The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-30
miscellaneous.


Northern and Southern States.
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Miscellaneous.
From the New York Hraia, of the 25th. We
gather the following additional news items:
RELEASE ROSS wINAss
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept % Ross Winans
having taken the oath OF allegiance, was re-
leased inns morning, and viii To might lc-
company ms son 10 Baltimore.
CoNTTsCATioy OF A SOUTHERN VESSEL.
bosToS, sept. H.-The bark Fiorence, from
Malta, was SeiZld this lnoruiny bv the Port
surveyor. III consequence Of being partly
owned IN Charles ton.
SENT TO FORT LaFAYErTE
Messrs. M"rehead, Barr, and Duadd. who
were recently arrested in Kentucky. were
sent 10 Fort Lafayette on Tuesday last They
We're previously allowed 10 take refreshments
at ;he Aston House.
EX-GOVERNOR WEE AND HIS sos INDICTED At
WHEELING.
Ex-Governor Wise and his son. q. Jen
nlnSs WISE have been Indicted for treason by
the United states District Court at Wheel
lag, tirginia.
coEDEHSED TO HARD LABOR
Ulysses {. Nannorhot and isaac Wilcox
nave been tried b. court martial ia Saint
Louis. on the charge of taking M arms
against the United States Government and
found guilty. They were sentenced to hard
labor during the war and their property con-
fiscated.
FEoM wssuIEGToS
NAsHISGToS, Sept. SIN oruer has been
issued preventing all civilians aud officers
aud pTivatcs, hot on duty, from visiting the
outpOsts of the Federal army
There was considerable nriae between the
pickets along the wnole line of Gen Frank
iir'e division during the night ..NoboGy
hur =
Il close reconnaissance to-dl u deyeIopad the
fact that the rebels are extending a line of
foTtiilcations from Munsou's Hill towards
Spri gteld Station and Alexandria, They
have too large eartbworks in progress Of
erection at Munson's Hill, directly South of
Masoas Hin, coInmanding the Coiuanhil
turnpike watch are surrounded by deep
ditchts.
On Saturday, two wagons loaded with
clothing. arms, ana medicines, were cap
tured near fredericktown, St. Mary 5 comfy
by .Ciettch of Cot Cowdin's FIRST Mas
sachusetts Regiment.
Major Lewis, Of the Forty. Sixth PennsyI-
Tahld Regiment WAS shot through the heart
on the 18th September, by private I4annahan
OF that regiment. The cause which provoked
the deed was the tying of I.annahan to q cart
wheel to bo dragged into WaslIil gton.
In accordance with = late act of Lincolu's
Congress, the following order has been
issued
u.
Washington, Sept 10Th, 1851 !
epreta| Ore}cr No. -
Under authority of section tenth of an act
of Congress, approved July 22nd, 1851, Il Mill
tary Board, 10 consist OF officers htrcin named,
viii assemble ut Arlington, Virginia al ten
O'Clock A. NJ, on Monday 23d inst, to exam ne
into the capacity, qualifications, proprietv of
conduct and efficiency of all commissioned
officers OF volunteers who may be ordered be-
fore it.
Detqt for The Board
First, Brigadier Gen Louis Blinkar. yolun-
teer service; second, Brigadier Gen. John II
Martindaie, volunteer service third, Brici-
der Gen. John Sedgwick volunteer service .
fourth, Col j. McLsod Murphy, 18th New
York Regiment; fifth, Col. Julius Stahl sti
New Io k Regiment
The Junior Member viii record the pro
ceedlnss. BY command OF
Major Gen MCCLELLAN.
s. HillidgE, lfst. Il. Il.
WANT OF nGscIpLISE.
The Hsraid says: 1.-THE disorderIy conduct
OF the privates, by which Washington city
has become almost bankrupt in morals is
in great measure attributable to the care
lessness of company and reslrentai officers,
Who forget their position ~ and sink the
officer III boon compaDionsfi D wi tn their men .
In many instances the officers are no better
than the mcrcenary hirelin-s whom they
command. They are men who are accus-
TONED TO boon companions, and the Lineolnite
IA bible in the modern Sodoul is good enough
for them. The Herald hints t!at the yisi-
lance and the Provost Marshall and the
patency OF loaded mnskcts and sharp bayo-
nets have almost stayed the tide of roWtlv is,n
and characterization
Several army officers have been retired by
the retiring Board their names will not be
made public at present
Col Lany, who had been retired, has been
restored TO he position of chief OF the Topo-
graphical Engineers.
The Count de Piris and Dac de Chartress
Hephews of the Prince de ToinviIle. have
been assigned to the staff of Gen. Mcclellan
with the rank OF Captain.
FEDERAL ARMY APPoISrxENrs
The following named Brigadier Generals
hsye been appointed;
John b. Stodd, of Deeotah, late CAPTAIN 9Th
infantry.
Major and Quartermaster Vanviet, u. S. A,
assigned TO duty ar chiei OF the Quartermas
ter,s department, Army of the Potomac
MfJor Bernard, Engineer, has been assigned
10 the duty as Ci. lci OF Ia eineers. Army of the
Potomac John Nrwtou and Wirllrld :. Han
eoc6to be BfilSiaier Generals Of volunteers
sgIRSisHiSa IL gEHrucKY.
CAIRO, sept 23.-rhe nickets of the Iowa
eth At Eiiieott's Mills Ky, eight miles above
Comm bus, were approached OF Sunday eve
ming by body Of rebel lnf.lutry uttrn herjro
h:ty or sixty. Tae Iowa beys fired Hieoa
THEM, bringing down three or tudr They
returned the fire without doing q, ) liam age
Another sk1rmisa with tilc rebels Too,
place near Hunter hlo, four mi ~ fellow
Norfolk, lest evening. Three OF our men
and horses are missing. The rebel loss IS not
j.Sfer taiaeft.
Reports II ON below say that the rebels az
Columbus are crossing TO Belmont; also that
they are in possession OF Biandensyiiie. XIV
eighteen miles SOUTHEAST of this place
Gen. BuehIer IL stated 10 have taken pos
session of Oweusb1rongh, Ky, en- the Ohio
river, seventy miles above Padaeah.
FLIGHT OF T. c. gRgcKfsR.DaE.
FRASxLIs, Ky. Sept. 2s.-It is said that
john q. Bfechinris.se and VIM. Preston es-
CAPPED from here through Montgomery coun-
ty, on Friday.
Gen. sherman had possession OF Null
draugh's Hill yesterday.
Henry Dent, Cit. Mirshai, has beeG APP
pointed Provost Marshal Of this city.
ASoraRa so, ooJ ,oao rAKgy.
In the money article of the Herald, IL ID
said:
We understand that the Bank Committee,
which has just retur1GDd from Washing ton,
recommended the associate backs, at u meet
ing held to-day, 10 assume tho second iifly
millions OF the si5J. too 900 Government loan.
and that tho banks at once agreed 10 do so,
Tue taking Of the irst afty millions Insured