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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-04
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DAILY LINE or Packets.
TO eOOTTsvILLE.

DAILY LINE OF FAChnHos
TO sooTIsvILLE.
vsxzIvyrkLY THROUGH TO LYNCH 81k1Hunk
i BtJRG LEXINGTON AND BUCHANAN,
AND rRI-WERKLY ON TIE 0fPO6IfE pAfs, hAklHe pAF
LY LINZ AZ FAR As Sc0r1sylLrE -
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The through ns viii issvs NLnond Monday Wednesday .nd
Friday as NJ and on end ir,r he IN September ns wy
urday and up far sco.ys Ksiurnns leave seot
Vile Monday. Wednesday and friday - ~ -. .,,o,..
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points the oppoe ay s zane and -Four
Leave Hcasond Monday we'd Lynchburs Monday We'd
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-04

Life, Fire and Marine Insurance,
Richmond Fire Association.
oueeNo i5s na,n CSor,heAst eerser OF liza stssel)
Rlrhuond. Va
uHARrEREu 2agH MARCH, 1881.
UNITS old ana reliable nstCt0a vh ample Capital and con-
toent fad carefully vested continues 70 Insure Slaves,
szntlo s,rs, y every description ouse-
noId Rurnsrure, ant Family Wearing Apparel Sesaels,
Freight. a. me ioves cnTeAt f-Aei Lossss
sdus,sd and paid With al possible desPa.eh-
,DiREc1oRs
David currte. hoet M S1son,
Chas r. Wortha-. a. -
John II. Claiborne, $50 50
John ,. wilson, TO- =, -. -
AlsxAndsr 6Arres. 20. ---AA-7N''
DAVID CURRY. Prest.
JorS J. Wusox rreEs'r. -
Roar r BEooKs, Sas'y oe.t
, 1861-08-27
PERSON Az

Hon George ". Patterson OF West6eld,
n. 7. formerly Lieut.. Governor Of that Safe,
and for many years leading Whig and Re-
publican politician, was, few days since,
struck with paralysis, and Is now in dam
gerous condition.
Miss Anna Laura Clark, Of Northampton,
the first woman lecturer in this country, died
last week at the age Of rs. From 1910 to 1878
she gave public lectures on historical subjects
throughout the Free States and mat with good
pecuniary success.
A fen gentlemen Of st. Louis have sub.
scribed s., ,4G0 for the purchase Of carriage
and pair Of horses, which they will present to
Mrs. Fremont.
The Hon. Andrew johnson, of Tennes-
see, has declined the compliment Of pub
lie dinner, rendered him by citizens Of New
Tsrk.
Bayard Taylor, who has been spending
the last three months 1t Gotta, Germany,
With the relatives Of his wife, Is expected
home by every steamer. Immediately upon
his Nretuzn Re Will join division Of the
National army, ~ the war correspondent Of
the Tribune. His new volume Of poems WIS
ktereotyped in the early part Of the summer,
hut will not appear until November.
John Mitchell, the Irish renegade, has
two sons in the confederate army. and they
are his only sons who are able to bear arms.
John Mitchell, Jr., Is captain Of asouth Caro-
lima company, James Mitchell is private in
the company Of Capt John Dooley, Of the city
Of Richmond.
Dr.. G. ". Baylees and Dr.. Aeck McCovn
left this city Wednesday morning for Rich
mond, Va, to tender their services to JEFF.
Davis in the confederate hospltals.-Loa'susae
Courier.
Col Marston, Of the I'd New Hanpshire
regiment, has arrived home at Exeter, whera
he viii remain for skort time. He has not
Jet recovered from The effects Of his wound
received In the battle Of Bull Run, and il una
Bile to use his a<n yet.
, 1861-08-27
The HI0CkAdt0g Fleet

We give elsewhere, as matter Of peculiar
Interest at this time, q complete List Of the IA
tlonal vessels doing duty as blockading fleet
of the southern harbors, together with the
names Of the vessels recently bought By the
Government to add to the efficiency Of the
service It will be seen that we now hay
but fotty-si1 vessels Of all kinds on active du-
ty, fact which accounts for the complaints
respecting The inefdeiency Of the b1 ockade 60
far. To these Will be added, by the 1st Of Sep
tembes, for.J~iour vessels now getting ready
in the Government dockyards, and by the
middle Of October it is hoped the twenty
three email and eight first class gunboats will
be in readiness for active duty. By that time,
even if no more vessels sre bought, We shall
have one hundred and twenty-one vessels,
mounting twelve hundred and thirty.six
guns, keeping watch and Hard over the whole
southern coast As Government has not
ceased buying ships, it is not unlikely that
forty more vessels may be bought for the sane
purpose With this large fleet, aud with the
proposed sinking Of old vessels, laden with
stone, at the mouths Of the smaller southern
inlets, the blockade will be rendered a. effect
i've Is the most scrupulous Btickler for inter
national laws can desire.
, 1861-08-27

