The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-09

The Philadelphia Inquirer, al the 9TH last,


with Grant : gurccsses, aad staiM that hi, march
Hp Ia the latest aicif"s. had been An uninterrupted
s-fie. al tsiu,aphs. The faqattf etates thai TIE
GDvrtaMe0t has Al last trfssra 10 c"nrruta'" AIS
iurces and cojirc ct around Rsshiaend such over
wi,ctmine fnee ~ to f,aaef it ply sicIiiy tmp,s-
sihic in th, rebels defend !, suece stniiy. Pope
l. en- Inutc To Grant win cW' veteran troops =
Hunter - also moving IN the Ft direction thtuus
the Valley OF Virginia. other aid, 0f which the
pattic uars are not given, viii scn unite with the
great Amy of the Potomac.
A Vja,j,ca: ion Of IsatleT'S campaign appears in
The insair.r which has been evidently prepared
with Butter knowledge and aPt',O val. u Is claim
ed that Butler has accOmp ished all that was ex-
pecl.d 0f him, aud t1 The tstiaFe To capture Rich
moui, rests with Grant, and not Butler. Butter
secured base OF James liver, iHimcditleiy threw
out n large force, destroyed the Richmond and
Petersburg railroad eGecfually that IL was rem
defcd entirely useless 10 tie febeis of twenty one
days, and at The same time seriously threatened
Richnon.i.apd Petersburg. This, IL is alleged. was
more than Batter agreed To aec0Mp!i IL Grant
only desir.d him to Keep the railroad imperative
for seven days, fer thea kichiaoid would be In his
possession but at the time the writer penned his
communication, twenty seven days had elapsed,
Tut Grant had not eent 10 TINT
The w!lt"r also states titt butter hdd strongly
fortified his position alter failing back ftOa the
trout oi Diewry's Bui, manned his Qualifications,
aud built psntoOn bridges across the APPOmlt'Ox.
That he had mObiized his army, aud iutendcd ON
the very night Of the day up01 which peremp.oiy
order came ius him 10 teiSioret tiIant, To threw
I0,0O troops ACROSS the aver, sSa march upon
Petersburg. The writer tsows tlT y tse movenient
must have proved successful, bnt sl,e much needed
rcintoIctheHts, ief Grant bail ed the whole
scheme,
Edisey tc!cgraphs that - desrrtets from Bclure-
CARDS army had ,eacI,-i him ia 0,ie hatch, aud
That "thrts we're arriving every night, from which
IL - atf,i, that l:r .ael aiaiy l. ih gteaty de
ii..ai.2Ta C0aditibn.
The ftlhs Missis.ippi drpsstment has been
Virtually al iiioT.d, aod J:;mlti 3 Amy Corp,
which was with Bank !, Lla Iele ned Chattanooga
T. "a
crossing adhisably, ana EiI prospects idf the cap
tasc of Atlanta are said 10 he ali that The Lincoln
u0vGrBniaHt could expect,
The Convention winch met An baltimore yestcT
day, it is stated, would certainly nominate Liac0ln
Tor the Piesidcncy-in fact ii is asslIted that no
other name was thought Of. Several prominent
m@R were spoken ut In coanec ton with The wee
fIrsidsncy-amons Others that 0I Daniel : Dick
insun.
Gold was anottd on the ~ atal 90. Al 81.
The official aHd ol!ie. 81 patches are nol worth
copying with the exception OF two, which are lies
OF such unusual magaiulie thai they are really In
tefesiing. Here Is one
, y, To MAJOR Gen Dix dispatch iium Grn
Grant, dated this moIniug. JHae I'd, AT bethesda
Church, O'Clock a NJ, has just been received. 1t
si.lcs that 'yeseriay ailrInoon All attack was or
Il red tp be made LETT al Cold llaIb1uT by
the sixth corps, and the tio0Ij und';i Smith War
rcR, fnInsidr, aad ianco,k being 'ii Iii readiness
To advance i'll iiie.f respective itohts Inc attack
WAS M a,te with spirit about NJ, continuing until
after dark, and resulting in our carrying tue cHe
my'5 works On the right Uf the sixth corps, where
still hold lhe ana also the hrst li0e la fIont OF
Smith
..rhe latter, however, wers commanded In the
rear, which made those carried untenabie The
cnrmy made repeated assaults on each OF the
corps not engaged in The main assanit but were
Ispnised with los. ia every instance. Several hun
iIcd prisoners We're taken, hat cannot say what
number, nor estimate either our 0t the eEeMys
Daring The night the enemy mair
seves,i assaults 10 'tgain what ilev ,'ad iosi tut
faiitd.o
No dispatches from any other quarter have
te.ieted tiis department I" day.
