The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-01
Geunfal News LENS.

| here YVES com posed Of Get achments Of soldiers
/ from tie Confederate army.
| General News Items.
! below we give q synopsis OF the iaost ntsr-
| eetHg news which could be cleaned from the
! columns Of car northern flies
| ruE POTOMAC CONSIDERED Is \ BOUNDARY.
| The Washington Republicans of Friday morn
! ,og, has the following article relative to the
| Potosoac river. II abounas in curious sug-
| gesliois coming from Government, organ:
| There more occasion Tor oongratu4atine
/ ourselves upon The good luck Of tne tact tiittt
! the naYiga ion of the Pouumac has only re-
| ceutly been impedcd rhan tnere is Tor finding
! iGnlt with tue Administration, BECAUSE the
| tOnieucrateS have al last erected batteries on
| tue Virgins; sAore. 1t never was pyssieie 10
| preveDg that by anything short OF occupying
| ~ al AL points where the cn;.unsi rs Within
| cannon Fhot, which, Of course, h'ts not beet
! within the limits Of praclicabIIlty. and tits
| not easy to Understand why the Uoufedersttes
| have not before improved the opportunity 10
! Obs tCnct the navigation by batteries.
! There Is nothing possible II Toe Case but 10
take measures 10 las lodge them rom " il,ateytr
| points they may actuai'y occupy In this way,
| aud 10 wait patiently t5T that permanent
| hei lrOia tho GiiIcu!ly Wnich Is only to re
| IounG IN the expulsion, or retire I, OF me
| 1lys 1aasn army csnIrei1s Upon Miuass;.s
| JUNCTION.
| Ihe blockada OF the river illustrates The
| folly of lie politicians VINO nave pro posed TO
Lie country DIVISION upon Tia "a i9e Of "a. iot0-
| III - upon the supposIton that Washington
| Is 10 rem4in the CatItI4 OF tna nor Jnern
| States. We can have no secure access 70 th,,
| sea unless We have both shores OF The Pc.
| inac, a;Id, inGCeG. without mat, Washing to:.
| Itself would be within cG:Hon RANCE uf an
! alien jurisdiction. II we give up Virginia,
| we may as well give up Maryland. and retire
| with TIE HatiOn | archives To the Delaware
| or the HudscR. u we hold Washington, we
| must hold both sides OF the Potomac and the
| II y Its h
| vBSrCREsoME R2c0aHoIssAEcE EFfgcrs o.
CLOSING TIE poroMAs, &C.
| The following items are taken from special
| dispatches to The New York Tine. October
| 25.h:
Major Palmer, of the Coast Survey, made
| saccess:n! reconnaissance" beyond Fats hurch
| to-day. obtai Gug valuable Information Il
| the roads and topography Of the couutry.--
| NJ lor'P liner had an escort of six eavalrg-
| lie was shot at four times anc,<Ayhat is re
| n1arka Die, each Of tn &c fear shots struck the
stne md horse IN the escort. One ha'I
| strhck the horse, a second The saddle, 8 third
| the pian, and g fourth the horse. None OF
| diem Inflicted anv serious wounds, the range
| hein 7o1 long
The city has been filed to-day with The
| most absurd aud frightLnl run1ors I was
| told to d'y 1T Wili9rd' ~ gentlemen who
| really believed whit fhey said, that General
| - 'ne had bern drowned Gen. Banks taken
| prisoner and that Gen. NaciIelian had rjy
esc;soeG IL similar tate bg the most desperate
| men had crossed the Potomac 1T III tthias
| Point, and wsre n 4rching IN to take Bali.
more. Cf cOurs" there Was no foundation
| for either Of these stories but vet they we're
| generally believed
| since tha closing Of the Potomac by the
| Coufederates, the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road is necess irily making extensive !: iran ge-
4 ments Tor the LARGELY increased business
which it must do If the army Of the Potomac
renl'ius much longer in lis present position.
