The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-01


Among the valuable intelligence now Al
recently transmitted under tho copyright OF
! xAs Associated Press, and witch has been
duly entered, according to act Of CONGRESS
DC, was tho following item, under date
"H6ustol {Texas, January a N
4EAe report Of the Secretary of 4. -,
espenxe Of the harriet Lane cue Mssy ~ .ne
sIssspsssens ME. " sS'a' an affair should be so
= .ose this sjust Indignation thas
announced In the Telegraph, for all the pa
psss throughout the country, was based up
en- the following extract, recently copied by
The Mobile 1qeisssr from the Texas Telegraph,
puhlishsd We believe at Houston
AlImRAaS a. IsMoRAucs.--Ws take the follow
lAa from the report Of Mr. Mallory, the well inform
q and very efficient sscrstary Of the Confederate
States Navy:
GOA The let of January, some of our naval Off :
which they sailed from the harb0r OF Galveston,
essAsssd the United States gunboa- Harriet
Ia. ;.assly Withdrawing her out ST tas reach Of
sns osher ua;;s. s,ay-. vesse!s then soekading
into corrie.e order, and has on bo,rd sufficient
nunkos Of 06iceFa and men, ready for an oppor-
mQlIx % Distinguish thsFsevts Owing 70 toe
tsahs 70 give orders Tor this vessel 70 attempt any
e(enslyc opersttons'
J no such paragraph - this ever appeared
an any report Of Mr. Mallory's, and ths Sen
ais>1 Authoritatively states that Mr.. Mallory
never made any report upon the subject
Palss statements are not surprising at this
day when they multiply 30 rapidly; but this
10 quite singular; being an entire forgery
put forth In quotation marks, as the exact
woEdD Of . Chief az one of tho Departments!
The &ssltRs, to show what was the real
coarse Of Mr.. Mallory, with regard to the
Harriet Lane, and that there was no ground
whatever, to occasion any feeling against
HIN On the subject, publishes thrss lette.s
sddrsssed by him to Gens4l Magru5>r
TAs Ant dated january 10, 1864. ir' ,rms n,
Osas.A taat The y. y NO -s,iantly captur
= blythe Essps pader your 9his) command
10 Deeo transferred by the Secretary Of
49, the Navy Department, and asking
Pa sealstancs to Lieut.: Barney, who had
ben eoaigned TO command her.
1he second letter, dated January 20, 1868
inloFuas General NAgruder that Lieusenap,
1ssnsy, With omcen and, msn, had gone te
eaeaak1 command Of the Lane; that If Gal
weston wss to be defended she would dc
rod service In the bay. But Mr.. NJ. pre-
iaaisg this (the dsfsuce) was not designed
ueu1 3. would confer With Gen. N. Ii
~ lstter the following words Of congratu
1a2Son appea1:
49, neutrality-suspicious. you upon the bril-
e13 - 0elveet0u IL was admirably coa-
s0yee 80 exeeated, ana the unique character ol
eoeeae eMPloyeds contsassed with The ress,i,s
neSaese the ansverssl srati6caiion vi,h
Sess aeasQaa announcing il was received.
To third lettasy Of March sist. simp,v an
S0sncos - Gen. n. that the Lane had been
hgssd baek to the War Depar # ment--
1t 1asneg hAsiag found her insflciept a.
: - eul1eganl urges her being placed
= s1n6nd It Captain Smith, Who cap.
sare1 ~.
- = ~ 49, the Secretary Of the INV
~ 81 - NJ ths Harriet Lane. and shows
l - '5s1tindignationr spoken Of in thy
apaeeen vAs based on . simple for
1aalsly IN impudspf, II not q ma