The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-23
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
Attempt 10 snptmre Yankee Steamboat on
the Kama. In The s.;sajssra,ion and &c,
Wosl-Crder for the Release Of gsufede-
rate Prisoners, &C., sc.


and descended the river, arriving here with
out material iniury. The rebels fret about
Two hundred ShOte, first at the uiIot hOUsF
and tiieu 81 the engines and boat generally
fhe balls passed through and through the
cabin, texas enEine room, and steam pipe.
buI strange 10 say, HLobody was hurt'
Aincb praise is dre Capt. Windsor for his
successful effort IN saving two hundred a. d
forty horses, with wagons. Ac, which ,.,..
rebels attempted 70 capture.
During the firing Il Government steamer
supposed to be- the Silver Lake, armed with q
@iX FOUNDER, hove in si9ht, coming down, but
on discovering the trouble, reversed her pro-
pelor, aud WHEN last seen was endeayoTing
10 get back up the riye-.
4 rnDor, which il nat credited generally.
says that se'en thousand rebeIs are tlvanciHk
to The kana~ha, to cnt eli army supplies.
The Horizon and EIe iire Cit1, with a reg
u'ent OF Federal troops, passed up the k,.
nawha only an hour ahead Of the Izetia.
1HE INDIANA TROOPS
The ioipT,ng dispatch, dated ''Indianapo-
lis Oct u - is taken frcau the Cincinnati Csss.
sercjql, Of the I2th:
Gen. stone has returned 10 Grafton nnG
Cheat BiOunt1iQ 10 see what has been fs-
cetyed and what is neeaed for Indiana. TH-
troors viii be marched out Of Western Viz
aidia II they are robbed, ~windled and he
glgctsG satn as' in time past. Neither her
Governor nor their officers will suffer :. repe-
titfn Of these outrGgez.
\
of GOV Morton 5 dispatches relating 10 cloth
u 2 our troops ia Western Virginia.
The Thirty Ninth Illinois regiment leit
Chicago yesterday TOR ST. Louis. The Indi-
annapolis JoornaI says
This makes forty regiments ss:at Illinois
will have i'll the Held, and will increase the
number OF illinois troops IN The country s
service to forty-two thousand men.
Ine Cavalry regiment under Col. Farms
worth will leave in two or three days, ard.
probably, two OF three other regiments VIII
leave this State "for the wars within eight
OF ten days.
oES. WOOL sCSTsTSs FREAoSr AND CONDEMNS
TIRE AbNlElsTKArI0S.
The following paragraph, from the New
Xorlt Heyaid. of the 18th, plaAiy indicates a
difference ia sentiment between Lincoln aud
his Generals ia regard TO the conduct of Fre-
mont:
There is no doubt but il was in;erted .Y
the - highest authorities ~ Washing ton 20
Oi5place ffep. Fremont, and give Gen. Wool
command Cr tut Western Department. But
the veteran General iCG,itns over the field
with the official records he fore MN; showing
the number OF men and amount of ma iariai
~ the disposal OF Fremont, would not take
command unless largely reinforced. lie
world no attempt 10 achieve Immense sue
oeSses with inadequate means. This The
Cabinet Caucus considered making TOO many
conditions, and let Fremont remain ia
command. The country viii rightly cou-
slider the act of Gen. Wool rebake OF the
Adm administration, and i lusti1ica tion of Gen.
Fremont
There is no sxcuae--there can be none-for
the ragged aud destitute condition of the
troops at Cheat Mountain. Annie supplies
of clothing have been provided. Thel g has
neen ample transportation made ready -
Therefore some of the officers III thetmploy :
me1t OF the United States are thieves or in =
ctpables. There X no eyadiUg this point
soldiers know ..la a at
nome know it, We would say 70 the loaters
and scoundrels in the ease, BE sue sour
sins Will lind yau out" They VIII be hun tel
down and made infamous, aud the iueD who
have shiyered with naked lin bs through the
wintrV storms of the Cheat Mountains, may
lind Il summary method of dealing with those
who's rascaiity, negligence or idiocy. has
caused them SuCn suEfrinr.
ORDER r9E THE RELEASE OF c0SFEDrHAFE
PRISONERS.
