The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-25
LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.
Warrington Intelligence-Letters
from Federal Prisoners at the
South-The Arrest of Commission
ers Siideii aud Mason, SC.

The regularity with which communication
| Is had between Norfolk and Fortress Mon.
roe, by flags of truce, enables to present GU.
readers with the latest adyices obtained
| through Northern papers. The Baltimore
| Sun, of the Goth inst. received by way o,
Norfolk, is the paper from which we copy
| this morning:
| PROM wAsHIYaroS-IMPoRrASr CIRCULAR FROM
| rEcRETART CHASE WITH REGARD TO THE
zURB OF vEssELs.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. la.-Secretary Chase has
issued the following regulations, to be OBJ
| served in regard TO the seizure of vessels,
made IN pursuance of the 9Th section of the
| act of July 18Th last
list. All such seizures must be by the col
lector of Customs or other proper revenue
| officer, except in case of his absence or diss-
| hihty, or where immediate action Is neces-
| sary and no such officer is at hand to make
the seizures.
I'd. In all cases of seizure the collector, or
other officer acting in his stead, shall notify
| the proper district attorney, who will at once
institute proceedings for the condemnation OF
| the vessel After the commencement of such
| proceedings, II 1t shall appear to the salts
| faction of the district attorney institutinC
| them that the vessel is owned in part by per
| sons not citizens of any State or part Of State
| IN instruction against the United States, and
| not residing therein, and that sh e Will not be
employed IN aiding the existing rebellion or
| III violating any law of the United States, the
| vessel may be discharged on bail being gwen
| according TO the course ofadmiralty proceed
! ings Tor the eharts owned by any person or
| persons T.fiding in any such insurgent State
| or part of State, In which case the proceed
| ings SD instituted will be prosecuted without
| delay To the condemnation and sale of such
| insurgent interest and as to the remainder
| OF the vessel the forfeiture thereof will be re-
mitted
Sd. Should there be any unusual delay in
| the commencement of such proceeding Or
1 Ef a 1,p ,pa
! derng it proper, in the judgment of the col
| lector or other officer acting III his stead, TIL
| the vessel should be released from custody
before the commencement of proceedings, the
| same may be done provided the collector
| snail be Sttisned that 10 such improper use
| as before mentioned Is TO be made OF said yes
| sci, and one or more OF the owners residing
! IN loyal States shall give q bond, Wi I'll sufi =
| cient snretes, 10 the United States, in dou bic
| the value OF the share or shares thereof Wned
| in any such insurgent State, with a condition
| that the vessel collector or other officer III
whose custody she may BE- within such time
! rs he shall direct, ana without any change
/ in the ownership of said share or shares,
! and with the further condition thai
| any vessel shall at all times be subject
to any order or decree of the court in WI, CHI
any proceedings for her condemnation NAV
| be instituted, or of any appellate court 10
which the same may be removed; and with
the further condition that any costs or other
moneys which shall be awarded by either
| OF the said courts in said proceedings shall
| be paid, together with such other condi lions
| AS the collector or other officer shall deem
| Just and eXpsdlenL. III order IU secure Inc Oh
| lect contemplated by the tact aforesaid
! The execution CT such bond ana the discharge
of the vessel shall not delay the institution or
| prosecution OF proceedings for the condem-
nation VI the insurgtnJ interest; but the
| same shall be commenced and prosecuted III
all respects, so Tar as practicable, in the same
manner as II the vessel sill remained in the
! custody of the officer.
ri a IL
lect0r or other officer making the seizure III
his stead of the commencement of the suit,
| OF the result of the trial, and of the time Vi
| sale, Il the S Il be ordered.
FROM ACROSS THE PoT0XAC-THR ATTACK on rED-
EAL PlCKETs NEsE FALLS CHCkCH.
| WAsHIYGToS, Nov. l9.-Mention was made
| in previous dispatch of q skirmish yester-
| day afternoon, two miles and ii halt southwest
| OF Falls thurCh, since which time add tiOnal
| particulars have beeu asc%rtline.. The
| charge upon our pickets near Brus he's house
| was made by 500 or more rebei cavalry, and
| this occasionrd the stampede.
