The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-19
FROM THE NORTH.
Ne eetreat OF Grant Confirmed-vailnndig.
ham - be Sent TO Dixie

y.
the l27th aud l3a.ii Pa, numbering 500 rnen,
passed through,
Ii is reported in Washington tha: General
burnside approved the sentence of tae com.
mission IN the case of Clement H. Taliandig.
ham, which was that he be ceaiined at the Dry
/ Tortugas, but thai the President has changed
| il TO sending him South
In reference to the case of Vallaudigham,
| the Amefscaa says; The true friends of the
Union will learn with infinite satisfaction that
the peati!ent traitor-Va,landigh long
permitted to defy and Insult the Government,
| aud aHswho stand by it 10 ppt down II goddess
| rebellion, has NJ last "A prospect of getting a
modicum OF his .daes in being assigned to the
| carec of Bis cong-ners in Dix'e-a coumuta.
tion of that sentence which should have Sc
him felon to DRY i'oElagas.'
dispatch irom New York, dated the lalh
has tte fsiIo~ing news abc,. tlls pirate,
| Alabama
The ship Antelope, from Calcutta, reports
| az follows: April c3d, in iaf. > n, long. 293l
w, spoke the British ship Victor, the captain
| of which rep rted thai on tho 10th t Arri!,
ten miis- soItb of the equator, in long 29iD,
at A. VI WAS boarded by an officer frum a
steamer, who ne poi.ed her as the United ates
steamer lrcquois, and was auXions to know ii
| the Victory had seen any American vessels.
There was then a ship III sight aud tbs off
&c, Went aboard his vessel, which then steanl-
ed towards the ship 1t was calm Ill day, and
| az o clock they saw th. ship on lire. Tue
steamer w3s bark rigge6. 9Gd mounted seven
guns. She had q shield figure head, and was,
| undoubtedly, the BTi ish pirate Alabama.
News from the Army Of the Potomac repre-.
cents everything as quiet. The troops are
resting aud preparing themselves tor another
encounter with the enemy. Al accounts IN
dcate that the an0rdfe Of the several corps ia
excellent aud that the men are drilling and
are ready TO give battle whenever their com
mander desgaatss tie time and place. 1t
seems Ge.i. Hooker did design crossing the
ltappahsnuock again, according to the plan
conceived before his retiFement but General
iislleck did not approve the new movement
and il was countarmapiod.
II Kentucky matters are Assuming 4 serious
aspect the rebels being reported in forcs
acr ,ss the Cumberland. Morgan, with the
commands Of Forrest and Wheeler, is at Mon
ticelln. the cspital of Wayne county, i00 miles
south from Frankfort. Our forces are cou-
fronting the rebels, aud we may expect stir
ring word from Southern Kentucky in q brief
period.
Little that is satisfactory has been receiyed
from Gen. Grant. lie met the rebels, ulder
Gen. Bowen, st Ciilton Miss, ard, after 4
vel fought engagement defeated and forced
them back upon jackson; tui discovering thu.
heavy colaAns of troops were reinforcing
them from Charleston and Mobile. he JUDI
ciously retired toward the river Joseph E.
Johnston is expected by the rebels t, reach
Nscssburg IN time to command III the coming
battle. They believe themselves competent to
hold the city against Grant, tut thiuk that, il
Nicksburg falls. their hopes Of Southern
Conieosracy are dashei forever,
from West Virginia we learn that Fioyd ia
| moving forward 81 the head Of ten thousand
msn to reinforce jones and imbodep, with a
view to advance upon the Baltimore AID Ohio
Railroad at some point between New Creek
and Wneelipg Energetic measures have been
taken by Gen Kelly to rid Weet Virginia Of
the prowling bandits who have infested the
nsountains Sl.d valleys for sense 'isae psss, aEa
it is now topped that quiet will be speedily re
stored TO the State.
The iron-clads were stii in the vicinity OF
Port Roy al, and no indications Of an attack
upon Fort Sumter were apparent.
TIE roRTEgRs FREES os VIE DEATH OF sTosE.
" u. JACKSON
We are enabled to give fuller extracts from
| the n Ithern press written after the receipt of
| the intelligence Of the death Of Gen. jackson
| The Hrrold says:
| by intelligence we published yesterday fro N
| Richmond, via ii0oker's army ON the R.ppa
| haunreS, onr readers have learned that ths
| celebrated St0newail Jackson died on Sunday
| last, partly from pnusnonia ana partly from,
| the effects of the amrutation of his arm. r7u
| dered necessary by wound Ia received IN the
| battle Oh the Sunday before. The intsrment
| was to have taken place On Tuesday last. This
evsn' is serious and an irreparabie I0ss to the
| rebel army for it is agreed on all hands that
| Jackson was the mos. brilliant rebel General
| developed by this war From his eoohess ard
| sag4city, rapid moveme nts and stubbornness in
rhe fgh', q "a his inv8rahe good fortune. he
reEembied Napoleon in hi7 early career more
than does any other General of modern
| tinea. According TO the estimate formed Of
| him by the Kichuiond Enquirer, the ape
| ciai organ Of jefferson Davis. the loss il
| greater to the rebels than if they had
| lost whole division of their army. Their
victory at Charlottesville is therefore, dear
| " bought TO hin was largely due the victo-
~ at the lirs: fight st Bul Run Here he re-
| ceved his nick name Of "Stonewall," from
the tirmn~ss with which he and his regiment
| fought. liis raid through the valley of the
| Shenandoah was q mastery stroke Of strata
| ey; for while he kept McDowsIrs and Banks (,
| corps employed, aud etruck terror at Wash
ingson by rapid retrograce NOV ement he ap-
| peared on the battle field, in the eev IL days
| ilght on The Chickahominy, to .nrn the sca'e
| jlet at the critical moment, while Mcdowell
was non est, like Patterson at Boil R1u.--
| Asaln, When Pope WAS Ietreating from he
iapidan and the Kappahannock jackson, by
| forced marches, gained his flank, caused tarri.
| bic confusion, and drained vast spoil. Last
| iy, az the hattle Of 4 1tietsm, after capturing
| Ilarpers Ferry, he turned up oD the rgit iiank
| of our army in time to repulse Hooker. save
| the remnant Of Lees force, and prevent the
battle from becoming rout. Wherever Jack
son appeared on any field victory seems to
have perehed npon his banners.
In his daneanor he is represented as having
been extremely quit and modest, plain aud
nnostentatiOus in lis Dress silent and thought
fnl, in his habits temperate, III his conduct
strictly moral, and in religion he is said to
have teen almost fanatic. He was a uaiver
sal favorite in the rabel armies, and popular
even in our own. Over his men he exercised
the stiictest discipline, and always moved them
with The least possible quantity Of baggage -
Ilenc5 his rapid marches, and the sobriqust by
which his troops We're known-"foot cav8l
ry." What is curious alb the manner of
his wound is thai, according to the Richmond
Enqairer, lie was shot by some Of his own
men (which is very probable in the smoke
and cOnfusionoi SO terrible = BATTLE with per-
hapE 0as part Of his lice more adv anesd than
another, aud he, a. he generally was, in the
frons Of the iig:it. His dsa II ia no doubt oW-
ing ieas To the wound :aan 70 hs Ok posufe ili
tho raa storm, and by continuing in command
iu such a CONDITION, supernducing pneumonia
and a iasa! termination.
The Washington Chronicle Speaking of,
Jacksop's death, says:
StonewalI j ack son il dead While we are
only too glad TO be rid, in aay way Of 30 ter
ribls foe, our senss Of relief ia not unmin-
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