The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-05
AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED STATES.

we MAKE some furtheT extracts from Northern
papers Of Friday last. The capture OF the steames
J. b. White, On the AlbemarIe and Chesapeake
Canal, had caused considerable unensiness In Nor
folk, and Gen. Potter, with body guard, had gone
10 the scene of the occurrence 10 inspect the
ground. Business in the ship yard at Portsmouth,
Va, s very brisk, and there are five United States
vessels there being repaired. The following Is au
extract from
LETTER PROM NORFOLK.
Col. Upham, of the 18th Connecticut regiment
With hi. own command and 500 cavalrymen in AL
diton, left camp hear Portsmouth on the 18th inst.
and moved through the county In the direction oi
South Mills raiding In fine style, but meeting with
no force Of the enemy en- route. At the latter
place junction was made with a prOpOrtlOnate
force from North Caroiua, and thus strenRthe ned
the little army secuted ond secured the country
far and near, with no mean success for near
Elizabeth City our men came Unexpectedly upon Il
camp or lurking place OF gueTilIas. The nest was
broken up, several captures made, and those who
escaped were dispersed In all directions. be-
lieve that but five were captured, the rest escaping
by reason Of their display Of agility
knowledge Of the fact that Gems. French and
Wise, with their troops, h0vs been removed re-
spectvely from the BIzckwater and the PenInsuis
to some mora important poiat further Sosstb Gen
the area over which the former twO Generals kepi
surveillance. The rebel force 10 represented as
very weak indeed owing to the constant drafts to-
ward k0secTanS and Meade.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. -, le63.-The prppel' eI
Virginia, Captain Snyder, arrived this morning
from New York, with about 20V rebel pris0ners.-
They were captured at the battle of Gettysburg
Nearly all are wounded, and have lost either an
arm or leg.
The propeller City Of Richmond arrived here
this morning from Washington, with F. A. Hol-
brook, the Commissioner Of Vermont, who will
take NIL the disabled Vermont soldiers from this
place on the City of Richmond to New Haven,
Conn.,, en- route TO the United States General Hos
pital at Brattlsboro', Vermont.
the INTENTIONS OF TaE coNrEDEnArEs IN TEXAS.
The New Orleans correspondent Of the New
York Herald, writing on the 10th ult., gives the
programme adopted by the s'rebe' leaders In Texas
and the trans Mississippi districts. lie says:
The armies now commanded by Holmes. Price.
and Parsons, In Arkansas; the forces Of Smith,
Hobart, and Taylor, In Northern and Central
Louisiana; thOse Of Greene, Straight. aud Major
In the southern part Of the State and part of the
trated at Niblett's Bluff, on ahe Sabine river
which, together with the lake Of the same name
forms the boundary between Louisiana aud Texas.
The evacuated legi0ns necessary to be occupied,
for military reasUns-for instance demonstration,
against the advance Of our armies-wiiJ be held
BY mere handful of mounted men, depending
upon the cooperation of guerilla bands In cases
Of q move upon our part.
The point Of concentration chosen by the enc
my exhibits no Insignificant sagacity. Sabine
Lake lies Immediately upon the Gulf coast, being
connected with the Cult by narrow channel
known 20 Sabine Pass. The lake IL formed by the
inflow Of the waters Of the Sabine and Neches
rivers. Upon the Louisiana side of the Sabine is
situated Nlblet's Bluffs; in almost the same Iati-
tude, on the west side Of the Neches, hes Beau
mont-a small town. Between the two pOints-by
land across the peninsula formed by the two rivers
there lies an immense swamp, impossible al
some seasons Of the year even to local convey