The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-01
Phe Asuasion.

More than three weeks ago the North
ern journals, who always seem to be on
the most intimate terms with their Gen
erals in the field, informed the world
that General Grant was about to carry
into execution a new and brilliant series
Of operations which was to astonish the
generation to which we have the good
fortune TO belong. what could il be ?
Hardly the springing OF mine, or a
succession of mines, under the batteries
at cur army, for that was no new opera
ton General Lee knew he had been
mining for some time every officer and
man i'm our army knew it, all Petersburg
knew it, ali Richmond knew it, all the
Confederacy knew it, yet such it was
after all Grants great, aets " deuetop
ment," Everything is development in
classical Yankee which was to las
found creation" was but the old and
vulgar application of the engineers trade
to the destruction of an army in line Of
battle in the field General Lee knew
this perfectly, the rest of mankind knew
that Grant was mining, but did not know
that THIS was the big operation so long
threatened by the Yankee journals
General Lee waited silently, patiently,
and without the slightest apprehension
At last-that is to say about o'clock
on Saturday morning-the explosion
took place. 1t killed and wounded about
score Of men. 1t blew up battery of
four guns. 1t occssioned the temporary
occupation Of portion of our works by
the Yankees Cor short time. Malone
led his men to the charge. He expelled
the scoundrels by main force, killed five
hundred of them dead on the spot, and
took prisoners eight hundred and fifty
five more. The negroes of the concern,
it seems, being assured of victory, raised
the cry of mo quarter; remember Fort
Pillow" as they had been taught by the
scoundrels who led them into this scrape.
Cannot our men take hint? We would
always give quarter to the negro. He is
stolen property, and ought to be return
ed. But, for the white men found fight |
ing in the ranks with him-why, we
would give him quarter too-what was
called in the old Revolutionary war
'Tarleton's quarter'-that is to say,
pretty much no quarter at all
We are assured that, for the front
covered, this was the bloodiest repulse |
yet met with by Grant, who has become
The hero of reverses. The slaughter of |
the Yankees was greater, proportionally, |
than at Spotsylyania or Cold HARDER, on |
IN the previous assaults on Petersburg. |
Our lines have not been altered in the |
slightest degree The whole affair was
q miserable tizzle. Yet Grant must in
vent some lie TO cover this last failure. |
His master, and his masters casse, de- |
mand it. Probably he will suppress eve
rything that happened after two o'clock.
Up to that time the Yankees held part
Of our works. Grant will date his bull
letin before that hour-it will create a
great sensation in New York, and no Of
fetal publication of anything after that
hour will be made This was done with
regard to Spotsylyania Court House, and
will be repeated now
In the meantime, We may look ior other
and desperate assaults and perhaps for
4 general battle Grant was already
withdrawing his troops from this side
whittier he had sent Them to make Lee
livide his forces, when this assault was
made. He will re unite them now and
,ry grand battle, in which he will be
,adly defeated. How many more mines
nay be in progress it is impossible to
ay but if none of them prove more
than this has done. we have
title to fear