The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-24

Posahon.ag. Bath. Highland and pcudleton, We...
ern Virginia, have been entirely aucceasfrl Ha
captured Major VIM. Harness. Capt Evaps Cent.
Begsa the notorious Camp. and sbou. forty Ave
prisoners; also, about twenty Ave horses and sev-
enty head Of beef cattle. The region Is now clear
OF rebels The email pox Is reported to be raging
a. staunton and In the surrounding country.
An enthusiastic Uui7n demonstration tosA place
In Memphis ou the 9th Of November
1t waa rumcrsd IN Liverpool on the sa,h ull tia,
mysterious steamer had just sailed from the Mer.
sey ION trial tr.p" Iswas re 20 tod ani be,.yed
oy many, that the ves.el Ii a sister ship 70 tue no
toriou: ''Sso" alias the Alabama. II. however,
proved to be the Conmpia OF the Galway line -
She has been rebuilt by the Messrs Laird, and
M ade succass.ul trial trip ON the 29th ult The
statenenss recently circulated respecting ths build
ing of rams, &c. on the Msrsey, for the Conteds-
rate Government are said BY tue London 7Yss1s
to be false. since the dispatch Of the Alabama,
or '-9o no further contracts have been uuderta.
ken. The Confederate agents are purchasing yea.
seis OF known speed. aad drawing little water,
raffe. &c
The Navy Department has received information
OF the csptars on the 9Th September Of the rebel
scaoonss Emna. od Valasco, Texas, loaded with
i2o b~les Of cotton. and bound for Jamaica She
wss taken BY the armed boats Of the U. B. schooner
kit,inny.
Its stated tha. Cen. Buttsraeld has been pro.
NOTED 70 the command of the portion Of General
Hooker's grand division lately known a. Gen. Pitx
John Por.er's army corps; and Gen 9rifan TO the
command Of Ii: division lstely commanded BY
Of the defeness Of the Upper Potomac-from Cum.
osriand down-with his headquarters at Hasess-
town for the present
The latest accounts nom Naahvile Represent
pairs to the railroad between that city and Louis
vile, 30 that the regular receipt Of supplies can be
assured He says that hs will mo- move for popular
eject War II . business, and must be conducted
order has been issued touching sodsrs no surrso.
Der themselves that they may b. paro'ed and sent
home. Gen. RcsecrAns has determined to send all
such to amp Chass with night-caps their heads,
sftsr exhibiting them ignominiousiy DIRE pa
rade. While at Bow ling Green, Gen Rosecrans
made brief speech to Gen. Rosseaus Division to
the effect that be hai accepted bis new command
with The purpose Of making war upon the rebels.
On Thursday last, Gen: Boyle. who is in COM
nand at Louisville, received the following dis
patch "Ool Foster has routed the guerrillas near
Msdsonville. Ky, killing twenty Ave and taking
six'y Prisoner, including four commissioned Off
GERS. seventy hve horses. and large number Of
arms and other property. Foster i, still after
them"
The second lraf. in Connecticut has been indss.
n'teiy postponed 1t was to have taken place on the
l9-h inst.
On Saturday last there were 9S75 men In the va
rous camps In Massachusetts, awaiting mat ching
:orders.
Rightly one of the Osaukes (wisconsin) rioters,
Z
the draft have arrived at Milwaukee, looking de ci-
dedly detected and crsst-fsllen Nj. Kemp, the
NE erchaut who led the mob, has been set 20 chop
ping wood for the stoves In Camp Washburu.
Hon. William Bigler hss written Q letter dsclin-
ing to become q candidate for the United States
Sena;orship from Pennsylvania, and proposing q
plan for the adjustment Of the national troubles.
The following importan, decision has been elicit.
cd by the gentleman to whom 1t is addressed:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington. D. ca
nov. ]. ls62.
