The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-21


naukS's Division The War In Mis'
souri-t Skirmish In Western yir
g.aia. &c.
Yrola the Baltimore papers, o: the 10Th, We
e,thsr The following items:
.--.sx oN 4 BALTIMORE sHts-sxeLoIr or THE
GCN-B5Ar DAyLiGRr.
t-v7rsp STATES Gun Boar nAYrreEr.)
OT Cape Henry, Oct. Il, lsG1
Yes,erl&y. st th~ close of a heavy gale,
,,t.sa hat lasted for sixty hours, il was re-
,,--..E hy the officer al the deck that hat
!ry. whose existence had been previously
..s.yu 10 as, sltR ted on I.ynnhavea BaV
pd are Up1a the American ship lo0n
HIVE ;he day previous, and, anCboring
L. she bfT aur.rS the gale. with tWo anchors
G.,u. mad dragged within its range, We
..:..a STE -hcyEems : she'll aropplug about thu
,tt.la ali dire uonS. In Il short time we ran
....tu 'J the snip, and opened a brisk Are
anon Sac battery. which was as vigorously
....r.ei aaG sustained for forty minutes
,,.r.. '3JsIr : trl-CtG3lly SI'CHCtd their guCs
a.i drown several broadS1des into them.
g-F45H rii...rt:, ko N"yrr, no response, tifov
,t,.rg .s.ut up shop" We Turned our al.
tr9.. %. t1Earls tNJrIs8tIug the ship from
hey .-rIluus p,si'lfn, which we finally did
19 sending p1Tt OF oar crew Oh board
asd esiJnt her OF, under her canvas,
.Y.l g. sst- IA StNtlt-f Atlel8 DIS 10 get Il line
.a. ri NJ hrC TO tow her OF, owing 10 the
heavy sea ard strong tide prevailing. This
.a..fl-I one and half hours after we h al
rl.l 5hr I,>' shot giving our adversary every
-.Hl-.ujtF ta renew me combat. Finally,
t.. ret uulrr way ana anchored near tIt.
c.t.74 4..-F-s,ip, aud, while terminating over
tl--s,..tS o. tue Gay. ,yrre rIl foul Of by the
t..# LARK ss sto s,vOd for her anchorage
..s.-s -slg.- portion o. our ppueT works.
a--l.uS sy RAJ knees forward, carrying
-T4g,u- of t.r tiukts of our anchor, and
5.5a- other C+m .ige--thro wang herself into
our .s;,s. as n were, WiJA an unW.oldy
a. tl-l !' Tor which We were entirely unpro-
pared The CLARK was struck once or twice
Z believe. by frs gIueHts OF shells but sus-
.-.Uei no material damage. ana this morn
teUalus Baltimore.
fHcN UEN. B4SKs's DIVISION.
UAEsF5TorN, Oct. IA general court
martial lgI this division has Just been insti-
ta-a.. IL is composed - follows: AIaior At
tTaUry, o. ta' Jth New York, President; 1t
\ tn hGreu, New York s!h; Capt. kinsler,
+ at-N !yaEIa --th- Lieut.. NagujEau, do. /:
Captain SsvcEe, Nassaehusetts "a; Lieut..
brown, do C2r-ala Gould, New York 2Sth;
captain Prescott, New York jth. Captain
Charles II. 7. Collins, Judge Advocate.
tL lAt evening q The 9th one Of the senu
ra-s oi the New YORK Thirty fourth disc0y-
cred 70 boat coUInnilg SIX men coming in ~
himself, he allowed The hcat - reach the ca
uti scUel1lef, when ne challenged them. In
s.eaa a.. answering the challenge, the leader
'1a 10 The others, ''Boys, by Cd they've
90; u.s. pau back like hi The sentinel
gave tu" alarm and fired, Wounding or Kill
leg ~ least oae OF the party, but before
b. tuuli levet.e assistance or load his
prce thsF were bearing upon them, and The
i9at .ud crew consequently oscar ped. The
>if't Where thlS occurred Is near the farm u
a HIrIsH t'FQ-S ggF The a
'ut' were probably his friends coming 10
c HmUuic I}e with him, or ascertain his fate
a., @,ii as 10 get inside oar encampments and
pr. E.~ir condition, positions, and move
r rt's 'o 1i" rebel leaders. Il X stated that
iros hin. II spent several days visiting auI
c'"ps-i s<olssd rs Il telmsier ana riding Il
-ir before being arrested.
JiIs ,G-rsntly reported lhat Col. Chantry
e., lb" Iuirut-l PennSY lY&uia, has been re-
moved from his command ana that the regi-
I4-tt ], ~ ia inefficient shape.
