The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-07

guns ware a2 ptundsrs-tle ssas esittss "a
aGr bre2asi.is gnas, bat QUO pivot Sshs were
heavier ihan bers-this keisg the eniy dis.
parity between the two shipa
We recsivsda . few shot holes fnG the en-
emy. doing no Material damage. aTho tere.
wy rs stsansr Brookiyn and enosksr steamer
steamed out IN pursuit If ~ foOn a!eer the
aesson commenced, bat missed as ia the d.rk-
aess CT the night. Bsiug embarrassed with u
iargs nunlbsr Of prisoners. steamed directly
for amAsca. wheIs l arrived On the 10Th Of
January. Here l landed ny prisoners, 70.
paired damage, coa!ed ship, and on the e5;h Of
2S.h .f January touched at the c;sy Of s..
Domingo, 10 the issand Of the same name. and
ia,dsd the crews Of two Of the epemy'a akjps
Nhica 1 had burned. ailsd again on The
nsxt day, and made my way 10 -, tksIics
to the leland OF and thence to this
place. where I arrived yesssrday-~bnraing,
hon'iipg, sad destroying enemy IS abips as par
list sns 'ossd.
have the homer is Id, vary rasreeasa:iy,
your obsdsst ssYvaa..
EssssSss, CoMman.ise
Hon. s.. X. Mallory. Secretary of ths Navy,
kiahmond, Va.
TIscoLS3 C&eN1T Bksaat. nV TIA Hza4ID,s
FRAC1 sT,Af
the Washington caTresPoaasa. OF the Nav
York Ts1taas, nndsr date Of 25.h July, says:
The lste famous, or an tanoas atssupf to be-
lie the Cakinet IN the Herald was, probably.
the most Rhsnyd pronuneisnapso pawaed on
np0h tie Pu6Ee, and Just iief6} IN ausho7izsf 4
by q maInbsr Of the Cabiaet, who suffsrsd tas
writer to reiterate q few Of its points IL, hiS
hearing, to deny its utkfalaess fully and con
c."s'rels The Caeiaes, under NJ eiream,
ssaafes, have ever discussed in public session
the idea Of tTf,liug PEACE, on any basis, to
rebels ID arms, There has been no serious di.
visi0u in the Cabines on ina subject of peace
or slavery, and far ffom truth is the report,
that there has been \ Cabinet imbroKlo. Fur
thernore, the Cabinet will not entertain or
disc0sa propositions cf paace while 4 rebei is
ID a:uas against the Government.
Tho hottest discussion tina presen. Cabinet
evtr indG!gad in was Oh the wording OF ths
emancipation proclamation, and on this ocoa.
s,on The President was the conservative party.
NJ. Seward urged Oh this occasion that DO re-
su icti0ns should bs made in the application Of
the proolama.ioo, but that its application should
DO universal Secretaries Chaee and Stanton
urged the same wording, but the President
chose 10 restrict Norfolk and numerous other
districts. thereby conRning the proclamation TO
districts iu open rebellion against The L dion.
Oa the sui acs OF slavery aad its ultimate
fate at the end Of The war the Cabinet i. a
nni,-oniy differing as to the means by which
lis aE;ihla.ion shalt be brought about. Msssrs.
Chase, Stanton, Weiles, and Usher, are OF
opinion that slavery should cease ia all sac
iious, whether covered by tho proclamation or
not a. the end OF the war; wailo MeSsie.
Il air Seward, and Il .les, claim thai 1t w0nl1
le imp0litc ID MAks HnoD n radical change;
that the interests OF political scouomy demand
til ut emancipation shoGit bs grsaaaL 30 this
effect thess gentleman favor the idsu that I'll
coinred people remaining ia slavery at tha end
Jf the war shat be 9rs'iuaiiy ireea by apsei.si
euac;insat. No h,sn:heT hasboss for a NO.
plaut tae idea oi fecoHstruc!iaS tho tnion ca
IL bssis OF slavery, and To flag CT tunes hss
been or will he entertained ffoni dishrastsasd
seb@i leaders which fUresaduWs an ilaa ia
cnniiic. with the emancipation proclamation.
YANKEE or iIoa of asS- L.s's sfrssar.
