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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

| GEH. MCCL2LLAS.-The COMMANDMENT
| Chief Of the Yankees, who has superseded
! Gen. ScoTT, protested, when West Pointer
! to sympathize warmly with the South. Like
all genial and generous Northern men, he pre-
| ferred the warm hearted Southrons 20 the
cold, cynical. selfish mass of his own section
| He may have been honest in these sentiments.
and we have heard that Yankeedom suspects
his heart is not more than half in the wicked
! business of this war. He is said TO have
endeavored in Western Virginia to civil
| ize his followers, and it is believed
that he has no inclination to make THU
an abolition crusade. We are willing &c
| give him credit for qualities which he may
possess in common with many officers Of the
| old regular army. But the huge pretensions
which the North sets up of his military genius
are ludicrous in the extreme He is an able
engineer officer, but, when he is talked of az
a man of genius, he would laugh in his sleeve
at the idea, if he were not rs vain as q pea
cock or Gen. SCorT. His only success WAS iu
Western Virginia and but for the aid of a
spy and traitor, even that success would never
man he is represented, he would have turned
that success to the most brilliant account; for
lie might have marched upon Stanton and
taken it without a blow. He, however, went
back to Cincinnati to see his wife, which
shows that he thinks more of his home than
he does of his country. We don't blame him
for that for it must be a forlorn and repulsive
home indeed which has not more claims upon
its inmates than such country as the United
States.
The enthusiasm with which the North has
taken up MCCLELLAN, without knowing any
thing about him, and converting him into q
NAPOLEON on the strength of his exploit in
Western Virginia, is puerile and absurd. Poor
old SCoTT, a short time ago, was the Captain
of the age Poor old man, sitting with bis
legs in a tub of ice water, and when asked
about BEAUREGARD and JOHNSTON, closing
his stiff, para!yte fingers in grotesque at
tempt TO represent that he'd 'got 'em, -
where is he now But yesterday, the god o
Northern idolatry--now none so poor as dc
him reverence We never hear of him now
''Oh, no they never mention him they never
breathe his name" Where is old SCoTr p
We fear that LISCoLN has made way will
the dear old man. We insist that a habeo.
| corpus shall be procured by hook or crook, i
| in all LINCOLN doniuions such an article caI
besobtained, and the body of she great Cap
| tain Of the age produced If the North i,
| unable to furnish a habeos corpus, we have NJ
doubt that JEFF. DAVIS, merciful to faller
| foe, will lend Southern writ for the purpose
| and even provide the officer who will atten,
| to its execution. Nothing short of that vii
| establish the fact that the great Captain still
| lives. Al present we hear of nobody bu
MCCLELLAN, who, in military point of view
is greater humbug than the Lieutenant Gen
| erai II is said that the best time at Bull Ru,
was surpassed by McCLELLAs's reindeer il
the late foot race at Townsville, where Nc
| CLELLAN himself was present as one OF tn
| chief hackers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

BORROWED PLUMAGE.-There is an old
fable Of the jackdaw in borrowed plumage,
which the great number OF civilians not in
the military service, who ARE strutting about
our streets in military caps and buttons, would
do well to study.
There are many who wear the military
garb merely from vanity There Are others
who use it as a disguise for loating aud indo-
fence, and there are others who use il 10
slude the police, and to cover the thieving
operations which have been going Oh in this
eHy Tor snme time. A party Of industrious
cneSaiers from Baltimore are said Ia he
proving about the city, who take advan
tage OF the great number Of strangers aroonoa,
us and Of the usual military insignia, 10 elnde
detection III their professional operations.
The garb of soldier is honorable bis call
ing a noble one and il is in the last de,ree
vexstions that the vain, the indoient and the
felonious should succeed in counterfeiting an
honorable calling by the cheap expedient Of
lace, buttons, and brass For ANYBODY no,
attached in good faith to the military service
TO wear the insignia of the army or navy, ID
TO confess by that fact, not merely that they
are vagabonds. but that they are impostors
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

