The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-16

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Northsrn papers Of H. l3sh Seeaaia son
later and intsressipg news from ~ Unite
States. We give samnAsy: =.
ss.zSa1 OF RaD1RAL s5sAA0 n c0s1yDl
4Ars Passoams -TnaA EscAsa
The Washipeton Carssse1s sivssbke folio =
ing account Of the escape. ef ninsly Canssds
rate e1issts from the hosFoFs oE1eset Dsla
ware:
On Wednesday last, the steamer Aapie Laet
| Delaware, having on hoard ninoey Confsde
] rA&ss, ajl eonmiss3oneA officers, VIA. h 10 nm
| derstoOd, were not 70 be exchanged Tor th,
present Everything wsnton Quistly until q,
steamer was Just beyond Cape Henry Light
when ths prisoners gradually approsshed I'll,
| guard, only twelve in number, and saddenl,
disarmed them, placing them and ths offiser
and crew under close arrest, and weuA no
permit them to see In Whist direction The vesee
was eteaming.
Afisr proceeding about As miles beyon1
Cape Henry the steamer was run ia near TN
Wa Ainia shore, WHARF s2l but twenty y-six land
| cd In the yawl boatsof he Lsaf They riiots{
the steamer themselves and attended, 10 the
| 6rs-room and engine Il 10 said that ths.mus
una0aded, aud eaoh man was ee'x4d b four o
the ConfsderAtes, thus rendering Resistance
useless.
During their possession Of the bot shsy 70
Trained from doing any damage T. IN Am,
| 4as,s md tnanko6 ~ A211eEa an1Sex1H M ei
Witty. Tue iibglsadsrs in the party were {
con Of Ssmmes, of the Alabama, and man
named Mc60wan, Of Texas.
The entire party were mostly from the ex-
treme Southern States, were all dressed In new
and handsome uniforms, and seemed 10 be In
possession of considerable amount of money
Soon ~ the party had effected landing, Capt
Deal resumed the command of the steamer,
when she put back Immediately to report 70
Gen Dix. The facts were made known to the
General, who Instantly ordered out q strong
detachment of Col Pierces cavalry, and It
was thought they would be able to overtaks
the party before they could get beyond the
Federal lines.
TIE E.eHIIsa At kiLLiKKss BzHD-RISBY
SMITH hOf THERE
|. A dispatch from Cairo, dated the 18th inst 4,
says:
In the fight d Milliken's Bend, on Satur.
day, our force was less than 600, over Go of
whom were negroes. The rebels at hrst drove
our forces SONS distance, nearly surrounding
thsm.
The fight was conducted with energy aud
desperation by our forces, and the rebels were
A0Au ~ wy UAe4A q AU0VO6e OAA0 W <1o9lSt uD.
Eye witnesses report that cue loss in killed
was l34, 100 Of whom were negroes. The
wounded is about the same number. The list
of killed is very large, in consequence Of many
wounded being killed undsr the no quarter CRY.
Tue rebels left 100 dead on the field, and
took away several wagon loads Of wounded.
The negroes fought better than their white
officers many Of whom, it is said, skulksd.-
About the time the battle was over, q column
IF rebels made theit appearance at Young's
POint-au the citizens and transient persons
having been put under arms. No attack had
been made when our informant left.
MEMPHIS, AJune l2th.-The steamer Fort
Wayne arrived up to day. There are no later
dates than the 9Th. No gueriiias were seen on
the way up. The fight at Miniken's Bend, on
Monday last, was . sanguinary affair, and
vera under Mccullough, 2,5aO strong Tho
Federal force was three negro regiments and
the 23i Iowa.
The rebels made a desperate charge at day
light. The negroes broke in confusion, but
finding their captured companions slaughter.
ed, rallied with great desperation, and drove
tha rebels back. The loss was heavy on both
sides. -
Inc gusfilias destroyed portions of the rail.
road track near Germantown last night. The
damage was slight, aud soon repaired.
The rebel forces in Northern Mssissippi
hrve all been sent to Johnston.
THs "RELIL PIaArks' AGAIN At wJRK
The following is an extract from private
letter from Psrnambuco, dated April 80:
1--WE have stirring news on this coast. That
fine fellow, Semmes, in the Alabama, (called
by the Yankees always the British pirate
has taken large number of North American
vessels Oh this coast; six we know of as burn
o% Ia Ia nd aost In ID
morning the Florida has sent in bya French
vessel the crews Of sw0 vessels-th, Oneida,
h0meward bound from China, with cargo
worth $500, 900, destroyed and the other,
Phipps Henrietta, with three hundred barrels
Of tiour, bound to Lilo de Janeirp. They have
armed two vessels taken by them to serve as
tenders, and they will pretty well cut up the
East India and China trade
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
at st. Johns, N. b., vindicates the citizens Of
that town against charges Of blockade run.
ming. and shows that most of the contrabacd
trade from there is done by Americans woo
pretend to be loyal. Steamers are sent from
Boston and New YOsk t. st. Johns, their
names changed, contraband goods are put on
board by Yankees, and the boats CLEAR under
q British register for Nassau, tie common
rendezvous for pirates and thieves of all ma.
tione..
THE MOvSMENTs CT LRk ARMY - HIS RENFORCR.
MSATs
The Washington Chronicle, of the 18Th,
says:
1t is positively known that Lees force is
nearly double what it was at the battle of
Chancell0rsville. His reinforcements have
been drawn from the Blackwatsr and North
and South Carolina. A large portion of them
Al q new troops. some Of the new regiments
number each from eight hundred to eleven hun.
drsd men. His command is divided into three
corps, averaging, according to report, thirty
thousand men each.
All civilians not connected with the army Of
the Potomac are, it il said, 70 be sent away
forthwith.
There was evidently stir 10 the rebel camp
for o general movement.
OFFICIALLY PDBLlsHBD.
The Yankee War Department has officially
proclaimed the instructions In the government
Of the armies of the United States In the field
prepared by Francis Lieber, LII. D., aud re-
vised BY board of officers, Of which Major
General 4. A. Hitchcock was President. Hav.
ing been approved by the President Of the
United States, he commands that they be pub
lished.
Among other things the instructions Gel
forth that place, district, or country, occupied
by an enemy, stands, in consequence Of the
occunatiou. under the martial law Of the inva
ding or occupying armies, whether any pro
cIa1a&ion declaring martial law, of any public
warming has been Issued TO the inhabitants oI
mt Martial law In the ffact aud cOnse0uenc(