The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-02

mtnnsf Of condassfne Il . sAsll have thu
feM ssa g soAttsrisg mo inmsnss Oonfsderais
y making It necessary for fhs Oonfsdsra. -
. osfeud Other points. It mieht bs thopl
tnes We had had enough Of such busine s.,
nuu ssas tne P.esidsni, BY this time, had
sncn 9oarssr. C.rtainlya nothing Is mCTs
Ridiculous than the srec Acls Of cIviiiars. IN
sny ran. o. iiis, presaminE 70 dictate 70 the
be made OF the half miiiion Of nsn soon ~
IN ths nslo; and. you may rely upon II, such
attempts At interference will have NO more
sGec. upon the plans Of Gen. Scott and 0sn.
tbs fact that these gentlemsa represent ina
$50, 0C0 900 which the banks have sub ;ortbed
to the national loan gives them NO prescrip.
tive right TO obtrude their Views upon .he
Government.
rHs BxEnT's CAMP PraEs.
The Confederate camp fires can be seen
from GEORGETOWN Heights. near Falls
Church, about six miles from Fort Corcoran.
TIE sxTREAcHxxxrs AT MUNYON'S BILL.
The correspondent of the Washington Star
writes:
Near Hunter's Chapel, Va Aug 30.-I write
to give you some p RI ic glars as 10 the position
OF the Confederate force in this vtcini y. From
q hnl near 5. d. OoYbett's barn, not far frcrn
here. good view Of Munson's hill can be OBJ
tanned. Yesterday. TO observers with good
field glasses, great activity was noticeable
there, O large force Ct Infantry and cavalry
being visible, a. II they were parading for our
inspection In the afternoon they had drill,
which, but for the damp foesy weather, would
have bsen an interesting SIGHT. AZ il was,
their marching, coun ter mar. ming. &C., could
be distinctly seen; They are thro wing up ea-
trencnments on the slope of the hilI-appa.
rentiy all around it--and e large force was at
work yes terday.
Most OF your readers are no doubt familiar
with the high, bold, open appearance Of the
hill, crowned with a few sgIaeg:ing trees A
tail pole has been erected on the highest point
and on that pole q Secession II Is n Ting Il
least 40 fees above the tops OF the nixhes !:
trees The three suipss are plainly seen A
smaller flag is visible TO the left. No doubt
these fl igs can be seen from the DOM of tne
Caption in Washington win q goou glass. as
Munson's hill is distinctly visible with the
naked eye from that point.
A BOLD srscKE OF THK HxpMY.
From the New York World, August eel
The eoemy are pressing upon cur lines In
1cice. and are se.ziag apcn every hill or wood
that Will command any poF ton IF our canu
Tney evidently media e some bold stroke. ard
tnat 1t Will be both skihfui ana bold we ha We
NO reason to doubt, Ia view Of what they have
already done. Raw troops are as poGhiug
against entrenchments, Wnile bshipd thp ,1
they are almost as good ns veterans Tn s
was our weakness at Bull Run; il Will be our
strength In the ems uing fight. But it Is Us eless
H.. IL
be worse 10 US than dozen Bali Runs. IL
We beat the enemy the tue Of war will have
been turaed against them forever. Tos next
few days axe org With the fate Of the Grsar
RspuDuc.
FRcM NORTHERN xIssorRI
QcIScT, ILL.,, Aug 80 "A boay Of Secession
ISIS, .stsmaLed at $40, under l1artin q re-. n
tot posses sion VI Palmyra, Mo-, (.lgnt miles
west tf The Missouri rvef ana ABOUT ten
mics trum QaiLcS,1 yesterday There were
Federal IL and rSS,r
made.
A train CT cars containing q considerable
quantity OF nnshets, tor tne troops at st.
Joseph's was Fred into near Paimyra and
forced 10 rel
FRtA SOUTHERN MISSOURI
CAIRO, Aug. 50 "A flag Of truce arrived this
afternoon, from Ne " Madrid, ct the Federal
camp AT BIRDS Point, Mo, opposite this
pi' cs. Ths object was an sx 5aange Of pris
oneis.
1t is reported that the rebels under JEFF
Tn smpson and General HarGse ara falling
back on New Madrid.
