The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-28

i.s.ss e sgs III . sls:,..sa;s "a. about s
rep4eoep ted the cemmGretal iate1esss OF the
1tasa Of 0sot9ia, did what he could while
hers, but, in q matter Of etiQustts, some dis
s:sssa M .n i na tbs
"Slncs hare been hsfs rsndszyou has
been established BY 4 large nnmber 81 persons
belonging 70 and L. the in terest OF the South.
Anertca. Not one Of this cor clTve was. Per-
haps, man wAU himself e4ertsd any great
inA0ence, but a. whole, they have, In va
rioas wsss, msds themselves s..s I am ssrs.
"Ths more l see Of Europe, the moro lam
convinced OF tbs deep seated antipatby 70
slavery In the abstract. the whole ssvfiiIed
world u against the pecnltaT insi,nuoa.'
that aaest1on svilii fos dtas. be absor beo In
sne more important - connected with the
issae. There 10 An intel.i8ent mao here tccu.
pyinE an Official position which brig. MIN
emperor. AWODg other things, 1t has bsen
part Of his duty 10 coik ct and cOndeuss in-
fofmatjon TO present 10 the Emperor. THIS
s 'fa ysss n
favor of this South, and Il named Aaury. and
. relative Of err Aaurg, Of Charts ana Cur.
rents. 4tie. Of course. Of great eat
south should snstaiu their present 1tatns for
thirty or sixty days. It 10 notampoftans That
tnsy should gain: bat merely thai they sAos'd
not lose ground" t.4
AIAxKYu AccouSr o. JoaA AoA9A1. s.
The following sketch Of Uapt. John Nor.
gan, the we'll known Confederate scont. we
take fse m letter Of Nashville correspond
ent OF the New York Times
Thu name Of this mysterious marauder
IL on the lips Of every one, for his daring
cooiness and di sreGaId OF fear has bscoms q
BY word even among our own army. Tina
Ooi. JON Morgaa-fof 30 he styles himsslf--
10 said to be q native of Lexington, KY,
whose father was respectable manufacturer
OF iears. From his you.A this Morgan has
won tho dmirA ton Of all who knew MIN for
his dare .dsvil reckiessaess, which even now
does not eeom to he We diminished In The Least.
We fitst heard OF him when our brigade t'hc
ssh) was, Y Po. ttoo Of th' m, eDcampeu ~
Pilot Knob, Mo-, In september last. Or
ana report stated, IN camp, ina, a ta.i, neavy
man, with flowing beard, mounted On
aa immenss black stallion. feet a. the
wind, was several tines Gets In the
act Of srsans s he 20 se.T
CHI rmed life. We Lust sight Of him until just
before we left Cairo, when he appeared one
night suddenly and shot TWO OF our piekets:
again he appeared At BACON G isex' ~, nao
nose, shot one OF his pickeU, ind rods cn be-
fore tho amy had recovered from Its sur
prise.
lines on Saturday, ths sth of ciarch In Mi:ch-
ellis division, aud again on Sunday morn
Ing, at daylight, upon McOook's camp. on
the Franklin piks. The very same sun
day. this Morgan, dissnised a. country;
clothes, Obtained pass from Gen. Mitchell,
who did not know him, and had ,hs au-
dscity to dfn~sA Ny Hotel In com
pany with our Sess, mnsihs sSo an" MS
very near capturing Gen. Nelson one day last
week, The plot was discovered La time 10 bs
frustrated, but not TO catch the rogue. He hes
since captured he railroad train running
between Iou;svi lie and Nashville at Gala
tin, taking thirty bridge bull eIs prisoners,
nas releasing them, Is ne seeks higher game.
He has be Is cd tnht he Will catch one oi orr
Generals as An Offset to Buckner, he being
Euckner's especial favorite. He has offered
q reward of 81 900 o any citizen or od1cer who
Will catch him and his iced, and. strange to
say, disguised, has made these bets openly
before our officers, who at the time did not
know him. such is Col John MO Tgun, the
famous rebel scout, who, though h. deserves
hanging, ye; WINS admitting opinions from
enemies we'll as friends for his daring.