The following has beeit issued from the
headquarters of the army at Washington, rs
a special order, under date OF October Iath
tii;y-seven Of the United STATE, soldiers
detained as prisoners in Riyhmond, having
uecn released ca taking an oath not to bear
arms against The States IN rebellion, tn equal
NUN nef Gf the prisoners Of war taken from
those States nov c1il i,n~d in Washing tom a.3G
New \ Or6 harh0r, viii ha Ttie3sad on taking
the prescribed oath Of allegiance to tete United
States, or an oath not 70 engage in arms
against the United States
Or thOse confined III this city the g here
named Wll ne released as above Town send
HOBBS, " Latin, X. q. Afford, ID. II. Fiqta-
II, :. ). Green, David Porter, q. A. Thomas,
heid, ! r. Payne, W. James, 4. Bonam
Gier, /. Ward. " A. Wilson, G.. Long, r
H. Boone, K. Walker, VIM. z. Thompson.
w. Johnson. ". Bnrrow-,J y McFaii, Geo.
Banker, j. Cariiu, j q Brien, >. Garritt, J..
Rick, ". ~. Birron, Ii. II. Cunning :.
Leadbetter, 8 J. Smith, j. +. Grsyson, Il. j..
Pipckney, W. j. y Barton, Geo. Iarr;tbee,
j. I. Elliott, Geo. Miller.
Col. LOOfuiz. commanding al Fort tCiun-
bus, viii, in connection with Lieut.-Colonei
Burke, select lwenty from among the prison
ers of war under their charge, to make up
the number indicated. The prisoners 10 ta
released wilt he sent by the first opportunity
10 Fortress Monroe, and thence under Il fa4
Of truce through the United States lines.
The Government has thus quietly recoE-
niZed The AindGess of the rebels III releasing
Lhe wounded prisoners who wore seat from
Richmond 4 few day since, by ordering the re
teas. like nuIr her Of rebel Or 3soaers OF WAY
held 10y IA. Ii the rebels sce ut 10 continue
TO thus virtually exchange prisoners, ii is
proha bic our Goverunenr Will ;srquissce, al
'h0u2h it viii do nothing in the way OF an
exchange hy the ordinary customs of beliiger-
ents.
AFFAfR- ~ TEE wAsiGISeT0N NAVY 4sD.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Itnles, OF the I4th, represents great ac
iiyity in the navy-yard az that place. The
following il an extract;
There are about 500 men employed in the
yard now An order vas Issued, a few DAYS
since, to increase the casting of shot. shell
and canister to the greatest extent possible
accordingly, the foundry shops have become
the cen tTe of unparalleled activity. To day
il "a contem plated to use near II tons of iroa
at the iron foundry. in casting the desirable
articles mentioned. Four hundred 9-inch and
l0-iueh solid shot were cast here o-day
For the last six weeks ten tons OF iron have
been used per day ut this ehop in casting pro
iectiles Al the ordnance foundry they are
casting only brass L Founders now. All
guns Of late have been rified. During the
last month twelve guns We re cast In this shop.
previous 70 This, IL was usual to get one per
day. Here, also, there is about one ton Of
iron used in forming shot and she'll. Gangs
work both night aud day. Several guns are
in he iathes; on these they work both night
and day. "A few other guns are waiting their
turn 10 60 through the same operation.
REPORTED caprrgE or MASON AND sLrnELL.
The New York Tribune, Of Oct. 10th. says
editorially
Unless the rebel emlssaries, Mason and Sli
dell. suddenly changed The place agreed upon
Tor their exodus from the rebel States, they
have not, as reprssen led In the Southern ioar-
mails, sailed for Europe from Charleston ia de-
nance OF the blockade. But directly its,. in
telilg gence published 10, day reached here the
Navy Department, with commends bI,, zss
and prompluess ordered ii fast steamer to in
tercept them, and a dispatch from New York
10 Secretary Weiies WAS received tonight
stating that the steamer was ready and would
start on al once. Ii, however, Ahssoa aud
Sii.eii have not sailed from Charleston. h,ll
have taken the route hrst agreed upon, lhes
viii suii ind our Government On the a;.teA
for them
TIE PRO BAhiIITigs AN sARLr AbyAxeE sY
THE YAxkEEs.
The 7fibaae pretends to know what are thu
intentions of the commanding General OF tbs
YANKEES forces about Washington with regard
TO an early advance upon our troops. I,
says
Withoa. claiming TO have Official or ststatie.s
information OF the approaching .rtsement al