The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-30

Urimsa, In the employ OF ths Rns"tsn % On ~.
i enment, and managed for some time the m.
pIcanon OF Internal machines or his ow d
ser Of war vessels, and aftsr wards assistins
% raise the submerged ehtps from the docks
~ Se0astopol. Subseq uently he returned TO
p ns umsed states, and lately proceeded to
Richmond, where he remained three weeks.
systemasszsd the badness OF the armnry al
that place, "a time table Of which was found
N MS trunk and returned to Philadelphia a
Few weeks aso TO buy material and get force
OF mechanics.
rKR en- spKs roH BLocKApR-aow THR pRIyA.
rRERs HLuDn TIE sauADsox.
We take fhe following from letter published
ed in the Philadelphia Ledger, from an eff ,er
II the u. .. ship Vandaiia, or Oharlestor
aarbor, and written on the 10th inst:
Afiirs on this blockade are but little chang.
cd q la6orious aud monotonous existence =,
ne-t, with but little prospect of improvement
The latter portion OF our time has bean 40.
voted to guarding Bulls bay, a small rnrt ot
entrance, about ~ miles north of UharIe.ton
harbor. When under call we have yentnred
is close 70 the shore as the ships draft would
f'mit AT such times we observed extensive
military encampments and sand batteries
erected, but could see few soldiers. Wa aiso
ooticed q number Of small craft. apparen tiv
Arme0 Ior prlvateer service, anchored inside.
ara TWO or three small steamers mar oeu YER
ing about the harbor entrance, not venturtno
towards AS, as they rightly Judge we are only
too eager to send our complimen t. In the form
Of q 6S pound shell.
We have constantly kt ut the mos. v;o,,.n,
lookout, and have toiled Eigh, AID day TO
make our presence ellie ctnal, and render onr
assistance to the Union; but we could not sea
single vsssei gong In OF out, although we
nave observ we'd lights moving at night, and
considerable sailing TO and fro ia the vicinity
Il Fort Sumter and at Cape Romain We have
out little doubt these vessels eiude our yiai.
a-ce at night, as the nature Of the coast IRE.
,iudss the possibility of anchoring or yentur.
iLg within at least four miles OF the sb ore:
aeloe vessel OF a few hundred tons, such as
tre used in the priyateer service, can easily
escape US By hugging the shore until cut Of
our sight They are So familiar with the coast
md are so reckless that this is the NEST prob.
allie theory OF their managing to run tbs
olockade and success in rifiing our merchant.
tnen. We caRnot, nor copld double the num-
Der of vessels, prevent this. Our gun boats
are really If more service in such business
ihan the frst-class frisates. We rejoice the,
sre fitting outso rapidly and daily arriv ing
TIE FEMALES UNDER ARREST AT wAsEISaToS.
The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Express, after noting the arrest of Mrs.
Greenhow and Mrs. Phillips, says:
Mrs. Greenhow is q sister OF Mrs QUITS,
the mother OF MRS. douglas. MRS. Phillip,
Is daughter Of Mr.. j y. Levy, now OF ST.
vannan, but native, and for the greater Dor.
ton ct his lie resident, Of Charleston: a
ScU tkcludH "CIf AUOWu Ut the NORTH.
aeemed wherever known for his literary &C.
quiIements, the cour tesy or his manners. and
Ais open handed hospitality. In the davs Of
nuliification, dr. Levy was {. firm Uniol.
man, as also Was MIR. tnIlips, then q vouuc
lawyer at the Charleston bar. At the close
of the war OF nuih1ication Mr.. Philips re.
moved to ID obile, where he soon acau,red a
large practic On his cleo ton to Congress.
