The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-10

MISSOURI WAR NE VS..

The AttaQk on fort 1enry.
MISSOURI WAR NEWS
Ac.. &C., &C.
/ From the BALTIMORE AmWtean, OF the ssn
inst. We make up the following Interesting
summary d intsllissscs:
rHk ADVANCE OF 0EE. GIANT or FoAT HEsAf-
DAAAa8 10 4IDs1AL 0U1-DoAf.
CAIao, FEB. c.-The force under General
Grant arrived at this landing, six miles BE-
low Fort Henry. yesterday AFTERNOON. The
gun boats Essex aad st. Louis made recon .
noisance Of the rebel WORKS for the pusP0se
OF landing the forces. They went within
shells inside the entrepchments.
The eLemy returned the IRE and ono hot
struck the hsssx, going through tho corne. OF
O~ptaiA Poftsr's cabin. but doing NO furtn
damage. The range of the rebel guns being
ascer tained plaAe WAs selec ted tor landing,
which was accomplished yesterday after-
noon.
Tae force OF the enemy y supposed to be
4 dispatch dated 20 day says that General
Grants force is within four miles Ut forl
Henry and . dght was expected to-day.
NE cA1ADA xEcIY s0uITY TlRATY.
WAaHIB0ros. feb. 6.-Ihe report made
from the COMMITTEES OF Comneroc to-day BY
Repsesen tativs Ward IL advers 70 the pro-
.
bat advocates al enlargement Of It's CONNER
ctAl oonAecttons, with y Wow 70 render reci.
procasy more certain and SUBSTANTIAL. 1t dis
cossss the e1tent, population. position. and
resources Of the briueh merican Provinces
and possessions, together with other Ques-
tions, Including the righI u the Uniled States
| ~ ]0tat reciprocity, and the dscal 70 Asons
| for IN American or continental system. II
Dappea - that the value OF Canadian produc-
| lions has increased twenty per cent. by the
treaty. While tbs united States tax Cana.
| DIAN productions only $500 per snuurl,
CANADA taxes our productions 81 900 49, alo
| also has al unfair system OF discrimination
! against the United States. The report was
recommitted for the further action Of the
committee
YKDa1AL AOvBNAsTs IN AIssoCRI.
| ST.. Louis, February -AdvIUes rom the
| West state mat she Seventh regi meGt, Col.
| Stevenson, left Lamine for Lexington Oh
II ondAy, and will hVid tnat post during tn.
winter They CANNOT reach that plac. TOO
| soon. Infornstion has been ..csived thus.
| the dsy after that place was evacuated b,
| ths kansas First regiment the rebels cui
| down the American nag: On the Sun.a,
| following tbs notorious Joe shelby, with h
gang Of treebooters, took possession Of the
IOWA.
All the troops along the line Of the Pacific
Railroad. wess OF Jshsrs N City, are under
marching orders. The Nebraska First regi.
| mont 10 geing acr rs the countri 10 kansus.
A number VI regiments are going south 10
| join General DAVIS, and BriKAdlsr- GENERAL
| 6t00i . DIl&&00 10 CO&Qluk uOWH Inc IOAu 10 De
forwarded 70 Kentucky. 6sa. Pope will re-
main and make his noudq uar ssrs At Jefferson
Uity.
1aRN ARrLAhp LRaIsLA1UxR.
In the NHryianu Senate Dill was re-
ported 70 pay the Government Police IN Bal.
| m oIe. A oil Was YepCr Led from the udi.
| ciary Commiste providing tor taking the
| sense OF the people as TO the proprlety OF
hoiaing . Convention to frame new Uon-
| stlLutlon.
| In the House, Mr. johnson repor ted q bill
| prOvaoADg foI the pu3 ment OF The Police
| force OF BALTIMORE. Tho Dali, whicu reyo u
| tbs powers OF the old Police Uomm.s sion ers,
| was passed. The House refused " CO nc ur in
the senate amendments to the Baltimore
Police bill.
| YAoA SOAEkSET-MOvzhEST rs AND P0sITIOyB OF
TINS YbpskALs.
| M. y. CARRIER, Of the Madison Courier. who
Ii Z uAr tSrlnnsler of the Ten tn Indiana re1i
meat, Whites 70 his paper some intureslinx
itsns OF when We avail ourselves, picking
| some plums out OF his eplstOlary PIE Wei.
| mozes battery consists Ut ten Parrot guns
| aud Two brass now1tzers, and belongs TO III.
