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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

The Confederstes a. Pensacola have achieved bril-
liant feat 1t was time That cutting out their Priva-
tesr Judith and burning it under their noses made
them owe the Yankees They have paid it with in.
terest. They appear to have thoroughly smashed up,
captured aud dispersed Billy Wilson's Zouaves, destroyed
their tents and provisions, and spiked their guns.
This Is the only Incident reported yesterday from any
qulrer-And it in good time to relieve one Of the
depressing eG.ess of this cu.throat weather.
The mail communication with Tennessee s still inter-
rupted-and we consequently without later news
from that region. By the Northern papers however
learn what gives surprise, that the Linconites,
having used Gen BOBBY Anderson, of Sumter glory,
long they could make any thing Of him have super
seeded him with an Ohio Yankee. Physical iD6rmity is
the preteIt bu the policy is much dsepsr than that
The poor deserves the fac which has overaken
him aud which awaits all his TUTORS 10 Toryism.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
Ala ChinOfsp,

We copy from Harper's Weekly, very pretty speci'
of Chinese swsgger vast plan ofoPeratonss IN
folded in the true Tonloosian strain. When Kang.
HeDg the Governor Of Ken-loo, who bad command Of
large feet, heard that the Engish were approaching
he issued Proclamation denouncng the Barbarans and
threatening them with exermination and declaring that
h, impatient TO anrihate them, that he must 20
out to meet them He went but instead Of seeking the
English, he went the other way and lodged behind some
stands and remained there until the English came, and
aid his city under contribution, aud withdrew. He then
rushed from bis hiding place and reported to tho Emper
or that he had eItermnated the Barbarian eye and claim
ed new button. His claim was ahowed
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
specie and Paper Money.

Lamartine in his "Ristoir des GirOHdns," has the
following passage the effort made by the Constituent
Assembly to create currency to substitute the gold aud
silver which had disappeared in the commissions Of the
| times:
Pour supplies r For ct argent, qui sembaient avor
tart tout COUP Assembe, consttuante await cree une
mounaie de psper lie nom ddssigndts Cette mon
nae de conhaIce 81 10 peupe await vouu Ia conprendre
ct radopter aura Gu les mes efets que IL monnae
u6taaue; ellie aurait multiple les Transactions entire les
plrticulers ameDie lie travail, Pave pmr0, rep'e'eo'e
lie prx des erre Une monnaie quot que dissent queque-
fos d,s e:onomises ma jsmlis dautre vaeur que cee
de Ia convention qui la cIes ct du credit quele porte
avec ee II su que Ia proportion entire les choses acne
ices lie sgne qui les sctee pusse pas re souda-
usment ct advancement chApg6e par une multiplication
d6sordonI de sgne mcre are prix real ct vrai
de toutes chooses seablit dapTe cee proportion Lalo
seule lo probe ct prudente peut donc frapper
monnaie. Que la oi fappe monnae en- or en- argent
cuiye en- paper peu mporte, pourvu que proportion
soft Reinforcement gsres ct que peupe conserve ains
confance dams Ia snC6r6 ct dams lie ce lit de csgne
La iettre de change monnas pdivduee qui ma dautre
vaeur que signature de ceui qu Ia cree,
lee particulars num6rairc incacuabe Ellie tous
hes eeis de For ct de largent &c nest quune monnaie
rsp par chacun ct stive de la conance quon
dams lindvidu Comment rEat qui repre- ente Il for
tune ct lie ere 1de tous, irpperat pcs une monnee
de paper aussi nyiobs acc!S es que cele des
simples citoyerss
This scheme failed 10 Ffance because says the his-
toriau: The people were accustomedsto gold. They
loved to weigh and elit They had no faith in thepi-
per money! or the whence 1t eanated Moreover
the Government pressed by difficulties, threw out sue
denly such immense quantities as to create the impress
slon that the supply nexhaustble Besides, it was
based upon no solid value-nothpg pledged for its re-
dempion but the faith Of unstable Government,
which might disappear from the scene as rapidly as other
governments that preceded it. The partisans oil the old
Regime, who constituted large portion of France CO.
operated with the to depeae this paper money
and thereby Illustrate the Revolutionary Government
which created It.
Very few of these reasons exist among Us. With the
exception Of the radtonary aud exagg estimate
attached to specie and few among us, there
are no serious obstacles to Government introducing
paper currency good gold and silver Our people
are unit and they are devoted to the Government;
they are willing pledge all their property to sustain
il. They know that currency, resting oil the annual
products of their labor, represents intrinsic vsue aud
there ia not among them, who would hesitate TO
receive it as the equivalent Of gold.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
A Spunky CuRee !

