The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-17
GENERAL NEVS.
The american contains the following items
of general interest:
The BRITISH STEAMER pEpMrn.

Oi SSlicEdl Interest:
The BRITISH STEAMER BERNUpA
Direct communication with n Connecticut
graduate, escaped from chOoI-taaching in
Georgia, near Savannah, has supplied new
and very important information respecting
the British steamer Bermuda. She is IN iron,
clad vessel of abolI. 800 tols burden Her
masters name is Peck. She sailed from Liv-
erpool on the 18th of August and arrived st
Savannah on the 18th of September, being 70
days on the passage, touching at Falmouth
and Madeira for coal. Her cargo consisted of
eighteen riiled cannon, SIS and AIS, and TWO
lGS-pound Lancaster guns, with ali the neces-
saTy carriages ana equipments, pc eTder, shot
aud she'll, all ready Tor immediate use also
$500 Enfield rifles, between 2Jo51 and BOO 900
cartridges for the same, 5000 PAIRS OF army
shoes, 20, 600 biar kets, $50 barrels of g,,npoW-
der, large quantity Of morphine, quinke and
other medicine stores, ana very many other
articles of more than money value 10 The
rebel army. Her cargo cost at Liyernool
IL ,000,eoo cash. Her armament was two
l2-pounder rified guns. one on each side. She
Is now httlng out for active service. and is to
be employed in cruising for returning Cali
toruia steamers. Commodore Totem Will
command her.
My informant states positively that the
mate Of the Bermuda informed him that two
more Ircn clad steam frigates are expected
from England on the Sou hern coast by the
18th of October The Bermuda is owned in
England. Her cargo was owned in South
Carolina. While she was loading and at the
time she cleared, 1t was supposed in Liver
pool 10 be supply ship for the Royal Navy,
although Downing street knew much better
She cleared for :. West India port
PosITIoS AND Ponce OF THE RgBELs
The main body of the rebels are az Fairfax
Court House, whence broad belt of camps
almost unbroken, are seen from our balloons
stretching ncrthward toward Leesburg where
there are nearly 5000 men. On the Lower
Potomac Is strong force, l., 000 or Ii, 600 back
of Evansport. AT and near Mtnassa there
are comparatively few troops. All informa-
ton received at headquarters tends to the
conclusion that the enemy is prodigiously
strong, numbering nearly 200. 700, and that
no offensive movement is III present intended
Johnston, however, favors an active policy as
also does, probably, Smith but Beauregard.
more cautious, insists on standing on the de
feIsiye.
TREASURY TRANSACTIONS.
The following is Il statement OF business
transactions of the Cash Department of the
United States Treasury for Septem Der. 1861:
August 81, cash in Treasu -. 81, $3.50, O62 so
New York Trans. Certificates ~ 597426 y
Coin from New York and PhIla-
delphia- Observation-Disclosures. 100000 90
Receipts for $40 Treasury Notes eoS'25s q
Dep of Demand Treasury Notes 6,62s, 900 90
X, ceipts for Post Office Depart
ment---.-. l4,7s3 IS
debt Observation-Disclosures. 2l,s50 90
SuEdry receipts. -...........- i747 So
Agency deposits. j,76l, 57S 81
Total receipts. sl7 ,o39 ,707 10
Total disbursements from Sept
TO Sept. 80, inclusive 81 ,4i9, ass IS
Demand Treasury Notes sent to
st. Louis, Cincinnati and
Kentucky S.23j,0o0 90
Cash in Treasury on Both Septem-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 2345,2ls 70
Total disbursements. III ,O29, 707 10