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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

"B ANk oF PITrsI ILyANIA. Prom some
cause, unknown to all the world save The,
senshtlohists, a report has been industriouslS
circulated an tins and other sections OF the
STATE, tu The effect that the Bank Of pittsSl-
wanna cannot redeem her notes A moro
mistaken proposition or unlouuded rumor,
was never IIimed ot upon a Crtduiuus. pro-
pie. For The dmouut OF notes issued, con
traSted with her specie on hand, sol Iyent del,t,
ana state Bonds, she - now, unoirnia5ly, one
OF the most solvent banks in the State
MIhN entire amount of notes ISsned by this
IasiItutor Is Si62 900 She has IA specir
solne $4,000 III STATE bonds, 20, 100, in sol
'rat debts about = 1900 The stock ALREADY
subscribed for amounts To the sum of sl27 utAI;
100000 of which has been paid iu and for
which he owners are bound 10 the note hold
ers Of the bank. Add all the above asset.
and assurances together, and IL VIII At once
be- seen that the SoisenCy OF this Institution Is
b~yOnd all question.
In addition to all this, the Bank of Pitt
sylvania has decided advantage over many
of the other Banks of the state IA the cuIlcC-
ton of her debts, as most Of them have been
made since she passage of the Stay law
lHtS" debts c.tn he pat ia train OF COllec-
ton at any time The interest Of the institu-
tI"u requires, while her resumption OF specie
ttyutHl - governed ny the same law which
~ hereafter 10 operate upon ali banks alike
In view of the above facts, We say 10 all
holders OF the notes Oh tuts bank, do not per
nit the sharprrs and money changers of the
country To shave you out Of them They ar,.
fully as valuable as any notes You can posi-
by get IN exchange The mere fact that they
ar not, at the present writing, baukahle IN
Richmond, is no evidence they are not as goot
as any notes issued by the Richmond banks
a lew days At most Wlll suffice for the utter
rumor relative 10 the solyency of lhts bank
Itfu.IYf }:g1isfsT
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IN Err or Corrected The GILES Ialaateers.


Without wishing TO detract any from hon or
due the - WashingtOn GreyS," a ComnaDy
from the gallan [ and patriotic county of Ran
pahannock, must ask that You publish this
us correction OF the statement made by a
correspondent writing over the signature Of
" Mnriei,' from this place and published in
your issue of the 9Th instant.
On the morning OF the 3pth OF August the
g Washington tfrrNS,' First Lieutenant
SWindltr, commanding, aud the .. & Hes Vol
I'm teprs, " First Liruttnant l.. Gibson, com
manding, We're relieved on picket post by
other companies and although they had been
out all night IN an exposed position were
ordered to form at once, and surprise and
take, if possible, the enemy ) pickets pOsted in
considerable mum bcrs, in onr BaYlry's house
and burns; also to get the morning paperS.
which was perhaps the object OF the attach,
Lieutenant SWlndier was ordered To dtplOy
his omp:tny u skirmish+rs 10 tie right ana
Gibson was ordered 10 carry his company uD
by the - rlgh flank Both orders were car
ried out cooliy and brttyely by each comuany
As they approached the house Il heavy fire
oaened upon them from a corn field dlUin-
ing the barn. doing some ciOSr cHttinp, but hit
ting but one man, Lieut.. SWndler, Jr. Ma
JQT Patton then ordered lieut.. SWindlpr TO
take his company and search the house, while
Lieut.. Gibson was to hold the barn. Both
were done: the "Washiugton Crews sur
rounding the house. large one, containing
some twenty rooms perha apS-aud searching
ii, and the "Giles Volunteers holding the
barn under fire. which they returned. with
effect, certainly killing one and woundiug
another. The Nv ashipgton GreyS'' are Ger
tainly splendid set of fellows, both officers
and men, and am sure would have much
preferred that ''Ithuriel' should have been
more generous and just 10 their moun tain
comrades, the "Giles Volunteers
FAIR PLAY
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FRENCH OPINIONS or THE >pUrH.-The New
Orleans Propagateur Catholique contains the
following extract from pamphlet "on
American affairs recently published ia
Paris
- The best proof of the intellectual supari.
ority OF the south over the North is tile part
the former has taken in public affairs. Not
wItstandlng ITS numerical superiority and
the jealousy of Its antagonist, the Presiien-
tial char has been filled during iorIy- four
years tout of The seNenty-tWo) by Southern
men. No Northern man has been re-eIect ted
President. The South has had TWO Prfsi-
dents elected four times. Df thirty tn rec
Presidents of the House Of Representative
TWEEN ty-Oue We're Southeruers. OF seventy
seven Presidents OF the Senate Vice Presi-
dents ofthe Republic, J the South has furnished
stxtf-one. has been the same in regard Ia
ambassadors.
ITO the South belongs Washington. Jerfer
son, Monroe, Madison, Patrick Henry, Clay
Marshali--men not less distiuguis ned for
Their exalted character and noble qualities of
heart than for their talents and inteilige
These men are not only an honor 10 their
country and to their century, but the glory
OF humanity. To these are Joined others as
remarkable, but less known in Europe-Cal-
houn, Jackson, Randolph, Cabeli, Maury
Plnckney, Lowndes and 1ancy.
ITO the eyes OF whoever has examined 1t
closely. the South has nothing 10 envy in any
nation IN respect to civilization, right mind.
edness, and elevation OF sen timents.
The women OF the South are tender moth =
ers and devoted wives The Creoles are
equal 10 the French ladies in exquisite grace.
distinction, sensibiiity, generosity, warm III
OF heart and ideas, with intelligence OF all
thar is noble, beautiful, and good Il, the.
epidemcs that have rIyagei the Southern
coast, they have given a thousand proofs of
inexhaustibie charity, and OF self-deuial.
ayishing their cares without distinction OF
rank or color. And what is there SO aston.
shing in this simiiitude between the inhab-
itauts OF the South aud those of our country ?
Is not Louisiana of French extraction bid
not our religious troubles take Ia the South
thousands OF families who were among the
best or France! These families have taken
root there, and their rae. has not deseu
Grated. The race has preserved that
know not what-of the French that never
efaees itself. Hundreds OF thousands could
be taken from among the first of those State.
where those families of old blood could IA,
counted, who think IL an honor TO recall III.
ties which bind them to the country of thei,
ancestors. 80 the South loves France. Oh
all the nations OF Europe ours is one with
whom they sympathize the most. ThAre i.
not a family that does not have its children
taught the French language
/ France Is, then, naturally called upon q
pronounce herself in the quarrel and To tax,
part with the South"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

