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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

Supreme Court Of Appeals,-Taylor's ex'rs
VS.. Holiday and others-argued by Messrs.
Tucker and Patton for the appellant, and Wm.
Green tor the appellees. Decree Of the Cir
cult Court of Frederick county affirmed.
James River and Kanawha Co. against An
thony Robinson, Jr. Writs Of supersedeas
awarded from the Circuit Court Of the City
OF Richmond.
Edwin Walker, John D. Thomas and B. w .
Green against w. I. Sailee. Writ of super
sedeas awarded from the Circuit Court Of tho
City Of Richmond.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

TAs Capitol Square IL the property or the
people, and planting trees therein makes a .
reflection Of public nberality, and AS palpabIe
needs meet with their heartiest concurrence
No money, we are sure, could be 20 invssted
as to return more. to each individual citizen
than the little sum lately paid for shade trees
have nearly all been planted. Under Captain
Freeman, and are ''doing A. well ~ conld b
expected under the circumstances. After
few years, the Square win afford our cihxens
good town view of the varied scenery that
charac terixes the rural districts. asS - ffsia
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

A Cane tcos p reseated to Mr.. II Ill. the able
member of the Convention from Wetzei. last
night, at the Spotswood House, by q number
of his Richmond friends -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

1he hIttnQ in on 4th and 5th streets. leadine
to Navy Hill. owing to the long con ned ana
heavy rains. has settled and slipped 20 much
that the sidewalks are nearly useless. and the
space Tor wagons, &c, has been 80 reduced
tnat hardly one at time can pass in safety,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

PdsstngG Couater(ei Note.-John Chronis-
ter was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday
for passing to Robert Brock a counterfeit Ave
dollar note, purporting 70 DO issued by the
Merchants Rank. He was committed for
examination before the Hastings Court
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

. stealing Saddle.-Sylvester, slave Of Reu.a
ben Ellis, was brought before the Mayor yes.
terday, and ordered To be corrected, for on.
stealing a saddle --'''~'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

: CoxyoRrABIr Ory.-9en. MifNmon ana his
lady at last accounts were living Ia Havana
in q very simple manner without any. retinu ne.
They were bound for France, where the t6..
0oo, 900 they have between them wiii As msds
useful. 81 80 .esa Asts 81 81 "a
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

Mayors Coart.-Yesterday John Hughes
gave bail to appear and answer, on the 18th,
for raising in the First Market row with an
unknown party. The Mayorretained Hughes
brass knuckles till the time In question. VIM.
cooper, free negro, minus papers, was sent to
lhe Chain Gang for 90 days, for stealing pair
Of boots from Capt Mason. - - -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

Judge Lyons Court did no business yester.
day in the way of criminal trials
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

III PRxPAssD rox WAx,--rhe Governor OF
California hiss sent to the Legtslaturc the
being betwsen A00a and 10 annaksla. shot
gans and rides, generany oat ef rspstr. s
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

DrKSIxa oP a CoILSan, n,-We9trninste Col
legs. at New Wilmington. Lawronee econty.
Pa, Wa destroyed ~ AE0 % WEDNESDAY sAst.
The loss u about - 40. 50 ssssg ssf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

The Mayor yesterday required 4. Batey TO
give security 10 appear before sha Grand ury,
20 answer prsssntmeut for keeping disor-
derby house.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

The regular monthly mesting Of the City
Council takes place Monday evening. .-.-.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

A TERRIBLE CoMPAsY.-They are organizing
a new military company IN memphis, 70 DC
called ssThe Defants" The Avalanche says
Of them "Their uniform is to be black
homespun, with red plnnes. Their bannerls
black--the arms Of the State OF Tennessee be-
ing Inscribed on one side in crimson on the
other side will be represen ted n right hand
grasping an unsheathed sword, with the
name Of the company--the Deflants-writteir
In red letters above The whole outfit will be
emblematic Of death and defiance, and will
cost forty dollars"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

NATIONAL FEELING.-The gold medal from
the Irish citizens of San Francisco, to be pre-
sented to the Sixty ninth Regiment, of New
York, arrived by the steamer Northern Light,
on Monday. 1t is of pure gold, of huge size,
three inches in diameter, one-q uar ter of an
Each side of it is set round with an enamelled
wreath of shamrock. On side is an in
scripton which tells its own story. 1t reads
follows:
presented to the Sixty ninth Regiment, N. Y
S. NJ, by the Irishnen Of San Francisco Cal, in
approval of the manly course pursued by the re-
ginent in refusing to take part in the demonstra-
ton in favor of the Prince of Wales, during his
visit to New York.
''SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l, lse1.'
On the reverse the medal has the flag of the
Union, a rising sun, and the motto, ERIN go
Bragh.' 1t is valued a $500.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

