The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-23
States army. 10 said 70 - In command OF
body Of Texan kanesrs

vaox So1rRSss xoHass.
The Baltimore Sun, Of Wednesday. says
| The Steamer louisiana, Captain Cannon.
arrived yesterday morning from Ola ROM,
| with large n lumber OF passengers, Inc ooibt
| a number OF lAborers, who had been enpioyeo
| at Fortress Monro and the Rip RAps livery
thing was quiet In military point OF vew
| when the L. left. Several soldiers, charged
with corresponding with the CenfsasrAes'
| had been arrested and confined.
:, The Baltimore Exchange says:
Yesterday morning. by the bay line, OaPt;
| Whiting and wife, OF the ship Alvarado. OF
! Monroe. The Captain reports that MS snip
| was bonnd from tho Uape Of Good hope. WIZ
| q cargo Of hides and wool for Boston, ana
! when in latitude "a deg, long. 90 min, a ves-
| sci approached him hayiug English colors.-
| When within half a mile Of him the stranger
| fired shot across his ships bow, Wnsn ne
| Immediately hove to, and an arinea 1on. VI
| twelve men was sent TO tis snip. ~ Vas
| informed that bis vessel Was PRIZE 10 mo
| privateer Jeff Davis" Of the Southsrh Con
| fedeTacy. prize crew was put on o0aIo tns
| Alvarado, and tina course OF tho vessel direct
ed to thscoast OF FIorida, on reaching wnicn
| an effort was made to run In 70 the Inlet CT
papcina, but tho u. ). ship Eincennes being
in the vicinity, the effort was not successi ~
The prizs crew then determined to strand the
| ship, aud accordingly run her on to the peach
| two miles from shore. The Fincenhes ools
| doHn to the ship, when the prize crew de-
! serted her, and Capt whiting hoisted tho
| s.Stars and Stripes" The Confederates then
| sent Il boat from shore, and took Captain
| " hitting of the Alvarado. An armed boat
was sent from the Fincennes, with tbs In ten
| ton CT getting tho ship of, but the Confede-
| rates opened q battery on The FIncsnnes from
shore and she Wai compelled to 80 out 70 SEA.
Her boat crew finding IL i'm possible to get the
| AlvGraiO Off, set fire TO her and she burnt TO
! tne waters edge. Oaptain Whiting was GENT
! - Richmond and thence 10 Fortress Monro5.
! Whilo in Florida Captain Whiting was well
| trea ted, and his wife was the guest Of Mrs.
! G.-sa fulna 10 treated nor with marked
kindness
| TCOrrss1o1deree 0: the associated Press.l
| F0RrEEss MosRoE, August l9.-Notwith-
| standing The regiments taKsn away from Old
Point, tneIe is TIL an efec tive force hero suf
| ncient tor all probabl emergencies.
| The great portion OF the men sent to the
Rip Rap are to be G uar tersd inside the Fort
ress. An excellent state OF feeling now pro-
walls, ant our troops are al &lOus for an i'd
vance.
| TIE steamer Minnesota will ssu southwark
! shortly. The steamer = uaker City Is up FROM
| the Capea, and reports u ninoty. gun dec ship
| OF war ashore AZ Cape Henry. She went
| a2reUnd st ebb tide, anu will doubtless be got
. Il at food tide. Two powerful Propsllsrs
axe going 10 her relief.
| This il Lac Spanish ship ro.iosd IL our
Norfolk correspondence
| ras srElaE2 BALTIMORE AET.Is5 % Tsk
rIyER.
| The steamer Baltimore (ssys the Washing.
| ug on S42r Of Tuesday EVENING" came n,
| from Odd Point last L Shi, wLsrs sho had
| heen detained by bad weather, bringing in
| -oN eleven lire shir's launches four OF which
were at once Il ::ed out, each with tyaIr.
pound hoat hovritzer. and marinex aud tow.d
| COW 10 me heet oy the Baltimore. Today
| w~rklsen are rapidly lifting up tho remaining
| seven il tne s,r'e style, and tnsss Will DUH
lesa 90 down 10 night. The baltimore re-
| ports all quiet down the river ard Al Ola
. Point. Last Friday morning the L. S sbin
! Cumberland arrived in Hampton Road. fro,r
l kNefCH Nh.rs S-L bean ~,
pairs
| TIE Penguin has left Old Point and iolosd
the Potomac iotiil., now lying of Aquia
| CTc.s. Tae Mount Vernon b!ockadss tn.
mouth OF the Rappahsnnock, and the I,oui-
| siana guards tae Eastern Shors near Can.
| Uhar.e.. All on board she.e vssseis z-s well
cud ia coed scirits.
! The seaman, E.rnest Walton who wax
| wounded III the affair OF the Resoiute, at Ma
| tAias' Point, Is lying quite i'll 1T the hospital
! and II 10 though Will not recover.
| AHIs-AKs.
| Ghe newspaper story, alleging tbs: Com.
