The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-11


Mr.. vallanatRAA0 took occasion e n.
press his disss sisfActi0n As The course MIR.
sued By the Government In delivering Msson
Aad S.ldsil. rsm.rklax that In lsss tAsM .hrss
or else We Will mmeiy submit 70 the rrcor
nit,ou of the Southern Oonfsasrscy. And tSs
breaking up Of the blockade.
Nc. Ha.enins replied, saying that his eel
10 que had hsrstofors been opposed To co.
ercloa az TO the South, while now 10 il
aSAinst the delivering mp Of Mason and Sl,.
deli. The position of his cuIleseue vaa
liable to the suspicivn that his beliIEsrent nt-
rsbsls ~ getting up war between England
aud the United 6tates-a war which the
south desired with that view
Iae edieiary COMMITTEE reported In favor
OF mr. StAntons right to q seat in place Of
MIR. Lane, The msmIsr from KADsas.
Inc Pension appropriation bill was passed
"A large mum Der OF Abolition peti tons were
presented, and also one praying for remission
o. .nS dnty on tins arms imported for the
Now YORK 22d regiment.
ssHArox sunzxa's FORTHCOMING APIECE or TIE
TAAIf AFFAIR.
WAsnIHcfoK, Jan. e.-Sena,or Sumner has
the d oor In the senate for Tn u rsday next at
At one O'Clock. His speech wall De CHIEFLY
upon the condition Of our foreiga relations.
lie Will probably approve the mo OF policy
pursued by Mr.. Seward. Al chairman OF the
Sc nate Com mittes on Foreign Relations, Mr..
sumner has peculiar facilities Tor Informs.
,luu, which are greatly snnaI ced by his init
mate and ex tensivs aeQuainta lance with lead
ing European statesmen.
1ns speech il looked for with great inter-
est.
SUPPOSED w1xoK or An 8EGLIsH transport
WITH ovsa kLsvlN HuNDkED AEs on BoARD.
GAsPu BAY. Jan. 4.-The screw steamer
AustraIasIan, supposed to be wrecked ON The
shores OF tnis Day, sailed from Liverpo oil for
Canada, with troops, &C., Decsm Der -. She
passed Cape Race December q.
An Lfnw liza
AusLrAl.siaa had on board Al Officers and
/, 0ss nen-n ameiy, 4th brigade Roy al Arnl-
isry. The Auslraiasian had also ON board
four men OF the Army Hospital Train, two
OF amm uniIion for the ordnance, and 60o, 900
ROUNDS OF Eufieid bali cartridges. &c.
The destination OF the AustraIasian was
the mouth of the ST. Lawrence, with m
structous to steam up to the island OF Bic,
or the Kiviere du Loup, and land the troops
and stores NJ Whichever point Is ac0essi0ie.
should the prevalence OF ice prevent either
poiuL DeiuE reached, the vessel was 10 me-
Tor Halifax, Nova Scotia, or ST Jonn, n.
b., ACCORDING TO the judgsaeh' OF the author
llles out tRere.
Gasps Bay, where the traces OF wreck have
been see IL, Is In the Guif VI st. La Wfehce,
near lns 81 u thern side Of the o. rance 10 the
river st. LaWreucs.
THE YIMALl POLITICAL PRIsoNERS AT WAsHIEG-
TVN-aAs. sAiAkDs.
several female PRISONERS are watched and
cared for la tn9 Lors nsrn pat OF this CITY by
u detachment of The htI.gLs hincs, uApef
Lieut.. Sheiuen. On several Occasions, le-
Gently, event nave ranspir cd showing u plot
10 ciandestmely effect their RELEASE, Dut tne
Vigilance Of tns guard has AS Often frustrated
their schemes.
bIlgxd.er- General Shields has reached
WasAinXlo ION.
xxfLosIoK OF a srBAM BOILER AT roRrsAouTH
lAvI-YAkD.
BosroS, Jan. THE ste am boiler in the
Porsmouth t,avy Yard, connected Win the
ordnance Dspar tmsni, exploded .erdas
kilhAk Inc engineer, Nj Bridges, and uo-
moii.ninx The huIdrsa-too chimney OF the
establishment, Dssiaes doing otner 0>m age.
rHR SANTA FL NAIL.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. She Santa Fe mail
has arrived with dates 10 the 2.d W.T., bu {
brings no ceWs OF importance.
For. WISE Is provlSlSned by three compa-
nj, . of Fsd.ra.s.
small po1 - raging in the whole Terri
to y ana - TX remedy fatal 10 children.
Specie Is very scarcs ia the Territory. The
weather Is cold on tho Plains. There is Il
large mum Der Of Indians on the roads, bur
they are friendly.
The Baltimore Patriot, Of the 9TH instant,
says:
The Federal occupation OF Great Bethel,
Virginia, WIS effected on the Sd inst BY
six com pan les of the Coast Guard, six com :
paniss of the Twentieth Now York kegi.
IN snt, and three com panies Of HaIlnn's Cav
alry, under command OF Acting Brgadisr-
General Weber, accompanied by Msjor
Veeesack and CARING, of General Woors
staff. About two miles beyond Little Bethel
the infantry halted, and the cavalry pro.
ceeded towards Big Bethel, and six mile.
south of ut place they met the mounted
picket, which was driven in. The cavalry
gave chase, but were unable to overtake
them. On arriving at Big Bethel, the place
appeared to have been deserted, aud a care
full examination showed that to be the case
1t had apparently been occupied by three OF
four thousand men, including two or three
hundred cavalry. Breastworks were form.
ed nearly half a mile in extent, and pierced
for twelve guns. After short stay, the
scouting party returned. No guard was lief,
there, as before stated.
FouR MOUNTED coSFKBERArEs cArruREp.
WAsHISGToE, Jan. 6.-The pickets of the
Thirty eighth New York regiment, Colonel
Ward, who went on outpost duty yesterday
captured four n oun ted re bells. with tn cir
and equipments. II 10 believed that they
belonged 70 Stewards Virginia cavalry.
CAPTURl OF A sBCBssIOH BOY HAVING 4 NUABBR
OF LETTERS on HIS rHRsoH.
The Baltimore Patriot, of the 7th inst, fur
nishes the following item:
email boy was caught down The Potomac
near Alexandria, day before yesterday. hav.
ing a number Of important letter In his boot.
legs. The youwg scamp was endeavoring To
get down the Potomac in email boat as fal
as one OF the sm all creeks below Mount Yer.
non. This 10 a mail route now much in use
by Secesh.
sKHAToRIAL LECTION.
DHrRoIr, Jan. I'm tho Michigan Legis-
lature, yesterday, J acob M. Howard was CHI o.
sen United States Senator for the unexpired
term Of the late Senator Bingham, ending
March !, 1862.
MIeoKLLANROUS ITEMS.
In New York on the 9Th inst, Virginia Sc
sold at 4s3; Missouri 6's sold at ~; Tennessee
e's sold a, At; North GaSolina s's sold at S9}
In Baltimore on the sth inst, Northwestern
Virginia first mortgage bonds were bid for at
765, III asked.
A movement is on foo in Maryland by the
Lincolnites to present Governor Hicks q
testimonial Of their regard and gratitude.
AGGGxWN xALAk.A.
THIS DAY.
By THOS. ". KEE5kR, A4etfoner,