DoINGs OF THE THIRTY sixth CoNGRRss.-
The late Congress passed some one hundred
and eighteen private and public acts and tif-
teen Joint resolutions. This compares fay ora
bly, in number with the work of o ther sessions,
while the character of the bills is much more
important The new patent law, it passed
by Congress at the very last hour of the ses-
sion, makes some radical changes. Patents are
to run twenty years instead OF fourteen.
Board of Appeal from the decisions of the ex-
aminers OF patents is provided for, in order to
relieve the Commissioner. No appeal is al
lowed from the final decision of the Commits
sioner to the Judge of the District Court, as
has heretofore been the case. Lastly, the
salary of the Commissioner is increased from
three thousand to forty five hundred dollars.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09
..rocrNIA STATE CONVENTION.
TWENTIETH DAY.

FRIDAY, March s, 1861
,,o,,vention was called TO order at IL
s,lccs,,. nv the Rev Dr. MooRK, of the Pres.
nan l,srisn Chnrch,
fNF4''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

LETTING TEEN ALoNg.-The New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says ::
The steamer Nashville sailed this afternoon
for Charleston, with about 90 passengers and
Il moderate quantity of freight AS usuai,
number of Superin tendent kennedy's police
men were on the dock, to make sure that there
was no contraband of war going on board, but
none believe was found. Orders, II is un-
ders TODD, have been given to the de tectives not
tointerfere with the Savannah steamers here
after, the Georgia reprisals having convinced
Kennedy that the game is one that does not
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

AN IMPORTANT LETTER.-lt will be recol-
Iected that in 1887, a distinguished merchant
or banker, in London, was sent out here TO act
for the Bank of England, in which capacity
he was .'as one in authority in an apart
ment of the then United States Bank. This
gentleman was John w. Cowell, and the let
London Examiner. Mr.. Cowell advises sep
aration of the Northern and Southern States,
and teaches the South that separation is its
tand tina cotton man ufacturing, slave
hating England is the natural friend of cotton
producing, slave-holding South. His argu-
ments, however, will go for what they are
worth-admitted abolitonist as he is-but
they teach us lesson, especially us of the
North, not to trifie more with this abs tract
issue OF slavery, but to live with the South
in peaee.-N. T. Express.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

MAJOR GENERAL TwIGGs The San Antonio
(Texas) Herald, speaking of recent interview
with Gen IWiggs, veteran Commander of
the Department OF Texas, says he announced
that his military career was closed, and it
was his determination to retire to private
life, making New Orleans his place of resi-
dence. 1t is already known that he announce
to the War Department at Washington
his determine ton not to wage war on his
eountrymen. The information given by the
Herald seems TO be confirmatory of a dis
patch to the New Orleans Picayune, which
states, on the authority of a member of Gen.
Twjggs' staff, that he would not enlist in the
Army of Georgia or of the Southern Confed-
eracy.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11


Association-Mr. Fernando Wood-to inquire
whether 10 / were possible such dis.
graceful trick could be contemplated, or
whether he, was in any manner cogsizant
thereof, Mr.. Wood altogether discredted the
rumor--said it was quite imPossible-and
added with emphasis that \" there was no
power in tho city Of New.York to consum-
tt mate such purpose" These assurances
from person who is univerally known as the
autocrat of the Mozart clique, were regarded
as conclusive against the possibility of the ne.
farious scheme alluded to. Shortly after this
interview, q packet Of printed tickets was sent
from the Mayors Office TO the two Judges,
being the regular Mozart judiciary votes, and
bearing the names of Lewis B. Woodruff and
Murray Hoffman, for Judges of the Superior
Court. This was intended and regarded as a
cerroboratlVe. evidence Of good faith. n
What happened on the day Of election is now
very generally known. An entirely different
set Of tickets had been privately prepared,
bearing tho names of Messrs. Barbour and
Mcneil, in the places Of those Of Woodruff and
Hoffman, and these were substituted through
out the city in all the Mozart boxes. To the
remonstrances Of voters, the reply was, in
some cases, that they were IN error, and
Woodruff and Holman had never been Mozart
candidates at oil; in others, that those gentle
men had withdrSwa immediately before the
\ election. In this manner has been consurn'
mated most high handed wrong and one
which every honest man in New-York should
regard as personal outrage. If such iraud
is to be tameiy permitted to prevail in the
election OF q Judge, what shall next prevent
its employment in that of a Mayor, Cover
nor. or o President What security can there
Ibe IN the future for property, for character,
for public decency, if men in high places, for
1 ambitious and selfish ends, are to perpstrate,
or cause to be perpetrated unpunished, crimes
which of moral right should send them to tht
PeDitentiaryl e.,.r
I We would fain believe that the successful
candidates were in ignorance Of this notable
scheme in their behalf; yet it is difficult %
conceive how they could be. We know o.
tothing heretofore prejudieial to either Mr.
Morell or Mr.. Barbour as honorable men, and
the very best way By which they could SUBJ
staptiate their claim to the respect of the
community would be by refusal to occupy the
seats TO which they have been fraudulentl,
\ elected. Such step woud obyiate any sus
pcion of their completely in tho late conspiracy
and wouldi go FAR toward insuring their tr'
k,nnuhant elevation to the next ensuing vacancies
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
THE LATEST var NEWS.

