The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-16
THE WAR NEWS.

oiANdHttoh on tc no''h Se OF the James, ana mas
sent over a considerable body of troops. Some m
telicnt persons heleve that this is "A repetition Of
HIS strategy previous to sprnging The mine On the
soth OF July and that the object is TO draw oil our
forces from his front, and then strike blow for the
reduction Of Petersburg. n few davs will develop
tie truth or fsisity Of this theory
The following order was issticd hy General Hill,
concerning the gallantry OF the troops commanded
BY Malone in recent engagements:
/ HE,nauARrERa Tnssn ARMY coRPs,
August i, 1864.
/" GrEcyal order, No IL.
4" "Andcrson's DIVISION commanded by Briga li,r-
General William Malone, has 50 distinguished iisef
y its Successes duling the present campaign 10
merit the especial mention thc corps connaIder
ind he tenders to the DIVISION, ia officers and men,
his thanks for the eollanhy displayed by them,
whether attacking attacked
Thirty-one stand Of eolor4 fifteen pieces OF ar
tiery ami f,-r thousand prisoners, are the proud
rnenoztces which signaiizc is vsor and entle it
70 TIE admiration and gratitude Of our country.
Signed a, p, IIiIL. Leutenant-General"
The Yankee accounts Of the recent explosion at
City Point say it was the most terrific one OF The
kind in the history of gunpowder Two bargcs
loaded with ammunition Of various kinds, Were
blown 70 atoms, with all .her contents, consisting
OF bulk of about three thousand barrels. Shot,
shell and canister were hurled i'll all directions
amidst volumes of black smoke and avalanche of
broken timbe1s. new warehouse, FIVE hundred
feet long and fifty feet wide which had been erected
on the wharf and filed with connissary stores was
9hatered into fragments. The debris Of the wreck
were scattered over q surface of more than 4 mile
and alia h.oT T,,-
ams's Express office. the adjoining Government
buildings, and train Of cars, were also DESTROYED
Grants official dispatch says that ffty-four persons
were killed and hundred and eight wounded
mostly blacks.
1t is stated that the unfortunate citizens of Prince
George county, now within the Yankee lines haa
beon treated WORSE If possible than others placed in
similar circumstances. They have not only been
Subjected to personal insult and abuse but have had
their property destroyed and provisions stolen, and
| lett IN almost starving condition.
A report is current that Aia1ias Gillian we'll
known citizen OF Prince George, who was taken
prisoner by the Yankees and confined at tie Rip
Raps, is dead. lie was f man well advanced il
years, and held prominent position nsociety
AFFAIRS DOWN THE RIVER,
The following letter Is interesting, detailing as it
dots The events preliminary 10 the heavy skjr1nsit
OF Sunday, near Foul-Mlc- Church, between MAJ
yeIn Hill and Newmarket:
"LrNF or BATTLE, FTEips's DIVISION,
"DAvis's tARA, August Al, l%Gi
g To the Editor At the Richmond UtsDatth:
" Ilie hrlng Of opposing piclsets mas been very
heavy sll the morning, but with no casualties Of
consequence on our side. The sunboats ana ill.,
land batteries have presented Us inccssantly all the
morning with any amolslt ii IRON compliments
III the shape OF eiLmpketloef tll < gssiya nature.
In fact they Are magnificent graYe-dggels as well
as gTave-dllers.
"our pickets are some three-lourths Of a i,ilc in
front, and the blue abdomen5 five hundred yards
distant.
"Aajor-General Field and ffpassed down the line
this morning whilst the Sunboat missiles were most
promiscg,ously flying but neither himself nor staff
exhibited any inclination to dodge General Field
Is certainly made of good staff
During Brigader- General BenDinq's absence
(wounded,} Colonel Dubose. of the Fifteenth Geor-
gia, is in command of his brigade and is valuable
officer.
1.-THE weather is oppressively warm, nnd we have
no shelter from the swclterng heat Water, too,
is scarce and We suffer much for the want oft
N- 'AO" A'ioi ~'i IL III position III sOOt Hiito.
and proves palpably annoying to the Yankees, yho
pay great portion of their respects to it alone
Both sides are manUuyTing for position, and each
move so far is oheokrnated.
"PRIvATE OF SEVENTEENTH GEoRGIA.''
The affair of Sunday, We are assured by persons
who We're present, amounted 10 no more than a
skrmish, our line of battle not having been en-
gagged at all. The Yankees, III fore, attacked our
line Of skirmisher5, and pressing them heavily,
compelled them 10 fall back Four eight-inch how
itZels, which troops had been using mortar g
were abandoned, but our shaipshooters and Parrot
guns, on eninence near by, kept up such an in
cessant fiIslade that the Yankees dared not APP
proach to take possession of the guns. This patly
success Of the enemy viii doubtless be inflated into
an overwhelming victory, according to their
tom OF exageeratiOn.
The heavy firing heard down the river on Sunday
il said to have been caused by renewal Of the gun
boat engagement but have intelligence of the
result. In official quarters last night We could
learn nothing of the situation OF aftirs down the
river
FROM THE VALLEY--MOSBY AT WORK.
At the latest accounts Sheridan's command was
mile and half beyond Strasburg Some skirinish-
ing Hdd taken place WIN our iorces III tiat Flify,
but general engagement.
A few days ago Mosby attacked one of the enc
nays wagon trains at Benyville in Clarke county,
destroyed it, and captured quarteImaster's wagon,
with large amount in grecnbaeks lie also took
some two hundred or three hundred prisoners, who
We're at Gordonsville yesterday their way South.
Good for Mosby.
THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA.
The only additional intelligence we have from At
lanta will be found under the telegTaphio head A
storehouse set fire by the enemy's shells, and
| that and some other buildings consumed A
dispatch, dated August s, from high officer In
Hoods army, gives cheering view Of the situation
1t says 'Ihe enemy have thus far been defeated III
every engagement. They are evidently much DIS
prited since they lost twenty eight hundred Of the
raiders in endeavoring to penetrate Central Georgia
Atlanta is safe All hopeful and in the best OF
| spirits"
NORTHERN NEWS.
The New York Herald of the llth instant, re-
ceiyed in Petersburg, contains very little news A
very large meeting for Mcclellan was held in New