The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-23

| camstsnces .hey would scorn TO q ckno7yisdga az
| scqustntances. much more assoeatea3 and who
xra, snsand ~asfs hey may finds
| Bes6e9 these. thsre are three or four o.her ua.
principled, Eeet y-lookng irdividrs!s-ona quite
| boy. who is represented as MidshirInan ia tbs
new srrvics, whose name have been unable TO
esrn alth ,us1 ar told that of theso persons,
and one Of the worst appea ariRa of The party Ia a
Charleston merchant, Il fear Some % the leading
| merchants Of that city would hardly acknowledge
the fses'l and ~ on tis way to Eoglsnd 70 buy
goods 10 suluggie into that city or vicinity.
Ar Maury is accompanied by a son. Il pleasant,
smiling youth, perhaps i2 years of age
THE RIBELs kxPECr A LONG WAR.
From ell csn learn OF those who hsye conyer ssd
freely with this party, they look forward TO long
war, and say % they are quite prepared for II -
Maury says be las small hope Of the Democratic
party out if their party is - triumph upOu the
ioea OF any reconstruction Of the Union il will lind
Itself very much mistas the eorksl will ne 7sr
nsver listen to any such thing. Consequers y they
expect 3 iorg war. unless separation er.iie sDd
absolute is agreed upon" This same individual n
ssd to have stated, IN conversation on board ih's
ship thet when be left Richmond the whole avail
able force Of ths South than in the field waa three
hundred and forty thous6cd men, n he knew by
Rcua returns 20 the Government, and shat Con.
Lee when he left that city ,nvgd3 the Nor h, had
q force of but afty-sx th1Hssrd men, ell told de
also stated that the army Cf th5 South bad always
been very muca overraSed By the North.
LEES isCURsEoN INTO MARYLAND
An Englishman or board, who sYmpathzas
strongly with ths South tod ths other day thst
the raid OF Cen Ire into Maryland made solely
for the purpose of possessing Hsrpsr's Ferry and
the stores collected there and also for the purpose
Of securing vary large supplies Of leather that hai
DAen collected fCc taem ard awaited their coming.
lie stated that the trsios oceupiad with the trans
portation Of ths leather collected extended over
length Of forty miles Of roed.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA
4.I.
tween Great Britain and the United States, Maury
took especial pains to prova 20 the Eng sbr1eu
with whom be waa converting that, in such an
event. nothing would be moro easy for Engl2ul TO
DO thsn TO dispatch fleet Of guOboats the West
ern lakes, via the Welland Canal and to destroy
all of the leading American eitiaa on the laks
ssoTee and to take pcs essOn os izr ga portion OF
tie Yves. In answer 70 this, will uriy etsta that
see Mat-y sad his as3cca es placed in change Of
such expadi ion. He would not ee likely to ,d-
vance far into cur territory helors ne woud fad
out the p-scticabiiity Of hiS 20 Eim} ulagcifcer.
undertaking
ROW THE PARTY OF HEBEI5 ESCAPED.
II appears that this party of Sacossionist, en-
Earked at Charleston board Of the notorious Te-
bel steamer Herald, (Which has made severa. suc
cassfai voyages il and cut of that portl aaa land
ed at Bermuda from which place they took psg-
sage for Halifax by the British steamer De.s and
thsa came board the Arabia
They appesr to ba accompanied by two or three
spglislIisn, VINO msY be 1teressSd IN running III 3
block AIDE az the South, and whose ireras; il is IL
keep good terms wi 1 thsni. Oae of ths lat.sr.
by-the-by told tes o,Aar Day that thres tourths
ii all IL, goods aud materials furnished tla South
were paid for IN tho hrs; ins .anee. by NJv York
capital ! low not.