The HERALD AND TIMEs.--These two New
York Journals are telling Il great many truths
Of each other. The Herald publishes what it
calls IAN erpose of the attempt of the little
villain, by means of secret circular, to reduce,
printers wages and interfere with the rights
of labor The Times calls BKNNETT "a
mean, dishonest, and INSCRIPTIONS sneak"
''the be.whipped and be-kieked old vaga
bond" "purloin Il private letter" Lying and
treachery, y resorts to stinkpots," ''the mise
rable caitif," ''the pleasure of lying ''false-
hood and defamation consistent in its wick
edness, ''venomous and malignant, ''the mob
coerced harlequin "a mocking ghonl, 1.-The
dotard President" ''the hoary traitor OF the
Hcrald," 40 swallow the filthy vomit, - ''the
predes,ined felon.'
Ii the press is an exponent Of the virtue and
refinement of community, what must be the
people represented by such organs as the
Times and Herald?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

FORWARD To New ORLHAss.-The New
York Her0d has exchanged the old war cry
oi "On to Richmond! e. to Forward to New
Orleans, down the Mississippir' 1t has now
discovered that a victory over the rebel host
on the Potomac wOuld not end the war, but
the true direction, Ito make short work, is to
take the long route, down the Mississippi
A.a preliminary TO this, Missouri and Ken
tucky il insists, must be secured from fire in
the rear FRENoST must be heavily rein
forced, and then press down the Mississippi,
whilst the Atlantic and Gulf seaboard must
be assailed and a column landed i'll Mexico to
cross the frontier Of Texas. 1.-The most etes-
taa way, perhaps of defending Washington,
capturing Richmond and subduing Virginia, is
BY The way of the Mississippi" Attacked, IN
the seaboard, the Gulf, and the Mississippi
sys the Herald, 'the 1'ebeis wW retreat rap,
IDLY soathward 10 defend their homes, and 'ctH
race Virginia 10 her .tate." BY the first Of
November, Mr. Secretary WELLEs will have
from twenty TO thirty new gunboats at his
oommand With the first frostso autumn the
sea-eoast Of the South will be relieved from
Us deadly summer malaria, and then move
nent southward by sea, combining gunboatA
and land forces, in conjunction with the move
uent OF Union army down the Mississippi,
"'R ieaoe poor old Virginia an easy triumph
'".Dfy thousand men adcancfng from Wash
f"gioA and Fortress Monroe Meantime, If the
Febes attack our lines in front of Washington
IND are repalsed as they will be, they may
'nder defeat which, in itself, will virtually
0e the end Of the war"
The Heraid exhibits no doubt a correct pro-
Hamme Of what may be anticipated here
a'er, but the great object is to divert atten
t0n from Washington 1t displays total igno-
iance Of the military resources Of the South
when 1t supposes that the ''rebels" viii leave
'helr present commanding position on The Po-
''Inae TO carry out the part assigned TO them
10 Ibis programme There are more than
enough men in the Southern States To defend
every assaiable point, without reducing the
army IN Virginia, or interrupting the stream
"i reinforcements which is every day increas-
ing Its power If the Northern legions pro-
p'ss to move southward, they may expect
southern army TO move northward, and give
1e people who arc urging on this war With
sth ierocity practical Acquaintance with its
"s'thtfal reaJitiss
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A3ordsr UarftrsBaltimore Plng Ilgles-High Com
Ptiments, 3r.
NAAP DEFIANtE
Jefferson Co, Va, Sept. Sth, 1861. !

