The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-24

mOro 10 tho eject tR1t O0Vonuoo WOoio C0H'
tainly be captured in two or three days; that
Federal forces had taken possession OF the
Island de Elorian, In t0s Savannah river,
upon which battery was being erected; that
our gunooats had % far succecd0d ~ 70 cut
OF comm uuication between Fort Pulaski and
Savannah, and Ttbsl steamer belonging TO
Dom. Tatnalls heet had been captured.
Ali the gunboats and smaller vessels Of war
hsd left Port Royal for Warsaw Sound.
The attacking force for the Savannah ex-
pedittou consists OF 16 O00.
The army u egraph, constructed oy the
Union troops, was working well. Comm uni.
ca tion IL now held between oil the Federal
oemps MN
lipa. recently went ON reconn oissanCe. ur
the savannah river. On returning she was
0red ~ from . rebel earthWork, Striking the
boat near the wheel house, doing but slight
damage.
uoprLxss CoHDIrIoH OF PR1sIDIHr LISooLH'e
soH.
A.Washipg ton dispatch to the New York
Herald, Of the 10th inst, Gays:
Tho White House 10 still overspread with
the gloom Of the expects death OF the fresi-
dents second son, who IL reported more easy
to-day, but NO hope of his recov.ry Is enter
tatped. The President and Mrs Lincoln are
overwhelmed with grief.
TEE ABOLITION ASSAULTS on sRH. M'oLsLLAs.
Washington, says:
Toe persistence Of tho shrieking organs in
proclaiming the General Commanding de-
posed from the com m and OF the whole army J,
excite here more ridlcule than indign alton -
The admlnist1 al ton AID Gen. Mcclellan are
unmoved by these petty assaults.
FROM YoKTkIss MoNRoB.
FoRrRxss Monaco. Feb 1s.-The steamer
Stars aud Stripes sailed for Hatteras this
forenoon with full cargo OF ANN milton
The schooner kxerIiOn 10 Also loading with
ammunition, and will probably get on In the
morning.
The .samers Thomas Jefferson and Balti-
more have sailed Tor HatIeras-the latter
with q aIgo of amInuplLlon.
The Jersey Blue sailed tAls afternoon with
two hundred and nifty troops from Az napo-
lis.
A DISPUTE AZ TO WHO Is ENTITLED TO THs cRE-
DIT or TIE IAhxxs VICTORY AT PORT DoSAL-
son.
The New York Tribune has the following
paragraph in relation to the late victory at
Fort Uonelson gained by $4,000 Yankees over
about % 900 Confederates, after q battle OF
three days, In which their (hs Yankee) los
was about nve to one:
The plan of tho operations which have
been crowned by victory In Kentucky and
Tennessee was General Halleck's 1tuid not
originate in this city. Formed In the West,
and ON the ground, 1t was submitted by Gen.
Halleck to The President, and was approved
and authorised by the President. To Mr..
Lincoln, who took the responsibility OF or:
dering the movements which have crushed
the rebellion in the West. and to Secretary
stanton, the honor ana credit OF them wholly
belong.
On the same day the following appeared In
the washington letter Of the New York
Times:
General Mcclellan sat by the telsgr aph
operator at his headqua ters, Sunday; Gene d.
raj B0ell did the same at LoulSville ana Zen .
eral Haileck At st. Loais; and, the circuit
being made complete between tho three, they
conyersed uninterruptedly for hours on the
pending battle at Fort Doneison, and made
all the orders and dispositions Of forces 10
perfect tho victory and pursue the broken en- =
envy. The battle was fought, We may say.
almost under the eye Of General Me- lellan
80 remarkable an achievement has seldom
adorned science.
TIE sroRY or An BscAP I'd YAsKEB PRISONER.
The Now York Horld has thesfollowing In
1ts Washington correspondence
+. Is. Rsming toD, a private Of Company A,
Thirteenth New York regiment, now sta
toned at Upton's Hill, reached here to-day
with a pass from General Burnside, wnom
he had previously Joined BY deserving the
seems that Remington was captured by the
rebels during Il reconnOtsance near falrfaX
some two months since, and taken to hlcn
mond, and thence sent to prison In NORM
Uarolina: Here he saw extracts Punnsnea
from the Troy papers, whore the Thirteenth
regiment was mostly recruited, stating that
he was dieloyal, having deserted his COM
rades and gone over TO the rcDeis. Deter
mined to resent this imputation on his name,
he managed to escape from Portsmouth, n.
O.. and made his way to Norfolk; but, fall
fn4 10 get farther North, he returned to North
Uarolina, and was offered employment on
the Runboat Fanny, which he was forced TO
accept, and was employed in Surveying in
land waters for the rebels. In connection
with another loyal man, no obtained small
boat and managed TO join Gen. Burnside At
Hatteras. 1t was he who piloted the expe.
f.isnd and in no small degree thus con trio.
uted to the victory won by the Federal forces.
His adventures were listened TO with much
interest at headquarters to day.
-ux ,.oBARrAIrrls OF A CHANGE II LIHcoLN's
cAsIxBr-sHAoULATIoIs IN RRaASD TO HIS
OWL RBslaNAfIoN.
The Edinburg Stotchmon has the following
paragraph In relation to the i'm pending reslg.
nation Of old Abe, as also some changes In
his Cabinet:
Private letters from America give reason
to expect other changes In the Government
in addition TO those already known as actual
or impending. The President 10, and desires
to continue at the head Of his own severn.
ment-an arrangement not agreeable to some
of It's own members. 1t is not unlikely 1t II
said, that Mr.. Seward will 60 out, being sue.
cesded by Mr.. Chase, at present Secretary OIL
the Treasury, who in his turn would b sue.
ceeded by Mr.. Preston King. On the Other
hand, 1t 10 considered not impossible, mol
impossibls, nor even improbable, that the
President may be driven to resign by an In
1Hs ADv1cEs 1son suRoPx
The New York HvalGs Washington cor.
respondent, writing under date Of the 10th
inst, says:
The last advices from Europe are OF dates
previous TO the receipt there Of the news oil
the flrst OF our series Of victori,s; but the
Secretary OF State rays he sees indications OF
. satisfactory reaction In favor Of the United
States in 0rea. Britain, a. we'll a. through.
out the continent; and especially satisfaction
is experienced over the congratu lations upon
the settlement Of the Trent aff.sir received
from Russia and Italy. 1t 10 sad they are
not only generous, but even touching appeals
10 the American people to restore, main tain,
and preserve the Federal Union. The sstt Q.
mont of the Trent affAir 10 regarded a. the
bow ofpronise OF peace. and freedom Of com.
merce.
LATEST raoN wRsrsRS VIRGINIA.
WnlsIIHa, Feb. ls.-The Constitutional
dtty. nine days' ssssion. The frss State Wa
defeated. commissioners were, however, ap.
potn ted with powers to reassenbie the Con
ven ton in case the new state was reCogniz sd
by Congress. This provision IL supposed e
look TO Q free state. There was great r..
ioicinE hs's over tho Fort Donels0n news
General Rosecrans ordered . salute to b<
Ared ut an early hour this morning.
cArruas OF sscsssIos rLAas II rALrIMoRE.
From tho Clipper. Of the goth inst, We Ok
tract the following:
Yesterday morning squad OF policemen
North Calvert stIese, end sei1ed Two Secession
aars which for the past three months Aav,
occupied prominsnt posittons over the from