The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-15

| ioh ieit IN cnarge OF The place, under Major
oonenboid, prepared tn make n vigorous de-
| renee The pickets on all the roads leading
| ihio town, Nj n one exception, concluding
| 'helr position was not an agreeable one. de-
| ssrled their posts and came in for safety -
Ahey were ali Of them members OF the vigil
! sant ana brave company of Springfield Ii ONE
| Guards No attack was made, as the army
was not within thirty miles of town.
on the maIch the Union troops committed
difgracefui ouLrages along the road S.versi
houses-sone Of them the property of Union
| men-Wers entered IN the absence OF their
| owners, and piundered Of every thing porta-
| bic that they contained. Orchards and milk
| houses were on NO account LETT IN visited, but
| were stripped OF sveryt thing edible or cibu-
| ious.
Yaon yoRrRgss MONROE
| The Northern Associated Press has the fol-
lowing from Fortress Monroe, under data of
| Angus 10:
The steamer Quaker City this morning
| brought up the prize schooner George q.
| Baker, of Galveston, and her Confederate
crew OF four men III irons. The schooner was
| captured by Quo OF the United States block
| aiding H-st off Galveston, and sent 10 New
forE with q United States crew on board -
festsrday sHs wa captured c q Cape Hatteras
| by the Confedsrate prixateer . Y ork, who put
four of her own men ON board.
Meanwhile the YORK" was seen by the
| gunboat Union" who immediately gave
| cnasa. and the prIvaleers III order to escape
| beached their vessel, whore she was burnt oy
| the fire from the Unions guns. The privateer
| crew escaped By their small poaJs, 'Ihe
| Union then Tecaptured the Baker, and
made prisoners OF her crew, and transferred
them to-day to the q maker City. The u. )
| prixs crew placed III charge OF the baker
were Of course made prisoners, and are siiIl
| IN tbs hands OF the Oonfederates.
| GeE Irusbys second expedition 70 me
| k:s:crn Shore OF Virginia nas NOT yet been
| he=fd from. The expedition sailed four dayn
| since with IN effective force No apprshen-
| SONS ars entertained m rax Ard 30 its safety
a ut ps.p II nrniu
| from Norfolk TO make Inquiries concerning
| several Confederate officers whom the & IL
| fsdeIatss supposed 70 Dc imprisoned here;
| among others Col PsSram.
l. Is reported that ono OF General Il agru-
| der'G cap sIus penetrated within our uues ct
| plCkets at Newport News, aid HIS declared
| that The piscs Ia too strong to be lacked.
Oae thousand rationz are now Issued to the
| 'cohtraband' d Old Point Thsir services
ars Invaluable 70 QdartermastsT Aaiim adgo,
| who prosldes for thsir vanous wants. Tney
work Win alacrity.
| TINS captaln and mats Of the wrsckea Ing
| iish barE "tilory," from Rio for Baltimore,
| with & !ars- cargo OF coffee, came nom Nor1oix
with the Ing OF truce Tuer sy11palhIxe
| strorEiy with tho Coutederates.
II In more than probable That tho "Glory'
was purposeiy lost, ~ The cargo Was savsd
and sold 81 twice me ordinary price. AS Ine
encouragement for this manneT Of avoiding
ths blockade, the Confederate PAID promptly,
and Treated Inc aptxln with Considers ZION.
4 dispatch, dated aug. IL, says
Gan. Wool, VINO hiss been o.dersd TO Yer
tfess Monroe, - expected mere or Wednes
day.
ten. BIZ Ter will soon engage ir q more sc
| i've field t service
AdJutant- General Haiu.s le.,s. Old Point
| day Tor Den fremc4.'s Department.
The Union gun IL now manned, but the 300
pound she'll. tor IL have not yst arrived.
Professor Ls Mountain made two succees
tut aeceusions yesterday, having attained al
| alItnde OF ;arts thousand feet He found
far h.a
mtlss beyond New Idarkst bridge. The
| we're NJ traces OF Uonfederatss nearer Hamp.