The Quartermaeter General Of Wisconsin
adve1tises orsealed proposals, until the 30th
day Of August, for $3.50 costs and pants, the
State to furnish cloth and buttons; $3.50 over
coats, the State to furnish cloth and buttons !;
2,092 heavy grey (all woo1) flannel shirts; 25,-
GOO yards heavy grey {all wooD flannel: $3.50
knaFfaekF; $3.50 haversacks; $3.50 pairs
heavy kip army shoes; 1880 pairs woolea
socks; $500 arpy regulation infantry hats !;
750 army regulation artillery hats; $3.50 {Iz{
by e76 yards, weighing fully lbs.) army
blankets; $3.50 rubber spreads; $3.50 heavy
Z tin canteens; $3.50 heavy z tin Pint cups :;
875 (No. 1 tent auek) army tents, 911s by 911
feet; Liz (No. l tent duck) army tents, ~ by
9551 feet, 3 feet wall aud fly; 80 {No. tent
dueh} army tents, 10 by IA fest, s feet wall and
fly ); 30 red worsted ssshes (azmy style}; IS
best snare drums; 10 best bass drums lis
hospital cots; ITO No. 10 Russia iron IA quart
canp kettles.
, 1861-08-27
E4HDTTK OF VESSELS ON THE
xzAKR8-HHEH EREIGH rs.

The experience Of the past two years
proves most conc1usive1y that the number
Of vessels on the great lakes is quite mad
equate to meet the requirements Of the
growing trade Of the Northwest; and the
consequence is that enormous rates Of
freight are exacted BY vessel owners, to
the great loss Of farmers and Others inter
ested in agricultural prosperity. Last year,
from the middle Of August up to the close
Of navigation, the rates charged for carry
ing a bushe} Of wheat from this point to
Buffalo, ranged from Il to 18c, and during
the past week as high as Is 1-4c was paid.
The consequence Of this has been, that al
though the price Of wheat advanced in
New York about &c per bushel, the mar
ke. declined here from 10 to Tic, and No.
2 Spring wheat STINK as low as e0c. To
attempt to ship corn to New York at such
rates is simply ridiculous, The farmer in
Central Illinois takes up New York pa
Per and fnds that there is good Euro
pe4n demand for corn at that port, at 49
a5oc Per bushel hut when he goes to the
nearest station 10 sell, he IL offered only
1oc per bushel--*he additional 4oc being
swa1owed up IN feights, commissions Ec
so that while the agrlcu1turiss Is losinp
money every time he sells bushel Of nno.
duce,the carrier is making ahandsome far
tune For instance, good sized schson-
eE, capable Of carrying 20,00e bushels oI
, 1861-08-27
The ma8Haehuaetx4 KesfnentH~GlaHe-
m4tc Of JEFF Davis one Of the Colo.

RosToS, August 26.-The five additional
regiments OF Massachusetts troops have now
a1i left for the s. at OF war. They are all full,
we'll equipped, anl commanded By experienced
officers. The 18th left On Friday, in charge
OF Lieut. Col John F. Fellows, Of Chelsea,
and will probably have an army officer as
Colonel The 21st, Colonel Augustus Morse,
Of Leominster, departed on the same day.
Colonel Morse is an old officer, and for
several years Major General Of State troops.
The 10Th and 2oth left On Saturday. The 18th
is commanded by Col. Edward ". Einks, for
merry Of the 8th regiment three months
troops and the 20:h by Col VIM. Raymond
Lee, graduate of West Point, ard for many
years Superintendent Of the Boston s. Proyi-
dence railroad The 18th regiment, which
leaves to day, is commanded by Colonel
James Barnes Of Springfield. Colonel
Barnes was in the came class at West Point
with Lee aud JEFF. Davis. He was first in the
Glass; and JEFF. Davis the 9Th the Glass num-
bered 81. For several years he IVES instructor
in Tactics at West Point, and WAS an sin to
Lient General Scott, in the suppression Of the
uulll6cation difficulties at Charleston, in the
yesr 1885, and 7Sas for some time in Russia, in
the service Of the Government there. Resign.
ing bis commission in the army, he became a
railroad engineer; Was for many years super
interdert Of the Boston and A;bany road, and
built scme railroads in the West He offered
his services to the Government in this crisis
at the suggestion Of Gen Scott
, 1861-08-27

