The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-02

contain little Of Importance Capt 0arnett, Of tn,
Confederate army, who was imprisoned In the oil
Capitol at w Arlington has been released on parol,
In view OF his Ill health. A riot had taken plac,
In the Empire Brigade. at New York. because th,
troops did not receive the promised bounties =
Fresh troops are arriving at Fortress Monroe. Tn.
Hartford (Ct) Poa assers, on direct end reliable
information" that Mcclellan Il going TO resign -
The New York Times Of the 9th, announces th.
death Of Gen. Bohlsn, of Philadelphia, who wa,
killed on Saturday. the 21d. by 'rsbsl she'll, nsa,
the Rappshsnnoek. TIE same paper has the fol
lowing situation" article
We gather from various sources q variety of In
teresting information from our armies IN Virginia.
all Of IT, we are glad to say, of an encouraging cha
racter- Passengers from Virginia, who reached
Washington yesterday. report that there was an en-
gagement at Warrenton on Monday, In which on,
forces were successful, having driven the enemy
out Of the town. We infer from this that the rebels
have been making strenuous efforts to turn our
right fank rs Warrenton In some distance this s,dt
Of the Rappahannock. Our dispatch further states
however, that the rebel forces which have been en-
gagged In the recent ssirmishes are mainly cavalry
and 1t is probable that the force ct Warrenton wa,
o. this'characters ar1d Mas not vary Formidable
Heavy rain occurred on Friday afternoon and niebt
and continued through Saturday In the vicinity Of
the Upper Rappahannoek. This swelled the rive,
SO as to make 1t unfordable below the mountains
back OF Warrenton, and Of course put an end to all
efforts Of the rebel army to cross until the river
shall again fall. There was artillery firing never
theless at nearly all the fords throughout Saturday
and Sunday. but with results which have not been
deemed worthy of reporting. There Is rumor
the rebels have been moving q heavy force In the
direction OF Luray, to operate In the Shenandoah
Valley, but no doubt General Pope has taken mea
sures to guard against any disaster In that dirsc.
ton.
Tho rebels have tried their hand at recapturias
Fort Donelson; but have failed. The fort, esrri.
soned by four companies Of the list Ohio regiment
under command Of Major Nab, was attacked on
Monday by the force of rebels under Col Wood.
ward-the same which captured Clsrksviile-but
ths Ohio boys repulsed the assailants, killing and
wounding thirty Of them. The rebel forcs con.
sisted of $50 infantry, 1886 cavalry and two pieces
Of artillery.
News from Memphis which we publish this morn.
ing, renders it probable that Breckenridge has
thought better Of his Intention to make second at.
tack On Baton Rouge. 10 ~ stated that he ia NOV.
Ing his entire army up to Stentob'a, on the New
Orleans. jackson and Great Northern Railroad,
about AZ miles below Memphis. and that his caval-
ry are securing Northern Mississippi.
letter to the Cincinnati Commercial dated Cum.
berland Gap, Aug. 10Th, says: "This place is com
pletely surrounded by the enemy. His pickets are
within four miles o. the Gap, aud extend entirely
across the mountain. He is 10000 strong in front,
X.
vile. heavy force has gone through Big Creek
and RogeIss Gap. Capt Martins company of cav.
airy, sent ont to watch those Gaps was suddenly
attacked by Ashby's cavalry, six hundred strong,
Out of eighty men, but fifteen twenty have
come in. Col Houck, of the 5th Tennessee sta.
toned at London, Is probably cut off. The enemy
expect to starve US out, but Morgan will neither
evacuate nor surrender. Supplies are now entirely
cut off and sad disaster will come If the road to
Lexington IN not promptly cleared"
The latest intelligence from Cumberland GAP RED.
resents that Gen. Morgan Is in immediate danger
He had provisions and forage enough TO last hin,
thirty days. He had repuised large force of the
rebels on the Tennessee side, and no doubt WA en-
tertained that he could hold the position uni, as.
sistancs arrived This assistance was being rapidly
hurried forward.
The rebel enissary who passed through Buffalo
a day or two ago, supposed to be Wm L. Yancsy
turns cut 10 be no more important parsonage
than Geo. n. Sanders He sailed in the steamship
Jur:s from Quebec ON Saturday.