SCHEME FOR TEE BAEIs7MESr OF NEGROES,
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3o.-rhe Governor OF
feTnInGo 20 has been authorized by the
Spanish Government - to receive in that
Island certain numDer Of slaves who may
be captured by vessels Of the United Statss,
that oelbg fr5e they may there acquire the
benefits OF civilization" Flag Oiicer Iaman
has communicated this proposition to our
Government.
IIappears by the some correspondence from
the African squadron, that the Secessionist Is
nave been sen0lLg circulars to naval fficerS
OF Southern birth, ho;dins out Inducements
20 leave the United 5 Yates service ind JOIN
that OF the ConfeGerates, with equal rank -
First Lieutenant Tatnaii, OF the .asrinss, re-
ceiysd one OF these documents.
The CoSFKpERATz FORCES WESTERN vIa-
GIsIA.
We copy the following from the Philadei
phia Inquirer of August 10Th:
Ii il to be feared that Gen. X ,seEcranZ has
not accompi shed what the 4oyarnmen, ex
pected from him, Not from any want of skill
or generalship on his part, but ewing to the
want Of sufficient number Of troops. TIE
indications now are. that Mess he is speedily
and largely rein forced, he, and all the Fedora
| troors now there, will be driven out of West.
ern Virginia Ii this does take place, the
mischief will DO only begun. The expulsion
of the Federal troops will be followed by the
expulsion of tho members of the Legislatur re
| of the new State Of Ksnawha Or Western
Virginia, by that Of the Governor of the new
State, and probably by the imposition of very
heavy burdens upon all the Uri n people OF
| that part of the country. The Uonfederates
| will thsn seiZ. upon the western part of the
| Baltimore ard Chic Railroad from Parksrs-
| burg to Cumberland, and fortify all the i'm.
| portant points in Western Virginia. If they
| do this, it will protract the wsr indefinitely
| That thsy are energetirally moving in thai
direction will be evident from the following
! facts
| Immediately after the battle of Bull Run
| Gen. Lee was sen. by the COpfsderate Wa,
| department On secret expedition int,
Western Virginia. He passed through Co.
dons>tie, Charlottesville, Staunton, ans
Ooyington A. each of these places h,
| found attachments of troops, which hac
| heen sent there ard placed under his orders
so that on leAyiag Ooving'on he found him
self a: the head of a well appoin led force @
1 thnnSnnh hic d
| rossed the Allegheny Mountains, rested an,
refreshed his men at Lewishurg, crossed tn
Fiat Top Nom tsins, and enc mped on tn
| banks of the Galley river Here he sren
some days in drilling and moderately sxer
cisiDg his men, and In g. .tir G them accu STONE,
| to the manr1yres OF DTi2ades aud field evou
tions.
In the meantime, Gen Floyd, John Il
| Of 10 900 troops, raised In the South westerl
counties of Virginia, had bsen moving In tn
same direction. On the 10Th of August n
Yves at Nswbern, On the line of the (}rea
| 6 snization Of his division, and started on hi
way IN the North. o. The 12'h, his column
4 was at Paris on the 18th, ut Union, in Mon
roe connt and on tho Il ia, AZ Lswisb1rg, i.
| crossed over the Flat Top Mountains, by III
| same route taken few dsys afterwards b
| Gen Lees army, and proceeding to a spc
mar the Gauley Bridge, awaited the arrival c
| Gen Lee JOINING their forces On the Eat
instant, 1t would seem from accounts that b
two Generals preceded along the Gauls
| river, crossed that stream, attacked Col Ty
Ter at Summersville, and defeated him wit
| heavy loss on the 28th
We have no further date q. to the m owe
| ments of th zee Confederate Generals Buti
| is easy to sea that they have imm ediately fcl
lowed up this slight success by further ad
| vance into the DO weis Of the lapd 1t is NOR
than probable that before this time both Ger
| Lering and Gen. jackson have advanced upo
| Gen. RosencfaIZ upon enc eide, while q en-,
Lee and Floyd have attacked him upon tn
other.
SOUTHERN EBRcnAST IN SEw YORK.
The following, from the New York Herald
shows what tefel . Southern merchant VIII