The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-15

,.y % maintain thar independence. and shss.
here will be performed all the duties Of n good
Government to its citizens. l am. therefore,
ready to take the oath TO support the Con :
stitution OF the Confederacy, aud OF aile.
glance TO IL.
| OH yoahs AND NEW.
| The following from the New Orleans Bale
| in, has application In more places than
| lne
| /. Is a good time now for many firms in this
| <1ty 10 effect u complete renovation In their
aomponent parts. There are many whose
! principal partners have lived At the North.
These partners own. perhaps, most of the CAPT.
| al. The p~rtners here or the agents do most
| 4 the labor ana receive perhaps but IA small
| portion Of the profits. In some cases the af-
| airs of the concern may be conducted exelu-
ayeiy by sai3ried clerks. possessing judgments,
industry, integrity. and - jealous devotion to
| .he interests of their employers.
HE property now owned in the North Will
! II course be seGuestrated 1t is the duty OF
| he managing agents OF all such houses here,
1 whether they are really partners or not, 10
make a clear exhibit Ct the facts TO the pub
ic Receiver. 1t surely cannot be the design
| 81 the Govern ment to harass and Cypress i Is
5Wn Citizens, and its agent in this city shows
10 his public notice TO ptrtiPs interested the
| light spirit We have little doubt that the
,ctIVe partners and managers OF all firms here
| whose stock is owned III part III the North,
Will BE- greatly ben. fl ted, If they act properly
! ~ the law winch the ferocious despotisn OF
The Lincoln Congress com PEELED the Conied-
| rate Congress 10 pass IN references 10 seques-
| ration. These partners and gents can now
Jetome principals, and receive the benefits of
! their own lapors.
lney eau open upon their Gown hook" TO
/ Use \ common expression. They can strike
,ut Tor themselves exclusively. Tae Govern
nrHt, instead OF expressing them, Will do all
| N ITS power to aid them. They 'caa now dis
| enthral themselves, ana cut loose from DEEPEN
| fence upon those who perhaps feel Iit,ie in
| terest III their success.
II Is tne nick OF time-and we say it with
| out forgetting that'We ara i'll the midst OF "a
| !eroclous wif--for new mercantile men to
! come forward and open up new channels OF
! business with European houses, for men
| "ho pcrlai.s have jabored long aIid hard,
| ma honestly, for very inadequate returns,
chiefly for the benefit Of others Let
| -rcht now show their hands and act rIgo-
! rpusty. i.er them exhibit their independent CO.
! tae,r naniiood their sagacity and iiidolni q,
! ole perseverance. We DOUBT hot that the
| receiver, with The entire approb baton Of the
/ Government, Will grant them every f,cilIty
| % accomplish the Objects alluded to. The
,dJusuneL: OF the affairs Of such houses for
! the benefit OF the people OF the Confederate.
/ states, though the Government may ue d.
10 advance the III ter.sts OF their resident cItI-
! zen agents, and 1T the s.sme time confer :,
! subSta9 ti.l boon upon New Orleans, through
| i.Ie enterprise Of active nen whose euers les
| receive Il new spur BY the motive of intert 81
! resulting In the opening up CT new avenues
OF business 10 the great southern In- tro polls,
| 70 her more wide spread aud commanding
| commercial relations, ana miro cpuieh
i glowing, ana spiendi'i tu.ure.
''HERE's Y0UE MvLg''
/ The NJ mphis Araioarte says, editoria.Iy:
| Among outsiders consider,l Bite interest has
! been manifested as TO the origin OF The ex-
! preston, now prevalent III the arlny pi
! Here's your mu!e!" Our Columbus cor
I r,s t,oud-,lt, III recent letter, gave his YER
I sion vi ii; but he missed lhe thug entirely
| DurinS the removal OF troops 10 Virginia. pre-
| vious ~ lae b.ttie OF Manassa wn-il the rait
| roads were literally blocked UP with soldiers,
| Transported i'll stocA cars, one day 4 Train ul
! Missi,>i pp,i.s met Al Grand Junction :. tram
| u Luu.siahitns. The latter, or Il najvri.J OF
| tneIl, were probably disci ,is 3 of C.o tcsuap-
| sGs, ana seeing The MlsolSsI ppiaMs, some vi
! Them Il; once commenced to bray 81 them
-! lhc hissis slpplans stood il Tor y R..e, ultti
| cne OF them, astonisned at the uuc,i.si :,
CritylBS, ;iii at once snug out " Here your
mule ~ The thing TOOK, auG the Mississ ppi
| trainrung vita The novel expression. Inc
| Louisiani;lns tried TO drown tne upro.,r Wi Ia
their bcasins, bot it was use 'Lhey
filiallv became mad suOCoh 10 hight, ana ii
! iVN was only prevented by the dt p,rturt o.
| the IT ,iRs. The - mule" thus STARTED soon
! run through Tie whole army. anu is familiar
| 10 every body III the country.