SoUrHRERs MECHANICAL LARoR--if the
blockade. az seems probable, trains the people
of the South to selfdspendence in all me.
chanic arts and manufacturing enterprises, its
Influence may well be considered public bene-
faction The inconvenience which we now
suffer may be checrfully endured if they
teach us hereafter to rely only upon ourselves
for the production of every article that our
wants demand. In endeavoring TO accomplish
this be nehcent result, we must refuse to de,
pend either upon foreign labor or upon i'm
ported labor for if the South, at the close of
this war, is to be everrun by the depraved
manufacturing population of the North and OF
Europe, there IN no amount Of material wealth
and prosperity which will compensate for the
social decentralization which will be the result.
Our true policy is TO elevate and dignity me
chancal labor to make it honorable, respected
and scf.respecting; to establish and endow
institutions like the Mechanics Institute of
this city, for the education and culture of me-
chanics, 80 that henceiorth and forever the
South will have within her own borders
Southern mechanics and manufacturers who
can supply her wants in skillful and efficient
manner, ensure her independence, and at the
same time preserve her from the moral con-
tamination which must flow from an influx of
the depraved manufacturing populations of
other parts of the world
II there are articles Of necessity which
Southern ingenuity cannot at once furnish we
may readily procure them from England,
France, and Germany OF much superior
quality TO tho humbugging Yankee produc-
tons which ii ought TO be made high treason
hereafter to purchase upon any terms But
we ought not to make Europe, OF any other
land our reliance one hour longer than we
can help ourselves Independence is the whole
object of this struggle; but what kind Of in
independence would that be which cannot
tabricate either the productive instruments of
peace or the destructive weapons of war -
The only reliable guarantee of security here
after, is self-dependence for tho supply of al
our wants. We must make our own ploughs.
guns, furniture, wearing apparel, every arti-
Gle Of necessity and Importance in war, agri.
culture and household use To accomplish
this end we must dignity and exat mechanical
labor, SO as 10 render the vocation of "a me.
chanic at least as respectable and honorable
as that of political demagogue We must
place as high in public regard those occupa-
tons which create national wealth and power
as those official distinctions which such num-
beers are crazy to possess, and the mad thirst
for which has DESTROYED every Republic that
ever existed
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DIED.

At Beverly, on the 4th Of August of his wounds
received at Rich Mountain, MARTIN L. PIERCE
IN the I'D year Of bis age. member of Company
ID CPowhatan RifiesJ Goth Regiment virginG
Volunteers.
Thus are we called 10 early to witness the death
Of generous and noble youth ~ the s.bjsct of
this piece but we have the consolation 70 know
that he fell In Just cause, and we also have the
hope TO know that he a soldier Of the Cross
and that his spirit has fed to a far more better
world than this he has bid adeu TO all the trials
OF this life to reap reward for all bis la
bors. Far in a strange land died this young SOL
der truly he has fallen in the flower of bis manly
strength No mother was there to battle his .fe-
vered brow and throbbing temples no sisters hand
To smooth his pillow: yet, just and holy God was
with him there to ease his dying bed and angels 10
wait his spirit home. He beloved by all who
knew him u kind and obedient son in all his
ners and ways through life he has left dear and
tereaved parents, aud brothers and sisters. and
many near and dear relatives and friends to mourn
his early death. May his name be ever fresh In
the memory of his syrnpathizing friends through
ages TO come. Peace 70 his ashesi
Dearest MARTIN, thou has left u.s.
We thy loss most deeply fesl
But It's God that hath bereft
He can all our sorrows heal.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber
Peaceful In the grave so low
Thou no more will join our number,
Thou no more our songs shall know.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life Is fled;
Then In Heaven with JOY to greet thee,
Where no farew eli tear is shed G. T.
On the Goth inst. at the residence Of James II.
Gardner, Mrs. AUGUSTA =. GARDNER.
Her funeral will take place from the Monumental
Church this afternoon, Saturday 2lst inst. at a
O'Clock. The friends of the family, and OF W. II.
Hubbard, are respectfully invited TO attend.
At the Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs. on We'd
nesdav evening 18Th instant, Mrs. kEBECCA
MITCHELL, wife of SAn'l 7. Mitchell
The funeral will take place from his residence
corner LIST and Franklin streets, this Saturday
morning. at 10 o'clock. The friends Of the family
are invited to attend without further notice
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

