The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-19
LATEST FROM THE koR1H.

LAIESI Fh9M 1hk kUR1H.
We have received through the pv,I.rness Of ID
officers of the Exchanges Eursas New York paper;
Of Tuesday, the isthi isst. we gre summary o,
the news they cousaia:
snE Mnvsxssrs ~ TEE SOUTHWEST.
The war pews from Gen. Grants ds59rtment i.
highly interesting. A diapateh frsm Shananocga
staies trat Gen. Loeaa, with the 18th army corps
ieft the Guilty OF Huntsville, Ala, s1se days aso
moving souihwafdy, ana we have sehfj accauai,
OF tha presence Of some ef his 6nsccs 81 Leba.ei.
hia SEINE twenty i0lies south af the Tennessr,
river. The cavalry expedition under Gems. Gf!er-
con and Hmitb, stassed from Nefnshts, moving
across tEs country sosaihward'y. II was under
STOOD tFays the New York zsn.s) tha. these CO.
luuEs were intended q act 10 conjuHStioH the eas
TO stack, and ths other 70 cut OF 4e retreat o:
Polk aud Eofrest, who were scoussne7futrai and
Northern Mississippi. This inovsusst.k Was gene
railf regs.ded as atsat finkias Moysmens on
Johnston's army
A Nashville dtsFatch 70 the Cks.nAan 0aesiss
says that Gen sherman entered Jacf lphe Miss, on
the 5ih, the Cnnfederates offering utsfttle resist
ance, and failfng back over Pear rfkef u was
thought that the C1nfeders1rs were Nceivins re-
Inducements from Daliaa. There va. . caasids-
Tah 0giit at Chiffon siss., CD ffc 4sh. The Fed
eral troops charged rebel battery aud ist Is killed
a.d 30 wounded fhe esesay were driven of, aud
the troops continued their advance. Another dis
patch from Chattanooga says that 0ea Thomas.
army il uow IN motion for 1onne} Hill and Dsitan.
AL these reports indicate grand ressbira'ion o.
movements, having In view the sccu.sssson OF sss
stss'ppi, AiahamH, and Georgia. Ehe Chicago
!smes says Grant 10 advancing on an'gomety,
Ala.
JaR sseA7z es COT. sTa-iaHr- 1u AHFsv i. n III
oTHay rkisossRs, At roHTssss aIsa2E.
Tbess;ssSsias .N1bsia. aisskick e. Aelista.s
nounees the whereabouts Of strsisht aud seven-
teso of his comrades,
FasTKsas MoSRos, Monday. Feb. Is,
have received a telegram under Date Of Feb
ruary IA, from Gen. Sistas, which states that Col.
Jtreiast, with ne h1ldred and ten other Union
Q cncers, escaped from prison in Richmond by dig
giag tunnel. Col 5t!eighi, with ssveHteea e,n-
erS, are safe. BENJAMIN F BcrLrg,
MAJOR General Commanding.
Another dispatch ssy.:
The following list Of officers is reported 10 have
arrived at q iii!1msburS Col. sstrsight; Col sc
Cyeary, 2lst e.iehigani I.ieut.-Coi. Hobart, ols'
Wisconsin; Capt. Ws'iaek, sis; Indiana; Lieut.
Harris, Ohio.
Sixteen other officers have arrived at within
burg, Whose names have not reached here yet.
Our cavalry were securing the Country TO the
CHI kaliominy. Gunboats have gone up the James
and Chckahominy rive to give protection to such
rs can be fiuad.
The New York TFituae gays the incentive to
Gen. Buffers recent attempt against RichMend, j,
was that '.nrgOtaioa< for the exchange of prison
ers had failed, aad Information hai reached :ifii
that within week all the prisoners i'll Etclm9nd
were .o bs removed to Danvie, Ga Once taken
50 far within The rebel lines, and their condition
will be more hopeless than ever. TO rescue them
white it was Yet possible was General Bu!ief 8
ptupose.n
TIE YANKEE FORCE REAGvfD FROM sotIH carr
LIMA Tc FLORIDA,
Tie Hilton HeBd correspondent nf the N
Yofli wrtlns On the Glib Inst, says that the .eai
ba- oreI
Florida Admiral Dahgren has gone to Jackson
vile, Florida. Tho letter says:
All the effective regiments which could h- spared
An The deDayieleiA were notiicd i1 he iii readiness;
and the 9Th inst. the military quarters presented
thc scenes Of preparation which pTtcedr battle
Tney were ordered ;G leave the next day for sics-
iiultin unknown 10 them. When the a'G.uiBr
came, nrarlY eiese, thousand kocps, incudn.
some batteries, embarked on the steamers; AMI he
living military burden the waters presented G
scene OF martial ACTIVITY ~ which iiilton Head has
tong been a stranger. ssrs. Stymonr vas in cori-
uand and before the expedition sailed he tad
n lengthy audience wiIh General Gilmore. II was
intended for Fiordl, 10 cooperate with our forces
in u. augustine, and 70 capture tic connective
;asns in that region. | subsequently ascertaiard
ina; the exp d:,nn continued on lis journey far
three days without being intercepted by anv oista
c:es and that the troops we're landed cG Jackson
villa. Some scattered rebels fired few shots isan
th., baifs the coast. and ut the approach of our
sDiu fEs the HchctS Edstity Ucu, GROWING tbe ex
pedi.ion with a boudless victory, Not hloodiess,
however, for have heard that officer was
sshti, ounied hy stray shot Admiral nahi-
gren, With his new lsg-ship, the Pawner, aud !: O
other war vessels, ;ei: for Jacksonville to aid the
expedition.
RE brief history Of the expedition, which
learned from sources entitled credit. shows the
conquest was unattended with AIRY of the SAD re-
suits which marked the capture OF other cities. II
The rebel. attached any importance TO the place,
they did no, develop il ny The loYmidatis fOyiiEea-
tons which a.efseet other towus Many OF the
people glo resided in II tisd ~ the approach OF ti,s
;iauys, and will DOUBTLESS aTn their han,Is in III
t,.rH 10 guerilla warfare. great poTt,na of Fo-
sls IS Il dcieiied BY the rileiny, but the Union
taycs aow EaDg Il, while able to defend the ter
y.ory where ey ere -euartereu. cannot afford, by
reason OF their Dubsrs, To scatter in the Interior,
aud 20 br!ng back tbs Staia 10 lis old Position
among the galaxy OF stars The portion of Fi0-
tita which may be easily and perhaps bi0ndes IL
held cantsmed a. least the tenth par; Of the .nEab-
ilants which may cas-: their ufages fer the prrsi-
dent and 80 IN the capacity af Site, aeoOrdius
to tue saw ords! OF things, help 10 e!set him fo1
another term.
A rer"r, ,sas received hare that a British ship
Of war; the Petioi, mad arrived off Charleston four
days siuce, and that the commanfin. asked re,-
mission 10 sal: 10 the city with mcssageJ ioY the
British Consul at Savannah. ii subsequently,
tsauspirea that she vas ,ii- bearer Of dispatched
to ihe reosi Government, Through Mr. Benj siln
Admirai iahgisn, iiawever, refused the vessel
permission IN onter the haroor, and the cu.er,ana.
sut left in hisn dudseou.
GID sTyLL ApvAscso 1T TOUCHES ISL.
The New York Times, OF Tuesday, says:
There was increased speculation the eIoek
Exchange yesterday, the iuitkes for mansy easy
The con inued heavy demand for gold ID pay Gus
toms and the short deliveries among and between
the spectators In tho gold rom, on William sueel
a vaEeed te DFiCS liz over ltfl DsF cent The 1t-