Jefferson Co, Va, Sept. sth 1861.
BY way of reciprocating the kindness eX-
tended us in camp by an occasional copy of the
Dislatck, pro pose TO jot down a line so, that
those interested in this command may from
time to time hear from us through the medium
of your widely circulated and justly popular
journal We are, as you see from the caption
Immediately on the border, engaged in that
most unpleasant and dangerous service, bor-
der warfare. Since, under the general order
from the Federal Secretary of War TO central
iZe the forces along the Potomac, in or near
Washington City, the Massachusetts forces
We're moved down, this part OF the country
has been threatened with invasion by body
of real Plug Ugiies, from Baltimore. As ofteu,
however, they dare TO cross the Potomac,
and with their vandal tread 10 desecrate the
soil of Virginia, they have been met and driven
buck-at one time by the gallant Capt John
Henderson; at another, by the chivalrous Col
Ashby. You would be gratitied to SEQ the
comfort and sense of security afforded 10 the
good and true citizens of Virginia, as well as
the terror occasioned to the traitors along this
border, by the presence of the noble Ashby -
While, as the soul and leading spirit OF his
regiment-their embodiment OF true soldier
he Is their idol, by his politeness and gentle
ness he wins his way TO the esteem OF snch
men as Strother, Pendleton, Ct i'd genus, whom,
as u true citizen of Virginia, lie has been
obliged 10 arrest. As one who knows Coionei
Ashby well, (and believe the wishes OF MS
warmest and best friends are faithfully reflect.
ed when say,) II would be better for him ana
theBeryice OF his country were he and his COM
mand transferred to some one OF the divisions
Of our army, where, with his command and his
own true blood he could, in some world re.
nowned ngagement, throw around our infant
dag some additional lnstre, some additional
renOwn.
We earnestly hope this may be done; for
however valuable the service rendered In u
detached body, there are not the incen tiyss TO
the higher action as when his own bright
sabre throws back reelected light from the
blade of the bold md dashing Stewart. One
thing in this war ! long to see II is the sight
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16
STEAMER LogaE-71e Connetious adith the York
Ricfr Railroad.
YORKTOWN, Sept, lS, 1867

ANNN''h'' '"pts 10, 1901.
The steamer Logan, since the commence
ment of our troubles. has been of invaluable
service TO our canSe- especially in this de
partment,1 III transporting not only troOnH
ana munitions OF war, but in accommodating
the IfaNeling public. Now. this much set
forth, L wlSll-not as Il personal friend to the
steamer or owner, but Us 4 friend Ia the
southern cause and To the travelling public
composed both of soldiers and friends visiting
them-to call your attention 10 Il better
schedule, provided the railroad Will only bp
a little accommodating.
NOW, there is only one conneXion on i York
River to Richmond, the one from Yorktown
leaving the Richmond passengers to lie over
AT west Point All night ana large part of
the day. The railroad, | understand, is nu-
wiling 10 make any change at 8ll-thinkS
the steamer ought to do all. | am of a differ
ent opinion. and for the reason that to let
the railroad continue its present schedule
would necessarily compel the boat to lie III
Yorktown all night.
The wharveS here are very Old, diiapidoted
and, III Il word, unsafe and no captaiu Ger
tainly not Capt. KirWan, with his rxperi-
ence, Wonld allow the only steamer ou the
river to lie at a wharf where she might very
easily, by the slightest storm be- forced uuou
the wharf, which giving way, She would be-
immediately thrust upon the shore. To keep
up steam Is an exprnse-a waste of money
ana, u say the least, very n}udiciuuS. wear
ing out rapidly the fixtures of the Steamer
Now, my proposition is for the railroad TO
be Il little compromising little obiiging IN
this matter. Leave Richmond at the time
that all the other trains do, at 6 O'Clock A
NJ. reach West Point at ; . steamer leave i'm =
mediately for Yorktown, arriving about 10
giving 1uli tme-say, four hours; returning at
= Z. NJ, and the ears finally reaching Rich
mond about t-thuS making Il round trip TO
Yorktown III a day, and giving ample time tn
persons desirous Of seeing their friends and
visiting the tortifcations.
The railroad and the boat, Of course are
loosing the fare Of from - to 100 persons Il
day. I see tins every day. Yorktown is
crowded with hacks for the Grove Wharf
every morning. Traveller
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

