The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-11

GENERAL JACKSON SMELLING HAN
COCK, MARYLAND.
Heavy skirmishing in western Virgins.
jim LANE OUSrED FROM HIS SEAT
IN CONuRESS.
&C., &C..

Oh 9aItc al 1ntsresiinS character. al will %
seen from the report Of the ngressionai
judiciary Committee that Jim Lane, OF
Kansas, whose seat In Congress was contest
ed by MIR. Stanton, has been defeated, and In
ali probability he Will soon be deprived OF
seat in that angus. assembly. we exTacs
from the columns Of the New York Herald
and Baltimore Patriot, of the 7,h inst, which
came to hand last night:
yson IKE prPRs PoTuAAc-asS. JAcksoN Ac-
csprs rHs FEDERAL caALLAa0s AND sHBLLs
HANCOCK.
L.xohs,cx an. There was a conside-
an,n com uo.ion yesserdaJ Ia military IIr.
les IN cOnses aeace OF intelligence from
,..ncoak- tbit Jackson IA adj suddenly APP
p-.rea opposite mat pace wish I'LL esti IN atod
n,rce II 600 men. one 2i-poundsr and Two
.-pouuuer Filled guns. he sent word TO
,,eu. Laider IL e,acuate mat pace, or hs
would she'll Us out. Lander responded that
he should not eyacuAte, ana II jackson
opened nre upon the town he would b OLD
nam 10 srics accom- tab,iity, Jackson re-.
spondeo that hs should assume The yes pom
siniity ami carry out his threat. IOnse-
qaect!f he commenced a s,eady tre, which
Was SUaanued up - dark last Llgh {, the date
of Tue latest dispatches up To this Time. The
enemy me- CAUSED Du siight damage to the
ooiidiEss, ana taking NO effect upon our
lrooPs.
A letter from the 18th Indiana, at Sharps.
burg, iniorias ms that portion OF the po.it-
zeal prisoners recently sent uon Williams.
port 10 Washington We're captured at Shep-
.4"rus.o"n ~ a detaenment from that reEl-
incnt.
1n tn. 81 inst. the picketa OF com pany A,
lZtn hidiai.a, brought into camp Ave pIiSon-
ers-one white lnan neIued JACOB Ash, AT
re steo Tor building boat and Otherwise aid
ink tne enemy, anu Jour negroes VINO were
making tneir escape from Virginia. One OF
The later had becn eLg aseu III tho capa.i ~ OF
i-aInster la The coaicAo- array, ana the
otheis cialin.to DO lice negroes nom Shep'
nerastown. lney report SIXTY Or eighty
cavalry encampeu Lear mat pace. 1neie
are also NO c. ApanIes CT mill IA at Morgan
spring, ono Iaiio east ot shepherds IOWA. II
reported oy aAo.i,er sGuice that the Con-
ieLei.ltr ptcArIs hove psrn eccHliy strongly
rviuiorcca All along Inc rtYer from Shep-
nerustoWn ~ Little Geurseto~u, hearly OPP
iposiie the -FOUR Locks, above oaln NO. o.
.Aost OF the i'icAe:s are witnarawn from our
observation uuglng tho cay, pUt rvtu- II III
IOrco AI.cr n4shtAH.
S.cond dispatch
FgEDsKIcE, Jan s.-heiiIoie put cmcial IN
,olluaLlou received befo, Bay III ~ Jackson
commenced sueiIIns hancock S.ltuiday
ulgnl. One Gati Went through BarLon's
t.yetn, anu another burst close u the stable
where .-iia'. s.ase hoIs-s are kept. travel,
IL aIis ala IreisnE transportation are La tel
cetled. 1Les. Jeans had been drawn
p..ca 10 Easersto ~ 4, aud publications. were
sent To fceucricK and CuMoerland Tor ine
Ii ais 10 DC held Uacx tiii iuftner ordered.
4ne rebels nave TORN up the track aiong the
road opposite Hhn.ock; Lhe ralir0ao depot
Al Hancock has Deem burnt. Inc Union
troops al Bath and n Illinois regiment have
Withdrawn 10 the MAryian sAde OF The
river.
/. is reported and believed that the rebels
have tressel work b. idge over
he Cacapou creek, ten miles south OF Han
cock.
THB Latest FROM TIKI uPPHK poroAAo -asS.
J.CE
POSED DEsi9Ss ATTACK OK GES. KELLY's
oohMAED.