Ma SMALL NOTES.-It is hereby prc,
WE posed to all citizens Of Richmond, and
country people who trade in the city, to refuse to
receive or pay away any paper money below one
dollar, and al 20 to refuse to receive pay away
any paper money of one dollar and upw ards ex.
cept of regular chartered Banks and notes issued
by the Corporation of the City, which can be aid
for taxes.
If this is adopted mo good objects will be gained
viz: plenty of silver change In quarters, ten cent
five cent and three cent pieces; and the other H. no
ISOLATION Of the lor.
1t Is better for each person 70 burn and destroy
all the trash which L. now hand In the shape OF
paper money below one dollar, than TO continue to
receive and paw away such Is is now afioat in thia
city and State for, so long we encourage such
q circulation. just long viii the silver be kept IN
peoples pockets and chests, and not used for any
other purpose than to sell for premium or profit
The only remedy for this grea, and growing evil is
for each individual 10 determine to refuse these
s1nsIl notes and the community will soon have As
much change Us circulated before the war com
menced.
Let each man. woman. and child determine to do
this from this 2lst day OF September. 1861.
CB AL the other newspapers Ia this city and
State win please give the above an insertion
Sc 2i-itt
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NORTHERN DREAMS Bennett INDUCES in
day dreams respecting the "po pu lar loan"
which would be worthy of Aladdin. He
winds up one of his latest ar ticles charac-
teristically, thus
We should not be surprised if, notwith-
standing adverse influences there should
spring up great competition from abroad
for our Government securities, paying, rs
they do, an in terest of seven and three ten tbs
per cent. The Bank of England has re-
duced its rate of interest to four per
cent, The British consols, paying but
three per cent, are sold at about ninety one,
and the French rentes, paying four and a half
advantages of our Government loan, as well
secured, certainly, as the national debts of
either England OF France, are obvious to the
simplest mind, and it would be something
very remarkable if there should not be a very
considerable investment In them on foreign
sccOunt.
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A VALUABLE commemorative have just
been informed, says the Charleston Mercury,
that the accomplished naturalist, James
Hamilton Copper, has presented, through
Professor Holmes, his entire cabinet of Natu-
raj History, as Il contribution to the Museum
of the College of Charleston. Some years
ago he presen ted the Academy of Natural
Sciences, OF Philadelphia, a valuable collec-
ton of bones and teeth, discovered in exca-
waiting the Brunswick canal, In Glynn coun-
ty, Georgia, and con tribute a desert ption OF
these remarkable fossils, belonging to gigan-
tic animals the former denizens Of this coun
try, such as the Megalonyx, OF great-claw
animal, Megatherimn, or grea t-beast, &c
&c Among the collection now presented is
claw of the Megalonyx, which measures
eleven inches in length, nearly twice as large
as any specimen yet discovered. 1t was OBJ
tanned by friend of Mr. Coupers from Skid.
daway Island, a few miles south of Savan-
nah. Professor Agassz has said that the
Museum of the College of Charleston was
the second best collection of natural history
in the United States that of Philadelphia
being the first. 1t must now, therefore, be
the first In the Confederate States and Mr.
Copper has done we'll in thus disposing Of his
cabinet. We hope there will be many to fol.
low his good example, and send whatever
they may have, If it is only a shell, a mine
raj, bone, bird, or butterfly. The Museum OF
the College of Charleston must become the
headquarters for naturalists in this Con
federacy. Professor Holmes, the Curator O
our Museum, Is now at St. Simon's Island
where Mr.. Copper resides, and is engaged
packing and transmitting the collection t.
Charleston.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

