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from Gen. Jo. Johnston--capture of a Newspaper correspondent — his dispatches.&c. All remains quiet on the Southside. An official dispatch received at the War Department yesterday states that Butler is sending troops down the river in transports. This is supposed to be for the purpose of reinforcing Grant, since there is no evidence of any intention to evacuate Bermuda Hundred. It is stated that the enemy have felled the woods in the vicinity of Marius Gilliam's farm, in Chesterfield county, in order to command an unobstructed view of the opposite bank of James river. From Gen. Lee's Army. Some skirmishing took place along the lines yesterday, chiefly in front of Stratford's and the old Stonewall brigade. Our casualties are reported to have been about twenty five wounded. Some cannonading was heard during the day, the cause of which has not been ascertained. The reports are that Grant proposes to make the White House, on the Pamunkey, his base, but the general