NORTH CARoLTNA.-The following notice of
affairs IN Hyde county, n. c., which we copy
from the Washington Dispatch, will attract
attention
No county on the waters accessible through
Hatteras Inlet Is so much exposed to the in
cursion and depredations Of the enemy AS
Hyde. 1t is within 80 or ~ miles OF the Fort
the enemy headquarters. Indeed, Hat
teras is II part OF Hyde. Boats can cross
almost AT any time aud land 1T any point they
may choose. The wealth there will excite
their thieNing propenslties, aud the mum ber
OF slaves that could be run of and sold in
Cnba would pay the entire expense Of the ex-
pedition. Old Buffers heart leaps With
tieudish pleasure at the prospect. A flag Of
truce was sent by the officer in command of
the Fort 10 the citizens there on Friday last
informing them that they shall not be mo-
Tested, ii they Will take the oath of allegiance
to the Abolition Government, and aid of
course, the invading army couqueriug the
States. Wehaye this from n citizen iust from
there on "A hurried trip to Raleigh for aid -
And aid they must have and that iinmedi-
ately A regiment is absolutely inds pensibIe
for its defence And also, one if not two
companies oi Rangers, and a battery of flying
artillery. The people there making
every possible means of defence. One COM
pany OF volunteers is already in the field
The militia are organizing. A company of
mounted men, We are informed, can be raised
and the horses furnished there. WIN the au
thorities send forces there at oncef 1t must
be done or the county Is ruined.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS CERTAINLY DRAD.-We
once heard an anecdote to the following effect
We know not whether ii is to be fonnd in JoE
MILLER or not. A British ship of war, in the
West Indies, was terribly stricken with the
yellow fever and the dead and diving men in
creased so fast, that the captain orderedthe sur
geon to pass around us they fell down, and feel
their pulses. If they We're dead, they were in
stantly thrown overheard by a body Of men
appointed for that purpose. Among these lat
ter as an Irish sailor, whom the captain saw
struggling with man, and attempting to put
him overheard. II am not dead, | am not
dead" vociferated the victim. 'Be the pow
ers,' replied PAT, land do you think you
know better than the docthur?"
The reporters Of the Ne Y York Herald are
as obstinate in their faith as the Irish sailor
President DAVIS, by his public acts, assures
the world every day that he is not dead. But
the reporters will not believe him. ''Do you
think YOU know better than the telegraph :"
say they, and they repeat the story. The fol-
lowing is the last, dated from Washington
September 7th
" The Reported Death of jefferson Daris---The
statement by the Press Reporter that the
Government had had no reliable informa
ton of the death of jeff. Davis from Louis
vile, and placed no credit III the reports OF
his demise, is not the special patch received
by your correspondent on the evening of the
9th inst, announcing Daviss death, which
was shown 10 the President and members OF
the Cabinet; and the former, knowing the
author, al once announced his confidence in
the dispatch, and said il was the first relia BILE
information that the Government had re-
ceived The Press Reporter is too apt to pro-
nounce positive declarations as only unrelia-
BILE reports, simply because he is not smart
enough to obtain the information first
There is not the slightest doubt of Dayis's
DEATH
BESNErr himself has his doubts about the
truth of this story. But he is unwilling to
shock the great Yankee mind by sudden
declaration He therefore softens the mat
ter down after the usual fashion of men i'm
parting unwecome intelligence The rumor
Of the death he acknowledges is not verified;
but, by way of consolation, he assures the
Yankees that President Davis has been i'll bad
health for several years
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

DsArH OF 4 CsLEBRArRD GERMAN FsMALg-
Germany has lost one OF her most eminent fp-
Inale scholars. Frau Dr. Heidenreich, nee Won
Slebold, died 1T DIrmSttt. recently. She was
born ia 1922, studied the SCIENCE of midwifery
at the Universities OF tfottIngcn anG Giessen
and took her Doctors degree in lsI- not homo
ris cGHSG, by favor OF the faculty but like any
other German student, by writing the custom
AIRY Latin dIsseruttIon, u we'll as by defend
ing, III Irrbiic disputatlou, "a nun ber of mcdi-
cal theses. She took up her permanent abode
III Darnstadt, where she was universally hon
ored as one OF the first living authorizes OF
her special branch OF science
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16


