The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-04

made up Of epnniards, Frenchfnen and Portuguese,
with few Engishmen ana hut one Amefiean.-
Her first lieutenant IL THOMAS A. Dornin, lorniery
a midshipman in our service.
Lnotica no change In the appearance Of ihe
Florida since last saw her, except that now she
has yards on her mammast: then she had none,
and she had changed her billet head for shield
surrounded by scroll work, In which is borne the
a-nas OF the rebel States. Ny men have been wild
10 fight and drew the shot from my guns the day
she came in fearing that, In their excitement, they
wauid fire iato her without ettrfs, aud break the
neutrality OF this poit Ches sihi.g ss certain, The
Fioda does NO, intend :" is:st "n'ess ihe chances
are largely In ,vf favor ;os ss. skked away iFiis
the old -. Louis. y.
am, ye,y respectfully, ysss .esedient servant,
ssEa. HENRY PREELE.
Coaimagder u. ). ".
The ffoa siian IPslles, seefslafy OF the Navy,
Washington, D. C.
TEE CAPTURE DT THE FErERALs OF FORT
D'RgssEY.
The capture of O fari, which is quite a high
sounding announcement in war, does not appear to
have amounted TO much insihe capture of Fort DE
Eussey, in Louisiana. I, was ga.riscned by ou!y
two or :brcc companies Of Ceafedefates. The ofi
cial report of Rear Admiral Porter TO the u 8.
Navy Department says
The guaboats arrived at simne sport at neon, and
found the enemy posted In force about ihree mites
back. The Benton landed sief crew and drove In
the Pickets.
The army came along In abou; half an hour more
and landed next morning, taking possession Of the
concluded to follow them by Iaad while 3d,Iifab
Porter proceeded up Red river with all The sunboats
and transports III the meantime the Eastp0rt had
reached the ehsucOns, and with the vessels that
kept pace with her commenced the work of demo-
lition The formidable barrtcsde which the
rebels had been employed live months They sup
posed Ii impossible but Cur eneigetic Sailors with
hard work opened q passage in a few hours. The
nrlcppHru which
at that l0aleE was being surrounded by the troops
under General Smith, who had marched ff0n
Semmesp0H. brisk musketsy fire was going on
between the fete,s and 0iir>0WH troops, and they
close together 1t as difficult TO distinguish
the coHibatants. The Easport, which had opened
her battery, fearing 10 i9lutc our OWn men, ceased
firing, when cpf troops proceeded to the assault
and carried The place. III few minutes, and with
small losas 25o prisoners, eight hruvy guns, and
two 6ei,t b ecs, fell into our hands, and all the
munitions Of war The main body Gf the enemy,
1000 strong, under lhe rebel General Walker, made
their escape.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FReM GRANTS AMY.
That very son people, the Yankees, are reading
news dispatches such as this We find in the New
York Herald, dated Washington, March 3,th. The
effort seems to be to ''push up the man on horse
baek'' into the niche of hero before they know
whether he will fit or not:
enthusiasm prevailing in the hTmy of the Potomac
IN favor of Gem Grant, His quiet, uuassuming,
ana unprete1tous style peases all. He refuses
specia! trains md for his exclusive use, ana
says he requires but one seat. His notions of
economy III transportation preclude The occupation
OF 4 whole car for cnc man, and the use OF an "a
CINE for hs o%n transportation exclusively, when
there always Others Who are anxious 10 go.
This is very refreshing in contrast with the poll
cy which has prevailed heretofore. The few fur
louehcd soldiers whom he permitted to have seats
In The special car the other ay In order that they
might OveTtshe the balance 0j their command, will
BeeeT forget tiie courtesy, and Will never cease
talking Of it, He has taken ie hearts OF the sol
diers by storm, as he did Vickssurs, AID they
swear he shali say that the Ernly ut the Potomac Is
the best fighting army in the Wotld q ter he has
once led i, to battle. They also think he will fad
in Lee more formidable antagonist than he has
ever met at ,he Southwest.
AN EXPECTED REBEL INVASION cP KENTUCKY.
There is a wide spread apprehension ia The
West that the Con:edsfaies a;out invading
Kentucky again. telegram from Cincinnati
says:
The idea that Gen. Breck;n,iIca IL advancing
upon the Kentucky line, with 'he intention of
raising the country n lHsitrecti0T, adds grea!
deat 10 the excitement of the people few days
ago 4 rum0r was spread that Gen. ionestree. had
sent away most OF his artillery and wagons by rail
road ana .hat he was narc!i:Gg upon Cumberland
Ga? AT the head OF thirty thausamd men. When
in Harihnd, LctclGr, Rn0z, Gud other ad dining
counties, left their farms and took the way of
Manchester The idea ol az Invasion of ile State
by The rebels is now fixed opinion, and not an
hour eGpscs without soie ram0rs OF their advance
being circulated among The Inhabitants.
a'geni!dman living i'll Monticello assures us isiGt
most ei the Kentucky delegation representing the
STATE In the febe! Congress Al Richmond have ra
turned and are :nciting Inc people 0Tevot. lie said
that beiure he left MOacelio he told by seccs-
sioniSt that is-he would to a certain place
ipyTf ~
G. W. ydnlet, OF Louisville, who had just come
ts0r1 Richmond, i'll company of e. VI. Bruce, G.
". Ewlng, Il. l.. Burnett, and other rebel Ken
ckans. He was also told ,at these gentlemen had
come for the purpose OF preparing the peoyJe for
the approaching arrival of Brecsinrdge and Buck
. The LouissilIe Journal of the 18Th, in speaking
of the expected rebel raid Into Kentucky, says that
not few Kentucky rebels ~ the South have writ
ten within short time tT their rebel relations,
friends, aud SympaiiiZers At home, TO sell or In
some way make secure their horses, mules, cattle,
sheep, hogs; grain, and other kinds OF movable pro
perty, because there would In short time be a
more formidable aud destructive rebel Invasion of
this State than there has ever yet been. They say
that Morgan and others will come in, probably from
different directions, with an aggregate to-cc of
sixteen or seventeen thousand n)GH, prepared, If
rot to occupy Een.ueky permanently, at least to
railsack her throughout hef whole extent, sweep
Ing away evefythi1g Of value and leaving her
stripsed and dssoiate. Ihe Joirnel considers thai
the main purpose Of Brecking!dge's movement into
Western Virginia is an evasion of Kentucky, and
that there Is no doubt that p0Werfu. force under
buckRer or Preston, OF both, strengthened by John
MOTgan's, Forests, and Champ Fersuson's cav
airy, will operate with him in the Invasion.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
Gold opened in New York Wednesday with some
degree of activity at le5 but when n was au-
nouAced that Mr Cisco had sci the price Of the gold
certificates at 1854 1t became heavy, and dropped