The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-06

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DAILY PAPxR.-Tseo csnss per copy 1t tho
counter and from the regular carriers Of the
city. Per annum, IS. Six months, -. Thrs'
months, $1.75.
6ExI-WHRKLY.-$3 per annum.
WERKLr.-$2 per annum.
Neither the seni-Weekly nor Weekly paper
will be scat for . lcss term thAa twelve
months.
III. City was yesterday alive with rumors
| Fl: N the various seats Of war. Upon every
| corner men could be heard talking Of the in
| tslligeuce which thoy had heard from "good
| authority" All of us hope for good news,
| and ars ready 70 lend q willing ear to him
| who brings it. What these various rumors
wore, or how much foundation in facts they
had, We arc not called upon to say, nor wise
enough to tell. Tomorrow, or the next day,
| or any other, may bring us better news than
we expect, or worse than We fear, and We
should DO prepared for either fortune, though,
truth TO say, we, like everybody else, look for
none but the best from our bravo armies. Our
confidence in them is unbounded.
We have just remarked that we are not
called upon to detail tho several rumors float
ing upon the wave Of public rumor. Never
theless, we will mention ono in which we place
some conidence-ramely, that on Wednesday
evening combat took place between our ad
vaneed forces in front of Arlington Heights,
and those Of the enemy, which resulted in the
possession, by our men, of Halls bill, an i'm
portant position, and the killing and cap
turing Of several hundred Federal soldiers.-
The Tying report as to most successful
movement by our forces under Gen. Leo, wo
are afraid to trust. We shall DO content if
the one or the other Of these rumors should
prove to be true
Mayors Conrt, Yeoterday.-John Eamil-
ton, a white boy some fourteen years of age,
was brought up on charge of vsgrancy. Hs
claimed 20 be in the service of Mr.. r. II. Ste
veIg, Of Norfolk, and was committed TO jail to
await the further oEder of the Court, when his
employer shall have been consulted.-William
Cooper, a free negro, notorious for his preda-
tory propsnsities, was arraigned On the charge
OF having in lis possession s gold watch
valued at 500, without being able 20 provo his
property therein. The watch was committed
TO an officer for safe-keeping, and the negro to
Jail for zen days, during which time the facts
Of tho case may come to light.-Daniel Wor-
rel, charged with assaul. and battery upon
lis wife. and clearly proved BY the testimony
Of several witnesses to have been guilty Of
great cruelty towards her, as well as
of using language not at all becoming
in citizen OF this rspublic-namsly,
that he, a Pennsylvania, intended to
ki!l at least one Virginia woman-Has
held to bail in tho gum of $3.50 to keep the
peace, and especially towards his wife, and for
his appearance before the Hastings Court N
November next to answer an Indictment
Samuel Rich was arraignsd for fslony by
him committed in stealing ono twenty dollar
Confederate note from the pocket Of julius
Sspt On Monday night last. The complain
ant could cot speak English, and first enc and
then a second interpreter was sworn to assist
him. A vast mass of testimony was adduced,
of one SORT and another, but the guilt of the
accused became less and less clear, until finally
tho Court discharged him.-Ths case of James
Burnes, for assaulting Catha1ine Lowry, was
continued.-Catharine Lowry, charged with
being drunk and disordery in the streets, was
dischargsd-Timothy McMshan was sent to
Jail on the same charge.-AntoAi Bevills, ar
rested on the same charge, was discharged
upon condition that he should at once return
to Fredericksburg slave Of William
Ragiand, charged with assault and battery
upon Josephine King, free Negroes, was or
dered twenty lashes.
County Na.ters.--A Rousch and william
Hicks were yesterday arrested by Constable
beating and otherwise i'll treating mis- wife. on
the frat day Of September. Since that tim.
the parties have arranged their differences, and
Mrs. r. appeared before Justice Baker and
asked him to di:miss ths warrant, which was
accordingly done.-Mr. II. was required, BY
Justice Nelson, to give security to keep the
peace, and also to appear before the Grand
Jury in November next, to answer an indies-
ment for striking Hartwsll Wyatt with 3
stick ; which bail was promptly given.
Hon. Jefferson r. karsin. recently United
States Marshal for tho Western district of Viz
GINA, and now holding the same Office under
tbs Confederate Government, arrived in Rich
mond yesterday afternoon on tho Danvills
train. He has always been strenuous advo-
cate OF the cause of the South, and WAS pscu-
lierly Objectionable to tho Linconi.es in the
Panhandle, wherc he residss. He cams by
most circUitous I0ute. A strict watch being
kept upon lis movements, he had to start
Northward, taking no baggage with him.
When he arrived ut Steubenville, Ohio, north
OF Wheeling, no took the train for Columbus,
and thence went through Indians, and down
to Jacksonville; thence rscrosse6 the Ohio
river, and came through Lo uisville, Nashville,
and so ON to Richmond.
P,ono,:oa.--Colonel Joseph r. Anderson,
Of this city, has We learn, boen appointed a
Brigadier General in the army Of this Confsd~-
rate States. Colonel Anderson has been as
siduously engaged for mouths past in prepar-
ing cannon and munitions Of war for the uso
Of our Government, but is now to be transfer
red to higher, though not moro assful,
sphere of action. His many friends predict
for him successful career in the Geld of active
operations, to which hs will proceed at An
early day.
Surgeon De Vsl!isrs, Of the U. S. Army,
who. had been on parole for some tine ia this
city, attending the sick among the Federal
prisoners, has not been seen here since last
Thursday night, and is supposed to have es-
capped.
Private HASKELL, Federal prisoner who
had escaped from this city, was recaptured on
last Tuesday, within ten miles Of Newport
News and brought back.
General Albert s. Johnston arrived in this
city yesterday afternoon, on the Danvills
train, having come via Chattanooga, Lynch
burg, &C., from New Orleans. He is about
six feet high, his face il we'll sunbrownsd by
Southern sun, he wears = moustachs, but no
whiskers, is well-built, having no superabun-
dant flesh, has the look Is Of ono trained to COM
mand, and presents soldicrly appearance in
every respect.
The Sharp Shootcrs-Sergsant LKcuysr re-
quests us to acknowledge the receipt Of eight
dollars, contributed to the fund for the Rich
mond Sharp-Shooters by Lieutenant ". II.
Rbeay and Lieutenant James II. Tompkins,
of the Second Tennessee Regiment; Mr..
Woodward, Of Texas; and IN ex- Captain Of
the r. L. I. Blues.
Warrington Goodrich, who was published