The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-30
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fASSOCIlTED PRESS DISPATCBrs
FROM THE NORTH.

pETEksssRs. Dsa ss.-Aorthsrn sasss to TIE
seth Ar. received. Christmas ives dnli day With
the ArDY Of the Eappahss.n The depletion
Of suffers stures ronds:sd the tins drea,y.
10 movements sbatovee h.vs taken plaee on
either sds Of the river nor s ihsrs sny Indication
Of ac Immediate renewal Of hos.iiiiiss.
Tie New rosk Herald says the psign "a lila
.rsippi Is assuming itn2oEtspt shspe. I. ns5
not bs icng beft.rs two severe ba.tiss Will tays TO
hs rscetdad In that sssien-- che L: VicGsbarg Ed
cher at jackson
Por 'er's grand naval expedition ,s to surpsss si
others n naspituas.
Icoordins to Register jus, published, the Abo.
iinon Al Ivy embraces var a million Esn
4 a-e, involving the loss of ee5, 900 occurred il
Washington street. New York, Thursday.
The Balunore Aus-i<xn's Suffolk correspondent.
Ia satisfied that the .ruy in the. vseaity Is oss
psbls OF ns-chlng into 2ichmoad add ssys tic
reads leading to tsa- ,sbsi e.p;tal are good sna
iess protsoted than any other route and ,hs so!-
ders are al anxious to undertake th Job
Attorney General Bates regards t.e a6lnlss or q.
West Virginia as unconstitutional. Lin-on, IL Ii
thought, will not slgn the bill.
The HeT aid says the rebsis In Western Teousssse
aid Northern Aiss!ssippi sppear to have Involved
81 our combinations sgaiass item in serious diff
cultiss and drawback. ami We shall BE- sgree eegbly
disappointed II great victories. instead Of dsheart-
ening revsrsss. shall bs results Of winter campaign
10 the Southwest 50 now conducted
The Herald says Fos.ar's operations Ia NORTH
Carolina anouot to nothing practically The Ell.
pedi,ion should never have been attempted. upless
il was intended to hold the railroad jlnct,ca at
Gold'boro'. which Commands the Atlantic sea
oosid line, and constitutes chsrnei through which
Richmond receives supplies from tbs Southern
rebel States The only salt of the late effort will
De 10 arose the attention of the rebels TO thu Ina.
pc,t.uce. tf concentrating sneh force thsrc es
will dsfy further att tempts on part to cut his
important blk ic their lines os communics :ioa.--
The attempt and faicre a-e of pes9 Vith ali
tbs other brilliant efforts o. Washington General
alp. Whas pity taav so much DASH and hero!szp
on ths part Of btth officers and men shorld havs
been thrown away on en:erpri5e ~hich like
she assault On the ensnys l,ne a. frsdericksbuIg,
wa destinsd from the first to be frnt!ess.
The Iribanss Suffolk correspondent, Deosrub,r
23d, says: Yeste rday, politically speaking wss a
dull election day in this section. - few vo .es were
cast Ia Suffolk, and no returns will be received
from Isls OF flight, Windsor or snithh.ld. The
rebsIs from the other s,ds OF Blaekwator came
over to put qais.as apon Union .nea who Eisht
Try 10 vcte
Lieut.. Col p. s. hHier rood, o! tbs New YORK
Mounted Rifss, WAS ssIt ". d detachment 10
car1 tne tallotbox out 10 tho rebeliious sections
named, and had sent the preoious Grk Of freed Ii
as far As Sloitahed sCd was Soou. visftia4 LtheT
places, whsn b. wss sat upon by sn ossr~h hel-nag
rotai fjrc-, and La1 q apgd .ace fog Suftota