The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-12

The Warrington correspondent OF The bal.
timore Exchange gives the following view Of
affairs at the seat of tyranny:

| WAnHisuros, Sunday, July The fallacy
of safeguarding the South by withholding
| from her the usual supply Of coal, dry goods
and drugs, is now apparent 10 the Northern
Administration. Nor has the closing Of their
ports, the employment Of idle mercenaries in
| the shape of a large standing army. and the
Philadelphia journals intimidated the rebels
! in the least. We daily hear Of advances of
| Southern troops to afd the virginians, and
| withal their movements are conducted so qui-
| city that perhaps but few Virginians know
| the actual force and their disposition, even on
| their own soil.
The State and Treasury Departments are in
| a state of great confusion, and the ads there
| of appear to be much perplexed. It is evi.
Dent that France, least suspected, lciI have
| cotton, if she has to force the blockade; while
| we all know that the supply now in England
is limi led; there remains Dut little at the
North, and four millions Of British subjects
are dependent for their daily bread upon the
manufacture of this great Southern staple
The Secretary of the Treasury is in doubt
| as to the realization of his pet projects of
! raising Government funds. 1t is believed
that the Senate will Oppose a direct taxation
of people who can be only constrained to
aid III the present unholy crusade; while the
special revenue tax proposed by the Secretary
will meet with violent opposition in the
House, some members OF which branch
having already framed bills for the repeal or
amendment OF that monstrosity-the Morrill,
Tariff; this, notwiths landing that both Sem
| ate and House are willing that the war should
be Immediately commenced on grand
scale.
1 have to chronicle another outrage,
or more properly, two of them, by Lincoin's
cob orts, alike disgracing to nature and Chris
tianity:
On Saturday morning early, a New York
Zouave, of the late Col. Ellis WORMS Firemen,
was at the house of one Margaret Mitchell, of
low repute. on Maine Avenue, above A.
| street, and while standing at the door was
quarreling with party in the house about
| gaining admittance. Finding words fruitless
| the soldier ~ drew a pistol and snapped it at
the party in the house. who retaiiated by
| shooting the Zouave, killing him. All the
parties in the house were arrested, and the
matter passed from the public mind when,
after an alarm of fire yesterday afternoon, it
was ascertained that the Zouaves assisted by
I soldiers not belonging to their regiment, had
| fired the honse and two others adjoining it,
| and prevented any one from attempting to
| extinguish it. While the fire was yet burn.
| ing, a body of Cavalry, Second Regiment
| Lieut.. Ash dashed down the street and
| through the crowd of quiet and inoifensive
! spectators, slashing with their sabres right
| and left, and infictng on several bystanders
| severe wounds; nor was their gallant ardor
| cooled here, for in vacant space opposite the
| burning buildings were several small children
| playing, who were heroically chased by these
| mounted ''yeOman of the North" with sabre
| and carbine, and the children were CALAMITY
| routed alike from their sport and the field.
| AT six O'Clock last evening ali three houses
| were totally destroyed.
NoTR.-The Cavalry have returned to their
| quarters without the loss Of q man.
The Secretary of the Treasury's PROPOSE
| ton to abolish or curtail the franking privi-
| lege, as source Of revenue, meets with i'll
| favor in the House. Republicans, as q body
| have always voted for it, and on Friday MI
| Van Wyck gave notice of his in ten ton to in
| troduce bill to allow the captain of each
| company i'll the United States service to frank
| the letters of all his men. and that officers
| and soldiers should receive all letters free of
| postage. MIR. Burnett. of Kentucky, was the
! only member present who objected to the
bill being put upon its passage at that time.
| Considerable numbers of Tennessee, Ar
kansas and Kentucky troops are now concen-
| trated at Memphis aud other points on the
Mississippi 1t is conjectured that they will
either be thrown into Missouri, to aid Gov
Jackson, or are intended for an expedition
against Cairo. In anticipation OF such move
ments, the neighborhood of Cairo is being
daily strengthened by the Federalsts, while
Gen. Lyon has xtended his line in such man
| ner, he believes, AS Gov. Jackson's re .rea may
be cut Off.