The New Orleans Deifo (Yaok se) has the
following editorial naou Glen Lee retiring
from PenasyigAaia with all i!s pIdnjer aud
spots
Iiio ridiculous n0hssa2A so eop!0ubiy R,ei
O7es the country by tas Northern pres. siuea
the sapguinafy battle of tsetty sburg has at
last ha it's explosion; for Las is neither ami
hilaed In battle, drowned with his host, like
Pharaoh Of old, nor ",;aygei," horse, foot, and
Ifasobp, "a 1he newspaper prophets 30 c,nii-
IDENTIFY, and. sB Inc Issatt shows. vefaeiouey
saiicins.ed. HIS has arrived, minas come thea.
=.
ct tbs PalaEaae, bag en,l basgaga. supply trains,
t!Icks ard herds, and miscellaneous plunder
generally, and finds the rOad ION to RichnioEi
free ffOn eUc0mbra anoo and otstructiouS. The
purpose of the invasion OF pennsy ivania will
be toand to resolve itself, in our opinion, into
mere calculation Of it's foreign effect, and al
offset TO substantial losses then spprehended At
Richmond doubtless as inevitable upon the
Mississippi In that connection. Hy the move
mint and ihe unaecouatabie apathy Of Hooker
ia ito presence, Lse was Ell Aided 10 oLupieh
for tito oti ct we think hs had in vi. ~ two
very imp ort ant resnitstirss, he in 5Adsd, with
ouI impeachment, fruitful aad imp tant por-
ton CT The great middle State, the keystene
OF The Federal arch, destroying CIR carrying on
on his eastern advance property exceeding IN
yaire, it is allowable to estimate, or twenty
millions Of dollars, although Northern Journals
sneak of il rs being worth more than twice
tia. sum; second, he freed Eastern Virgins
al the sans time and by the sans operation, II
the large, we'll appointed, efficient, aud fsIia-
bic army that bad 80 long occupied taa sias OF
the RsppahSnuoCk with the ultimate design
steadi'y 10 view Of covsring Washing ton
while capturing Richnond.
He likewise has furnished the Coufed .ra:s
canee in EasSpe new bcasts; foT by ea,abiish.
ing his ability to carry the war into Pannsy!-
vanis--to EgLt ons Of the iercest battles Of
this slaughter hOnsa war upon ita sell. not
detriment to the prestige OF his tfoops and hjs
own military honor, and to Withdraw his army
again within his own frontier, over river
swollen to the hi ,hest stage Of food, with de-
! fectivs transportation and no rOntoon tr,ia--
it win bs made to appear that his short but not
rssalslsss campaign has only partially miscar.
r;ed, ii it be admitted by Confederate critics
| that it miscarIied in any~fense at all. THAI
Meade, who, as We may truthfuisy say, was
extsmparizsd for the occasion, should have 50
| rapidly and etnsisnt = confronted Lea s. Get
| tysburg. wrestling from him tue ksy to the po
!, sition, aad forcing battle npon ths great Con
| fedefSts tactici&a stlasesis Isl under peculiarly
unfsvorabls circumstances to the i;s.ter, is q
| arvsl indeed, and e0atrasss highiy TO his I'd
vantage with tie paraiy yza!ion 81 The Array O
| the Potomac under his pssdecessor, 30 ex
tsavsgantiy bsemsared with praise as ti;s
spsoisi lighter 0f ths American army.
| Meade accomplished wonders; aiid taas BIZ
powerful aud intelligent adversary escapes
from. Lise finally, without ssfions is saags q
| his Ts.feaiipg Columns, 10 accounted fcf saiis
| factorily by the fearful record 6i tue snse'
| days bntehery al ast.yseaFg. Nsthef As1)
| was ia condition 10 renew the combat, aua 1
! IssuiSei Hiaea tlras and Anxious 6norts to re
| store .A-is lost orsahiz sti0a aud a.ofa!r
A FouRfH CT LuLY hoAx--tbs passrs
burg Eaprsss. Of yesterday. hss tae following
paragraph;
A friend wao ia acquainted with the psops'
If Norfolk and reE-maa.h, assuraa es tLs
tue letter which we extracted from the Bald
more American and published IL cur paper d
Wednesday, purporting 10 give the pEosssd
in2s Of a meeting of tie Norfolk and torif
mouth union Lsaa1ss," is = hoax play od q
On the gul,ibie editor Ut tbs. p,ps~ To
chairman Of ina meeting, Robert Batt, Esq
OF Portsmouth, il e nsu Of es.ansivs repu.s