The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-14

CITY CARRIERS are authorized 10 charge
rp,4rAgAS ASp FIFTY CENTS pei ,oesk, 10
1ya'3y s.b'fTt'FFs
,,n. WAR NFWs-cEANT MOVING TO
'w,rOS JAMES RlNER-SkiH
I'VE. ON THE CtIiCkAHoNlNl-TI THE
unyFNTNf AGAINST LYNCHb, sG
"E0EEE3r'5 ACHIEVEMENT IN MS
slSStPf! ~.
,tan e,5'g honr yesterday morning The
..,,r,s a. cannon In the direction al hAi-
.,,. l.ridse cava warning tha! active hos
,.i,i;ss had been resumed, though 10 what
,,ent Wa not known until a later hanr Of
,.aJ,y runar was soon In citculation
,sa, Grant was m wing his whole army to-
.sris the James, ana abandoning hs posi-
..,op.ar Cola Hathor, which he hal taken
.,,n,i,h Il r,ins 10 toriity and render impreS
aide. This report was afterwards fully
,aGrmcl.
n lt.rrca,a that force Of the enemy, du-
,.s- ,;.e night of Snnaay, crossed the Chick
s.sniay at Long Bridge, eisat miles below
c,lf1m'S Etiise and drove in Cur cavalry
tr.s. Report says that they also crossed
a, Fore B.idgc aud Turner's Ford, still
tower down the river. Oar plckels fell back
~ Riddles Shop, point thirteen miles be-
hg richm0nd, ~ the intersection of tho
Charles City and Long Bridge roads, where q
h,lsk skirnish took place between i detacE.
m,at of Gen. W. IL. +. Lae's cavalry, under
Oh Gary, and the enemy. This light was
PROGRESSING nj two O'Clock L. M, though
with what result we are not informed. A
.s poft Vas in circulation that the enemy
hat gained possession Of Malvern Hin, but
this lteks confirmation.
later aiyites state that Onr men, owing
70 the dinrence in numbers, were COM
relied 10 iIi! back.
FROM ORR oWs C0RRFsPosDENri
AsAy or NoErnsRs V,sa,sIA,
June t3ih, r. (
& ant, after digging six heavy lines OF in
tI"nuhnenis on his old front, near Gaines q
MIL suIdenly abandoned them last night !,
moving again on our right. This morning
about day he suddenly appeared at the Long
B.iige OH the Chieka ominy, about .ish-
teen miles below Richmond. Here his forces
found small picket OF ours, which WAS
readily driven in, and the enrmy proceeded
10 cross. Oar cavalry fell back to Riddles
shop, and the enemy pushing us there was q
tonsiderab.e fight uutii Out men were forced
IL give back before the euemy's combined
tJrcc ot infantry, artillery, ana cavalry.
The enemy are also reported moving on
the River road, As wellas the Charles City
read. Our scouts also say that GRAFT is
l4udiug troops and supp les from his gun
boa. ucar Malvern Hill, and it is supposed
lhi he is III possession of those heights
This accorGs with the information previ-
ot-y received, and now confirmed, that the
enemy have been tearing up and DESTROYING
lbe orll River railroad.
INTO this hour there has been no coll
fion OF the TWO armies, but it is not impro-
tltc that one will occur late this evening
ortiH} ia The morning. Oar troops are
iHlretnbr rapidly to ihwart and check the
etCmg.
',,aat may intend 10 go 70 the Southsldc,
LLf It is more likely that he will make an
other effort this side of the james and the
thickahominy.
Alir men captured a few prisoners this
morning. They were principally from the
Hh and 18th coris.
tt.ui il not 80 near Richmond as when
H. MAS south oi the ChIeitahoIniu bat lie
la certainly n0y made across that iivcr.
The entlny, when they abandoned their
bTtistW0Tks this morning, lett them GUARD
81 hya line OF skii,nisAeis, some one hun
died and hijy Of whom leil into cur hands,
among them Nail carrier attached to the
t,h corps. y.
|, JREE-roNnENCF OF THE DIsPArCHG
SUNDAY EVENING, June IL, 1861.
GA thr lrli oi our lines nothing At this tune
l. occurring Of either on exciting or impor
thl thaiacfer. Scouts to- day were down the
tht, sbo,niay River Road, below Hawe's
.ApE. The "nly Yankees seen were pickets
all The InpOtCmy river, two miles below
il'"e'a Shop. lave learned from parties
hhn have 'aat returned from the vicinity ut
HE White Home that the enemy are de-
hifoying the York River Railroad, and mov
mr. towards James river, carrying the ,ail-
idtd iron with them
The seclion the enemy passed through has
been ditchei AMI fortified extensively.
Whenever they halted an hour they en-
irenched themselves. Feathers, broken
jars, crooks, bottIes, &c., traiied their
ira ks, telling the deprcdations they COM
Inltied and showing their thieyish aud brutal
lfnVensiii.s.
Yesterday several sqnadrons OF their cay
hIry thought they would test the estrength Of
"nt P'ckcts some miles out from the Meadow
HudEr They trotted up and were fired
upon by our pickets. we killing three, cap
Turing two, and, il is thought, woundinx
i've times That number. Their horses are
unusually poor. J.Su
NtNs FROM S5ERfnAN's RAiDINa FARrY.
We have the following information from
perfectly reliable source: A detachment os
Shtfidans forces, about five hundred in
number, entered Louisa Court House IN
Saturday, and had skisinish with portion
I'll 9entral Hampton's command with NO
IMPORTANT result. They destroyed no proper
y nj The Court House. but left in apparent
haste On Sunday Gen. Hampton met Sher-
idah at Treviiiah's depot, nine miles this side
oi 6oidonsville, when all engagement took
place. resulting in the complete rout OF the
enemy, who left six hundred in killed.
"onnaed ana prisoners in our hands. The
"h'ces tetreated in much confusion by the
route oF.F viii n they came, through Care
''"e county. This is the latest information
We Rave oi the movements of Sheridan. who
'''As 10 have suddenly adopted tho 'tlouble.
F''rE' We are peculiarly gratilied to re-
'o'' thiS evidence Of the gallantry of our
esyairy.
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