Richmond Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • Page 2

IL 1-W fhe Wendetfal Bnval Victory. aaureily roovered from Mton which whole town wna at Mtounding on Snnday. The nnnala of nnvul wnrfure eontaia bo BasuMsl to tads aohlevsment. It etonda aieao, aaa nll li nil I and at arngle Wow lov-stottoulaed the wboU ayatom of aaealwa-rfit-u. That single veosel, and that not scold he ao oouaU-otodand ha demoliah three of the MMWUuttmi mem pewornl man of war ta the urn-el, a prodigy whioh eaa aoaroely eredat even now.

TneVlrmtyAu aided by tore or throe aide wheel atesm ore gaabeata, haa to bottom three war ships, wkfah were the prMe ef tho United aad wonder of tho Bamftoa Beads, where aad trenereerm co leag rede In eafety and gaaoa, la u-tafe putee for the fl-dnral ahlp than the raid ocean ia a h-raa-a. fttUure," aa Yen. heee preaaanaatl Tlrgin tn, has proved the -riltaant aaasssa of naval arehlieetare aad uut heroic bis ofltoara am. aa watt their mmradee of the other vssanaa, eeverod thamealves with glory. -rvor 184 Unitod fludoa bean eaaatiaiidng a aooiing Iroa battery, the fltevoas battery, at Hoboban, eppealto Hew York, every few making hwge appreprlntfona tor until amoantod to a of dottara Ita made sts it wltk moat profound aaaaey, aot naval officers being permitmd ha ennn-ne it.

And yet, within tbe but two moatba soaunittee appointed by the Fedoral fimgreea decided against it Merrlrnae (now the Virginia) waa prepared tae bar lam than year ago, and amidst difleolties nnd embarrassmanto whlsb lew eoaeeive of. Yet 1 engaged In bar permvered with a dstenni-iition only eg sailed by vast energy with which she waa fought, and has already done her work- She has nrored aa remarkable a triumph of Southern mtshanW skill aa of 8. athern valor nnd haa liutngurated ayatom of soast defense whioh, If vigorously pursued, can do more to the blockade and rid onr coast of a laoS-sh foe than the combined naviee ol tund and France. Let tho South new prepare to dtspato ia enmevt trite "aTartbern doasinion ef our Ws meat have powerful iroa ships h-renftor, nnd they sugut to be boill without moaeat'B deinj. Wa ciast have twsnty "vTrg-iiau la meantime, uae we some vrit has Irandy dabberl her an of any Ynn.

hoe snipe and that aapire to a sure aad speedy descent to Davy loekar. taut sf Bull. I Joan Bull uurj nndm mnnipnln-OM of the noble Hassell aad ignoble B.ward. The aged British Minister, whe la getting in bis dotage, has saeeeoded tat taking nil the store, out of the national collar and converting tho lion into a lamb. adroit villain, Seward, passes off a vast namber of praetieul jokes npon honest which are evidently intended as iuanlte, to bo avowed as such, or retracted, aooordiog to tbe manner in which they are taken.

Now be knocks John's beaver over his eyee, and wben the bluff old g.pUeman eqaaree awuy to resent the indignity, the Yankee aeenres lam that It waa entirely unintentional, and be takes the greatest pleasure in the world tn disav.wing tbe net. Anon, he rep behind John nnd rune a pin into him to tbe head, aad whan be turna round in a rage, r-euatbaa ia delighted to withdraw tbe cause of eflaaaa And so hs goee on, treading on -ohn'B bruising bis shins, end tripping blm np, nnd, as -tag aa be makes an apology tor It nfterwnrda, Bull eeneiders himself bound to be paeiled, and to rejoice at the restoration of their friendly relations The eel-ore of -htUah ships, the Trent affair, the Imprisonment ef British dtraena, are eH no nmny denmnatrationa of a desire te anaey and enasperate him, and the explanations whleh fbDow fcr redreaa are, in sovsrt humlts to his understanding and fleod By this Ume it la evident to all work, except boneat John, thnt he ia be coming victim aad butt of muUrdona Yankee, wbo ia determined to intuit him aad apologise afterwards at every that offers. We aorry to aeetbe old gimlamaa made ridieuloua i bnt va long as he ahseeee to dot the lion'a cbaractor, and relation to tbe belligerenta of the deakej between two bondlsa of hay, he meat enseal te be laughed st ThaVeeaale Pse-royed'hr Merrtaane. I stoum frigate "hiinnesoto" was a I atoam frigate, ons of the largest and aumt powerful atoam frigates in the world. 1 waa araek sailing frigate af Ifaited Slntoa Kary.

Bhs carried an arawmarnt- sirteen of 43 nnd four ef bf evrt, en ber spur deck, end twausy ST a ef Ef ewt, aad ton 8 Inch gnns o' At en har gun deck. Her complement Ths which had been rsieed, probaely the moat formidable veeeel of her saamta navy. serried two.ll inch ftretgana of lha aad twenty two h-laek gans, of 9 000 lbs. each. very sea maa will at oaee ebeerve what a terrifle hrwatU-il she sonld give.

Her of awa was nhoat roBTBB la the title a aaat Uttle vslam. of IM pages, jest pnb- BBBhad hy BapUst Colportage Board, la We understand thnt ths hook Is at low prlee of per 1 theegant, Gso J. hnmasr. er Mttut Pueastoa Oeasti, fa -The MegUier, ot has tollomlua int-iirgenee doings la Peadtotoa ooaaty, OB Thursday af tost week, about of the enemy (lahuiu-. i made aa ndvanos lam Pendleton, from their bead tarsal oka amy der'c aad John la Baadolph county.

Theas two msn aotortoas "Unionists, snd havo toag much aid and comfort to the enemy, oa Friday moral rg they cant a few "JMito (the aame of eempany.) aad a few cltinsns. senUnned their adruuea to the north where they arrived oa tiatard-y. ejentog, ahoat o'elook. They app, -oked irsveltsg the MMsm BUnd road, tbs othsr Thsy thsn sorrennd jwmpany. oaptared rone of to the uoruea from maa Mmmwmr that ihore Irer.

murr tmatoredmore of thTeosuS their advance to -Ireto-ruis. masTett tfc member af tAartotm pav-lrr arrived at Prank Mima a-tmjtih Major Jaskano. from Laaae a station; that sharp firieg JaMgataM at -iat potot. t) dfipntoh, MWaawt mQoa. Jaasana, of COHFIDBkATH GOXtRIM Wen bat, Ittarehia IMS.

Ia 'ba annate, tf ibe resdlog of the J1 arnal of Saturday, snouted a letter from Mr. Dixon, which ne reqaesttd to be read aud referred to on Festal iff.lis TbecommnatcaUoa t.the ir. timiitl hi of mr on the Sanonih, aud advocated that mail oarrlsrs be exempted Crom dnty on Sunday. Mr. Bsnnn.

of Flortds, asked leave of aneenee for hte Mr. waa obliged to leave for home on Saturday. Mr. Dobtob, of North Carotlaa, premnted nolnlm from Wm. Johnson, lor ear vices rendered Government, and moved tt laid on the table.