The best joke of the season is the arrest in New York
of salwart son OF Africa for delivering vehement
speech in favor of Secession. After he taken into
Court, he insisted continuing his hsransue and offer
to prove to the satisfaction of the Court, that the
Yankees were guilty of monstrous crime and folly in
lsurrectOg agains. their legitimate masters the gentle
men OF the South. We have been long convinced, that
the negroes are far superior race far more highonsd
and arisocrac and genil manly than the Yankees; and
il the North country fl for civilized being to live
n we should be in vor of driving the present inhab
auts into the Bay of Fundy, and giving II over bodily
70 the negroes.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
The Produce Lonn.-Government Buying Cror
And Issuing Tr. asury NoIcs.

writer in the Rleigh Standard, who signs himself
"a cotton Plantr presents the following objections to
the present Plan of aiding the Government by the Pre-.
duce loan
"Bv the present plan is proposed that the farmer sci
he Gotten he ubscTibes and invest the proceeds Con-
tolerate bonds, bearing interest at per cent. Now
snain that the farmer cannot do So at far and remu-
nerating prices dusipg the bockGde for be will be ne
cssariy compelled TO sell at price portion of his
crop enable him to pay his taxes aud other necessary
expenses In other words the planter must sei, and
cannot .ord to hold on his crop. In the next place,
can be cell his cotton average more than eight cents
per pound 80 long the blockade is kept upY think it
most be apparent TO all that he cannot Into whose
hands does tire cotton fall at sacrifice TO the producer
ITO the hands OF spectators and capitalists who can al
Il to hold until this blockade is opened. The specu-
ers and capitalists having possessed themselves Oh the
s.renpth of the South by opozng the cotton Crop
w exercise influence upon manufacturing nations
than the government ITSELF Another objection b.
that, attempt TO disguise II as we may, there are
men, not patriots, among Us who know not now
70 make sacriices in advancing go righteous cause
A, the South is now engaged in bat will follow
4 almighty dolla- Such men will whenever an oppor
ni,y presents itsee slip their cotton TO the spscua
tara or TO New Eogand Great Britain or France, sup
yng them 10 some extent with cotton without which
they cannot exist and to this extent diminishing their
desire prompted by selfntertst If not from sense OF
right 10 break down the Lincoln blockade we reau Oh
instances almost every day Of attempts being made to
eet cargoes Of cotton and tobacco TO the North Ano-
ber great Of scton h the high rate OF interest on the
Confederate bonds As may be some time before they
ave redeemed The amount OF interest that would sccrue
would be enormous. By dividing the farmers crop y
would deprive the government OF the power oi conro
i,r the market Aud the last objection shall name re-
tst although patriots would rot hesate 10 invest In
those bonds yet it lie probable that cold hearted capital
is will do so.n
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
70, 81. ob,ou.ly detective aohsu., Ii. wrsr pro.

For dis obviously detective achsms, the wrssr pro.
pcssa, sssfolows;
"My plan or the plan which would respectfully sug.
pest is this The cotton CROP a. well as tobacco &C., OF
the Confederate States say at 10 cents per pound for
cotton Is estimated TO be worth tive hundred millions Of
dciars Let the government become the purchaser OF
the whole crop 10 cents per pound which much
II not more than be realized by the grower in
consequences of being cut off from the markets. and
IL besides fkir remuneratng price to the PRODUCER
much better than the grain grower can get and in fact
is over an average price at which the whole cotton crop
of the South has been sold for several years past Let
the pay for the cotton In Treasury notes
drawing no interest Let those notes be OF the danom
nation Of fifty dollars and upwards This would give US
a good circulating currency, which would be upon
sounder basis than bank notes. for the banks are per-
med to issue their two and three dollars for every
dollar Of specie in their vaults These treasury notes
would be issued upon the basis Of dollar for dollar yes
for every dollar of Treasury notes the government would
have to the payment thereof its intrinsic value
in cotton. The government could hold this cotton as
long as thought proper for the Treasury notes would
not draw interest," It could force the price to twenty
per pound for cotton is selling for twenty-five cents
in New York
"why is this for the simple reason tina. unless they
get at some price, their manufactures will be stopped
large portion Of the New England population be thrown
out Of employment, and her dense population be with
out food and clothing She manufactures only eight hun
dred thou I'd bales 10 twelve months. What will Eng
land do who manufactures over three millions OF bales
annually? What will France do? ! do not propose
monopoly OF the cotton BY the government as settled
policy but only necessity may require it. and this is
The time when think It should be done II the crop Of
cotton is worth two hundred millions Of dollars at ten
cents per pound and the government could hold 1t and
force Il to twenty cents that price would secure four
hundred milons-a nett profit Of two hundred millions
Of dollars with which to pay the expenses Of the war
and which, If not made by the government, would be
made by spectators aud capitalists. The government
when it did SELL could sell the cotton for gold or ts
equivalent and thus every dollar of her Treasury notes
be- redeemed with specie Bankers and capitalists know
ing that these notes would be paid in specie go soon as
the cotton was sold, would be anxious to obtain them,
aud that would give confidence to the whole system and
there would not be felt the want OF good circulating
medium"
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
THE CHESTERFIELD DRAGONS AND RICHMOND
HOWITZERS.
CAMP CAROLINA, NEAR LErsBURa, Va +,
October 9th, 1851.

