The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-24


ARTILLERY. under command Of Maj. Schons,ds
Dtarted from thiS city yesterday. and pVohsnst
reach Pilot Knob this inornipe
TIE rebels had not destroyed Any morn Of
The BIC river bridge is ssiss rapidly r..
built.
v1on cAfao-RErrRH OF ggDxnAl fnoops y.o.
eRAHD scoxIoIssAxcB 70 COL gnyys
CAIRO, Jan. Especial dispatch 10 tn.
tar arrived In town yesterday morris. Au
Gen eral Paine's brigade reached FORT .JsS:,
son ON Saturday, and General McClsrssnT..
brigade Will arrive Tomorrow.
pears. WAS Reconnaissance In force Of y,
that part Of Kentucky In which q portor -
the operations against Columbus win Dso.s
Iarily be performed, aud q dem us tr aiion ~
nd General sr .u Anslrs right wig Our forces
ginser corps, under Col. Webster, have ~,
and accurate knowledge NJ the couutrv
Ii understood that Gen Smith has taken ~ ~
camp equipags and whatever wa, left ..
lamp Bsaaregard, the rebels hayius nsa y, ~
General Netherlands brigade man, =.
within seven miles OF COLUMBUS. and az,
camPed on Tnursday nigh. In eight Of the
towns OF Milburn. Lovslacsviiis, and H,.n srs
Vile, Surveying all the roads as hs wsns
part It. Of Gen "a Smiths command Win ntnre
10 Padnean today, .''SSs
..
PEACE sYxTIxEYT At fHx HoRrR.
Forney, In his letter 70 the Prss,. nom
Wa. hing ton, says:
"Soms of our public I.on 40 not ae.itats u
say that, rather than bring back the sscsds3
States into the Union, they would agree 70 d
peaceful and prompt separa4ou.
And again:
"There 10 an &C tive party In ths iova,
States, which, under cover OF being for ;ha
Union, are ct work to force q uishonorahio
peace, by sowing the seeds Of disaiiect.on
among the people," HA
s AoA '->-fsf t6seRnERArEs lyAcrAY.
ING THEIR P0sIrtoH.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 20.--Iuformation hss
pasn received from parties direct from Ma.
nassas, that the rebel forces have evacuated
that point, falling back to a position further
South. The object OF this m EN- emit is sup.
posed to Do to CO I'm teract an apprehandsd
movement Of our troops from the seaboard.
FRCN TAsuINaToa-URc0EFI2M hYPoRr-
HON. JANIS GUTHRIE.
WAsaiScTos, Ian. 3o.--Ths report that
General w ool bad sent notification to Nor.
Loik to rem owe the women and children out
Of that city ~ not confirmed BY Official In.
telltgeuce.
The Hon. MIR. Stanton, Secretary Of War,
en- tsysd upon his duties to-day. A large
number OF army officers, in iuii uniform,
paid their respects TO Kim.
A letter has been received here from Hon.
James q u.hris, the dis .inguished Secretary
Of the Treasury under Franklin Pisrcs's Ad-
which generally sustainn the
financial view taken by Secretary Chase. IL
also approves OF General Nc Jieilan': 1efsn:
sive position upon ths Potomac F; but hs
thinks that offensive operations by the feds-
raj columns are the bs.t plans for driving
the rebels out Of Kentucky. Gen. Buell. IL
made the subject OF high commentator.
Gen. sumner, commanding division OF
he amy in Virginia, who YVES recently In
tired by the STUN bling Of his horse has SUI.
acisntly recovered to resume his duties dur.
ng the coming week.
The AssAuLr ON G1a. MoErsoMHRY.
Capt. Chapman and Lieut. McHenry, who
the murderons assault ON Gen.
at ALEXANDRIA,, On Saturday,
are to bS tined by court.martial immedi,
ateiy. There is no doubt, as 1t is plain case.
but that they Will be sentenced 10 bs shot
They may scape the death penalty Ihro ugh
the inter cession Of Gen. Montgomery.