Mr. of presentedu petition from 110 ladiee of Tenneesse, asking that a lawmay be paawd to the dfeUHauon of grain, lt wae referred to the Military Committee. Br. of South Carolina, reported a Mil flrom the on Aoeoants. at that tbe eommlttee he released fn farther eonelderutlon of It.

Ths bill releted to proper method of auditing the accounts of Senators aad tbe ofloera of the Bonnes. It wm referred to the Commit on Finance. Mr. Baows, of from ths Committee on Naval Af-rs, nshed to be discharged from further ooneideratton of the reeolatlon Inquiring as to ths neormary luerea-e ef approprlatloaa for war steamera, gunboats, snd coast defenets, sa ths subhet ie before the committee la all Its bearings. Ths request was granted.

Mr. -888-t, of La-, asked that the revelations be taken np referrlcg to tbe paying of census tahsrsla ths Stats of Louisiana. Mr. Bcbjibtt, of stated tbat while tbe oommlttee waa satisfied ot tbs equity of tbe claims, hs did net think they ought to be Mid until treaty of peace was There are a vast umber of p.r*ons wbo have Federal claims, anil if we were to open an soount at thlitime, It wonld the prtyrae-t of minions of dollar-. He did not think at this time lt wonld be Just or legal.

Mr r- imbbow, of said theee were Wben 1 was an State, atd prior to her belonging to lha had collected from different a-irees a large s-in ol money. Tbls had been held for of the prlva claims or her cltlx.ns, and .0,000 had bees given for the Tbs mo.ey was then tamed ovsr to toe Confedsrats Sta leaving sl.l due: ThU he ougbi to be assumed by the Government. Mr. Bobsbtt, of sail his of It was this: Virginia, Georgia, and other Sta.es, claims as well Lonisiiua. a ring's State has bsrn pntd, so far aud his own surely had If yoa pay ons of accounts, you must pay all.

As far as ihe payment of aum of inon.y into the was concerned, he would say that ether S'ateshad doneso as Virgl .1 1 had, and Routt ''arc-Unaand Florida, both la property ard It, yon tt to opr-n such ar ia. who bus his pry r.t<_l_Vd by the U- Ked Stn te, x.ii.s claim tuici. ttis Government, ate woald aavoeato iba netecialrcK afpene hsa. if was r-cetveo. from thi Catted t-uiv he would go lor payli out of tneTre-snry.

or thought it clear th cl-tmspre-en'ed here weri- pjei.iou taken bj tbe was aot.or In bit Ofrlnlon He arged Josi nnu aad ma.tbe I adju'lgei sc rdlr.iy. of the iaud paid ovi-r to the Conf.d-.rssy tJre Jn.t ot her cltisins ihoaid be paid. Taebtat. had dupo-sed of this tnnd, and In her daelre tc assist the Government bad turned over baHnoe received. A m-rsetge was bars received from House nnnounei-g th.it hllis, v-hoso tii.es bare given, had bee-i passed and signed.

all. the aot rf the 4th of March, this iuud, known r.s the bul.ion fund, waa transferred to theO B. The Intent of the State waa that this shonld be for toe payment of herowncitis.es. From what has been st-ted, it Is nvldrm'. th-'t ihe cltaensof Lonlriana, to whom the wbe Indebted, had a it-n npon this fn.id.

When tbls was transferre.i to the 1 federate Government, he did net think (he eqait-Trle Hen could be done away with Th. btateof Loul-iana, through her reMolutlocs aud ihrougb ber repreaentativeson floor, that she still tbinks toe claims cold good. Tbe we should ask ts this: Had thoseciizens an eqaitauie imucn this fund nnder the vernmant Ko oan dorlue; that. Then, they bave now. She Pad turned over tbat large to him that Mr.

of he differed fo tonwith thegeotlemao, on Urda and Mr.trxar.ow win allow ta-, I pat it uion the gyonnd that the citixins of he State have a Just and equitable lien upon it. hlr. Bcbrbtt conld net are how the gentleman oould nir-ke the point that those eitlteena had a lien npon tuis furd when they were Federal offlce-hclders at the time, and never did a for the Confederacy. The money wt-Tpnt ia aa a common fund for benefit of Uie Government, aad why should one man be entitled to Its benefits more than another? To illustrate, many ef the members of this body were In tne old Congress, and when they left, or were turned out, their salaries were withheld; would not tbey, too, be entitled to lndemni Mr. -bbubs, of Louisiana, us ascertain the facts of the for I bave tte before me.

The Oouiedt-rate Governmsnt has received from the In bullion, from North Carolina Louisiana In customs from Loui.i-.na 1.7,.7 a Alabama Georgia Bullion from Georgia Uuetoms from North Carolina and so on. Daring the month Loulalaaa was independent the sum of .117,874 was received so customs. Oat of sam the Government received, aboat was from Lcnlslana. Here a message was received from the Freeident, to hs rsad In Executive sesaicn. Mr baabbs regard the bullion fand I as the property ef ths Tbs 1 State eelsed it and transferred lt to tbe Confederate Government for the settlement of olaima at come fntare day.

So far ac tbe 9117,000 waa concerned, lt was a mere aot of liberality In fclvlng It to the Government Loiters were continually received from Montgomery, during the early part of tlie Provi- Blent- Governuieur, stating -there was not a dollar in tbe Treteury. nous to pay the officers even; aud thereforo this fund was given. Other fctatesbad p.u_ In property as leans; Alabama had given proper or bonds, bat Louisiana gays this as a bounty to the Confederacy, as an evidenosof tbe liberality of the State Now, ail tbat is aaksd oat of ths aum given to assist ths Govsrumsnt in its hour of need, Is ths paltry sam of to pay tbe balance of theee eensas claims Mr. Bw-Bbttcaled for the question, and the proposition to take up tbs bill was negattved. HOUSE OP KE Moxdat, March 10, The Houae at 12 o'clock, and ensdwithprsyer byJtov.

Ben. J.arual of read and agreed to. Mr. MiLks asked tae snaeaat of the House to an tmpor'cm bill from the Uiry with rsd-iaaoe to an of the clerioal fore, lv the War partment Tbe bill providto that additional ulerks ib til be employed in thnt dflfartmer.t, six of them to receive Ma Of them 1,2.0, ai.d tit of them to receive tl.t/Oo per annum. The bill Was wltboui opposition.

Were then called alphabetically for c.d memorials, when sir 11; gm, of "freted tbe following reaoiution, which was adopted i Rseeaud, That the committee on Military lastracted to Inquire ti any 1-gisto ion is nseeasary to enable Sergeant Ms-ora nnd Csuartermasier Bsrgsaats to reeelve their P-7- Mr. CiorTcs, of Istrodaoad a memorial, which, without referred to the Committee oa Patents. Mr. Oaii.rex, of Aia reported a Mli from the Post-cfflce Committee, to be entitled nn aot to astaolieh cert.in Poet-Offlsee tk named, snd asked that it be pat apon passage; wh eh wss sgreed to. Mr tin ass, of Ark presented bill to bs stttlttto nn set to amend nn net to establish Oonfeder-te Oourta Beferred to the Jadlclary Committee.

