The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-21
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 2l. 1861.

ren Ike hnlloeks to the slaughter pens, that you
might bhiid your fortunes and feed your ambition
upon thsir caseasscs think no. That Nemesss w.
forget the day Of reckod,Hg. II 10 you, meddirrs
with the social system Of your fellow men, II 10
yon !ae;nagOgues, who have nHrsed c0nvulslon that
fon might ssaap power out Of chaos, II 10 yos.
iHsnsiat!ng upon the wealth F-aized BY pour coun-
uys agony, it's you, that The people will cali TO
account In the hour Of reihbatttn.
A correspondent OF the NeSs, writing from wash
fnston. says:
No reliA,ie account of the battle of Spotsylvania
on the 9th has yet reached here. Thst Il was a
desperate and bloody one Is Ceraiu. The loss Of
Gen Sedgwick aiane IL a heavy calamity on our
eide. II IL most Akeiy that after the engagement
ti.a Lee retired 10 his next defensive line, the
right bank OF tie North Anna river II is believed
here, and 1t IL quite probable, thai Gen Grant eit
himself too much weakened, and believed hts
army tao mach exhausted 10 renew the conflict
yesterday. Even Mr. Stanton says piainly: "GeR
(the 10th) Way not? Now Is the time 10 make
his victory decisive, II he has won victory. He
had large corps de rcs.rp, so QUO strong, when he
started on this expedition Where Is IL For now
Ia the time to ,rse IL. 1t IL a reserved corps no
longer. He WAS compelled 10 bring II into action
on The 9th, ana 1t took prominent part IN ths ac-
zion both OF that day aud fhe 9Th.
The idea prevails here some extent that g.
portion al least of Bea9fegard's troops vera with
Gen Lee In Aii Of these battles: that Gen Meaie
has encountered the latter IN his utmost strength
ana tDlt Lee CaNHUt any tuftHcI
from, Beauregard. THIS ts entirely erroneous. No
portion Of Beauregard's troops have been with Lee
20 beauresard aud his troops have been assigned
the defence of Richmond, as to him was assigned
the task Of seeing that the city was property fort
fed. When seauregard turns up, 1t will he At the
rebel capital and there Will his troops also be
fund. II they are needed ny Gen Lee on the
North Anna river, oi On the PAMunkey, they viii
reach him there. But nothing has transpired yet
10 indicate that he does nee men. The troops that
were encountered by Ruler, near Petersburg. were
some troops that had recently been In North Caro-
iina As regards any attack that Butler may make
upon Fort Darling or the other forts SOUTH OF Rich
mund, II will he labor In vain, for he can make no
impression whatever upon them The prepOste-
story that Fort Darling has been captured, and
that the obstsuctions In the James river have been
removed, ~ already exploded.
col. DAHIGRxls ORDERS.
The Washington correspondent OF the Spring
field (Mass) Republican te,egrsphs as follows:
The facts IN regard 10 the correspondence he
tween Gems Meade ana Tee, concerning The dis
patches found on the body Of Col Dahgren, are as
follows Gen Lee addressed letter To Gen Meade,
dated April |, enc Osing photographic copies Of
the papers, and asking whether they had received
the sanction of Col D1hlgren's superior officers,
and were approved by the Government Of the Uni
ted States~Fot s0me reason Lees letter wasn"t
received until the l5.h. Gen Meade referred the
communication To Gen kilpalfick, who replied
that they were not the instructions which he Xii
fatrickb had maxi ed ny M endorsement In red Ink
Just b-tnIe he and pahsrrn sepaiatrf, and that he
had never seen them before. Gen Meade trpii'd
that the papas not copies OF any orders given
to Cot Dahigren by his superior Oiicers that they
were not approved by the Government Of the U.
s, and that he tMeade) had given no distractions
Ia the tate cavalry expedition not warranted by
The necessities OF their situation, sanctioned by
tue nsaSes OF warfare. The photograph copies
have been received at the War Department, aud
there seems To be reason for doubling theii
| genuineness.
| HOW BETTER WHIPPED neAUREaARD's TROOPS.
| The most langhabie dispatch we find in th'
Northern papers is the following dispatch from
Butler TO Stanton. 1t was written before the whip
ping he got Monday:
Beauregarh, with large portion of his com
mand was LEFT south Of the cutting o! the railroad
| by Gen. kantz. ThaePofiion which reached Pc
| tersbure under Hill / have whipped 10 day
| killing and wouniins many, and taking many ptis
| uneTs, s:ler IA ssaii Contested night.
| Butler had slao teleg.aphed TO Gen Grant TO h'
| of good cheer, that he had whipped Beautaeard Al
Tho head OF large body oi febels, near Petersburg
on r Saturday tbe 7h and that II The Army OF an
| Potomac did noi take Rchmond, he would.