NEW Translation OF SCRtPrURE.--The
Macon Telegraph puts forth the following
which is a literal copy from a passage ia the
tenth chapter of joshua except the proper
NAMES.
!. Now 1t came to pass when Abe Lincoln.
hing of the Abalitionists at Washington city
had heard how JEFF Davis had taken Fort
sumter, and how the inhabitants of Virginia
had made peace with the children OF Jen Da.
Nls, and were among them
:. mat he feared greatly, because Rich
nond was Z great city, and rs one of the
royal cities, and all the men of Virginia We're
mighty
B. Therefore, Abraham, King of Washing
ton, sent unto the fVe Abolition Governors
Of New ork, massachusetts, PenusyIvauir,
ONO, and Indiana, saving:
/. Tome up unto lne and help me- til AT W..
may smlte Virginia, for it hath made peace
with .irn. Davis
:. Therefore, the five Abolition Governors
gathered their armies together and went up
and encdnped before Manassas, and made war
az inst Virginia.
g. And the men Of Virginia sent unto Ieh.
DAVIS, ai Montgomery. saying. Slaei, not thy
htHd 1roth thy servants, bat come up to US
quckly, and save us, aud help us for all the
Abositionists of the North gathered to-
gcthCr against us
:. 80 JEDI. Davis assembled from Moutroma-
rS, ana II! the mon q: valor with him
>. Ana the Lord discounted them before
the children of the south and they were
theN We're chased along the way that goeth up
10 t"nurVHle, aud smItten to Alexandria
and near unto Washington city.
y. hhd IL came TO pass, rs they fed from be
tore Ia" children of the South, that there.
were more that died from fear than were SLAIN
by tn" sword.
10. For there wasno day like that before
1t, f"r the Lord fought for the children of the
South.
II. And jeff Davis said STAY We not but
pursue after your enemies, aud slnile the hind
most OF them, and suilrr them not to enter
their cities.
II. And Jeff. said To the children OF the
South Fear not, tor thus shall the Lord DO L,
all yOur enemies.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

@ oxaREss oP ARrIsTs.-There has been
an Artists Congress held at Antwerp. The
city was host, and among the invited guests
were Victor Hugo, Amedee Aehard, jules 81
mon, the King Of Sweden, the King OF BaVa-
ria, Baron Taylor, mem beers OF the rreneh
Conssrvatoire. the theatre Francais, the Uni
versity, Edmond About, Gudin the painter,
James Ferguson Digby Wyatt, and other
noted people from England, Belgium, Den.
1909. Every one Of the inyited guests was
biistted on q Flemish household, and the
hospitality Of the inhabitants was unstinted.
Procssstons, meetings, balls, discussions,
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X SUBSTITUTE FOR On CLofH An ingent.
ous inyen tor in England has discovered a sub.
sutulc tor the oil cloth which is 30 much nsed'
tor halls, passages, &c. II is composed OF an
intimate mixture of cork and india rubber
Up to Il recent time this mixture has been
known by the name OF '' kamptuliCon - but,
acting on Il. hint thrown out ia "A recent NUM-
Der of the tornhill Magazine the nan ufaV Vtu-
rer has adopted the more expressive, although
less tine, designation OF cork flooring. It's
made OF different thickness, from ne-eighth
or even thinner, To quarter of an inch thick
and IL beautifully soft TO the feet
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

nDssfxccrlys FiRy.-A hre occurred At Lex.
a, ,atHn Mo-, fsw nights ago. by which ten
OF slss buildings were dsstroysd, several
or nn asin stores. Among tbs latter, ths stores
noyi., Newman r Co, James =. Ilghtner,
nss nes a Baker, and John r. Pigott. The
LII n9figinated Ia the banking house Of Robt
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TKrg.-He who never forgets his old friends
and cherishes his attachment for them as
ever, no matter how much time, space, or for
tune have kept them apart, is one Of those
rare beings with whom God has endowed
the earth that society may not utterly wither
through the influence of ingratitude, selfish
ness, and the lncessant changes in hie.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

RscRuIrIya IN CAHADA.--Ap nttempt was
recsn thy made, II is said, To recruit for the
yertising for volunteers, posted In Kingston
by some persons from Rochester, N. Y, was
removed by public officer and brought 70 the
police coart. distractions were forthwith is
that might appear In the streets or public sa-
Ioons Of that city.