The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-11

Of sssinr the rebellion subdnsd, bat the geod
wishes 81 Q General are not Of much in9poH.
tanse II he eannot sasisfy the psopis q ths
district In which he commands OF his oapAesy
and et4egy. We have befIrs al Gambler
hand papsr Of the 1lth instant, the CsviIseS
agsins. Mis- napae amsnt are eet forth,
1t IL complained that Gen KsilSy allows
the rebels TO escape when hs Night ovsFtske
and defeat them that he guards n~sligensly
onr wagon irxi1a ard stores, suffering them
to fall Into the hards of the enemy = yshas he
allows falee dispatches from his syab0rdtnatss
70 be sent to the Governments and published IN
the newspapers. claiming yiesories that never
wase won, and subsequently takes 10 pains to
correct them. 8, successfully has tie enemy
been In obtaining possession Of cU sores
that Gen. Kelley has been called In that quar-.
ter the rebel Q1artermaster. Ia the capture
Of the va-irus wagon trains between Nsw
Creek and Petersburg, the Cumberland print
eetimates that the Governmsnt hss lost mil.
lion Of dollars, besides considerable number
OF men. TO say nothing Of the moral effect Of
such cisastsrs.
These charges are accompanied by par.
ticular narrative of circumstances, aud the
testimony OF officers in the army ie appealed
10 by way of confirmation. Now 1t may be
that General kelley-thGughSwe doubt It
yehemeytlYItaa done MI ,that .Aan zf6ae
StsVe, actire, resolnte, and saQacious an OF
ncer as there is In the service, and that he
Aas only been unfortunate. The War De.
Partmens should, and we think will, look
narrowly into the matter. and If il finds one.
nall OF what Is said against him TO be trne,
o! II II only finds that he is SO unlucky In
ms management az not to have been able.
with MS thirty five Thousand men, TO keen
tae region safe from frequent hostile iucur
sions, and our military stores FROM falling
once In two or three weeks into the hands
Oh the enemy; If 1t finds him never able TO
come up with the enemy; If it finds, in short.
that the people in this department feel
s WHOLLY insecure as long as he commands,
ano arc impatient to see his place supplied
by more fortunate commander. then it IL
TO De hoped that he will be removed to ano-
tner sphere OF usefulness, and his present
post assigned TO some person bOrrf under q
more lucky star than Gen. Kelley.
1he Capfers Of the Chesapeake to be Delivered
np 10 the Federal Goys,an,ent
Inc following dispatches fiom st. John.
N. g., show that the persons who captured
the steamer Chesapeake, of Now York, are
to be delivered up to the United States au-
thorities, to be tried as pirates:
ST. JOnN. N B.. February N.-The pol,oa
NS.A sSASA lueHb LOsO3Y IN
lhe Chesapeake piracy case, ordering the
prisoners to be committed to Jail for siirren.
der to the United States authorities He said
Inc evidence for the prosecution discloeas
that the prisoners ard other parties Captured
The steamer Chesapeake. 1t was the work of
towards and Williams. The master of a yes-
sci must have unfettered authority and obe-
iience from his crew and passengers.
The evidspcs on the part Of the defencs dis |
sioses the fact that there IL terrible civil war
raslog ia the United States, and the oply an
'horiy given for the seiznrs of the Chssa
pesks is that given by John Parker, and he
nad no power to give commissions to others
There was no authority given in the lslts..of. |
naIqls to Parker 70 transfer his power "a |!
snc,nsr. Hs 0hs Magissrxse) could fnd no |
Justification for the seizure Of the Chesapeske.
It. was amino tarandi non ju,s bels Il rysa |
piracy, rooosry, AID mazdes IL was punish. |
bic by tns Uaited State. Coarts snd 4 cass
|ith,n the extradivion treaty Application |
viii be made for q writ OF Aa6eas CORPUS a., !,
- 70 bring tas case before the Suprsm. Cou,t. |
WARRINGTON. Feb. "a The State Dsuar.. |
nent has adyices that TIE Curt Ut s.. John.
New Brunswick, has delivered an opinion IN |!
ne chesapeake piracy case, spstainiug all the |
POINTS Eads by the prosecution, and OF mit. |
ing the prizonsrs to aii to wait reaaiaitiOn
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