The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-20

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! Iynchhurg. These combinations exhibit profound
| knowledge of the art of on the part Of General
Grant, and although he did, at the outset discard
the plans ol med by General Mc,lcllan fortho cam
| Iaigu against Richmond, htS adoption of tho1n at
the present time shows that he is not unwilling To
! follow in the footsteps and after the advice of the
| li!u ,tr0us leader Of the Army of the Potomac.
| CAPTURE OF TWO or rHF LOCAL FORCES
| The following paragraph, i'll letter to the New
| York Times from Eutler's army, will assure the
| friends Of the two citizens Of Richmond named Of
| their safety:
| Among the prisoners brought 10 hcadQuuters
two nights since We're ptlu OF remarkable ChlIaC-
tens, both i. f. VS., and employees the Treasury
Department at Re hTnond III the Comptroller 5
Office and the other in the Fourth Auditors. Their
EamrS arc 1lCny and MCtTac. These gentlemen
are both i'll the "Sear and yellow time Of h.c, the
latter having been relieved from duty a u MAJOR in
the r"Ia service some time since, account of hlS
Their story is, that they conn pirl 10 take
the field last week, ani wcr" placed on picket Duty
a. persons who could be tiusttd not 10 desert. ON
h'iHg relieved ty the corporal Ut the guard, they
moved of they believed, the direction Of their
their muske'S with them. Each Of them expressed
much Chagrin at having committed 50 gross an Cr-
ror, aud begged General Butler 10 believe they We're
not de.etters. There some thing very udicrous
III the appearance of these dIsconsOlitc old gentle
mcIi they stood cIooiing over the cau!-Grc en-
d'vorlng t. keep the warmth i'll their bodies, and
hcHc,5 for their stupidity in being such uuskIllfl
rilotr-each generously taking the blame Of the
nnrhap. Their dress was unique. Tho .V-n1lor
Wore ms t-oh regincntaI4, and stood with Lcnt
head, and features almost obscuIed hy the peak ri
his little gIcy cap. which rested upon his lrIIIlcd
MUuati,hr. Mr Me- rae WIS hdhtrt in highly
unmllit.uy -aub OF thrcadbaIc black, ~wua tai
coat and stove-ppe hit, and had his shoulders
swathod i'll Jingy-W hit" lauk,t. General Batter
assured these poor Old solyrs that they should b.
treated IS piIfoiirrs OF Wtr, ana III the molnng
they Were sent oil with number OF their fellow
pttllvt- 70 the prison camp, Point Lookout.
FROM OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WITH sHrEMNS
CuI-hALT"N SURF NDEEEp I" GENERAL Hpun.
Stanton no longer prctenis to receive dispatches
from sherman. The Hr,a'5 says nothing can bc
heard from him, aid the Iior7 thinks it i, because
he is "clo~ing i'll upon the rebels" The latest IN
t,lliscncc from GEORGIA IS the following dapltyh,
dated Chattanooga, the 18th
The reports ol scouts fd to show the presence
"i any considerable body Of the cn,rny north OF
luHi liiH. Waiter ana Whitfield couutiys have
undoubtedly htll secured 10y snail body of rebel
cavalry, which has not been very effective III de-
>trOl the railroads, though pos, Il Al
tn, and tut little damage H believed t. have h',H
Un,,;7 bio ktlel here on th.ir wty to In, llont
nav" been oId"''i 10 ll'Iar" l. l"ln thor com
iItI.d~ IT once.
G,n,I.sl Soioliri sent out Il strong accommodating
party to-day to discover the whtIcabout, of the
bel column eat = be moving towards the west.
Scouts II the FoTty-toulth colVIcd regiment i'll
the garrison at DUIun, vino escaped after Colonel
J"hEson's surrender, arrived here to-day. they
owe numerous accounts OF the affair They state
that they were picket, wanted t. fight, knocked
over the tiag-bc;Ipr and, after the surrender,
fused to stay cauaht.
RinEg1li and the intermediate points have been
strengthened hy General :, hoiicl
We have nothing definite a to Hhcmln'- whore
dhouts. lie / known . bc energetic ty At work T.
opp and srty uI Ii, tn. O. t. tttlt matter