The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-24
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.
The News from the Potomac "A Land.
lord C0whided Ut New Orleans, &c.


The Army OF the Potomac" correspon-
dent of the Augusta tGa) coasti.mionai'.t
| writing under date Of Oct H. has the follow
ing paragraph in regard to the prevalence OF
that dreadful disease, typhoid fever, which
| has been 80 fatal among our troops:
| An incident which came under nv own OBJ
seryation a few days ago, would seem to iusti
fly the conclusion, that the typhoid fever,
| which has prevailed to so great an exte /
| among the troops, is not the result of camp
life so much as of a peculiar condition of the
atmosphe I had occasion last week TO
| visit a retired farm house, in company with
| DR.. Steiner, of your city, who is attached to
| Gen. Toom Ds' Brigade rs volunteer. While
| there, we Learned that the family consisted of
| eight whites and seven blacks, and that of the
| whites, five had had the fever, and of the
| blacks four. Other families through the
country had suffered in like manner, and
| some to the same extent. The neighbor hood
| was represented to have been exempt from
| the fever heretofore, except g few scatterin &
| cases. in as many years. This particular fam
| lily was living some distance from the camps,
| and had had no in tercoGrse with them except
when soldier might call TO purchase some
| little article. II this be true, IL would seem
| that while the fever may have been aggrava-
. ted by, yet 1t has not been the result, of the
| habits and exposure incident 10 camp life.
| WHERE iBouTs OF THE STEAMER NASHVILLE.
The Charleston MpcHry, of the 18th, con-
| tains the following paragraph in regard TO
| the whereabouts OF the steamer Nashville:
| The Petersburg Express coniidentially in
! forms It's rea iers that the steamer Nashville
! last week ran the blockade at Charleston,
| aud is now on her way to Europe, w tn Il
| cargo even more valuable than cotton. Our
| usually correct contemporary, the savannah
| NeDs chides the Express for lis rash disclosure,
and ADDS that II (the Ners) was aware Of the
| Nashville having sailed, several days ago,
| UatTiOtICaiiF suppressed
| tempting bit of news.
| For the ediiication vi these fast journals We
will say that If the Nashville ever went to
| Europe, she has got back in maryeliously
! quick time for we saw Ter yesterday, sec ure-
| iy moored to the wharf, with her furnaces as
| cold as Yankee charity.
| DANGEROUS Foley.
! The Calhoun Is. c. Fid,, OF a recent date,
| publishes the following we'll tim d him Is in
regard to the improperly of military officers
| seeking positions which might disqualisy
them from giving proper attention 70 the
| highly important and respoB.ibie positions
which they cccrpI IL the Confederate service:
We notice in various districts in this
| State, as well as other places III the Confede-
| rate States, the Colonies, Lieut. Colonies
| and Majors, who are now IN service in the
| regular army, are announcing themselves as
| candidates for Congress, policy we hi TX
! very dangerous. When men have sasen po-
!
| rs they can :ttSnd to- # they do their duty
| without asking TO serve the people in the ca
| pacIty of leg is!ators. Besides, sometimes,
| between different men of This class Il con ten
ti0n VIII, as 81 matter of course, arise hetya cen
| fnelI different commands, and hesure we are
| aw"re OF it, we Will ha re contentious among
| TIE civil am. military, that viii De difficult
| 20 settle or get along with. II 3 thirst tor
Office was an entering wedge to the iii SSOIHtiOn
| OF the cid Government, how much .a.,re
danEetous Is thirst for 9o13ie onice iii the
new government. Ne are truly sorrow to
| see suG@ tithgs IN IA g infancy of a Govern
inent promising SO much good to the people
| who compose it.
PROMPT ACTION OF TIE AUGUST, aiSEs.
The Augusta tGa.] Coastttl1;oaa!lst, OF the
18th, contains The following item:
! w Il Johnston, ESD, the Agent of the Coz
! tederate Government, was in our city yester
Day, and called upon the hanks TO ask them to
take = p'Tt OF Il Flp, 1000 loan for immediate
| Use to pay of the yolunspers-the Govern
inent beng unable to get their Treasury notes
| ready in tine,
The banks in Charleston have taken 81 Geo.