Mr. ef presented mimortal, wbleb was referred to ths Committee on P.st-uffl-B and Poet Mr. Kansas, of euhmlttod following roeolntlon: Resolved, Thnt the resole tion of this body, pasted on tke 4th of March, culling on the President for tbs estimates of the public visa to the ea I of the aext year, he, 1 to hereby, repealed; aud that the President he re. nested to thnt the aald eetlmatse be made ap to thefi et day of eemear, lhtl, and hat Iter be submitted te Ooagrem at early a day ns Mr. of reported a bill from thd Oommlttae oa Naval Affairs, aad moved It he placed upon bUo eatondar aad printed.

-Mr- Baaaa-r, of introduead a tor iheparehaseef worth of sullennV'me wm ot HOBN N. asked leave sf ah- committee to rmes OtnfidetuU Statm of Antrim, to Of gram assembled, Tbat planters of the Confeders estates be, and ars hereby, earnestly ad vh-ed to Withdraw as mesh at practicable from the eulUvt'tosof cotton and tobncee, aud to devote their energies ta releir-g end gi and Wr. CtBBtB. of lcwtng rtaolntloa, which bs advocated with great e-irneatneaa aad ceneldertble ability: Resolved, That tbe special eommlttee to wbom tfWne referred to Inqalre and report ss to ihe causes of the recent disasters to onr srme nt Donelson, nnd staeahere, also instructed to Inquire and report as to'he management of and Commiseary Departments in ths Stats ot Teuneeaee, and more partitalarly as to the conduct cf mU Jar V. B.

Stephenson, of thnt eervice, at and before the surrender of the city of Nashville, and Immediately therenftsr. Reteilrod, further. That tto Inquire and report what VNtatthy, aad the vales tbeiecf, of public atom was deposited nt mid city of wesbvllle, at ths time if ite earrender to the eaem.iwbnt proporiioa thereof fell handa of the enemy, aad what proportloa waa saved; and bow. and by whom. Remitted, further.

That aald committee and report what official or cfflotala were more immediately charged with the proteotloa und preeervaUon of aald patois etores, and by whose act cr seta, either of omission or commission, it was, that said publio storm, or any portion thereof, fell into the hanUa of theoremy. Rmolmed, further. That for the purpoee of tue luvaatlgaUon indicated by these rraolatlona, the satd committee bs empowered to send for persons and papera, aad to compel their presence and production. Agreed to. Mr.

Biltob, or Florlde. opposed that por- Mob of tne reaolatloa authorising the committee to send for and papers, npoa the ground tbat It might oall from -heir posts of daty persona whom testimony waa essentitil to impartial Investigation. Mr. Foots was surprised and mortified at tho views expi.si-d 9 tha geutlemau from Florida. One of the highest duties resting upon the Home waa the laveetigatloa pubdo grievances.

This body was the grand Inqut.iticn of the naMon, and if it tailed to do is duty, the seats of tbe members ought to be He conld ccc no harm to result fr a glil scrutiny of the acts of public servants, aad aed InvMtigaUou aa the nubile good. Mr, Atkiks, of to say a word In support of the lutlon of colleague. U. thought un invt.tlgat—?u entirely proper with r.f.reuoe to the conduct, of our ofhecr. la Kentucky and He wse sorry, Itowravor, that -he dr bate upon this raaointton was a public or-, the investigationshould have iv tin no ng tinst of "the i eondnet lt was propoecd to lavee-Kate; ro -gainst Johnston bathe would bi recreant to nts trust, to the people oi Ten-ewes, ait- to the of tae Confederate Btates, if frilled to bear te-uimouy 11 ths and gross w.i.h lend ihe eoaunaadof our In th.

thonghtihe or me ie ni! an i vets tige tun. Gea Jotinstoq bad command of owe foreenth rr, he proven bi'ae-'lf teeompeteut, aad 1 wae win enough ro u.ira'e rhe whsaaman tenahat- becan.e of incomp.i-1 ey. to remove blm. Oen. Johnston had iratibe he people of Teineeieoaiid of bf4 army.

Ha be.d not, and fcr.d never, w.rd hi pr.triotli or hU donMed, obi the people of W'nand Middle aoati never be rai.id nnder him again. Give them a le in ability and milltiry still tbey have confldenee, and the ejus of wonld rally beneath tae tri-barred banner, and flttht for the g' irioua caar-e which Inaplred etch of glory atKort Mr. fjwm, of nn wished to be understood as not Btnad-ng forth as the apologist of Gen. Johnston. He had seen it that, whsu the Federal army smered the town of Olarisvile, no Union feeling was found there.

The friends oi the (south sto.d firmly by her ns tbey did lv the ot the war. He vlndieatsd the loy.il population of East and rpad an extract from the let er of a little Oct 10 years of age to show feeling wbich snlira iter? 'he people in that auction. Kjobe, ol regretted that the discussion hud talten r-o wide a range. He ceivsd to be hisdnt-y to voice ia vindication cf if-e leputationcfagaUaataad who bad his (jcnntrv tocg and Ke reviewed at Romeicnith the eircurastancss rarro-ndicg Gen. Johnston from the he assam'd command of the army in to tne time of the surrei der of aushvitto.

wanted th' ton to go on, however, that a patriotic and ctilvalr.us might et-cd trlumpbanrly vlndloaod favored the Investigation, believed tbe blame fcr our disasters rested elsewhere, and upon others, rather than Gen. Jobn-fon. Mr. Foots asked if the gentleman wonld ad vocate the cou iinnar.ee ot any man lv com mand when tbe Idlers under blm had lost confidence In him Mr. Mooaa replied tbat be would not, bat that otject wae tbe vindication o' tne patriotism and chivalry of v.

gallant officer Mr. Amiss remarked that ne one baa saaultsd tne patriotlam or cfalv try ef Mr of Lrv, coiled the previous which woe sustained, a 'd tbe r.eolations being put apon their passage, were agreed ti. Mr. loots offered resolations, to be referred to Military Oommittee, embrseing inqa rim tat-, the conduct, namber, disposition, Ac of the army under A. 8.

Upon this a warm debate ensued, which was participated in by Messrs. Foots aad Atkibs, of Tenpeteee, and Menra. Gbat, ol Texas, and Davis, sf Mississippi. Ths resolutions being pat upon their the vote was called for by yeas and naye, and resulted, yeas ns, naysSS. Mr Rote-Sb, of Virginia, the following resolution, which was adopted Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be Instructed to inquire into tbe of reporting a lull miking raw Treasury uotea a legal tender In rhe payment cf debts daring tbe of tbe present wnr for Independence.

Mr. Ba-dwib, of Virginia, presented a letter from ihe President of the Bans of unu was referred to the committee of Wrys aud Means. Mr. Uo-COBBB, of Virginia, presented a memorial relating to tbe w. ft referr.u.

