The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-23
MATT FRS IN THE WEST.

Da.es from Eaahyille to TIE ,Gsa how that .he
dispatches TO the press on that day, representing
J44t the rebels had assumed The Offensive, were
founded up9l sA,ruishc2 within ten miles OF Nash.
els.
Ros9crans, il IS Inserted, is 1eary ready to move
lipcn t..e enemy. Jei. DAVIS ALI 3 isLes Polk
spoke at iurireesooro Friday 1s5s, tbe former
declaring Inst TSna5S8ee should be usid 81 u. haZ.
! ards. Less thaa forty tbousaue rebels were ID.
! tweea Au-freesooFo' and Nashville The rebels
have increased their force at Roiinsvil!e Tenn
aud the Federss ase still at ClsTksVie DIS patches
from LOUISVILLE ana EsVaosYilie TepTesen; thai d
strong rebel yary force wgs marching into Ken
| tscky from C.arksv.lls Il may OK may Tot be so
! From Cairo we learn that Gen. Hovey's exyedi
ton ths Mississippi has returned 10 Helena Ar.
kansas Ehe rssu!ts ot tne expedition one huo.
cred and sixty rebels killed wounded sud csn.
tUred and loss thirty four killed. wounded as!d
missing The army of G5u. Sherman has re:urned
TO Meiaphs. The rebe army Of Mississippi il raid
TO be between Jackson and Cantou Gen. Giant il
still at Oxford with bis forces anu ismediate sd
yancs is not expected party cS guerrilla, burnt
the steamer Lake City at GoDcordia, ark on Non.
day Of last weak, end in retaliation u S steamer
the next dag destroyed fcrty.t9o houses iu the
place. 4 band Of reheis, Numbering tive thousand
was surprised at J'uscurlois, on the Ienphis and
Charleston Railroad, east OF Corinth, and com.
pietaly routed by te0 ree!nsn nsS OF atiolal inian
i, and Ors company o. cavalry
The St ;.cuis Republican oaTs dispatches hsva
b3un received irJIA Gea II srrou confirming the
magnitude % tie battle Q: *.airie Grove 1ez:
vr our own aaG t13 e3-Iny . Ce2d found -
The aeatL OF Gen. Stein. of Missouri. is confirmed.
rne attest intelligence from the Southwest is to Il
effsct thGt h;QdI1aA with his forces, was ling
bacl. to tbe vicinity Of Little Rock, where force
Of some IL 600 is stationed under the com
coIn.nsud of Gen. Holmes The principal camp il
said - be 81 Austin, 25 miles lor of Ii.ts hGcs.
VOYAGE WITH RxBELs-sAURY FERaUso~, AyD
OTHERS Oh BOARD TIE ARABIA-WHAr THY
SAID AND HOW THEY LOOKED.
correspondent. OF tie Boston Commercial Butl.
tis who crossed the Atlantic in the Arabia with
the reha Msury and DOZEN Of his fslioTs traitors
gives ths following interesting account Of tLs inc.
dents of the voyage:
st Eslifax there came on board twelve or thir
Teen rabeis, Sootherners ii y on please headed
by toat creh traitor and seoand-el NJ. T. Maury,
formerly Lieutenant OF tbs United States Navy,
and fer whom much was done by our Govern
ment for many, mEny years, aud who al one
time ore Of the o oas conspicuous officers il Gu.
navy--honored a1d feed ska by ths Cove rnuIent
and D op!e-- aid Elo has wleSedly and cisgr2ce
fully betrayed both, AID thus wantonly violated a
solemn oath, and is row bonnd 10 Engsnii 20 lend
his intle-cs and a4d in carrying out. in 50 called
neutrgl country, one OF the mos. DefafoE5 and
wickoa nodes Of .sarfaTe ever counseranced be-
fore by civilized psopis, viz the niting out and
equipment Of gunhosts, a. thsy Gail Them or pi
rs6es Is designate them. cacnlsted to prey upon
our commerce. snd not unlikely 10 attack some OF
damaged not 10 gsy entirely destfoyed
need hardly say III passing that tbs rebels have
kept pretty much by themselves since they came
on board though they guile talk alive with tbs
nsish while they scarcely deign 70 look At four
"Ysakees,' who among the cabin passengers
and who have been on the qns ctrc and watching
their movements all the willie
Besides Maury, whom they style Commodore"
there is y Ksjor Ferguson, who u represented
being disbursng agent or treasurer OK the
called OonfederacY, and who Il to pay the biils
contracted for The ships &c This man is accom-
panied by young fellow who II to act As his
retary. Then there ia IN ugly, wicked, pirstieL
looking person with piercing gray eyss, aud long
flowing brown and gray beard, perhaps hfty years
old. whom they call Captain. His name ia Camp
bell, az learn, Scotchman by bir.h, but long a
resident of the South, and think by his appear
aacs he may have been pilot At Charleston or ks
yannah This person Is TO take command Of one
Of the gunboa.s; and pity any unfortunate crew
that may fall within his heartiess grasp, If his face
ic fair index Of the soul within. / understand
that hs has been successfully engaged of late il
running the blockade at the South.
With this party are two black haired, dark eyed, +,
olive complexioned men, whom, l think, may be
called French Ureoss One of these, the elder, per-
hsps for, y.fvs hfty years OF age is said to be
Colonel Lamar, late of the rebel army, and pri.
souer Ia our hands at the first battle OF Bull Bun.
He has the air Of person OF education and refine
msni, aud yet hss most wicked glance Of mingled
seorn and contempt, ready to meet the Yankee
when sver hs ventures near him. Bis companion y
name have not a. yet been able to ascertain but
he appears % like the one have described that
have thought that hs must have been brother. .--
What part these parties are TO play. am anHoie
to divine ! have al impression that they 80 men
OF fortune, largely Interested In all tho work os
their associates, (And whom under any ordinary cir.