The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-08

The channel q the El,s,eeth river WA
81: ~1 e. :s; ": ~
which Norfolk coula bs approached. Just
beyond the mouth of The river, the German.
town was moored with spri ngs upon her ca
BILE and reacy for iastans movement. The
ship WIS aIao prepared, by boring, 90 that she
conid be sunk In Ave Inn .es after ths wave
rOpos were drawn. The plan wss, In case tbs
nIerrmhc was pursnsd, TO let her and nsr
pursusrs pan In and then swing the German.
town across the channel and sink her. thus
placing an trnpassa BILE barrier - tho escape Of
the pursuing vessels. BY examining the prin.
ciple upon which rat ID trapped. ono may
readily see what would have been the position
Of oar "cneess DoG' In Elizabeth river with
the bars put up. All our Efforts TO release
her would have proven futile, and We should
disaster than the loss Of our two noble frigates.
1t muet be borne in mind that our enemies
are ~ fertile In invention as ourselves.
jim LAsE PLAYRp OUT.
Under the head Of "The Last OF the Lane
Expedition" the Chicago Trts&ns has the
foliowir &. from which 1t Will b seen that
the great Kansas Jayhawksr is "out Of tho
ring:''
1t will be remem bsred that several Wis
cousin, Ohio, snd other Western regiments,
Expedition, and that, by order Of General
Hunter. ,hey were collected At Fort Scott.
near the southern Kansas border. These
troops b ave now been divided between Gen.
Curtis and Col. CANDY. AID the regiments
destined for New Mexico have passed through
Lawrence ~ rsafs. f. corresponds nt OF the
Madison (Wis Journal writes:
ltmAy bs asked, what has besn the result
Of orr expedition 70 For. Sco:ta Well. to
sum the matter mp briefly, lhs 18th regiment
has marchsd las miles TO Fort scott and 100
back to Lawrence, and besides JayhawkiLg
uncounted hos1 Of chickens, small hogs,
perkers, calves, beeves ETC., they Eo4Ssd Q
ai990, by order OF Brig. Gen. Dei,slsr. Colo.
re. Of the LIST Kansas for firing upon so.'
der who was sealing whissey Of him. in bic
own house. "Big thing" but the boys are
not proud OF it, an happy 20 say.
"To via. base usss msy We coma .: Last"
vIRslsIAs At BLKHoRs.
The following Is a copy Of q letter written
b. Gen. Van.Dorn to oil. Jordan, 4. A. Gen
eral ON the staf CT Gen. Beauregard, referring
to the good conduct OF Lieut.. Leftwitch, Of
Lynchourg, Va:
HxApeuAIrBas Army OF tho Mississippi, I
MINPHIs, Tenn April Il lSSs
OoLoSEL-I regret to find that in Eay report
OF the battle OF Elkhorn no mention was
made of the excellent conduct Of Lieut.. W
l.. u. Leftwitch. Of Gen. Mct ulloch's StsH
After exhibiting great courage and enersy
curing inc 0nEG cement OF mat DlvlSiOu, No
tcined my St.6, ard rendered me very great
assistance during the action of tbs Sth.
desire to bring him to your notice a. a
gallant and meritorious young of1cer.
lam, Colonel, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
EARL WALDORF, Major General.
Lieut.. Leftwi,Ch is now established In the
Office Of the Chief OF Ordnance OF General
van-Dorn's Division, at Ms.aphis.
RsxARBaBLz REPORT PROM oAIas.
The following, which we take from the
correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial,
con tains soma news about the Union feeling
tn Memphis, which will aston ish the people
of that enligh tened city. The chsering of the
Federal General, Prentiss, 10 characteristic
OF the elastic Imagination OF C Northern let
ter writer:
CAIRO, April 2s-There are 5000 bales OF
cotton, 900 hogsheads sugar and &c, 900 bar
rss m lnSses now u Ing upon tbs levee, at
Memphis, Of which the cotton VIII be burned,
aud he sugar and moinsses Will he rolled
Ia To the river on the apProcch Of the Union
forces. The citizens and uewspa pers a OPP
posed TO burning tho city, bat soldiers and
country people favor II.
Ths biemphis Ar4us is considered the expo
nent OF Union sen tment, and net allowed to
receive telegrsp hic dispatches The Safety
COMMITTEES talk ct snppressing It
On wednesday succeeding the battle OF
~
opers psesed through i,smphfs. The men
were in good spirits, and kindly treated by
the iCnaoitans particularly the Irish and
German women. Tha citizaus content4d
themselves WIN vvaviug handk rchisfs ana
lookiog The inisres. they dare no. openly eX-
press.
Prent;ss II ade CnioE sp-s h - Ills men,
g. the citiZaus cheered him. Pcovost Mar
shall 4. u. NcKissseE bade m rem ain ST.
Leaf. PTsntss told LIN that he mad 10 ar to
one more frien DIS in Mem phis than te (ilckis-
sock,) and said TO the ciGiXsns, keep 4a,et ior
a Re weeks and you will have an oppor:u-
nifty to cnesr the old fGx 70 80 hsarts con-
tent Cur "oldiers sang "Tue S>ar Spangled
nanner." Bed. White and u us," "aePpy
Land OF Canaan" and "Ola JOHN Brown
49, they were starting on tie cars for Tasca-
looia, Ala, here they a-s at present con.
lined. There were one hundred and four teen
Union officers among the prisoners. Bsaure.
gard cislms 10 have taken three thousand
prisoners.
The Memphis ard Ohio, and Memphis and
Charleston, and Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroads, are connected ~ VI ion tracks, to
give grester fac lities for moving rolling
stock AID pris. ners liz case OF u Union attack
ALI the ola iron and bfass wa. being collected
aud forwarded below The Confederate loss
ali told, ct Pittsburs Landing. was about
four thousand. One thousand two hundred
rebel sod.ers are in MemFnts. Govern
nent machinery, commissary ana qn1r1er.
masters stores are removed. IL II thought
the fate o: the Confederacy hangs upon tbs
Corinth battle.
HREpHL BAkBASIYIKs.''
The Ycnkees are still taxing their brains
Ia inventing ell kinds Of "barbariues'
axainst the "rebels." We dad In the North.
srn papers a pretty full report Of the tes.irlo.
Ly ELECTED before the Joint Comm tee on he
Conduct of the Present War, relative to al.
Legged outraxss at and subsequent to the bat.
I "a of ManassaS end among otbsr uitN % sas
who figure conspicuousiy are two Yankes
doctors, who, while In Richmond as prisoners
" WAT, enjoyed the frsedc m Of the city and