The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-09
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NOTES OF THE WAN.
Inc Northern papers of Thursday last con-
tam some further notes and comments on the
war movements, from which We select the
following:

ifohton some days since arrived safe AZ Jack
s'n' ''n miles west Of here, yesterday morn
n's' NO enemy WAS met. a ssont who ar
| we'd from Hartice's Confederate camp reports
| mat they Immediately commenced retreating
on hearing OF Prentiss advance, rapidly NOV.
ing towards Arkansas with his force Of DOC
| men. The enemy are reported to be strongly
| fortified at Sikcstown.
| The following kilograms in regard TO tho
movements of the Confederate army in Mis-.
! souIi, We give for what they are worth:
| RoLLA, Mo. Sept. "A gentleman from
j Springfield reports that Ben. McCulloch. with
| o,oeo Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas troops.
/ was marching towards Arkansas and W. :
last heard from at thaleteale SPRINGS near
Mount Vernon. The wounded we've hn; - y
moved from the Springfield hospital and taken
Southward. ~ ~
On sunday Generals Price parso,e s;,,ch
| ana churchill moved towards Bolivar with n
iYFce OF ten or twelve thousand Con!ederates
men t,iSt heard from they. were marching to-
Va 'us Jefferson city.
&c. IorIs. Sept 3-Jater aatas r.o,, T az
tns'oh confirm the safety of that place and
| me withdrawal Of the ConIekierates There
= ln"th ulsaaeetton in McCulloch's army. He
- now IN Arkansas. This is reliable A
party Of HE bout County Home Guards were
| SURPRISED early on Sunday morning AT Bur
it't1 HhtlIS, by three hundred and fifty Con
Ieuvt"t's. lwooi the Guards were killed and
I "ouAucoi ana the ConteGiCrdtes also had seye-
raj Killed and wounded
:, y o'Spateh from st. Louis reports that Col
! poAeHA, Of The Indiana Legion. has been
court martialed ON the charge of conduct nm
/ "'NoAhiHS aA officer and II gentleman, and
sentenced 10 he dismissed from the service. of
tR' tHltSd STATES. The court was presided
ever by General Pope, and the finding was
! approved Icy General Fremont.
ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN GUxBeArs
Under date of Cairo September 4th, the
. Northern papers have the following:
Inc Federal eunboats Taylor and Licking
ION h"d IN engagement OFT Hickman, Ken.
tHCkY, this afternoon with the Con frdrr,t to
Euhboat Yankee and two batteries on the Mis-
. soufl shore, supported by about 800 Con
icaefdttS, VINO also fired upon our boats
None OF the enemy shot took effect
HE Taylor and Lexington fired about
twenty shots, with what effect is not vet
KNOWN, ana returned to Cairo this evening.
va theif way up they Were fired at with
Kentucky
Colonel Hicks Of the Illinois Regiment, who
was sent 10 arrange an exchange of prisoners
returned last night from Charlts1on Missouri
sCnerS -
1t Is reported that the Confcdcratcs have
l@IIth back from Shes town To bildrid. Gene
raj Grant took command OF the post o-day
THE ENACTMENT AT HArrERAs INLET.
Commodore Stringham, who commanded
the Federal feet AT Hatteras, has made his
o'dcIi report. 1t contains no facts addi-
tloHal 10 those already published. He con-
ciudes by saying:
" nave naught but praise TO accord TO the
o1hcei>, Seamen and ms rinss and the officers
ana soldiers OF the army who were present
LOT 'helr EallIuify and cheerful devotion to
dutF and 10 their Governments the United
states OF America, which they all cheerIlilly
and heartily serve"
AFFAIRS At FORTRESS NoEE0E-REPoRrs FROM
RICHMOND.
