The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-21
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= ,s .,,lowius summary Is taken from ,hs
~ 30 York Hsoa!d OF tna lssl' inst;
q rnnstruArroS
n 1,n.rs Is no stirring news from Yorktown
u.day. Everything 10 progressing well and
sart t.is.t news from Fortress Monroe rep.
ra.en "a everything quiet there The Msrri
m a. has made no movement since Sunday.
ai.patch from Gen. Beauregard to the
Norfolk papers. claiming great victory fol-
,se rebels on sunday week, and the capture
The sltg test foundation.
All reports published by as and receives
also at the War Department. are to rhe effse
tbst the rsbels were completely defeated and
driven back to Oortnth. on the succeedtns
dav. Monday
Commodore Dupont reports to the Navr
Department the capture Of two sehoonefs
belonging 10 the rebels, loaded with rice az
meal also OF ship bound 70 Chariestou
from Caieutta, with over 1000 bales OF gunny
cloth. aud g 5riush sioop boundfrom Nassau
70 Charleston.
The fnture orsratfons on the Mississippi
sfuce the capture OF Isla1d No. 10 and th e
advance OF eur troops South ward. will be OF
Sc important character.
The proCress OF our army in Alabama Is
mos. satisfac tory. A few days ago Wa we're
enabled 10 announce the oceupa ton Of Hunti.
Vile oy General Mitchell To day we cap
report most i'm portant advance still farther
south, on the authority OF dispatch recsiv'
ID at the War Department from Nashvilie
stating that on Saturday morning two expeai'
rons were started from Huntsville oy rail-
road. One under Colonel sill, Of the $50
Ohio, went east 70 Stevenson, the 1pction ol
she Chattanooga with the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, at which point they
seized 1000 OF the enemy, and returned wi
out frina shot. Colonel Sill captured ave
locomotives and 8 large amount of rolling
stock. The other expedition. under Colonel
NJ ha in xxyaa and
srrivsd 3 Decatur in time o save the railro I'D
bridge, " hioh was then ia flames.
Gen. Mitchell now holds 100 miles OF the
Memphis and Charleston road. thus SECURING &
our posi- ton Mt Huntsville and its vicinity.
BY the arrival Of the Norwegian at Port
land last night, we have Ave days later new
from Europe. The question of iron batter
vas the ALL absorbing topic in England. sine
ham pton Roads had been received All tn,
leading journals are urging the necessity 0
constructing iron vessels.
The Merrias PoH calls attention 20 the i'm
groyements which this country is making II
ordnance, the weight Of the shot thrown b,
the Monitor being nearly double that used OF
board any OF the British ships.
The eri4s Adelaide ard Mary Wright ar
rived at Liverpool on the 2d instant, from
Charleston. having run he blockade. They
h, 4 GARAGES com orisina 1900 bales OF cotton
20 hayes of 10 oacco, md quantity OF rosin
Thay r>ported that q bark anc four scaoonsT II
la
aomnsny vi'b them, and further that tht
snvken stone feet III Charleston haTbor Il
brsakiux up AM the t'mters OF the uhaiers
noating about the haToor
With regard TO the mexican qurstloi W. W.
have only tbs statement OF the Pare Patrt
that the French and spanish governments
intend sigcing Il new treaty for tho resul la
tiop of joint action In Mexiet.
from the Norfolk Day Book
In au article headed yorktown and Nor
t0lS-Ths Rebellion In q New Phase" 'hs
I.raLa of the 18th oids out IA ther poor 30
pouragensnt TO tbs Feds TO hops Tor a victoFJ
ri Ygrkto Wn. Mcclellan is placed in frCn
Of q terrible army OF rebsis well eptreno he'd
wlien, according 40 the Hssdtd. vas NO
dreamed Of, and IL wants 20 Ano| where tn
rebels obGained their information saat tha
would be the road 10 Richmond tn the.
should have SO well prepared themselves 10
tbs resistance of tbs Northern troops. Aliu
siop IS then made TO the fact tn st our 'se
rnoHstsT,' the Merrtmac, renders hli help Il
ueGleiiar from wooden guuboats out OF To
question, and says while the kerI Tim sc re
mains iRtsct and Gfloat she Is worth On arm,
OF O. 0Ju men iu tbs defence OF Yosktowl
Reference 20 the Merrimac brings up Nor
FOLK, and tbs Herald is bitter in It's denuncia
tion OF Secretary Weiles for allowing tn
Tard tais place 70 remain sc long In tn
hands OF the rebsls-farnishlng them Us
has with their large guns, &c. Bennett say
that Norfolk might have been re.oapture
with ease ST any time between August an
December last, and thinks hgd 4. been don
"we snoaid have had no difficulty Whatev G
sn The occupation of Yorktown"
a another article, on the Tecan. uaVs
sceuts in Hampton Roads the Hsyaid says
"Nor ,>as the criminalty OF the Navy Dspar
nsnt end Mere. II is not only responsible fo
The continued and threatening appearances
the Merrimac, but also 1or the very eAtatent
az that vessel Give months ago Norfol
could have been ta.Nen, aud again and agai
Gen Wool has asked permission to capsur
u, but has been retuseG.. DnriES toat slM
me Mefrimac has been preSarlnG and row
1akss vast para sion 70 des, coy her ana saV
Ne Union d set. when long ago .>ae could nav
b zen seis ID at her dock by the Un. on lnrces. =
Ill gs tAaa this, the Navy Departm ent is re
suo pEhls for all the less Of time and uie re
uui, sd now to capture Yorktown and oof
iolk, since the intent tion OF the rebels TO foA u
Nv an defend these places even at the cost o
.yaculuing Manassas was anticipated by Gen
Wool nd could have been prevented had tn,
cspartI tent allowed 1t"