The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-29

thfir e1tfepc0WeDMs INC pAk&e0 nok un0a
the enemy was cons yietely 70 atsd, merits aad
receives commes datfon. ,Fherurpose Of thts
war IL to pursue aud destroy q iioo0 eny
envy, and to deliver the country from dapgers
Menac4d by traitors, alacftty. daIlDg, coufa.
esfus spirif and patriotic ss.i en- iii oces.
sions and under every cirroMessnce arc -. ;
rested from the army OF he United States.
oyEicIAL AsvorscHMxsf or rHa vIcfORY.
"sshIsaroH. Jan. -, ssss-~TAs following
was received at hsadqusrtsrs to. nisht; ~
To Majr. General Nc Clsilon. Cc.na1disr UsiseS
The rouso the enemy was complete. AZ.
ter succeeding in eeitine two pieces cf artil.
lery acrnss the river and urwnvv1s ~ affv
agons, they weIs absndoped vfth ~ ehe
ammunition IN The depot in Mill Surirr They
.esa .StsSss~sy s .neir sIms and disperssd
uoL of Monticello but are SO com pleteiv DE-
" oralix I'd teat 10 nc believe they vii, nae
stand short IF Tsnnessee -
The property cspiured .or this eido Of me
river Is OF great value, amounting 20 eaxht
6-poundsrs srd two ParI OFT guns, with cais-
ssns filled with ammusifion; about one nun
ZOO zoo hcr.,.' bore and H mnies, sesersf sew f baxss Ss 81
arms which had never been orencd. and from
900 TO 600 musksts, mostly with mint lochs.
out in good order; Subsistence sto1es enough
to serve the entire command fer three dxs .;
also, a large amount Of hospiia aI stores.
AS soon M, receive the report Of the bri-
gade com raandsrs 1 Will furnish det tailed
Our loss wss thirty pips killed and ons
nundred and twenty seven wouudrd. Anore
the wounded were Colonel Mcccok, OF the
Ninth Ohio. commanding a brigade, and hts
aid, l.ieutenaEt burt, OF the Eighth United
States il fantry.
The losso of the rebels was ,,liccnsr and
one hundred and fourteen others killed and
buried, one hundred end sixteen wounded.
and forty five prisoners nor wounded i've or
whom are surgeons, and Lieurenan T. Colonel
'1ar .er, of the seventeenth Tennsssee Re&t-
ment. GENERAL THOMAS.
u. @. BuxL, Brigadier. q asneral Com 'cg.
Hox. JOHN J. cxfrTssDEs. &
Hon. j ohm j. Crittenden Is deeply affected
by the news from Kentucky, and has not been
in the House since me report OF the b title OF
Somerset was received. Although he has
two CONS in the Union army the presence OF
one In the rebel army-his oldesr-oyer-
wheims him with grief. The report that
Gen. Crittenden deserted his command ut
Somerset is not be eIieved by any who know
him. Rebel though hs be, he is accounted
gallant and manly. f+
puBLL's PLAN OF oPRRArIoas.
General Buelps plan. says the Memphis
Argns, Is now being cieaIly posed II 10
wholly based oa y vas. superiority of UNI.
bers On this it depends for success. IL
see ms that the Federais intend to continue
msnacing both ColuIn bus and Bowling Green,
and that with a force only TO be resisted from
our intrencbments; and that another force II
70 march on. If it cs:h, to Nashville, via
Scottsville nd the Bowling Green and Nash
vlllS NlllIOHIs Iris tXpeuAtlOu W NiSuYlto
viii, De under the comm ana of McCook.-
Crittenden il to cross the Green river, aud
moving on Hopkinsville, threaten our liue OF
retreat over the Memphis branci. Of the Louis.
Vile and Nashville Gailroad.
They hope thus to forco HArdea out OF
Bowling Green into the open field, or to u
surrender. The plan, sort Of miniature OF
that OF dniesnau in Germany in 1913, il Of
the ablest; but 1t requires what Gniesna2
had, a vat superiority in numbers S0rne
say the kederais have 1t, some say they have
not. We can only trust i'll Gcd thar even
this plan The ablest, in every respect, laid
down In this war, Will he ba fisd by the same
bravery that defeated the no plan ut hlanas.
sss. A glance at them will enab g the read
i er tn undefsta II, and 10 sec that mendceC
by a superior force in front, Win cue ON his
flank and ant her Oh his rear, with unob.
| struc,ed ronts t. Nashville our brave and
| abba Genersl would Dc like Napoleon ~ RI
vol, III q position whence only An eagle-like
l rapidity III the calculation and use Of time
l could extrcate him VICTORIOUS ae
Again We ask, have they ihe numbers for
that after Ill Is the qasstion II thsy Laws,
| the great battle OF iue scampsiga may have
l 10 bs fought slo". t0at range ol hills, which
u few miles north Of Nashville afford u se.
| ries If natural dsienees ef great strength.