Twelfth brigade. The captain IL yer,
| youuK man, oil ucHted at West Point indus:
| Lr1ous aud energetic. He arrived nc Somsr.
| eet from Stamford on Friday night, the IL IN
| uit., and pushed on next day, uAd came uu
| With his brig ds On Saturday night, ana was
| in the hight from the beginning ill night
| His gaLs threw shot ana she'll. A rebel pris.
! oAer, Lteusenant OOl. OF the twentleth Ten
| uessee rebel regiment, states tnat ono OF the
shells nred from tnIs battery killed eighteen
OF Lbe enemy. The two tennessee rexlments
| have marched five miles ia tho direction o,
| Cumberland Ford, towards whIcn some
| movement IL an Anticipated. Dol. LeUourcy. OF
! The Six teenth Oh.o, Is sncamped four nix
above Somerset, on tho Stanford road, and AZ
near London rs he would b at the former
place. Ool. Ray. Forty nth Indiana, Il al
| halls 0Ap 1t IL pr 0 ba Bile he will m arch on
| the Mt. Vernon road. Col. 0arrard, Seventh
Ken tacky, Is 1t Crab Orchard. Dol Mundy's
battalion Of cavalry IL to form part Of Gen
Carter's force. Wstmores battery IA to en- :
| camp ct Somerset. Gen. 6chOepf's brigade
| IL epcamped on the road from Somerset to
Waitsburg, on the Cumberland. He will
move into Tennessee, on the Non tioelio road,
! as soon - he receives supplies Of provision
| and means Of crossing thu river. General
| Thomas headquarters arc ., Somerset He,
| too, u waiting for rstions, and will, In q
short time. 8. down the Oumberland on
roads are drying very FAST.
Mr.. CARRIER was told by Secession officer,
now . prisoner, that in sixty days General
Themas ana al tAs force he won take int
| gard was quietly withdraWing his army from
| Manassas, and would soon - In Ten neesae
ThIs may b tTus, bot CARRIER feels willing 10
trust Gen. McCtellan t, keep the French
rebel In check: 1t seems to him, however.
/ that some move similar to that one men
toned must DO made BY the rebels 10 save
| 1A01f IoAl1O00 COS0 n y AfCot1Oo6 II donSr1l
| Thomas u permitted to veaoh Nsphyiile
| Bucknsr's force Will Be cut OF, ana will be
sandW1tcAed between the divlsiOns Of Gen
| Thomas and Gen. BRell Garter and Schoepf
| at Knoxville, would break mp the commu mi.
| cation BY tA1 Tennessee and Virginia Rxii-
ruad, and b equally disastrous to the rvosls
| 1xADI yOH AZ ADVANCE.
A correspondent of the Buffalo IN "
coms<rrial. writing from Upton's Hill, Va,
| January 80, says,
| 0eo. RadsWorth has iss0ed orders to his
brigade 70 have ali Its axes put In perfect
| order, aud kept 90, and the Quartermas ters
| f,r tn cir respective regiments. General Nc.
| lowell has just issued . most significant or.
| der 10 WAAsWorth's brigade. Each Of the
| four regiments composipg the brigade Is or.
dered 70 sslecs 40 men to serve as shar shoot.
| ers and ri1emen. Tho men are to be selected
| for the.r lightAe0, aett witty, intelligence and
qualities a maxksmen. They will Be for med
| Into companies Of seventy men each; tn as
| forming eight companies In the b.ixads -
Their duties Will b to act as advap CO guards.
| dapksYs, skirmiahsrs, and shsrp. shooters. 70
| p1ck on the sAsAy's artillerists and on,cers
EvUrythinE l0oks like "a early movement.
although the roads arc In Q horrible CO adi.
| ton.
WASnlRQrOH GOSSIP.
WAGHIN8foH, Feb. 4.-Th0 President to-
| day GsvU hls omciAl approval to the bills for
| the seizure Of the railroads and telegraph
lnss. whsnevsr military necessity exists
| for such action.
| The House Oonmittee Of Ways and Meaps 9.
| this morning, were evenly divided on the ia
| ma NJ RkfnR the 0P0UoaaA nae Tr>a.,,