Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-09

CITY Point dlspatch says. l.-N
The enemy abandoDed.the ground in front
Of the Second Corps, thai he had previously
attempted to occupy aud drive US from, and
left his dead and wounded to fail INTO our
hands. ,BurAl parties were bpsy all day in
giving them the last Rites of Humanity We
are sti holding, and intend to hold oil the
ground in the direction Of Hatcher's Run.
rhe losses Of yesterd aud the day before,
in killed and wounded, are between 250 aud
300 in the Second Corps, and probably not
far from 500 in the Fifth. The loss Of the
atter is estimated much higher by many, but
| think it will not greatly exceed these 6g-
ures Drgadier. General II u Davies, com
manding brigade Of cavalry, was slightly
wounded
Major 1remaine on General Gregg's staff
l. reported sounded 1t was reported last
evening at the front that the cavalry which has
advanced to Dinwiddi Court House beyond
the Boydtown pankroaa, have captured TWEEN
ty of the enemy's wagons, and about one hun.
dred prisoners said TO belong to Bradley
johnson command.
1t is quietly observed by our officers and
soldiers that the enemy do not fight as for
merly, and it is TO great extent attributed
to the bewildeting tactics Of General Grant,
which keeps them 10 constant motion, march
ing from one threatened point to another only
to return sgain until they become dishearten-
ed, dispirted and ready TO throw down their
arms and yield themselves prisoners.
MESSAGE FROM JEFF. DAVIS
! The Tribunes Wushington special says
A telegram has been received from the army
of the Potomac reporting a message from
JEFF Davis to the Confederate Congress, com.
municaling the result Of the recent peace
conference in Hampton Roads.
1t states, in substance, that President Lin.
coin refused an armstce OF any length, re.
fused recognition, eiti er of the Contederacy
or any Of the States which compose it, refused
independence and only conceded merciful
and liberal use, by himself OF the pardonipg
power He communicated the passage by
Congress OF the amendment 10 the Constitu-
lion abosnng slavery throughout the United
States, and declared that the question OF
slavery was wholly removed irom his control,
aud placed beyond negotiation.
THE OLD LIE REyASPED.
The Herald says, it was rumored in Wash
ington, today that toe war Depot had reeeiv
ed intelligence that Gen Lee, had commeuo-
ed the evacuation of Richmond, and it was
supposed these moyemehts of the Army Of the
Potomac, was designed to cut him of on the
south side OF the railroad
{ Our dispatches state that It has heeu salts
h,c,orily escerlaiued that Lee has up to this
time at least sent very f'w OF his troops away
The Tribune special 9TH says the rebel AZ
tack on the left of the 9th Corps was gallant
ly repulsed by Ayers division.
THE RICHMOND PAPERS
The Richmond Enquirer 9th sRvs submis
sion abolition and reeonslructian were the
only terms, that could be got out OF Lincoln,
by their commissioners it says; the south will
only have to fight it says this result will only
unite the people stronger than ever; il defeat
ed, aud destroyed, those who survive will have
nothing worse to submit to than is nov de
manded by the enemy
The Sentinel says:
The South has been insulted 1t regards
the passage oil the constitutional amendment
as an outrage, and upturning OF the socia
institutions OF The South.
: The Tribune special says
The Fifth Corps now rests on the Boydlowr
plank road, ana the entire front OF the Fiji
aud Sixth Corps are being strongly fortified
to the left Of the old fortified position which
is held by the Fifth Corps NJ.
Gregg cavalry are slill on a rtconuois
sance toward the Southsde road.
The whole number OF rebel prisoners taker
up TO last evening was about 800.
A snow storm prevails this moraing.
The Richmond Enquirer, OF the 9Th, says
Liucons propositions were that the South
should lay down their arms and dispose o
their homes and he would appoint for Conied
crate States Marshsls, District Attorneys anC
Judges for u.s. Courts that 10 executing tn,
confscation laws, would do it as lenieutly 81
possible; that he would treat neither with lh'
Confederate States, or any State separately
that be will listen to nothing short OF uucon
ditional submission TO the Constitution and
: laws passed under it. The slavery question
was disposed Of, not now to be discussed,
Governor Smith of Virginia calls meet
ing TO respond 20 Lineolns answer. .. s. ..
The Sentinel says ~ us put our heel on
Lincolns insoleut insult, and return his men
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