Octooer ON, 1901. J
To the Editor Of the Wig
The enemy on the other side of the River rather
uuceremonously walked up by some Of our boys, few
mornings since. detachment Of the Chesterfield
Troop under Lieut.. Woodbridge, detachment OF the
Howilzers with one rife gun, under Cap; Shields, all
under Capt. VIM Ball, had been ordered to Edwards
Ferry opposite which the enemy were said to be force
Early in the morning, just the fogs had lifted them
selves from the river the enemy discovered with
their usual Yankee curiosity trying to make out who our
boys were Capt Ball directed the Howiiz:rs to crafty
their curiosity, when away went rifle SHE'LL and away
went the YANKEES They had been congregatug in and
about an old log house when, at the first shot, they
scampered like rats from falling house. Capt Shields
who fred the gun had evidently struck the nest Their
drums beat to arms their bsyonets appeared Just be-
hind the neighboing woods but not in range Of our
piece Their alarm was evidently great for Pekn was in
| danger.
The firing Of our gun, supported BY Capt Balls
troopers continued until no enemy Was within range
and our detecbmens remained in the open field exposed
70. an hour their view and then returned quietly to
their camps The Chesterfield Dragons snd the Howi''
zers have not been idle this exposed frontier having
been constantly employed in watching and annoying the
enemy along their whole line. Expeditions for this pur-
pose have been fom time to time set on foot and 1t
gives pleasure to STATE that Capt Ball. who has fire.
quenty had charge Of these, although one of the most
accomplished cavalry officers in the SERVICE has also
proved himself prudent and skul manager OF artillery.
And this rsDinds u.s. Mr. Editor, that in our judgment,
singular Oversight: has occurred in the promotion
lately made in the cavalry seSyice. We do not doubt
that those who have been the recipients s those honos
are all gallant soldiers aud gentlemen, but we do think
that Capt Balls claims TO military preferment exceeded
tho upon which action has been taken IN other cases.
Il is to be hoped however that the Department will yet
recognise the merits Of who, from the earliest BIZ
ginning Of our present difficulties from Manassas 70
Fairfax from Fairfax to Bull Rum and especially on the
memorable 2is Of July and from that day to the present
moment has been doing rduou' and continuous service
We can only add that corps the HoWiiz'r', will
always hail with joy any opportunity 20 be associated
with Capt VIM. Ball and bis gallant troops
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
KANSAS JAYHAwKERs ON THE BoRDER-JIM
LANES PROCLAMATION.

We extract tue following from the proclamation Of
that notorious Kansas cutthroat ans jsyhayker jim
Lane, who is q Bigadier General In Lincolns army,
aad commands the force that burned Osceos, robbed
the bank and Destroyed Col Hunters Missouri regiment
The proclamation was sent BY express from en hcCul'
loch to Col. Hindman. 1t bears date West Point No,
Sept TO- 1881 and is addressed to the people Of West.
ern Missouri Read wba. tho abolition General says;
"Do you wish peace protection to your Tes and prop
erty, the safety Of your wives and little onesG DoJou
desire to avert from your midst the horrors OF civil
war? Do you ask that Jour may not be the
theatre of battle your families fleeing, your men hiding,
your houses desoaled your fields devastatedf IL you
wish these blessings listen to and take my ADVICE Let
every man now 10 arms return his ZONE aad resume
HE business Let your scattered and terrified popua'
ton retprp Reopen your courts, your fc1oeis, your
churches and restore ths Grs Of peace. 10 SHIRT act
the part Of good loyal pesoe.loving AFer:aA cit
and the better to prove your claims such run up the
American flag before your doors Let this be done oy
concerted movement Of each neghbohood, and here, IN
tie face OF the world aud before high heaven promise
you that that tag which has protected American citizens
O, every sea- shall be your projection that this parouo
army Of mine which you RoE so much lear sna 70 70
you what the strong heared map is to the deiSie so
man by his side-a shield and support l wn pro'eo'
you against awless punderers and marauders your
own State from Kansas, from anywhere. We VIII tAke
Won 10 our bosons al 70 do our brethren every where
who are oyal as We Remember to6, thst We are Kan
SLAMS our people are suspicious Of your armed gasoer'
ings and properly So too. You have driven from your
Safe our brothers for other crime tnan tnat low
ed the flag for which. your fathers and ours fought
side by side. You have already crossed The line
and seized upon our property, both private and
public you hws hung our c'a'sns. Fof our
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
WHAT THE YANKEES ARE FIGHTING FOR.

