The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-08
THURSDAY MORNING.. SEPTEMBER 5. 1864
THE WAR NEWS.

Ia front Of Petersburg, matters continue perfectly
quiet state Of things, indeed, which has existed
for several days past, interrupted only by the Sc
we're camnousdc on Sunday night. Grant appears
to have coninenced housekeeping with his family at
City Point, having appropriated for that purpose
the mansion OF former resident, AMI seems per
fecty indifferent to the laurels won by his eompeti-
tor, sherman, in Georgia Meade has gone North
on leave of absence and the Army OF the Potomac
makes no progress in lis "on-to-Ricimond' move
ment, while disease is rapidly deoimating its ranks
II said that the hospitals are filed and the sani
tary boats make daily trips down James river,
oaded with sick and wounded Bilious and inter-
mttent tevers are very prevalent, and the men are
dosed, morning and evening, ON rations of quininc
aud whskoy.
The enemy keeps up show Of moving trooTs
from point to another, though with what object
We are at loss to imagine Transports are running
regularly to Fortress Monroe aal back carrying
troops both ways. 1t may be that those carried
down the river are men whose term OF service has
expired.
The Yankees, always up TO some new project,
have constructed movable battery by mounting a
fittceu-nch mortar railroad car, which Is occa-
sionally run up ON the City Point road and dis
charged "a, the city of Petersburg 1t makes a good
deal of noise and serves to amuse the enemy, but
has thus far done no harm
The Express learns that the Yankees are still
"pegying away" on the canal across the peninsula
at Dutch Gap. The width of the land at this point
is hundred and eighteen yards. The gauge OF
the canal is fifty feet III width, ana IN depth some
fifteen or twenty feet below high water mark. The
Yankees are protected III their work by strong
breastworks There Is a fall of four inches III the
seven miles Of water winding around the peninsula,
ANA with the distance diminished TO one hundred
and eighteen yards, it is estimated that when the
canal is finished If it is ever allowed the rate of
the current through the channel will be fully
eight miles per hour.
The people residing on the lower james are now
suffering severely from the depIedatons of Yankee
marauder6. Horses, negroes and provisions are
5tolen and citizens arrested ana carried OH These
expeditions composed Iii part OF the Naval Bri-
gade, under the command Of the infamous Graham
the author OF the destruction ut BrandOn that we'll
known estate Oh the james Our teieSraphc cor
respondent predicts that these predatory excnr-
sions Of the onelny will come to grief yet" but
through what process or III what manner are not
informed.
FROM THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE.
The following official dispatch was received yes
teIday:
| '.HEADQUAETERs ARMY OF TENNESSEE,
" September q, 1864
"Geaerai D. Byagg Sherman has continued his
retreat beyond Jonesboro'.
''ISigned J. Is. Uoop, General"
JoneSboro' is Oh the Macon ana Western railroad,
twenty-five miles south of Atlanta The object oi
the enemy in Withdrawing from General Hoods I'M
me date front is, probably, TO reorganze his army
THE FIGHT AT GREENNlLLE.
We have yet received but few particulars Of the
fight at Greenville, Tennessee The Lynchburg
papers have a report that forces, under General
Morgan surprised, ana that ill the fight which
ensucd General Morgan was wounded and fell into
the enemy's hands. Later intelligence represents
that the General had died of his wounds and thai
MS body had been sent into our lines.
The enemy's force was said to number about six
! teen hundred Morgan's command is represented
have been greatly scattered and it was impossl-
Die to arrive at an approximation of our losses.