The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-14
TIE H.fR NEWS.

Ahc north 10 the southcfhmoSt emu
khereoi: and even our batteries, that for
,onti.s have been playing night and day
g. Dutch cap, are silent. That these bate
es should cease their Smelling is easily
Exclaimed. The freshet has driven off the
H5arcrs from the canal more ciiectually
Ian any amount Of bolnbardmcnt; and
futher Commandment is, therefore, for
H. present unnecessary.
! portion Of our works on the Peters
lurS side of the Appomattox were con-
-s.dcrably damaged by the rains of last
9FIuesday and the consequent rise in the
river. Several casualties occurred from
] the caying in of some of our bomb
furo0is Our works are being rapidly
4 .cnared. 1t is believed the encmys
J works on the Appomattox were as much,
. ii not more, injured than ours, as, from
4 the chaplctcr of the ground they occu-
& pied, they were more exposed Ito such all
saccIlcnt.
& II will been seen from the message of
thc President to the House of Representa-
80, and the telegram Of the provost
saar>hal Of Fredericksburg, transmitted
lhcre"ith, that the Hon. Henry S. Foote,
& member Of the Confederate House OF
l,cprescnta.ivcsiroln Tennessee, has been
Rsaptured while making his way into the
tnolny's country. He was arrested at
.tccoquan, Prince William county, Vir-
sg;nia, and brought back to Fredericks-
a,Mg, and there parolcd to await the &C.
ton OF the Government in the premises.
fIhe matter has been referred to select
9c0mmittee Of five Of the House of Re-
representatives. In his last speech in the
House, Mr.. Footc declared his intention
ltorcsign his seat; and since that time he
las taken no part in the deliberations OF
the House. 1t is said he placed his written
| resignation in the hands of a gentleman
Of Prince William county, to be sent in
1 after he should have crossed the Poto-
hMac, but this report We think incorrect,
as It appears from the statement Of the
officer who reports his arrest that Mr..
Nd cote declared it to be his intention to
Asiait Washington with the hope of bring
IT, about a peace. lie will, We suppose,
Icmain in Fredericksburg until the select
Committee in his case have reported, and
D. House acted upon their r1port.
,ir. Francis ?. Blair, ST., is still in this
Fly, and is not at the Spotswood, but at
file private residence OF Colonel Ould,
Commissioner Of Exchange. He has had
ISeyc.al interviews with the President, and
4 there are ;arious and conflicting reports
Of tie results Of their interviews or con-
sicrcnccs. One is, that President Davis
khaa agreed to appoint three commission
kcrS, to meet three to be appointed by
Iincoln, to settle the little existing dill
lulty between the Confederate States and
ihc United States. Another report, and
a. think the most likely to be true, is
zilat the President has broken Off all
conference with Mr. Blair and dismissed
him with a flea in his ear. 1t is expected
that Mr. Blair will leave Richmond in the
flag oetrucc boat that goes down to Va
llna todav.
FROM WILMINGTON.
An official dispatch received yester
Il day says: About fifty vessels are in
ktisht, mostly opposite the point Of the
q former landing of the enemy. The
Iweathcr is fair and the sea smooth"
1 There Was a report last night that
I the cneny's fleet had begun the bonn
lhalmeut Of Fort Fisher. There was,
ahowever, no official dispatch On the sub
sjcct.
I They will find the fort in much better
condition for resistance than when But
Ter made his attempt upon it. We learn
that the two valuable Brooke guns which
We lost in Fort Fisher during the last
attack were bursted by being loaded and
li'ed with shell which did not belongt to
hen From the very heavy charges Of
powder used in them, the Brooke guns
require she'll Of extraordinary strength.
sI ihe shells used at Fort Fisher were