The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-14

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.Adsices from General Banks,s DIV t.,oo,,,. ~
the Abolition army on the Potomac nre 10
September 10. We condense Tho i,.r,. ~
news as. follows: 8 g. :
Isaae Young, w. Y. Bouic, John Brewer.
ana ~. r snGsnsr person have been ar,~sted by
Ia" reuernis Tor implication with : disIoyn1
naseans The arrest caused much excite
aens IN Rockville, but no rescue was at
.smrsed, and they are NOW held As political
A Methodist preacher Is also under arrest
IN. I'm ping to transport salt to Virginia.
reception the = rebels would meet. should
tnev attempt to croes bet ween the Great Falls
ana f0int OF Rocks with q view Of marching
upon Baltimore. - :. J.
TIE wAR N MISSOURI.
Inc federai dispatches IN regard to affairs
in Missouri are SO unreliable that we do moi
aeem them worth copying. The latest an
nounees the capture Of eight prisoner, by tn,
hessfans in q skirInish In 4asconade coun ~.
FEDERAL reports are mainly gasconade. /
Adriees from Springfield TO last Friday
state that no battle had been fought between
Montgomery and Rains up to the previo, Q
Tuesday. McCulloch was reported to be a,
Fort Smith, and his troops en- route for Fort
Walker, in Arkansas. Nothing definite was
known Of his future movements. Gen. Price
had gone TO reinforce Gen. Rains. Fremont's
proclamation created considerable excite
nent at Springfield. lifg, !
/ rIk PkIrArEER SUMTER AT TRINIDAD
The Government has received adyicex from,
/ Trinidad, dated August eth, by which h n
pears that ON the 30th of July the priv ateer
sumter sailed boldly into the harbor and re.
ported herself to the authorities OF that
- a mr. "A kNsiR e. k,..
Puerfo Cabello, and since she succeeded il,
getting out of the Mississippi river she had
already captured no less than eleven sAmeri-
can sesse rs: The Sumter landed eight prison.
were made for supplying their immediate
wants, and care would be taken of them
until they could be shipped to the United
States.
The Sumter remained there. until the 9Th
ultimo, and was allowed to supply herself
with Goals and other necessary outfits
The British nag was hoisted on the Govern.
ment flag staff tor her arrival, and the officers
Of the British vessel Cadmus appeared TO he
on the most amicable terms with those of the
Sumter. The merchant who supplied the Goals
did 1t with the consent and approval of the
Attorney General. There had been no Ameri
can Consul al Trinidad for many months.
PRIvATBERs FITTING OUT.
Capt. WEIGH, Of the schooner Mary Alice
recently captured by a Southern priyatrer
and taken into Southern port, from whence
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Richmond, makes a statement of the number
of privateers now fitting out at Charleston
and those already gone from there. They con.
slst OF the Beauregnrd, Capt. Sibley, with
forty men; the steamer South Carolina. alias
Bull Run, Capt. Coxsetter, with eighty men;
ami hglt-ship moved from the R.trtleenake
Shoals, with forty men. Most of the crew of
the lat ter, however, were in prison, as they
had refused to leave after hearing Of the fate
OF the Petrol. .H4
GEN. JEFF. THOMPSON.
This officer, who figures in the war in Mis-
souri,, is said to be connec led with some of the
most influential families in Virginia. elsa
son OF Col. Meriweather Thompson. of Jeffer.
son county, Virginia, and is about thirty year.
OF eye. During the last ten years General
Thorn pson has resided at ST. oseph Mo: and
was at one time the Mayor Of that city. Dur
ing the Kansas war he comma naled a company
under Senator AtchisOn, and had several en-
counters with Gen. Lane.
sPEBcR OF GIN. MCMILLAN.
General Mcclellan is said to have thus adj
dressed portion Of his troops on Tuesday:
'Soldiers-Wc have had our last retreat
We have seen our last defeat. You stand by
me, and will stand by you, and henceforth
victory will crown our efforts"
sPRcULATIoys AT WARRINGTON.
We copy the following from the Washing
ton correspondence Sept. III of the Baltimore
Sun:
The movements and designs of the Con fede-
rate forces on the south side of the Potomac
can be explained only upon the supposi ton
that they await the progress of the revolution
in Kentucky, Missouri, Western Virginia and
elsewhere, and expect ultimately to carry the
war into Maryland and Pennsylvania thus
keeping the Southern Atlantic States free from
the desolation that mus 'ollOW 1t. That this
theNry is entertained in 80 ne quarters is evil
deIft from the preparations now making for
the defence of Philadelphia. Upon this theo-
nv no Immediate advance will be made by the
ConfAderates from their present position. II
any engagements should soon occur, it Is not
probable. therefore. that the attack will be
made by the Con federates. The best opinion
is thu, there will be no great battles III this
vicinity. -
The extent and magnitude of the war are
becoming developed, 10 the establishment of
rally viewed with indifference.
We doubt that last assertion.
Another correspondent OF the Sun aft er de-
scribing false alarm at Washington on
Wednesday, occasioned by target firing near
Alexandria, says:
There is no special military movement in
the city. and the probabilities are that any
attack in front Of the city will be regarded as
rates to cross the river in force above or below
the city. The general sentiment in military
circles is that the condition of Gen Beaure-
CARDS command is such as to Iecessitate him
to take the initiative in hostil movements.
But the doubt and uncertainty that shronds
everything in the military way must force
home to the most needless mind the thought
upon mere superiority Of numb ers, and how
much upon skillful seneralship, backed by a
disci plined and courageous soldiery. @ ~s
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