The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-22

ssssnass, they Will prosecute INV" ~
cher n sn,iiuon Of slavery here has made
L nS The asylam Of runaway ssavea
80 ad}scent paris Of Maryland eno vuU'
nv sn6 eiven business heavy snocA.
r sso,s,als counscatson acti nos orSso ~
- oiitiontst', 70 relieve eisner Ue ~
w. ar 70 puuian rebels % much a. 0 ymess.
sly s,n yy,tlss 70 real estate in ths south II AL
~ Ard properties Of tae south hsS 20 %
au.,.hrowp. tho :sorth will reap musA pecu :.
o,s,r advantage oy prosecu ting the war.
Thsre viii b. no end OF pre- .cts o.n9eoS 70
AHSsriv sdionrnment Of Oongrees, and the
- .,sa - atuitue OF plans like that Of Armtne
~. .,.yas. lcnhscation means onanctpA.
w., savs the abolition leaders; . tax or cot.
IN snd K bacco would bring nonsy into the
s.sasury, while cenfscatton viii not bot "a.
H. Mock 40 the channels OF trade By letting
, w, upon the community vast hoid do OF
jdls negro vAS snss.
..,.su waxrSefoH rfRHs-fxI oou1RABAuDs.
the following IL from the CORES pon.lence
=, The Philadelphia Press. May Is:
me MARSHAL OF the District Of Columbia
~, called upon the Provost M&rshal for al.
~ ,r,ty 70. has derat,sa to visit the military
xxieutify such &c are claimed GO fugitivsa
rom llbcr Ulsimants on this score multi.
siihs - Of the destroying by the rebels o,
,nsir terrible steamer Merrimac looks a. Il
thsy did not expact to win q battle befor<
E.chmoad she could not have wanted fol
coal, ~ there Ii plenty At Riehmocd, and
he might have waited sometime below Nor.
folk.
Mr. Walter, the architect Of the Capitol ex.
tension, has made statement for the Finarcs
comm. ttee OF the Senate a. TO the estimated
cost OF preserving the incomp'ese portions o,
tee building. Toe sums tnus required Will
NJ ooL:ider able, and II Is urged that eco en-
requires, ak the work 10 SUBSTANTIALLY near
il coGapisttou, that II should 90 on. Inc
ysry extensive and expensive machinery for
the construction may he rendered valuelsss
BY further delay ia u sing IL, while materials
In finished condition. dressed marble, iron
casting s) ere q. hand, and need only 70 be put
ines have dered the contractors for the mas .
sive and complete Iron work Of the dome ia
- on. Its argued by them that 1t had bet.
Tar be put In place, rather than to lie about
eI posed TO rain and danger Of accident.
There have been erresls here to-day OF Sc
violent a. their hopes wane, but there ~ nc
Ii ck of the latter q aality, tor they say thai
the OonfSderales have acopsed the new line OF
policy OF Abandoning tbs ssaboard, aud hold
they expect to bea. Mcclellan and Halleck
and turn back the tide Of war upon The North
These psople frequently give out ideas that
really como TO paas concerning rebel affairs.
THg WAR IN ARRAHsAs.
The following Intelligence from the sem.
pats Ip2esi Is the atsst from the seat OF war
Il Arkansas, a section OF growing interest Ii
sueR Connection. We are glad 20 sea that the
ArEansiaE ara dispoaing of their cotton In
the right way:
DIS Arc, May 10 Tho enemy are reported
10 have been ut Augusta, Jackson county.
They ,Uok possession Of Gil The cotton In To G
lsisn horhood. They are reported to bs In
colsldera0le force at J.cksonport and b ates.
Vile. Their destination Is NOT known. Some
Of tbs Fsdersls In disguise en- red this place
to- day, and after rec >nnoitcring returned
They were pursued by the citizens.
Seventeen hundred GALES of cotton were Of.
.ered upon the shrine Of liberty to-day by the
cit ms OF this placs.
The enemy are supposed TO be under the
command OF Curtis. HIS forces are reported
10 be between eight and ten thousand.
The report 10 brought from Little Rock that
General Our tis's di vision OF the Federal army,
iaseIy occupying springfield, have commsnc-
ed to march southeast, IN the direc ton OF the
6tAts capital.