owner the money invested in the vessel
back. with interest, and be has the vessel
besides, which is probably as good as new.
But al this time, the farmer is getting
poorer and poorer, till he is sold out OF
house and home to pay his debts-au BE-
cause he has been at work raising produce
st 10c per bushel, in order to make vessel
owners rich.
But, we are told, the <laws Of supply
and demand are ine1orable." Very true.
We know they are, or corn would not sell
in New York at SOC and in Peoria at 10c
per bushel It is, however, our duty to set
this matter plainly before the world, 50 as
to encourage the Investment of capital
in lake craft. At present, vessel owners
are realizing dividends Of so per cent per
annum, while every body else is glad to
get 10 per cent: It is not probable that
this will be remedied till two or three new
fleets Of vessels have been built; but there
Is point below which the price of grain
ought not tc go, and there is also limit
to the rates of freight. To say that it is
extortion on the part Of the vessel owner
to take three times more for carrying grain
than will afford him good profit, is the
simple truth, and no one can gainsay it;
but it is in accordance with the claws of
trade" "supply and demand" and so
forth, and the world looks upon It as a
fair commercial transaction" 1t tis, neY-
ertheless, extorton.
tits said, Oh beha]fof vessel-owners, that
for two years, when the crops were poor,
1865 and 1859 -vessel-owners lost
/ money; but take the past FIVE years TO-
gether, and we are safe in saying that ns
other kind Of property has paid as high a
dividend as vessel property and it is sur.
prising that more capital does not seek in.
vestment in it. In our opinion there is nc
safer venture. The grain trade Of Chica
80 alone is doubling itself every four O.
five years but then there is the growth o
the entire West, with all its ports, besides
the increase Of the Lake Superior iron and
copper trade, and the direct European
trade. Every season, not less than seventy
five vessels have been engaged in carry
ing ore from Lake Superior, and thore ar<
now upwards Of fifty lake vessels on the
Atlantic. It will, therefore, be very dlt:
fcult matter for vessel-builders to keeI
pace with the requirements Of the trade
even if they were pushed to their creates
| capacity. 4 feet Of twenty vessels arriy
ing in the pert Of Chicago is scarcely felt
During the past week the receipts Of grab
in this city were upwards Of 100000 b1
shells, and although every vessel that al
rived was loaded as speedily as possible
only 1,163,000 bushels we're shipped-leaV
ing an excess Of nearly 1900, 900 bushel
in one week. At present our warehouse
are nearly all filed, and unless We hay
more vessels soon, farmers will lave t
cease sending grain to this city.
, 1861-08-27

This Eas much heavier tx, according to
property and population, than the twenty
millions levied BY tie last session Of Congress.
None butthe Federalists objected to paying It.,
who were opposed to the WAT, and for that
opposition suffered annihi1ation. Only seces-
sion eympatbizers are opposing the present
tax, and they will be consigned to eternal In
fhtnr
, 1861-08-27

BosTos, Aug. 26.-The British brig a II
Loyett, which arrived at Yarmouth, N. s., On
the 18th, il lat. 29.4O. 1cug. 67, was boarded
By the pri1atee1 JEFF Davis and released after
examination Of her pspers: The boarding
officer gave his name as B. FL. Stuart.
, 1861-08-27

;REsIGKATIoN OF VOLUNTEER OFr1cKRs
The whole number Of volunteer officers who
have resigned since the Bull Run battle is two
hundred and dfty-seyen. OF this number, one
hundred and eighty two are from the State Of
New FORK and fifty eight from Western Regi
meuts. The causes Of these designations have
not been made public, but 1t is understood
that incompetence has been the ruling indu-
ence in pr sducing the work About forty OF
the number resigned on account of 6issatisfac.
ton, or because promises made to them were
not fulfilled The places Of all will, without
doubt, be filled with better men.
, 1861-08-27

