The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-26

This gentleman, whose arrest has alrsudy
ocen noticed, han further examination yes
lerday osIoEe Y. 5. Commissioner Hanan,
upon the charge Of obstructiLg the passage OF
the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment through
Pratt street the 10Th or April. Several
witnesses were examined on the part OF the
prosecution, who testified to seeing the &C.
cussd On Pratt street on the day, wi tn stones
in his hands, but they did not see him throw
them. The defence set up was an aLiLi, to
sust tain which subpoena was issued for
Thomas m. Ddkehart, baiIiN in the Urimi.
nal Court, returnable on Monday next. Chs
case was then postponed until tnat time.
TAB HATING cs. FIGHTING COCKS.
The Philadelphia Evening Journal, Of the
2lst, speaking of "that precious Brigadier
oickles," gives the following as specimen Oh
his "speculating impudencs," and RECKLESS
The lumber OF which tbs barracks at Camp
Scout WA composed, it Is said, was not worm
81 600, whereas the Government have bee,
Charged Is 900. The clothing was Contracted
for 81 the rae Of S2l tins suit, not half - goou
al that Tor wn,cn lae State pays only =. AT
the time the three reRl,nsnLs com pOAxR the
Brig AIDE left Staten Island for the seat o. war,
the unpaid deb Is are sai1 10 have amounted 70
more tnan s2so. eco, including about o., 500 due
10 DelmonlcJ Tor wines ana other refresh
meas furnished the Brigade officers, all OK
elusive OF 81 900 procured from the Union
Defence Committee. Those VINO profess TO
Know say Inc Three regiments were only ena-
bled TO reach Washing con at nett cost 70 the
Government OF half q million Of dollars.
sHoRssIoS IN CALIFORNIA.
The Marysvilie Express announces that
ohm d. McUCAneil, the Secession candidate
for Governor, will speak in this city to. night
Speaking of q report that was said to have
been started by Sscessionists from Sacramen.
70 that General Patterson was defeated, the
San Francisco Herald, of the 3lst ult adds ::
The exalting language Of the Secessionists
who liLSer in our MIDST v i'll not fall 10 show
TO our people what has long been enter TAI neo
as g. Suspicion, that there are men among US
no desire Inc success OF the JET Davis
rebels aud the ultimate organization Of a Pa
cific republic.
LIeEETr OF THE PRKss.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, in common ting
IpoE the recent presen tmsnt Of New York
papers by the Grand Jury, remarks
There i. scarcely r. Republican paper in
the land that did not, during the Mexican war
OF 1916, occupy precisely The same position
that the New York journals alluded to do
now large majority OF the Republican
Leaders including president Lincoln himself,
were opposed to that war, and went much
further against it than any body has In the
present ms lance Shall they also be indicted
and subject to = eondixn punishment for a
past oil snce p
SILK BALLOON roR THH FHDARAL GOVERNMENT
The Philadelphia Press thus notices a bal.
loon, made of silk, in tended for the Hessian
Government:
Professor T. S. 9. Lowe, who will be recol.
lected in connection with the mammoth bal.
loon which was to cross the Atlantic last year,
left this city on Wednesday morning with q
very beau tiful ballon, made for the Govern
ment during the last two weeks, out of drab
India silk, very strong and co.tly-about 81 Z
hundred dollars-and the only case of the
kind in the country. The whole cost Of this
rrial carriage for accommodating purposes,
we are told, is about d 200.
PROM wBsrERH vIRaIHIA.
We copy the following special dispatch from
the Baltimore Exchange Of the 38d:
4 gentleman, lately arrived from Western
Virginia, brings the intelligence that General
Lee was about eight miles north Of Gauley
Bridge, with force Of 81 900 mon, and that
men were docking to him. He reports Gen.
Wise as being eight miles OF, with {, 900 m en- ,
and Gen Loring as being seven miles OF, with
about 8, 900 men in another direction
MIR jenkins, member of Congress, ia raiaipg
a brigade to join Gen. Lee, and tho Sou thern
feeling is getting daily stronger, as high up as
Parkersburg.
Rosenerans was at Olarksburg on Monday
last, and was very uneasy about his posi-
ton.
possibly be used and Transporting 1t to Stras-
burg.
FAVORABLE FROM RAer rlxRRss1I
TEE Memphis Crenn.) Appeal, Of the 2oth,
contains TIE following cheering news from
East Tennessee:
UcI VIM. II. Carroll arrived on yesterday
from East Tennessee, where he ms been So
journing for several weeks, raising troops
under q special commission for the Oonfed.
crate service. He confirms our recent repre-
sensations of the great reaction now tran
spring among the people, and designates it as
a perfect stampede from Unionism to the
advocacy OK the Southern cause. MIR. T. A.
X. Nelson had reached home, and it WA IN
derstood that he would Issue TN address to
the people OF East Tennessee through the
columns of the Knoxville Wing. advising
them to desist from further opposition to the
State authorities. and espouse the cause Of
the Confederate Government
The Hon. Geo. w. Bridges, who has been an
intense Union man, and was candidate for
the United States Congress in the late cleo
raise regiment of volunteers from among the
Unionists of his district and enter the active
service of the Confederate States.
Col. Carroll issued an address to the people,
calling upon them to rally TO the support Of
their section .gainst the vulgar despotism Of
Lincoln, and informs as that the Knoxville
Wing win publish 1t In Q few days, approving
Of Its spirit and eOunseIing q patriotic response
10 H. no thiHks toAt Ae DAD Iolse Ut lbaSt
1 DIV men among the unionis,s Of East Ten
nessee Ia less than thirty days.
We have scarcely ever known Of 20 sudden
and favorable revuision in popular senti-
msnt during the present revolution as has
taken plnce In the eastern section Of this
State in the last ten days.
LETTER FROM HON. T. A. L. NBLsos.
The following letter from Mr.. Nelson is
Published in the Knoxville Register, Of the
18th:
Having been arrested In Lee county, Va,
taken TO Cumberland Gap, and ssnt to Rich
mond, Va, deem IL due TO ell those who
have had me in actual custody, to state that
they have treated me with uniform civility
and Kindness. To Captain Powell, az Gum
berland Gap. and Lteuteuants Plumlee and
OF the 20 men who guarded me from tbs Gap
to Abip gdon, and 10 the soldiers under their
/ feel especially indebted for their
good conduct on the way, and the
res psctful treatment received At their hands.
OF Major Lee, and Lieu tenAnts Plumlsc and
Abingdon TO Richmond, aud have had charge
Of me since came hsre. have NO Language
at my command su0cient 70 express my
sense OF the manner In which they discharged
their duty, they being - careful to protect
me against violence and insult, - to prevent
statement In the hope that my friends WIN
cherish no feelings OF unlindness towards
I'll OF either Of The pezsons referred q
!. 4. ! NnIsos.
Svy FOB rax AaoLIsIoyIs1s.
Ths Fayetteville IN. o. Observer Ays:
We have learned that the SUN Of Oh has
MT been 6pr,xerded % Yorktown undey CIR.
emm 1890 that tnDtifY 3 notice. We have