The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-21

| Ine VIE OF General p yn..r-.r..a 49,
New Vneans on tbs evG,is~ - - "a !.
inst-, ana Vas oaried on tha SsA ~ HI-.s e
II was the largest funeral eyc, ~. :.
Orleans; oysrsx thousand per,ors s.t1.SsS y He~
suo tne cuIsrGs wss over one mile n iseSth
the steamboat Nebraska 70 ennv.r us ~ aSnsany
mains few mil up the river, 90 hss w..
plantation. Tho body was folIoSsS - ~; z;
fsvee BY Thousands OF ladies, Who vsss - =,
take last faxowell Of ots who VA i0ss6
and esteemed b all. s
Lieut.. Col james 0andMson, Of New Yo,k
c;tv, lust returned from Diehmond, NJ cent
to Tort Warren Monday night on the charge,
lately msde, Of betr1ying tho plot 70 the
rebels which the Federal pfieonefU eonoe1ysd
TO sscaps from the Libby prison -
A National Bank has bseu opeos6 ~ Nor
folk, We. s.,ss, ID
Two full regiments OF solored troops lsfs
st Lou - on Monday last for New Ohaans
Gen. Meade has returned to the Army oi
the Potomac. He viii not be superce6ed
DELEGATIONS from the Western States nov
In washington are urging that the sanDe
eQaahty reiatise 70 the draft 10 not meGed
out to them as has been; to New Hampehirs.
Private advlces state that the Oonfsess.ae
ship Rappahannock left France privately or
the 2Oth nf February, armed With aix guns
and 4 picked crew, who had been paid three
ID onths In advance Her eruistnGs, Il 10 ro-
ported, will be the 1q"stor and chinA.
Vermont, New Hampshire. (;onnestieut,
Rhode Islsud, Indiana. Illinois, AichiGan,
Iowa, and Ohio, are reported to have dIlea
their quotas uudcr the last call
General Fitzpatrick arrived ct Washington
Wednesday. He attributes the failure Of HE
expedition 10 the treschery Of the negro
guide.
Gen. Logan has written letter deelining
to become candidate for the GovernoSDhip
of Illinois.
The Chicago Jossrndl learns that General
Burnside Is making rapid progress toWa1d
the organisation Of an expedition, which II
to sail from New York for point not now
known.
An ofllcsr of tho army at Chattanooes
writes that the Federal army cannot long %
main IN its present position, owing 70 the
stencil arising from an immense number Of
dead horses and mules which have died from
starvation during the winter. The county
around Chattanooga for many miles Il strewn
with deeaying carcases, estimated to number
nearly nfty thousand.
The Committee On the Cooiues Of the War
have addressed letters to the Rsssidsut and
Secretary Of War requessi iag them 10 furnish
al CUFsebPV1"suVO lCIdhv9 W tu0 4BVbVNs
o.mpsisn.
Tn. Washington correspondent Of the Ne ~
York 1S1es raasserts, Notwithstanding cor
ffadiclions. that tbs plaa of sxchaAge adopted
BY Gan Batter has been rejected BY the Wsy
Dspsrtwsns, ard exchanges on tAat basis have
bsen stopped.
TIE dsisgatss frcn Rhode Island 70 ths
Nasiora, Union Convsntion have bssn reeoSs-
mendsd to vote for the rsnomination Of Pfosi
dsnt Lineoln.
A strss. rumor was circulating In Washing.
ton Monday night that 10, 900 rebel tavalyy, a.
dsr the rebel Gen. Stuart, were makinge daah
saon shs city, and that the various appfoaDhes
TO Washington were icing barricaded, and
Tlas pits thrown up, to inpsds the progress ct
tbs raiders
Col John Wooiey, o. indiana, has bssa -.
pnptad Provost Marsh :. st Baltimore, uudaI
Isa Law Wallace.
Fac Nav York Hera!ds correspondent
with the as.t OF Mobile gives runor that
Admiral Iarrsgut IL to withdraw his Aoot.
bsiog sa'ietisd that the city cannos bs taken
by water.
The arrival Of the steamer Roanoke at New
otner privalesr Is ct large on the ocean. Il
appears that Captain Scott. OF the United
states steamer De Soto, informed Captain
Drew, Of ths Roanoke, that he heard, irom
| reliable quarters, that there was rebel pri'
| vateer cruising to the westward Of Havana,
she being bark rigged steamer, painted lead
color. This If important, especially - 1t
concerns the Aspinwau line Of steamers.
The last news from Europe brings intelli-
gence of the death Of Sir William Brown, at
Liverpool, SON Of Alexander Brown. OF
Baltimore.
Mr. !. Waldron y the person who tells the
story OF the alleged intcrvioW. Nt the battle
Of kntistam, between Generals Mcclellan
and Lea. HE respsctaoillty is said 70 be
Endorsed by General Milroy. He 10 nov q
Washington, whittier he hes been summoned
to give his testimony before the War Com.
mlttee.