The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-04
Further from Georgia.

Through the chuItesy of the ;;"ntarra Express
I""p'hy' We have Atlanta papers o. fnesday 'asi'
"ee1'fact the following relative to the war;
me Sabbaih pass d without ,ha anticipated en
sase"rn' e'niTthg. There has been little more
a' ss san"''sh'"s along the line dus'6g ts0 days
t"~t, an" 40 tesuits nave 5crBued which auect
materially either side.
t'"'n eon'ier from Gen Johns,nn = quarters We
ssa," ,"at INC ankess are enItebching son,h and
east ot fsasine aud Pumpkinvtne creeks Our
''"e's maintain their positions on the commanding
emlncnees 10 the north of Aiia,oon, and .r. en-.
:-nthed IN the erests ot the hills u the southeast
We h0id The kew to the pasiti0ns the YanSers are
m0nmaverlng for, though at present the ou,osine
armies are nearly In the same condition with re-
gard 10 base.
The enemy haul their suppres from Ca,,srsv,,,.
and E:0Wah 70 Dallas, making line OF over twenty
mi es' Our line Is nearly as long, but arranged with
the master skill of our great Captain, with a view
TO securing the best advantages Of supply and de
fence. We look on the arrangement perfect and
mastery Us The mind Of great master Of war can
make it We arc certain, TOO, that the defence and
necessary strategy win foil the plans OF tue enemy
and rnin the foe. His ions are now dismayed at
The thought that dangerous foe Is swOoping down
like an eagle On his track and tearing his c0mmu-
nicatons in the rear His strength dWindcs daily,
eventually his broken cohorts will lie driven bac<
Cow c ing before the steady advance Of our brave
and iHsineih!e sete!apS.
We ieasa that IN Friday the enemy attacked
Clebdinc' t,Hs, and aitrI a tmtions 6nset f1,se
number Of them cast down their guns and threw
up their hands, calling for quarter. Our ttaaps
ceased firing. When the enemy were in z few
feet al our linz, over The half OF them having
tiiRed thrir guns, deliberately hfrd on our mth
Snch iT' 'arhtfy aSounled our veterans foT Il mo
Mtbt, but Ia another instant they fred on III. das-
,atd fnt, ,at poarra v"iiey after vjey into tlIti
tgoten aRi iIrti iGs rauks The sliahirr was aW
iin 1hit IL Wa mu7t Iusi,fiihie, In cur opinion,
3 i'll ke eeen in le assertion. We rtr.rt shit a
single One 0t tie d3sihfd fn tsr1pcd tht rCtsIbE-
tiIn tiifir tIeIchrfy deserved.
An ay4ngiDE Nemesis LavFT7 over tf.c arfursei
rhfny'i tiaek. We hope The tsd hAlkrh sn,nrt
~ dPstftf ton Will shun 0vrttakr them, and ehi
our suspense ny shIifking its The bO,ts
"t tirir dead, ana screaming In the iEdcA OF their
IPtreaiiRg ana broken columns.
we nave ilst learned itum 4 rPspn6sihir s0;lrca
lh1f about hllf past eight o'c!dck last (Suadav)
Eight, The eiitiiy assaulted 0Hr iIHeS onE their
whoie front, tut specially furious on our left and
left eentse, ah0nt New Hope Church.
The assaults Wetr determined, and the fighting
On both sides very severe during Three &c four
hadis, and was kept up duiiHg the entire ni.t but
our soldiers ltpulsed them at all points and at
more than one position drove them into and from
their own enttenchMents. The last was battle
field report. We think it doubtful, because IL Is
To our interest during night assault 10 keep our
line of bait intact, and let the enemy waste his
strength in futile Efforts
Gen JOhnstOn :,as been expecting a Hipht Attack
iSr several nights past, ana was well prepared for
The onset. Oar men were we'll eutrench he'd for ad
vihtascou5 meeting the assault
We caunol Learn the loss Un either side but the
most = lsonabi report have is that nnr loss IL
vciy light.