The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-13
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Inc view Afforded the rebels of the F.acr,,
', 10y TN 'ph Muhsons Hill must be an exreIlen
ering our cneampments for miles ,rnnnd ,,,,
III" dlHereht bodies OF soldiers army xv,y,,ns
49,, -, INA. cross the Long Bridge in the di
them III r, sd[glnia must be- perfectly plain TO
an.,, Ant co'nmanding position which they
occupy enables them to Overlook Ariinston
ut.Hhts ana the surrounding encampments
ahd oy means OF a spy glass the drilling o.,
wi soiaiers ana the daily routine OF our
'"i'p lie must be quite familiar to them
FROM GIN. BAYxs's COLUMN
Mail Correspondence of the Associated Press
fooLksvILLK. Sept. Yesterday afternoon
our picket guard at Conrad's Ferry discover
ed body of Confede crates at work across IN.
river, which, on inspection with rIasse,
proved 70 De the erection of two gun bat
terry WORD was sent to Gen. stones head :
quarters, and section of a battery was soon
forwarded The rebels discha rged two sh.lls
without effect: Our guns responded with
did specimen OF racing by the Confederates
Inc distance between the two batteries was
not less than three-quarters of a mile.
AFFAIRS IN kENTUcKY.s,.t
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 9.--Gen. Anderson arrived
here from Frankfort this evening. - -
SN"hhDa" oic tJistl Nl1lurduyh'E Hill Al
miles south of here will be occupied Tonight
by portions Of the State Guard. and that ON.
company IS already there, and that 10 lIicoffar
WIN large force, has marched through
Cumberland into kentucky
These runors are very prevalent but nor
generally believed. - -
The irritation betAveen the Unionists and
the Secession element in this city is hourly in
cfeasing ne best informed poiticaus hold
that the crisis has been reached and that the
neutrality phantom will give way in a few
DAYS 10 hostile collision, and that delega-
tion OF Tennessee Secessionists assisted hx-
Sehitofs Brechlnrdge and Powell ex-Goy
Morehead and others, are exerting their ut
most TO prevent the legislative endorsement
Oh Tie formation OF military camps III the
State. Il call for additional yoiuu teers i.
urged by more decided Unionists
The Confederate examining officer Al the
State line has stated to travellers over The
Louisiana and Nashville Railroad, thar he
took go 900 in gold from passengers com i'm =
North within ten days.
TRANSPORT, KY, Sept, "A dispatch from,
the rebel General Polk to Governor Nlarotj,,
has been laid before the Legislature, stating
that he had occupied Columbus and Hickman
ny, on account of receiving reHtble i,ftOr ma
ton that the Federal forces were about 10
occupy the said points. General Polk pro.
poses substantially that the Federal and CON
lederate forces shall be stimuli taneousiy with
drawn from kentucky ana enter in to stipula-
ton to respect the neutrality OF the State
THB CASE OF aR. SULLIVAN, ONE OF TIE roLITI-
CAL PRISONERS AT FORT LAFAYETTE
WAsHISaroS, Sept. l0.--The Secretary of
State has addressed the following letter to
Daniel Lord Esq, of New York:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washtngto ton, Septem Der TO- 1861
SIR: have received your letter of yester-
day relating to AIgernon >. sullivan, /. poll
teal prisoner now in custody at Fort Lufav-
cite. his department is possessed of tre,t-
sonab Bile correspondence of that person which
pr u a la
can justify or eNcuss. The public safety will
not admit of his being discharged
In view of the many representations made
to me i'll this case, pray your excuse for Civ
ing this letter to the public With great re-
spect, sir, your obedIent servant,
WV. II. SEWARD
Secretary OF State.
1T will be remem bered that Mr.. Sullivan.
above referred to, was acting as counsel for
the privateer prisoners at New York ..ts
GREAT ACTIVITY AT THE WASHINGTON NAvr-YARD.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IO.--C1reat activity pre-
walls in all the depar tments OF the Navy
Yard. Sixteen hundred and seven y- five men
are employed, many of them night and day
Shot and shell, and all kinds of ammunition
continue to be forwarded to the proper points
In immense quantities.
The howitzer drill is conducted under ex-
perienCed officers, aud the seamen there have
acquired great proficiency.
FOR FORT LAFAYETTE
ALBASr, N. Y, Sept. &c. l.. Bovine, OF
hey West, was arrested at Cooperstown last
evening, having in his possession a large num-
Der OF important letters from the south
About hundred of his friends ATTEMPTED ms
rescue, but The officers drew their revolvers
and cooled their ardor He viii be sent to
Fort Lafayette.
ALL QUIET DOWN TIE POTOMAC
WAsHIsaroS, Sept. l0.-The steamer Mount
Vernon arrived here this afternoon and re-
ports ali quiet down the Potomac AT Aouia
creek she passed the steamer Yankee which
was safely lying there with her conyoys
sEIZCRE OF VESSELS
PRovIDEScg Il. l., Sept. 9.--The following
vessels seized 1T Newport TODAY.
Schooner S. =. Brown, Maine Law, Wabash
and J =. Balch, all of which We're princi-
paily owned by Secessionists.