The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-17

Shave Property Declared Free In Missouri
The War IN Northwestern VIRGINIA Sol
aiers Prohibited from Transporting slaves
not Their Own, &C.. &C.

diers Prchtbttrd from transporting Slaves
not Their Own, &c.. &C.
! We have received Baltimore ma New York
papers of Fridays and Saturdays dates
| The following is a summary of the var news
| at the North;
SLAVE PROPERLY op A MISSOURI coYFgpERArE
afCLAkEb fHgE.
81. Lopis, Sept i9..-Provcst Marshal
Nekinstry viii issue the following prociama-
ton to morrow
''The Major General commanding the
western Department having satisfactory
aud county q ST. Louis, and State Of Mis-
sonri, has been taken active part with the
enemies Of the United States IN the present
tnAurrectionary 1noyemssu t againat the Gov
eminent, and the military commission now
In session At the Arsenal in thi city, having
reported the facts TO these headquarters as
the result OF deliberations the Major q eneral
Commanding has executed and ordered to he
published the following deeds of mn nuunis-
sion
Here follows two deeds declaring, by the
authority Of law and power invested in the
com manding &c Ell erai Prank Lewis a adj Hiram
Reed, heretofore held to service or la bor ty
tho said Thos. J.. Sinead, TO be free and for.
ever disch arged from the bond of aaryitude
giving them free right and authority to have
use and control their own labor or service as
, To them may seem proper, without any ac-.
connt.b!iity whatever to said Thos L.
SIN al or any one TO claim by, through or I'M
der him. =
A party of Seces.ionists went to tho honse
OF Judge Birch, member Of the State Con-
ntlon, few days since, with the in tention
OF killing him and his son, but they We're
Hired on and repulsetl. Judge Birch came TO
81 I-onls, and to-day returned to his home
in Clinton county, with arms for the Union
, men OF that county.
The life of Judge Ryland, late of the Su.
[
rebels, has been threatened, If Capt Magofiin
lately sentenced in Lexington to be hung, is
executed
Montgomery Blair, Ouar,ermaster General
Meiss Cum. Foote, Captain Kelly and Lieut..
| Shirk, of The United States Navy, arrived here
to day. .-
WASHINGTON ITEMS
WAsHINGroS, Sept. l3.-Albert NJ Archi.
| bold Of Fort Union, New Mexico, was, to-
day, appointed United States Marshal 10 that
Territory
Captain James II Holmes, the newly APP
pointed Secretary OF New Mexico, left Wash
lngton to-day for that Territory.
The Government is about to investigate
the alleged frauds committed upon it in the
sale OF horses furnished by the Pennsylvania
contractors
Tn. inspector at Perrysville, Maryland,
| within the last ten days has condemned be-
| tween four and five hundred army wa CONS, nd
notified the manufacturers to remove them.
PROM ST. LOUIS.
ST Louis, Sept. Fit is reported that
captain BOYD, commanding the Secession
forces in Buchanan county, marched into 81
Joseph, on Sunday last and pluudered the
stores there of some Sio,uo worth of goods
Captain Hazard United States Navy, has
arrived here. O.
| ARREST OF sEcEssIosIsrs fy'iowA
BrRntSdTuS, Icwa,) Sept. l2-sax Secession
! lists who We're identified as having served
under Martin Green, with $50 head Of cat,le
! which they sad they were driving to Chi
caRo, were arrested near Salon, Iowa, yester-
day. and the cattle contiscated. The Hen
Were hell rs prisoners.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
FoKrRg-s MONROE, Sept IA flag of truce
has gone.to Norfolk to day with -drs Phil
IIss, of Washington, who was retained soma
! time In her own house as a prisoner several
Southern ladies and released con faderata
prisoners. General Wool permits none but
official letters 10 be carried BY flags of truce
and but one Federal officer 10 accompany
them.
The detachment of Col Bakers Regiment
At Old Point Will tomorrow join him at
Washington.
The gun boat Flag has returned 10 Ha1np-
ton Roads In a disabled condition. having
come in collision with the steam frigate Sus-
queh1nna q t sea.
THE VAR IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
We t&Ae the following items from the
Wheeling lntelligencer, BLACK Rcpublicsn.)
OF Thursday last.
Gtetlemen who arrived Yesterday frpm
Roane comfy report that they have recently
had very exciting times in koaHe and Writ
counties. Major Slenmer of General RoSeu-
cran2 5 stall, was sent down to Spencer with a
force suft'lentto clean out the Secessionists of
that vicinity. Unfortunately the coming of
.>lenlm"l was aScertained by them and they
managed 10 escape from the vicinity of Spen-
Ger. The latter part of last week however
Slemmer enCountsre! considerab BILE force of.
Secessionists AZ Big Bend in Writ county.
about IC miles from Burning Springs and nj.
ter sklrmisn ng with them for two days caus-
ed them TO beaI n retreat with Il Iossn,f fifteen
killed. Lieut.. McClosky of the Union com
p3ny from Richie county, was shot in the alb
domen, and after lingering about twenty four
hours, died. The Union forces then burned
the house Of Peter Seibargh, q prominent Sc
cess:on leader, and also the house of another
rebel, whose rane we did not learn Both of
the houses Were fortified. Two rebels who
had taken the oath of allegiance, and were
caught Wi III arms in their hands, We're taken
out and SHOT. Two more men. caught under
SIMILAR circumstances, We're to have been
shot the next day. Major Simmer in march
ing through Roane county, found eight dead
men in an obscure thicket. 1t was not known
whether the bodies We're those of Union men
or rebels. Major Slenmer is satisfied that the
rebels have signal rockets, by which they
warn one another of the approach of his force.
They also have :: signal like the hooting of an
owl, which is very lad van tageously used BY
these and similar means they are enabled to
Glade the pursuit of Slemmer's com ,nand and
scatter into small bodies.
The military authorities At ParkersburG are
tightening the llnes upon the rebels, and have
inaugIuated vigorous means to crush out re
bellIOn Ill that part of the country. No man
is permitted toseave the town without pass
and without first taking the oath of allie
glance. Guards are placed upon IL the roads
leading from the town. Major Sl-mmer has
taken possession of the town of Spencer in
Ruanc ccGnty, and made it his headquarters.
A skirmish took place AT Cheat Mountain
Pass on Monday, between the rebel and Fed
eral forces, during which Il North Carolina
captain was killed and eight rebels wound
ed TWO of the Federal forces were wounded
Tie Federal forces at New Greek, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, East of Pied
mont, antIei pa ted al attack at daybreak yes
tertiay morning from the rebels at Romney
but none came. The piekets had been firing
upon one another there for several days
There are only about six hundred men at New
Creek, including the Ringsold Cavalry A
battery OF artillery, however, was sent down
there yesterday morning.
rEOCLaMATIoS OF ON. KELLY.
Brigadier General Kelly has issued the
following order
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF GRAFTON.
GRAFToN, VA, Sept. :, 1861.
The General commanding desires to reas-
sure the people of Western Virginia that it is
the desire and intention of the United States
Govern rrent 10 give TO the citizens full and
ample protection i'll all the / civil and politi-
ever character or description, shall be held
inyiolate.
III order 10 secure to the owners OF slaves
the most ample protection that can be- given,
as we'll as protect the Baltimore and Ohio
RAILROAD from loss and damage under it's