The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-17
LATE NORTHERN NEWS


From our Northern flies, Of the 18th inst,
We gather the following varied and interest.
ing intelligence:
''rHR vssv Asa AID BoDr or rns frnss."
Among tho arrivals at the Port Of New
York to-day 10 the brig Lincoln, from Hn
vana. with Cargo Of tu-pentine. As turpen-
tine 10 not q West India product, the uesuon
10 where did the Lincoln's cargo come from
The preaum p1tA naturally 10 that 1t has been
run through Blockade, taken to Havana.
and thence f@sshipped here. This is tho
second case Of the Kind which has happened
lately.
The Harriet Lane. 9ing Philip, and Jacob
Bell left the Navy Yard this afternoon for
the fiotIila. The jacob Bell had new boilers
made for her, bat time would not admit of
their being taken on board, aud she left with
the old boiler patched.
The prin cipal event in the Senate to-day
was the presentation OF petition. signed by
q, 900 persons, asking that homeopathic ply.
sicians may be employed In the army. The
medical faculty are watching anxloualy the
effect of this alopathic dose.
Orlers have recently been issued by the
War Uepar ,Insns which positively forbid
army officers froM going home en- leave of
absence. The exixencies OF the service re-
quire their constant presence with their
Late dispatches from New Mexico state
that the rebels, 2, 800 strong, are within thirty
miles of Fort Crslg, but that Col Canby felt
able to make succ.ssfu| resistance. 1t Is
are advancing up the Rio Pecos to attack
Fort Union. An express had been sent to
Denver City for rsinforcoments, aud the Dol.
orado troops would probably march immedi.
ateiy. nlaI Ital law has been proclaimed in
that Territory. and ell able bOoisd men
drafted To serve i'll the militia.
The Navy Department has received official
notice from Capt: Dupont OF the sinking Of
the second stone fleet of UhaI lesion, in that
portion of Mafftrs Channel between Rattle.
snake Shoal anu the shore, through which the
rebel steamer Isabel escaped u her last trip.
Uapt dupont ves that there are two pas.
saaes in the hsrbor still open--the Swssh
Channel. and that portion OF Matt1tts Chan.
mel lying outside the Shoals
Capt. Dupont states: 1.-The department IL
misinforned, infer, from d letter received
last night, a. TO the Isabel getting into
Charleston by the main channel, where the
previous fleet was sunk. The obstruction
there Is complete. and has not b sen removed
by the last gales, the water breaking clear
l across. The Isabel got In by Maffitt's Chan
/ mel and as that portion OF 1t included be-
I tween Kattiesnake ShOal and the shore has
l been blocked up by the second ste ne neet, tho
1 possibility Of getting into charleston Is still
| more circumscribed, the only channels re.
| manning being the Swash and a portion OF
| Maffitts, and 1 have never less than three YES.
! sells covering them, and which now ride out
| thc gales 1T anchor
| A letter from Mr.. Sew ward to Smith O'Brien
has been pu blishod. Mr.. d Brien is urged,
il he would promote the cause OF America, Of
speak and act for the American Union.
Ex-0overnor Joseph a. Wright, Of In
diana, is talked of as the successor Of Jesse
ID. fright In the United States Senate. Mr.
Wright 10 u Democrat, and Was at one time
very strong in his pai tizan feelings. The old
l Whig papers usea to say that Bright was
never right and Wright was not bright.
That abolition agitator, DIR. ChSever, Is
busy all over the country at his uisbo. .ical
| work, and fits about from New York to
| Harrisburg. aud from Harrisburg to wash
| lngton, like an evil spirit. 1t reflects no
! credit upon Congress that Uheever is allowed
/ 70 preacn in the House Of hepresen tatives.
| He is one CT the fanatics who have caused
| this war, and what he calls his mons
are in reality abolition harangues, as offensive
| TO the AImigh y as to the conservative pub
iic. All public halls should be closed az alnst
| this viltHinous agitator, and the newspd.
| pers should refuse to publish q word OF his
/ 0isunion orations.