FsEpEklcK, Jan THE latest advices from
Han cock are, hat last night General Jack
son retired. leaving only Il battery and in
tantry guard in sight
The result of the saalling has been unim-
portant. One bel officer was seen TO fall
from his horse, and is believed 10 have been
killed None are reported w0uaoed or killed
on our Size, notwithstanding the extrava-
giant rumors circulating here about our men
having been cut up, &c, all of which rumors
are false,
Jackson's rebel force consisted OF ten reyi-
Inents, with Il large baggage and supply train
and ten days cooked ratiors. 1t is not known
where he went, hut il is surmised that he IN
lends 10 attack Gen Kelly IS command Gen.
Banks's 81 brigade lett here yesterday morn
tng and arrived at e arstoWn, twenty six
mites distant, at . O'Clock yesterday even
ing. No straa siers were left along the route.
This march was per formed through three or
four inches OF snow. They would prob lbly
reach Hancock by noon to-day. Gen Lam
der has been assigned TO the command Of
Gen. Kelly's division, and Gen. Williams
takes command at Hancock.
FROM wEsTERr vIRdISIA-ATTAcK BY THE FEDl.
RAJ Troops UPON susTERsvILLR-RBrR8ATo OF
TIE ooSrEDsRaTRs. sc.
tISCIsFATI, Jan. ga special dispatch to
the Gazette, from HuttonsviIle, Western Vir-
ri il, stated that the expedition, CO sistinE
of four hundred of the e5-h OHIO, three hun
ored of the ~ Virginia, and forty OF Brack-
ems Cavalry. sent cut by General Milroy,
to a'tsck Huntersvilie, was mpletely sue
cessfri. They attacked the enemy ca Satur-
d. ~ morning, consisting of four hundred and
ninety cavalry and three hundred and fifty
militia, aud after diminishing IN hour The
enemy retrea tt d, with the loss OF eig b killed
ana wounded on our side none killed or
wounded. Twenty thousand dell ars' worth
OF army stores and clothing were captured
and destroyed
CINCIaKArI, Jan. "A dispatch to the Con-.
tasrciai from HuItonsville says:
Huntersvilie was the rebel depot for their
supplies in Western Virginia.
Their cavalry were armed with csrbines,
ard attacked us within two miles of Hun
teIsville. We drove them from point to point,
and finally they beat 4 hasty retreat out of
the town as we charged through 1t.
Their supplies, consisting Of $50 hbls. flour,
900 bbls. of salted beef, 900 BIS. of salt, and
large quantities OF sugar, coffee, rice. bacon,
md army clothing, worth from SIS 900 to
WeTe eutlTSly destroyed.
We captured a large number Of Sharpe's
carbines, sabies md pistols.
The stars and stripes were left ting over
the Court House, and our troops returned to
HuttonsvIile III tue spirits.
LATEST FROM PORT RoYAL--rHs YANKEE RIfoRr
OF THs BATTLE AT BEAUFORT FERRY.
The u. =. Steam transport, Vanderbilt,
Lefeyre, from Port koysl, January 5, ar
rived ut New York on the 9Th inst. She
has 3, e9T bales OF Sea Island Gotten, consigned
To Government- Tn. Vanderbilt brings the
news of the battle at Beaufort Ferry Gen.
stevens brigade advanced on the main land
on the LIST inst, and took possession Of the
rebel batteries after short resistance Il the
the part of the rebels, the brigade being as
sisted BY the gun. boats, which shslled the
batteries.
Gen. Stevens then followed up to within
six miles of the Charleston railroad. A flag
of truce was sent by the rebels, to allow them
to procure and bury the dead, which was
granted, one hour being allotted for that
purpose. They then fell back on the forttf-
cations near the railroad, (which are very
leaving bshind them ono large
gun, which they had spiked.
The reb.1 force was estimated at from ten
thousand TO twelve thousand men, under the
OF q eneral Pope, and their loss IL
potknown. The forces Of the Union troops
were four thousand five hundred. :.
The loss on the Union eide was eight
wounded. Major Watson Of the Eighth Mi
chigan was mort tally wounded.
General Stevens now holds possession of
the maiu land, and awaits reinforcsments
from the North to proceed.
CONGRESSIONAL PRocEsDIHaa-sUsPEcTB DIS
LOYALTY OF THE Esw oRgaoH sssAroR-As.
vALLAxDIaHAx AND THR AAScN-sLID1LL AZ
FAIR.
WAssIxaroN, Januar y7.-Roth Houses o
Congress re- assem- tled yesterday. In the
senate, the ere entails OF the new Senator
from Oregon. Mr.. Stark, were presented by
his colleague, bnt MT Fessenden moved that
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