The citizens Of Fairmont, Clatksburgh, Man.
ningt0h, and other poiats in Western Virginia.
have been greatly exercised of late lest the Ruer.
rLas might make q dash upon them, Cen Kelly
having drawn off the troops stationed there. to
dleton with rebel force.
1t ia believed that great numbers Of The Mary
land Secessi0nists have crossed the Potomac into
Virginia, to join the rebel service since the pro-
mitigation OF the order for the draft 1t Is asserted
that an entire company of cavalry left Montgomery
county, on the Upper Potomac last week and that
squads are constantly moving 1t is, perhaps
easier to fight these men in Virginia than in Mary
land.
DEsPoNDINa VIEW OF AFFAIRS OUT WEST.
The correspondent Of the Chicago Times, writing
from Memphis, gives the following gloomy sum
mary Of Federal affairs In the West:
Arkansas i. being overrun by strong guerrills
bands. Hindman has collected force of twenty
five or thirty thousand, and there are almost ss
have been number of skrmishes. Of which nobody
seems to have the right accounts, and nothing |,
known except that strong Federal expeditions
have been attacked and overpowered, and that 3
large number OF prisoners and valuable stores
have been taken from ns. There will probably
be some important movements in that locality be
fore long
A good deal has been said in connection with the
Vicksburg affair, about sending troops there and
reducing the place by siege. This is all very wei
for those Who know nothing of the climate and thu
country but they who have been there are keenly
alive to the periis Of that campaign. None have
ventured it and come off unscathed. Our fiotia i.
full of wan countsnsnces, and death has been
among its brave men to an alarming extent Oh
GERS 0d men have both suffered. The former have
been seriously i'll, and the latter have died like rot
ten sheep. The soldier Jared no better, and soms
of the regiments went back with almost decimatec
ranks This Is the trde history of the siege o.
Vicksburg.
The YaIoo river was fitly named by the red
skinned hunters who traversed its tortuous chan
mel in days gone by. YazoO-Death river Wha
could be more signiAcanta. Their symbolical Ian
gusge falls them, and In this instance il WA
we'll applied for, If 1t be not river Of desth, ther
none exist. Old settlers tell me that no man car
driuk its water In the hot season and live lonpe
than few nonths. It IL mpregnated with sucI
rank vegetable matter, gathered from the tropica
luxuriance which borders its banks and these O
its tributaries. that Its water 10 conveyed into SLOW
poison, which IL sure to destroy human life II yo,
would hnd counterpart to its sombre shades ant
its stained murky waters you must 60 into th,
depth of swanps, which it drains, and look upol
the green scum and crawling reptiles who shun tn
sunlight and breed pestilence and d. ath alone-
The simple substance of 1t IL, that an army o
twenty five thousand men would Ind their grave
between now and the first OF October without eve
facing an enemy. The fotilla has already accom-
plished its destiny In that line, and IL an army 10
bs maintained anywhere In that locality 1t must b.
removed from the river and provided with pur,
water-and you might dig until you lost dayligh
In that redhot SOIL and not find enough to wet th
palm of the hand.
rious surmises in regard to the northern trip whic
Com. Davis and Gen. Curtis are making. The PR
else reasons for their pilgrimage TO the seat Of az
thority are not known but the nature Of their d.
reictions Is public enOugh. Davis proved himse
an infant in conception, and an imbecile in execr
tion, from the moment he left Memphis 10 besieg
Vicksburg until he came away with the indellibl
disgrace tf having been whipped and bullied b
the Arkansas Into abject submiEsion. The fear 3
losing vessel was strong enough to overcome th
| hope Of glory. and there was nothing hut f0ldin
| of hands and crossing Of arms The results Of tn
| expedition were these dained-nofhing. Lost
abled, the Benton riddled, the Tyler demolished
| the Essex and Sumter thrown away, an the ran
Lancaster and Queen sent into dry docks for week
The loss of the Essex alone to the river dotilla
irTsparahle. She has been under reconstruction Il
six months, and has cost q mint of money, and<p
her firat trim she Nna cut off and cumpelled To