The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-10
Riflymunn plspattt.
.sn.y MORNING. July 10, 1861
FROM WASHING TON.


"a 500 WASHING ton CORES pondent OF the baiu-
ss% rrchsnge, writes II My ~ as follows:
sSS H ~, the name of liberty, many brutal
F lilies were per petrated by the french Kew
|&5*s tF.s:,s With tha stars and Stripes, "
S ia'~ az heretofore the flag of the stran ger
H&& So .bs perseeu ted, now the emblem OF pros
@ ,piaa sectional party, ana win the cry OF
3s ',,ggrtop " the isnisarIes of Mr. Lincoln de
&M ,v eli state rights and civil liberty when
TIA 80, II suits their pleasure or malice.
%# withou: alluding to the despoitc outrages
z# seh have characterized the soldery now
81 "ytered in your own beloved city, i have
z q 60 no further than mus me Capi'ai 0, the
8# s'~th. 10 see and hear of crying shames
IA .Tslnst civilization and the acknowledged
2@ h,neh broken Constitution.
"a The common amusement of the soldiers
81 ere Is 10 fire their loaded pieces in the street,
81 r,cfnisc aously, and even the journals Of IN
d ADMINISTRATION are forced TO allude 10 this
3 sangrrous and unwarran Ia BILE license. Please
rsrnember do not speak OF an extraordinary
.otasion like day. but III all times. les
Il .srdsy a woman VAS shot, though not seTi
eusIv injured. Tradesmen, especially liquor
aesiers, are obliged to close their stores cary
10 the evening, and TO day there are OUT ie"
taserns open, although there IS no olhciai PRO
h,bition. Ladies are not 10 DE seen III tns
,rse; in numbers at any time, and their APP
neArance al night, even compahieo Dy
sen tIemap, is IA rarity. -,
Arrests tor the expression oil sentiments sun
,ont,uue Mr. James Kaufman, OF your
nv who was arrested day before yesterday
nm the charge OF res sting The passage OF ths
Massachusetts Volunteers on the 18Th OF
April Is incsrceTaied, and Will probably b.
,,uffned until a cess atlon OF hostliItles. he
vss arres ted without any specific charge be-
,,g made AT the time, aud without the legal
process 10 which he was entitled being ful-
n,led. Hab.dS corpus is of no avail here.
strenuous efforts will soon be made to di.
vide Tennessee. The neutrality OF Kentucky
viii Ds destroyed, and a military depar tmen'
established III that region, il is reported, I'M
der Major General Fremont.
Two other steamers, the Baltimore and the
Philadelphia, left tbs Navy Yard yes terday,
win the MlnEesot Ia regiment, FULLY equipped,
with sutrenching tools, camp utensils, Ike
Il Is supposed that they are ueslIned To Ma
,hlas aud v hIte- House Points there 10 act
IN copluuC lion with the Pawnee and PCca-
huntas.
The Confederates are strongly terrifying
themselves on this side OF Manassas, AM
have large force OF cavalry, under Col
sampler. 1t Is The opinion OF 4 uar termaster
General Meigs (tLe best engineer III the North
eru army that great bow Will be struck
within TWO weeks, and, II II is not, the delay
wlll cause yexation generally, Il needless ex-
peuse aud likely 10 cause a loss OF confidence
on the part OF the people towards thsAdnin
Istration, and ultimately revuisIon OF the
radical sentiment which now peTvades the
.ntlre North.
Col Samuel Colt, of pistol notoriety, is
seeking military position in the State of
I
that State OF the value Of SCI, 600, and desires
tOgtye II the protection OF the Government
Inc mouse met to-day at II O'Clock Tb.
attendance OF members from the Border and
Northern states was pretty full Among the
absenie"s, we noticed John s Pbelns of Mis-
scuri John j Crittenden, of Kentnckv and
Henry May, of Maryland
AT Inc calling OF the roll, the absence of the
able statesmen who formerly represen ted six
millions Of people in eleven sovereign States
- a..v,s r.
hearts, whose patriotism had not vet been
crushed, 20 exciaim within themselves -
Alas my poor country, now no longer a ma
ton. but dlsuDited sections, divided by the
mercenaries who thus willingly sacrificed the
peace and liberty of their country for gold, TO
the qualification OF q sordd ambi ton. 1t was
Il mournful sight 10 see Grow, Blair, Coyode,
C0lfax, Washburne, and others of their school,
holding the position of monopolized Legs
lature of a country. Where now are the able
and honest Letcher. Stephens Miles, Davis,
Smith and othersf Absent, comes the thrill
ing answer, but untrammelled in their patri-
otis II and independence.