Our men are brave. Gen. Hardee 10 n
we'll trained, a skiiliul and practiced leader;
eur cause is just, and unless posiuveiv
| crowded down, we feel Ger tain the victory
will be thus either at Bowling Green itself
| or at Nashville. TIE more we try TO get At
| the exac. force Of the Federsls tbs m0ye wo
| ere neiined TO doubt that they possess tho
Seesaed supertority 10 carry out this plan
de vised, we think; ON IN erroneous estimate
| by them of our forces, especially of thes0
parts Of it outside Of Bowling Green.
The London Times and Yanhss Priva.
I = seafs.
| The London Times has the following run
ming commentary upon the FEDERAL boast { Z
being able to equip and ann six thousand
privateers to drive the BritiAh marine from
| tn sea:
II is no we'll, perb aps, that In this estimato
there was no rrsGtiOn OF ships OF war. What
the Federal navy was At the commencement
Of the civil war we showed few weeks ago
what 1t lie now we can explain this mornine.
As the emergency was pressing, the Federal
Government at once resolved ON pure haAtng
| a whole feet OF vessels from the meacantile
| marins they spent on this service about q
million and q hsif of money. and bonshs up
I apparently every floating thing ~ hand that
would carry gun or Two They did not
even copf1ne themselves to stea mers, but
/ snapped up cid sailing brias, barks and
ache 1ners. which they added 10 packet We els
tugs, and ferrv boats, and 40 "recons u nc ted"
mon tbs ago consisted Of about half dozen
l ssrvieeable frigates, and twice as many ssr-
| vieeable sloCps, now CT mprises. in addition,
35 paddle wheel steamers. A3 screw sten mers,
| Is ships, is barks, aud e schoOners. ali picked
| Mp in the various Federal ports since July
] last This, far as the ships.s I. war 90 u
l tho force on which they rely To copten d
against navy Of a thousand vessels. includ.
ing 50 ships Of the line, loo poweI fnl friG tLss
| aod swarIns of smaller craft admirably built
AID armed. e
Admir- ! Mi lin IS squadron alone included
| on the fist Of this month eight ships OF the
| line, as many heavy frigatss s,x corvsttss,
and clever lixh. ter steamers or gun boats 4
dispatch from the AdmirsIiy could double
| or treble il MT the shortest notice. As TO Te-
| infoicisg such = maIins BY purchased msr-
| chantmen We could add thousand stca m.
| ers to IL in a month, II the idea could b en-.
| tsrtained. As IL 10, 10 are going rather on
| Northern Stares viii but Ioox at the naval
l Intelligence given IN these columns thoy viii
l see that, ins'sad OF buying, we are seillag. A
| very pretty little Meet OF frisates and sloops
/ them newer ana better verssls thna those
which formed the sailing navy OF America o
few months back, amt all Infinitely snpeYfor
| to the bargains by watch II has SINCE bsen IA
creased. This Survey, too, will materially
assist us In approaching the grand scheme Of
sweeping Ne from the ocean by ths guns Of
| 5000 psivateefs. /: the North Americans,
/ acting under the strongest sttm uius. and
l with a prodigality Of outlay beyond all
bouuas, have only been able 70 EQUIP and
/ arm some one hundred and nifty merchant
men of ALI descriptions IN the course o. sir
monihs-pot half OF ,hesa being ssawOrthy--
| we may guess what sucessA they would ex-
| pertepce IN turning cat about forty times
that number 70 sweep knGland HON she
/ ocean
Bu, there is a good deal more 10 be safd on
this point The Americans here. ~ every.
| where ease. are lost Ia dreams Of bygcaa
age. II II clear that II much was 70 Es done
| BY pstvatesrtnG va. ~ being ioiiastsly s:foa.
| Ger. ecald do more than they. II such game
were to TO play ed We could eend oat tAfeo
privaicsrs 70 their one, 0ur ships bstnG mo
lopEsr ipfeFior In sailing qualities, Init Z
match for any vessels Ia the world Oar prt-
vateers would - ~ certAin 10 the long gun
to heAt theirs ~ oug royal navy Woal1 70 hool
thair ships Of war. It II far more pyokablo
howevor that the days Of privAteeging Wonl1
be found 70 Be psst Steam has no9 sapess