The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-22
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.

LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
We continue our extracts from Northern paps..
Of tae l6ta ;nst.
NkW ANoLASp CONGRATULATIONS To GENERAL
sUkN5iDE
STATE or RHODE ISLAND.
Executive Department,
Providence, Nov 10, 1861
GENERAL: Allow me to .eader you nv ,incsre
CONGRATULATIONS co You: appointment 20 the com
mand Of the Army Of ths Potomac Yrur well
known energy, aAiil. and ps,riotisa, will, | feel
sure. restore confidence to q disheartene ed pcople
and lead them to expect active operations a, i thu
speedy success Of our brave army in the suppress
sion of teesson and rebellion.
Rhode Island regards your appointment with IN.
teisned pride and pleasure. WM. SPRAGUE.
To Gsa, Bsasnside Commander In Chief, Army o,
the Potomac.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Nov TO- lst2
10 6ocernor Hn. SraSne:
foar Dispatch, 81 this date, Ia received, and l
thank you for 1t 1t il great support to mo III tie
assuUption Of 40 great n responsibility 70 know
,hs, have your Confidence AND that cf the state
of Rhode Island.
(SigueD & BURN.IDE,
Msi Gen. Commdg Army of the Potomac
PREPARATIONS FOR An ATTACK ON CHARLESTON
AND SAVANNAH.
The sloop-of-wsr Tawnse, [of "rawpes war
memory has arrived At Philadelphia TO be re.
Aiied She left Port Royal on the I'd inxt. The
information given by her officers to the Phisdel-
phia papers Is ~ follows:
Preparation for combined attack upon Charles =.
ton ana Savannah were being gradually matured,
the crows OF the Powhatan and other vessels being
occasionally employed In taking soundings slong
the coast. The weather OF the coast OF 80 attn
Carolina IL Of tha: unhealthy nature 50 productive
OF {eyerN. The death of Gar Mifchail ia lie lin,
regretted by the officers and men Of the entire
miiitsry and naval forces about Port Royal Ills
funeral wss the occasion OF . heartfelt demonstra
tion in testimony of his many virtues % a m1a and
his decided ability As . commander
Among other incidents Of recent occurrence, it
Is stated that q bost's crew from one of the o. S.
vessels blccAsding Charleston came very nss. being
captured BY the rebels. The man. numbering "a
were In the harbor taxing soundinss, as usual and
getting farther in than prudence would warrant
escssh stsaner Suddenly made her appesrance
ssesnirS directly for the boat the occupants of
which, perceivipg their danger, Immediately piled
their with the utmost vigor After an exci,iug
chase of couple Of miles the venturcsone little
band reached their ship In safety.
st the time Of the capture of Pernandins, Fla.,
,hs Pswnee was the flagship Of the squadron
making the attack, after which seo guarded the
plsce for three months from incursions by the
"Teb." From thence she was ordered up Stoco
Inlet towards Charleston. aud when the United
States forces retrea,ed from James Isana she es-
sisted TO cover tie retreat.
THE DRAFT lS w1SCONsIN-A COMMISSIONER
ATTACKED AND HOUSES TORN DOWN.
The draft In OEaUkee county, Wisconsin, which
was to come of on Tuesday at Port W sshington,
~ has already been reported, was broken up by a
mob Of the eitnens and the Commissioner, vii.
liam A. Pors. compelled to fly from the county.
The following are this particulars as the Nilwaa.
u. fo<n ;,h
the facts:
approaching tbs Court Eouse preparatory to tie
discharge Of their official duties under the order Of
he Governor, when they were attacked by pro.
miscuocs multitude Of citizens Mr.. Pors, after
having been badly Injured succeeded In escaping
from the lands of the excited populace and fed to
this city The crowd then waited upon the Sheriff
sad compelled him 10 deliver up all tbs documents
zld machinery relating TO the draft, which were
upon those who had been prominent in counseiirg
ORDER aud Submission to the proceediug
Yesterday q: l O'Clock, Tou linsoa's mill had
been torn down the house Of Hon. A. II Blair
lately state Senator from that county, had bsen
sacked; Mr.. Blair himself was badly injured
Mir Eamssy, not the Bank comptroller, aud c,er.
gymau, were seriously hurt the residence Of g. A.