! mauder William d Porter, T. 8 NAVY Is
! on his way home from the Pacific sde) in
| irons. by order OF the Navy Department. is
| untrue. On the publication OF his letter. On.
| CoUTasing his sou 10 fight in the oiiearchy,s
/ army, orders were cent 10 the commander OF
| the Pacific squadron TO take from him the
| cTuaiaLd Of the sloop- of-war OF which he WAS
| in .hfTse, and 10 hand him his dismissal from
| tbs service, sent 10 the Gonna Cdors'a care ct
| tie same time.
| TIE AasssT or IS. sxRSsLh.
| The New YORK Post, slluding 20 the 1rrs.t
| 0f M. Thomas s. SeTrell, says
| He asserts yhet tho whole occasion OF b.
| trouble lies in the fact that he had on his last
! voyage IN the Persia TWO acQ sain tances who
| sal by lis si3t ~ the table and in0ulgsd very
freely i'll the n.e OF Intoxicating drinks 5s-
| coming boisterous and troublesome TO tho pas
| senger., and that taking occasion TO rebuks
| them ne thereby incurred their il-vill, when
! one OF them made the stae.m-n. ap0z which
! lie VH3 .Ece&te!,
! 4 brother LAW OF S.rrell's arrived /. this
| city ca Monday morning from Phi!adel phje..
a gentleman residing here. y no has Enown
him for many years, tended to he present
| the exarnipaticN. From tho statements Ct
| these gentlemen il appears tnat Whatever
| may have b2en Ssrreli = intentions on this oe.
caaiou, his friends are wholly unpcepared TO
| believe that he wGs In aky way eouceetsd
| vi III the Confederate Suites. His broth.r-in-
| law, Phitfdeiphan. statas that he should
have been no more Surprised st being himself
arrested FOR treason than &c WE on hearing
cf Serfelrs arrest, and thai Serrel Was In
| Philadelphia previous 50 his arrest after his
trip TIE Persia
| Serrelrs statement in rela ton to his money
| was that it IS his own property, srd that he
intended to start { brokerage ard exchange
| busiae:s in Philadeiphia.
TIE sARK JOSEPH Maxwell cApTEs8p sY TIE
trnraE.
Advice. have been received Ir New York
ChHs- TIA BARK j OsSpl klSN Hf1I, from EIiI1G6l
! phla for L'su&yra, was captured ny the Sum
! ter The - n q : uiy. or Porto CabelO. 1t.
| Hanks and I've men were puI aboard as prize
! crew and the Captain Of th8 bark aud Part
| Of the cTeH taken .oosrd OF the Sumter. The
| Max FeN WIS taken In 10 CiGnIueE0s bet o.
dered ont " HIN twenty -Iovr hoars. "a ths
meantime hrrausoIneu IS were msds 20 ran her
! a.,hoIs fifteen 1nI.es oaar ~ Oieutrcsos, which
| Tas done, cEG her ergo tsken to CisufueSOs
| and sold, and partly paid for. The privatesrs-
men gera senl 30 Havana by the Governor OF
| U.enfussos IS ship"recssd ssaIaen.
iXCHASGs or PRI,oEBss.
| lti- stated that President Lircols he's re-
| lsiyed five different petitions, signed b- The
Bun Run prisoners 1T Richmond, praying that
| some measures might he taken Tor lhsir re-
| lease or exchange. One OF them was signed
! exclusively by the married msa and heads
| CT families, amounting 10 4lS. IL begged
Tart tray might % sxchcl ged, IN order
| that they might return home TO provide for
| their teTnlt--, whom, they alsssd, were suf-
| lerirT. Another WISE from tbs three months
| volUutoerg, vhOss time has 81 pred. The
| President read them sli and thez passed
| them t. Nj. blair, who Tiled them carefully
! 4way.
aEI.Htss II rss zAa4wsA.
! The Ohio state Journal. Of Moad.Y. say.
| Ky special dispatch from General Cox 10
| Governor neunisuu, from Carney Bridge via
| G-IiHoliF, dsted he l7.h We louTr stat our
| advanced guard, the nh Regiment, had .
| sfc1nssh with ths enemy's os!por.s near Big
/ sHS"tie D''fuhLAii, iHttSr III 1pFGuHo
| Garicv Nridfe, the dhy before, Ia which Gvs
| OF the rebels we're killed and several wounded
| Our man had three slightly wounded.
| sorA SCOTIA v1.s.Lz YRAr IAs WITH TVS sosrr
| The Boston Post, OF the 18TH inst, says:
| Several vessel. from Nova Scotia have re-
| Gently Seen doing good business a. the South
| and it is said Others are tbere making arrange
| mens 20 eecurs = share OF tho profits to be re-
| allied on ice, &C, BY running the blockade
| Al St. John, New Brunswick, al.o we learn