The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-04

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ore, the premises. and report them 10 the Office
OF the Provost Marshal, some intimatiou haytua
been given ont that formidable cavalry scout
Ing party had been entertained by this lady
Subsequent examination. however, has proved the
scare to have been all ocoasioned from Q horse
scare The adventures If the night are not such
as would embesh history and those badly scared
woud hsve the matter dried up;' but It has leaked
out, and these things always bear telling
ANOTHER DANGEROUS WOMAN
The special correspondent Of the Phiiaielpbia
Press At Fort McHenry gives the following informa.
ton about Miss snsan Archer Tally another Of the
female spies:
"Among the recent prisoners of this fort has beer
until the 18th Of June last. lady, Miss Susan Ar.
cher Tally, of Norfolk, who attempted last year To
take q coffin n!l Of percussion caps through our
lines TO Richmond, alleging that the dead body Of
her brother was In II. Suspicion being excited the
coffin opened and he lady incarceratesL II
was afterwards found that she had acted as spy be-
tween the p,ckets Of the two armies. She was
closely confined In her room during the day, With
the exception Of a walk In the balcony before her
window and u stroll around the ramparts, for an
honr daily, with the officer Of the day. She was
about thirty years OF age. and n very good ANA
tsur artist. She took frosn memory q very good
crayon portrait OF General Morris. commanding
the TORI, and presented it 10 him. Liberty having
lsas asaa. .trE xhs- t1 raasssd to hsra home near
Norfolk
The ALLIANCE OF TdE CHEROKEE INDIANS WITH
THE CoNFEDERATE STATES
The following letter from John Ross, Principal
Chief If the Cherokee nation, is published In the
Northern papers. This settles the question as 10
the alliance Of iha, nation with the Confederates:
ExECUnvE DEPARTMENT.
Pirk Hill, G. NJ, July &, 1862
To Cct UJm Heey, a. :. H., Comnandins:
Sir: Your communication of yesterday dated
from head1uarters Indian Expedition, camp on
Wolfe Creek, under flag of truce per Doc. Gil.
patrick has been duly received, and in reply have
to tate that treaty Of alliance under the
and authority Of the whole Cherokee people, was
entered into on The 7th day Of October 1861 between
the Confederate States and the Cherkee nation and
published before the world And you cannot but
be too well informed the subject to make it ne.
cessary for me to recaptulae the reasons and cir
cumstaaces under which it was DONE Thus the
destiny Of the people became identified with that
OF the Southern Confederacy. There is no nation
OF Indians venture to say, that has been
more scrupulous in the faithful observance of the
treaty obligations than the Cherokees
Allow me to further appeal to the history Of my
long public and private life to sustain the assertion
that my policy has ever been to preserve peace
and good feelings among my people, and the observ
ance of law and order
The horrors Of civil war, with which .his beaut
Gated, aud trust that it may be averted by the oh
servance of the strict principles of civilized and
honorable warfare by the army now invading oul
country, under your command. | cannot, under
existing circumstances. entertain the proposition
for an official interview between at your camp
have. therefore, respectfully to decline to com.
ply with your request l have the honor to be
sr, your most obedient servant,
Principal Chief Cherokee Nation.
THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE on THE CoSFIs
CATION BILL.
The New York Journal Of Commrcs has a lon;
article Oh the Contiscation 6l recently passed h,
the L. S. Congress. 1t utterly denies any right o
the United States 10 enancipate slave under an,
circumstances, and adds:
The Contiscatioa Act proceeds upon the assump
ton that for offences against the United States
Congress can act on the legal condition Of othe
| persons within State, and change that condition
| against the State law.
Ii those who are in the condition O
slavery under the law of State can be declare
| free by Congress for tho crime of the master O
| owner then 1t Is only necessary for single offenc
| to be committed in any State against the Unite
| States, to enable Congress TO exercise control owe
the legal condition Of any or all Of the nhabitani
| of that State.
If this act had undertaken to forfeit the propert
right of the master to the United States be sol
| like any other right OF property, then it would
least have been practical law. But when it al
derakes to say that certain peraons who are slave
condition changed, although they commit no o
| fence and do not act against the United States
| is clearly usurpa.io which furnishes q diret
motive TO the slave States for continuing their r,
| sistance.
| The attitude now assumed, therefore bv th
| Federal Government Is this Fer an ofenc
against the United States the legal condition of ce
| tain persons in a State, under the State law wh
| hove taA nHs IL, oh
| against the will Of the STATE, and they are to b
taken out OF the State, also against its will, au
transported beyond its limits aud 10 a foreign eou!
try. u Mr.. Jefferson Davis or Mr.. Benjamin,
any other leader of the rebellion, could have d
vised legislation better adapted to consolidate tn,
rebellion, they are more cunning than we had su
| posed them
| BIG JOB UEDERTAKEN.
The Hartford (Ct) 7inses has the following abo,
the big job" the North has undertaken,
The fatal practice OF undertaking the enemy seen
| at last TO have been discarded We hear no mol
OF the desperate poverty. starvation, rags. lateI
| Unonism or even the skedaddling" of the Co
federate soldiers; the note is changed, and tho
presses that were. only few months ago. persis
| entity busy in convincing their readers that Il
| saueichng Of the rebels, and the war generalt
was now a mere holiday amusement, have now Il
ken another view. They now think Ii is a serio,
| business. The Conraat, OF this city says: I'VE d
the South back into the Union. Better realize it
once and realize it now, if we have not realized
| heretofore
| THE NEWS FROM ALABAMA.
The Washington correspondent of the New Yo.
Post says the news from Northern Alabama "do
not put the Department in good humor." lie add
1t is calculated that the enemy has destroy,
fifteen millions Of dollars worth Of property with
the last thirty days, half million per day.
These successful raids will compel General Halet
to change his plans in the West. No Governme
| can long endure such losses as have been entail
upon lis by scattering our army over line Of
thousand miles. The system adopted und
the supposi.ion that Beauregards fine army "
| entirely destroyed. 1t turns out that the bulk
that army il still in the Southwest, and the rest
| at Charleston and Richmond. The national troO
| will be forced to concentrate upon two or thr
I very nportant points, and give up the attempt
!, | run long lines Of railway.
FINANCIAL
The New York Post, Of Monday afternoo
says:
The week opens extremely quiet in Wall sire
, | The stock market In almost at u stand. still O.
; both BUYERS and sellers seem TO be playine I
| par, of Micawb Der, waiting for something to tn
| up" The transactions 10 stocks are very light q
| in the absence OF exciting ruInors news Of al
kind prices remain almost stationary There q
few stocks pressing andequally few orders 10 b,
the commission houses purchasing only small: lets
, investment bonds and sound dividend paying shar
, As was anticipated, the speculation in gold Is mu
| curtailed By the action of the board Of broke
in prohibiting time sales the business this morui
not exceeding 5000 which Is less than one.te,
the amount dealt in for the previous ten days. T