The. great gews Which comes. from tie
Southern Expedition will carry joy to III
Il hearts A most important step has been taken
,,,, toward the crushing Of the Rebellion, end the
u aswarSis fairly carried into the enemys country
NV by the taking OF Beaufort, concerning which
there can hardly be any doubt The imme-
20 %. date effect Of this success is seen on the Po-
tOmac whence the Rebels are going in haste
=. to South Carolina and Georgia..
The ferry-boat Commodore Perry, which was
forced away from the squadron by the gale,
i, returned to Fortress Monroe on Saturday. She
-. fouudered up and down the coast for some
days, seeing, however, no signs of wrecks, and
believing that the fleet succeeded in keeping
well together, The Young Rover reports
p at Fortress Monroe that the Governor, with
400 marines on board, was in trouble, but that
the Sabine came to the rescue and took her in
?, p, TOW,
On Thursday, the United States gunboat
Rescue went up the Rappahannock as far as
'e Drbanna Creek, off the mouth of which she
3 captured and burned Rebel schooner She
was nrsd on by battery from the shore. The
nre was returned, and the enemy sheled out.
no hescue then threw shells at every spot
"hele tnere were signs Of an enemy. with
marked effect, and it was hoped that the
Rebels would be ehectually damaged.
We are still without full details of the 6Obt
at Belmont. Mo. 1t is clear, however that
the engagement was most desperate one. and
that the rebels suffered much mora severel,
than we. Our loss is set down at 800. Our
troops fought all the way almost into Columbus I
catering the camp Of the enemy, spking two
guns and bringing away two Others, and 200
prisoners. 1t is reported, though not on the
most Trustworthy authority, that Gen. Ogilyie
has met JEFF. Thompson, killing 800 and los
= iog so. ,s.. ~. ..-.i...
Ias main body of Prices army is reported
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
NO DEaP 0TAsN.

| DR.. Russell has repeatedly stated In lie corr
respondence from Washington tint the liberty
of the press was already eiiectualy suppressed
by the Government Of tho United States, and
that Fort Lafayette or some. equivalent place
of detention was sure TO be the portion eff any
journalist who should venture) to speak without
due respect of the members of the Adniinntra.
tion and their acts TO show how eroundless
is this accusation Of the learned doctors, We
quote the following pasiage from the last i'm
preston Of Frank Leslie's Illustrated NepYspet,
of which the Hon. +. G.. Squier is TIE ackpowl
edged editor: ,s.. D. 80. =.
/" II renins TO be seen II Con Mcclellan aa Prove equ,
to the vast, had almost Iaid fearful responsibilities which
this step Of Gen. Scott has deyolved upon HIM lie hs. to act
with Government which, In It's ps,soBne. not chosen
by the people with reference the terrible eryences Of tho
nation. nor with regard 10 any special fitness to NEE, 'l
The Administration is mainly made up Of mall Iolii inns
Of moderate capacities and not always OF the Les antece
dents The only among them who enjoyed any special
reputation is the Secretary Of State whose dleand states
manshp las broken down ab6ey before tho realities Of his
position. Commsncios with blunde shout bockAd he
has subsidized into habits Of unnecessary and
bad rhetoric to soy nothing worse, until be longer
rnands public confidence. With Secretary Of War who Is
only keen contracts and Secretary of Navy whose energy
and esscity ro.siby equal to the duties Of county
Justice OF the peacs-with such uppromspg and ineoIn
peteni colleagues Gen. Mcclellan will require oil the
Of his intellect and the escon Of ell his energies 10
In the great work befrs him. lie possesse
eminent drpree, tie public confidence but slightly I'M
paired by the absence OF enterprise the part Of the army
under blG command The future Of great nation rests main
in his hands and tho prayer Of 900 Of people IT, tha.
,e may prove equal TO his trust Ig,f. 81. .3..s
There certainly can be no stronger illustration
II the 'reedOm OF the press than is Afforded by this
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