Mr. of off.r.d a bill to provide for the election of a'printer to this Uoase; wutcb, on mo tion, to the Committee on Printing. from the Judiciary Committee, reported back tbe bil. to regu-ate toe appointmein ot of- tars, and auned that it bs laid upon the Al o. a bill for fit ing the time for the meeting of Congress.

apon the table. mo, a resolution th-1 the usual number of tha report ol the Attorney General be printed for the use of tne Houae. Adopted. Mr. Mojkm naked that the resolutions on eequestration and oonnscation be Wis upon the -a le, ar.u the commlttsaclscbiitg-d ironi thsir further eonaUl Mr fiorn ins Committee of and i leans, r.i*ori*-d back u.e bill with reference to tue issue of Confederate notes, und nrovid'Uf wnr is-tj wblch ha inutd i u'd bt I.d upon the table, wit recaurmecd-- lion thn it ri i Altu.

a bill relating io ms-ens, which the Committee ou Ciaima. Mr. Mi-Bs, turn the Military reported declaring neesoai -Mil b. duty; wblcn was ordared to be printed and made tbi order of the day lor mluor bills reported Horn the aams com tnittee, one of which, In ref. to eolut db tor the army, was maue ths speetal order for A-SM-MsLT Off Mobbsl, March The wae exiled to order at 18 o'elcek by the Prayer by Bey.

Mr. Hease Mil deslarlng "the power, at boards of exemption, and to impcm penaltiee on members of each boards for usurping powers not oorferred on was referred to the Committee ou Military Alain. Bonm bill autooriting of the Culpeper Minute Men and tbe Culpeper B'fies, was a mended and laid on ths table. Mr. Dat, deaato: from Isle of Wight, row to a psrsoaul explanation.

He elated tbat when a call of the Senate was muds, few aince, he had gone home to attend to matters of IMpsrliaa neeesal Thr explanation waa dssmsd pertoctly aaUsfaoiory by tbe bill to amend the let, Ttk aad llth motions of aa act, entitled "an act to rules troops to mset the rv-smettlos on Virginia hy ths President of ths at-tec," "paami Pehroary ia, IMS. was tokea ap and passed. The Senate adopted a reaolatlin dlrsotlng Otork to proenre pamports for to lsave ths elty. hill changing Horn of Pnlaaki nnd Wythe eon-Use was tokea up nadjpamed; nlao, hill for the relief of the aeenrttlea ol Mo O. Dose, lata sheriff of Campbell connty.

Mr. A-nnnsea msde aa nnsuceessfa: endeavor to take on and nam ths bill for -removing arcbl vas belocgiag to ths Court ef from The hill tend the r-eaatelteaambsr of Umm and wonld have paiaan, hot the abosaee of number Of genet-re, wh nseessary 10 AU Wile oa the -Header adraaosd a wa-Tifd-r hoar af udjeurameat. Baaaaaaay, of Mr. rsasahdad rule the morning a pepers. 11BLEOATBS.

Mos-ar, snare- le, The Rocae met at the usual hoar. The Seuate bill to re-enact an of fie ton vention, eatendlng the jurtsdiSUen of tbe Coarta In cerisln oasea An set for tae relief of indigent ecldlera the military aervice of the btitto, and for the relief of the widows and orphane ef such persons ns hnvs died, or who may hereafter die, in the mill tor eervtce of the State. Aa set to authorise the nee of tbe Jails of Ihe State hy tbe Confederate States, for the cafe.keeping of frssnegrots arrested by military authority. A a aot declaring portion of New river lawiul fence. An act to prohibit ths emejiofr-atlon of alavea hy will.

An act 1-eorp-M-uttng the Savlnfrs Bank for earnings cflloe of ths city of fetchmo ad. Mr. Oaonsa called up the bill relative to changing the names cf Buchanan and Boot oountiee, and moved to substitute ths nnms of Be wen for that ot Buchanan. A lengthy dlscus-on occurred npon this bill, which was participated In hy several members. Some objection was made to tbe name of Bowen, and many names ware te supply Its place.

The bill was finally laid upon the table. The Senate bill to prevent certain vlolutione of Sundiy waa takes up, aad elicited a very interesting and lull debate between Messrs. Robsrt-on and la opposition to ths to some of Its principles, nnd by Thos. H. Wynne aud Hunter In its advocacy.

lor BotrLorw offered an -mend-tent prohlbltiigall persons from shootlrg, ranging or flshinr apon Sunday, "on the lands of After further dltouaaton, participated In by Mr. Greene In opposition to ths bill, ths of Mr. Bouldln was agreed to. Tbe qa-'Ftlc-n then recurring apon the bill, It wr.s noas 23. The bill to refund taxaa where, by reason of tbs preteno ot tbe foe, no benefit could be di-rlve-1 froni aald license, was calwd np aud led to a dehate.

Ii finally laid uson the table. Tbe Mocsa adjourned at ball-past two o'clock uutil ll M. to-day. the seselon Mijor-Qeneral Robert L-eosterfd thtrHill, and attracted general attention mm LOCAL. MATTERS.

Arrests by tke Provost MarskmVs Forco. The followmp parties weis ai rested yesterdayand eouiinitted to tbe Provoet Tirf.oc, Sim ite IP. Carnsi, a native of Wnshi-gtO-) D. und son of ITathaniel fcruierly iv the piuno busines-- in Kichmond, and Muj. Chas.

Wiiliams, of Frederlckrburjr, Va. Tho Later arrest was by D.tee ive Geo. W. for the use of seditions laiihf. The grounds of f.rreit we did lwarn.

He lately from Wkehingfoa, and, it ia said, while tbero, ro release iiiaiaeif from arrest by the Govcr-irnm--. 'took the He mar-rind Virgiaia, and it pers.nally a man of hoe und Yesterday momi'ig a from him in one of the v' pipers d.ncanoina; th-- author or autb of c.riain prejadieial to his slant-tig a man. Arresi cf Counterfeiter Jas. W. Ooodrich, of the Treasury Department, atler greet exertion and the expenditure of a oon.ider_.le araoant of su eded yesterday la overlieuliri- another one of Ute aesomplieoa of Georire Euro in the lobbery of Traasnry notes from tho e-tablishment of Hojer At Ludwiir, street The party gave his name as Wm.

Crawford, ami is said to be the seme oue heretofore known la connexion with the robbery as "Flem Ratter." He other aliasos, also, wm was oommitrsc to ihe county il, will soon be broaght before (V.minxsbioner Watson for examination. Af rival of Paroled Three United t.tate_ pfE.ers, who' surrendered to Major General Earl Vau-Dorn in Texas last summer, and were paroled to return home, arrived ia this city from the South en Sandny night, sud reportiuir to the Provost Marshal were rs s'gued by Mm quarters in "Castle We learned from them last night that ihey bad been nearly a month in making the jour ney from Texas to this point. The brief conversation held with them night impressed ns favorably towards them as gentlemen of modesty and intelligence. Officers in onr army, formerly serving in the army of the late Union, may recogaizs their names, whioh are as follows: J. V.

