The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-22
aud important payers, the con ten "a of (which


The money, s2o0 ,oou IN amount, with the
letters and papsrs, We're detained at the sur
vsyof'S ciiice, and an Informal investigation
vas III AIDE into she case Among other matters
embraced in The letters in his possession, were
she suggestion Of plans for breaking up the
bios hdde aud supplying the Liverpool market
Rith Cottnn. From the tone of the papers
tEe money. it is believed. is the proceeds of q
ioaE IA the southern Confederate States -
Several passengers voiun tarily made afhdavits
10 the 6eClar atoms OF Serrell while on board
the steamer. Mr.. ). was committed TO the
iomos to await an examination.
INFORMANT sEi2uRE.
About A. 0No worth of rontraband goods
4alu.ue. chloroform, military equipments.
&c, sill lsheued glass" were seized last
Friday hy be nickets there OF the compan les
It the First Pennsylvania Regiment, VIII
are stationed at Annapolis June ton. They
we're taken IT Phelps Cross Road, at the in
tarsection OF the Annapolis Railroad and q
county road. about five miles from the iunc-
lion. The goods were loaded in two wagons
one driven by Albert Brummell, of Baltimore
,he other by negro, both of whom are at
the junction. a third man named Doll who
was IN the rear of the wagons escaped -
Bran nell made a full confession The gosds
FeTe bought for parties in Richmond by par
ties Ia Baltimore, BrummeIl having pur.
chased some articles himself a Richmond
uraft OF - go was sent To cover expenses
he was TO receive s'9C for the safe delivery Of
the gUoCs at Pore's creek, where transports ia
IoE 10 i.ginIt was 10 be supplied by the
Virginia parties. The boxes, fifteen or TWEEN
y III number, were marked to firm in the
nei9hborh0ot. The seizure was made at /
O'Clock \. Il, they expec ting TO be able to
pass The plckets in day time. The horses and
wagons are worth several hundred dollars.
BrUuaelis confession is circumstantial
men Jn1ng dates, names and localities, and is
quite Interes Ting and important, in view OF
tne Illicit trade carried on between Baltimore
and Richmond. lie had on his Person a bu n
die OF sixty or seventy letters dlrec ted TO Off
GERS and soldiers OF the Confederate army
Washington star.
rEs sRsTESes or TIE NUMBERS OF THE sEcoSD
MAINE REGIMENT.
The following is General II " DowelIs order
relative 10 the DISPOSITION Of the mutineers of
The Name Second:
G.,4eTal rrdtr No 81.
HEADqCAsTKRs N0ETRBAsTBRS DEPARTMENT,
AELIEGTos, Aug. is, lSGl.
sixty non commissioned officers and pri-
Yates Of the Second Maine regiment of volun
GERS, Having formally aud positively, in the
presence OF the regiment, refused 10 10 any
Iucther duty whatever, falsely alleging that
they were not legally in the service OF the Il
STA tss, they are, with the approval of the Gen
eriI in Chief, hereby Transferred in arrest
from the regiment, as no longer worthy to
serve III tn II, AID viii be sent 10 the Ury Tor.
lugas, IN the q ulf OF Mexico, there to perform
Ing may assign them, until they shall by their
tpIure conduct show themselves worthy 70
bear arms. They will ne sent 10 the Navy.
ard tonight. Srigadier General Sherman
III see 10 tie eEecu tlOn OF this order. BY or
der OF Brig Gen. McDowsIL.
Jas. b. Fry, Assistant Adjuta General.
MORN CAPTURES BY PRIyATEBRs
The Charles ton Courier, OF the 9th instant
announces the arrival at that port, on the
afternoon of the 9Th instant, on the steamer
Antelope, Of u detachment of the Washington
ARTILLERY, under the command of Lieuten.
ant James Salvo, having Ia charse the fol
lJ"!Gg officers lua seauen, captured by q
pIIvaterr
Capt. I. Holmes and W. Hurd, mata, late
Il the bark Glen, OF Portland, Maine, bound
from Philadelphia for IOrtugas, with a cargo
uf - tons Of COAL intended for the Gulf
s-Qu tdlOlt Henry Wilson, mate, la Ia of the
baI X Rowrua OF and for Philadelphia from
L5guayra, with cargo OF Loco bags 0; coffee
W u. Nichols, seamen, and Henry Anders IN
= boy, late " the schooner Mary Alice, from
PORT" Rico t"r New Ork, with cargo of 70,
aog-heads ct sugar.
tn prisoners above named We're removed
he totI)r4 says. 10 comfor table quarters il
ll- i,,,i ''fpT -ete keeping until proper dispo
,ll.a.. y--n - - a,:e OF their cases. they were
.-,ia tai = 70 TIRE prison by the City Police
ia ,iti IN 7ss, SO as 20 avoid attracting any
-sl;-r-ssssr} --"eLtIon."
sEIEzIsR IL WESTERN VIRGINIA.
