The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-05

him In thoroughly Investing the piac e. aud no heavy
assault appears to have been projected or executed
anfing the entire siege. During the Siege General
burnside has not been Idle for we am that he Ia
made several successful sorties, and has steadily
prevented The heieaguering force gat ling pr ,i,.
iaent positions In the vicinity of the tow f,.,u
which IL could he commanded W tth artillery.
Aiier the defeat ot Bragg, Long street was =, lis
hfd that Grant could and would detach n strong
column to march tn Knoxville, raise the siege,
force the rchei- To hight CONTINUALLY at a disaivan
tagr, until dispersed or annfhiiated Acting upon
this as n "r-d conelusion,' Gen. I.ongstreet has
moved from knoxville, as we ar" informed, to
Wifu SIrgin'1 In crossing the ilOlston river tt.
enemy II reported to hay. sustained considerable
losses, which may he increased by the capiurrs of
ihe N,nih army corps as II advances under Gen
burnside, In pursuit.
Thus far General I topv stree, has eec,ncd d,sas
Ter ana capture, and passing opposite Cumberland
tap WI, probably be struck In FINK and rear ~
zen wilcox, whose forces garrison the Gap. ifihr
ifh'at oi I.nn2sfrert Is not conducted with great
SKIN, good order, and ceicriy hr may yet be iuit
e"pted aud seriously injured, II not destroyed ~
any rate This r'bei leader should be allowed i"
JON Ifneral LEG In time save the Army "i
Notth'In Virginia from overthrow at the hands Ht
General Meade.
The star says that Information from Gen. Burn
side, "a late As Wedesday night, 25th inst, Is 10
the effect thaI he was then amply provisioned Tor
his needs and fully able 10 resist the enemy until
aid can reach h,m tiom Grant. At that Iini~, Wed
needay night Longslr"'t wa- y beinie Knoxville,
III" orders sent L. hi,n by Rraag To abandon the
riege and r'J"is him not then having reached
l.Dng~tfert.
dispatch from Chattanooga says that sufficient
f"is,nscenisnis, ursi.r Gen. Gordon Granger, ha.r
been sent 10 Gen. Barnsid. 10 insure his success.
EsCAPk OF oEN. MORGAN FROM THE OHIO PENtTET
riAEy-HE TFlFGRArHs HIS ARRIVAL IN CANADA.
Major Genriai John Morgan, With Captains }
&. Bennett, =. u. Taylor, Ralph Sheldon, T. q.
lines, l. e. iiokrr~nith, and y. r. MAGE, made
his escape from the Ohio peniteniiary at Coiuin
bus, on Friday night, aud has reached Toronto,
Canada, with his companions. With his usual
good hnnor, he telestaphed from Toronto 10 Co
inmhus that they needn't put themselves 10 any
further trouble on his account. A telegram fon
Cincinnati. gives the following description of the
manner of his escape:
Col. Dick Morgan "a brother Of Gen John Nor
gam aud six Captains were confined III the lower
rage OF eel =, and with knives dog through the
ioar of the cell, which was composed %. cement
aud nine inches of brick Underneath the cei!
was an air chamber running the whole length nf
the building. This was known to them. When
once in the chamber they dug through the earth to
the outside wall. Gen. Morgan occupied the cell
over Col Morgan's. On Friday night, IA the pria
0ners were locked up for the night Gen. Morgan
was allowed Ia exchange cells with Dick, who,
everything being prepared, permitted his brother
To take his place.
Some time during the night the prisoners crawled
through the hole they had dug under the wall, and
which they had carefully concealed. Taking
roprs with them, they escaped from prison lInmt'
diately between the main building and the female
department. When once in the yard, escape WAS
comparatively easy. They went to III. southwest
corner OF the outer wall, near the big gate, threw
their rope the top, where IL secured itself on
of the spikes, and by the aid al a timber near
at hand they clambered 10 the top and easily de
sctnded outside. There guards on the outer
walls after certain hours. The prisoners WrI-
dressed In citizens c!"thes, not prison uniform.
Captain Hines, who is mason and bricklayT,
had charge OF the work which resulted in the es-
cape of the prisoners. note was left for the
walden, of which the following il a copy:
Castle MARION, Crll No. 20,
= November y, 1868 :
Commencement Nov. 4, 1868 Conclusion
Nv. 10 1868 NuR,brr of hours tor labor per day,
three. Tools, two small knives. 'sLd l4eacs c'sa
aH,cr mas jfuit 4! dDtr" (Patieuce is bitter;
but It's fruit l. sw"et.l
BY order of my six honorable contedefaies. 8
f. Henry HINES, Capt. Z. ). A.
