rsjteIs arc a1.in ON tho move. From
,.-;9ns who cane down on the Fredcricbe-
i.ry ,raiu from The Junction, We learn thst
/ gas reported a. that place that they Were
cen il Tue neighboihood of Hanover Court
House yesterday morning. LAST night at $
,eosk the telegraph wire WAS tapped at
,ae point between this city and the june
u, and /. IS supposed that they are at their
f5ia st Some point on the Central Railroad.
Ffas RECENT FIGHTS IN LouIsI.NA.
TIE following Official dispatch VAS re-
ebed Il tl~ War Department yesterday
ION Lent. Gen. Kirby Smith. 1t gives the
rsa,t Of the battles heretofore reported in
.5G.,i3na:
HrAro'gs TRANS MIssIPPI DyP'T,
Shreveport, La, April l..
,a s. Coogf,, .4lj.sta',> and Li1,s tor GeHe-
Tll.
sr-i have the honoc to report that the
.slgrath armY corps # GeD. BAnks's COM
Laid was ai4ulil, defeated three miles he
a Naazlalt, la. Du the afternoon OF The
IL. The ;lGeleenih aT5ny corps Caaial: ia
ss1ppott, ysas rrpalaea with loss aud in
s0ri5f.
Reinforced ty parts Of the fiyteen;h Pnl
s,.nte2nth 20 ps, the enemy IN force made
.9nl Al Pleasant hin, u strong position,
gehly niea below Mansfield. Our troops
lacked With isnpetuosity on The afternoon
the 9Th. Night closed on most saugui-
III struggle, III when the enemy were
dfstfd, and retreated under cover Of the
nkuess, leaving their wounded on i;e
eli.
From the bast information We can obtain
-en, .'enks's Comldand numbered q. least
liHy FIVE thousand, of which twenty eight
ll1-}nd were engaged at Pleasant Hill on
be 9Th.
Cur cATslry pursued 10 Nachitoches.
Gen faYior commanded on the field.
Ne captured twenty eight pieces Of aftil-
-fyt over three thousand prisoners, aud
4ri tg" hundred wagons
Gar loss j. severe--over two thousand
lied ana WOunaed-ten. Mouton, Coils.
,ra'L, Noble, Armant, Taylor, and buchel
u9uy tae casualties.
r,0,.itaee has given rs signal sni glc-
i0a- yi,toIY
Rep, 1aiiy, f KIRRY SMITH,
General Commanding.
IL E'D tF THE soUTHsTDE CAVALRY RAID.
ll- Petersburg GIpress, of Thurs lay
Ives th: following account Of the oonclu-
o1 u iAe cavalry raid On the Danvilie and
Olihs.ia roads
After being repul5ed at Amelia Conrt-
ouse, they proceeded to Wilson's, whica 4
ley destroyed. They then proceeded on
? the road 10 Weilyilie Depot, which they
S1 burnt; from thence TO Blacks ard
Whites, which tEey buint. From this sta
On Their parpose Was TO go up To the High
alse, VIA the junction, but learning at
Ae&s and Whites that strong force was at
4e Bridge, they turned off TO the South and
'OG a Very circuiious route 10 Trotter's
.'ie, IN Brunswick, and iat0 the edge Of
apenbGrg.
From Trotter's Store they went to Law
melville, where they found quantity Of
'uh'y tait, all OF which ihey emptied into
&c foad and drove their wagons aud teams
isoagh It. They also destroyed q con side
'oe quantity OF tithe corn, and small
uaAlity OF bacon there belonging to the
o'ethinenf They captured Lieut. Carter,
- ehieiihg officer al that place. They
,'hrd INTO The town yelling like devils
nv people were greatly alarmed, bat offered
resistance There was a good deal Of
iP'e01.ioh, bni no burning OF houses or
.aJf oh'iages Oh private property. They
= aIlca a' L2"renceyile Sunday evening, when
= 81 sua WAS about al hour high, staid there
: nlEut, and let about Z 7o'clock Monday
1.nihg oaa taking the direct route to Belfield.
getting within seven miles of this
"a ,1se iney turned off TO the left at Spratley's
-, !. sens pa 10 Jairatis, having no doubt heard
'ssa oelela was an exceedingly dangerous
& -,a, iof Them 10 visit. We will here re-
ah 'sn .aa' these raiders tolA Mr. Derby that
y; we're not out on fighting excursion
-e..'' 'aVh was not their business, though II
'1"y .a @,y tlfy would engage in it. Their