FROM FJArREss AonRoH.
The latest advices from Fortress Monroe
We copy from the Bsi,iinors S.n, of the
25.h
The steamer 4eorgianna, Capt. Pearson,
arrived yesterday morning shortly after six
O'Clock. She brought up number Of pas.
sengers, but 10 news that was disclosed
Among the passengers were the Hon. Joseph
Eegar, just elected a member of Congress
from the Hampton district In Virginia, and
Gen. Van Welt.
-Four deserters from the Confederate army,
(Gen. Asgruder's command,) Also came mp.
Their names are Van nork ; owGsend, J osiah
Morris, william Wilson, and Mark Tfafon
Barker, ell OF whom are natives of the North,
S~x Cor oil hay foil
coessing business for q livelihood. In the
spring Of 1854 they shipped or beard the top
sail schooner stag, OF which James u. Town
send was Captain aud Danit. To y nsepd
mate, one father and the other q brother of
the aboves They started FOR ueiar Keys,
Florida coast. for the purposs of loading
with timber, bat upon reaching there, on the
25th OF Eay. were seized by tie ConfsderAtes,
removed TO Jacksonville. and then set Mt
liberty. In the mean lime the Sag was con-
fscatej, and after the lapse of several In on tbs
Loaded with cotton, ;s was the schooner Anna
Smith, and started for ma keI /; but being
observed by q Federal cruiser, both vessels
were burned TO the waters edge, the crews
| escaping. Thrown ashore at Jackson Vile,
able TO obtain employment. they were com
PEELED from necessity TO enliss in tho STATE
service, each receiving small bounty At tho
time. In July last they were ordered 10
Richmond, and subsequently to Yorktown,
from whence they escaped on Saturday night,
making their way to Fortress = oaroe in e
koat
They state that Magrudsr's forces around
Yorktown IL composed OF not over I, 600 enec;
tive men, bnt along the Peninsula and At
Great bethel he has at leas. II. 900. York.
town stands st the head Of York river, ana
It's tiater approaches are protected By line
Of breastworx defencee provided with some
heavy pieces Of cGnnon, and there arc some
similar for tifications about three miles be-
low. near the mouth Of wyoming cresk
The Volan dt Baad, under the lead Of Chris.
volandt, fol msrly Of DAltimore, Is said TO be
In the employ II the Fifth Louisiana Regt.
msnt. They number eleven persons. and
were engaged as musicians at Berkeley
Springs When the war broke out.
TIB FADxRAL ooHaAAss.
In the Federal house, on the 94th, resolu.
| lions were offered and referred, proposipx q
| vote Of than In % Gen. Burn side ana Com
| for their victories IN North Caroline and 70
| 1t Geo. u. Morris and the cm,srs a. d men
| under MIN, for their gallant cppd act in ths
| encounter with the Merrtmac. A bill wal
| introduced "to make freedom general and
| slavery SECTIONAL" ard resolution was Of
| fered requesting the suspension OF exchange
| Of prisoners until Ucl. Corcorsn, now b eld
| at Richmond, II released, and Asking the SEQ
| rotary Of War for tho reasons for hts det<n.
| ton. The Committee Of ways and Mean.
was Instruct to inquire In to the expsdien.
lev OF 6overnment working the Weetsrs
mines, In order 70 dsfray the expenses Of thu
| war. The Ta1 bill was further considered
| and 20 amended as to fix the license Of brew
| cries maniac turing les thaa flve hundfe<
barrels per annum. at twenty-five dcllars.
In the senate, resolutions of several STATE
Legislatures, on different subjects, wore pre-
seated, anda bill reported TO promote the 81
nctsncy OF the engineer corps. The jHtnt rss
olution to give aid to the st tea that MAJ
| emaneipate their slaves, was then taken up
After speech made by MIR. Salisbury, o
Del, Mr.. Davis, OF Ky offered q substitute
/ when the suhts.t YVES laid over, and the bill
TO abolish slavery In the District OF Coium