The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-13
letter IRON, l2icllG.ond. Il

\ RICHMOND, June "a, lSbt.
4 The news recs iyed in tliis city ,of yestei
4 dlay' operations oftheslrnl though no
! lallsthst we expected, is yet interesting
i The heavy ana pninSerrUptstl booming 8
i thesesnno,l, which WAS heard from eal /,
Daylight till I0ociocl in the morning
4 led tie cllillren aud wpnem members q
/ Congress, ediiots orstle daily press and
non combatants generally, t9 believe THAI
i tGen.J.ee, WHO llas several liInes during
the lsrss'ten days oier@d, tbS enemy bat
| lie, had at lengths provoked tile lonsex
! pectcd fight AMI that the ai'tAies
! lthIoughouts their whole lines, were en-
lgagea III cafnest in settling lie great
Question. Tie nlolning WIS serene and
beautiful, and external nature, at this
season oithe year clad in yerdure, never
looked more loFely Z bn There were thou.
sands Of p4lfilating hearts aud anxious
faces significant. Of some great movement
that was supposed to- be going iorW lrd---
aii3iir OF the morning, pond4rotls and so-
norous as itswas in It's reports, turned
out, however to be only heavy skitmish-
ing lIokes division adYlpc ~, at an
eaily hour, upunasuperior force Ok the
enemy sustaining itscli for atime, hut
at tlength gave way, when Aicl1tw's divis
ion coming up to its Resistance, 1t sue
ueeaed in driving the enemy q mile and
a half, capturing three hundred prisoners
and seventy wagons. A portion ofthe
prisoners have alrsaiy arrived IN this
city and are quartered at the lsibby. The
scene of this engagement was between
what called 'the Mill'' and Cold lIar-
Dor. | regret to learn that the Hon.
Lawrence NJ Keith, commanding 4 South
Carolina Regiment, and who had just :r-
rived here, was wounded Col. Keith
was inembel of the Congress of the
United States, and also of the Provision
al Congress of the Confederate Staies, a
gentleman equally distinguished for his
chivllfy and Tor his inlpetuouszand com
manding eloquence.
There was also a raid made yesteday in
heavy force on Ashland, beautiful sum
mer village about sixteen miles from
Richmond. Its reported that this vii
lage has'been burned by the Aankees,
There has been cal made upon the
local troops this morning to hold theni
selves in readiness for ractiveserviee, from
which it is inferred that the raiders are
in the Immediate neighbolhood Of the
city.
Misunderstood now that Grant intends
to reach the White House, ,ifpossible, md
make it bis base. Some time since il was
Port Royal, but General Lse has caused ]
him 10 change his purposes, aud he now
wishes, in consequence Of the generally
dispirited and greatly reduced numbers
of his army, to stave of a general en-
with lees veterans, who have
proved too much for him, and 10 employ
pleg his Yankee forces III the more con-
genial occupation OF laying seige to Rich-
montl; employing the peaceful agricul-
tural implements Of the hoe and shovel.
He has now two objects in view--to en- /
french himself, and 10 unite his forces
with those Of Butler in prosecuting the
seige he has in contemplation. That he
will be disturbed and defeated in bothH
these designs is more than probable.
The enemy, | may say, arc at our very
doors, and it impossible to say what a
day or an hour may bring forth. we
feel herea sense of great security arising
equally from the skill Of our General aud
the character OF cir Troops, but the stu
alton of affairs Will soon be defined We
shall soon know whcther Grant, in the
present condition of his forces, will vol
unfairly accept the gage Of battle thrown
down to by his opponent. or whether he
may be compelled TO tight, without any
on his part; or, should Gen. Lee,
from prudential considerations, decline
offering him battle, events will soon in
form us whether his oPponeEt wiIl he J