The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-12

erected at times subsequent to the Roman invasion.
The gentleman who lectured on Stonehengc went
in" for their remote antiquity: But very recently
there have appeared rustic schOolmasteP, bump
kin shepherd Of Salisbury Plain, and a fellow
aborer. who distinctly assert that they we're pre-
sent when the marks were made-about iorty-hve
years ago.
About the Shenandoah and rebel privaseering in
general! Semmcs, it appears, has positively been
recalled TO Richmond it is not known why. lie
was last heard Of definitely at Bahia. Those best
informed on these matters think that tho Richmond
Government has been dissatisfied with him since
the loss of the Alabama thatit proposes employing
him In some other branch of the naval service. Us
giving him the berth of Commodore Buchanan, or
something of the kind But il hardly intends
abandoning piracy. Here is some news IN corrobo-
ration:
1t has recently purchased the Rattlesnake
douhc-screw steamer, sister to the Tallahassee, now
lying IN tho Victoria dock, at this port OF London
The vessel, built by Dudgeon, the great man for
doublc-screws and Government sunboats, is very
is no doubt she is owned by rebel agents here.
She may be intended either for blockade-rliiner
or pirate; in the latter receiving her arIna-
nient when away from all English port, in accor-
dance With had almost said the suggestion OF the
Attorney -G4pera when defending the Government
for permitting the Georgia to take refuge i'll Liver
pool.
They have Also at Mayors yard, Gravesend,
thirty miles down the river and very nearly
pletcd, the Viper, sde-whecl steamer. wide and OF
shallow dra',eht, admirably calculated for blockade
running Inc evidence Is perhaps less EalpdDle IN
this than that Of the Rdtesnake, hut warrants
much more than suspicion. Perhaps the only per-
son beside the rebel agents thoroughly well informed
on the subject is consul, Mr. Morse who could,
l imagine write a curious volume the Secret
History of British Neutrality as concerns the
United States during the Shareholders rebel
lion. But for that slammed YaAkee"-I am
quoting the eulogi,lm passed upon him by the Smia
bic MaSon when novel to wrath by the stoppage
of the Rappahannocl,-He should have had Just as
many Anglo-rcbcl pirates aioat and preying
our commerce the purses Of our enemies at home
and abroad could compass British maritime law
IL so hidcousy defective SO hampered by red tape
and hlle-bound by precedent, that you might almost
sail linc-ofbattle-ship through it only, happily,
We have jealous quiet, hard wo king consul to
bring all the faculties Of his busy brain to bear
the subject.
A few additional items, mostly nautical. Sailed
from Liverpool Just two weeks ago. brig Babthorpe,
with cargo Of arms and ammunition; among the
former number of 6S ard 32-pounders, sufficient
indeed to and fit out two vessels purchased by
rebel agents destination unknown.
The shanghai and San Francisco, built in French
shipy ards, foc the rebels have been definitely dis
posed of to neutral government Our enemies
could get them out. They lay at St NaZaire,
Bordeaux, until last week, since which time
one has departed Oh an honest voyage.
The rebel agent at Queenstown one Dawling,
naturalizcd American citizen, once United States
Consul TO hat port, has been obliged to Oft in
nufactured the charge of "Federal recruiting
in getting up signatures to the Peace Address.