The New York 18th Regiment, Col. Burke.
arrived here yesterday at 80 While at the
depot they drank much whiskey, and INDUCED
among themselves in a game OF fsticuffs.
The list New York Regiment is now a the
Navy Yard. They leave Oh Tuesday or Wed.
nesday next, either for Matthias Point or
Fortress Monroe.
The Federal troops advanced this moruing
one mile beyond Falls Church.
AT Fairfax Court House the Confederates
are stationed with two regiments and eleven
field pieces They are now prepared to de-
lend tSe road from Vienna, the Falls Church
road, and the river road leading from Alexan-
dria.
On Saturday the Maine Regiment, over one
IN c ea T1 s I'VE hnstayy
that day, also, the 10Th and 2Sth Regiment
New York; started for Harper's Ferry. The
18th New York Regiment left to-day at . 80
for the same destination.
The Saith Regiment, New York volunteers
who arrived here on Friday night, and were
quartered i'll Woodwards building, started
Tor an encampment north OF the city to- day.
The Mozart regiment, New York cityD
Col. Reilly, which arrived here yesterday,
are to go to Virginia on Wednesday.
The soldiers are making constant arrests of
suspicious parties. On Friday two drunken
men arrested deaf mute, IA pupil of the Co.
lumbar Institution, "on suspicion"
The report (FederaD of the Confederate loss
at Martinsburg has been greatly overrated as
to the killed, wounded and prisoners. A gem
tleman just from there informs me that he
supposed he saw all the prisoners, and that
instead of there being more than 200 there
We're but five. The same gentleman states
that McMullin's Rangers, philadelphia
rOWdy nremen, ~ were appoin ted to the right
of the column by Gen. Patterson but that on
the first rush OF the Confederate cavalry they
broke, and each running for tree, esconsed
himself. This action OF the Rangers is cred
tied through the Northern journals as pecu-
liar mode OF fighting
The Message does not excite any comment
in this city, the points set for In therein being
already exhausted by the Northern news
papers. Even the partizans of the Admins
tration, many of them, studiously avoid argu-
ing many palpabie weaknesses contained in
the document.
WARRINGTON, July SIT is ascertained that
the new military department, composed Of
the State of Missouri and all the Territory
West of the Rocky Mountains, is to be un-
der the command OF Maj Gen. Fremont.
Yesterday party OF five men, belonging
to Col. Clarke's Mozart IN. Y. city, Regi-
Frenchman, on the island near the Capitol,
and shortly after were all seized with pains
indicating poison. Three have since died, and
the other TWO are not expected to live.
Capt. Mason, (brother Of the late Senate
Mason,) Of the ed Virginia Artillery, while
removing his household effects ON yesterday
morning, Was arrested by detachment of
Connecticut Volun teers. Accompanying him
We're nine negroes, four horses and four m ules.
Ihe arrest took place near Falls Church.
The Rhode Island batteries practiced with
their eight pound James patent) field pieces
at the monument on Saturday. The guns had
a range of little over a mile. The projectile
used was the eleven pound percussion bomb.
The 3Sth and 5th New York Regiments have
gone to Harper's Ferry.
The 1st NJ iryland and 18th Pannsy lvania
Regiments are at Frederick Md.
The Soth New York Regiment arrived here
yesterday.
Gen. Lyon, with ], 700 men, left Bonneville
on the Sd instant, for the neighborhood of
Cairo.
The list New York Regiment goes down the
river tonight; destination supposed to be
Alexandria.
The commander at Fort Pickens has sent for
endorsements. An attack by Gen. Bragg is
daily expected.
A soldier yesterday firing his musket in
the street, near B and 4 streets, nearly caused
the death Of Mr.. j. u. Smith, who was stand
ing in the yard of his house. The ball passed
through the fence and grazed the skin or Mr..
Smith
An attempt was made yesterday to fire the