| Ton. 4 considerable force is also encamp~u
on this side OF James River ,oIne eight miles
! above Newport News Tho two cannon
! mounted on Seweils Point, towards OI0
| Point, Ia thinks are only Ia 81 deId- p.eces.-
| here are probably thousand Confederate
| ;ruOpa .hsGs
| TIC M York Hsraii, of Saturday Last
| thus notices Buffers movements, under en-
| apprehension OF an attack
n General Butier, having received in teliigence
| OF tho advance Ut Eila rebels from u desel ter
| moved BODY Oi the New York Twentieth
| rIrses, under Col Weoer, TO the lower side OF
Hampton bridse, IN order to protects Camp
HamiI on and Newport News, upon winch II
| Tas gu cposeA he enemy We're ABOUT to maze
81 attack. He remained there until eioveA
O'Clock, and had baTrlcadea cree ted, ana strong
| guards IosLed At variouS poln.s ca The ilne Ct
| Inc creek. portion OF .he rebels attein ptoo
| TO force !: passage over the bridge, but IhsT
| were drisoA back during the night il ap-
| pears that several Shots ware exchanged be
| Lv cen Inc rebels IN tho town and the IiGLets
| OF C0I. " eber's troops Across she bridge.
The deserter above alluded to is calle I
Mathew by the H.rald's correspondent, who
| scys he was = native OF Bangor Maine and
| belonged to a Georgia regiment.
hAaRAw AMP EAksIs.
WlsHIrGPos, Aug. IA citiy5n Of Wash
| ipgton hcs received a latter from H ). Ma
| graw, who WAS captured On his way to Bull
| Run to recover Lhs BODY CT Coz. Cameron. The
letter Ia dated Richmond, and written seve-
| raj days after his capture. It states that he
| is At prasan. imprisoned in a tobacco ware
| house. under guard, the chief OF whom sMr
/ Todd, brother OF Mrs. Lincoln. He says he j.
| well treated. but kept IN close confinement. -
| He says they are determined to mete out to
| our prisoners the same Sred tment that is given
| to their prisoners by our Government
| Strong efforts have been made by Influential
southern men to OBTAIN their release, bat the
| Government viii rot swerve from their
| course. Arnold Harris Is wi III Magraw, and
! both arc in good health. The reason assigned
| for their arrest is that they came within their
| Washington is, that Mr.. II ,rris was not in
vited to enter upon the mission by the Gov.
| ornmsnt, ana Is viewed as rebel; hence,
should not be imprisoned by his own friends
| The following il from tbs WASHINGTON cor
| respondepce OF the New York Herald
There have been various surmises IS to the
cause of tho deten ton of Messrs McGraw and
| Harms under the circumstances, As their sym
| pathy with the rebels was notorious. | is
| supposed By some that the imprisonment OF
| Mr. Harris is in pur i.hrent tor HIS failure to
| fulfill 8 contract he is said 10 have made tC
| furnish i lot Of arms to the rebels, ard fOr
| haviGz accepted All interest in = fat beef con
| tracs with The Federal Government. when
| compelled by circumstances to abandon The
| on. for supplying arms TO the rsbels. TIL.
| punishment should hav. fallen upon thoss
| mcde . contract with notorious .ympa
| thSxs.s with rebellion and men who had alre.-
| dy contract to furnish arms the traitors
rzon ass. BANKS ooLuAE
sAEDr Hook, Aug. IL Tho New York 10th
! Volunteer Regiment is now commanded by
Major Lsdlie. Col. CLARK being still under Al
! rest, and Lieut.. Colonel Seward having OBJ
| ralasd leave OF absencs on account OF sickness
| This regiment Feers watch and ward On both
sides of tho Potomac, from Sandy Hook tc
| Berlin.
Last " rdn esday news reached Major Ledlie
| that q forcs OF upward OF loo O1ufeders te
! cavalry vera at Iovettsvilie, Lnudoun coun
ty, where they were pressing and depressing
| the Union inhabitants.
Det,chments from different companies
amounting to one hundred men, under com
| maud OF Captain Kennedy, Company j., &C
| companied by Captain Stevens OF Com PAM
| +. and Surgeon I. Uiman, crossed the river a
! Rock Ferry, at one o'clock on Thursdav morn
Ing, and after s. difficult march through i
rocky pass, OF seven miles, reached Lovstts
| willie soons daylight AscertaininG that the
Confsdsrates had left, they retracsd their rput,
two miles towards tbs river, iushopes that In,
ConIeds rates would follow them as soon rs
the latter ascertainsd K-nnedy's numerical
Wea kGess.
Hare tho Union men found IN ambush
where they lay concealed until =. M, when
ascertatning that the Oonfederates had no
rttorned, they continued on their way
When about three miles from the riV-r, they
were overtaken by boy with information
that about 80 Of Stuart's Confederate cavalry