The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-20

~, artillery. &c. and reautFiag tnaxiMnm Of
one ihoasana vesy il,,le rsmsins Of the original
corps, save ia the rfgretal Of IT'S past
officers and the formidable fosi6cstt"as It's
have erected here since the suFsendes VI Port fIud
son General Andrews has Rone North On leave.
Gen Uhiman succeeding TO snc Command, and q
full and carri0l tas pcction Of all the works and
tnrcea iast week by den z Sherman (ssito iast q
ieg In the ss.se o Port Haass'al has Esra rise to
a iuMor ai "A iirliief ctahsr ~ t"nhshdsfs -
What the idti,e OF the eetps wr' DC 'ieafs no"
upon the a,,patisn II rxpraieney win the Pt.ssi
BILE imleses Is ot nccessiiics nf our standing army
warrant the ehurhiOus txprhst "f ossa"izi"g and
drng cOl0red troops anl bti"fing tAein up Ia the
soutb asricultsra,,v are catiel out, the demand
for labor of acciiuiated blacks Wi iac Teisc the
available number IL diminished Dy the require.
meats Of a large army there wli' ne an increased
opposition 10 MaIstaiaiag black regiments The
question Is OF Immediate aud great import tnce.
To fill up the black regiments In this d. fpNtmen'
alone would require twenty thou saad neW recruits
and the relative mortality U. white and bia ruOps
seems 10 iiir,t that il would be better t0 let the
preseat biack org ami die uat, ana supply Their
places, ii the necessity contuued, ifom the army
Of foreigners n0w seeking uut shofes. BESIDES
iiis reason there is another entering Into c0hside
ration Of the subject, namely the greater cost Of
maintaining eOlOred troops lney are undeniably
Idle, lazy, unpfoducive and wastetu'. The loss
Oy wear and tear, such as the expense VI keeping
up their uniforms and equipments, OF camp and
garrison equlpagc, and all kinds OF military stores
and property, promises 10 exceed very greatly the
corresponding expenditure for white troops, and II
Is scarcely for doubt that their services are
TAR tess abie both In quality and quantity, to
the Government. THE subject Is one whach com
n'cnt itself very 10 :ciby all VIII" have An tnte
resi- 10 the future character and eonaiiuh oi our
national hoops.
The 81 Louis Repu3liean, coIuaieatiiig on these
facts, say,
We add nolhias to facts like these, though
they ate tut repetition ot thousand similar
facts 'ql laiiy Significant. IL Is well asked " Who
has The conntiys auj The afmy's interest most al
heart the intn VINO advocate Or tht meG who
oppose The negro soldier plans land ibis inquiry
extends equa " 1" The u0serRnent plahtaiions aud
the employed ia puteiy military service. II the
AdMinisiIa alton had started out with the avvW el
purpose nt securing The extinction OF the negro,
IL could Bot have done mDre TO secure that end.
GRANT g "fINs tn RNtNG MavEMESFs.'- now HE WAS
IN h,v1 OPERATED On MccLsLLAs's OLD aaorND.
II is very amusing 10 read extracts from The army
correspondence of the New York papers, explain
ing the iiink movements Of Grant. An extract
from letter 10 the Y Times, written on the
Tuesday before the terrible repuiac ot Friday, June
1st has the following strategical NpIanaiiOn;
The present position of this army Is the ult of
that hue tiinlng movement, which, commencing
Thursday last, IN two days planted our cops
acIoss the faninukry river, fendercd u Seless The
elaborate rebel detences of the South Anna. and
secured COMMUNICATION with York Tivrr, The
Chesapeake, and The ample resources which thes.,
waters tiJat OF this movement I have sent you
such reports rs il has been possible 10 send with
such iatreguent opportunities of communication
as are afforded fear, however, that no reports
which you can have received aie at all adequate t.
tofth The true presentation OF this great opera
ton in strategy Your readers would require bet
ter s,aps .haa possibly be accessible 10 them,
and would need TO bring them to an amount vi
study OF which you are capable IN order 10 grasp
It's relations and its reality. Enough that it has
itt kiChmUnt.
thai Ii has foi.ei the plans and purposes OF the
willy enemy, ana has br yht us to easy cOminuni-
clion with a secnte aud perfect base. | m'ist not,
however, ioIbedT Ia ensphaai2; ouc point. Ii ap
pears to be conceived ,hai ms movement is IN
deistoCd TO be a foil0y.ng mp Oi the cnemy, vino
is supnnsed ta have fallen biek iivn his lines be
tween TIE North aad South Anna conception
which does injustice TO the grneralstip Of our
commander.
