The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-03

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THE WAg NEWs-HEAvY SKiRMIsH-
ING ALONG TIE LINE3--CAPIuRE
0r pRfs pSERS-TaE RAID Upon
ASHLAND, &c.
Although two coateacing armies lie cor
frda.;ag each other within few miles OF
Hiahnond-so near, indeed. that the boom +.
ira Of TIC guns Ia daily hcard-our peorin
srai, With cslmness ths resnit OF tho g'G,.a-
t,e Struggle, placing fall confidence Ia cur
i,5lo lssdey and he heroic army under ~,
conmani There Is TO Indlo cxc.tcmer.,
eai 40 cheek Is blancaed With fear. 81 fss
af goes on fayorae'y. cad there sro fen wlo
e.lertsio ang doubt Of the deal rssul.
ynoa Gzg IEs's ARMY.
The following dispatch from Gen. isee
wss received a: tho War nsIss.mert yes
teddy
EEApo'Es Aas!7 Eosrusas "a, >;
sune lst, iess, ?. .l-
E.;o-aNs 6a-ss.frv Ct iTaS.
There bss eeea sk'rntshi,s sleag the
lies to-day.
Gen. HIKE aad Gen, Ar3s.eon attacked
fhe enen7 IL their fsoat this forenoon. AMI
drovs ihc;a to their ertreaehmcnts.
This afternoon the enemy attacked Gen.
Es:h, su6 Ters handsomely sepuised hy
Cooks end hirkls21's h.isaSss Generals
1-ecklpridee and Malone droro The enemy
itoI their front, taking sbont one hundred
and nGy prisoners.
& foses Of tnm.irT Is reported to have sr>
rivsd as Tuus,aii's Station from tha White
House, eRd to he extending up The York
Hiesr Railroad. They stsso TIA. they be.
lcrg to 5giies's to,css. Respectfully,
3. z. Iss, Gen.
The sklrTaishiag along tAs linee Is recre-
seated TO have been very heavy, rsEiio1lsrr
:: lata hour io the evening. The segeree.
| i'sa.ing Tas shout .ishtfsll, 10 tho vic;hity
oi Caines' MI, &. which point the eaemt.
II uaassics .hsir troops, forced back CLING
mans brigade and gained = Temporary sue
c<as; but reinforcemsnts coming I'D, INC
enemy veTe repalsed with cona,cezat.e ioss
Il Killed, wounded ana prisoners.
Among tie incidents OF the ia; related TO
rs Is the following Iour companies O. q
Wisconsin, regiment, picked nen, vo.op-
taared TO charge C portion Of our hreast-
Totks. Our Eiea reserved their FIRE unti
/ Eth4y got 0:.b.a few yards Of the works
02+G try opsusd uoou them . deadly VOL
-, killing or wounainS tha whole. l. ia
faii that rot enc got back to tell the tale to
Is comrades.
Heavy ssiym'shing commeoeed about an
hour before snndowI to the left Of our cen
lts. ard continued nntil I9 oclocS at night.
Ias sneng advanced boldly to thes1 work,
BIZ. veIe faaliy vepulsed ana driven back
ho7ae tnree- quarters Of q mile.
IT the Eght Cear Galn0's Mil the Tayette
Artillery Of taIs city waa engaged. The
anacea nads four separate charges upon
,hc!g battery, but wsyo each time repulsAd.
Il was IN the third charge that Lieut.. Peyton
joha5top, W., son Of Peyton Johnston, Esa.
oi Richmond, was struck In the breast by =
Mimic ball and almost Instantly killed. He
vas desarT!ns young officer, highly popu-
Lar S!ta h!a command, aud much esteemed
By al! who knew him. THIS, We learn, VIVA
tie only casualty sustained By the battery.
We regret to hear report Of tho death OF
t3ionel Lawrence II. Ke.it, of the ?0th
S1a'h Carolina regiment, from wound re-
eal7et or Wednesday. There is faint hops
Fta2. this is erroneous, utfrom the source
vheoee ii comes We have reason to fear Il
i; too trua Colonel Kcltt was member If
'hs OLD Congress, and one Of tbs most
Ps2u!ag citizens OF South Carolina His
heAEt and soui were enlisted In the cause of
e}1thera independence, for which he has at
!eOgth given up his life.
General lee's dispatch confirms the report
We pub ihed yesterday, thst the advance Of
bltleE's troops had reached Tunatslrs Sta
ti20. on ths FORK River RAilroad. II wsa
reported Inst evening that they had 60. a.
saF IS Dispatch Station, thirteen mlies from
KehrAoD1.
jTgcl cuR OWN cosEEsgorDEsTI
Assy CT No&zH5Is vixcgsrA,
Near Mechaaicey.ils. Jaas y. %P d, ie64-
no general engagement ye., aud in uy
op'nion none 10 Likely to cccur very soon.
sesien!sy tasrs was sharp aud irregular
skirtnssing at points all slong the liues.
About threa O'CLOCK B.eck!nridge aanked q
Ane OF the enemy'a skirmishers, with the
nii Q! ferry's Florida brigade, capturing
n2oat one hundred prisoners.
Aoont nightsal! the enemy charged Hokas
Aass Gear aainss's hill, forcing back Cling.
naan's n C brigade, and gaining possession
''f wnlls OF good pieoo Of orz breast.
ToEsa' Coz Co!eaitt's Georgia brigade,
a0Ts7er, soon came to the rescus Of Cling.
T7'n, ana succseAed IN rspulsing the sasmy
sat capturing some ehy prisoners. Tia
iotcs which Haks tina engaged were the
1'f. 81 ond 81 divisions Of tbs sixsh cosos,
fas ensu7 tried their ola game. massinz
heavy columns sad pashiag them sgaipst .
sage point 10 our line |; bat, a usual, failed
s'acoanpl:sh anything moro than tempo
sary svocssA Our losa Is not believed to be-
oTfs two hundred, though largely more than
las aaness ars missing, but numbsrs Of
Ire msn are oom.rg IN almost every minuta
=. ,ng the killed IL Col Mprchisoa, Oh \.
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ABOUT three o'clock Yesterday evening
"iaons division Of Yankee cavalry, having
.s'r1ed on raid. bad gotten a. far - Ash
1asd' where they mat w q 8 Lees division.
q brisk dght easusd. eooa After the feht
osssan Eosser came In upon their rear AID