The Court of Inquiry touching tie ccpduc
Of Col. Miles in th0 battle OF Bull Rua 70
port they have no doubt Le was drunk on fAk
occasion, but that the fact cant now
proved, and that o court.martlal can't 30 bel
without inconvenience. Accordingly, they Ps
pose to let the drunken officer oil wiIOeu
further trial or punishment. .5s =
SO far as We can understand the case. ls
result is more remarkable as an nastF,fou \
mercy than Of discipline. The army viii y
worth good deal more afterSoms incoaPsss''
and unlaIthful generals and colonel, hass ben
shot or cashiered than it is now.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

The returns OF the recent election 10 this
State come in very slowly, but the quality b
very good, and those already received iOdieais
a majority Of $4,000 or upward for tie Urba
State ticket, with the exception Of Canal Con.
missioner for the short term. The tlree-cOn.
cred contest for this Office has doubtless result
ed in the election of Mr.. Wright, The Democssls
candidate. Late returns show the electie,
of Mr. Jacob S. Freer, DEM, to tho Sense
from the Xth (Ulster ard Greene) District
instead of T. L. Westbrook, Union Dem, and
the euccess Of John Gansen, Dem, instead d
Henry w. Rogers, Union DeI., IN the
XXXIst (Erie) District. AS We have beios
stated, there whl be largo UDioa majority il
each branch Of the Les stature. -
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11


trenchnnt and unsparing criticism; and yet Mr..
squier is in the full enjoyment Of his liberty,
and likely to continue so. If we understand
the principle on which have proceeded the
arrests that have been made-and we believe
that in every case they have been made by the
order of the distinguished Secretary of State-
it is that only those shall be arrested who are
animated by evident purposes Of treason and
by actual sympathy with the Rebels. So far
as wo are advised, personal attack upon
himself or upon the other members of the Ad.
ministration, or jealous and well-ntentioned
icriticisrn upon the mode Of conducting tho
war, is not regarded BY the Secretary as
aGording any reason for putting On individual
upder constraint. The purpose is to battle
treason, not TO restrict honest freedoms; and II
must be admitted by all impartial persons thai
this ia a broad distinction, aud that course
of action which carefully regards it cannon
properly be called arbitrary or despetic.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
OUR NEXT MAYOR.

We are to have Charter Election three
weeks hence, when it will be decided that thu
City is or is not able to supply itself with q
better Mayor than Fernando Wood. The dirty,
dishonest trick by which he has just driven
Judges Woodruff and Hoffman from the bench,
has so aroused and quickeped the general con.
sciousness of Fernandos inherent, ineradicable,
transcendent viainy, that he can easily be
beaten if those who want to get rid of him
can only be united on single candidate
beaten by a majority Of thousands, if not tens
Of thousands. ..i
But he understands this as well as any Of
us, and will take measures accordingly. II we
get up Peoples Union to oppose him, he
will get up at least two bogus Unions, pre-.
tending to have the same object in view, yet
working steadily and surely to defeat it. 1t
was thus that he has just crammed Bull Run
" Jimmy" down the throat Of the City, making
him Sheriff in defiance of three-iifths Of the
voters. Ile has the same tools to work with
for himself that did the business for Lynch,
aud they have the prestige and the patronage
achieved by that success wherewith to stimu-
late aud give efficiency to their efforts for an.
other such triumph. 1t win require wisdom
and prudence, as well as unselfsh devotion and
stern resolution, to insure bis defeat. t
The Tammany Democratic General Commit {
tee has made tho first overture for a union Of
parties and efforts to avert tho calamity of
Woods reflection. The prOposi.iou appears to
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
nsszzzrszzzzzz-arz-rEz-