NouHs tool. place last Tuesday in the Penn
3!E.i4t regiments belonging TO This division
a. tn Ih.l,ieth ana Forty-sixth there Was
to- l.i.ir interest taken in the matter, but IN
A~ lNrait-uluth the - boys wen. iuto 1t
E.i4 = will IEsTe the election was conduct
81 according 10 Philadelphls usages. Polls
were opened in The several con. pany streets,
2Aa4'fAteis appointed, orators MAGE stump
s.rra hes on The old plan, and the whole camp
a' uua-s TgsGunded with cheers tor this and
tolls mimic rows were indaleed ia, but no
BODY was hurt. In the evening bunfires and
AIIrtG. succeeded. and finally 4 procession
VS. iorMed. headed by the band and tore h. 5,
Vlleh marched through the various stree Is,
san TIE ceremonies concluded by a grand ser
sh>t- 20 co.! Murphy.
SoiHc o! the regiments are preparing appa-
Ftntiy for winter quarters. The Second Mas
>-,AAsrtjs are prep1ring spacious st@ bles for
ArlI horses, and digging cellars for their
~ttsr tEif
Yesterday and distributed the much needed
lay i! tie officers and men.
JsrMis OF NEWS FROM wAsniYasoS.
We copy The following from the Washing
ton So, Of the 10Th:
All was quiet upon our front 10 r. ii. to-
d4', ia" ruaiuY's scattering pickets only be-
4Ag visible IN The distance.
NrA- AaCieilan returned yes terday after
noon from the other side OF the river. We
40 'htt he VIII again proceed there to- day
eT- uishiHN
,hfs cier General Harvey is in this citv-
NJ "5s al The Office OF the AdJutant General
.--i.ev
a. v" 90 70 press to-day 8 story floats over
me i'E slyiug that Gen. Banks threw fif-
rem i"cpstnd and yesterday eleven thou
.idd troops over the river They We're all
iAen IL buckram." lie made no movement
N rfoas tla river whatever
,'N'"'7et 7 n. on Saturday, portion Of
.''4~StFu.- force, consisting of at lea I
I've regiments IN sight, made their appear
s+,7 near Minors Hill. a considerable emin-
"a .t "b.0t iFo miles from Townsville. in
Use GlifcN3n OF Falls Church. Our pickets
i+G D,ru oVifen 10 from that point on the
.'.h' oeioTr, and such demonstrations had
- - uncovered lin the wav of Increased
~. AZ guards, &c..} in that vicinity, in the
-He oI the forenoon, as caused dispa hes
=, ~ % '- sent here that induced 4en. Mcclellan
i. i, . 80 'rH over there somewhat earlier in the
saF lhaG DSutI
-H'Sr demonstrations were the discovery
- eoo"S from the respective commands OF
N'h- smith 2nd Gen. titz. John Porter of
- "I lhrre or tour strong bodies OF the enc
b,' @ s'E- teh'ug along q line mostly concealed
"c"oN, only four miles distant from our
a. at''V"i entertainments, from Lewinsviiie
On ,te ,s 'khl, to nearly opposite Manson's hin
t,i,l 'Ae body seen about Minors and Prospect
tt.S ,s, were portion Of his force thrown fur
fo- 'oi ward than the rest. A portion Of this
H. as cavalry, and another portion artil-
f1,1 insisting oi Il battery OF six heavy
fa f',,f,;,4Nat 4Nat mad evidently been wheeled into
if,t'n ~ though about 10 open upon the
sv.. 10Ices opposite them. IL was, how
hts-' ti'ih, from the efforts of the emmy TO
ST.. "'iuseiFrs as much as posi- Bile, that no
Roc" IoC,- "as resigned by Beauregard that after
w., hi'iie ine signs indicated that he might
HorHing WY +'"A s"s'ei"ay to"hoaO
..Ice de Joinyilie, blythe bye, remained
Al n eaF night over the river with the staff
r.. neral Mcclellan. at Sluoot's house. q
w. Tween LewlnsyiIle spQ Prospect hill.
yes,s.ieF 4esF thtt General Mcclellan, AT A NJ.
dast 80 morning, teiegrap phed 10 the Presi-
IN t ie, u seemed disposed - open the ball
llr@lv hodfs, and that he (MeC.1 wss en-
ioree P'epafed 10 defeat him, in whatever
end o.. ae ~ " GIT essay the experiment. To that
rlyer M ~ whole array On the other side of the
ra,a, '@lu 'i upon their arms ON Saturday night,
1ong roll 40 " iihs Al 'ne ii'S' TAP 81 'he
tsI. - n various columns of troops on
aiaona ue ' oI the river were put in motion !;
Ie,y 1'ia We're some fifty pieces of artii-
Al y. anu perh ps four thousand cavalry.
To -. - reserves proceeded across the river
n,oxs eS5sit'oa from which they could instantly
IN ~ "a any direction 70 the Immediate front
p4tfd nsieyef ef the exigeneies of the antici.
them sbngasenlent might possibly require
Ce,YT b,o aayoreak, however. the different
In fnshts OF Bsaaregara, previously seen
sooa Ja' hss ol our lines, had disappeared. It
Iron, osesfne evident that they mad retired
~. ." eiose guxtapost ton To III, ma ~ ri orr