Bomford, Major oth Infantry, and Brevet Lieut IT. 8 A Z. R. Bliss, Capt. Bth Infantry, and O.

Van-Horn, Lieut. 8 Infantry. Hustings Court. regular monthly term of the Ha.st._gr* Court commenced yesterday. The following parties charged with felony were mined and sent on to be tried before Jndge Lyons Jno.

Foley, charged with the larceny of $'29 in bank notes; John and James Berry, boys, charged with ons stabbing, Patrick Jacobs, stealing a watch John FriU Kreibel and Joan £. Lehmono, murder, and Austin Connolly, for re eeiving stolen goods. The Court sets again today, when another batch of criminals will be temporarily disposed of. Mayor's Court. extraordinary do mand upon oar space compels as to dispose oi the proceedings before this Court in the brief est manner possible Mary and Elias Vanderlip, who keep ar oys'er saloon on Broad street, appeared answer a charge of making a violent demon apon several of their easterners, anc were required to give IV) bail for their good behavior.

Mayo was fined for em ploying coal cart withont having his in ltiais and the number of the vehicle paiutei thereon. M. Taylor was lined foi permitting a pile of rubbi-li, bricks, die, reni-in in the street between the Dock ant dry street. Newton was be-iuse his servant had been caught tyinir i horrte to a city gas lamp, on the Gth iust. ease was continued.

slave of Dr. Mc Caw, was ordered 25 on a conviction for steal ing a lot of candles, soap, and sugar, from thi C-im-orasto Hospital. Military Board of Exemp tiona for the city of Richmond site to-day a 10 o'clock, in the Grand Jury room, at thi City Hall. AU persons having- valid excuse! for not turning out in the militia can appea before the Board and proffer the same fo con.idertuior. Some chant-en bave mad' in tde places of for of thi 40,000 troops called out by the of Gov.

Letcher. TUesu cha'-i-es are iin-ior tan' to ilia parties concerned, and their at tention is dlraetai to the mitter qneelioii Se'-e'-pl no.ice* of onirtpani-B in process liization are unavoidably postponed anti to-morrow. Boggs's ArtSleru Wi um'er t'i-at Oapt has had many of for Lis bsUalioa of Ligh Of the namber offered he has se lected three, now wishes another fron Virginia, nnd one from without the State, i they enn report for master by April lst- Tkia battalion proirisee to be a splendid com mind. We learn that 8 Taylor Mar tin, aud Lisa's Hoiliday and GarneM, are re cmitiag oompany in thia city for this battel lou, and, from the of tbe gentlemei engaged, doabt not that Ihey will soon obtuii their, number. Elliott ga-lonteonpany, com asanded by Oapt.

Louis F. Booaieaz, ami mostly composed of residents of Manchester bus bean atationed ainoe entering the aervioi at Fort Nelson, Norfolk hard As will bt seen by an adve; of the Captain, thi Grave all determined to re-enlist, am wish increase their effective foroe to men. It is hardly possible that they will have to wait for the number they desire eompleto their complement. Dumtsted maa Linton waa before tbe Huatinga to bi examined for the eommiaaion of a petty lar cony alleged to have been committed by bin aome-few wseka The property fount In poaaeaeion of Linton eoaaiatod of aa axi aad aa old coat, whose money valne inconsiderable. No witness appearing him, the Court let him off.

A Meeting of City Council was yesterday evening, to take aome notion ii reference to the exemption of city ofleeri from militia doty A committee was appoint ed to the exemption of J) mdni Y. Af. I MHUIM Toaai Ob-fitt-fTi will sight at thsir eoraar Bask aad Ita mroeto. wiU lad It i 1 piawal aaaad hour. GREAT HAVAL PA-motn-Aiw Mrpa.

tnre of EuemJ Cumberland aad Congress of tha Fight, Ws copy from the Norfolk fey Booh, of yesterday, the subjoined graphic deecrlptlon of the great Naval battle oa the Bth nnd Mh of March: On the morning of the Sth, the ateam frigate Virginia, Flsg Officer Franklin r-nchanub. Commanding, left her at the Dock-Yard, aad, attended by ths eteem-tnge "deaufort," Lieut. Commending Parker, and the "Raleigh," Lieut. Commanding Alexander, atenmed down the harbor. lt was a gallant sight to seethe Ironclad Leviathan gliding noiselessly throngh tbs water, living the pear oa of ksr commander nt tho fore dig-staff, and the gay Confederate ensign aft Not the le-et Impressive thought which she suggested, wus ttiat hsr gallant craw, nndsr commander and offlebra w.nby to direct their destiny and defend the flag she bore, went thue boldly with smiles and hoaais to solve a new problem lv maritime make the "trial trip" of the the trial of Nor could any man behold the little tngs with their gay ensigns nt peak and masthead, tbeir battle flags set, steaming tn her wake, without an emotion of admiration for the brave men they thus bore, aad a prayer for their deliverance lv the of all eama the Port Admiral with a stuff of naval offieera.

Tbua down ths barbor, past tha wharves, thronged with eager dta-ena, at the batterles.tmjose parapets were dark with soldiers, stnamea tbe rquadron. Thiough iw; barrfoadw acd then tne put hw helm aud look the Meantime thf morning was still as that of a-ahbith. The two mgnhm lay with their boat, at the booms wash lv the rigging. Did they see the long dark hnll Ha-i they made Her out? it Ignorance, apSthy, or compc-ture 89 tbe qaesnoi's we ub we steamed acrots tne fl to south of the frigate, with the two gallant lit'le gunboats ou our star board heading uo for the enemy. Our were solved the heavy boom of a gun from aeyoid "JswiU'e Point.

The reverberation rolled across the eun-lit water and died away, b-it still the clothes baas In ihe rigging, still the boa's toy at the booms. pan, (twenty minutes peal broke on the air, and tug a'arted from Newport whtle at same time ethers left Old Point, taking the channel Inside Hampton bar. Bte.iHly, with grtm rmd ominous silence, the Virg nta glides through tbe water, ateaally nrd with valor the Beaufort and Raleigh folio aod whore she led. At ten minutes to two, aria, gun from one of these 11.tie v-sesls rang out, w. whit? puff fr.ira her consort Still clothes ihe still th-.

boats at tae boom? this cunfld-ncet lt could not be Ignorance. Old lt mean torpedoes, sntimt.ri.ie batteries, ta fernal machines Tbe gunboats have Irfdagain, and lo 1 hereaway to the were tne K.anoke and rising ilka proiilgtoua above the placid wtuer, tne aador the second yi tow. ('the- of smoke, other sharp from the gunboats, but the Virgin l-i goes on iteadily, silently to do work. Now the frigate, the Cumberland, now ibe aboard, not- Seweii'e Point now 'hs ia, now the Roane Ke, now the air with the caunonadu Now Virginia delivers both bread-Hire, now she full against the now, now the smoi clears away und sh. to ire up James rivdr.

