The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-12

From the lates. Southern and Northern
files recsivsd. wa make mp the following sum-
mary OF interesting war news:
RlPoxrHD RIor AT Nox1oLK K-DxvRLorxssr OF
THE UNIoH sRNTIxENT.
PHILApIIrRIA, Feb I. 1ss2.-Ths faqnir.r Of
this city has dispatch say ing that u riot oc.
Cured at Norfolk on Tuesday night: that II
WAS supposed that MARTA Law would be
proclaimed, and that during the distur bancs
cheers FOR the Union were given.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. :, lsso The dispatch
about the reported riot at Norfolk is fncor.
rect. II was stated that the riot occurred at
Richmsnd. not at Norfolk.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Washington dispatches, under date of the
7th inst, say
sYfEcr OF TIE Hgws OF THE PRosRKss OF THB
UNION FORCEs.
The news to-day Of the tri umphant progress
OF the Union arms on the Tennessee river in
Pam:ico Sound, and on tho Upper Potomac,
has caused great rejoicing. II 10 regarded. d.
however, as only the first faint mutfering ef
the terrific storm about to burst upon the
rebels from all points OF the com PASS
The passage Of the currencv bill and the
glorious news OF tho success OF the Union
arms sre sources Of congratulationi in Ad.
lntnistfaion circles, only equailed by the
consternatiop and dismay of the opposition.
rssxIrIrARE oasxAsIsss ~ ysxNRssgx.
f~erhing has brsa received Ut head Ia ua RI ters
from General Gran. or Conan odoYe Foots
further than the dispatch received ut the
Navy Department and forwarded to the
Hsrold early this afternoon. 1t is believed
that tbe expedition, having effected the cup
much more irnpor tant blow Oh the Cumber-
land river.
eBg. FREMONT AND Ta2 RADICALS.
1t Is currently rumored that Gen. Fremont
mas been completely whitswashed by the
radical majority In the Select Com mittee on
the Conduc, Of the War. The clique OF
shrtekers are loud and bold in their prog
nosti icatiOns that he will be assigned to an
important position in the army. and they
call im Fortunately for his appoin TN ent to
the comm and Of the Army Of the Potomac
All this is bosh and pure nonsense Itis
not impossible that Fremont lay be assigned
to some command, but it will not be of u
character to CRAFTY the partisan views Of
his abolition supporters.
The testimony of the only witness ex-
amined to-day before the Committee On the
Conduct of the War, whose examination
lasted several hours, was in every respect OF
the IN ost damaging character to Gen. Ere
mont, in both military and civil point OF
view. 1t presented his conduct in q light SO
clearly weak and culpa BILE that we cannot
think the aspirations of the radical shriekera
will be gratified.
PAY OF PkIsoEgRs OF WAR
The President has approved the joint rsso
lution to authorize the Secretary OF War to
proc ure from such officers and enlisted men
Of the Uni led States army as are now or here
after may be held as prisoners Of war in the
so called confederate States from time to
time, their respective allotments of Day TO
their families or friends, upon which certi-
fled allotm0nts the Secretary shall cause
drafts to be made, payable in the city of New
York or Boston, to the order OF such persons
to whom the allotments were or may be
made, and to remit the drafts to tn @ address
of such persons as may be designated
WAR DaPARTNgEr AND THE TELEGRAPH.
The President IT the American Telegraph
Company leaves Warrington for New Fork
tomorrow morning. Frequent and satisfac-
tory Interviews with the Secretary Of War
have convinced Mr.. Sanford that the met l.
sures adopted by the Government in relation
to the transmission OF telegraph dispatches
are imporattvely demanded by the public
| welfare, and interfere with neither the pri-
vat rights Of citizens nor the interests of the
| Telegraph company.
| "THE CIRCLE or FIRE CLOSING ROUED The BE.
/ BILLION"
Under this caption the Herald, of the 9Th,
| publishes the following article:
We conTra tuiats our readers upon another
l important Union victory in the West Our
| splendid Western soldiers, under Generals
Ora ut and McClernand, who, in their first
| snco unteI with the rebels at Belmont, ex.
| bibits the fighting qualities of Napoleon e
| Old Guard, have marched Int the occupa.
ton OF the valuable strategic defences Of Fort
| Henry on the Tennessee river.
