The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-10

| w. Ny Wv Ouomy
| 'sN DEATH OF PRESIDENT DAVIS KEIrsRArEp--Ay
ATTACK ArrKsnESpED AT WASHINGTON.
The New York Herald's Washington cor
respondent Sept. 81 makes the following
statement. which will be read with in forest
| notwithstanding the ignorance betrayed by
| the writer
The city to-day has been filled with tbs
| excitement of deferred expectation At sun
| set last evening the impression was ronar,
that this mornings sun would rise unon .
| battle field on the Potomac. where The t,r
great srmies' for SO many weeks gradually
| the laundering shock that would con~n,..
the whole country. and decide the re.nit -,
The contest between the 9overnmentandth m
Ieus. rnis expectation was not withou,
reason. Ihe crisis in the fate of the rebels g.
az hand. Their chief taken from them hy ar
hand of Providence, the second oftcer af =, w
so-eaiied Government Frustrated with =
,E nassase IN the midst of the army,
IN winter rapidly coming upon their force.
o'aiy provided with clothing or food. mora
than deciiaated by disease, and at A loss for
n.aIiy an the requisites for an army, il hs !,
6ista1u 10 mem necessity to make imme-
ay 1ucsperate attack upon the Union
army deSsnding Washington and the Poto.
mac, or retire from the position thew have
assumed. 'J ""'o
Inc attack was confidently expected To-
day. 1t has probably peen prevented only
ny the hea1y rain that began this morning
ana mas lasted nearly all day 1t cannot he
, , longer delayed, and will probably be
peSuh WIN TO -morroWs dawn. Itwou III no
absolute folly for the enemy to make = 60
fious attack upon our front, defend ed. as il is
oy a chain OF fortifications and more than :.
hundred guns, SO placed that their fire can
ne directel upon almost any one point OF the
lines. The Potomac 1lotilla is amply suffi .
eient to prevent efiectually any crossing of
the lower Potomac anywhere within reach :
,ng alstance OF WASHINGTON and, although
Ion
points, the principal assault will probably
De IN the direction of the Chain Bridge or
III some point not great deal farther up the
river. ~ WV
General Mcclellan is, however. amp,v ,rs.
pared at every point. His forces ar. so dis
posed as To be available wherever needed II
Is more than probable, however, that the IA
Norabie time for the rebel attack is now nj :
ready passed. If it had been made immedi
htely after the battle of Ball Run or even n
week ago, or perhaps yesterday, there might
nave been some shadow of hope of their partial
success: but to day or to- morrow the game i.
In our OWN hands. Ii the attack shoul1 no T.
tempted now, 1t will only be the preliminary
20 complete repulse that will be SO closely
lolio"eo up that 1T will become a regular
rout, followed by an army that is prepared in
all respects for the Onward to Richmond. );
at the heels of the defeated rebels
General McClellan's activity is almost .u
peri.uman. He attends personally to every
looked IN 10 the face of almost every indiyid-
uai IN this great army. Although in the sad
ole all day, he is again on 4 visit of personal
lnsrecuon OF the lines at 4 late hour tonight
He is Napoieonic in many more ways than
one.
Inc Herald remarks, editorially:
The information as to the death of Jeffar.
son DAVIS accumulates to an extent that
Ieafes little doubt of his decease Special
dispatches from Louisville, KY, were re-
ceived by our correspondents in Washington
yesterday confirming the news Intell
gence had reached Louisville from FORTRESS
Monroe that Mr. Davis was dead. and thai
tile rtpel naGs IN that vicinity had been n.y.
ing at haif-mast for the past two or three
days Parties who arrived from Richmond
state that the probability of his speedy de-
mise was canyassed freely in that city on
oaIuroay, ana we learn by way OF Nash
vile, that the rebel Congress, which had
adjourned on that night in consequence OF
the precarious condition of Mr. Davis. has
since been called together by Mr. Stephens.
the Nice President. All these facts tend
strongly to confirm the rumor of the decease
of Mr.. Davis.
Now, if 4 more palpab BILE tissue of false
hoods could be published, even by the Sa
tanic press of the North, we should like to
see it.
LIST OF PRISONERS NOW IN FORT LAFAYETTE.