Sleeiss 'uvision is certainly moving to the
same point from POcahCntas.
2hs probability IL that both will be starved
out should they proceed much further. Thti
me voment on Little Rock il doubtless m ado
with she belief that the navigation, Of the
and Arkansas rivers will be open
10 Federal transporta before these troops
reach their expected point OF Destination. /,
IL only In this way that they can possibly be
furnished with proper supplies.
TIE YANKEE GJsBoATs IN JANIS llv3x.
The Petersburg Ezprsss learns from our vi.
now lying in james river, "a Uity Point, 1,
eight They keep Well out In the st cam
nearly two miles from shore, aad but Nttl,
an be discovered OF their operations. They
were greatly exas Grated at the capture ane
killing Of several Of their men Monday after
noon, and gave vent to theie wrath by pro
iscting some one hu ndrsj shell into every par
and parcel OF the Point, where they thought /,
likely any OF Our pIcksts might be on the look
out. No one received a scratch. Cne OF thu
shells plunged into she earth and exploded
making a hole big enough to contain horse
and rider. Others exploded In the trees. tear
ing CD great limbs and scattering leaves ana
twigs in all directions. Many of our boys se
cured several hich failed to explode. The!
are dangerous N issiles. and IL they be handled
ut all, tsaould be done with great care ant
caution.
TWAS reported Tuesday that two CT tn,
gunboats had entered the AppJmattox ant
we're sounding. This probably is incorrect
No, enc Of the coats has left itS noorIngs sine
Monday night.
1t IL stated that they ventured ashore lat
Monday evening, and declared their tnten
ton to destroy every house at tho Point
They stated that they had been greatly aston
ished at our want Of hospitality In capturing
and killing their men, Wnen they had onl!
come a hors on an errand OF mercy. Oonced
Ing that their surgeon had been ssnt for K
Wait stick lady, we think 1t scarcely prcba
Bile that he needed an escort OF eighteen o.
twsnty men.
Up 70 Tuesday afternoon the invaders hae
not executed their threat, and Ill the house;
at the Point remained unframed.
AND FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OIL
7H8 aCEsoAzs Oh TIE MIssIssIPPI.
We published yesterday some account o.
the battle Of the gun60a,s near Fort Pillow
under command Of Gen. JEFF Thompson. Thu
following, from the Memphis APPEAL, Of tn,
il May, gives some interesting details:
The boats known ss the Montgomery fleet
0ow lying at Eor. Pillow, were boilt by Al
of three millions from tholJon
fsderats Congress. They have iron prows O
the bow, and pressed cotton for defence a
their sides. Toe "old salts" Of the regula
navy, wefs OF opinion that boats 30 bull
would be utterly unable TO resist the power
ful guns end conical shot Of the enemy, ant
that the tset would therefore fail to efYsc
anything for the defence OF the river, To-
carry Ont their desiGn Of defending the river
and to ties. tie power OF cotton lining ~ de
lsnsive armor, m attack On the boats Of tn
spsmy-lying Ave miles above Fort Pillow
was IoSO.VoO UpCUs
According iy, on Saturday morning last, al
ten O'Clock. the boata OF the expedition star tst
nom below Fort Pillow TO attack the gun
boats Of trs enemy, inclut ding the formidable
Stanton, The xunhoat asn Bragg led tn
ten. Eerl Van born, the Sterling Price bring
ing up the rear. On rounding the point tia
brought tho snsmy's feet into view, the ON
s1s Of the expedition were surprised to fine
Sven MON clad boats on their way down thu
nvsr. - they had known Of the INTENDED
attack, and were on thair way to meet them
binoe tae battle, information has been re-
celvsd that the Fedsrais had set ont Eth ~.
Intention Of making their grand ATTACK upoI
Fort Pillow. The enemy was, Hereford 4,
every way prepared Cor battle, and no orss
ton Of the vulneraiiiity or invulnerabilit
Of the cotton NsfnS was to be aubjectsd to .
strong test As was 70 bs expected under an
circumstances.
The General Bragg made the first attacl
but By some means, after doing some good sel
vice. her tiller rope 60: out Of order, she b
came for the moment, nnmanagsable, an
dIiftsf down the stream. This was, Of cours.
disc0gTaEing 70 the remainder Of our nee
whcs Of course, considered that she had r.
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