The whole population Of Virginia In 1861
Was ,593 199, including 495, ,S28 slaves, leaving
a white population Of ], ,097, 1913. There are
only 6,238 slaves N the thirty eight counties
embraced in the nav State Of Kanawha, 90
that In losing this population Of 281, 1856, VIr-
ginia loses about one fourth Of her white IL
habitants. As there are q number Of other
counties that will be sure to come into the
new State If the Federal Government affords
their people sufficient protection, the loss will
soon be still greater. Moreover, the territory
Of Kanawha, including the fine valley Of the
river OF that name, and the fertile region along
the Ohio, is az fine as any in the State, and In
the decade between 1850 and 1850 population
increased there more rapidly than in any other
part Of Virginia.
The ordinance provides that the new State
shall assume her due share Of the public debt
OF Virginia. The responsibilities to be as
eumed are defined in the ninth section:
THE DEBT.
SEC. 9. Said new State shall take upon it.
self just proportion Of the public debt Of the
commonwealth Of Virginia prior to the 1Bt
day Of January, 1851, to be ascertained by
charging to it al State expenditures within
the l51alts thereof, and just proportion Of the
ordinary expenses Of the State Government
since any part Of said debt wxs contracted,
and deducting therefrom the moneys paid ints
the treasury OF the commonwealth from the
counties included within the said new State
within the same period Al Private rights
| snd interests in lands within the proposed
| State derived from the laws OF Virginia prior
| to suck separation shall remain valid and Sc
| tu1e under the laws Of the proposed State,
! end shall be determined BY the laws now ex'
| ietipg in the State Of Virginia.
, 1861-08-27

NEW YORK, Aug, 26.-At an early hour this
morning force Of Deputy Marshals were
Ee5t to the cttice Of the American Express
Co, where IVES understood to be large edi.
ton Of disloyA newspapers that had heei.
lodged for transmission by express. Tie eli
cs1a seized eix packages Of daily Neaas, The
publishers Of the Meas finding themselves ex'
cluded from the Post Office, Adams Express
and RosEi& Toucey 'saagencies, had endeayored
to employ the American Express Co, which
thhg spunnsei Yaa not matched.
, 1861-08-27

FlTrKG GET:
Alabama, eteamer.... 8 Achilles, steamer, -. 2
Anthracite, steamer. Jacob Bell, steamer. :
James Adcer steamer Arthur, bark. s
Augusta, etesmer...- 8 A1nandR, bark. 4
Biehvil1e, steamer. 10 BIazellerta. bark.....
Connecticut, steamer. s Dawn bark. ...----... 6
Columbia, steamer. 8 ReebnCk bark .-..... 6
City Of N. r, st1nr--. 8 Gem Of the Seas, bark
Eagle, tt*aneT....... National auafd, ship. 6
Florida, steamer.....- 6 j. C. Kuha, ship....,. S
p 3; hale, steamer:.:4 Nightingale. ship 6
Mississippi. steamer. 10 2. ". Bruno, ship. 6
George Peabody. stmr Benton, ship. i
Rhode Island, etnr. s Ramau, ship. ..-......
s. r. spau ding, stwr. 5 Badger, chip. ....-.....
Valley cfty a sseansr.. : Gsmecoek. ship: 8
Satellite, steamer.--.- hngfaher, chip 6
Mercury, steamer $50. Young Rover, steamer 6
Putnam, steamer. Fe2r Not, ship. +
9. H. Petit, stea1 CT. -
Underwater, steamer 1 Total guns. ........aso
In addition to those enumerated by name
above, there are Rbout fifteen other vessels
lifting out at eastern and other ports.
From the above statisties 1t Wau pc seen
employed in active blockade duty, these YES
sels carrying in the aggregate five hundred sud
nlnet5-hve guns. Also the names OF forty.
four additions to the fleet, mounting two hun
dred and forty guns. These vessels are being
rapidly fitted for service, and most ef them
ber, 90 that Oh that date we should have nearly
eight hundred 2sd fifty guns afoat. II the
middle Of October the new gunboass will be-
Gin to be ready to be pat in commission.
VI these there are twenty three, each cSrTy-
ing thirteen guns, 80 that by this feet We have
t an addition Of two hundred and ninety-nfne
| Enns And there are also eight first. class gun
boats, carrying fourteen guns, which WI be
Feaa{ Tor sea BY the latter part OF octo5e9,
| making one hun dred and twelve more aada
| t:onal gins. This viii give grand total OF
cEe thousand two hundred and thiftyy-sn guns
adoat.
The board Ct naval {yesseD examiners are
busy every day inspecting vessels, and as soon
| as vessel can be found worthy OF the pnf'
etase, she Is at once sent to some shlp5ard 70
be Converted irto war vessel
There are many obstacles In the Wsy o. the
purchase Ct vessels. Most OF the Agh:
steamers are SO constructed that their bohsr=
aEd machinery sre above water-mark, and one
well directed shot would disable them z; many
OF the hulls are rotten, aud in some cases ex
orsltaat prices have been asked for them
Considering the difficulties under which they
have labo1ed, they deserve great credit to1
what they have done, although the Pnhnc ser
vice seems to demand that the work OF dis
patching vessels should proceed with mort
rapitity.
, 1861-08-27
Illness of Gov. yates,a Father.

