The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-11
LATEST FR;m THE NORTH.

WARRINGTON June b, J Mo Major Gen Dix
We have dispatches iioin Oeh sia"i's hsaaquar-
urs down to six ocIoek last evening. which state
that there haI been no fighting during IN. day.
The enemy made an attack on Saturday nigh
upon lian.ocx, Wright, and Smith, but wets
evefywhefe sepnis'd hanensks naeA att "itlsia
very busy on Saturday constructing eatreBch
meats on the west side ct INC thek isiomi5y, al
Bottoms Efijsr, and towards evening lhfea a
party across tO the east side
A dispatch from Gen sherman. dated yesterday
afternoon, JuSc h, ct 10, nj Altoona Creek
states thai tue enemy diae n.rfed Us moving around
his right iank, abandoned his position. and march
ed I'll. Mcpherson Is noviag To-day Tor Ack
worth Thomas Is on the direct Marietta road and
Schoirid cn his right
II has been running hard for three days, and the
roads are heavy. An examination OF the enemy's
abandoned works here shows an immense line,
which I have turned with less loss TO ourselves
than wc have inflicted upon him.
The army supplies Of forage and provisions are
ample. EDWIN NJ STANTON,
Secretary VI War.
fANorHRR DISPATCH
"gvsRYTHIS0 GOING on WILL" WITH GRANT-cuse
MAN PRoGREssI.G
WASHINGTON, jane 6, 1854.
To Wai Cen Dir, New York:
D,-pai hes have been received f,0m Gen Grant s
headquarters 10 tay, but they report only certain
changes IN the Positions nf corps ana c6atc,n
plated operations. They state thai "cveDihipg ia
going o., Wc.l.n
The Chief Quar,ermaster OF the army reports
personal Inspection Of the depot at White House,
and that II Is In most efficient siaie, ai. need
fui supplies on hand and wagons 10 transport them
cisiiy 10 the army. The W"iinfr being tTauyht
Ia aud Transports are Hot delayed Il moment.
disFaich ifnm Gen sherman, dated nj II noon.
To day, at Actworif, Ea, says "a AM now Oh the
ratif"ld al Ackw"ith station, and have inIi pos
session forward 10 within Eli'e CT Ma1ietia
All we'll
No ether military Intelligence to-day.
EDWIN N sTANTnN,
Secretary OF War;
correspondent Of the Inquirer, writing from
near Cold ilarb0r, June a. r Al, says that 'slonf
tho and men Will not cover The casualties Of that
day s lighting. An average advance OF or lines
somewhat less than half = mile and the capture Of
about four hundred prisoners, form the result OF
the days operations -
Among the partial list of casualties In two di
visions oi the Naiaees In Fridays fight We find The
names o: t;cn. Tyler, Commanding the Irish Le.
gs"n, and seven CO.o.e!s wounded, bcsites mauy
officers OF lower grades. Gen L !,st 4 foot. The
lsth corps also lost heavily.
TIE CLEVELAND TIcKar- rarMoxr's ACCEPTANCE
Frcinonts letter accepting line nomination OF The
Cleveland Convention for the next Presidency Of
The United States, declares that Linc0n's admin.
iStralion is "miiitary dictatorship without Its
unity Of action aud vigDr of execution" He
says:
I'll the Convention at Baltimore will nominate
any man whose past llis jusifes a well g,uunded
confidence la his fidelity our cardinal pl pes,
thtfe Is no reason why there should be any
division among The really patrioic men OF the
country My own decided preference is 10
aid In ,his way, (in supporting the Baltimore
nofninee,) and not TO be myself a candidate
But II Mr. Lincoln should be re Nominated, be-
iIeve 1t would be fatal To The country 70 endorse
policy and renew power which have cost us the
lives OF thousands OF men, and ncedlessiy put the
country On The road to bankruptcy. iherc will
remain no alternative bat to orxanige against him
every element Of conscientious opposition, with
me ties 10 prevent ihf IA! !lotiine al his cleo
liJn.
The Herald says The bold, emphatic, consi-t
tnl and stong p"sition assumed by Fremont and
tis imdeprn..su, raiits ef hil crcrds ..,.d ali ma
I,"hs, agaihst Lincoln, secures ,hr deirat of liza
celia III June ar IN NGvemb,i-at BAiii.nore or be-
lore the gsdhd jury oi the people.