On Thursday David Reno, who was arrested
and confined in Fort Lafayette, arrived in
Philadelphia, having been discharged by order
of the War Department. The following list OF
prisoners now ut the fort was obtained from
him, and is published in the Philadelphia
Press:
Room Number ONE. S. Ruggles, Frede-
ricksburg, Va, July 20: James f.. Murphy
Portsmouth, Va, July 81 John H. Cusick
Baltimore, Md. July3l John W. Davis, Bal
timore. July 81 George Miles Richmond
Va, August %; James e. Guthrie Peters
burg. Va, August %: j r. harbour, Lake
rny n -
New Orleans, August % X. +. Grove, New
York city, Sept. |.
Room Number 1ro.-Chas. Howard. Same el
H. Lyon and VIM: Gatchell Baltimore. Nd,
July 81 Richard II. Alvey, Hagerstown,
Md, July 81; Austin f. Smith, San Francis
co, Aug. 3; John Williams, Norfolk, Va,
Aug. II; John q Beriot, Washington, d. G.,
Aug. 25; Samuel J. Anderson, New York
city, Aug. %; Frank F. Williams, Chocklain.
Ark, Sept. /; II. l.. Reynolds, Mobile, Ala
Sept. l.
Room Nnmber Three;-Dr. Edward Johnson,
Charleston, 5. c., Aug. IA; Charles Hopferal'
Carroll county, Md, Aug. Is:~T S. SerreII.
NV Orleans, Aug. IS; Pierce Butler,
Philadelphia, Aug. 20; Louis D. Bibian, Will
mington, N. c., Aug. 2o F. NJ Fisk, New
Orleans, Aug. %: W. H. Hart, lieutenant
U. 5. N y Norfolk, Va, Aug 81; Captain DE
Laguel, Is. A y Alexandria, Va, Aug. 81; J
@. Raining, New York city, Sept. 2.
Room Numbr F0nr-Samuel H Eakins Rich
mond, Va, August 26; David Reno, Column
bia, S. c., August %, discharged; Robert Tan
sill, Captain Y. S. NJ. CD Virginia, August
Is; Thomas S. Wilson, U.ieutenant IT, s. M
e. Missouri, August 2s; H. b. Claiborne
(Midshipman L. :. NJ. c. New Orleans Au-
gust rs; Hillary Cenas, (Midshipman u s. NJ
O. New Orleans, August IS: En-. Patrick,
Brooklyn, n. Y, August rs: Ellis b. Selma
bic, PennsylYanIa, August 20; Uriah b. Har-
rold, Macon, Ga, August 80; Richard S
Freeman, Macon, GA, August 81; Henry A
Reeves, Greenport, L. L., september l.
Prirateersmen. Grew of prize schooner York,
of Norfolk, Va, taken from the schooner G
Il. Baker, of Galveston, Texas, by United
States gunboat Union, August9, 1861: Pat Nc
Carthy, John Williams, James Reilly Archi
bald Wilson Crew OF prize schooner Dixie
taken from schooner Mary Alice, New York
by the United States steam frigate Wabash
August g. 1851 John A. Marshall Charles
Forester, Geo. o. GLADDEN., J p. N. Carlos
John Joanellie.
THE HATTERAs PRIsoyBRs-THRIR NEW &C AnrHRs
IN THB FoRS.
At an early hour on Wednesday evening
Castle William, on Governors Island, WA.
put in order to accommodate the Hatterai
prisoners. The guns were run in, and the
ports, which have been closed for many years
were cleared away, SO that plenty Of fresh all
could be admitted. Straw ma tresses of a good
quality were served out to them and at an
early hour they retired to rest after their sea
voyage A good meal, consisting of beef and
plenty of bread, was served out to them, each
man being provided with tin plate, cup and
spoon. Their food will be nearly the same
our soldiers receive. Extra guards were
placed in and around the fort, and everything
passed Off quietly during the night.
On Thursday morning they were reused
from their SAUNDERS, and then they piled up
their beds in the classmates and proceeded to
the pump to perform their ablutions. At 81 x
o'clock breakfast was served to them, cooked
by men detailed from their numbers. This
being over, they were allowed to amuse them
selves as best they could. Stakes have been
driven down at about sixty yards from the
CASTLE and no one is allowed to pass out or in
side of them without being accompanied by