This at 22 to 2. Toe Congress now lets fall foreiop-atl and the- the main, acd so, ulth a tag alongside, start- down the North chnnnel, where the-Uaaoaotn has grourded, and presently rune plump ashore. Meanwhile the Virginia opens upon tha Yankee fort; alowly she sts back, unci the Cumberland, sunk now to ber white streak, opens upon her again A gallant man fought 'hat worthy ta have a better csuse. Gun after gun a tared; lower and lower sank his ship; bin Inst discharge comes from hla pivot gnu, the slip lurch.c to starboard, now bis flag out wildly, and now the Cumberland goee down on ncr beam ends, at obo-j a monument and an epitaph of the gallant men who fought her. The Virginia stops.

Is she aground And the iialeigh and Bsaufortl glorious Par ker I glorlona Alexander! there they are on the quarters of tbe Congress hammering away, and creeping np closer and cloeerali the time. At ten minutes to 4 tbe Congress struck. Parker hauled down the ensign, run ap his own battle flag in ita place; there the heroic Tayloe. who fonght the Fanny at Island and Eli-ib-th City, got hla the gallant young Hatter alt shot by tbe dastards who fired from the chip and shore when the white flag was flying at tbe main aad of the Congress! Here, too, and In tbe same way, Flag-Otn-ar Bucbauan, and Flag-Lieut. It were worm cd.

Now, tbe James Klver gunboats, whom dark bad been aeen against the blue distance ever since o'clock, came dashing along past the chore batteries. Tucker, the courtly and chivalrous, leading the van with the Jamestown, B-iney, olose aboard, aad th Utile Teaser, Lieut. Webb, In her a bow! egged bml-dog in chase of the long, lean, stt-g hounds. It waa a gallant daeh, and once past the ter.es, ths two nsavy vesaela took position In line, of battle, whtle the Teas-r daabed at the Minnesota, looking no larger than a cock-boat, aad rig.t well she maintained the honor of her fl-g and the appropriateness of her Now the Roanoke puts her helm up and de ellnes the battle. Now the Virginia ie thundering away again.

Ths Teaser is stil 1 closer In. We are closer comee a shell ahead; pr-seat'y another astern; Anally a third, with a clear, sharp whlaz, Just over bead, to tbe great delight of the Commodore, wbo appreciated the compliment of these good stints, which were the last of ax directed shots at the "Harmony." Now the achooner cornea foaming along, cat oat from uuder the chore batteries, she reports, nnd la op in charge of noting G-ibbs. "Xnd neat the guttant rune down. Parker steps aud bring-on bor.rd the great piece of banting we saw hauled down just now. biiogs also some thirty prlgoners and come wouaded wounded under that white flag yonder desrcrated by tho Yankees.

One of these Ilea out, decently coverei over, gasping oat hla life on ihe.tt-ck—a Yankee shot through a. head, all bloody and ghostly, killed by tne l-lium-n fire of hla own people. Another pil- and stern, ihe Captain ol the He infori'a gun, lies there too, a noble spec men ofn man who has since gone where tbe weary are at A gallant.man, a brave We shake hands with Parker, he geia b-th to hla slightly wounded, as Is lex ruder also, ana ateartts back gal-1-ntly to the fight. The Putriok Henry, J.meetown, the Teaser, the Hem 1 tbe Kaleigb, and the grand o.d Virginia are ail thundering away. We steam down and i tpoak the flr-t.

We hear a report of we shake banes with we -tiov. off, cheer, and eteam towards tbe vrs onannel. Pr throngh the thtckent.ig gloom, we see a red glare; It grows larger, andbrl.bter, r. end redder. Itoreepe higher and nlgb.r, and now after gnn booming on the still night, tbe lire rant hes them; ths batteries of tbe in discharged across thunder, lt was a grand eight to see; ana by light ef the barring we made oar way back to Norfolk At 11 the actor retribution waa oompiete, fcr at thnt i our, with great noise, she blew sp.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Wo append further details of ths fight, with an aeoonat of the casualties oa both STTAon or. Ths Virginia on hsr and getting within point blank range, fire her bow ssverai times, and ran imo hsr, atrlklcg her fairly with her rem, whioh m.d-.her reel to and fro and sent her speedily ro the bottom; bnt while going down, we the after gun of the Cantberiand was discharged at ths Virginia, with What li Jury not. The object in first getting rid of ths Combeilmd was prohabit to destroy ths very heavy armament which that frigate earned, tt being the heaviest la the Yankee Navy. The officers aad crew of the Cumberland madomneir eecape aa beat they could, many of them bs.ug captured by oar gunboats.

Tbe w.ended on board It Is believed wens down with vessel. rumen ooseamu Virginia nest tamed her attention to Ue Congress, Which -easel, it Is aaid, gallaatly restated har Inevitable fate for nearly aa hoar; hat anally finding abip rapidly Btokiag, ahs hauled down her colors and msds for the beach, where aha was run as high aground ns possible. Her officers and crew mere token off by enr gnn boats, nnd whisaabe had her dag of trace hoisted, aad was being relieved of ber Milled sad wonnded by our hosts, aa shore at Nserport News, dtaegardleg ihe dag of trace, with Mica le mnaheU, lead Into her, aad hlttadeeieralof their own aaea aad alighUy woaaned In the arm Mr. John Hopkins, one of onr pilots, engaged with the ts aad taking off the head of a -dent. Smith, aad ll birally tore the ship to it.

nns.fl trr. While the enguganu-nt was rotng on hetwesn the two and tha Tlrglnin, the steam frigate Minnesota pat out from Old Point to thsir nssiatance. Bus laid well ever towards Mawe, but cut of ths ranga of enr hattertcs Point, wbten opened oa her, with what we r.T9 ni arris to any, bat replied to them without any damage whatever. Ths got aground whaa within a mtleor two of Newport Mews rolnt. Tbere ihe stack, aoable to get off.

whtle the Uonredfrateeteam. era Patr ck Henry nnd Jamestown ptppered ber with their b-tterlee, while the Virginia waa attending to the shore bitter lee nt Mewport News Tbe frigate Bt. then came up to tbe assistance of ths Minnesota, and she also got aground, aad a steam frigate, Bupnoesd to be the Roanoke, put off from Old Point with the Intention, It Usur-posed; bat seeing the havoo which the Tlrgtnta was playing wl'h ths Federal vessels, she put back to Old Point. Tbe Virginia had two men kl'led nnd some five or six wounded. A shot entered the port 1 hale and e'-raok the gun on ths knocklag off a piece nine iaebee long.

tho which waa immediately repl-iced by another of the fame calibre, i Captain Buchanan and Lieutenant Minor, of the Yirglntrt, are said to be former ellghtly, tbe latter severely- On board Patrick Har a shot entered one of her ports, we naderstaud, aad phased throngh cue of her boilers, dlsabliag It. She was compelled to haul off temporarily for in re warn four men kit and I three weanded on bard of her. Other dam- I age DCt material. On b-ard tha gunboat Baletgh, Mldahlp- was killed. pbisbs.