Mr.. C. G. Gnnther, a prouriUent Tamnau
politician, having been nominated ior the Nay
orally, declines because :" the necessity Of q
'.scombined effort on the part Of tie nuperOs
4. existing mlpi,ipsl and political organizatios
to unite on candidate who has the conf
'dcrec of the public is too apparent 70 ilr
I" him to accept a nomination likely to inptd
:" the election Of such nominee. ,,a
This is the right spirit. Let i pr'n
among the leading nen of oil parties and ts
city may yet be saved from the reelection d
Fernando Wood. y" ~
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

20 rave Been forty-ivo miles south OF Spring
eoM Mo-. on the 9Th init; the strength OF this
f,rcs was believed to be $4,000. Prices posi-
tiop is said to be a coed one on Crane Greek.
MccaToch is stated to be at Flat Creek with
1000 or 5000 men.
we print this morning an interesting account
Of tbe chase of the Powbatan after the pirate
smnter, whose late captain is reported to have
turned up in England under IN assumed name
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

I'M
Gsry PgFyAA .as. ha. slvey, been ssssevlsSss y.
Gsa, PCtk-Yes, that I, ours, undoubtedly
HarH-Do you want hentuckyf ts
Gen Psk1Of courses. the Ohio River hss swsu H..
:, Bprtt-But Kentucky dOu't want yoai
Z" Gen. Poik-We nlDst have her. 'sS'-->e
I" Hmtt--Yo ou want sll Of Vigiuisf ffNF
y Zen. Polk OF course la. -s 49,
=. Hsrft-You must have Maryandf =
~ Zen. Poik-Mosr certainly. .lr - d. "a
. q. Hurt What will you do with Ws'hngtou,
oea Potk-Any trouble about Wellington sises e,.~ a.
,snIte w.st y, PSiiOn we don't want f. remove ros
na'"-Wel, General, you win never get washsrys0s =
I'VE wish those. whether in the loyal Stata
or In Europe, who deplore this war as fratri.
cloai ana condemn the Nation for prosecutins
IT, would tell us frankly what they would hay,
aone d IN Tue premises. Shall we give up, not
merely TIE Unionists Of the seeded States
but those OF Kentucky, Missouri, and Mary.
land also! These States cling to the Union.
their people steadiastly give large uiaiidritiss
for maintaining it; thousands Of them hsv.
taken up arms and are fighting in its behalf
Shall we give them over 10 their and our enc.
mics, surrendering them to the pains and pen.
alt.es of treason, in order to end the war II
you do not mean this, tell us just what yex
do mean q Or are you content to keep pp aa
empty, dishonest camor for peace when you
know that none other than a ruinous die.
graceful peace will be conceded by the rebels,
If you mean anything in particular, will you
lot US know what it is?
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

' Gen. Meigs. has gone to New.Euglaad . -
the wOOlen Manufacturers with a view to euy'
ing from them directly the goods needed i'f
the army. This is a good idea, IS iae lee''
of Gen. Meigs are very apt to be. "spa% w
that he will see to it that hereafter 'u'a''
will not be, as it always has been hitherto
large element in soldiers cloths AID blankets
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
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. tits now Thought that the action Of Judge
Freese, the Provost4Mars5al Of AicsAndria,
with regard to sundry cid suits for debt
brought bsfore and. decided By him, viii be
confirmed by the Government. lie was the
cther day ordered to suspend the exercise OF
his civil functions, but it i, believed that this
order was issued under a mistaken idea Of the
facts in the case. .- =. i.',,, .'',.. . ,ioa 60
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
Horrld Accident.

.nf refaf HIGHLANDS ~ j., Saturday Nc" = .s1.aI
A man by the name Of George Brown - .s
of Reesevile, n. j., was killed YESTERDAY '.. ~ J,
by the caving in of well which he Yves d'ss,'e o.. =
that place. The earth caved from .ae w -.ms,i
pletely buried him about l5 fesI ne "" a.sx
about one hour aiter the accidens but "As '''
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11

We regret to observe that that very mOds'.
ate aud highly influential sheet, Tie JOarnd 4
CiriLizaiioa, has taken to assaiIicg and CRIT
cizing the Administration. This is very wrong
and totally opposed to those high principles
patriotism and policy which in former days
laid down for the government Of more ieshes
and il;judging presses.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
Arrival of the st. George1
u n Of the Anglo Sa1o1n; n.a q nsL

The steamship St. George from ;a~ G'.'s H.r dsiss
Father Point at o'clock this n'''
are anticipated -. ..,,sa Fl, Liverpool ss
20 ss,ook ,bis morning She takes out 'ni''! Vow
ard seyenty steerase passengers