The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-05

nave an announcement TO Brady, that he viii
not es commissioned. Ny course would be
present, paradAd, without arms, and have the
letter read to hfn and the company by the Ad-
!ntanf. Have precious.y, sufficient and re-
liable guard, rfth IOdded muskefs, and IL any
demonstrations Of dssartion are made, shoot
them as you would pidg soma. Don't wink nt
any escapes Of Objectionable meR-they must
be got rid Of In . different manner.
lnasmuch A. you will not receive your hall
cartridges until tomorrow, perhaps you had
better not acquaint any one with this result
pectin& Brady, until Saturday. and then it
10 not 70 be done IN corner. Don't adopt any
course that i'm plies fear or requires temporiz
ing A portion of Brady's company had bet
ter be put into o,Aer companies, and the bal.
ance. with AtvoOd's contingent and other re
quisite acquisitions, will make good COM
pany.
You Will require several dozen handouts,
for prisoners taken in battle, if not your own
fo!ke, and you had better procure them now.
Yours, in haste,
Jc1x L. Hopspss.
AdJuta General.
TEE lyroHrHp VICTORY IN MISSOURI
The Memphis Appeal OF the Slst ult, says:
We have received a letter from a special
correspondent, dated the afternoon of the 2e,h
inst, from point up tie river, which we do
not deem 1t either prudent or necessary TO
mep tion tating that General Pillow had Just
re eived an express from Gen. Jeff. Thomp-
son, of ID ssouri, announcing that General
Ben. McCulloch had on Wednesday last made
an attack on SpringGe'd, and achieved O bril-.
liant victory Iover the Federal forces, who
were strongly fortified a: that place under Gen
Lyon l. was represented rs a hard fight,
and the loss repor ted at 500 from McCullocb's
com mand, against 300 OF the enemy, with
many Federal prisoners taken. The further
statement ia made, that after their ron. the
enemy wac pursued, with what success We
are unable TO learn.
Though ususlly discrediting the thousands
OF unreliable rumors that are daily fly ing
through the country as the natural concomi
tants OF revolution, we are disposed to believe
the report OF this victory, leaving ample
room, of course, for all exaggerations. One
reason for doing 80, is simply based upon the
almost hourly expectation we have en- tertain
ed of forward movement by our forces upon
Springfield. Governor Jackson in his late
speech in this city, stated that such move
was contemplated, and was no doubt consum-
mated at the time he was speaking.
Though no mention Is made il relation to
the number OF forces engaged on either side,
we have other means Of ascertaining. The
command OF Lyon and Siagel, (the latter of
whom has recently gone TO Jef-rson City)
according TO the estimate Of the St. Louis
papers, did not exceed u eco men, nearly all
of whom were Germans Gen McCulloch,
as we learn from q gentleman who arrived
from his camp few days since, had 5000
men under him, encamped in North western
Arkansas, at BentOnville, which is Only 4 few
miles from the Missouri State lire. Gen
Pearce vas encamped only a few miles west
joined mcCulioch's column, and participate ted
in the attack.
We shall wait further intelligence regard
Ing this rumor with great interest.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A correspondent of a Yankee paper, writing
home from the defeat Of Manassas. had ac-
tuaily spirit enough left to indulge in grim
and dismal joke at the expense of William
Howard Russell, l. l.. D., whom he saw
scampering from the battle field as fast as his
no u 90 hsr II l.
count for the name Of the place" Bulls
Run John Bulls, Russell, showed good
horsemanship."
Captain Doubleday was, 1t seems, in charge
of General Scott's favorite pocket pistol, his
famous Parrot gun. The gun is taken -
" here tasks the Whining ton .IournaIl is tho
invncibie Doubledayg Won't he write some
more hragsadocio letters to his Yankee
friends
Yess-lorious Cspts-Ing Doubueldsy.
Who writes all night snd fights all day.
In one of the Massachusetts, regimen Is there
are or were 23e shoemakers, OF whom 81 be-
ionged to one company. This company at the
Manassas fight was awfully troubled in its
scles. and waved too feeble towards the end
to bris tie up when this masked batteries balled
1t OF.
The officers OF Lincoin's army deny the
s' soft impeachment of panic. They say they
did not yield to panic, but 70 the :" irrepres-
sible conflict" wazed apon them by the south
were thTashed.
''Masked batteries" like the cry Of "Blue.
beard" &c bad children, are the terror of the
Northern people. The term is used SO often
in their fanCiful stories OF pre- etended victories
that 1t has become ridiculous. They should
call pocket revolver a masked battery.
The Suffolk (Va. Con tinentaIs and Marion
Ranger. Whose term Of enlistment expired on
Saturday last, have re-inlisted for nine
months moro.
fol -. p,n
pondent Of the Mississippian While Joe, 4
servant Of Erskine Watkins, was cooking 4
chicken In kitchen near the hospital, ball
PASSED nSar him and struck his skillet. In
his report he said. "Bless God Massa, never
saw de chicken after dat"
James Camp Turner, of Huntsville, Ala
(son of Capt. Daniel B. Turner and grandson
of Me jor Robert Ssarcy, deceased one of Gen.
j ackson's Aids in the Greek war; was shot
through the hear. IT Manassas on the 2,st
ult.