The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-14

have been steadily opposed ~ such "A move
ment,a it will only be rerfeceed In the iace OF
the protests OF the best military General and
one of the best educated ard polite CITIZEN
Generals Of tha armies of the North
In order to guard against Government teis-
graphic dispatches brirg used for the infor-
nation OF The tonfederates, the ADMINISTERS
ton has concluded to use q newly Invented
cypher in transmitting official intelligence
Gen. Heintzlsman, in his official report TO
thu War department, states that early IN the
ia tile the Fire Zouavps were broken by n
bayonet charge from the sch Alabama kegi
m-nt, and they were not re organized nor did
they DO efficient service during the remainder
Of the day.
MIssoGaI-USRgLIABLE TELssRAPHIc DISPATCHER
A letter from 81. Louis, dated August 9Th
says:
| need scarcely warn you in advance to
Ulace reliance in what the telegraph MAJ
in form you respecting battles out here. Its
agents here all In the pnv OF that gigantic
deception established Mt Washing ton, and,
like It's inaster, they i'll continue % deceive.
il by dong 50 they can possibly subserve
their bad cause. To this day, they have Eev.r
corrected their lying statements respecting
The battle OF Carthage, i'll which SieSei lost
from 800 IL 700 in killed, wounded AMI prison
ers. notWithsta landing he himself t>iegeD
Etatas his loss 10 have bean thirteen Gully
Killed ani twenty seven wounded! Ihis,
too III fight lasting all day. Siegei Ia
stamped is liar daily in this city by persons
constantly arriving here from tho Sou Invest.
WAR AED IFS kEALIiIss.
The baltimore Exchange says:
Until recently We have only known Of war
IN IT. holiday aspect. II IL one thing To look
upon the pomp and pageantry Of tbs martial
array, bat is IL another aod d very different
thing to encounter il on the nc tnal battl9- field
IN a'l It's ghast!Y bideousness to be conscious,
above ali, that no matter how lavish the Ad-
mnistrdtion may be in the expenditure OF
blood and treasure, and no matter what
II N ms nG art h.
L alOn, III whose name the battle is Cstepsibiy
fought, viii have lost ali its vital elements.
and the whole theory upon which our Gov
eminent was framed will have undergone
radical change Never WAS party more GER
tain to bs baGed in the end than the one
which Is now ID power. Whether it wins or
loses, IL IS equally doomed TO disappointment.
II victorious. IL can only hold the Nanq uisEed
TO their allegiance Dy a permanent occupation
OF the country il defeated, it comes out OF
the contest disgrGced, and also burthened with
al enormous deUL. There Is bu : Que purpo
which the Administration really have in
view in carrying On this war, for it is the
only one by which it can hope 10 escape from
tie di!-mma in which II is piaced-that pnr-
pose is the complete suhlugation # the
seeded States, and their reduction to the
condition OF conquered provinces Grant that
this could be accomplished, what then be-
comes OF the rights reserved TO The citizens OF
all the States under the provisions OF the
Constitution This qGee lion is now begin
Mug 20 bs considered by many people at tEe
North, and the IN possibility OF ii 1ding for il
practical aud siJisfaC tory soiu ti0I peTpleXes
than exceedingly. Their ships are re ting a.
lhe Wharvss their factories no lOnRerresOunG
with the hum of busy industry ; their work
shops are closed their trade is ruined many
OF Their MAJ chan is are bankrupt. and the fami-
lies OF thousands OF industrious clerks, me-
CEaHic5 and iaborers are struggling tc obtain
The bare no cessaries of life, and look forward
10 the coming winter with fear and anxiety.
These ara evils which the wAr has already
brought upcn them, and for which even ii
dozen victoriss would bring no compensation,
unless they could res tore the old Union, and
with IL the old fr5tteruai feeling. Such a con-
summation is, however, not u be excepted.
