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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-01

W are enabled sAss ncrnins - lay bseers
our r,aders 0snsral JcsspA 3. JehnstcAse
r,port Of the battle 81 Manassas, which.
aftsr q Tong delay. Oonsrsss has 9saniousiy
permitted to b made public We shal'
follow Il MP, a. early a. possible. With
other of5icial reports Of battles fought in
1851. which are necessary TO complete the his
tory OF the great events Of that period.
we and that some portion Of General Beau.
regszd's report. - originally written, Aas
been exciaed; bat that gallant ofncer's own
concluding words will reconcile the country
to partial emissions Of the " SUFFICIENT causee
that prevented the advance Of our felcse, and
prolonged, vigorous pursuit OF the enemy to
and beyond the Potomac. The War Depart
ment has been fully advised long since ofail Of
those causes, some Of which only are proper
to be here commu nicated."
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'l,e1S1s o. RnDsRAL vxssIIs.
CONGRESSMAN sIr.

Elv arrived In town on SATURDAY sveuIsf.
and will resume his Congressional duties Il
the House Of Representatives to.morrrv.
important matters requiring his attsnun
elsewhere to-day, TO the disappointment .!
many visitors 10 tho Capitol.
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The Anaconda,

The Yankees seem Of late to have parted
company with the old American emblsm--the
eagle-and are continually likening themselves
70 tho anaconda. We scarcely take up q
Yankee newspaper in which we do not lind
some exulting references to the anaconda
folds with which Yankeedom is encircling
the South and preparing to crush it," 1t
strikes us that the selection Of this new em.
hlem of Yankee qualities shows some signs of
returning reason in that hitherto demented
population. A crawling, greedy reptile, that
bedaubs its victim with hideous slime before
II swsllows him, Is better representative
of their character than the heaven. soaring
eagle, darling lightning from bis eyes andhold.
ing in his fierce talons the thunderbelts of
Jove. By all means, let the Yankees give UP
rho eagle and hold on 70 their new friend-the
snake. OF al the creeping things, this is the
best Representa- in its vindictiveness and
voracity, of the nation which has ins,inctively
recognized it as its emblem. Instead Of the
American eagle, the world now sees the
YSnkes anaconda, which, having swallowed
mp the commerce aud the Constitution of the
old Union, Is now eager to bolt the whole
South and wind up with making dessert of
Canada and Cuba
The old American eagle may we'll give up
such snake worshippsrs in disgust, and in fact he
ssemsto have had nothingt to do with them since
the beginning Of this war. He il the bird OF
liberty, and not of despotism; and, whatever
may be his other faults, he never has relied mp
On his wings in fight instead OF his beak anu
talons 1t is libel upon this majestic warrior
OF the air to assert that he was aiding and
abetting the Yankees at Bethel, Bull lion,
Manassas, and dossn similar confiiots. was
not the eagle, but the anaconda, which, on
each and all these occasions, came to swallow
u whole, but went Of 20 full Of cold
iron that something has been wrong with
his digestion ever since We know that
the Yankae snaks n largo snake, and
4 now spreading himself considerably !;
but hs has been sleeping very soundly since
his lsaden dinner. at MAaSssas, and, IL he u
awake again, there ere similar entertain
msnts awsiting him, which will set him TO
snoring again for another SIX months. 1t may
b, that be 10 encompassiDg ~ around our from
tier and our sea-coast, 90 that his head and his
tail nearly meet; but the only swallowing he
y likely 70 accomplish 10 to swallow himself,
and ~ his III goes down bic throat, tickle his
palate with the fancy that he is absorbing the
Southern Confederscy.
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~ Nor DnAD.-Ws are requested to con-
tradict the notice Of the death Of NJ. Y. Oops.
land, published in the Daily Dispatch of the
:lst ult. a. having occurred in the General
Hospital. Mr.. Copeland 10 we'll, and has 70.
turned 10 camp. He belongs 70 the Sd Ten
nesses Regiment. Gould It have heen that
some enc else was mistaken for Mr.. or
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-01