There was heavy firing on both sides, ouI
men gallantlN standing their ground until
| they were compelled to etreat TO the reserve
| in cons queHce only of the superior force and
| the cavalry advance of the enemy, who, as
| was yesterday stated, fell back on the advance
| of our endorsements. The charge Of the
rebel cavalry was n AIDE on the pickets of 90 M
| pany II, l4th Brooklyn Regiment.
| The following are the names OF the killed:
| Prvates Seymour and Walter Taylor NOR
| tally wounded, private William Stricken
| missing, Lieutenant Gummar, Sergeant
| Mcneil, privates W. a. Judden, Daniel
| MrCamiey, George Roller, f. Rich, t. F
| Rich, William Cambell, Clinton Potter, and
| Nathaniel Lyon.
This morning q strong force was sent out
! by order of General Mcdowell TO the neigh
| borhood where the skIrmi sh took place. The
| dead bodies of Seymour and Taylor were
| found stripped OF their clothing and theil
| skulls mashed in as il done by the butt of q
| carbne. No other wounds were visible, and
it is, therefore supposed the men we re bea ten
| To death.
A woman living in the vicinity stated that
| the rebels carried away three Of their own
dead, together with six wounded From her
| description of the uniform, two OF the latter
| belonged to the Brooklyn company.
| THE ARREST OF MRssRs. MASON AND sL1DELL.
"Icn,' the special Washington correspon-
| dent of the Baltimore .Suu, Gated Nov 10th
| says:
The arrest OF the Confederate ENJOYS on
board BIRTHS h packet will serve as a test OF
| the disposition of the British doverumeut
| towards the Federal Govern mentin the pres.
| snt contest. They can, if they please, ms kt
| it g pretext for quarrel, If their policy rem
| der rupture desirable The British Jour.
| mails show thst the public mind is deeply agi.
/ tated by the distress which threatens, ii it has
| not actually invaded. the manufacturing dis
| tricts, and & popular clamor for the restora
| ton OF the American cotton trade will prob
| ably arise in the course or the winter. a
| mere recognition of the Confederate States
| would neither arrest the war nor raisa the
blockade, nor derive supply of cotton. Eng.
| gland, therefore, must hazard war for a
| cotton supply, unless she can obtain 1t by a
| more convenient and direct process
1t Is probable that she will resort first IL
| amic~ble nego tiatfons with the FEEDER; Gov
| eminent, and il is believed that assurances
| have already been given, through our Minis
| ter, Mr. Adams, that free access 20 the cotton
| ports should be given, this winter, to British
| vessels.
| The tradit ionary policy of the United States
| does not permit the search Of vessel Is except
! as a belligerent right, on the high seas, and
| whether Ii is safe 10 abandon our own mari
| time principles for the sake of a temporary
| advantage, may be doubtful. Hereafter our
| long settled policy may work in our favor
| But if we adopt British precedents, the cap
ture Of the Ministers would find ample justi-
| flea ton.
III 1879, Henry Laurens, President Of Con-
| gress, was sent as Minister to Holland and
! on his passage, III Congress packet, mot a
| neutral bottom he vyas taken prisoner by q
| British frtgate, and was confined In the Tower
| of London. His papers showed the nature
| of his mission, eXhi bssd friendly dispo~i zion
| towards us on the part of Holland, and pro
/ duced rupture between England an0 that
| power. 1t is supposed that the papers OF
! Messrs. Siidell aui Mason may exhibit facts
| showing that their mlesion was not unexpect-
ed, and would be received with favor. II
! that prove to be so, preparations fer the de.
! renee Of New York and other Atlantic cities
may not be premature.
| FEDERAL PRISONERS IN THR soUrH-rHrrR cospI.
| TIoE AND TREATMESr-ISTRREsrIEG LETTERS
| The Philadelphia papers contain numerous
extracts from letters received in that ci ty
within day or two from the Federal prison l..
ers at Richmond who were captured at the
battle of Balls Bluff, near Leesburg. The
letters give a full account of the battle, and
the names OF the prisoners taken, and al.
though acknowledging the good treatment al