The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-04

LATEST FR0H THE H0RTH.
We have received, through the courtesy Of
Major Norris, Chief of the Signal Corps. q
lis Of Northern papers a. late as the lst inst.
We copy few items which are of interest
The New York World says that on the Both
ult some excitement was created by reports
that the rebels, iu considerable force, were
depredations In Western Virginia,
on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road and even threatening again to invade
being the point aimed at. These reports seem
to have for bssis the fact that q considerable
force Of guerillae, nnder jenkins, had appeared
At MorgantOwn, Va, on the MOnon0aheIa
River, and near the State line Of Pennsylva-
MIA Il IL not probable that they intend COM
ing any further north. Other detaobments of
rebels appeared at the came time In other parts
bnt prompt measuree, az We learn from the
Wheeling Inteliigenccr, were taken to inter-
cept .them, and it is not believed that they
have been able to effect much.
We fnd the following highly important an.
nouncement in the National Intelligencer, of
the 30th ult:
eve shall not be Announcing anything, we
presume, not already known in the city, whom
we state generally that Gen. Hooker com.
ward movement. Hsavy masses of artillery
and other troops were crossing the river at
sunrise
We append 10 this ths following parssfsyh
from Washington letter in the Commercial
Advertiser, dated the 9th:
"Gen Hooker is not idle. During the long
storm just ended he made feint Of crossing at
Kellys ford, up the river, and another at
Port Royal, down the river. Now, whether
he will advance at one of these points, or elee
where, no one knows. The General ia under
etood to keep his own counsels, and when he
is ready to start hard fighting may DO ex-
pected, unless the WHY Iebels retreat to the
North Anna and Pamunkey rivers, which is
thought to be their line Of Dc fence"
The steamship Anglo Saxon, which left Liv-
erpooi on the 10th, with 800 passengers and a
crew of 81 men, was wrecked four miles
East Of Cape Race, at noon on Monday, dur
ing dense fog, and while heavy sea was
running. The number Of lives lost is not yet
known. Before che commenced breaking up,
73 persons escaped by ropes and epars, and "a
were IN one of the life boats. Two other life
boats were launched and filled with passen.
gers, and subsequently, picked up by a steam
tpg and taken to Pictou but q raft, containing
seven persons, was missing. The deck broke
up about an hour. after the chip struck, and
nothing but the mizzen mast was left standing.
Several persons were clingipg to the rigging
at the time, but no assistance could be render
ed them. The commander of the Anglo Sax
Oh is supposed to be among the lost Only
about 1870 persons are known to have been
saved.
Five hundred rebel officers, confined at Fort
Delaware, are to be cent Immediately to City
Point, for exchange. Among them is General
Churchill, who will be exchanged for General
Which as soon a. the prisoners reach Rich.
vnOnS II ia oyOcrtnd olaN thQt Zen Eknnuh.
toms release will be effected at the same time.
Thirty five of our exchanged officers arrived
at City Point yesterday from Richmond. The
rank and file have all been exchanged.
A correspondent of the New York Times
gives an account of the "feeler," which the
Yankees pus in at Port Royal on the Oath ult
He says:
The forces consisted of two regiments, the
9th Michigan, Col. Morrow, and the 14th
Brooklyn, Col. Fowler, the entire force being
under command of the former officer. One
&c ection of battery B, 4!h U. s. artillery, under
Lieut.. Stewart. The force left camp at P.
NJ. of Wednesday, the 22d, and marched to
Port Conway, distant Is miles, by 10 p. NJ -
They bivouacked behind the village, and, by
direction, built no fires, and kept very quiet
The approach of our forces was conducted so
Conway were not aware of the presence OF
our men until they marched into the own on
Thursday morning
Col. Morrow rested his men until 81 A NJ. OF
the 23d, when he began to construct his pom.
toOns, which had been brought down in wa.
gons to the number Of eighteen. The pontoons
used were of new pattern. They are com.
the moment of use, and then set on a large
piece of canvass, which is wrapped and looped
an6. frightened around it by means of loopholee
and ropes. One of these pontOOns will weigh,
when ready for launching, but six hundred
pounds, while one of the old wooden style OF
boats weighs not less than two tons.
Our men put these boats together out OF
sight of the enemy, and then carried them
down to the river aud launched them. Owing
to the unfsmiliarity Of The men with the
method Of putting them together, this work
was not accomplished until about 6 A. M
Sergeant French, of the Engineer Corps, Gu
periDtended the construction. A heavy rain
which prevailed also retarded operations
But few moments after 6 they were al
ready to start acroes tha stream.
Tue river here is about six hundred yards
wide, and is deep. placid, and beautiful
stream. Owing to the rain, a mist or fog ex
listed, which partially screened the opposite
shore. rendering objects indistinet, and it wa.
generally supposed that a force of rebels
were there, concealed in their rifle pits, and
that cur men would have q warm time iI
crossing.
Shortly after 6 o'clock, Col Morrow select
ed three buudred men fro IL the two regiments
being less than half his force, and launching
twelve of the pOntoOns, started for the OppO
site shore. Every man certainly expected tC
be greeted by a shower of bullets from the
enemy, who was supposed to occupy the rifle
pits on the top of the slope, which runs from
the town to the rivers edge But not a shot
was fired, and our men landed without The
slightest resistance So quiet and sudden wal
the entree of our troops that the enemy, who
occupied the town with cavalry, had barely
time to reach their horses, and they left Que
end of the village as our forces entered the
other. Our boats landed at the upper end Of
the town, and the troops Immediately deploy
ed through it. The rebels found their horses
not a moment too soon, and left at high speed
down the Bowling Green road, abandoning
their wagon train and number of horses
which fell into our hands. Several prisoner
were also taken, among whom was q wagon
master, who bemoaned his fate with deer
curses at lis coward)y comrades, who left hin
and his train to capture. Tho wagons were
all destroyed by axes, as it was raining "a
hard that il was impossible to burn anything.
BtocKABE-RUNNING STEAMERS CAPTURED
Tho Nassau correspondent of the Charleston
Is. Co. Courier states that the British steamer
Gertrude, Captain Rais0n, was captured BY
the Vanderbilt, Admiral Wilkes, OF Eleuthera
on the morning of tho 10th alt. The crew
were released and have arrived at Nassau
but the captain and engineer were taken on to
New YORK. The entrances to tho Bahama
equadron. It has been ascertained that oficerl
from the blockaders approach Nassau in the
night time for the purpose of examining The
steamers in pOrt and obtaining informs atiou