Drop .Letksys.-The attsution Of our readers
10 called 70 IN advertisement from Colonel
bigger, in another column, having Eeieyspce
10 he Snbjsct Of drop lsitsrs.
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:. btspAt>s&sesss Z lean baskjpf cd 4,
4 Ak.s sllI ]. !asi I atssst Il M1l!saa
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Mayor's Court-R l.. Bohannon, youth
of come celebrity about town, though gene
rally regarded as inotfensive heretofore, was
arraigned yesterday to answer charge OF
stealing case of surgical instruments, valued
at S25, from DR.. 4. l.. Carter.
; Dr, Carter deposed, that the instruments
were on the table in his office last Tuesday
evening, and that Bohannon was seen there
tho same evening. The instruments were
missed shortly afterwards. He had ascer.
tanned that Il colored man named Clayton saw
them in b. possession, but he knew of NO
white person who had seen them.
Francis Smyth deposed, that on Tuesday
night he entered the room occupied by DIR.
Carter and himself Mnd found Bohannon
there, standing near the table where the in
strumenis were. He inquired for DR.. Magru-
der, who formerly occupied the apartment, and
then went ont.
The prisoner desired to procure some testi-
yuony in his own behalf, and the Mayor con.
tinusd the case until Monday, Offering to ad.
NIT him to bail in the sum Of $500 for hia
appearance
with stabbing James Turner, was resumed, II
appearing that the Mayor had not made up
his mind to remand the prisoner for the
offence with which no was charged, but mere.
iy with u view to investigate the question OF
the desertion of both from the army. Lieut.
Luaman, of Tompkins's Sharp-Shooters, stated
that Hardaman and Turner had been here on
sick furlough since September, and no call
had been made for their return. He was 60
ing back to his company on Friday next, and
would take them with him. The Mayor then
discharged Turner, and held Hardaman in
custody to await the call Of his officer.
Harriet Holland, a free negro woman, at
tired in high style ofmagnifcence, appeared
to answer a charge of residing in this city
with Memphis papers. She stated that she
had been living here thus, contrary to law,
about four months. The Mayor ordered her
to return to Tennessee by the first opportu-
nifty.
Louisa Buchanan, charged with using in
sulting language to Eliza Quinn, failed to ap
pear when called, and the Mayor declared her
recognizance $500, with David Espy as &C.
curity,) forfeited. Mrs. Quinn thought the
security was not worth much, and then, in
reply to certain questions propounded by the
Mayor, said that Mrs. Buchanan had threat
ened to tear every bone out of her body, and
to murder her, and had used very offensive
language
Richard, slave, the property Of Talbot &
Brother, was brought up to answer charge
OF having in his possession lot OF stolen
sugar. Dick said it was given to him by a
negro named Henry Brown, who was also
present under arrest. Under the rule that
TIDE receiver is as bad as tho thief, tho Mayor
ordered Richard twenty lashes, and held
Henry for further consideration.
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~ 1 e: P %sr.s.s; ssoss Or IN.
Of J. Nswton Harper, IN AIsxandri, w;,saa
order n0m The state lepaStmert n, ~ ~ -
rest, bat TIE blrd had 1oWn, and esrrisd ~ ~.
him al the evidence Of Bis guilt N ~ ~ ~
listed. It u alleged that he WAs Or nj ~ ".
sngaeed In the work Of carrying. d, -
road. s'''
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formed me, hOwsvee, that a large body of
the enemy's troops beyond the stream and
below the bridge threatened a. from that
quarter. He was, Therefore, left In hts posi-.
ton.
NV headquarters were now established
uear tho Lewis House. From this command.
Ing elevation my view embraced the position