White. Esq, had been gutted the house Of the
Commissioner had been torn down. and his furai.
tire pitched into the streets Lafayette Iowsieys
house had Seen attacked and badly damaged anc
the Mesocic Hall was cleared sout. IL ali, eight
houses had been ElCbbed and injured and at tie
date OF last information yesterday sfterrooc, the
mob was threatening an attack upon Blake store
Mr. Pors is now IN the vicinity Of this city il the
hands of his friends
Last night the Provost Mar .hal General Of tie
State, w. d HcIndoe arrived in th- city Fix aun.
drsd infantry being part OF the Twenty@eighth
regiment, were furnished with forty rounds OF
cartridges each and. accompanied by the Provost
Marshal and Lieut. Col Whitaker departed on
tha hoak for Of 6;o.pr
w. q. Ramsey, the State Bank Comptroller, whose
residence is at Port Washington, accompanied the
party. 1t was reported yesterday that the 'tnsar-
gems" lad panteo cannon upon the pier at Port
Washington, anticipating the arrival OF scldisry -
In view OF ths fact 1t 10 understood tina: tbs Pro
sost Marshal with the infantry would ;and at Port
Ulao, this side Of Port Washington, and enter the
town In the rear before light this morning
THE CoNFEDERATs IRoN-CLAD NAvY-YANKEB
INFORMATION ON THE sUBJHCT-wHAT ENG.
LAND IS DOING ABOUT 1T.
The New 7 ork Times has an article on the state
nents Of Mr.. Cameron, the recently returned U.
S. Minister to Russia, about the Confederate IRON
clads building in England. 1t obtains its inf,rma.
ton from . gentleman Just returned from England
II says:
According to Mr.. Cameron. tnree immens iron
steam rams, the most powerful ever constructed,
ars building for the rebels It is not certain that
the statement Ia true. Two are or the stocks ct
Liverpool, in the hands Of James Laird, NJ F., who
built the pirate Alabama, and Is pushing them
rapidly TO completion. The third il building, ii
anywhere, on the Clyde, at Glasgow. our infor-
naot has little knowledge of the Liverpool rams,
their size, or how nearly finished they arc q, pre-
sent His account relates especially to Glasgow.
In the great shpysrd Of that port three iron clsds
are building One of them, the Hector just launch
ed Is for the British Government; another for Den.
marx, both In the yard of Mesms. Napier e. Sons
The third ID Q screw steamer, under contract by
Nessrs George L. James Thompson, Of 3 500 tons,
and 800 horse power Of . model 60 fiat that she
Is calculated to draw but fifteen feet Of water;
built wholly of iron, her frame included; AMI with
q piating twenty-five inches thick, OF which four
inches and half are iron and the rest solid teak.
This vessel is said to be for some foreign Gov
eminent not named though II for any recognized
Government there 10 no reason why there siould
be any mystery about her But although no effort
Is made to hide tho fscts about any other vessel,
little IL generally known Of this one. and informa
ton like that wo give was obtained with difficulty.
A man Of. war IL commonly named when her keel
iS laid. This has no name, but Is known only by
her number In the yard. Her frame Is about half
raised. and work 10 going on slowly. The contract
requires her TO be completed In twenty months
the rebels on tho Clyde 1t Il this. But it is quite
obvious, from the rxte at which work on her pro
gresses and from the period dxed by the contract,
that ske is not relied on for immediate SERVICE
And concerning Goth this and the Liverpool rams,
our Government Ia and has constantly Deen fully
informed.
Wha.ever doubts there may be about this IRON
clad there 10 none ct all that other steamers for
different service bought and built for the rebels