Instead Of victory, thus far, the North has
net with defeat. Is Grand Army" has
been tnt % utter rcut, and all its baggage and
stores, tui munitions Of war, have fallen
IL 10 the hanus Of the corqUerors. What
if this terrible bloW be Dut the pracursor
OF others equally severe? what ii the
sums already squapdered in organizing one
,.riny be but ths pre- Uda 10 system Of
taxatiou which. il permitted To go into opera
tion, would III the midst OF the prevailing pa
r;tlySjs III trade, not only involve personal
sacrifices too griavous ID he borne with
e4 uanimity, bat would beque.lth also an
enormous hurtbeD of cebL TO posteri.yY such
. system OF direct and redirect taXation Con
| gCsss now proposes 10 inaugurate, and under
| tda arp spur Of Mr.. Trumbuli's revenue
| bill the people OF the North are beginning 10
| speculate upon the pIObHhle cost OF the wal,
aud 10 ponder over its consequences. The
gAth-rscs is well calculated To quicken their
| percsptICns. We are no., therefore, at All
surpri sed to learn that peace meetings have
| become far more frequent ut the North during
| ~ pagt lon days. and that the opposition to
the -a.s urinary policy Of the Adm IN is ira ion
! is gaining numbers of adherents, even from
| The ranks OF those VINO once imagined. with
! Mr.. Lincoln, that tnr secession OF the Sout
| sru States WA the work OF politicians, AID
| not OF the great bulk OF the people, aud that
| !! would be an easy matter 20 put down the
| armed con binations" existing there. 1t was
! IL fatal mistakp, aud they are at length begin
| Wig to mad it Oat.
AvoI0g Prom CosSBcTIcUT.
! The hartford Conn Times gays
Since the recent terrible defeat OF our Nor
J therD army, The truth bagius to- be ackuoW-
| leige1 by our Eeighhn.s, that we can never
| conc uer the South. bur abolition papers at
! the North have constantly inp9iled u On 20
| destruction. The South have an enrolled
militia OF over 800, geo men. They have NOR
! than 600 900 muskets, besides powerful
| tiIiery. equal TO ours; and now they have
| captured five Of our best batteries. In the
! face of these stubborn facts, are war
breeding AbOlitorists TO push US on III this
| ruiDous civil war;
| Within few M ontbs, or perhaps weeks
| we must be subject to the war-dratt upon
| the enrollmsnts which are now being made
| throughout this State, according to the recent
| act OF oar Legislature Men must be taken
| from their families aud their peaceful occupa-
| lions TO fight--fOr WHAT Dan Prpsidsnt Lin
! coin tellY The wealthy csn pay the SO demand
| Ell and stay II home but where b the poor
| man to OBJ tain the cash to pay his penalty III
! this present time OF business ruin He mus
| 20 to war, and there is no discharge ex-
| cept by dea tn. In few days comes upon us
he Assessor appointed by Abraham Lincoln
| from whose assessment there is no appeal
| soon upon his heels comes the United States
! Collector, also appointed by Mr. Lincoln. and
| the war Tax must be paid forth wi.h-8i63 900
is the sum taxed upon Connec ticut for the
| war.
| About 81, 900, 900 have already been borrow
| ed By this State. to pay and equip our five
| regiments Oar snug State fund of near $500,
| 600, we'll invested in bank stscks, has been
| spent and more than double that amount al
! ready incurred and demanded For the FIRST
| tuna in the history OF our little State, ha ~ {
. Connecticut bonds been haw ked about the
| country, ana yet the war has Jus con- III snced
| The great West bagiDs to feel the cru. bling
weight OF war. She has no money to pay her
| troOFs; her bonds are un>1leahie, ana her
credit declining Their corn, which once found
| an outlet down the Mississippi, now bring
| tea cents a bUshsl Instead Of bI kading ihe
South, they couf'-s that they are themselves
| b!ockaded. Here is positive proof ,uat the
distress and necessity OF some Of the IVES stern
States will induce them 10 quit tnis Union -
Who " i'll then assume our enormous nation a.
debt OF perhaps one or two thousand llions
| % dollars! "Nothing going wrong sir.
CHAiLEsaE FOR NAVAL Exa.aKMExr-We
| learn that on Saturday last The Confederate
| ,rar steamship Patrick Henry, formerly the
| Yorktown, came down James river to within
| a mile or Two of Newport News, and offered 4
challenge for com bat 10 n large United Sta teS
| fIgae lying oil that point. 80 greet was the
! agitation and confusion or board the frlgats
| il is said, that they did not take time 10 fur
| thar awnings, but pulled them right down
ana beat - quarters. The Patrick Henry
| stopped OF at her position, win her ports
open ready for IL combat, il she could induce
| thu Yankee 10 come from under the guns OF
| the shore battery but tha latter positively
| declined the aviation, aud stuok 10 her safe
place. 1t is believed by thosa who witne sssd
| thu operation that thu Pliy,ok Henry would