OF the enemy beyond tn, stream and the ap.
proaches to the Stone Bridge. point Of espe.
cial importance. / could also see the adj
yances Of our troops far down the valley In
the direction Of Manassas, and Observe the
progress Of the action and the manGuvres OF
the enemy.
Wehad now sixteen guns and two hundred
and sixty cavalry and 3 little above nine
regiments Of the army OF the Shenandoah,
and six euus and tees than the strength OF
three regiments Of that Of the Potomac, en-
gagged with about thirty avs thousand United
fhree thousand men Of the old regular
army. Yet q u admirable ARTILLERY and brave
! infAnUy and cavalry lost no loos o. ground.
For nearly tAfes hours they maintaiAed
thsir position, rspsii,ns nve - $4,000 -
whose n1nbsTu snsblsd hin continually %
bring mp ftash troops - their pe0codiu 6
columns ware driven back. Ooa. stuart eoA.
trieassd = one q ts ss ssps.e, ~ = 49,.
Tight Aaak NTH NO ee0(aatse of Aie csva!-
~. Tho e0eieoey Of our tnfAntSy aad cavsl.
| ~ might have bo0u expooto4 afe0 . p9trtotac
peopls see..tensa. Ne osr,. = e -: =:
artiiisry was iitsls lsss thaa weaasssul.
Thoy were bppoQod 70 batteries 1he s0poe1ez
| IN The Annhsr, range ard eqaipoans Of tnely
sass. WITH g ucassd o9esr. Ard tAeseasnly
artillsTiss, Col. Rssdlesou, tAat model % .
UhIlstiAn soldier. yet tAsy sxhth I'd = nuch
Superiority TO he 6ne0y In aetlf - IN Oo1y.
sge. Their are va saperios hesA u yaplAttD
l 49,. ... 1890. >sA-.,
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ened by the 0fIIVat OF 0eneIa! nee ana COl'
onel Elzsy, and the 9th Georgia regiment
was ordered forward to the support Of Jack.
SOP. 1t met him at Da.tsville, six miles from
Martinsburg, where il took mp position for
action, as General Patterson, 1t was sup.
posed, was closely following Colonel Jack
son. We waited for him in this position
four days, hoping to be attacked by an
adversary At least double orr number,
bat unwilling to attack him In. . town 10
dcfensible as Mnytinsburg, with Its solid
bnildings and enclosures or masonry. Con.
WINGED ut length that he wonld not approaeh
us. I returned to Winchester, much to the
disappointment OF our troops, who were
eager for battle with the invaders. Colonel
stuart, with his cavalry, az usual, remained
noar the enemy.
Before the 18th Of July, the enemy's force,
according to the best Intelligence to be oh !.
tanned, amounted to about 8. eco. Ours had
been Increased by eight Son thern regiments.
On ths 10th Of Jaly, Col. Stu art reported the
burg. He hslved, however, At Ruaker's Hall,
nine miles from Winchester, where he 70,
manned on the l6th. TIN the 18th he moved
to his left, to Smithneld. This created the
tho south, or was merely holding rs In cheek,
while Gen BeauraGard sh0ala b attacked
at Manassas BY Gen. Scott. a. ~
About one O'Clock on the morning Of July
18th, / received from the 0ovegnmGutA tele.
graphic dispatch, informing ne that the
Northsrn army Was advancing upon Aanas.
eos, then held y General BS1arsyard. and
directing me, ifpracticabie. TO 70 70 that Of.
ncsr's assisssncs. sending my siok 10 Ualpepes
Court. House. $50
In the exercise Of the DISCRETION conferred
BY the terms Of the order, at once deter.
mined to uarch 70 lolp General BeeuYeeard.
The best service which the army Of the she.
nandoAh could render Wa 10 pssvent Tie Do.
lsat Of that Of The pot0m nc, 10 ~ aAle 70 "a
tA.s. II YVES nsosassfy, Ia the Arst Instance. 70
defeat General pafeAYoon or 70 eludN him .
The latter course vas the most speedy
and certain. ana Was, therefore, adopt.
"a Oar stch. nearly isvsateeo bundled
IN nu0ber, were provided Ter IN WinsheeteS,
for tAs delsnoe Of thst psase he mtlttte Cd
n ~ Iill'| M 4
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TIE War fAx II cossasss