Us SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 7o.-John Is. Henderson
has been appointed, by Lieut.. Gov. Wall, u.
5. Senator, TO fill the vacancy occasionsd by
the expulsion of Truston Polk. mir. Hen.
dereon is a Douglas Democrat, and an un.
comprising Union man. He was member
Of the State convention, and Brigsdisr
Gen erai in the State service.
LArR FROM THE RIO aKAypR-IxPoArAsf MoYs.
MINT or THE xExIoAss.
The Houston Telesrepa. Of the 10th contains
the following impor tant item:
Our Brownsville correspondents gives sn
important piece Of in forms ton regarding tho
movements across the Rio 0rands. The
sham fight at Matamoras is, OF course, an.
worthy OF further attention, bat the ap-
pfoach of Vidaurrl, with 1000 men. TO make
b Is headquarters at Matamoras, as reprs.
OF tho Mexican Federal govern
meut. the Cover nme emit that has been making
the late treaties with Tom Ucrwin, that re.
ceiyss a loan of ten millions and protection
from the United Sta ties, for some purpose or
o ther-we say this military movement de.
once be taken to keep the closest watch on
the doings of that republic. A force OF 900
Msxicans, Joined to ~ many Northern troops.
might give US some trouble, especially II
supported by raids upon our coast. II still
looks as though Texas might be a theatre OF
war within twelvem on tn or less.
FROM THE PoToxAc-A FEDERAL FRANKFORT BOW
4oR.
The Fredericksburg Herald, Of the 2lst inst,
says:
We have n report that large transport
ship attempted to pass the battery at Cock
pit Point, on the Potomac, on Friday, bnt
was brought to by well directed IRE The
vessel is reported to have been struck-how
often we do not know-but with such conss-
quences as induced the very hasty departure
Of LII hands from on board in their small
boats, lea wing the transport at the mercy OF
the winds, waves, and Confsderatss. Tn
our forces at Cockpit Point had
no boats with which 10 60 ont and bring In
the prize, but had sent OF to another quarter
for small boats.
we have nc learned any further tidtngs ex.
cent that the crew Of the transport we've taken
on board of a tug which feared IN rsmpt a.
rescuing the transport.
There is evidently much feeling abroad at
the escape Of the war-ship Pensacola from
our batteries on her passage down from Wash.
ingoon, 1t il reported, but we have resn ur-
able to trace 1t to O reliahle source, that Gen.
Johnston either has or intends TO change the
command and force at one or mere OF the Up
per Potomac Batteries. There are Also re-
ports about court m artials, &c, brit, as be-
fore remarked, it may all be idle ~ nor.
OPERATIONS OF GIN. HIspxAs N KEY 'rcgY.
The Bowling Green correspondent Of the
Nashville Banner, writing under - recent
date, furnishes the following interS ting In.
tsiiigence OF the operations of Ger Hind
mans forces:
In my last, mention was made Of the barn.
Ing Of Gave City, Horse Gave, Rowlt rs. etc,
BY the forces of Gen. Hindmaa, VIII CHI have
Iox some time 6sen stattoneu - tla1Sow
Junction. Since the date OF vritb &, more
full particulars OF his transactions we been
received. After having effected the tsstruo-
lion of the property as kowlett's. he rs,urn-
ed TO Horse Cave, which. after hhvug con-
vsysa to another point the movable proper.
ty, was laid Is ashes. Coming on down TO
Gave City, the people were notified Of ths
doom that awaited them. The flrnt are and
household chatiels were tasen charge Of. the
torch applied, and soon all the bsiidinxs
were heap Of smo uldsring ruins. u Is re-
ported to-day that Mammoth Cave ba'e! ana
Ritter's hotel and buiidingS 81 Woodland,
have also been burned and II u Asssrtsu
that every public house on the hps o. W.