Long siditu slisve been put in at freqenti in.
tervais; in such Il manner Us to suhsttn tally
answer The purpose Of Il double track
| Switches haye been laid in every direction
| rom the Cepot, ana storehOnses built for the
reception OF IF light. Ii became mper lively
necess nv that these arrangement Is should be
ni;tda, aud ii VIII prooa bly, in a short time be
military necessity that the War Depart
nent snail resume = nssessioa OF the haze be-
/ tween this city aud Baltimore and Arnsuo-
lis. and SO he able to control the running Of
trains aad the transportation OF supplies and
munitions OF war.
| A few days since Mrs. Kerrigan. wife OF
Coz. James l.. Kerrgan, OF The Nav York
| twenty fifth, now under arrest, Went with
| another lady beyond our outpoata 10 70 S.
| cessna. The avowed purpose WAS to visit III
| house CT the lady, but they were com PEELED
TO turn back without reaching there
| SHORT ALLOWANCE OF FORAGE THE BLOCKADE OF
TaE POTOMAC.
The special dispatches III sthe New York
| tribune OF the 23th. con ain the following:
/ The horses and mules OF The army around
| Washington are on short aIlo VANCE IL ispot
| possible or the railroad TO keep the forage de-
| parIment supplied. Airaady q remedy ia
| taxed OF Tor tne threatening evil OF short
| supply OF nay and oats, cheaper and more efii-
| caclous, II OF more glorious, than arms can
| supply. The construction of n railroad from
acre 10 Noting haln, on the ratuAent; 20lnilas
| OF rails and siiis, borrowed from some pn used
road, would lay the track ,eedily
Tee PotoDlac is bioekadad III Quantieo and
| Matthias Point The interval between these
! is forty miles ieIg. The Confederate steamer
| page ~ n i2I In,
| and on tie rampage among the forage vessels
She varies foraging with shell and shs
| raetice on the Sicale Brigade the Mary
| land side, aid with terTyins over the Con.
tedersts maraalers. THIS blockade causes
| anxiety.
| BILLY WILSON'S REpoar OF rHs SANTA ROSA
fIGHT.,
Col. Bully Wilson, OF the Zouaves, has
written the following letters 10 his wife:
Camp BRcwS, FoRT PicEgSs,,
Sixth Regiment Y ",
Oct. II, 1851.
Dear Wife: am In great hurry. <Wehad
terrible attack two nights sgo. Two thou
sand men came uron ms ~ 3 O'Clock in tbs
morning We, however trrped ont and ga We
them some fight had but two hundred
men In camp az the I'M ard the rebels must
nave naG at least TWO thousand; but the few
had did well, as we siilsd quite = mum her.-
Eleven OF my men are killed, several wound
ed, ana q number taken prisoners Ny old
COOK, Napoleon, 10 taken prisoner. We Killed
aooat Tour hundred OF ths rebels and took
forty prisoners. / an without stitch OF
clothing, but Al right and uphurt Sly men
fought good. The pickets fought like devils.
we lost papers and everything. / got GU,
buttoaing my p ants to receive them. heir
war cry wes, "No quarters 10 Wilson or his
men, Your hush md VIM. Wusox
CAMP Bgogs, near Fort Piekeus.
D b Reg. N. Y. V, Oct. Is. ,eI.
| Dear Wife: The steamer, believe. will sail
this afternoon for New York. wrote YOU 3
few hurried lines the day after the light. I
fear news from TIT South has seat he'd yoa
| with terrible statements OF the AFFAIR They
had me killed, and every man In the regiment.
All they did WIS done suddenly. At o'clock
iii the morning they attacked Us with 400,
men. We had only 200 mrn. My sentinels
fought brasaiv. and gave Us notice, batit was
short one. We were L ardiy out VI bed, and
my men scarcely had their eyes open, when
| ths enemy commenced terrific nsinx all
around us from Lnree different points They
poured voiiey After voll-y into w., however.
We stood and returned ths flrs. but nnally
had ~ retire behind snnd hills Nevprthes
lese, We again issilied, and, With the Asslessuce
Of the troops Oat d me tort, drove snem hAck,
Milling SEVERAL Aandrsda. None a - ~ 49,
i xs9p h4yh 41d oalY eleven were E11od, .
Monneo1 "A dXteee pEt6cNaa1s NV ofotAnl
~ eyesy saf 1nsacSesa& = II ~ koyal