The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-27

SOlSt DI tfdlNeS ton.
There were about ] 800 regular troops at
Plckens, inc uding the Itburers. At jefferson
there are 800, and at Key West ESQ There
were plenty OF coii, provisions, wood and
water at each Of these stations.
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
The following (says the Baltimore SUM are
reported 10 be the numbers OF the available
Confederate forces for the attack on Washing.
ton
NJ, Troops.
Fairfax v.
haRSssas JGntuon ana a.olg Man assas zap
hdHfodd 20, 900
NdrrcGton .......... Observation-Disclosures. 4, 900
Upper ....iO, U0o
FfedollckN ourS 900
Tota 900
This does not include General Johns toms
2U,UUO troops, which are probably between
Strnsburg, Front Ruyal ami Salem, on the
Manassas Gap Railroad, Tor eIS3 along coun-
Try road, whlch, running North OF ana paral-
lei with that road, terminates at Fairfax, J and
which VIII surely corporate win General
Beauregard in case an attack on The CapIt tai Is
decided on. Neither does 1t include lue fol
10 wing troops, which, too remote act in inn
mediate conjunction with Them, Will De Il re-
serve force winch may Be brought up in "a few
DAYS, namely
Ricnmond, 30 900
4 eteIoOutE, Ielutorcvu Irou eldou J......I5 700
Lynchburs, 0vV
Total Il, zoe
Making grand total Of $50 900 troops.
| FRENCH ARMS FOR THE UNITED sTArL.
Colonel Fremont, who at last d ties was in
| Paris expects to bring home with him arms
| and accouttements tor 10000. His contract
| reaches $3.50 900 The first purchase he made
/ reached SO ,UUo, aud what is curious they
| were rifles, (Eufield,) bombs, percussion caps
aud other articles belonging to the Pope
| They had been prepared on contract ter the
! Papal army, but on account of the defeat OF
Latnoriciere, had, it is SAID, never been deiiv-
cred, nor paid for.
THE AAFUFACrCRE OF ARMS IN MAssAcHUsETTs
The Ames Company at Chicopee, Massa-
chusetts, are turning out seven brass can
non--One more than IA battery--every week
and old smooth bore guns including colum-
biadS are being rifled Tor the use of the James
| conicfl ball and shell. The company are also
turning out 400 shot and shell daily, and three
thousand swords and one thousand sword
bayonets for Sharpe's and Colts rifles
monthly.
The CHARLESTON BLOCKADE.
letter from officer the blockadipg
fleet of Charleston, writes
Every steamer of all divisions of the
blockade, Keeps steam up night and day, and
go in AS near the shore AS possible. A ship of
our class cannot go nearer than six miles of
Charleston, and were it not tor the presence
OF such little cruisers as the Flag, cunning
shippers could go IN and out III spite OF US
1t may as we'll be understood at once that the
commissioning OF snip OF our size, for stop
ping ingress ana egress to Southern ports
was Il great blunder."
NEW COMMANDER FOR THE FRIGATE ST. LAW
RENEE.
Cant Hugh V. Purviance, of MARYLAND,
received from the Navy Department on Wed
nesday an appointment as captain OF the iiue
first class frigate St Lawrence, fifty guns
| which went in commission at PhIladel phia
| the day before yesterday. Capt. Purviance
/ haaa far N ThsaN hiFph
| he ell tered when the excitement of our last
| war with Britain was at its height. While
| commanding the rendezvous at Baltimore. a
| few wears SINCE rendered most efficient
| service to the Government Lieut.. ellis
! the famous South American explorer, is First
Lieutenant of the st. Lawrence.-N \. Post.
ANOTHER ACTION IN MISSOURI.
! battle is repor ted to have been fought at
| "the town of Cole, Missouri, early on Tues
! day, in which parry of Union Guards, while
| occupying a barn, We're suddenly attacked by
! Cunteuerdtes trcm Warsaw, ana driven back
with the loss of fifteen killed and twenty
| wounded" The assalants' loss is repre-
! scented as being still more severe but proba-
| bly, the figures on both sides Will turn out
exaggerations, like the first report from Boone
| vile.
SICKNESS AMONG The SOLDIERS.
| Washington dispatch says There is con-
! siderable sickness among our troops. FIRE.
| qnent alarms, causing irregular habits of
sleep and food, exposure to the sun aud rain,
and the great heat of the last four days, are
| producing their Legitimate results. The COM
! plants peculiar 10 summer are very common
| among the men.
ANOTHER APPEAL FOR PEACE.
The St. Louis Republican, a journal which
has ably opposed the doctrine of secession is
not disposed TO follow its Northern cotempo-
raries in support OF Il bloody, devas ia ting civil
war, and therefore comes out in favor of some
M paa la soft
No compromise, -" no peace" blood,
blood, blood in battle--tne sacrifice of men,
| women and childfen-the shooting down of
| innocent people III the streets-ths is the
| programme of the New York Tribune, and
many other papers that rely upon excitement
| and strife TO keep them IN existence. There
! was time when an appeal in favor of
peace and the adJus tment OF all national
difc ltleS, matter from what source
| il came, would be listened to with pa
thence and even n strong disposition TO
| acquiesce in any proposition leading 10 that
result But now, no suggestion of that kind
| Is needed, and even the most sanctified turn
up their eyes with holy horror ut the ntima-
| ton of an arrangement OF our National trout
/ bles. Why not? Why must We wade knee
! deep In blood TO conquer peace, 10 bankrupt
/ the Government and the people, when the
! counsels OF a few ludicious men are all that is
necessary to settle these difficulties
At this very hour we can sit down and count
| four hundred thousand men in battle array
against each other-the bravest and most ex-
perienced men III the land are closele togeth-
er, 10 see how they can do the opposing party
the most harm--two millions OF dollars per
day, ut least, are expended keeping the armies
in motion, and hundreds OF millions will be
necessary to close the account for the support
of the wounded and the widows and orphans
OF the doad-and yet no one seems willing to
lis ten To the suggestions OF compromise and
peace now, when so much of calamity and
ruin and bloodshed may be avoided. We
must have blood, blood, is the cry of all the
leaders Of the Republican party in the land
and to this revolving cry all other parties, ana
all Christians are expected to submit is 1t
not time TO look around us--to see whittier
we are tending2 Is il absolutely necessary
TO the preservation OF the Constitution and
the Union that oceans OF blood should be
poured out over this fair land Cannot the
Congress of the United States agree upon
some plan 10 bring about q reeoneiiia tion--at
all events to restore peace 10 the country p
May they not do SO without consulting the
bloodthirsty men who have coutrol Of the
pfess and, in part, OF the pulpit, and who
nave had, up TO this time, the ascendancy In
mr. Lincoln's Cabinetf
Further Details.
We make up from the Washington Star, Of
Saturday evening, the suhioinsd summary,
which Is about such n statement of affairs as
might be expected from that interruptions
Black Republican sheet;
AFsAIss rp TEx POTOMAC.
WILLIAAiranr. Nd, june 9oth.-About 1
o'clock a. a., te.oay, usa. tattsrSon isft
As9srgtDWn, a!sd joihM General ua4 Wsilsdstf
EiAnd, Of which were Cabi. DOuSlsdsy, lot
SINNER FspexnA Ma Dig geuapssy Der.