The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-21
FROM THE NORTH.
LATEST OF THE REBELLION.
1.-THE CIRCLE OF FIREv
The End OF the Rebellion Appearing.


&e., &C., DC.
| From the Baltimore Clipper and San, and
the New York Times, Of the l7th, we con tin ne
to make extracts Of the latest In tellisepce
| from the United States:
Tah ARBELII0H ovshrHRowS.
WAsgIEaroS, ID o., Feb Is
leel that violate no conf en- ce IN ct ,tipr
as 1 now do. that the highest military su,
t tnorlnes OF our G'vernmens believe the Con.
ts .SroWu tsSsiiGn 1ssn Mc,Hs 70 be hopsessly over
near. any hour, that the rebel army is in .ull
EetreaL from Manassas, ar when IL brea /.
away 1ron Manassas, 1t is doubtful IL ever
defence. The most probable uoiiev Of ths
rebel leaders will be to retreat as exped,
tiously as possible from all poin Is to the q nif
States, aHo Try 10 make stand there, hoping
Dy tne!r compact masses to resist . ur armies
until the fervid Leatsor summon shall comr
to their aid. and help thin our ranks and dc.
m0ralIce our soldiers
II the confederate leaders should be able
70 leaVe IN their rear population devoted
TO their cause and hostile to us thew n,,rht
safely abandon Virginia, North Carolina aud
1ehhessee 10 the Possession OF the Union ar.
mics Inc annoyance Of guerilla warfare
OF bridge burninEs and secret assassinn,ions
would make the presence of our armies in tn =
| enemy's country very costly in men euu
money. AND II summer feyers should add
70 other narasSing losses, We might find our
| selves Tar from the end o. the rebellion
| But such will not bs the state OF things Il
the rebels abandon Virginia, North Caro-.
DINA, and Tennessee. Toeir retirement viii,
enfranchise hundreds of thousau ts OF Iovai
citl2enS Al those States, who will spring wi th
JOY 10 meet The Odd flag, and Iapidiy ran,
| themselves under the regular tunsLlIutiolat
doVeTAmenL that tne Confederate traitors
have tried to exiting uish Virginia "a "A ioy,
state, to-day, as ever M.ry an or i,i "a
souri, WAS. Aud rs tor Tennessee l y.riI
bsieVe mat II always was, aud is now, or.
- n ri I.,.,.
der slave State ia the Union Norm E.ro
ma Is nearly akin 70 Tennessee In patriot,
ceiling If, therefore, the Confederate aImt..
retTeat 10 tne QUIZ States, the lo.a al cisizeus
oi Virginia, North Carolina, and tennessee
Will Immediately reOrganlze heir S.ate(}oy
erumens, aud with rejoIcings as sincere ana
nearly as ever animated any peopla on earth
my WI ieciaAW III tnelr old places in our
glorious Union. Is there an arm In al IN,
ANo IN that will be lifted to stay their coming
do hardly believe 1t.
PAsaEs FOR THR sourH-oRDER FROM sEcgErsgY
STANTON.
WAsHISGToa, d. c., Friday F,bIs -s,rds,
cd FrSt-That all applica lions foI passas G..
60 Soutn across the military lines Of the Il
states be MADE 20 Major q .neral John A
DIX, commanding al BALTIMORE who WI
grant or refuse Tue same al has diser. ion
Seeond-That all prisoners of wara,d oths,
letsohs imprisoned hy authority OF auy ue.
partment OF dovernment, who Shall be re-
q, r. ~
themselves on arrival at Baltimore Niailr.
Gen. DIX, and be subject 10 his dira,y, n
while remaining in thrt citv Auy falIur. 10
observe his order will be taken as !. f1rtai-urs
OF the parole OF exchange
Tie regulations heretofore existing which
required passes across the military iinss nt
the United States to be signed by the evre-
tary OF State, and couu tereisned Sv toa .1en
eIal commanding, IS rescinded Dy order OF
the President.
EDWIN N. STATION. Sec. of War.