A noticeable feature OF the voting was the
ballot cast for presiding officer by @. l. l.
Leary, OF Baltimore. Give it to the world as
an index of his future policy. When Mr.
Leary' name was called. he cast his vote for
Francis +. Blair, of Missouri, a man who
took up aims against the State to which he
owed his first allegiance; who has been and
now is known a. a radical Republican of the
Seward. Hale, and Greeley school; and W hen
Mr.. Leary had an opportunity 10 change his
vote, it was then cast for Galusha A. Grow a
Republican, whose principles are ultra Re
publican, and who has always, in Congress
and cut of ii, opposed the sovereign rights and
domestic institn tons Of the South. When
the name OF Samuel q. Upton was called, who
pretends to represent the district of Fairfax
t1thl Virginia, member arose whose in tegri-
~ is beyond impeachment, IS. S. Cox, o. }
and stated TO the House that the Virginia
Representative was not a citizen of that
State, but voted in Ohio last fall He also
said that he knew MIR. Upton to be the pub.
Usher of Il paper in his (Cox's) State, Ohio.
The galleries We're thronged with spectators
long before the hour OF orsanization, and pre-
scented such smother excited scene as on the
occasion of The passage OF the Kansas lie.
comptonD Constitution. Even the Hobbies
on tside the doors were occupied with an xious
listeners. Ladies ia number were present
aud their gay dresses relieved, in a measure
the stern melancholy appearance which would
have Possessed the House, in the eye of one
familiar with former associations of the
House OF Representatives. The gallery of the
diplomatic corps was graciously given to the
fair sex, while the friends OF Col. Forney
were enabled, through pass from the Clerk
:" MI the spacious apar tment devoted to The
press
ne present Congress will not hesitate to
endorse The unconstitutional acts of Mr.. Lin.
coin, the Cabinet and his military officers -
They VIII pass appropriation bills quickly,
and 1t Will be no matter of astonishment
should they agree 10 suspend Qegallv) the
whit OF hdbeds corpus, right which Mr..
Lincoln has already usurped, and for which
he s liable to impeachment.
The people of the border States have staunch
friends in II. y. Burnett, of Kentucky, ohm
) Phelps, of Missouri, q. 5. Vallandis CHAM
aud Geo. II Pendleton, of Ohio and, let it be
hoped, in Henry May, Of Maryland. These
gen tlemen will stand by the people and their
constitu tional rights while they have voices
10 lit IN freedoms cause, but they will be
overpo wered. There is a strong feeling against
them among the soIdiery and many private
citizens, and were IL not for their rights guar
anieed them by the Consultation, especially
rs members OF Congress, they would probably
be. on adjournment, incaTcerated in the jail
who have said less than Phelps, Valla ndig.
ham and Barnett will say ON the floor of the
United States Congress.
The Administration expect two grand bat
ties TO day or Tomorrow. One between Gen
Wise's and Gen. McClelland's armies at Hut
tonville, forty miles from PhiIlippi and the
other between the forces of Generals Patter.
son and Johuston, near Martinsburg.
The forces under the respective command
ers is believed To be about as follows:
McCieliand....,....... ~ 900
Wlbe.....-..-.. --.-.-.,..,......... u,0e0
Paterson .-'-'-........'.'...'... 70 ooo
JOOnhtoH -..-.s---.-........-..... 1900
The usurped, or Western Virginia Govern
ineht, "eie obout 70 uisoItv@HiZe to-uay LOT
want OF means. But believe they have man
aged 70 steal a considerable sum from the
State proper, which, together with an enor-
nous tax on the Yankee squatters in the Pan
handle, will keep them going for few weeks
Governor ~ Pierpont has taken $27 900 which
was deposited by the State in the Exchange
Bank OF Virginia, at Weston, Lewis county
There Is ii law in the State known as the
" law tor the dis tfibution Of the proceeds of
the safe OF public lands" due the State under
the act OF Congress, September, 1871, and
amounting TO S4i geo. This fund will be ac-
cepted by the Pierpont dynasty; ithas hith-
eEt2 been steadily refused py the Government
of Virginia.
pAsHisGros, Jaly 1.-The picket guard OF
The New York troops, stationed about five
miles from the city, are being constantly fired
~ by scouting parties of Firginians. The