The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-17

Rev. Iohn Johns, u y, As<i~itn, pisnop
row. Rev Joshua Peterkin. Judge Thomis )
Gholson, Philip williams, k'sq-, ana Richard
II. Cunningham, Esq.
EycRoAcHMHSrs OF THE ESEAY-lhe NOR
folk Herald, of yesterday, says
We l. arm that additional operations nave
been en- tered upUH by the Federal forces at
Fort Monroe embracing the seizure OF the
farms of Jos. Segar, Judge Clopton, ahu in-
deed all the territory constituting the PENN
sula between Hampton and Miil CreeRs: II
is said, further, that they have been making
surveys prepare tory 10 the erection OF out
works. A portion of the farms will probably
be appropriated TO the ACCOMMODATION Oh
horses, mules and cattle required for the use
Of the garrison.
TRooPs PROM THE SouTHwEsr.-A part Of
Col. DeRussy's Louisiana Regiment arrived
in Knoxville, Tenn on Tuesday last, on their
way to Virginia. The same evening ahoul
800 more troops arrived, consisting OF hall
a regiment of North Louisiana volun teers,
half regiment OF Arkansas volunteers, and
the remainder of the Middle Tennessee regi-
ment. They were handsomely received by
the citiZens Speeches were made by Lieut.
Col. Young, of Louisians, Col Jake Miller,
OF Tenn, and Capt. Crockett, a grandson o.
the famous Davy Crockett Capt. &, has
command of L company OF Arkansas rines,
who bear upon their nag his grandiatnsr
celebrated m0tto-"Be sure you re right. then
/ 90 ahead" Capt J. q. Ramsey, OF Knox
vile, responded for East Tennessee.
Says Washing ton dispatch, There is
much sickness, in mild forms, among our
men such as diarrhna, fevers aud sun
I strokes"
/ The Alexandria Sentinel learns on undouot-
ed authority that the sma:l-poz has broken
out among the soldiers who are now g uartered
AZ the GA pi toI building. Washington.
The Connecticut regiment d" suffered much
/ with the heat" in marching from the arsenal
! 10 Washington.
| Lincoln has commissioned Mr. Douglas as
| NJ ior General. Ii is known that he Will ac-
| cept.
| nounced from Washington, Virginia is put
! down for two regiments.
| The Northern papers are urgent in their
| demands for an invasion OF Richmond by way
| OF York River.
The orderly behavior of the soldiers every.
! where la Virginia is the subject Of compii-
mentary remark.
Rappahannock county has appropriated
! $4,000 for war purposes, and promised $40,
! 200 aore, II needed.
The Government Soup House has suspend
ed. Lincoln VIII entertain no more applIcd
tons for civil office at present.
The New York Sun cannot credit Lori
Johu RusseIis STUPID admission" concern
ing letters OF marque.
w. II. Heiss long connected with the South
tTH line Oh ttiSstdili tS shpei seilucit, HtI
| resigned.
j Ross Snowden has been appointed Proth
onotary of the Supreme Court IN PhIladei
phia, vice Robert Tyler, resigned.
The New York Express don't like to hay
that British fleet our sea-coast at this time
at all -
, The foreign vessels, Volant and Tyrus, i,
J Hampton Roads, consigned 10 Norfolk, hay
sailed tor New York.
{ The ship North Carolina, from Have TO
4 Norfolk, is de tained off Fortress Monroe.
They are making percussion caps in Macon
Georgia.
. J. NJ. Allen, an enterprisiDg merchant c
, Columbia, ). = died on the 1tth inst.
1t is stated that the Great Eastern VIII Gel
t4iuly sail for Liverpool on the 10Th inst.
4 Gen. SCOTS family are in Elzabe thtowI
l \. J.
Hon. Henry May has consented to become
, candidate tor Congress in Narviind