The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-30
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Tcu have already been sdftssd Of ire E.ovenea;
of G,ae;s army down the sss. bank cs .hs Pa-
munkey. This change of front .asde It sscesaar5
Coz Gen Lae 70 abandon hi. very s:soes ossion BE-
h,ed the Eclsa Anna, and 10 march down The
Ga;h side Of the PcruInseT. Grsss had twelve
houss the esaI, nf h;u. however, having taken
advsntsse OF the daIknsss ON ,hs night Of the Ssh
sad pus bis whole army u osion. &c he'd The
advsEiase aiss Of shorter and more direct road 80
Hanover Town sni New sssue the eotais q. which
be hss tbsewn q consiAssat;e fosoe sasoss .:.s
ives Il T. Hos kaewa whether bis entire .smy
has crossed u ths sauia caHs, hu, TIC cavalry
repos. Two cosps Il, !Ssst, ara proosbiy more, cu
this sid-; Is 1t known bow far hs has advanced
ou, from The river. Br, whatever his pesi,ion, 0,
ans, or numbers, It Is teiisred that &c has bssu
completely ehacknated by Gen Lees las. move
upon tas military enessboaId. 1! would tie ohvi-
rasly iapIoprs 10 be more particular, but may
venture say that the s.rJ, i1eiudin: ofoess aI.;
usn, was EeveI MoIa satisfied viz ihe aisuat.ou.
nsver more sesoiate, aud oevez mo1s so.d.isa! q
success
Bn. vii Grant uinvs ag-:as, Ki>hnnad ~ the
fcats iskea b7 Mcclellan ! oan n. expecr. si!eE
bic erpchancs as Sposs:ivanis Court House, 10 hs
able - cIose the CkickshoMny aEG cs..y the
wosks by which soa capital Ia defended. Prison
eEs say he has piouiss.d his men that ts viii no,
ssoui,s them 20 attack CoRfedesata breas;syu, ks
any mote, ncr will ke expec, them hereafter to 60
any bat Ias most necessary wetk on the Sshtas,l,
If tlts be true then be Will Dad 1t necessary 70 at
tack RichHsnEd tsssn eosnS o,iier potn, than tie
Chic cis1nsatay. What saVis viii hs teAs VIII hs
nvve upon A:ies-s station, On the Wig ola ces,Eai
galway. ecfos imagine os g.ii be march ever
the crimson nsids Of Nsehsreayii.e, Gsjness mill
and Erassras farm or will he try % reach the
5au.es river, form junction with Buslsr and then
throw his whole army across the hichnord and
Petersburg aod the Richmond and Esavii.s rail
soads, and thus cut our communications with the
more southern 6ia.sss Tais las, plan would se In
accordance with the movement hy which he IN
relopad vicksecEg, and destroyed ali hcpe Of sua
cor. Butte. 20 already firmly dxed On the marrow
neck Of land nj Bermuda Hundreds, his ks and
resr protected by the james and Appon.attox rivers.
and his front BY formidable line os enIenchmenis
should Grant once succeed IN fjrmirg junction
with him, and especially ia transferring bis army
TO the soat side Of the James river, he might take
position behind the ApPonaitDx occupy Petersburg
and cut the only two railroad Ns~s by which oar
suppltpS 4se drawn. I say be cGShi do thi--it
shauld be xdaad, Exortded he did net have Lee ssd
HeauIsgard tn Contend with. ~ tth these masters
OF the art Of war before BIN, Ia viii fad It, let US
hope, an impossible undertaking. eu. thai he hss
such scheme IN his dst.na bsska is tot at all
improbable.
rode along the ilnes 10 day, und faunj the saeo
resting after their many matches and bald betl.es-
S0ancWese reading their well ,hambcd Bibles; some
indictihg ictters IN tha loved once al home,
assure tEt "a Ot ts1cl E63est SOUS were s3ef p48S-
perchaEcs dreaming Of the hoody work etil rs-
mining 70 be dons otbei1 were enjo, Ing the n:u-
sic Of sbc brigade bands, as they rehesIseG these
eo.emn 1rd touching airs which the gsaGd old mas
teTs OF the c1t divine, In their nost holy aud ias
pessioued moods, have given to the world aud
Others esain were si:.iRg under the trees,
with their Arms etacae1 near VI hand, listening
to the Word Of Life, rs preached bg those faithful
servants Of God, tae hardy, zeaious, ssitdeay ing
chapieins of the army "A shs army thas rested
Its great heart qsies, Its hugo a1nls uns,runs. its
6sst feet stiii-i could bus reject, aud wonder u
reaec.sd, thai this vast mechins. h!s mighty
etsut this sSeat, vnEas ssured, and tDns sasufab:s
power, Should bs terrible In baltic, and ys. TO
calIu and eeaiis Ru6 dsvo9! Ia ,he koUS Of PeSos.
Ii bas keeA anusReiiy Gaiet 10 day; R0a @ gUn
hEs bseu d5ed sicnS the lines NaS Is II probable
that there VIII BE battle very soon. Yesterday
evening there was G saver engegs,nsnt teswean
partitions OF HsDr:on'e nzld filxs0gh Leo,s aave;Ej
commando and she Federal eava!rt, hut I ga nc:
tRfOsmsd Of the dst3ils ana shall moi s.teusls 10
20 tho desat!s. I only know that it 10 reported
thS, the finh South CaxOiknss Colonsi Danuoyaat,
and the rsen;ieth 0s1xg.s Hsssliou, Msj. Hiiisf,
psssion >f tas nev caraly foicas that oosns on
seceniiy from ,hs sosth, w.rs engaged, behaved
very handsomely, aAd suffered cc0sideTabiy. Trey
yepnlsed the snamy's cavalry and dove thsm hsch
vpo0 WaSsn's corps, which they also &lsackc6
II wes here tha; they euiased ost. Il 10 said shs
ssjos Miller was killed, with many 0shess, And
thai Colonel DuluoyGQf loet an arm. SAxxcjT.