The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-25

heam, s. fee, depth Of hold. ,2S sss., - 900
TONS bErthen. She is piercen for eignt teen
suur. tut will NJ. carry more th1u Elk She
ia now lying under the sheaTs at the Navy
Yard, receiving her aTTaCc ard cutfit: but as
here IL considerable work ~ hs done on her
yet she w!l! no: pgohah!ybs ready SJr sea re,
fore Saturday or Srnc;y.
TUE WARNING OF DAEaRr.
VS. have already given several Yankee de-
seTiptioGs OF .ha great battle Of Shiloh: re ;
:aa following, f:om n corTsspo ader. Of n Gin
oinnati paper, is interss;iLg, iGasmach as Il
con saias fresh admission CT tins cuwsrdics of
he Northern troops IL the 4 s. day 3 light:
The sun never rose on u more beautiful
morning han thhtcf Surcsy. Aprii 6. Lrl.od
oy inc g@narfls security, / n2a rcY,atgsd ;n
pleasant quarters ~ trunp's, below Pits.
aGIg LhG oing, or tie river. b. sunrise Was
rons%d by the cry, "Tley'Te Il sht;I 4 sbova."
toi!eysot Inuske1ry could suTe enough ba dis.
;'oghishecs rnC dcC siHaai = tina snilen ROOM
9: Grt:iiaIy care ochUirg down The strear, -
u 3.ceztarliy tas Y5iuIca .lf sound increased
t!i IL became evident taat t WAS no skirmi
t13S u&s1A frlSfess. rad sGat s. nsdera bYE
por .ioE OF tue army n ast oe Al-aady engaged
Hastily springing on tne gu6rts OF a passing
s:e4mb 3at. hurried up.
The sweet aYTing sunshine danced over tue
rIppiiCg ~at>ts afId agf;lg 1T u3 she green OF
ths hans ss. A few fieecy clouds aloEs hros-
tae Szure aa2Fa. p ilzhs oTee2. nGi 70 red
among the youl g leaves; tee h. ur- birds were
singing iheir gentle treble 70 .he s.eru iu-ic
taat III came ioudav ard Gsepar 20 u fsom
tGe bluffs above, and the frogs were c.1aStDg
tnetr feeoie I'm ttaZinn from the uIrshy iSiautib
thG, studded the chnpnei.
tyen thns early the west haGS OF the river
was liaed IN the nsuel rugitivcs from &c
ton, 1uTfted}y pushing on yards, they knew
act where, except GOWN stream ana away
from the hgh: sn deer board hailed
mum bers CT them and dem an5ad their relsou q,
hu. tnsy al. gave tns same response: We're
RI -. y.L -
hin SELF
Al me landing appearances became sill
NOR" 0 orfGou1. On w. Cincinnati wooden
ganboaIS, Ihy :o' aud lexington, were sdgiGg
unsas.sg up anS d0@U tns nlnss, ea- er -
pat IN thelT brIR 'sites Of heavy gsrs, nut
unable 10 find where Iney cou d do il Tn9
ar of ba.ti" was s'arIiingiy close, aut
ah Cwed thas the rebels We're IN earnest at
ts'a p TO c1rry out their tnreat OF driving Us
t. tho river. Ths landing and rirf aHoys
were covered with cow1ris bo hld hei
m tu"ir ranks TO the rear .1x safety. cud
1ao were telling tn mos. fssrful s,orles ot
shs Tto9' onset and me .uti5riugs If ,heic
own particular resimen5a E0menta~tly
fresh !ugi ives came q back often gu1s n hanc,
and all giving the same accJuuts Of thicEsn-
tnG cisss ters IN front.
SprryiEE Gu: toward the scana OF actiol ]
vsB sooL convinced ;hst there YVES too muc h
fountat;"r t-r The tales Of ths runaHoya
SheIman's aud Prsati-s's entire divisions
were ial.tug back In 1jslr Ter suarriy pressed
by the rei,eis III Gvsr7"hel ming nnEnttrs ut q !.
poin 8 TcUiArnande bad already lost o. r .
OF It's camps, and il, TOO, was falling bGc..
Thcrr was oGs consoisttcn--na!y ore cou!d
see just shsu. History, 80 he dIyines y, "a
positive OF tha point te9t no attack eveT IL de
on the >Abbatn w3.s eventually n s1cc3ss 20
.he attacking pAry Nevertheless, .hs signs
wers ssdiy against the theoiogian;.
yoEKFOw5 AND s0sP5LK-TaR sfrRLLIoR IN 4
aEw PaA3g.
iOoneF p5gdsucs OF the rLiads dsiphis Ira .irer ]
From rue evacua Lion Of Manassas down : ,
Ehs adyauc, OF Gen McDleIian's arnv upon
York OWE, Il US considered a very d5ubIt al
question whe..et tDo rebel leaders womb;
masS nnothtr stand Tor the defenca Of iha;r
Confederate Capt.al," or WOE al Utaw OF .ieir
3overpmert, heir rrmtas cTdcGnce, aLc ma.
niuCns OF gar frcm Richmond a.u Sorfolk
ana leave virginia 10 her "a - yri- out f-ther
iesls'dnce Upon ;his point, however, al.
doubts may row bs oia arnsssad. tfenerai iY,c-
tie!iaO's march towards Richmond hs1 oaer
arrested h Iol ktown hy q tcrIGid bic OF q.
p7s sing army, rendered douhiy 5 roI 2 by }flss
OK rsdoubts ana sn5rer- tme.its ex,ouoit :.
acros. ine penins from TIver 10 river I'd.