Several small prlaes Were said to have been I token by oar gaaboats from the Yaabeee, one of which, the cehooner Btlndeer, was bMPght up to lha Kavy-Tird on "aturday bight. Tviootbert; to eurtlarl over to Pig Point on TH3 B-TTLB OB -Some occsrred on board the Vlr. glata oa Sunday morning, we learn, or she wonld have commenced the engagement much fj o'clock; at wr.tch time She, tof-etber with ihe Patrick Henry and town, and oar her gnu boats, opened flic on the Minnesota, which sMI Dae htrd and fast aground. Tne tide being at tbe ebb, the Virginia did tike ohaniel where rhe lay. for-fear of grcusdlug, setting wltbtn good range of her, she oj'uned lire with terrible effect, completely rlcd lag and at tV.rt I'ctnp necem.ry to prevent be: trooi tilling.

Early tne mc uiag, Erri.i.n now tailed IheMeuaoj; was off Newport N. ws Point, shf- gan. up there during the night. A encoun er soon took place between her and the Ylrgi-ita, duriug w.i. ihey were nut mora than 85 or 40 yards apari.

Uufortanaoly, the Virginia inn nground, her advintage, pcrred shot 1 r.ft.r shot In bsr, but tiny neroiisi 1 a assort while, ever, the Vlrgini ca, and rtflng on fall of sts-nn. run bow Into ihe doing, as it age. are rejoiced to say that Ing toa dring ems mueti henvier en ih.rs w.re no menalttae en of our a man seir-g In the lnast Injured by shots from the enemy or otnerwise. al of the entmy's gunboats bring wi thin they ware or ed aitn a s'asll cr two the with en iv sjahing ot layitgalang-alde had a shel: thrown r.eii'dof i.er, whlehoa tore l.er sent tier to the i m. completely riddled the Mlnner-ta, ana the Kt.

and Monitor, becldes, as ataied above, destroying several cf the enemy's a word, having acc.mpl.shed all that they designed, und n.v- I Ing no material to work noble I left the their rind rs. urned to tbe yard, where they await an- other opportunity of displaying their pro- West. The enemy's loss, killed and wounded, dur- Ing the tw.day'ebutrle,ie exceedingly large, and eettmated at from eta to twelve hundred. Tne eoene around tbe Qongreee is represented as heart-. Jekeclng.

The officers of the Beau- fort, who raa alongside or her on Siturdiy I light, and wbo boarded her for the purpose ot removing the wounded, and who were brutally dred upon by the enemy while ongaged In this work of mercy to their own kith and kin, represented the deck of ihe vessel aa literally covered with the dead and -Mag of them asstres as th.t as bs win: from far" to aft, his sn well nigh bnried in blood and brains. legs, nod heads, were frond se.tteie_ lv every dl- i rectlon, while and th In the egonles of death, wonld bs found poor deluded wretches, with their breasts turn completely out. I Cf tbe crew ol the Cumberland bat few 1 survived to tell the tale. As ebe went down her crew went with ber, except come few 1 who were taken as prisoners by ns, and a few others who escaped to the shore Out of the I five hnndred aboard of her. It Is estimated tbat not oyer a hundred at most escaped, tbe remainder being killed onr shot or drowned as the vessel went down.

Of coarse, the greater part of these on board tbe gaahoom wars also drowned, aethers waa notauffl-tent time for them to have made their eacapa. Added to thla, very many la the campe of the enemy at Newport were killed by tbe shells whioh ibe Virginia threw among them. On oar aide ihe iou waa Indee- small, and when we consider the storm or shell to wnlch at times they were snhjeeted, we can bat wonder while we re.oioe that co few of suffered injury. Oa ihe Virginia there were two killed and eight wounded. Among the wounded, we r.gret to men ton, Cant Baehaainand Lt.

Minor. Thise wounds, however, we are ippy to state, are but slight. On the Ralvigh, Midshipman Mutter waa kt led, and Captains Tayloe and Alexander wounded, the Ant-mentioned ulte severely. on the Beaufort. Gunner nad two aeamen were wonnded.

was all the damigesust.il' ed by this vessel among hsr msn. Two Yankee prisoners ab.aid of her were struck by the balls of tt eir lriends, ons of them -ilisd aad the other ely wounded. The former was. standing ia tlii door of thi W-rdrob? at the the Be w.ai alo gtHe ih. Congress, und oneof showor sent by ibe enemy on from their Minnie hlraou ths forehead, peuatraiing his brain and killing him almost instantly.

On ths Teaser, one man wounded very slightly. On the Patrick men were killed nnd three wonnded. While the loss sf tbs eaemv Is counted by hundreds, oars, as will be seen from tha above, amounts to only seven killed and 17 wonnded. Tbia loea on onr ptrt, as small aa lt la, waa aot tbe work of the ea.iny's thou trom their vessels, bat the m- 'It, for ihe moat of the fire ot muskets -torn shore During the con teat the mnlnmsst of ths Baleigh was esrried The flag-starT. of the Vtrglala were also out down.

Ttro report that -he waa fired by the Federate to prevent her falling into our la without a -hadow of trti'h. Shwas fired by hot shot from tbe VI-suit, for flri Into our while ahe hat a fl.g of truce at the flying, after she had Btru.k 1 colore and sur rendered to as. Among the prla mere takeu off the was ihe slave aHnt, the liramrr. ond, cf thta ciy, eeeaped to the enemy some time in Oct btr List. He la sow aafe, having reachf his home sooner, 1 and i.r dirterei.t than an' spa ted.

On ths arrival ot the Tlrrtnta at tbs yard, her men wer. mustered and addressed by commanding offloer In terms of prsiae fr their noble bearing daring tiis engagement. 1 They with hearty aad expre.sad a again rs-wnt-t tbe ecaaea throngh whictx they had joal 01 tui ity prewired The injury a.stataod by the Patrick cary jtas rreat aa at wing ao tritlio that a tew hoars' repairs were flclor 110 hsr In leadinea. f.r action. The officers of ths Virginia 1-pieces tod as having aotod with the utmost con rsge and bravery daring ths 00a tost.