rAxn1o oovHAHAByr EMPLoYass.
II 10 ssatsd that the proposition Of imposing
a tax Of ten per cent. upon the pay OF The
army. In prelagence 10 reducing the rates.
meeis With MvoY from Officers and men. and
Win soon - introduced Ia Congress. Isis
Alec proposed to tax Mt tho same rate he psy
of all 0Oyefnment employees.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-18
A GUNBOAT FIGHT.

WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. Is.
On Wednesday evening, our gunboats at
Port Royal, about twenty seve, miles from
Fr, dericksburg. were fired into by rebel bat
terry from the shore, supposed to number twen-
ty heavy guns.
One of the rebel shots struck coal schoon
er, wounding Capt. Simmons, who has since
died
Another shot struck the Currituck on the
arboard side, pushing into the engne,room
and wonnding Ii. f. Smith, of Rhode Island
who has since died also woundug Jeremiab b
Daily dangerously and two others slightly
The firing Was very rapid and continued,
until sundown, when the rebel batteries were
silenced
Two scbooners, at the commencement OF
the fight, were lying directly in range of the
rebel guns, near the shore, but were brought
of safely by the 1ea%r.
Our gunboats laid off the shore until morn
ing, when they again opened upou the rebel
battery, but met with no response.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-18

IMPORTANT TO DEsERTERs FROM THE DRAFT.
The following order from the AdJutant
General of the United States, is OF the high
est Importance, alike to those who are attempt,
ing by fraud and desertion to'escape the draft,
and those who may become liable to another
ordeal of that system to make up deficiencies
growing out of such desertion. 1t becomes a
matter of general duty aud Importance, then,
that all good citizens should interest them
selves in securing the return Of oil deserters,
and that the drafted men should know that
the service of nine months which they owe to
the Government, will be sternly exacted, to
date, not from the hour of the draft, but from
the moment they report for duty:
HARR lsBURG, Dec. 6, 1862.
The undersigned deems it necessary to
communicate the following for the informa
ton of all concerned
Drafted militia who disregard their obliga
tions to their country and keep ont o: the way
and avoid delivery to the several camps OF
instruction, cannot diVest themselves OF their
liability to faithfully perform nine months of
military service and that service can only
commence from the date of their delivery 10
the military authorities. The citizens yet
subject to draft are deeply interested in see
ing that the recusants are promptly sent in,
for as the general Government has required
of the State certain number of men, some
of their citizens may be subsequently drafted
in place of such recusants.
Drafted militia who have deserted, will be
pursued and when apprehendeds will be re,
quired to make good the time lost by their
unauthorized absence. and also be subject
to such punishment as may be determined
by General Court Martial, under the ar
ticles of war.
L. THOMAS.
Adutant-General.
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Letter from the Army.
CAMP NEAR FREDERICKSBURG VA.
- % [


Dec. 3, 1862. (
EDITOR REPoRTER-SI Seeing in your
paper of Sept. 22I, 1862, that | with quite a
number of TIERS We're absent without leave
from the regiment | thought | would take
the liberty to Inform you of the true state
ment OF the case, not blaming any one for the
advertisement. | was taken sick last spring.
about the time our regiment was ordered TO
leave Washington for Alexandria, / was sent
to Elizabeth Hospital, and remained there
until the last Of June then | came home on
fur.ough for fifteen days | then went TO
the Hospital again, my health not permits e
me to 60 to my regiment. | remained in the
Hospital till abont the 10Th of September
was sent to the Soldiers Retreat under Cap
tain's care, as soon as | was able to be sent
to my Company. Whilst there | wrote two
letters to Captain p. SIDES, wishing to Gud
where the regiment was, but he did not re-
ceive them and he finding that / had lett
the Hospital, and not knowing my wherea,
bouts put my name with the rest of the a b.
sentees without leave but such was not my
case, and Sco:n the name of deserter, and
you will oblige me much if you will publish
within yOur columns these few lines, to show
the public that | account myself far better
than deserter. | enlisted TO serve nv couu-
try and that | mean to do as long as grass
grows aud water runs
ever remain your sincere friend.
j.. B, EANWINkLE.
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAc,
Der lA-EI. .9n m