Our troops occupy q good position at Fort
/ Henry from which to advance westward
! upon Columbus, or eastward upon Bowlia z
| Green, in the rear-the two stronghoIds OF
'he rebels in Western Kentucky. and upon
| the maintenance Of which depends the rebel
cause, not oniy in Ken lucky and Tennessee
| but along the whole line Of the Miss! ssippi
down to New Orleans. This is why Beaure.
gard has been transferred from Manassas tc
| Columbus or Bowling Green; for the rebels
| have discovered that their immediate danger
| Is more pressing on the line of the MisSis.
sippi than on the line OF the Potomac. We
| suppose that the next thing in order by
our troops at Fort Henry will be the re.
duction OF the supporting Fort Donelson, on
the Cum beTlahd river, at Dover, some
ten miles across the hills at this point
| from the Tennessee; and, next, that those
railroads will be occupied which connect the
rebels Oh the Mississippi with the rebels in
| Virginia ana that then, as all that section
| of Kentucky lying between the Cumberland
| and the Mississippi Is attached to .he depart
msnt of General Halleck, there will be, un.
| der his direction, combined movement ol
| oil his disposable forces from Fort Henry
| Maytield, Paducah, Smithland, and Cairo
including Commodore Porters gun boats
upon Oolum bus, III front, flank and roar, and
| that 1t will not he long before we shall have
the pleasure OF announcing q crushing defeat
| of the rebels in that quarter.
Meantime, in accordance with the instruc.
tions Of Gen. Mcclellan, the army Of Gen
Buell. 10 steadily encircliuk the great rebel
camp ut Bowling Green. This Is a strona
defensive position, the village being sur
rounded by circle OF abrupt and command
ing hills, which are occupied by rebel tort
anu batteries. We are assured, however, tina
| the programme Of General Buel, for the ca D
ture Of Bowling Green is one which canno
fail. Before the expiration OF the presen
month, therefore, with any improvement
| upon the late blockading SHOWS, thaws, ant
| rains, we expect to hear the glorious newi
| Of the expulsion OF the rebels from both 70
lumbus and Bowling Green. A rebel arm y
including both places, OF over hundred ans
/ twenty thousand men, will thus be cut VI
/ and dispersed, Kentucky and Tennessee viii
l DO instantly liberated, and the sustaininl
| spirit oT this rebellion will be completed
| broken.
In the interval, however, we do not ina
sine that Price and his guerillas will b,
| left on the soil Of Missouri; or that tn,
| Burnside expedition will be confined to re
| connoisances Of the inland waters OF Nortl
| Carolina or that the powerful fleet Of Du
| pout and the cooperating land forces O
| Sherman will bs idle or that our land ans
| naval forces Ia Florida and CT Ship Island
| within convenient distance Of New OrIean
| and Mobile will remain resting upon thei]
oars; or that Gen. Wool will be limited 4
the daily routine OF Fortress Monroe; OF
| that our great Army Of the Potomac will bt
| continued much longer In tbs monotonou
contrsry, we expect that this whole imm ems,
circle of fleets and armies will very soor
open In circle of fro against this be
Ieaauersd rebellion, the echoes Of wbich will
be heard from the Mississippi overland Il
the Potomac. aud from the Potomac to tn,
Oayolinas, and thence along the sea boa re
and G ulf coast to the swamps Of Louisiana
| Our land and naval forces are at length &C
adni rably distributed and 80 thoroughly
equipped and provided for active work. and
are so we'll drilled and 20 ably commanded BY
| such approved officers az Mcclellan, Buell.
Halisck, Wool burnside, Sherman, Dupont
and the rebsllion Is so manifestly In tho Ia 81
throes Of exhaustion. that our faith is stronger
than ever. and strengthens every day, In ths
conviction that before England end France
can agree To intNrferA fhAr0 will he an end al