The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-09
MIcCELLANKOUS NEWS.
We make mp the following summary

NEGOTIATIONS NRWS.
We make mp the following summary from
late u. oers received yesterday:
sAPrvRR or LIEecLNITss.
n'hirt On Lincoln soldiers, captured iaet
week CT Wilmir g On lsiano, BY cur pick.
1t, usder command Of Captain Crawford,
have arrived in Savannah, Georgia. They
be,orged 70 t e 4Sth New York regiment,
ana are all Germans but one. 1t az
% rs that . number CT the eAsmy, said
to be between sixty and severity msr,
were landed OF WILMINGTON 1slnnd. Our
men wa!.st their approach, and when
within range opened hrs On til sm. One Ger.
man was killed, another MORALLY 1cundsd,
and thirteen were captured, ~ above safe!
{. he lieuteuau,s and the remainder OF tho
men effected their escape. On our side, bat o. Q
man was woVnded-Isase Newton Brown
Of the 18th Georgia regiment-suprossd MGR
tally The Rspu5liosn ontsias fson prisoners
the folio wing:
They deny that they were drafted, and say
they volunteered from sheer necessity. They
are nenriy ali mechanics and laboTars and
they were forced TO go lie 80 the army for a
supSort. BY way of incdceEiert, they were
promised tn at their famfiis- shoHid D. cared
Tor. But thus FIR the later have received
rothiag except the em II earnings forwarded
BY the selves. They were worked n lrd on
the station, were badly fsG, anu had not been
paid OF a The last four months. Great dis
satisfaction existed among the troops on
Ty bss from this Cause, and a short ti-1s since
an outbreak seemed imminent. They de-
clare til enselves thoroughly di.guSted with
the Yankee service, into which they were
seduced By every variety o: false prom ises
and lies. As a specimen II the latter, they
were told that the Southern Shareholders
wers r. b1ut 10 iavade the North, coz quer it,
and then reduce The iaborinE population TO
the condition Of slaves. They wsrs anpsai.
cd to, TO save their wives and children from
20 h0rIi ole a fare.
The prisoners give i'm portant inform alton
Of the progress Of Offensive operations On
Tybse. The elemy Il, q Ectiveiy employei in
up fortifcations and plantin g bat
teries 20 operate against Fort PULASKI They
have ON the island twelve l3-tEch mOrtsrs,
eight le-inch c-lumsiads, two 0.inch Colum-
oiads, and two Parrot guns The officers
weaks for an attack on the fOrs. but from
some cause nnkao WI /: was pQstpo- eo. Mary
Of their guGo aro still lying on the beach +,
which may explain the delay. TheiI force
Ga the isaad Is 1000.
FaOM TKH SOUTH o,FEA COAST.
The Charleston Mercury OF he 81 Instant.
learns from q gen item an y d n ID just arrived
from The Confederate camp at Port Royal,
that about oEe hundred Yankees. with Two
pieces of artillery, elected = landing at Port
Royal Ferry on Tuesday mornin g. General
PembeTtcn, to whom oar picksU reported
that The enemy were landing In 'rce, tmme-
dis ely ordered his troops in position TO nt-
tack Col. Jones's regiment, in aovancs OF our
troops, soon came IN sighs OF The enemy,
when they retired under cover OF their gun
boats, without an exchange Of saot on e,sher
side. Before the coming up OF Dol: Jsae's
regin snt, the enemy destroyed thu dwelling
Of Gr. Henry Stuart, At Pages Pint
The gentleman also reports mat three me-
xross, tho property Of mar. p. Given. had ar
rived ct our oanps. having succseded In
mnktrg their escape from Port Royal. These
fellows report mat the negroes ON the islands
sd been put to work under Yankee ever
seers, and were planting corn and would
soon commence the plau'ioE OF cotton; that
they were worked from sunrise 70 sun.
vet, and were not allowed the usual privilege
of a "task,' as they were undsr their Ia xful
masters.
yoBf MA1og.
The Whining ON Jowsal. Of Friday last,
'ays:
We lserned yesterday evening from zen
tie man who nsd made the tlial to get 70
Beaufort, that the eAemy are sli around, In
Gorehead cities and at Beaufort. Their Oh.
ect IL, Ct course, to cut OF Communication
With Fort Macon. Col. White, the com man
liant OF that post, has . good garrison, pro-
visions for full ten nontns. plenty of anm..
aiken yet. Whenever Yankee gees from
More head Oily 20 Beaufort or back again, .hs
Dolor ell gives then aIshst.
We regret 10 learn that even in this eiea.
.usrsd host some traitors were to be found
1ome few mes, 1t 10 said, from Capt. Poors
o paay, oOrHrived to desert 20 the enemy.
Is 10 not PRO babie that they can comm All
ate any Information likely to b Of value TO
Fort, an old government work, Is as We
known 10 the er emy a. TO ourselves.
rus BArrLs OF swear sasrx.
The great f1sht In Arkansas 10 now called
he Battle Of Sugar Greek. The latest and
ullcst de, aiis confirm the reports favorabls
o the South. a Correspondent writes to the
R.pubiiesn GA late direct inforna-
len:
Prices veterans acquitted themselves with
he greatsst possible cre"i.; and NcUuiloch's
clio ~srs, up to the unit. r anats hour when
- aud AcIn:osh fell, fought with the most
Letter mined resolution. Dol. kivss, Of the
Conf derates, and Caps. Churchill
clark, In ADDITION TO many other cfdcers, ara
u N oerod with our gallant oekd. Among
he wounded on the other side. was Gsusrai
-
3sn. Seigls was Aot wounded. As at nret r..
ported.
Neither Price. Van Dorm, nor the army.
aave supposed taat they were defeated On
he contrary. the result OF the ea tits IL "a ii.
TALENT to . victory for the Con fsderates. The
'ueMy. thoogh far oat-Hum bertrg us, and
we'll provided with arms and am IN unit ZION,
aas teen 60 crippled that he Will DO snabl.
% attack as without large rsinforcsm ants,
whereas Price and Van Dorm can march
when and whore they please. AT last 40.
sounts they were at Van Buren, recruit ting
md getting ready for another forward move.
neny.
II the PRECEDENT would give Gen. Price .
Dufacteny force, and plaza him In command
Of all our tr00ps west OF the 0issiosi ppt
river, there would not Nc an enemy left sosih
VI the Missouri BY the ain day Of Jaiy.
s1ANsIKe yRonr.
TAs Yankee papers. siues the svaelauon
Of manassas ~ the OQs6sderatss, have been
On tsrtainisg tAsir rs&dsrs With all sorts Of
lsgsnds, which they profess 10 have derived
from Virginia farmers and cd ladies In the
nsis Dor hood. The Boston 1sssslsv, how.
ever, sssms - have Income somewhat d.
eus:sd With the sport OF prscsieins upon
Parttap guliisiltty. and Gays:
The sccoan. Of the mu.iny 81 a Ksatuchy
rsgiment. and dsros and bloody light be-
tWeeA tAe0 and IN Alabama And 0soegte
regiment, last Jan aaYy. no dotSs las ~
ance saoA ~ 0ften occars ~ a1osrny. Moth.
ing a. The kind stated could Ave AAppene0
~ xenS1cav regiment without having eesa