We shall publish In next paper Iost able article
from the pen Of the Hon A. o. Nichoson, ate " s.
Senator and formerly editor of the Washington Union.
This article shows the sleeveless policy which the South
has pursued in permitting the Yankees long TO enrich
themselves her expense II shsv that while the Union
prosperous Union, that the pon-pfocrcng pof-
ton of it, G. the NORTH derived Infinitely more of iis
benefits than the producing portion-the South Tbs
vast inequality in the apporionment Of the benefits Of
the Union the writer aseribes to the commercial depet-
dence on the NORTH to which the South so long submit
ted. The North bought Southern produce, shipped it
to Europe, exchanged 1t for European merchandise,
which it shipped to Northern markets, there TO be
sold on profit to Southern customers-thus trading
on aud mSkiag large profits upon Southern capital Cot
ton il capital as well money! aud at the same time
building up and sustaining large Northern commercial
marine Again, by Tariff laws Northern manufactures
were sustained aud enabled 10 monopozs the Southern
market for It's benefit. Thus in these three ways, be-
sides others, which the writer refers the North has
crown rich upon Southern labor and ipta The writer
saws the dissolution Of the political Union which enrich
the North tue expense Of the South, will do moth
ing towards the relief Of the South from the inequality
commercial and businefs operations to which she has
so long sub mted uniesa il is followed by dissolution
| Of commercial dependence tie North. The writer's
satiscs demonstrate beyond oil conrsdietSr the truth
of every position he takes, and there Is nor an
| inttlligsnt Yankee uho p.H not concur Nth him.
And this brings ns to our cipton-" What are
| the Yankees fighting for 81 They are fighting for
the recovery Of the mastery they 80 recently held
| over Southern produce, trade and comperce-
They know that they we're enriched by the South They
know tina. without the South hey you'd have been now
what they were when the Union formed, miserable
nation yf hucksters and notion" vendors. They knoS,
moreover that without the reconstruction of that Union
which conferred upon them such great and unequal ad
vantages they will relapse into their original condition
of miserable poor people, whos lot has been cast upon
soil too poverty stricken to support them Fighting,
then on the part Of the Yankees for the reestabsh.
msnt of the Union means fghdGg for the re-stabsh
ment Of the commercial despotism under which the
North once held the South and under which the South
will be held agan uplss madness rules her coun-
tes-Raieigh REGISTER.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
TIE PLAN OF TIE CAMPAIGN.

Harper RrtIya Dew York pager veil snevu In Tie
South gives the following q plan Of the autumn and
winter campaign Of the enemy: s3 ~
We believe We may say that the plan Of the Autumn
and Winter campaign has been determined and that tte
leading Gsnsras spp.ised Of the parts they are 70
piy 10 t. Il involves Operations Of 20 extensive ehaF
scter o. be without parallel IN history and 70 b. NOR
Sly osrtain Of esctng their otjsctths spppseson q
the rebellion before next 6pripg.
The Elan prssuuss that the shsb VIII remain tnae.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
second Congregational District.

We are pleased to see Mr. John R. ohambliss Can
date to represent this District He possesses all the
qualities to f him for good representative. He has
Integrity, ability and the right sort Of principles HI
has, we believe oppositicn-and will Of course, b
elected.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
NAMES OF TIE roRTgIcATIoES AEopNR WASH