EEIIpaIxa z.NIIT,
Wilkes's IN y Sfira Of n, 7T,aes, edited tv
man who has heretofore been "a strong advocate Of
The war, doesn't seem TO be very much eiated by
the prospects Of ihe war
Never before have we felt depres ssion equal 10
that which assailS us AT this moment Three, wears
have now elapsed since the cummenc eule ut vi the
war. A debt of sixteen bundled millions staIes Us
iu the face; and nearly half miun at our sal
aters have been utterly used up The elastic iiops
which buoyed the earlier stages Of the struggle has
largely faded ont, while, far the COniederates
are Concerned, they are better of to- day to sustain
three years more contest than at any previous pc
rOd OF tue war. The manufacturers they at first
r. Iuiret are now constructed agriculture and
The science OF subsistence have taken settled
s.iapC !; and all the sufcfiIes and sacrifices
which are necessary TO season people 10
exploit, have been endured. Moreover, th.y
ieel That the period OF probation which Tor
ei.n Powers limit iur struggling populations to earn
the stamp OF nationality Is vsy nearly up Is II not
1hk4rA Af..Fka afxIrf
ciisis, meilOcitty ana doubtful purpose should
WELD the cn:ire sway Yet, such Is the case ::
and as we dwell upon II we almost led to he
lisve that God only is not with Us, but against
US. lie has coRiounded our Judgments, divided
our councils, aud delivered us into the hahds Of
the feeble the faint hearted, and the blind. And
why should tie be with us, base, grOveliine aud
as ~ are2 We are not with film. We
are a goddess constituencies, rciisiohless people
There is no honor, no vlrlue, no devotion, except
among the masses, while ninety per cent OF all
Who range above thUusaad- dollar incomes are
lynx eyed shaipers, who are watching every neigh
Dor with suspicion, and who subordinate every
sentiment to self. Debauc5ed by an extravagAnt
prosperity, and spared Eierciiuily from all sacri
ices we have ungratefuily forgotten due reliance
upon Heaven, aud the n suit IS that except in the
case OF the simple, v!f;Gnas tab0riDg people, VT
have practically become 4 coinminlly Of atheists
There Is no conscience attached 10 the Intelligence
and wealth OF the community and iaymen as We
are, and Of the word, we say uu,o sou, fellow
cOun;; ymea, that there eau be no lasting govern
Inent without public virtue, no enduring naiionx
atty without universal sense OF God. Handled
our country has been In the field, and stupe fed
as il Is by the Ilcksters Of the Cabinet. it would
seem that we are only to arrive at the stage when
we may be permitted to rebuild, by suifrrings aud
sacrifices, aud perhaps through preiiMiaary chaos
which il is dreadful TO anticipate.
NORTHERN DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION.
The Washington correspondent Of the Cincin-
nall co'nmsrctas gets Off The following happy hit at
street corner camPaisaers We will only remark
that Washington can hardly he ahead Of Nashville
in the conyeniences of mud or dust In which 10
draw diagrams, and We have no reason to think
that cur population are at all info rios In the endo
meat Of in.uitive strategy:
WASHINGTON, May 2, 1861
Everybody in Washington seems 10 be afflicted
with ''situatiOn ON the braiI- which, however, is
but patriotic anxiety FOR the success of the Union
amy, and desire u demonstrate how easily Il
can be brought about, and how certain II IL 10 be
achieved. La front OF every hotel, aud at every
street corner, you will little groups of honOra
bic gentlemen, aud gentlemen who are not as hon
Otahie as they might be, perhaps, discussing the
relative positions Of Lee and Grant Wiih gteut We
hemence, and demonstrating how Grant will
flank Lee aud get 10 Richmond, or how lie win
fiank Grant and try 10 get 10 Washingto
proposition happily illustrated BY an engraving with
The point of walking stick In the dust Of the side
walk. fWashtnston is good place far such Illus
ualions You can always sketch out map of the
world either Ia the dust or the mud on tue side
walk The ''arusi" makes a straight hne-sIhaps
GIast'a army"
"Yes, very well," says the bystander.
Aaa,lier stsaigh, line -''That's Lee"
"Of course, that's plain enough"
swell, here's Eiehmond"-and the artist per.
foFaes iiiiie mud heap Ia the rear at hOih lines
Tue problem - noN pretty nearly solved. With
the whDie sidewalk 10 operate on, IL wouii be very
stT9asA il Gsaat oon,dht swing his itae aroua d
in,s, tue rear Of LaeJ aud march inlO the rehsl