THs uss oP PORT DoEELsoa-Irs IxposrAscs-
THE RHBKL soLpiEsa AND ooMHAspEss.
| Fort Dorelson is situated at bower, Tenn
on 'ne west DAM OF the Cumberland river, u
| few miles south Of the northern boundary of
| the Sta:e, and was built las. summer a hour
! the same time as Fort Henry Ii is iora,
| at point where the river washes an OBJ u.s.
| ana lie in Its northWard eourse 1t ik ~ mi:e,
| southeast OF Fort Henry which was c,ptursd
! just nil days before the present victory -
! The main object of the fort was to siapd :
| rear defence to Bowling Green, and also a.
| r. deIence a.alnst our approach 10 n tshytiI~
by Northumberland river. 1t was be.ieyed nv
| the rebels that II would block up fIectuaI!y
our pass ge in to Ten essee in This 81 rac,,, /
| Some seven or eight posi- roads here intersecr
each other. and the railroad from BowItnu u
Green TO Memphis passes but fcur miles son h
| OF it = his same railroad, it VIII De remem.
hered was cut short distance west, at the
IN, Illnesses Iasel, 0y our gus boats, immeii-
| again destroyed at the crossing of the Cnm.
| berland. Fort Donelson controls the river Is
! FAR up as Clarksville, where the rebels ms =
| perhaps again make Il stand as we sdy.nc
| onward to Nashville. At ClarksyiIie tbev
| have f,rtifica a'ions and pretty strong arma.
| ment. and lately they had there also n CON.
| siderable body OF troops
The emmy are supposed to ha Va bad thr.a
| batter eS at Fort DOnelSon-oue near ma
1 rivers edge, one fiftu feet above this on tha
| high ground, and third fifty feet bovs tn 9
1 a.. 81
| FOUNDER guns. Our gun boa first attac ed
| the water battery, but the repe,s held hr ok
| the Are OF their upper and strongest worb,
until Com Foots, wi h his usual daring, h d
Of the fort. He Ill advanced. however
| uatil he got within 100 yards OF II. At 4
| O'Clock on Saturday this upper redoubt con =.
stitutins the fight wing OF the aoemys for
| tf1cation ,and whi1 h commsnds he remainder
| OF the rebel works, wss taken by cur troous
| and from it The old flag was flung 10 the
| breeze. OF the exact armament of these
| various Works we have not information, but,
! at the latest date TO which our knowledga
| extends, there were mounted some 20 nenvy
| guns, Is, 81, and 81 Founders II is not tn b.
! won dsred, placed as these were that they
should have done consider able damage 20
| even such strong boa's as Compose our iron
| plated Wes ern river fleet. And there is no
| doubt that large Auditors to the mum be r
| we're within week made from Bowiing
dreenIas Com. F.ote s'ys, In his ficiAi
| dispatcn. mat In the upper and lower re
| doubts alone there were noun ted % gu,s
The number OF rebels manning the for II J.
] cations wss estimated last Thursday, ny our
| commanders on the field, in he Gisne'ch ru b
lished last Saturday, IS high a. 10 0G0 No
| further retnforcements could have been
| thrown in afr that time, as our f,rcas b IA
| had invested the fort. # General Hail1ca q
| statement was correct that Ftoyd frh- tht ef)
| was then inside the f'rt IL is iik ly thai be
| had taken the division with Which he ,e,,
| Sowing ttreen last MONDAY q !ong wi th him
| instead OF having taken 1t to East Tennessee
| To light General Thomas, rs was supposed
| That division consists Of three brig ,des, Que
OF which was immedi .teiy comm nded b,
| Floyd himself, ano her by Hardee, and an.
| ments were from Arkansas, Mississippi. T..u.
, nessee Virgins, and Kentucky, and were Ia ,
| hover OF the rebel army in the Sou west
| Inc tour regiments also which Il I'd from +, r
| had probably also taken refuge in For
| Donelson. The rebel troops ut Clark
| willie, too, could have been easily thrown
forward after the fall IF Fort Henry
| that coald possibly be spared were there
| Up to the 20 h OF last n ON Ih. the fort was oc
cupied by only few companies Of Times
seeans' and 50 strongly were the rebels there
dare to assaii even tnem. But give the rebel.
| all the reinforcement and the largest uInbel
| claimed, and there was stiil an immense pre-
| ponderance of men on our aide-the Unior
force investing the fort being stated by Gen
| Halleck TO be nifty thousand strong CoEs;d
erinR the location Of the fort iis defences
and the forces m ming il, and IL will be see,
| that the rebels con Id make Il severe fight :
There are other things ces ides superior mum
bevs to be taken into cons Iteration In EST,
m ating the chances Of q battle. The rsbr
succeeded, TOO, in ois bling the m os, efaci. u
| Of our gunboats But as, at the Ia,est hon,
the mortar boats were nearly ready 10 ops,
hre on the positions tho rebels s,iii held, il
connection with the guns from the com
manding position we had captured and a
our o,ave troops were breast to breast wit
| the rebels. we may at auv hour an uticipat
news OF the complete reduction OF Fort Don
| slson.