~ inec with, perhaps, I've Ia! dra6 gun-, 81 q.
ciUd'ng large proportion OF sho a=6yta-t
pieces ircno ,ne great magazine o; the .or-
iCi& EtaTy YHrd
81 Iorx'own, then the T. beis have resoiv-
OIL upon cssfarAte struggle fer ihe defence
OF RlCh IN oi0. i. the Y aTe dafe. ted EicSrnci d
&nd ~sOrtcik viii doubtless be praciVif.feI, !,
abandoned. as NASHVILLE and oiun E7,le vgere q
With she fa!. OF Fort Douaieon COR With the
capture p1 I foraioWn The way 20 Richmond
"tit oe open TO cur army, ard Norfolk WILL
De IL position - be eaziIy turne6 All
these coot!r seaei-s, and the general Gasrair
aud 1sm0raiza1ion which, tnroukhcut thr
rere:iIcua sou u, VIII follow thS ioss Of Rich
mohd, are lhoTt ugEiy GnderaLoCd ty tha
rebel leaders, and heLcs We may witn good
TSisou anticipate t:e most tss psra-a struggle
OF me war fGr she Possession of Yorkto1n,
ond ;he most decistye issue In is results
IN. .as Ina st.,a 4-s,-
and fofmid bic works W hich " ere in readin ass
fot the reception OF Gen. DtcCeilan Oh his
appearance near Yorktown, we ctunot avoid
the col CieSi.n tnGt tEs enemy for nauy zrsaBs
We sbrewtiy OWNED, II they have not Sosi-
lively known, the ro.1a Tor Ricnrnond which
wHuit ne taken ny the mai. body Of our Po.
tcmac army. la no way can yye SCccuu for
tbes9 :'irmidabis Gs1eDces thrown up ac ross
he YORK peninsula, and fyr ths immense
army discovered bs1iud them Cn the m.
proach Of te-erai &C jiaiiau. VS. think
we have evidence enough 10 show, frs l.
tna' th- rebel chiefs have not baea arc ere
- DSwapa per press CT The couGIry for tGeir
IN 'ormAticn Ter the plans and ynopoYn en 70
OF cuE armies and secondly, that feneral
HeCie ie!ioI, win f0rc@s which we expect w3!t 1
oe So III len Tor stle work il charged VITA tl,e
dnty nj defeating the rebels 10 g po.itlcn Il
WhaTs thay are better Offended snd In gTeas =
OF t3ree than IN anT ether position which
Iney have held siucs the war began. With
iheiI trcD c'ad sen IN op sier, tho merriiasc,
and hsr non -cassd sa:aiiitss, tla Yeaeis not
Only command the J mes river on ahe cns
sice, bat hey render York, Gu The other side
of tha Peninsula, somewhat unsafe to ouF
Voc dsn lraLSp3rts nsd eunoosts. All tai3
rasu.ts 'rozn tie conttu ue1 occupation II Nor.
70 4 oy TIA enemy, AID without IL Esrrup;i ton
for e whole year.
The traitors Of Nr. Ruch ahsn's origina
Cabinet had provided FOR tbs surrendsr to
tnr reos i u -h8 Norf3iG saw YARD, tls I'M
me0ss stores OF ammauiticD SIS ;wo o. Ii rec
tfOus2ad ptecas OF ss;ti!ery, ard sas feet os
L dGzan ves4eis-of war, including ne taerri
mac, collected 81 II - hGrbor last April. The
scAtmes @; ihs crDsp,ratCrs were too veil
iai5 20 oa fully discovered and ayeried by
PEest ient LlAe2ln. EB< Navy ard build.
tugs we're firej, SIS we're soma Il ha sh ps, and
o.haIs were stupied, Including the Nsrri-
n 4c bus the ammuai.toD 2gaxiafs, and
those Two a three shousant pieces OF artii-
iery. with our nUrTied atandoniuen. or Hor.
70 fell into tae Possession of ma rebels
We nave einca recovered - number of these
guus Ct Cape Halter g Roanoke Island, New
bern, ana way ont at For Doueison, tcium-
our, and isianu No 10. Had We recsptured
:soIioik, as We mi ht easily nave doue ut sny
lime oetwsea AugusE aud Uscsmb Der last we
should have had very few Il these rebel de
feuces t. overthrow, nouasing from nfty to
several hu Edred heavy auns. and no diffieui-
ry whatever aow n The o;supaiion OF York
town.
Why, then, has Norfolk been permitted 80
long 10 remain In posses sion OF the enemy,
W hsn It's * ,e.aporiR detencea, Opea ut tne
top. liKa 1h0as OF Gage Hatterss and fort
kOyAi, could have basn sheiied oat by us NJ
auy i,rus ny IA over wheiming z oo N bs. dine ID :
Es cannot answer this Qaestion- We turn
over the inquiTinE reader TO Mr.. Secretary
Welies. "no can. perhaps. give IA as good 4
reason for ois" mastery inactivity" in thi.
matter ss for the late escape of the rsbs,
steamer Nashviiis from Beaufort In ary
even {. u cannot bs denied that our neglect az
Nerfo!k has ri ven birth TO that ebsi n, onstsr.
the h'errimac; md that the nerrimac, while
ans remains intact and anoas, il wocsn an
army of nity thousand men In the defence OF
xorKowns preventing, as Abe does. any naval
diversion on our part Ia the James river In
a (x.aa ,,.,ta