Gov. Yates received a special dispatch this
!o1eneon, Informing him that his tather, Hen
II Yates, Eeq.. Who resides at Berlin, in thi-
county, was lying On his deathbed. The Cows
erner left Springfield 1t l. NJ, in great hasta-
foE his hthex'a hedside.-SGdsc Jox7.aal, 24{{h,
, 1861-08-27

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. PAWN. 8. Johnston,
nephew Of the rebel General, Was arrested at
the depot today, after purchasing ticket for
Louisville. His trunk contained number of
letters from the South, one Of which spoke Of
the prisoner as an officer in the Confederate
ATDtF.
, 1861-08-27

A direct tax Of six millions was levied by
Congress, IN 1914, for the support Of the war
With Great Britain. The following are the
ouotas assfgned to each Stats.
, 1861-08-27

BERDAs,s EHAKFsHooTERs- At five O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, the full company Of Ber-
daA's SharpsbooteTs were drawn up opposite
the Adiutart Generals Office, and swon into
the service OF the United States BY Col Baekns.
-DttFpif Tribune.
, 1861-08-27
TFHRnuT Notes of 1912.

Nils Register Of 1912 says: In 1919, "to
meet any possible e1gency from a transient
failure Of adequate supplies to carry on the
var, 1t was resolved to issne certain notes
from the Treasury Department, to the amount
Of about $500, COO, bearing an interest Of 5
25-1oo per cent. per annum, payable at the
Treasury one year after the date Of their re-
spectiVe issues, aud receivable In all payments
to be made to the United States.n Previous
to the 4th Of December, 1872 the sum Of
s3,1eo, ,000 was contracted for By the following
banks IN the eums named:
State Bank Of Boston. S4D0 600
3. Manhattan Company, New York;, i.Og0D9o
Mechanics Ba1k Of New York. k........... 6g0,G00
trenton BANK. -........-.---............ $1,000
Aank Of Fen syiYanta. nta.-.-......-.---... 8O0,900
Farmers and Aechanics' Bank Philad: q, aOO0O
Union Bank Of Georgetown, D. C......., SO 600
Earmers' Bank Of AlexauE1fa. 10000
Total. ,1so, 600
Ales' Register Of May %, 1915, says s'Treas
ury notes are now in demand, and will soon
everywhere bear premium nesrly equal to
the amount of interest that may ha7e acuued
Oh them"
, 1861-08-27

The following companies have been assigned
to the Regiment commanded by Col n B.
Buford:
Capt. ". A. scbm1tt, Quincy, Adsms county.
CAT Q. ". Gamble, Monmouth, Warren couny.
Capt, r. ]. Pierce. Carthage, Hancock county.
Capt. H, B, soathsrd, New Boston, Mercer coan-
ty:
Capt, n. ]. Neyiss, Sunbeam, Mercer county.
Capt A. G. WateThouse. Quincy, Adams county.
Capt- John BogaEth. Concord, MorEan county.
Capt Henry r. Hitt Fairfax. Scott county.
Capt 1emueI Parks, Perry, PikB county.
C9pt T. 7. Moore, Havana, Mason county.
The field officers are Col N. B. Buford =;
Lieut. Col. E. c. Harrington; Major Hall VII
son. The regiment has been assigned to Gen.
Netherlands brigade, and will leave for Jack,
sonyille on Monday.
The following companies are assigned to the
regiment commanded By Lieut. Col L. T.
Waters: ...
Capt. l. H. Waters, Macomb, McDcuougd coan-
Capt. H. Rhoeds, Vermont. Fulton couEty.
Capt. B. G. Gilman. RnahviEet Schuyler county
Capt. Tho1aas II. Fitzpatrick, Monte9n1na, Pfke
CAPT. ". J. Estill, Petersburg, Menard county.
Capt Thoe Bntler, Pittefeld, Pike county
Capt. Richard Ritter, HnYana. Mason county.
Capt. William r. Roberts. Bee Grove, Menard
county.
Capt. Elisha Hurt, Barry, Pike county
jackson Grimehaw, If he accepts, will be
Colonel Of this regiment; L. Il. Waters, Lieut.
Colonel, and c. ] sellon. Major.
, 1861-08-27
Surgeon General Finley,

4 correspondent desires us to correct an
error In the age Of Surgeon General c. A.
Finley, Of the army, who has been put down
at rs. The Doctor was born in 1897, conse-
qucntly is NOW "a years of age, and man Of
good health and yigor. He entered the army
in 1878, and has been in the service since that
date--a period Of 43 years.