The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-11
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sembled in Petersburg Tussday evening to hea
Mr.. WISE but to the great disappointment of ever,
b b,dy, that gentleman failed to arrive. No one ap
peared to know why Mr.. Wise did not appear, bu
1t was und, nbtedly from some cause which he couls
not control Hon. r. X Meade briefly apologiztt
for the absence of the speaker, whereupon call
were made for Mr. Tim Rives of Prince George
who responded in a satisfactory speech. Mr. r.
Pryor, one of the editors OF the Richmond Enqui
| rer, was then called upon, and responded in felic
| itous manner.
DEATH OF AN EX.ARMY OFFIcER-Capt Ethan
A. Allen formerly of the u s Artillery died at bis
residence in Norfolk county on the 9Th inst in the
9th year of his age His disease was apoplexy.-
Capt. Allen was born in Vermont, was educated at
west Point, and served In the Army until it's re-
auction in 1921. His brother, Capt. Hannibal Al
zen oied while In command of Fort Nelson, Norfolk
haroour' about the year 1914 They were the only
sons OF Gen. Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame.
NORFOLK AND PETERSBURG RAnRoAD-This
work (says the Norfolk Argus) is being prosecuted
with all the energy and perseverance of which the
pressure OF the times will admit
ADJUsTED-From a card in the Abingdon Demo-
Graf, we learn that difficulty which has lately ex.
listed between Col Dunn and Dr. Campbell; has
been adjusted by mutual friends in manner which
meets their approval, and upon terms compatible
with the honor of both gentlemen.
| THIRTEENTH DIsTRIcT.-Mr. Ebert S. Martin
of Lee county, is announced as a candidate for
| Congress from the 18th district
THREE CRADLES WANTEp-So the Alexandria
| Sentinel says They wanted, it appears, for
three little pcicaninnies to which negro woman
in that place gave birth last Saturday All parties
| are thriving.
| THIEF CAUGHT.-A negro boy, belonging to ur-
| ner Dixon, has been arrested In Alexandria on
charge of stealing gold watch. The same boy
| confesses to have stolen lot of cigars from the
store of Robert Hunter, few nights since. The
Gazette understands that no judicial investigation
will be had, as the negro will be sent out of the
State.
| HIGH HPRICEs.-Negroes sold and hired at very
high prices in Abingdon and vicinity on New Years
| day.
| SoMNAMBUL1sM The Petersburg Express gives
an account of a young lady, in that place, who on
Monday night last arose in her sleep lighted
die, went down stairs and secreted various articles
| of her apparel under some wood in the garden,
| and then quietly returned to bed. On waking in
| the morning she sorey puzzled to find out
what had become of her clothes. search was
| instituted, which resulted 10 finding the clothes
| under the wood aforesaid
| OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
GEN WOOL AND SEC'Y DAVIS.
| The New York Times contains copies of two Off
| cal letters-one from General Wool, u. S. Armv.
to the Secretary of War, and the other the Secre,a
rys reply thereto. The letters are the closing ones
of voluminous correspondence between the Gen
and the War Department. 1t ltsppears that General
Wool complains, in effect that he has been the vic
tim of persecution at the hands of the admristra-
tion-that due credit for specific services has been
withheld from him; and generally, that he has been
| placed in false position.
The reply of Sec'y Davis is dignifed but severe
| The Times says
| 1t accuses General Wool of failure to obev his
Instructions with neglect of official duty, positive
| errors of judgment, inconsistency, and the want
| of system in the discharge of his duties 1t does
| not charge him with falsehood; and yet 1t seems
| to show decided discrepancies between the Gene.
rails statement and the truth; and it closes with,
delicately conveyed, but unmistakeable intimation
that he has lost the confidence of the President and
lost it too, in consequence of his own official acts
| correspondent of the Times gives the following
| as the secret history of the quarrel:
| Before General Wool went to the Pacific he en-.
tsrtained the suspicon-whether justly or not
| that the President was jealous of him as a rival
| candidate tor the Presidency; and am not certain
| but this suspicion was extended to include
the Secretary of War also. His appointment to
the Department of the Pacific was deemed a sort of
peace offering to satisfy the General that his suspi.
| cions were groundless
| 1t appears that this arrangement did not altogether
| convince the General of his error. He went to
California in frame of mind likely to obscure his
mental vision and TO give disagreeable coloring
to every administrative act to him His failure to
rebuke the attack upon the President by Senator
Foote, OF Mississippi at the complimentary dinner
given to General Wool, on his arrival at San Fran
| CISCO was naturally considered indication that
| cordial feeling OF friendship to the Admin istra
| ton was a stranger to his breast. His conduct
| since then, developed In his correspondence,
seems to slow that his unfortunate frame of mind
has been the occasion of much unhappiness to him
| self, and has betrayed him into of conduct
which his friends can view only with regret