4 ,ofI- pendent OF the Cincinnati Times
1--WE 80 no cunt OF a recent skilmish between
eGcrai am Confederate troops, the former
consisting O tAree Ohio companies. II oc.
tHzret between RnlltOWn and Weston, Va -
The q tererates were concealed in the bush.
a., uhd Tired upon the scents of the 0hioans
Sc hey approached. -Four of the Federal
@o92'a were wounded, hut rot seriously One
UI them received q ball through the Teshy
part 81 'lir breast, and smother n shot through
he / <. but without breaking the bone. Ser.
EcaaE hui'Ny, Of Company II, was shot in
he IRA Patrick UendTieker, of Company
IL. H. Fei "a bail III his arm, and had Just
.ilta : % ] la shot when ball struck him
uaaeI meath he LEFT ear ard produced almost
i"stant Death. He was from Cincinnati
htu the nsing commend ed, the men say tha II
the balls ratified like hail. and from the num-
be- aud rapidity OF The shots it is supposed
that there were probably hundred or more
Of the attacking party. The scouts promptly
returned the fire, discharglng their pieces al
random IN 10 the bushes, but with what eFscl
II was impossible TO tell. Tie en- tire force OF
the three companies room came 10 their aid,
but The CCEfedarates had then fed, leaving
traces Of blood behind
The same correspondent says that IL. T
Martin, an editor OF Weston, Va, has been
arrested and sent to Columbus, Ohio.
PEACE coNFEREECB IN MISSOURI
The s.. Louis Republican, of Friday, says
a military conference was held day before
yesterday, at Sedaiia, III Pettis county, com
posed OF Colonel Brown, from Jefferson city
Captains Harris and Parker, of Cooper coun.
", and q mum Der OF other officers, sOme con
nected with the State, and some with the
Federal forces. The object Of the conference
was 10 determine upon sOms plan TO tranq uil.
re that portion OF the State. Our informant
says the terms finally agreed upoE We're of ms
toiioWIng import: The state forces 10 dis
band and return home, and the Home q uard:
20 dl>banG rs such, and If they choose to pre-
serve military organization, 10 enlist in thu
United States Army, detachmepts from whict
are 10 be sent 10 points where disturbance!
should demand their presence. Both partie,
IL the meantime binding themselves to abs tail
from the practice Of guerilla warfare, 10 in
tefiere with 10 man on account of his polti
cal oplnions, ind TO labor assiduously TO re-
store the relationships OF peace and goot
neighoorshtp, where they have been broken
IL Is oeNoutiy to be hoped that this example
oI pt,ite- making, although local in its charac
Ter, may bring forth such good fruits rs shall
induce every portion Of tbs State TO pursue
the same course
1t Is understood that ex Senator Green, ant
olher gentlemen from the NOFtheas tern par
OF the State are ia this city for the purpose o
bringing ahou. some similar arrangement IL
regard 10 that sec lion OF Missouri.
NEWS PROM FORT plcKEgs.
There has been very little change In the CON
d!ton OF affairs At Fort Pickens, or anon,
the IefeIs over the water, as late SIS the Bis
nit. Wilson'S Xouayes were becoming i'm pa
tent nj their IL ton, and were eXpeC ted K
insist upon a fight or removal from SAINT,
Rosa lslaud. Considerable Jealousy existed
between them aud the regulars of the fort
who are disposed to regard the operations 0
the rebels with more equaniEity than tn
% as es. "a consed ueEce OF this feeling, anC
fearful that ii might lead 10 an untimely col
ilSon with the enemy, Col. Brown. the com
m8Qda1t al PiCkens. had issued an i'm peratiy,
order that no hostile movement whatever
should be made by the national troops, unles
IL reply TO Al attack from the rebels
The blockade is efficient in that vicinity.
NEWS or THE PRIvATEER JRRF. DAVIS.
The schooner Amelia, from Mayaguez. will
sugar and moiasses, to ). W Lewis o., o
New York reports the arrival at the abov,