The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-26

|. FEBRUARY 20 1862.
State also quaint and antiquatsd arms, old
swords and sabres, and lfintlock muskets.
'ncsra: Por1as and M:so: R:o: T1:ty 18th sss
sand hve hundred stand Of arms were cap.
tured at Roanoke leland by Gen Burn side,
spd seven ty ave tons Of ammunition.
"a. steamer team Ass PriSs .rI,v.d a. Hat
OF Louisiana, had gone to Roanoke. Gen.
s nusnsides troops have nearly all been re-
The revised list OF killed and wounded at
Roanoke Island and at Elizabeth stands az
follows s:-Killed, 80; wounded, 222. This
Includes the losses in bo n army ana navy.
The woundef are doing very we'll.
ments for being paroled. Their oficers had
been sent ON board the Spalting The pri.
sonefs mum Der two thousand five hundred
and twenty. seven.
The French Admiral aud his staff came
from Norfolk yesterday.
ANOTHER LITTER PROM COL oyxL coRcoHAH
Captath John Breslin, Of the esth regiment
New York state Militia, has received the
Following letter from Col. Corcorap:
CoLrkBIA, S. e., Feb. 8, 1862
MY Dear Friend: Although have not writ
.en TO you since my captivity, my apparent
neglect mas not been occasioned by q want
OF the very warmest Affection, which has and
win remain unaltered under all circum.
stances. If the relative positions Of you and
could or might be reversed, should con-
sioel myseif very ung rateful If would not
endeavor to have q few lines reach yon TO
cheer you in your confinement. But I did
not intend any Of my United spaces to bs
used in recrimiDation. Il mad the pleasure
OF hearing from my dear friend Capt. Kirker,
IN almost every letter, that you and Il mily
were we'll. I often think of little Katy and
mary, and the m 10Y happy evenings spent
listening to and Witnessing their sportive
ia and plays. I wish you 10 say to them
that have rings and crosses for hem, which
l snail send by the first opportunity.
Ihave been most Infinitely rejoiced at Lieu
tenant Connolly's release. His bravery, his
conduct and the care and atten tion he be-
slowed on me ever since he stood by my side
on the 2lst Of July last, has given him an
everlasting place In my love and ESTEEM. I
feel the loss OF his society," for he possessed the
most cheering influence over my spirits. Hs
will call upon you and give you many little
particulars.
/ have not heard from him since he left nor
from New York later than 3lst December
last. hope you see Mrs. Corcoran OCCASION
ally. l wrote to her on the 7th ult., also to
Captain Kirker on the same day and on the
Goth. Please present n y love 10 Mrs Breslin,
Mr. and MRS. Mastersou, your brothe: ., and
Mr. Smith. wrote to Father Mooney, but
have not received reply Please remember
me to him in the kindsst manner; also to
Lieutenanss Hare, Dalton, Butler, and Capt.
r. Kelly, and believe me your most obedieut
friend, MICHAEL CORcoRAH,
COL SO Reg't N IS. n.
DION BouRcIcArLr AND THB ABOLITION PRBss OF
AMRkICA.
The following letter from Dion Bourci.
cault, addressed to the editor CT the New
York Herald. will be found in eresting:
NEW THEATaB ROYAL ADELPHI,
London, Feb 8, 1862.
lance Gordon Bennett, tsY.-Daar Sir have
Dssa informed nc 1 th,t paragraph has ap-
ins Post to the effect that had "dispiayed
the Stars and Stripes over the stage Of the
Adelphi, in London but on the ARRIVAL Of
the n ews Of the Trent afsir had displaced
fsderate colOrs In its stesd -
This statement is untrua from beginning to
end-a pure invention and, regret to add !,
not the only falsehood which has been pub
papers. Hundreds OF similar paragraphs
were shoWered upon my successful path
while l resided In the United States. l took
no notice OF them, nor wouid I trouble you
to correct this instance hid not the falsehood
been brought forward in the United States
Court With a view OF prejadicing jury.
In deecanting on the above paragral b, the
same journals add that during my residence
In Americ l realized large fortune, which
owed to the generosity Of the public. beg
TO say that never owed anything OF the
kind. owed II to my own hard Labor, my
own ability and good conduct. II the New
York public came in large mum bers to my
entertai ur1ents, they did so because gave d
better entertainment thaa they could find
anywhere else, and should pay them q very
bad com pliIpent il thought otherwise.
Permit me to remark that the press exer.
cises a very degrading influence upon the
stage when it encourages actors to believe
that success in their profession is owing moi
wholly to their exertlOns, but to the Gener.
osity OF the puolic. No professional mar
| works harder than the ac COR, nor earns his
money more honestly. Why, then, should he
L alone be called upon to receive his homes
| wages as IL he had not earned them, but as Il
hs as In measure favored by being paid BY
! those who had bought the fruits Of his labor
Il It to make him cringe before the theatrical
| public favorf With great respect for tns
press allow me TO repiy-noGsenss! With al
| your power you cannot make bad actor u
good one nor persaa Az audience, whC
| have been bored with u duh performance
| that they have been greatly amused. YoV
| may deceive some few outside, but you car
| impress very little Oh the public at large
| whom find 9 1uite capable Of knowing goou
from ba without any assistance.
These sentiments, have always expressed
| very candidly, and they have aided in earn
| Ing for me the Ell nifty of N any scrtbblers on
| the American press, W no did not relish my
| read their paragraphs with much amuss
ment, nor even ask you to keep the inven.
| tions within bounds until, as In the present
| case, they exceed the very wide license
| claimed by these journals for freedom Of mis-
| represen tation. Yours, very ooedienr,y,
DICH BouRcIoAULr.
HALTPlrRE sHIPHBsTrs PROM CALCUTTA
BosroH, Feb 2l.-A Calcutta letter of tn.
| 4th ultimo says that the ship Daring, FOL
| Boston, and the bark Patmos, tor New Yerk
| with cargoes Of salspetre, were ordered ts
| discharge it.
The letter adds:-The ships Sarah Newman
| and Ar. Union, for Boston, and the barl
Lii llie, for New York, now going down tn,
river with saitpstre on hosrd, will also b,
| ordered back for the same purpose.
CONVICTION OF EURpERHR,