V'p o! the loan, and the banks here will take
from F2.oo0,oOo 10 5000, O0J-~one bank having
| taken 100000, and another $500 900 or s 100 900
| ihc CT hers say they vii! take their III, $50.
portion as soon as the notes ca; ..e sol ready.
| iiic fa'e % Hitsfe-t si.a.sed IS PEA eeat.
.A-.i4i 9 : \ JeDGE.
tn8 thaTiotIa Dcr10crQt contains The an
nooAceInent the death of Hon. J ~. Dicl,
enc OF the Judges of the Superior ColY. If
| North Carolina, while on his C.y..,.it ~ .he
Eastern part OF the s.as2. t.t was me Ola:
setf,; A. oea ia si..aA- .i'eIic ~ C9, :,
tns-.s aged - va.-' county on the l1tn
APPOINTMENT.
Capt. ]. 3. +. Boone Gate Quarterr1as tel
Of the lst n. Z. Regiment) has been appoia TED
| Quartermaster of Gen. Hills division il
| Carolina al -
| Lieut. Saunders OF Company d. succeed:
Capt. Boone IS QUarternast Of the Isl
| Regiment
SHOE PIG ISvEXrI0y.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun, of the 18th, says
Er. a. ID. Brown, ST., of this city, has in
! vented and - into practical operation ma
| chine for min ufa curing shoe pags, anoth 81
| article which the Hessians thought the block
! AIDE would deprive us o.. The rnachiue can
be worked At any requisite guage and the pegs
| can therefore be made OF any size and ths
points any desiI ed angle. At present, abGu
| a barrel of pegs or mere can be suCc- ssfuiil
| turned out Ill a day by the aid OF this MT
chime.
LEATHER TANNED BIZ A NEW PROCESS.
The Savannah Republican, of the 10Th con
tains the following III relation TO new pro
cess for tanning leather:
NEwBUaY TAN WORKS, Oct. H. 1861, !
EawBCRY @. II ). Q.
Editor Savannah Republican My Dear Sir.
me with q weed called the Dog Fennel fo
which have obtained patent No 22) from
the Confederate States Government. claim
that I tan and maxi better leather, ii
one third less time, with one third thu bark
and save from 30 70 10 per cent. This piec
was tanned In 20 days, and think il us goOi
rs French calf. am prepared TO dispose o
e., except Sou'h Carolina, which l nave dis
posed of. Very respectfully, yours,
ISAAC BIEsFIELD.
The editor OF the Republican remarks upoi
the above
1.-THE sample OF calf skin referred to aboy
has come TO hand, and we shall take pieasur.
! in xhibitipg it 10 all who feel an interest il
the leather trade. We have never seen a pref
tier article, and in point OF strength it is re
| Inarkable. 1t is almost incredible that smell
leather should be tanned in the short spac,
| of twenty days; and the wonder increase
when we reflect that the rapid process i
effected through the agency of q weed tha
! abouuds in almost every old field OF tn
South
sEQUBsTRATIoN IN ARKAxsAs.
| The seeuestration act Will, 1t is said, oper
ate 10 the extent or securing TO the South
more than one million of dollars in Arkansas
Ike Democrat says that Mr.. Woodruff, OF Lit
lie Rock, has the largest land agency of am!
1 person in that State. II has been estinia "a,
that he controls or has charge of at least hal
million dollars worth OF property owned b,
PARTIES resident in the Northern States o
course, all this Will be sequestrated.
go THE POOH SLAVE"
The West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter, of IT,
7th, says:
One Of the committee appointed to eollee
the Blankets, &c, in this parish, for the vol
unteers, says that in his .our h received sey
eral from slaves, aad that, too, with cut hest
| tatiou o. without being asked, the new bIan
hets giren them by their masters for winte
use. Are not such donations more patriots
| than those Of the ri hes. white mcas SOC.