| A bill providing for the emancipation OF
] slaves w,th com pensatiOu to the owners, is
| now before the Legislature OF Delaware. BY
| this bill 1t Ii provided that all slaves over
| thirty .Gve years Of age shall be freed Within
| ninety days after It becomes a law: al under
| thir ". Il Ss shall become free on reaching thai
| age; HI males born after the bill becomes IL v
are 10 be slaves until they are twenty lone
l and females till they are eigh teen: and ali
slavery is to cease after Janurry 1879. Thes<
! provisions are made conditional upon this
lIat 'Congress will, at its present session
engage 10 pay 70 the Stale OF Delaware. II
i
at the rate Of six uey centum per annum, tn,
sum of $500 600, In ten annual 1nstalnents
sso, 900 10 be payable on some day before thu
| nrst day Of September, lS62, to establish I
to the owners Of slaves who shall have beer
| divested q their property BY fOrce Of the &C
l In Question.'' Delaware has, according to tn
census Of 1850. eighteen hundred and fiv
| slaves, and the sum asked OF Com gress fD
| their gradual emancipation amounGs to go
| a head, which is q fair price.
The Herald 10 unfortunate In its Washingto
, | correspondents II has dis missed tw In tn
, | last few months and TO day its last appoin
| tee. and q recent editor, was arrested by Sec
| rotary Stanton's orders as spy It is charge
| that DR.. Ives, after f)rcing his " y into tn
q cmces OF the War department, re+d rtai
| teiegra phic dispatches there, and became IN
lawfully possessed Of Government secr"ts
| Bis secession connections aud sym pa thies, a
| yell as the former secession record OF tn
. | Herald, made him the object Of just suspicion
| unless bis demands for In formation In reg1r
| TO the secret movements OF the 6cyernmsn
. | were complied with, were supposed to har
/ been dictated by the II sraId Cfi1ce, and he uc
/, Iyes's friends say he was only carrying on
the orders vt his empl ,yers, and that Ben
nett himself 10 the one that shonld be arrsste
and trea ted a. a spy. Ives was taken to For
| McHsn. at O'Clock Monday morning.
The successes which have lately beel
| achieved by our army will prove q NOR
! 9HeC Q6l Cn0CK 70 QOSLlte 6CJlOu on the par
Of European Governments than any othe
| influence we could exert. When the new
reaches the Old World Of orr triumph a
Mill Springs, the capture Of Fort Henry, tn
ing the numerous obstacles he was unex
| pectedly obliged TO encounter, and of tn
great preparations we have made for hem
ming in the enemy upon all sides. there will
| we hope, be little disposition to sustain tn
infamous conspiracy which is now gasIing Il
the last stages of a rapid decline.
There are now at Leavenwortn, Kansas
some fifteen thousand troors, with larg
artillery The entire force that will accom-
pany Gen. Hunter In his expedition will con
sist Of about thirty-fou thousand troops, an
| as they will march 70 tbe west OF Missouri
through the Cherokee Nation. and enter Ar
| kansas below Van Buren, it Is supposed tha
| they will have NO ficulty in obtaining sub
'stence. They expect to march to the Cher
Ore Nation In ten days after leaving Leav
enMo'. Tns :r-S>-t of Gen. Stone for treason ha
,~xan ii. trn, ops on the Upper Potomac b,
snrnrise. Their is little regret. however
that Gen. Gorman occeeo' MN III command
| at least temporarily.
The senate has connrme,.. George W. Pal
mer of New York. Consul to OanS1a, an.
James r. Partridge, Of Marylan.. Ministe'
| Resident at Honduras.
Tnis evening the officers Of the Ivish S--i
gade gave grand banquet In honor Of theil
new Commander, Gen. Thomas +. Mea&her.
EoRrRnss MOxRoE, Feb. 20. 1864.
Ten deserving contrabands came to CAM
| Hamilton this afternoon, having been fount
by q scouting party under Capt. Donovan
| wns q member Of the Black Virginia cavalry
who were engaged In the skirmish at Nev
Market Bridge, on the 31d Of Dscsmber. will
Max Weber's regiment. He was completel!
| armed with cavbine, pistol, &C.. and had
| considerable amount Of rebel money. The.
| represent great scarcity OF provisions.
PRocssDIsas OF TIE Yss8RAL coSSR1ss.
WAsHIsaroH, Feb. IL -Mr. Ofittendsl, b.
unanimous consent. presented petition fron
Philadelphia. signed by the 0rst men OF tha
| city, proposing that ON the 22d OF February
washing IONS Farewell Address be read Il
one Of the houses OF Congress. BY the frefi