The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-22

| in -eresting particulars OF ms oiocA"nihe oIe-
| rations off Cape Fear, stating among other
things that after chasing the schooner Louisa,
| of Wilmington, he brought her withAA reach
| his guns, whel she ran ashore ana soon
keelei over and filled with water, becoming "A
wreck. l. was in tended 10 serc Ter to the
| West Indies with cargo OF lumber and
| return with coffee.
Tho captain of the British ship Gladiator
| had sent him communications pointing oat
| several localities ut bloc kaded, fact rs we'll
! known to commander Livingston rs to Her
Majasty's on rer.
Tne Navy Drpctt-~er. VIII econ remedy
| these deficiencies.
Official Information has been received aere
| that 4 vessel from the South with Confede
rate ship papers only had entered Newport
Rhode Island, under stress OF weather, and
that on the person of French passenger was
found Il letter, authorizing him TO purchase
blankets, coffee, iron, &c. 1t is supposed that
his IN tention was to ship those articles 10 some
port in North Carolina, either In french or
English reese. as II is claimed that foreigners
| may righttully take ad7antase OF al ineffec-
tive blockade.
The Washington correspondent OF TIE Bal
timore Exchange furnishes august 1S) sonic
interesting information, which we annex:
When the Resosute w5.t on the expedition
which resulted in the loss of he, H"at'a crew
at Matthias Point, her object, 1t is noss We'll
! understood, was, after making reconnois-
sarcs, 70 return TO the Navy Yard aad lead All
expedition down the river, to test, il not to de-
moiish, the Confederate battef.es. Your latest
Intelligence shows you that this expedition
did actually proceed according to the pro-
granms, and beirg well equipped and well
otficared, it was regarded as OF the most form
idahle c1arac ter-s0 Formidable, indeed, IS 10
inspire officers az the Navy ART with Il con
hdence which tempted them 10 announce 20
Their TRENDS, very positively, on Friday, that
Aqua Greek and Matthias Point had been
taken beyond I peradyenture, and that their
batteries were actually = the possession
of the Government. 1t is SAID tA"t the
plan was 10 land tho men at Two
points, and by a vigorous advance before
dawn, to surprise the batteries ard take them
IN the rear. 1t now appears that this attraC
ave programme was reiiIq uisheu tor the &C.
cAsion, and another substituted, III corse-
quence OF the discovery, by the ResOiute, Of
me nest OF sharp shooters II Matthias Point,
and OF the long range Of the Aqua Greek
guns, which, oromanoing the river from shore
to shore, threel sned 10 Gu. OF the expedi ton
altogether. The latter was reason enough for
postponing an enterprise gb;ch we ara now
.old is TO be shortly reproduced i'll 'rresisti-
Bile form. Those batteries, il is confidently
asserted, must and shall be taken and the
feet which, we are told, Is even now being
lifted Cnt, Will doubtless embrace the landing
of considerable bodies Of troops, with the OBJ
Ject OF clearing out the Batteries aHd spi&ing
he guns. There are many who :h;Gk that d
land battery On Cedar Point shore, opposite
Matthias Point, Will, with guns OF the long
est range, effectively co operate with the II -et
l. Is now almost beyond conf lecture that tive
squadroEs or full companies of Federal cav
airy were captured last Thursday after
noon within two miles OF Alexandria by two
regiments Of Con1edeIates. The cavalry had
on some unknown pretext, made prisoners OF
| several cltizeDs OF the county, and brough !
them into y LAxandria. They then returned TO
make more arrests. Meantime. one OF their
| prisoners escaped, and res hing the CoEtede
! rate scouts, put them IN posses sion OF these
| facts. The result was a trap and L capture
what might be regarded as an eXtraOrdina-
! ~ Cabinet Council, was held on Friday NIX
Chase ha wing returned, there was Il tun Cab
! met, with the exception OF Mr.. Smith, who
| is making war speeches in the North. 1t IS
| the talk Of the streets that the danger ana de-
| fence OF the Capital were discussed earnestly
and at length. Decided apprahensions are
| said TO have been expressed, Il give Iegitl-
mately the current rumor OF The avenue, >
! as 70 a Confederate plan supposed 20 have
! heen terretec ont by the restless scTutiuy OF
Gen. Mcclellan.