Epw,N II. SrAaroS,
tr.rttafy oi Way.
And this is the other, dated al rotsess Nlohi"e
om The ii iastani
The staamer George Washington, from white
House at O'Clock this Mnrning, has arrived II
is reported l!iat General FitzhUsh Lee aud Hvt.
h lGl;Iei vi his cavalry Wcia captured laat night
while attealPiR. ID make u rad ia iir direction
OF The White House. Gem,sai ,j,ai.h Mair
the capture.
army.
THREE wKLK5
The New York Herald, OF May lsth, gold -
had an editorial In which the following paragraphs
occur. They read rather strangely June oth tgoid
l3e):
Aveiiii has been making sad havoc Of his de-
pots and bridges In Southwestern Virginia, On the
railroad leading to Lyachburg, and Sigel, no
doubt, Is tsposlhg OF the scanty surplus stores re-
naming in the Shenandoah Valley. General But
iers army has stepped in, and holds the road lead
ing soMi', from Richmond through Petersburg, and
Kauiz's cavalry ere this have off the Uanvlitc
line. Under all these enlbarfassnientS, touching
this vital matter Of subsistence, how long can Le,
maintain tie un qnsi contcst with Gen Grant,
and how long can kiehmOnd hold out No long
er, either ease. thaii ms c0nmssaIy department
can supply his soldiers with at least one scanIy
meal per day, but. other rcbci drawbacks tOnsid.
eira, not quite so t0ng.
Gen Lee i5 not only cut OF from his supplies
outside OF exhausted Virginia, but from his Ieia-
tnrcemcnts He caNnot even dIa W upon Richmond
without nskins The immediate capture of the city.
Ills amy OF one huuifet thousand effective Hicn
ten days ago cannot RoW much exceed sixty thuG
sand, while The army OF Gen Grant, by nirio'ce-
mcnts from w ashingtDn, As We are Informed, has
Already repaired its losses in the late battles. The
recent heavy rains white temporarily artesing the
advance OF Gen Grant upon the euciny's works,
have been highly advantageous TO him III other
speeis The gaps in his ranks have been tilted up,
aud his weaiicd soldiers have been refreshed by
litlr rest and abundant supplies Of PROVISIONS,
while the amy vi Lee, without rcinf,Eeements,
and upon its daily reduced ratiOtis, becomes
weaker even while standing still.
AT this season, in Eastern Virginia, single day
Of sunshine will sufficiently dry up the sandy soil
for military OPERATIONS, even after week of soak
Ing rains We may expect, Therefore from General
Grants extraordinary activity, that with the
appearance OF the sun he will resume the work
before him, and that, should he izd the enemy 10
strongly entrenched for direct assault, he will hit
upon way, by fanking, 10 bring him out. Mean
iiac, let the Government send forward its rein
furcements and supplies without stint, that the
campaign may not laRgnish for lack Of either
The meA and the means are at the command Ot
the Administration for short aud decisive work.
iet them he brought iat0 ftluisitHa aud let Pres.
iient Lineoih bear in niiad lhat this goli-n oppor
tuhity luf Growing caMpaisA OF victories, IL
Uttered away on hta part viii surely be his last.
The extraordinary energy OF Gen Grant require.
some thing more tum the Administration than the
extraordinary sloWness which has hitherto maj ked
its support OF our Generals In Virginia. Secretary
Stanton is now doing WE'LL but to ''Inake assurance
dUubiy sureo now, while the iron Is hot, bet
President Lincoln push on his reinioicements, hot
forgetting that We have iity thousand disciplined
militia In the Central States that can be made
ready TO march 10 Washington upon ten days
notice.
FOREeODINGs AT fHB NORTH.
We ind the Northern press, Republican and
Democratie, filled, at the commencement OF a cam
paisn, with forebOdiDgs Of disaster:
at SEEMS TO Us casier,'' says the New York
World, $50 state for fearing that thu eoun-
try is ON the verge OF teriibie Catastrophe, than
for believing that the hour 0f It's Tcdemptou draw
eth nich ii Gen Grants Campaign should result
in disaster, no does not that the country
would be at once 0veIiaken by financial tornado,
pfOstsating every thing in its path -
The Springfield Repab1iesn, a Government paper,
makes, il possible, more gloomy record. Ii says:
"Thiaes begin to inok sqaaliy. A Government
dollar is worth but aas cent-; speculation ts run
aInx uD The p1iees nj ihe neressaries Oi life even
faster ihan the Government paper runs down; The
wealth Ut the cOuatry IL pass,Re ffoa, the aany 10
the tew, and the fabnriAg classes are kec0miag