Many amusing Occurrcnces have taken
! place in consequence OF the e;.rression uu,
perhaps the richest one transpireei here short
| iy after lis origin. One morning country
man rode fine mule iuto this city ana 70 y
! ping a. the Charleston raiiro q ae pct, hitch
ed his beast, called 70 Il negro and told him u
! have his mule taken 10 Corint III. The stranger
! then started 10 Arkansas, and was ;.bzeot A
week. Ii the meantime. the negro ROT bel :
| st the head of the tr,tEapor tatiou department
! II the Charleston railroad, paid no atten ION
! 10 the orders given him, and went of about
| his business. Some of .he employees OF the
railroad, seeing the mule there ali day, al
| right seutit 10 P,ltterson'a stable, here il
| WIS ttk~n care ~. When its owner returned;
| and inquired ii his mule ha been sent 10
! Corihth, upon describing it, he was told where
| it was. TIE game day il was placed IL 4 box
! car, with RI IL nailed across the doors. and
with the owner in another CIR, started 10 Cor
! NTH, Arrived there, the III went 10 look
{ for his animal, and found that il had ''se-
coded, " having kicked of the sla ard "ium o.
| ri the w3rlC; cone The distress ha ex-
/ hibited " mournfuis 20 witness, ana he Start
ed oHt into the Town TO search for his Lost de-
! scendant Of BalanIn's horse A. that time
/ there vas about ten Thousand soldiers at o.
! rin,h, and the countrylnan strolied in TO the
! camp. when, all Of 81 Sudden he heard a dis-
! ttnt cry Of Here's your mule" With heart
! elatec hp started towards the man, and aad
! nearly reached the place where ne stood.
/ wh"n, away of III another direction, the cry
] WAS repeated lie hastily retraced his steps
| when he again heard the information. from
! still another quarter. Puzzled, he started Oh
| Ii run towards the sound. aud when be flncied
he Inust have reared .l,e spot. he was refresh
! I'd by still another howl of Heres voIr
male I" 1t is recorded how long ne pur-
sued hi. tanns fa,ans. but eventually he fetched
up iii the guard house. We have Eever ascsr-
| tained whether he found "that mule. - ~
/. "a, CLOSING or BAYou rIAargayss.
! A Correspondent of the Baton Rouge Ca
,ft:t, vritin. from PlaqueI! me- Sept 2Sth
says:
few days more and Bayou Piaquen1ins
! will be closed ~ the Father OF Waters. The
next question to be soived-How long will
the levce, IS d present, protect muddy pIa-
4ueminef Look out for a crevaese When the
| water is high.
saowSLow IN Tbs FIELD AGAIN.
Although Browniow, of the Knoxville DTliy
| has of late loaf caste, he has not parted vel
with his admirable talent for vi.uperation -
Us thus swears at the editor OF the Knox;i.le
, Register:
Ihaye, on more occasions Than one. SIS ted
! to the public that the man In whose name
this I'M versaliy- acknowledged lying and dis
| Teputa bic sheet is edited ard pUbiishsd-J. A
/ Srerry--is q low down. i'll bred, lying, de-
! bsucb1d, drunken scoundrei, alone worthy Q;
the coz pany OF the villains and towards " 0
/ write Inc dirty, sianderous editorials for his
/ paper, SsSalilng men whom they hyDocrin :
calty meet ppan the streets, haze hands wit b
| and pretend fsiendshi, for. These ,nen kn ow
! that taeir bad :pcr4ls and peculiarly Exp, otis
I are such that they dare nor write over their
! say, through their vehicle of Islander, tina;
! they wrote these articies, giving their proper
| names, there are not bayonets and side-arlns
| enough in and around Knoxville to keep us
! from showing that thsse citizen wri tiers, hid
| den caiumnia tors, and cowardly office seekers
/ have acq aintarces in the PenitenIiary, who
! are their supariors in all thai ennohles our
! nature
! BEowyLow RHPYRs TO HIS waIrIE9s.
| Though We are not a prophet, nor YET are
| we the con OF a prophet, we wrote and pub
! lished an editorial, July was a year ago. In