The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-14
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER IA. 1856,
THE WAR NEWS.

There was no rumcr IN circulation yesterday, no,
q single important item OF afloat 80 far as W,
could ascertain The general situation at the tbre,
most interesting points IN The Confederacy is un-
changed, though it is not improbable that the pre-.
sent quiet may soon be broken by the thunder Of
battle.
FROM PETERSBURG.
The cnemy's heavy mortaTs shcllcd the city Oh
Monday npht. and the bonibaidment was renewed
to some extent yesterday morning. The Yankees
Were doubtless aware that yesterday was to be OBJ
served in Petersburg as day of fasting and PRAYER
and it was in perfect keeping with their nature 70
enleavor to interrupt the deyotions OF the people
Deserters and prisoners have informed the enemy
that General Lee has moved his headquarters from
Richmond to the neighbolhood Of Reamss station
on the Weldon railroad with the avowed intention
OF giving battle 1t is not very likely that General
Lee would communicate his plans 10 the aforesaid
"deserters and prisoners aid as matter of course
their story purely an sscntin Of theft own We.
the Yankee correspondents say that terrific battle
Is expected at any moment all along the lines For
our own part, however we see no indications of any
active movements or some days TO come unless, in
deed, they shall be initiated by the enemy, which is
hardly probable, as it Is known that Grant is pas
siyely awaiting reinforcements to enable him te
"crush the rebellion" at one blow. That this is his
plan is foreshddowed by his own declaration, and
that he will be foied We firmly believe be-
leve that t0-morrow's sun will Use
The Davis house, on the Weldon railroad, was Sc,
fire by the enemy on Monday afternoon and com.
pletely destroyed. The reason for this wanton aci
does not appear, though it is in imitation of the
baa
KEGS throughout the war, On the farm Of Mr. Da.
Wis, and in full view Of his residence, three battle,
have lately been fought for the possession of tn,
Weldon railroad, in each Of which, as the reader
viii remember, the enemy was driven back to hi,
main line Of works. The house, therefore, has be-
come somewhat famous, ana viii pass into history
as marking one Of the noted spots Of this, tht
blOodiest campaign of the war. 1t was situated il
pleasant grove, Immediately on the railroad, two
miles and = half south of Petersburg
The activity Of the enemy and the MAGNITUDE o
his operations oi, tie SouthsLe is well illustrated
by view OF The shipping al City Point Vessel
Of every class are constantly seen moving up allo
down the river while others anchored out i'll tn,
stream, OF m0ored at the wharf dischargiug ffeigh
receiving the wounded OF Grants army, to II
transferred Moth. An immense wlIa,f has beer
constructed, and large warehouses have sprung al
in every direction. The branch railroad from til,
City Point track to the yellow Tavern has been com.
petci far the Jerusalem planiir0ad and train
are now running to the latter point The Northeri
papers iufoIm that the train was opened upon b,
the rebels last Thursday with powerful battery
and that sundry Yankees narrowly escaped viii
their lives.
THE LATEST.
Passengers by last evening" train reported thai
yesterday was remarkably quiet, not more than fv,
or six guns having been fired during the day VI
can only say that the Yankees III failing to disturb
the religious services Of the day, differed very
teriay from their usual practice on such occasions
The situation i'll front continues unchanged.
EAST TENNESSEE.
Succ the affair at Greenvile, nothing Of impor
tance has occurred in the Department of East Ten
nessec. The enemy, at last accounts, ut Bull';
Gap. After the death Of General Morgan General
Vaughan was placed III command Of all the cavalry
Of that department. Brigadier-Gcleral Cosby, lat'
Of the Army of Tennessee, having reported for duty
has been assigned to the command of Hodges bri
gaIe Colonel Basil W. Duke, officer of rart
merit ana gallantry, is now commanding Morgan.
troops. General Echols has done much towards thi
restoration of law and order III the department
THE MAN WHO SWAN THE APPOMATTOX.
Edward Wallace, the Englishman lately noticed
in this paper rs having swan the Appomattox ana
carried large amount OF information to the enemy
had been in the Confederate service with the rank
OF Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps at Drewry',
Bluff, but lately reduced to the ranks for steal
ing at Wilmington, where he stopped on his way L
g1,,4 n,
and recently married a lady III Petersburg. He wa.
famed for recounting his personal exploits, anj
professed to have been at the grand charge at Ba
laklava, where "cannon to the right of them, can
non to the left Of them, rattled and thundered. -
His representations to the Yankees were doubtless
the coinage Of his own BRAIN is the statement that
hrs wife and child We're killed by she'll III Peters
burg is known to have been deliberate fllsehood
The Confederacy loses nothing by the departure o.
such man, notwithstanding the hue and cry raised
by the Yankees on his arrival amongst them.
FROM TRANS-MISSISsIPPI.
We get occasional reports through Northern pa
pers of the active operations of the Confederate
forces west of, the Mississippi. The latest comes
from Memphis i'll the shape of Il statement that the
Federal gunboats Hastings and Naumkeag were
captured below Clarendon, White river, Arkansas
and Captain Rogers Of the latter, killed It Is ast
reported that another gunboat name not given, was
sunk at St Charles, and that Duyalfs Bluff wa
threatened by considerable force of "rebels." a
Little Rock paper contains the particulars OF re-
cent raid ut Duvars Bluff, which is situated on tie
Little Rock railroad, Large quantities OF Govern-
ment hay were burned other property was de-
stroyed and some damage to the railroad inflicted