FoRTHESs MoNRoE, September3-The steam
or q o. Peabody left Old Point for Hatteras
inlet At t clock Z. III i, with a large ouantiIy
OF CoHinissary and ordnance stores
The Euuhott l.. Il. Forbes was gotten OFF
me heIch II cape Charles night before last
with three leet OF water in her hold and pro.
ceeded 10 Washington this morning for re-
PAIRS She would have gone to pieces had
not the weather been unusually mild.
ihe con trab1nd slaves at Old Point now
children
A ii x of truce is just down from Norfolk
WIN the crows oi the barks ROwena and q len
schooner Mary Alice and brig Joseph, ali cap
turcG by the priyIt9cr Dixie with the pycen.
ton of the Joseph which was taken by the
prlNatetr savannah.
The captain ana mates of the Glen We're de-
tanned rs prisoners ut Richmond
The Captain Of the Mary Alice is almost di-
rect from Charleston. lie reports that the
force there does rot exceed 900 men, and that
th''S apprchcndett an attack from the recent
il" tai expedition to the North Carolina coast
congressman Ely IS still at Richmond and
has to take his turn in cooking and carving
water for the prisoners
Colonel Corcorlp, Of the Sixty-uinth New
ork regiment, WAS lately put i'll irons for
several hours, for refusing TO answer to his
name on the roll
Butter at Richmond is worth so cents per
pound, lam 30 cents, and coffee A. cents per
pound.
Captlin Darns made a reconnaissance YES
terday III the direction of Rock river and cap
tured tWo OF the mounted Worth Guards
THE REPORTED DEATH OF PRESIDENT DAVIS.
The Baltimore Exchange, of Thursday,
thus alludcs to the last grand sensation ca
nard at the North:
The Washing ton Star and New York Her
aid treat their respective publics to "A first
rate sensation, in the form OF a plausible
"conjirmatlon" of the rumored dea tn of Pre-
s!deht DdHIS-their authority being Il con-
trah&nd from Manassa, whom the Star slvly
describes as q party Another "reliab BILE
party is said TO have sent Il dispatch to the
same effect from I-oItisviiIe: and this
spirited enterprise III journalism succeeds
10 the extent OF disturbing the tran
guilty of nGfnber Of worthy but over
creuulous people. But, unfortunately for
Inc lie OF the story, the Richmond Dis
patch Of Tuesday has arrived with the proc
lamation of President Davis calling Con-
gross together that day in the Capitol.
This should be conclusive. Does the Hera Id
toInlnandtr-In- thief were really dead, the
Contedefttcs would publish the important
fact 10 Washington and the Federal camps, by
means of half-mast flags?
"a LOCAL SECESSION DIRECTORY"
Under this caption the New York Journal
of Commerce calls attention to the - grand,
gloomy and peculiar doings of the political
detectives of New York They have prepared,
il says, a complete black list with a running
commentary OF free and easy notes. Of all the
leading spirits among the secession sympathi-
zers in that city. There are said TO be al least
seven hundred of such candidates for the
Union saving cells Of Fort Lafayette.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. RosEScRASz--A VARIETY OF
REPORTS PROM WASHINGTON.
The snhjoined paragraphs are from the
Washington Star of Wednesday evening last ::
This morning the Government received q
telegram from General RosencranZ, embrace
ing information that he was then, with a con-
siderable portion of his command, at Il point
halfway between BulitoWn and FiatWoOdS,
on his way to attack Wise and Floyd, or ei ther
OF them VINO might be IN the vicinity of sum
merville or Gauley bridge. He started from
tlarksburg (his hcadquartrrs) upon this eXpe
dition, leaving an ample force TO protect the
Cheat Mountain pass, liz Lees front.
BY this time he has doubtless joined General
Cox, and the thus increased Union force is
probably up with the enemy, if the latter has
not executed another OF Wise 5 favorite and
famous Thorough bred" movements ITO the
rear
Yesterday afternoon, between and O'clock
Beauregnrd threW'a considerable force within
three iourtis Of mile Of General Met 'leiian' s
pickrts in front of the Chain Bridge. The long
roll was beaten, and every preparation was
made to meet the enemy, MOI only by our
troops IN the immediate vicinity, bat by al on
both les OF the river.
Up 10 noon to-day we have not heard
whether the force thus advanced in that par
ticular quarter remained there or retired
The movement WAS evidently, however, part
OF Beaureg arci's plan for Il general advance to