The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-21

Cockpit Point, two shots wers fred ct her.
bot they feH Ia the wake Of the sloop -
Abreast Of ehipping Point and Evansport.
S sno 80 wsrs q nrsa y the rsesis. principally
80 70 90 feet above the surface Of the y ater.
and new IN almost every direction. without
nlttiox tAe Pensscola-shs making IL knots
an honr. The last shell was nred when sne
was about . mile and q half below the bat
terry. '~' e~'
It passed above the mi.zentop. and Ii roush
@n. N. main e. and Tore higgins. and burst about
roint, about three miles bslow the batteries,
they came to anchor to wait for daylight.
a. tn they passed Aq1is Greek they were dred
easses On n. nti' but 1sil :hert The
The night was dark, and In passing Malta.
woman nsts there was only one foot to spare
oeLWcen the Keel Of the sloop and the nd.
OF the Potomac, ~ 8! O'Clock, A NJ, and re-
turned last night. In passing the batteries
! on the upward trip the only shot fired at her
! was from Shipping Point.
In connection with the above subject, the
Fredericksburg Herald Of the 17sh inst. says !:
The nring was of course pretty much At
random. but the gamer Of one Of our rifle
guns At Evansport says he believes he mis-.
sed her the first and third shots, bat that he
| certainly heard q crash Of timbers At the
George ara also very certain that the PEN
| saco1a was hit. Dir. Ashton used glass in
| looking at the Pensacola az she passed do wn
| the river. and he says that she had a no le In
/ her bow nearly rs large as . hOgshead!
| GEE. M'oLKLLA ANS PLAN OF TEE wAR-Irs IMnE.
DiAfE sUCCRss CERTAIN.
The York York Times contains a letter
from washington, dated the 18th inst, writ
ten by per SON who speaks from the highest
possible authority, relating to the plans Of
Gen. Mcclellan, from which we make the
following extract:
Your suggestions to attack Manassas, even
st the risk OF defeat, on the ground that we
| had better be beaten than rot to pieces is
not like your usual good sense. ANY military
/ man would tell you that to hurl our forces
against those strong entrenchments would
| them caught in their own trap They are
like fox in burrow with one hole, where
they must soon be forced ont, and then Gen.
mcCleilan Will fall upon them like thun.
derbolt. The public will not then com plain
OF his want Of energy. tell you it will bs
60 fearfal as to have wailing and mourning
from every Southern household. Knowing
what do, and have but thus barely hinted
at as the grand plan of the cam mpaign. I re-
peat that the rebels are doomed, and seces-
| sion will never again raise its hydra head In
the land The folds Of the giant constructor
are now tightening around the rebellion, and
the coming month will see 1t crushed out
| completely and forever. Again say, look
out for . "short war and a desperate one'' .
| wAxrHD-A HHw STOCK OF alEAr xEx.
| The following outspoken, truthful article
we copy from the Cincinnati Commercial. of
the 27th ult. That paper should remember
that men who gave dignity and tone to tho
United States Congress in years gone by are
now on the Southern side Of tho line:
we wish something more Of dignity of
tual caIibre and range of Judgment of the
| majority Of American Sena tors Mr. Chand.
Ter, Of Michigan, was serenaded the other
day, in sshineton, and made a ranting
speech, in which he talked Of the tradi tional
enmity of France to England, and of the
ease with which we could make it available
quite in the bar. room style. John p. Hale,
.as ;n Sch msae h
sive bad taste to talk of the anxiety Of Louis
! Napoleon TO avenge Waterloo. In the pres
ent state Of our national affairs these things
are marked abroad. and their tendency is in
jnrious. Our country is in fact, belittled by
them in theeyes of European statesmen The
impression, already widely entertained, that
we have stock OF very small politicians on
hand, will become prevalent and fixed
Cassins M. Clay made discreditable exhibi-
tion Of himself in Paris, where he made an
absurd speech, and twaddled about what
| France would do With England. We must
try to breed new stock of great men in this
country.
| THE r1IAL OF COL. KERRuAN,
The Kerrigan trial is closed. To-day the
Judge Advocate submitted the evidence
| without argument. The sealed verdict of the
court will hs usual, be sent to the Gensra
in. Chief and the President, and il approved
will be pr promulgated to the army. This rou.
tine may occupy several days. It Is stated
that Col Kerrigan will take his seat in
House OF Representatives tomorrow. He is
| on parole; but confined to the limi is of the
city. -
CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL rRsAsusy.
The United States Treasurer's last weekly
statement shows that the total amount =
deposit was ". 600, on which drafts ha a
| been drawn to the amount OF So 600, ,OOO The
bullion fund is 81 ,lO2, 600. The available bal
ance in the States under iusurrectionary con.
troll is stated at $4.5oo.ooo.
PARsoN BRowSLow IN DANGER.
From private advices received here, se-
l riOus apprehensiOnS are en- ter tanned that the
| ated before he can reach tho Tennessee bOr-
| der, even with pass from the rebel War
Department.
| ARRIVAL OF THE sAxoHIA.
| NIw YoRK, Jan. 16.-The steamer Ssxonia
has arrived from Hamburg, which port she
left on the Seth ult. she did not stop at
She brings two complete batteries and
large number Of small arms for the Govern
ment.
/ FINANCIAL AID COMMERCIAL.
| LoxDoH, Jan. 4.-Consols closed on Friday
at 92sa924 for money
The bullion in the Bank Of England has
Increased f2O5, 500.
| American securities have nomlnally re-
| covered little, but business has been very
dull. There are buyers Of United States SIS
| at 81. Illinois Central shares are quoted at
45 a - discount; Erie. 27l q Isl.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIvssPooL, Jan 4, 1sss.-The regular Bro
kers' Circular Is not completed. Tho sales
| Of the week -four daysj foot mp 900 bales.
the market closing buoyant ON Thursday.
with considerable advance upon all de-.
scriptions. The sales of Friday were q, 600
bales, Of Which 900 were to spectators
and expOrters-the market closing excited
| and ID. higher The official figures call
Niddling Orleans lafd. 12Sd., while private
| authorities report an ADVANCE during the
week to l3d. Ten thousand bales have been
purchased for export to America.
NEW YORK STOCK XARKEr.
II Nsw YosK, Jan. ii Virginia 6's, 40 a 50
| Tennessee 6s All = 434; North Carolina 6's.
| oo1 Missouri 6's, AZ a 421 On the 18th, Ten.
nessee 6's. 43 43a Missouri e's, AZ a 43.
i FROM THE SOUTH.
From the latest Southern journals re.
ceived we make up the following summary