PHltAbELpHGA.-The people of Phjadel
phla are beginning to clamor loudly for the
erection of Notifications and the raising of
men to protect that city OF " Brotherly Hate"
They are entertaining for the first time a
glimpse of the fact TINT invasion is a game at
which two can play, and that if there has been
10 such Southern watchword us ''On to Phil
adelphia,' the thing itself is not impossible
Time was when PLiladel phia did not erect for
tihcations and enlist troops 20 keep out South
ern men She greeted them, if they had mo-
ney in their pockets. with both hands she
welcomed the Southern medical fedglings TO
the warmest corner in her nest and she sent
them away with her blessing, and without a
feather on theirbacks She waxed fat and rich
upon Southern veitations whilst the South
grew lean and wan. She not only suck
ed out the fe-biood of nnumerable plan
tations, which were drained of their pecuniary
resources TO educate some medical student;
but, when sbe had pocketed all his money she
made him an NJ. d, and thus enabled him to
Law waste the whole country for miles around
the place of his residence. \ single philadel-
phia diploma has often proved sufficient to de
populate healthy Southern district We defy
that worthy representative of city which
has become boated Icy Southern money, the
redoubtable MCCLELLAN, even if he were the
greatest military genius of modern times, to
cause as much death and destruction III the
Southern States as these Philadelphia doctors.
No wonder that Philadelphia trembles III
her boots that all her sins, and pills, and drugs
crowd upon her guilty memory, more terrible
than the air-drawn dagger which struck terror
10 MACBETH. Her startled conscience assures
her that there are in the army of the Con
federaey ~ least one hundred Thousand doe
lars who are coming back for their money,
and four hundred thousand patients who have
been brought TO the door of death by phila-
aelphia practice, and advancing upon that
source of all their woes, bowling for ven
aeance. Heaven speed the march of the
avengers We want to see Philadelphia
saeked, the medical colleges turned inside out
and all the professors brought in double irons
10 the South, and allowed 10 other rations but
their own potions aud lotions.
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on the Virginia side, will b attended with
great loss of life possibly prove unsuccess
ful, destroy the prestige acquired by our past
victories, and encourage and strengthen our
attempting to send, half OF II across the Pc
tomac, until we have closed the navigation
below Washington, and can spare an over
whelming force for the pupose, would he an
act OF madness !; for our troops on either side
could not communicate with each other, and
we might be vanquished in detail. Caution,
next to courage, Is the best quality of sol
der, and especially In defensive warfare. II
requires double as much money and double
as many men to invade country as to defend
1t. Most invading armies have been con-
qnered by exhaustion-often proceeding from
many victories.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

PICTURE OF PApUCAH, KY, UNDER LINcoLs
RULE.-From the regular Cairo correspon-
dent of the St. Louis Republican we copy the
Paducah now in the possession of Yankf a
troops. This is the condition that the vena
press and tory representatives In the Legsla
ture have brought Kentucky to by loyal
neutrality" An outraged people Will re-
member the authors of the evils:
Here in Paducah considerable terror has
arisen among the inhabitants, and thousands
would leave if they could. Household furni-
ture IL being constantly removed in skiffs and
what other conveyance can be got to safer
points. If affairs in Kentucky continue in
their present state three weeks longer the
town Will be almost depOpulated. Mum ber-
less elegant residences are deserted and stand
silent monuments Of blighting secession
among the clustering vines and trees. Society
seems TO nave already fled, and gloom and
horror taken possession. Not q carriage is
seen upon the streets, or lady upon the beau
tiful walks
The stores are, many Of them, closing, and
wagons with the boxed up goods standing in
stead OF customers before the doors. In no
place yet have l seen bitterly hostile q
feeling existing against the Union as here
NcoWiing, angry glances watch with what
seems an In tense hatred, every movement of
passing soldier. Some of the wells have
been poisoned where the camps get their wa
ter, and many similar acts perpetrated Sc
cession is the rule, and Union the rare ex-
ceptlon. Whether Uncle sam has any medi-
cine as strong as the complaint, is still an open
question. On the streets people wear Seces-
sion caps, and boast that before the week
closes every Federal will be driven out. The
telegraph wires have been cut through the
town, and lie across the sidewalks, or are
twined around trees.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21