| According to this plan the Confederates,
under BedUTeSaTG ana John 7t9n, are to cross
| twenty or thirty miles up the river, perhaps
| as far as Point Of Rocks, and by ban tsring
| Mcclellan, and Ct The Same time making Il
| demonstration upon Washington, provoke
hlnl TO pltc he'd battle tefOro his prepare
are complete.
| Then, should he De defeated, having nc de =
| fences TO tall b4clI upon, Il Capin!aIiOn will
| Dc necessary, and Washington virtually La
| Ken. There are Federal cers who % not
| hesitate to say that the General is making hie
| combinations accordingly, and that IL Is pre-
parlng several masked batter les for the bench;
| OF the Coutederates 1t vail al least strike
you that there Is nothing in the sugges lion :
| consistent with the movement OF General
| Banks, VINO Is now east OF Point OF Rocks, OF
| IN a posi- tton from ten to- twelve miles retro
| grade from that which be lately occupied -
| This brings him within a days march CT he
| Gall, who is in command OF GcClelIan's ad-
| vance in that direction.
| No one here believes for q moment that il is
| any part OF the Confederate plan TO attack the
| entrenchments and deteuces opposite Wash
| !ngtOG-.eaSt OF sill to attack the Capital di
| TectIy. They appreciate too in diligently the
, force Of Northern sentiment on this point -
| Such demonstration, If ever cOntem plated
| has doubtless been long since abandoned.
| You remember tbs sneers Of several Of The
| leading Republican journals of New York Al
| The faring snmptuousiy eyerT day " OF the
| Confederate army at Manassas, ard 10 y
| maca they had 10 tell, " on distinE uished SUI
| thOrity," OF the melancholy experience OF
| Prince Napo.eon among the covers and ae.
| canters of Beaureglrd
| Now this kn0tC, that Oh the Princes re urr
| from Manass. 8, not only the officers OF his
| Sui.e, but the French Minis ter freely declared
| that his breakfast with Beaureg4rd was de
| li9huui-the best he had il America. Alter
| breakfast he was invited to review six bri
gades under Johnston, BeauregaTG, and theil
| respective stalls and besides his general com
menda tion expressed in high terms Of the I'D.
pearance Of the troops, nantes ed in a par.
| ticUlar manner his admiration OF the caval
| ~, winch he exptiCitiy QecIared 70 he equal
| in men and horses, to the best il Europe
| Eighteen hundred paassd before him in a hos Y
| LETTER FROM A PRISONER AT RICHMOND.
Lieut.. james Cannon, OF the New YORK
| 69th Regiment. who is now prisoner a.
| Richmond, in q letter to his mother. says:
| Although contin I'd, enjoy exceliene health
| and am getting stronger every day. The
| Southern hospitality eXtepded us Is better
| than we expected and We ali feel happy a
m Nlair n
| the treatment they receive. We get enough Il
| eat and plenty OF coffee 20 drink. W.
| ale confined il n tobacco warehouses; cl~an
| wall-Ven tliated and healthy building, - b.
| 80 feet, four stories high end oyariookIns
| James River and vast extent OF country
! We receive the papers regularly every morn
ing, hut they are All grea tIy PR iudIced ard 10
! censed aga inst The North, caused chiefly b,
The articles inserted in the Tribune and Times
| believing them to be the sentiments of ths
| Northern people, which l deny.
| SIGNS OF THg TINES
| The editor OF the Bangor Democrat, an &C
| count Of the destruction of which paper ha,
been published in our columns, in his addres
| TO the people Of Maine, says:
| Thus hath The freedom OF the press baay
| stricken down here in Maine NOT from an,
| Patriotic impulse, bQt through the wicked IN
| stiRation Of y band OF aha aooned poltricisn,
| who would willingly subvert all law and al
| order Tor The maintenance OF a mere marty dog
| ma.
| enough anarchy seems 10 he coming down
upon our unhappy country like night, vet
| DO not despair still believe that there is We
virtue ana nut eii,gPnce enough i'll the people x
| maintain their liberties and protect a free TT as
| which IS their best guardian
~ TINS act OF mob violence, my all, the re
suit OF four years OF unremitting toll, mas beei
swept away hut still have health, strength
! and youth, and a heart also 20 struggle on i.
defence OF the peoples rights
The New York World says:
| The Nerrimac com pauy in Lowell will shin
| down their entire works in shout two weeks
| The News says that nearly every cornoratio,