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

N~sr~IAs HoV. @0-(0 oCSlvOI ~ l0A r. "a. -
A nag of truce arrived to-day. from Fortress
Monroe. which brought Northern papers of
the I'D inst.
"AsHIssroS, Fsp. 2l.-Ssventy prisoners
OF State are to - released tomorrow from
Fort Warren and Fort Lafayette.
NBw YsRx, Feb. 81 -Reinforcements ara
being sent to Gen. Burnside TO increase bie
force to 40. 900. 90.
The prize schooner, Maj. Barbour, hiss ar
rived At New York.
GORDON, the Captain OF q SLAYER, was exc.
cuted In Now York on Friday. He attem pted
TO commit suicide on Thursday night.
The cotton market. closed unsettled, with
sales Of 5000 bales at from - to % cents.
81. LOUIS. Feb. 2l.-Nearly all of the Fort
Donslsen prisoners have arrived here to-
night. The officers will be sent to Colum.
bus.
A. Port Royal all was quiet.
othins important has been received from
6ava nnah.
The steamer Nelly Kate and tho schoon.
er Courier, had arrived at Nassau. from
Charleston.
Confederate gun boats a cked tho Fsd.ra,
batteries at Venus Point, ON the 18th inst To
effect passage from Fort Pulaki to Savan.
nah. After an engagement OF An hour tho
gunboats retired.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. &.-0en. Halleck has t.,..
ernphed to Gen. Mcclellan that Col. uurtia
had taken Bsntonviile, In Arkansas.
BosTo1, Feb. q Two regiments will l..xa
ior ship Island to-day.
ST. Louis, Fob. N.-No preparation. b.x.
been made tor the evacuation of .n,nuh..
Eonrteen steamers are at the wharf. A (,an.
slal ana rsinforcesn on t. had arrived from IN.
South.
-Four French war steamers are in Hamrtor
Roads.
Two more regiments arrived At Newnort
News on the 2lst instant.
1t 10 reported that oxchanses of prisop.rs
will b made according TO the plan adopted
BY the United States and Great Britain d.r
lpg the war oflslz.
1t is3umorsd that an attem pt will shortly
b made by the Federal gunbonts to 10 IN tia
Nansemond river to Suffolk.
Hon. Howell Cobb ana Gen. Wool had a
long interview to-day, on board the steamer
West Point, while In Hampton Roads. uader
asg Of trace.
4 large quantity Of arms are expected soop
At Newport News.
Tne Federal House Of Representative acted
on the Senate's amendments to tho Trs.surv
aote bill on tn arsday. The amonnt has no,
been reduced, and tho legal tender clause 70.
mains In full force, and also the clause pro.
viding that tho interest shall be paid In coin.
The steamship Bohemian, has arrived with
Liverpool dates to the It'll inst Lord Uorbv
thinks that the assek Of the Yankees for the
rendition OF Mason and Slidell was very I'M.
graceful. The Nashville started forty hours
In advance Of the T uscarora, and her officers
announced that they would blew her mp be.
fore they would allow her to be taken.
The New York Tribune ridieulss the state.
ment that Gen. Mcclellan directed the bat.
tie Of Fort Donelson.
The latest advices from Fort Donelsou state
that the Uonfsderates had abandoned
Clarksville md were moving everything to
Nashville.
The Federal troops are preparing for an at.
tack upon Memphis.
The capture Of Nashville 10 not concealed.
News from Port Royal up to tho 18th inst
had been received in New York. It was
expected that Savannah wo0ld fall In few
days.
It was reported that the rebel troops were
svacuAting Mar assas.
Gen. Halleck has decided not to ane the
condemned bsidge burners, but Will keep
them in close confinement
Col. Corcoran and 700 prisoners are expect
cd at Fortress Monroe.
The report that Gen. Bucknsr has been
arrested for treason Is contradfcted.
hA t.
and revolution RACES In Honduras
Palmsrston has announced In Parliament
that the distress in the man ufacturipx dis.
tricts will not justify the Interference of the
Government In raising the blockade Of Con.
federate ports.
Captains Taylor, Wallace, and Talcott,
Lieutenant Loyal, aud DIR. Shepherdson, Ar.
rived In Norfolk yesterday. They were taken
prisoners at Roanoke Island. The other pri-
soners are expected to reach here to morrow.