Hon Silas Ltpemoye Guthrisville Pa:
Sir In reply to yours Of the 27th ult, desiring to
be informed on certain questions appertaining to
the draft. the Secretary Of War directs me TO say
that when drafted man furnishes substitute that
is accepted the two change places. The principal
is liable TO another draft If made, just be would
be II he h&d no. been drafted at hrst and the sub
s.i.ute il bound by ii. frat draft Of the princips
Just 81 if he had bssn drafted himself.
Very respectfully,
0P BucKIkaHAn,
Ergsdier- General and A. 4. G.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue estimates
thst the receipts Of Internal revenue under the ns "
tax law will be for tie preseot year from one hun
dred and fifty to one hundred and seventy-hvs mil
Iona OF dollafs.
Il il estims ed that 600 commissioned cficer 8
ars COW absent from their regiments without pro.
per lsave Gsn. Raiieck has determined 70 adopt
the nos stria gent measures TO cure this axity OF
discipline, and all offenders will either bs ignomini-
QUAY dismissed from the service or else tried by
long lis, of names for dismissal has already been
prsnered. The most comprehensive and decisi ~
neasurss ere also to be taken for the arrest sd
pun; shment of deserters from the ranks.
FROM wAsHINsToa-MovEMENr OF THE AMY.
WAsHINaros, Nov 19.-Eo.withssandins the I'D
favorable state of the weather and the tendency OF
the sacred soil to produce most d.sagreeabs qua,-
ity Of mud 1t is understood here that the army il
making rapid progress southwards, and Cen Barn
uiH az hoad nSrtA r;rka.
burg. Gen. PleasGntons cavalry advance have
held Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, since Sat
urday last, and Q strong corps of engineers have
been busy In repairing the rG;.rosd tetween .hers
and Aqua Creek and in resonstructing the wharf
at the latter place, from which the army will be
principally fed during lis onward progress to Rich
mond. For wharf purposss canal boats ara used,
and all that could b procured here and at Bslti-
more have been taks,n possession OF by the Gov.
srnment The bridge building brigade, with the
deet Of pontoon boats, are at Frederieksburg be.
fore now, and will soon span that river with one OF
their serviceable bridges.
The change Of the army's base has been consum.
mated with unusual speed. Warrenton, lately the
very centre Of the army, has been evacuAted, ell
the stores removed, and is probably by this time
occupied by the rebels-that Il, II they choose to
occupy 1t General Sigel still holds Gainesville,
but It is doubtful whether he will remain thers.-
The Government trains still run out ~ Manassas
Junction, but 1t Il probable the road will soon be
again abandoned and the bridges destroyed
Stonswau Jackson's force Is reported to have
moved up the Valley to Manassas and Chester
Caps The change of base and the new direction
in which the army Ii advancing renders his pres
snoe q matter Of secondary importance He can
not hope now to sweep through some of the passes
of the Blue Ridge into the rear Of the army, and
destroy or capture its trains, inasmuch q its base
of supplies will be from Aqua Greek and not from
Washington and to reach the former point Ee
would have to traverse the whole country In front
of Washington for the distaucs of q hundred
mileA
The opinion now il. that Jackson ID in the
Valley with any such force a. represented, that
Gen. Lee u soon - he learns Of Burnsides move
,aen o. will recall him, and with his whole force
i. back to Richmond.
There were no. rebel forces In this vicinity, snd
quiet possession has been taken by our engineer
corps under the protection OF gunboat. Already
the Nelly Baker, An old Peninsula acquaintance, Ia
On the line from Washingtvn to the Greek.
CAPTURE OF REBEL PRIZES.
Exw YORK, Nov. 19-The steamer Biobbic.
from Havana ON the 18th, has arrived.
Vera Cruz advces Of the lst state that no furtasr
engagement had taken place The 4exicanS wsns'
endesvoring to place Puebla In proper stats o.
defence
sickness continues In the French hset, and sevt,A
ra. vessels had been wrecked In the late gales, in
cuding q French man-of war and the Americs.G
bsrks Sheridan. Justice Story, an1 schooner Mary
and Emma. Several lives were lost.
Alnonte Ii no longer protected by the FRENCH
and will leave the country