The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-18
LlTfsT FROM THE NORTH.

The New York Hra'd, Of Monday, the
18th iast, has been received. 1t conta ins
the gold quotation Of the Saturday before,
from which We learn that gold went up to
l9S, aud stayed there. The following has
been the price Of gol,t at the end OF each
week sin, e Grants victories commenced
May 81, 1881 May %. los' Jaue 4, 1911 !;
June Ii, 1913. The generai news is not i'm
portant. We give brief summary Of it
Fsox GRANTS ARMY-pKrAaauxs or tsPIRED 1IsE
Rsa,MEsTs.
dispatch from the headquarters OF Grants 5th
corps, says, al have been compelled to chronicle
the departure of some regiments whose term OF
service has expired in nearly every recent letter.,
and goes on 10 noIice the departure OF the 2i Wis
consin, which carried away ls5 men and Is Oh.
eers including two surgeons. lt-had been In
fourtee battles, and lost 7s3 killed and wounded.
Gen Fenero and his IS colsrei infaRtry'' is rep
resented to have eohbied up 80 rebel cavalry ON
the 10th Inst.
The rebel sharpshOoters are stated to be very
fatal 10 the officers, and any ne wening shoulder
|
The tof.iGcations. Lieut. { !; Huttee, OF The I'd
c"nn., aud Lieut. Col Cotnsrs, of the ilth York
are among The latest victims.
The l.ouiss Journal nuliets the mar,yiUg
fact that len of Morgans men Threw 4 train on
ihe t.ack near Su.iihh@ld, KY, and eapiuted 70
Federal soldiers, whom they admiatsteTrd ah
oaiii 10 support tue southern Contedersey. They
were polite 10 The ladies', aud didn't take any
money except Government or company funds, ex
crpt III lew iEstances, where they borrowed
some change hom The male passengers to be Ie-
turned '' after the war; The cars, with the c1
eepton OF the ladies' coaches, were burned. The
conduct of The rebels was " strangely marked by
"A sho" Of gIlantfy ana an exhibit of desperate" "
sTANToa's Di.rATCH To DIX.
WAR DEpARrMENF.
Washington, Jane l2-l2 NJ.
Mojr General Dir:
A dispatch from Gen Hunter, dated at six O'Clock
on the Ming vi the Sth instant, al Stanton, re-
ports that
We met the enrmy at Piedmont last Sunday,
The 5th instant killing WIN Jones, their com
manding Geneiai ana totally routing them after "A
battle OF ten hours Duration We have captured
one thousand Hvc huudied piis0nCTs altogether
Thousand Hen and over sixty officers on The
1eid OF bauIs-aiso, three lhuus stan Il OF arms
three pieces 0f artillery, and a vast quantity Of
stores We have 10 day effected Junction with
Generals crook and AvCii.l
IL is stated in another dispatch, unofficial, dated
Stauhion June y, that sur inianlTy Is now engaged
burning ties and bending rails, east and west All
Government and IarOad buildings have been
hutuel 1t StauHtun. We leave 10 morIUw.
A dispatch froh Gen GIanls iIeaiquartrrs, dated
yesterday al NJ reports that rebel cavalry hav-
ing yesterday Inade DASH into Wilson's lines,
ntar The Lenhy House, Wilson this m0IniHs sent
on "A IA q % st 4
eneiBy WAS Their picketS were driven back and
their outer line iuIced ,le cavalry passing over
The entertainments about L Wfie west vi Bethesda
church hciat0sh came upon Field division OF
iniaRlfy, aud having accomplished the purpose of
his Reconnaissance, retired. lie kitied aud wound
cd d uuInbes OF rebels IN his progress, and Brought
away lour Or live prisoners. lie had sixteea men
Killed aud wounded.
Dispatches from Gen Sherman, dated at his
tic,ddna,teTs, Big Shany, Georgia, This morning,
have heen received Tney state that our lines
were within tour or i've hundred yetis uf The ems
Eiy bat no tshIing yet.
EDWIN ID STANTON, Secretary OF War.