III 1858, he removed u this c.ty, where he has
since resided, aud where his Hue legal abili
ties have secured him a lucrative practice In
tIs Supreme Court. He has always been re-
garaed here as q Union man, ana was sent
last winter by Mr.. buchanan on q quasi dip.
iomatic mission 10 tie South to ascertain if il.
were possible TO get up d rsactionary move
ment in Georgia and Alabama against the
S,cessionlsts. The unsLcle sstul Jesuit of his
miseIon was chrohicied AZ The time
MIR. Phillips Is most IS Unable man and
enjoys The res ect or his legal cutem porarl ss
to an unlimited degree. HIS wife, being the
moLher OF nine chliuren, one migat suppose
would o. TOO much occupied oy household re-
sponslOilttles 10 find lime for holding cores.
pOn0ence with The eLemy-wnlch Is under.
stood 10 be the cause OF her arrest. However
Inns may De, II IS very certain tnat she is u
lady OF great intelligence and most attrac-
uVe manners, ana as competent 10 conduct
correspondence on any subiecs as the most
gifted female dipiomatAsts OF France or Rus
STA.
1t is little singular that Mr.. Phillips &C.
cupiss the house In l street winch, tor the
last two or three years, mas been occupied by
Jefferson DAVIS.
THE LADIES' JAIL.
Speaking Of the feminine rebels of Wash.
ington, among whom it includes the wives of
ex-members of Congress, of ex. clerks in the
Departments, the wives and relatives of eff.
GERS and soldiers in both the Federal and Con.
federate armies, boarding house keepers, Ia.
dies CT wealth and refinement, ladies in the
humber walks of life. and female servants of
all grades, the Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
The improperly as well as inconv enience of
placing these female prisoners in the common
Jail, or in the prfs at the Capitol, was at
once seen. 1t was determined, therefore, to
secure some su!ta9 (e building and appropriate
it for this purpose. Accordingly. the large
house at the corner OF - and Fourteenth
streets was selected and rented on Saturday
for this purpose. The premises consist of the
mansion itself, sufficiently spacious to con.
tain comfortably all the ladies who will b
garden, in which they will be allowed to
walk. The whole is surrounded by a high
brick wall which will at once prevent their
escape, and secure them from the i'm pertinent
air lady arrested are confined here, and it is
underst ocd that they will have the society of
three more before to-nisht.
The female members of the family of Mayor
DcIIctl duu KE dIc OIL uUQ6T STITCH
surveillance, military guards being stationed
in both houses.
THE ARREST OF Young JOHNSTON.
1t was stated yesterday that VIM. L. John
ston, said to be nephew of Gen. Johnston, OF
the Confederate army, was arrested in Phila-
delphia on Sunday night, as he was about
leaving for Louisville. The Bulletin adds
further:
"a number Of letters directed to pro minent
people in the South, and q map of the seat of
war in Virginia were found. He is grandson
Of Mrs. Henry ID. Gilpin, of this city. Upon
the bre aking out Of the war he received Lieu
tenants commission in the Confederate army,
and he was with Beauregard at Manassas.
This fact caused much uneasiness to his
grandmother, and she determined to procure
his discharge. ii possible. A lady friend OF
Mrs. Gilpin attempted to accomplish this OBJ
ject, and, In a carriage, she sue seeded in
working her way through both lines, and into
the rebel camp. Here she had an interview
with Beauregard, who received her with
much politeness, and promised to take the
case into consideration, and, if possible, to
comply with the request of the relative of the
young man. After waiting for some time
without hearing from Beauregard, apple alton
was made to Gen. Lee, and he com piled with
the request Of the friends Of John ston, and
discharged him from the service. He then
joined his mother, at Warrenton. Va, and
three weeks ago he succeeded in reaching Phil
adelphia, where he has made his home with
Mrs. Gilpin."
boston HARB0R DRPENcB.
The Boston Post states that the efforts OF
Mayor Wightman to have tho forts In Boston
harbor properly armed, have been successful
ORDERS have been issued at Washington to
have one hundred and sixty guns, many OF
them Of very heavy calibre, mounted at the
forts forthwith. Oaptain Rodman, Of the
ordinances department, an officer # grsat capa.
city and experience. is TO superintend the
work, and has permission to employ all the
help necessary TO complete it in the most
thorough and expeditions manner.