There is no fog to day, the sun shining
brightly, with strong breeze. At daylight
this morning. there was a heavy fire of artil.
lery and infantry 10 front of the first line of
works. where Gems. Sumner and Hooker were
engaged yesterday. The fire Stacked about
an hour afterward, aud was heard only at 10
tervals until now. The same occurred in front
Of Gen. Frankn's Divis on down the river.
The ohjeca of both parties vas evidently to
feel the other
During last night and this forenoon, the
Rebels have considerably extended their works
and strengthened their position. Large bo-
dies of troops are now TO be seen where but
few were to be found yesterday.
Our dead, which were killed yesterday while
charging in front of the euemy's works, still
remain where they fell. When attempting
their removal last night, the Rebels would
open fire with infaatry but the wounded have
all been removed from the field, and all the
dead obtained are now being buried.
The indications are that no decisive battle
will be fought to. day. unless the Rebels shou I
bring on the engagement, which they will not
probably do.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-18

SENDING FooD TO ENGLAND's STARVING Poor.
One Of the grandest records that goes upo0
the page of history during this evenful period
of our country, is the fact that we send food
to the starving operatives OF Lancashire. No
bly, overlooking EDgland's wicked hostility
cloaked under neutrality" ignoriDg the eff
forts of her capitalists to fit out rebel iron.
clads and privateers, our generous people hu
namely refuse to close their ears to the cries
of England's famshing poor.
Already have one or two ship loads of bread
stuffs left New York, and others gre being
got ready. Every vessel thus filled with the
" staff of life sent from this country to Eng
land in this crisis, will be glorious monument
to the humane impulses and generous instincts
of the American people-a pronder bequaath
al to our children than the record of thou
sand bloody victories.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-18

ly g. cd authority, that Gen. Banks has effect.
ed a safe landing of bis whole force at Harri-
sons Landing" u
This nnqucstiouably is an unfounded rumor.
Gen Bayard was to have been married on
the 18th of this month to a daughter of Col
Bowman of West Point. The match had al
ready been postponed twice on account of the
exigencies of the service.
Gen. Gibbon has arrived here His wounds
are not serious. Gen Franklin is not wound
ed as reported
At five O'Clock this afternoon the enemy
suddenly opened upon our forces at Freder-
icksburg six shells a minute were fired for
six minutes. No injury was dene this was
the only firing since morning.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LOCK HAvEN-On
Saturday, 9th inst, most destructive fire oc-
cured at Lock Haven. The entire business
portion of the town was destroyed, including
the Lock Haven Bank, the Clinton House,
the Telegraph Office, the extensive Soap Fac
tory of Taylor & Co., and large number of
other valuable buildings
The Fulton House, Barker's Hotel, and the
bridge over the river were saved.
The fire originated in a carpenters shop in
the rear of SCOTS Hall. The loss is estima.
ted at $400,0
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-18

COUNTERFEIT POSTAGE CURRENCY 1t ap-
pears that there are counterfeit fifty cent
notes of the new postage currency in circula-
ton. They are said to be well executed, and
should be guarded against The following
easily noted marks will enable holders to de.
tect them
l. The paper is thinner than the genu.
inc. 2. The five faces of Washington vary
considerably from each other in the counter
fet-so much SO that two or three of tGem-
if standing alone, would hardly be taken
for the portraits of Washugton-while on the
genuine they closely resemble each other 3
The linked letters u S." under the mid.
die face OF Washington in the counterfeit, do
not show the lower end of the 81 inside of
the legs of the ~" while in the genuine they
do This mark IS easily seeH 4. The Dor
der round the lettering aud 80" on the back
of the counterfeit is dark, aud the lines are
crowded, while in the genuine the border is
open, while a line of light dots rnauing
through tha middle all the way round In
the counterfeit this liue is almost invisible
while in the genuine it is so distinct as to
catch the eye at once.