Tue DRAFT IN BALTlNnRE.
The draft has been concluded in Baltimore. The
American gives the names of some OF the drafted
in the llih ward:
ROYAL Weston Church, Major of the 9Th Mary
land regiment; James Hodges, Of the firm at
ii"dgcr BROTHERS; William Fell Giles, soa OF judge
Giles, and now i'll Switzerland; William III How
ard SON at Charles Howard, late Metropolitan Po-
lice Commissioners James : Bler, in the Federal
army; Samuel sItiratt, of Capt StifTatt, of the
rebel navy; Colin Il Mackenzie, an insurance
agent, sent South by order of Gen Schenck, but
since escaped in blockade runner 10 EUROPE;
George Gibson Park street, very rich; " Williah
NJ Riach, OF the firm of Dnvail, Mtkepeacc
Go; n Ma4ili, ot the house ot Charles A Cam
bnll a Co; Hm c Poe, son of Nielsen II Poe, aud
attorney at law; IN II Keith, hardware mrr
chant; George Byrd, of the extensive domestic
house OF Wyman BYRD Il Co; George M0ale, of
the mercantile firm OF Poulrney * Mosie; Hiiien
Sanders, of Beverly T. Sanders, late United
States Coliac 10 the port OF San Francisco; "
{ Pennins ton. said IL he in Europe; James Carroll
Sargent and II d Sargent, brothers, and the
son, Of the Rev Thos Is Sargent, Methodist Epis-
coparChurc Henty A Didier, insurance agent
Richard Chehowitb, Sergeant OF the Western Pc
lice Station din Collter clerk of the Merchants
Bank; John A Whtridge, OF the firm of Glider
sieve, Whitridge Co, and Harry Giimour, now
in the rebel service.
THE FRENCH TOBACCO QUESTION.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Tit'ns has the following about the French tobacco,
for which vessels are 10 come into James river:
II is expected that a fleet of transports, under
escort of French corvette, will shortly appear in
James tivfr To take on board between 1000 and
10 600 hogshrads oi tobacco belonging 10 The French
Government, which was bought and paid for prior
10 the 4lh of March, 1861. This is the tobacco
which has been the subject OF 80 much diplomatic
cores pondence between France and the United
States. The recent visit OF the French Minister 10
matter.
The CORES spondenl very c0oilg adds
The shipment OF the French tobacco, which has
been stored in Richmond since the commencement
o the war, will be made from City Point, under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and In pursuance al an Executive order
MISCELLANEOUS.
A correspondent OF the Boston Journal, with the
Banks (Tex.s) expedition, writing under date OF
November lth, communicates the highly import
aut fact that ii fleet of hve French steamers Ar
rived off BRACES the l0ih, from Vera Cruz, iof
the purpuse of watching, no doubt, ttle movements
of Gen. Banks.
The Boston Trare!Ier states that Lieut.. Coleman
and ~ privates, {color"d) captured Ia Louisiana
recenrly were hung by the rebels. They belonged
10 Gen. tlinan'r brigade, and We're captured ON a
reconnaissance to Jackson, La, by Col. Logans
rebel cavalry.
There was great excitement at Columbus, KY,
ON the LIST inst, owing Gen. Smith enforcing
Gen. Hurbuu's conScriptlon order. There has
been Il large number of arrests for military pur
poses.
Among the rebel property confiscated in Wash
inetop is the house and furniture Oi John A.
Campbell and real estate of George ID. Fowle, for
mrriy of Alexandria; W. B. B. Cross; Thomas w.
Greer ale pastor Of The Navy Yard Baptist church,;
WIN. l.. Bailey, John l.. Lancaster OF Md, and
It. JOS. {. Ives. In Norfolk, iie property oi Com
Barron, and Capts. Page and Sinclair, have been
cOnscatcd
T.. Godfrey Gunther, War Democrat, has been
elected Mayor of New York. The vote stood
Gumther 2a, ,eol; Booe peace Democrat RATS;
Blunt (Unlon) 9,4oJ.
They are holding meetings In New York city for
the benefit of the "slarving'' Yankees In Rich-
mond Buffalo was taken in for 81, 900.
The number of men mustered into service In
"a MOI pssk