II was no, Lee but Cant tia, took the intia-
i've. Lee would gladly have ttuaGintd his iiues
along The SuutN Auna, aud would willingly have
awaited battle there. but he was forced his
hciish.d position, just as he wis compelled 10
cvacuate the lines oi Sp0tsytvania by An offensive
movcm.nt threatening his communications
!n0vcn ent boid III conception aud mastery in
execution "Ihere are says the Archduke
Charles, ''b1ttes which are already won by the
mere direction OF The strdtegi: line Of advance -
Ia like srnse II caa be iliriy clain,ei that by
couple OF days marching ttIts amy has stinad 4
victory more substantial than IA Week 5 hard pount
ing could in the situation We have Wou; and that
we ate entitled so 10 reg ard this great flank move
ment Is confirmed by the tone OF mingled nioitfi
cation and braggadocia III which the kichmond
press treats II.
The Washington Uaioa, presuming that Mr.
Grant would enter Richmond from sold ground
of Mcclellan reached by '',hat fine turning
movement," Thus explains how the operation was
to be accomplished;
In the attack on Richmond it will be necessary
lhn VOW ,s.sip a
Mcclellan General AvcTili occupied naWes's
shop and Shady Grove at the time 81 the Hanover
Count House fight pr Garneti's farm was Occu
pied by the Coniederates, and here they W i'll make
a atubbarn resistance, a. The natural deicnces OF
,he place will .dmt thcm 10 to Sd. Gen Badly
Smith 3 division tuped tn pOsitiun i'll font
THIS farm airt the battle Al Faif OAKS, ahL had a
daily .,ttiiItIy GIT Al thIt mc The T0iopaIo
n,uy creek cutters the T talunkey some three mites
below ii iianovertown, and about eight miles above
the Whuc House II is not much OF stream,
bat the banks III tunes ale quite muddy anu dtts
cult 10 be tofded
ID will be necessary iur General Grant 10 invest
Richmond properly, 10 occupy The very ground
Mcclellan did, throwing has left wing around to .
wards the Charles City COurt House road, and his
right beyond Mechanicssiiie IL will be very
important point tor him 10 get possession of tae
south side OF the Chick ah0mmy. The country in
| the nt ishborhood which The Federal army occu-
pies, is covered with small pines, with here and
Ii,cr. anSipcuing which is under cultivation A
great deal Vi thc county Is swanpy, and at times
il is ain impassabfe To travel except foot il.
The Mcchanicsvie road William, sblte stage road
and the Charles City tOuft House toad, The
principal thOroughia cs tom kichnUnd, and u
ike kchmOnd these three roads must be coupled
la fact the city should be invested faom Aikca's
Landing on the James river, to and beyond Me-
chanicsvlllo, and this cannot be done elfcciualy
uuii GcMrTai Grant occupies The south branch vi
the ChickahOnsiny, and then he centralize his
forces nj any given point, much quicker than IN
Nc ielan did, hr did not 0ccupv all the south
bpi ira
the Williamsburg stage road, beyond the Burnt
ChimBeys, which Is within seven miles of Rich
m""d. Is a ci-aring, b"h,nd which is the swamp
front of + air Oaks. When Gen Gramt does this, he
Is IA Gen AcCielians Old pusitivn with a much
larger force.
M0RGAN's RAID N KfNIrCkY-FoRCRs sKkr IN PuR
STIR or AiM-sTt ffauE OF RAILROA faAINs, sc.
The tincinnau papers Of the oh contain some
of the particulars of Gen Morgan's raid into Ken
iaoky. lie begun his work on the X kentucky Cen
uai kaiirOad On The sh, and proceeded to tap ,he
stations, beginning near Oyathiaaa, and shortly
afterwards reaching that town. The Gdz.ae says
Ciuzens who came down from Cyathiana say
thai iher neighbOfs OF rebel procivilies, Wt, had
taken the Presidents amnesty oath, inctudfng
some who had beGn IN srOet service, were n ioi.
cling aud shOutiag openly al Ihe ito them
state OF things.
1he reports that the Paris bridge was burued. ana
that the train down from l.exiBgtOn was captured
are untrue The train came as fst Paris and
thea returned
Iu reference to the means employed to eap,ur.
or drive out the invaders II may not be we'll e
speak In detail. Luckily, Gen hobson had just ar
rived from Gen Burbridgc's command, VIM had
been seeking 10 prevent the progress VI Morgan
aud having failed, he Il now OF his track iu lht
rrar and viii endeavOT 10 pteyeAt bis eRrcss =
Gen HObs0n's mission this way was t0 aA0p
MEASURES 10 protect more tiicctuaiy The iexins-
Ian naitfa,ad blt arriving too late for thai he a