The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-26
LATER FROM THE HoRTH

IAJ NUN tu6 Nun u.
We are indebted to the signal corps oftlc
for the use Of q Baltimore paper Of Tuesday
last, the 10th met. We give q summary Of
the news contained:
PROCEEDINGS IN TIE YANKEE CONGRESS.
In the Yankee House of Representatives
On the 18th, Mr. Dawson. {Democrat,) Of
pennsylvaeia, offered resolutions declaring
that the war wss not waged for conquest. or
oppression, and requesting the President to Issue a
proclamation making known that when any State,
now In insuFfection, shall submit to the Federal
and such State shall he protected against all inter
terence with her local laws and institutions The
resolutions were laid on the tableayes 49, noes So.
Mr. COX Of Ohio, offered N resolution proposing
to take the exchange of prisoners out Of the hands
of Gen. Butler, aud refer II to Board Of Commits
sionGrs. The resolution was summariy laid on
the table by vote of ayes 81, nays S..
The Senate resolution providing for the appoint
ment Of select committee, consisting Of three
members Of the Senate and five of the House, on
the conduct and expenditures of the war, was
passed.
that the rebellion is "desperate. wicked, and
bloody - that t.the safety and security OF personal
and national liberties depend upon Its utter and
absolute extinction - and that, therefore, "it is
the political, civil, moral, and sacred dHty of the
people to meet II, fight 1t. and forever destroy IT,
thereby establishing perfect and unaIterable iib
erty." The resolutions were adopted-ayes ll2
nays l6.
la the Senate. on the 18th, the one million men
bill, to release the prisoners at Richmond was dis
cussed. Mr.. Howe, who offered the bill, assured
the Senate he was In earnest Mr.. TrEmbnll
thought one hundred thousand might be raised, but
a mil ion driving 1t a little too strong. Mr..
Wilson thought hundred thousand recruits
against Lees veterans would stand no chance al
all. The subject was dropped.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bill was submitted
and referred, providing for the establishment Of
Bureau of Emancipation, under the Secretary of
the Treasury. The resolution for the expulsion Of
ciary Committee. Joint resolutions Of thanks TO
Hooker, Meade, Howard, Banks, and Burnside,
were passed.
AWFUL DISASTER IN CHILL CATHEDRAL DESTROYED
BY FlRE-Two THOUSAND WOMEN BURNT TO
DEATH.
An awful disaster occurred In Santiago, the capt.
tai OF Chill, the Sth of December. The I'm
maculate Conception was being celebrated In the
church of the Jesuits. H. was about O'Clock IN
the even ng and the crescent of light (casl that
formed the pedestal for the Virgin Mary fired the
wood upon which it rested, and the flames sprung
wildly over the building. There were ten thousand
persons In the church. The suddenHess of the fire
was awful. The dense mass of women frightened
Of their senses, numbers fainting, and all EN-
tangled by their long swelling dresses, rushed as
those who knew that death was at their heels, TO
the one door, which soon became choked up. Fire
was everywhere. streaming along the wooden
ceiling IL nuHg tnP campDeue lamps NUM- Ill IOWb
there, among the struggling women.
In moment the gorgeous church was q sea of
flame. Michael Angel Is fearful picture OF bell
was there but exceeded. Help was all but impossi
Bile. A Hercules might have strained his strength
in vain to pull one from the seried mass of frenzed
wretches VINO piled one above another as they
climbed over to reach the air, wildly fastening the
grip of death upon any one escaping, In order that
they m, aht be dragged out with them. Women
seized in the embrace of the flames were seen to
undergo a transforma ion as though by an
optical deluson-frst dazzling bright, then horri-
by lean and. shrunk up, then black statues Tfgidly
fixed In wrtthing attitude. The IRE, imprisoned
bv the immense thickscss Of the walls, had de
voured everything combustible BY 10 O'Clock, and
then. defying the sickening STENCIL people came to
look for their lost ones. The silence, after the
piercing screams of the burning were hushed In
death, was horrible 1t was the silence of the
grave, unbrOken but by the bitter wall or faintig
cry. Orer t,oo thousand souls had leaped through
that ordeal of fire to the judgment seat of God.