It related of Captain Bach-Ban thnt daring tbe thickest of the light he remained on tbe the Virginia, and tbat bs discharged musket nftor maakst at tbe enemy as wsrs beaded up to him. It waa exposed that ha the woand of which mention above. It le aald thnt nil of the batteriee oa Mew, port Newa were el eaeep our shot nnd ebon Chrowa with such snerlng aim nnd amoag the astern that great nambers ef them wme killed aad woandsd. of the lambia rooosrninm la tho popular air of "MutyUuA, my note for 0010, nn old Germaa ditty, to my least headred years old, mostly favored by eervan ts aad little children in (termaay, espsciniiy about Ohrtaimas time; for the eeme la praise of the ptae trsa whleh Utter heoomm at that gnat of nil. Germaa beet la eo-oalled low tbas: flaaailisai, Mmmuekmrnt, ude groeu tdud dtut Tae mama has beea etoimed as of a Bed-more from puhtto ttr pradsaUal ray ft coact.

rsa Pat trsts March tue of the poem oa Kimon nnd Jekyl'a Ulaada, whlsh an bob need two weeks ago, has led to their cc. enpatloa by the Yankees raw tarn. was timely removal, as It would have been Idle to Jeopard as the eafoty cf aval command In deflsnce ef totally indefensible aaeleae battery. The order eenae tlms lea-lag tt wttn Gen. Mercer.

oommaadUg la that neighborhood, to s-rry tt oat whenever It sseated proper to hla Jadgment the Tnahsaa gain lt tue hy th.lr new acqau.tio_a,slne* Ua battertsa hare been dismantled aad the plantations on ths Islands hud been for months deserted; ltU not Improbable, however, tbat our bragging fees will represent the capture as I very tmportent, and ths notion aroared Immense. While occupying these which are on poelte to one another aad completely com m-nde the the warthy command' Inn dUputeda regard to the relative atrength of their btttertee, tm credibly informed va artillery between them, one omoer retiring trom the dlapute and opening are upon his learn that the bat.cry commanded by a Ooi. oii-l whose nsme ta familiar throughout tha Confederate States, returned the aad ansa oompellf hla an tsgont-t to hoist ths flag. Most for tuna no man wasujarea, tbough the epaalmeat of one br.ttcry wm conaidsrably damaged. Nothing new has transpired Is oarsslghborhcil.

Ibe Ye-kess are sot I run aaured, and on tthe other oar woiks are being placed In good order and completed, as many ot them ar. altt bombproof -beltersfor the tn, leaving oaly a few gunners nyts-o at a time to tbe tire of enrmy. The guns now ready to bear apoa any flast may come ap cg-tast Port r.r-*:: fll. tent to cope with the force the YaLke.B oan ormmand. Towards the relief cf Fort Pulaski nothing hoi beea done.

I i-nru by a letter, tbat In Klchmondllla fcelU-ved that win fall. Voa are aware ot mg ep.ul-r. ss it is worth. I do not think it en bo fi-en at br sites, some yery fortuitous eh. nee should have an enemy intently and ready to avail himself .1 any moment of wettkneia or relaxed vigilauoe.we are sotal, tog.

ther sate; but with car means well disposed as they are, we have co great caste of nuke tsiaJ be 1 aeenred it wlil be a sad a Btinggle. II my last I what was her regarded as thoanahahla by whioh the Yankees hoped to be ahto to Fort nnd open lha way to the city of Ha; vaanab and Uie of tbe two milllouscf bales cot'on whtaa Uiefisreldhaa iroml-ed to the i.tirv.ag work, people of 1-anoe, tv reward for two patteai Wonderful of tbs oracle of Kiw York vsgaboatU, on ttrn tt property or foes not jet la tae reach li' that latter I ths isle.nd on which ths i would letaet a bat lory va AlvaraCo I of the name, throngh the -D's -i-nsicr of my Infi 1 bean tsam remainus 1 thars described them, aJihough 1 add that Ib gineral tbat tbey have already oommeuocd work on that position. 1 Next mor.th ts a warm ta this ladtads, and, lt the winter does not "linger too 1 long In th'- lap of an-tceediogly nncomfortable one for tne occupants of oar islands ai marshet. The pre- I villa that they will not be able to bold their present poaltlont during oor summer) but I ihlrkltts an error. Had we a to deal with who regarded the life of hla meaPaaof any it might be bat the reckless dttngard which char the Yankees, compel me to think they will p-rmit the decimation ot their force by 1 all the diseases incident to our low coast aad warm climate before abandoning ibe inlands.

They have spent muob money aad incalculable labor In improving tbe harbor of Port Royal, and the of Hilton Head: for It the nnme cf sport, If we take Into consideration tbe namber oi ships constantly nuder its prot-ction, snd the improve. i ments which energetic Tansees have vlied: eaoh as railways, qa.ys, aad cease, ways, acroes the extensive marsh's tbe Island and the main land, or, rather, otbor islands, rloaer to the mala. The 1 railroad ny st have proven of -Treat sat jto them, as it snao'ed a rapid movsment te be mads from one of the island tetke other, from which can ilsialy be 1 discerned, and tne embarkation for a very sho-t voyage to the coast of Georgia below, lat any point they might design to attack. It 1 ia not to be that all this would have been proieced for ihepurpose of being abasdoted wbsn the climire and position aad other con intent di.adr-ntagee could hays i be-n moat leadiiy calculated before. Me.

I tbey may suffer, they may die of bat rsw sacrifices will be kept constantly on tha altar of the fell destroyer which seeks lv vietlms amoag the strangers who may eorae within hie domain it may cripple resource so mack as to preveui any active neeaare against us; It may allow tbs to strike a blow at them, bnt no more. I treat that much good may result froa our approacht ag summer to us. 1 Saturday last sail of tee were layingoff Warsaw. On Baaday morning only Aye were tbere waea the son rose and disclosed to view the upases of water la the tonnd. During the night the remaining sixteen qotetly slipped tkeir uad were off to no one knows where, nor oan conjecture he of any avail.

It Is not very probable that they bave and they may yet tarn sp la the neighborhood of Branawlak and tbe of bt- Simons and JeYyl, wrlch were abaedoaerj. Theiieces-ty of xuarding their against rebel curloliy leads me to think tkst lt Is eucli et i-di ion agaltet oor not very fo nitdnbie, nor as any 1 other than atorav ni. This day aasrmbllug of thsmliitla of tbe city 01 Stvanuah and am eoaaty i totU place. In acoordauce with Hon ol Govsrnor Browu, and -boat roe i thons-nd appeared 0.. the 1 ar and wereeaiied upon to volsraeer.

I The turn-out was very general- t. i saw among the man who conld not bs sabysoted to 1 and among them the antm 1 Vlee-Conaul. The trepidation which i cedes a dreaded day probably never was 1 more geaernl than, on this occnetoa, aaasu wbo were presented It tbe threa: which Gpveri or aeld 1 ofnilr'ft of all abiem-its Ou tf tbeir. re r.rtraber. tame exempted ordered to toad cannot exaggerate wh.n I td' oamo forward; all bad 0 some by rca'C r.f dlseaas, i call-ability, other c-cees.

were exempted mat wh.n tb- wsre fo. -e-hHlf dcs.n fotwsro. wm. compa-y alresdV volurtrered aad i aftwo mmdStmt and I 1 I er.minfc-i-sd VlMhe 1 tt 6 r-eonreea of the 0 issued Gov. wu'-i are the crmlac up npon all Ui pottug a or Tk I qni)r aftrr tpc agoo.l mtveut a time I I and the Gov.

Will nal lfetrnlne aat-ortors. will tovMeforfcia ro I I tormj It winkill hla Jp and ths soldier tis interest It; bst tl 1 i a I.