HA TO THE LADIES OF HENRICO.-
- Having ascerained that great many
packages directed to our volunteers In the Army,
Uhe contributions mainly OF our patriotic women,)
have failed reach their destination owing either
TO carelessness somewhere or TO misdirection Of
packages; and learning also, that, while the busy
fingers of the ladies are everywhere engaged In
preparing further comforts In the shape of socks
and other winter clothing, for our soldiers, great
many are much concerned to know how, where, and
TO whom to send their offerings Many there
who, after supplying their husbands sons, and bro
theirs, have still large contributions to make to
others One noble m8tron of King and Queen Il
dear friend of the writer, after supplying her
boy In the camp has still nearly eno,gh socks 10
supply a whole company. Two weeks ago she had
knit with her own fingers forty seven pairs, and
her busy fingers were still making the needles fly
If some system or method Is not adopted, there is
danger that while some companies camps may
have an excess, other poor, but brave soldiers,
will be overlooked and left to suffer. / suggest
then, that the ladies Of the different counties first
of ALL TO 1t that the companies of their respec-
tive counties be supplied and TO this end pro-
pose that the ladies of Henrico forward to my ed
Dress to the Clerks Office of the county, to the
care of Clerk, Mr.. VIM. Fowlkes, (who has
kindly consented to take charge of them) all con-
tribuions which they may wish TO make to the sol.
diers of our county Let the articles be securely
put up in boxes, mo matter how small) or sewed
up in strong bundles, boxes certainly better) with
"a card securely attached containing list of the ar
ticles, by whom and to whom they may be sent
IT, for instance, lady sends a halt dozen pairs
socks and wishes her husband. brother TO
have one or more pairs and the others to go to a
particular company, let her endorse her wishes Oh
the card.
In order to make my proposition effective in car
ryng out the benevolent and patriotic purposes OF
the ladies. design forthwith ascertaining the ad
dress and location Of the different companies from
our county; opening correspondence with the
commandments of the companies to ascertain their
numbers and their necessities; and, in conclusion
dear ladies, / promise to my best efforts 70
cure early and safe delivery Of all articles en-
trusted to my care. JNO Il. GARRETT,
So l-1t Presiding Justice Of Henrico
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NY. SOTICE.-Those Of the friends rels-
"eS tives OF Company a. of Richmond, or
"B," of Baltimore, of GiLHAMs 2ist Regiment
Virginia Volunteers, who desire to send box or
bundle to them, will lind an opportunity to do so
by applying TO WIN. A. MOUNTCASTLE, be-
tween 5th and 9th. on Broad street, between now
and MONDAY at IL O'Clock. ~ 2l--2ts
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GROCERIES.


NIDER VINEGAR, FOR PICKLING.-
~ Pure CIDER VINEGAR: Blackberry
French and Apple BRANDIBs; Holland GIN
Old Rye WHIAkEY; all kinds of VIM; SMOK-
ING and CHEWING TOBACCO. and oil kinds of
GROCERIES, for sale by
q. NJ. LUMPKIN & BRO,
Franklin st.. op. Metropolitan Hall.
LIZ AL orders from officers and soldiers will re-
ceve prompt attention. Sc 2l--,t'
T XTRA UALITY PAPER
The subscriber has on hand IS reams
DENY AND
MEDIUM PAPER
duty paiiD White and Blue
The attention of the trade is requested.
go % --2t f.. B. COOK No. 10 Main st.
g U G A r A ND MOI A s e. S.
% hhds. prime quality n. o. SUGAR
10 bbis Crushed SUGAR.
50 bbls choice quality n. o. MOLASSES.
In store, and for sale by
SO 2l-lw DUNLOP, MONCCRE & co
* HHDS. NEW ORLEANS SUGAR;
- $1,000 lbs. BACON;
1900 bags Virginia SALT;
400 bills do do
Ir store and for sale by
Sc 1O-2t SPOTTS & HARVIE
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VIRGINIA AT Rules held In the Clerks Of
flee of the Circuit Court of Louisa county.
Oh Monday, August the 5th. lS6l-
Reuben b. DAVIS .......--. Pitf.,
against
Samuel Congdon. Thomas Martin
and David kecuer, and such ,vc,,,,,nv
others may have any interest 4" N"N''N EN- :
In the Whesl Maria Copper Min
ing Company whose names and
number unknown. DTS,
The object OF this suit Is To attach and, If necee
sary, TO sell the Wheal Maria Copper Mining pro
perry with about one hundred aeres Of land ns-
tached 70 the same. and the engines and machinery
OF the same in order TO satisfy the claims aud notes
of the plaintiff, one amounting TO ESQ. with inter.
est ON the same from the 18th Of june, 1901, III
paid one amounting 10 the SUN OF s9i IS ana
the other amounting to the SUN Of si"o GO WHO
interest on each OF the last debts from the 9TH
day Of July, l56l, till paid.
And affidavit having been made and hied MAI the
defendants above named. and these oy the general
description of parties unknown. sre not residents
of this State and unknown PARTIES On motion Of
the plaintiff by his attorney, II Is ordered that the
snid Defendants above named. and those by the
general Description Of parties unknown. do appear
hers. within one month after due publication u
Ibis order and do what 10 nscsssssy ~ protect their
interest In this suit Copy-Teste
80 2l-lsw4w DAVID H. HUNTER, Cfk.
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According to the Louisville Journal, good
authority In this caEe,) the Government at
Washington, through its representative at
the Custom House. has assumed the func-
tions of the police and TIE sheriff. On a war
rant from said Custom Louise. seizures and
? ~ ~t- are made.