The writer referring T. the fire haLdles the cler.
gy in the most severe manner, and says the popula-
ton of Santiago fred with indesc liable indig
holding .hs guilty of the death of all these VIE
tins, and par icularly the mountebank Ugarte, the
inventor of the "Virgins' Post Office" mposture,
which required countless number of flights, paste
board scenery, &c.
When the FIRE broke out they blocked up the
door Of the sacristy, to devote themselves mure
to savin! their sgimcracks." They
saved gilt image, Some W oden saints, chaiices,
their trash they fed away, except one priest, who
favored the agonized victims with his absoIution.
More than 500 persons of the highest caste
perished, the greater part young girls between If
teen and twenty years of age. One mother
perished with her five daughters. Two thirds
of the victims were servants. Several houses have
been noticed by the police as empty, because all
their inmates have perlshad.
The latest information Is that 700 bodies have
been recognized. Three thousand at least were in
the building, and 1t is not yet known how many
have escaped.
REPORTED PLOT TO CAPTURE JOHNsoA's ISLAND.
A dispatch from Sandusky, Ohio, dated the 18th,
that scout had just returned Fl ON thorough
,sance towards Point Peiee, Canada, and
reports two thre thousand rebels al Point Peiee,
preparatory to dash upon Johnson's Island. Ihe
srictesi vigilance is maintained on the island, and
several batteries are In position. Point Peiee Is
thirty miles from Johnsoh's Island. John Brown,
a son of "old John B6own, who resides on Putin.
Raw leland, has gone 10 Columbus to induce the
Government to furnish h0witzrrs and small arms
far the protection Of Its inhabitants. The long roll
r. frequently sounded. 1t is apprchended that the
rebels will attempt to cross on the ice'
PROM The Army OF THE POTOMAC.
A dispatch TO the New York Tribune, from the
Army OF the Potomac, dated January l7th, says
that the evening Of the l4th, squad OF the ist
station, were attacked by body Of Rebel cavalry,
estimated at 200. The pickets were forced to faii
hack with the loss Of one captured and one wound
ed Ths assas force ocs, sns
represented themselves as belonging 10
the Id Pennsylvania cavalry, on their way to
ReaIeton Station. Finding that their story was
dIscredited, they poured vosy lnto our men men .ma
cevng as they fell back, the fire Of our picket re-
serve. Our men were somewhat sheltered Dy
breastworks, which were repeatedly and desper
ately charged by the enemy, who was In every In
s,auce reDuIsed.. The fight continued half an
hour. when the rebel force retreated.
Twelve wounded rebels were found on Friday
mnrninp al house half a mile from the scene OF
the engagement, and three were found dead on the
field Our loss was hut two wounded. Inc
wounded rebels state that the attack was made
under the impression that Government paymaster
was present with the Rhode Island cavalry for the
purpose of Paying of the men on the 18th inst.
rRRRA1D IN THE NoaTHERN NECK.
The recent raid in the Northern Neck OF Vir-
enia was made by the Yankee ga fison guard
Inc the prisoners at Point Lookout, Md. The
result of the raid, ss reported by the Ame'1can,
was the capture of 25 prisoners, 90 horses, ~
mules, 65 head Of cattle, and 100 head OF sheep
The expedition embarked from roin, Lookou. os ON
the 1911, under command Of Bds Gen Marston;
n consisted Of 800 infantry and lO men OF the "a
and 5th United States cavalry. During their RAID
they visited Warsaw, Richmond county Lancaster
Court House, and Little WaItnam g. ne cnv nv
ernmsnt stores, consistiay Of pork and bacon.
Which were destroyed. Al Ki'maruock, Ten miles
from Lancaster Court House, they destroyed IA
extensive tannery, ana safae stocA VI 'oss"c's ~
hides, machinery, &c.
n MISCELLANEOUS.
letter from the bloekading deet of Wilmington
announces the loss Of the executive 0mcer, enBt-
neer. ana II men from the Montgomery, and en-
eien. the captaIu's clerk, and men from the ARES,
white attempting to take possession OF the oioen.
ade running steamer Dare. which had been run