Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-26
OLD NEWS.
The Charleston Courier makes the following extracts
from the New York Herald OF the l4.h: ''--


The Charleston Courier makes the following extracts
| from the New York Hsrald Of the l4.h; ''-
REDUCTION or HcfgL BoARD.-Anohg the most sigpi.
fcs signs OF The times is the razeeipg ITO lss uti-
cal tern) Of hotel Bills The hotel keepers themselves
sesmto be.eye to The necessity OF some such process
Accordingly SEQ the principal hotels OF New Yok
reducing their picss OF board euit the exigencies Of
the war The ST. Nicholas Metropolitan and other grea.
hotels bsye reduced their rates considerably The How
ard has como down from two doirs to cne dollar and
half per day.
ALLEGED FaAuD OF Army CosrRAcroRs-The Govern
ment is about TO Investigate the setei riuds commit
ted upon in TIE sale of horses furnished by Penns,
vanis contractors The irspcctor at PeryviIe, Nary
la6 within the last ten days has condemned be.wcen
four and five hundred frny wagons and notified the
manufss uIers to remove them. -'--' Dee e-.-t - ~
THr PR,yArRsR SUMTER Boston, Sep. 4.h, 1851
Capt. King of the brig Norhmsn, befvre reported con.
demned al SusiaaIn passenger il the brig huco-
yado which arrived at Bait more Sop. H. He states
that the pivateer Sumter arrived at Surinam August
and was anchor inside OF Fort Amsterdam the 23d
I OF August go -''-'i o. --t-.. -..--- .-,..- I'D
ANOTHER LaBoR FOR HERoULEs.-The ctz ms Of New
York. without respect to party or politics hye held
meeting tto refsrm abe city government generally, and
place honest men in nomination" Il viii be very dM
eult 10 find homes men enough In New York for al the
city Offices and more dcutto Rave them elected after
! nomination As specimen we-g give the names of the
committee Who Ike Diosepes, seeking honest men
| 3. Draper Owen Brennan, Moses Taylor, Robert T.
Haws, Isaac Bel, n. Grinne, J. B. Nicholson A r
| Emo, T. O. Doemus p Cooper, j. HoIis, VIM u all,
! H. Greeley, W. i. Havsmeyer, A. Garrigan. 0rson
! Blunt Isasc Sherman, james Kelly, K. H. Bitcbford,
George w Blunt, W. G. Hunt, u. f. Tieman
!. Tax NAriosAL LOAN, September lS, 6P. M-Conti,.
erably over million Of dollars was again paid into tho
Sub Treasury TODAY by Subscribers the national loan
The better he tu is understood. the general
is the conviction that the people owe it to themselves 10
subscribe and that they cannot do better even IN more
business poiut Of view with their nosey The letters
by the Africa that largo of fpregn capital
will bo placed 10 secui les as soon our 6nshcal
pocy is understood the other side. Ffom present
indications, the last corners win have 10 ply premium
to get any Of the seven tea mt notes.
sorrHfRs FuSps FLowna Orr The Nav York Herald
reporng the Money Market Of Sue 18th iastant says
! Foreign exchange took sudden start to-day. Bills on
London roae frcm l.! TO l0St for bankers and on
P,ri4 from S2I TO b3 The Sudden udvanceis gen,r.
ary believed 10 have afsen from heavy .remancs Of
Southern funds to the 10 order prevent
tempts to conf them hero. Commercial bills range
from lO7, 70 lost The mail isa heavy one for 8atur-
| day. - ''.-- 80 -t- ~
CoxxlrNrsr or WILLIAM IT. WIspEs TO FoRr LA1ArErTk
-trGHLY IrPoRrAS MT CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE HANDS
OF THE DErecIIvKs-LETrtRs rRoM SENATOR BRrcKiN
RIDGE, JsyFERsox DAVIS w. YAScEY RErsrsKsrA.
TIVE BuRskrr AND orHETs-PfREiSs AND BELros. &C.
- : s'-----s PmLADELrart, Sept ~, 1861.
| The csse of William H Wiuder did not come up this
afternoon before OomnssioaAr Haslstt q be was taken