General Mcclellan has Issued the following order.
The works in the vicinity Of Washingtonaare named
as follows.
The work south Of Hunting Greek, Fort Lyon.
That on Shutters Il II, Fort Ellsworth.
That to the left of the Seminary, Fort Worth.
That In trout Of Banker's brigade, Fort Blenker.
That in front Of Lees house, Fort Ward
That near the MOUTH Of Four.mile Greek Fort Scott
That on Richardson's Hill, Fort Richardson.
That nov known as Fort Albany Fort Albany.
That near the end Of Long Bridge, Fort Rdnyon
The work next on the right Of Fort Albany, Fort
Orig. nr
The next on the right of Fort Tilinghsst Fort Ram
The work nest on the right of Fort Ramsay, Fort
Woodbury..
Kalb.
Fort Haggerty.
Tina, Known as Fort Corcoran, Fort Corcorsu.
That to the North Of Fort Corcora1, Fort Bennett
That South Of Chain bridge, on height Fort Ethan
That near the Oh.in bridge on tes'bTfs road Fort
Marcy.
Scott
Tha, on height ne,r reservoir, Battery Vermont.
That near Georgetown, battery Cameron.
That on the Left Of Tenni lytowp, Fort Gaines.
That on Tennallytown, Fort Pennsylvania
Tuat on Emorys Chapel, For. Massachusetts,.
That near camp Of % Rhode Island Regiment Fort
socrm. ft,l h-
That on Prospect Hill, near Blsdensburg, Fort lin
coin. 1tte' alttp
That mex. on the LEFT Of Fort Lincoln Fort Saratoga.
That next on tho left Of Fort Saratoga Fort Bunker
Hill.
That on the right Of General sckes camp, Fort STAN
ton. s
Toa. on the right of Fort Stanton, Fort Carroll
That o., the left, towards BlAdensburg Fort Grebe.
BY Oommlnd Of Major General Nj oleiian.
80 -. u 'WILLIAxs,
Assistant Ldjutant General
(0lfc:a) 49, .RIcHD B. IRwls, &
~ 800 Aid-ae-Uamp.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11
ELECTORAL TICKET FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT.
Far the State at Large.
JOHN R. EDNUNDS, Halifax.
ALLEN T. CAPERT0N Monroe.
1. JOSEPH CHRISTIAN, Of Middlesex.
q. CINCINNATUS W. NEWTON, of Norfolk City
5. R. 7. DANIEL. of Redmond City.
4. wN. I. THOMPSON, of Dinwiddie.
5. WOOD B0ULDIN, of Charlotte.
q. wN. L. GoGGIN, Of Bedford.
Z. B. +. RANDOLPH, of Albemarle.
s. JAS W. WALKER, Of Msdison. =
" ASA ROGERS. of Loudoun.
10. SAML. C. WILLIAMS, Of Shenandoah.
IL. s. MCDOWELL REID, of Rockbridge.
Ia. henry A. EONUNDS0N, OF Roanoke.
Is. JAS. W. SHEEFEY, OF Snythe.
Ia. HENRY ]. FISHER Of Mason.
is. JOSEPH JOHNSON, of Harrison.
10. Z. Il. FIIZHUGH, Of Ohio.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

Snr.-The Wilmington Journal says that Messrs.
Wilkinson and Morse are making IL bushels Of Excellent
salt day on Wrightsvlle Sound. employing banda
b. day and by night and that they ceiling il at
81 90 bushel We would suppose that ~ 90 day to
each hand would tempt Others patriotism fail TO
do 60 to engage Ia the sort Of manufacture
stsviils 06swv~.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

and With them, though In composition With sterling bills
they fancy, they will be able to wage successful war
against US. While we, wto have cotton bales and to-
bacco hogsheads which possess political as well as hnar-
cia value to make them the basis of the best currency
in the world refuse to profit by them
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

EAWoopEs sHoEs.-We have seen beautiful Wooden
Shoe the joint invention Of ellew ownsmen, Mssrs
Theim and rsps twill make really handsome srti.
Gle Of Dress II locks like pltent leather shoe. The
saying that 'thers Is nothing like leather vii prob,
ably cease be applicable 10 pedal
REGISTER.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

SELY IuNoLArIoN OF TURKISH GARRIs,S-The war
between the Turks and Monienegrins has recommended
Upon the oh Of September shout six thousand soldiers
of the latter country surrounded tho of Vsnina-
The Turkish garrison refused TO surrender and in order
not to fall intoth hands Of the hontauegns blew up
the to wn and persisted 10 the explosion.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-11

k LS.srs on 6~sHSss must Be addressed 70 ne
AZ E7ig" -,
Aytielss uraa boa sides Of s PGper r no 30 proh
sd TAis q rule % ng Standing, orgh 70 % tnoson 70 d
zaf be departed from, O6Hdry nofcss oreeed
GAg sgAf Alnss charged for as ddoertasenaenss-
az We undertake 90 return rejected
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sHfvERMG SOLDIER
The following extract from letter 70 the WIlnse-