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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-01-10
VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION.
tSECRET SESSION.)
SEHEi7H DAP.

SEHEf7R DAP.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE l9, 1881.
fooNT1NuRDl
The following is the Governors communica-
ton relative to the sale Of srms to Joseph z
Anderson & Co
EXECUTIVE DFrAETIEsT,
February lS, 1881. I
Geatlemen Of the House Of Delegates:
In response 10 your resolution, adopted Feb.
rusry 4lh, 1881, transmit herewith, copies OF
the following papers, viz:
No. The repor. of the aruorT oonmis-
sion, made TO the Executive, dated August 17th,
1850.
No2.-Ths agreement entered into between
the armory commission and Joseph r. Aoder.
son L Co, dated August Esd, 1860, ucccnpa-
MED by specifications for machinery requisite
for the manufacture Of 6vS thousand ride
muskets per annun.
No. Am explanatory contract entered
into October 2Oth, 1850, between Joseph 4
Anderson & Go. and George W. Randolph,
ESQ. on behalf OF the commission.
No IA letter addressed By joseph R. An
derson & Co. to George W. Randolph, Esq,
dated November 10Th, 1860.
No. 5.-A letter addressed ty George W..
Randolph, E,q to the Executive, dated NO
venber l7th, 1880.
No. "a letter frcu Jossph Z Andersen
/ Co, enclosing report, explaining 1he pro
gress made IN preparing the uaca'1"r5 ior tue
srmory, accompanied bJ est'mases of the
amounts necessary to- meet the obligations
contracted for the State.
No. "A table acccmpanying:ti acJutan1
Generals last report, which suoSs the number
of flint lock muskets, all of which have been
sold to Anderson Co., and furnishes full in'
formation in regard to the arms, accoulrements
and ammunition in possession Of the State
The thirteen rife cannon referred TO IN this
table have been received by the State, and
haye directed the superintendent, of the arnory
TO hsyertiem mounted with as Esue delay Ss
practicable.
These several papers furnish most OF the IN
formation called for by the resolution. It is
proper to add, that If the Messrs- Anderson 6
90. shall be permitted by the Legislature TO
receive ELL The flint lock musksts Except the
ten thousand reserved In the contrac1 the
State can still arm efficiently for service from
twenty 10 thirty Thousand men
|. Of the fint lock musE Eets sold 70 Aessrs.
Anderson 4 Co., eight thousand have been
delivered, leaving stllt in the possession 9f the
State sorty-6vs thousand nine hundred ana
I.eixhty~eight
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Battle er New oaLEANs-W Wednesday, jan
-arY s.h, WIS the anniversary Of tbe battle Of NeT
Orleans, and had th. Yankees dared 70 attack our
forces, would no doabt have been made ths anngsr-
.ary Of asotse1 battle equally important In securing
or , p ohes fn,r, inysator
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State is progressing most satisfactorily, and
no E ,rt will be spared 10 forward the work TO
c satisfactory c'npleIio::.
IN conclusion beg to egsIn cal! you: ct.
lention to the necessity oIpcont action 90 the
part of the S,ste1ith reference TO ,ns addi.
ttional buildings required for the forging and
tenpering depar ment Of tie armorJ, these
being first requird in order to star. ;he forg
ing operstions-lntil this point is arrived .1
delay vii! result the preparation Of the ms
chinerg fixtures. ic., required :or !he finish.
ing operations.
(SigaedJ JAaEs L BURTON,
.Sri7s ArAonr, F,p. {, 1851. EngsnseE.
Tbs above ststenent uf the work contracted
jor oy Messrs. J. 7. An'ierson Z: Go. Il to TIE
5c5t q my knoH!asr. correct
:. 4ioAMs, y. .i:a-arsc
E.,:mais III tss!. necded 10 rae:: Engage
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$l66,590 40


Two turbine whseis. is.-........... 5000 90
sl56, $50 40
Witnesses:
]. B. CoeKE cs 10 PalL19 Sr Geo. IooKE.
Z Fl. CArLErT, q, to FsAHcr. Il. SAlrp,
e. ". M0aToso, IS GEo. =. RAIpoAPH,
Commissioners
VIZ Z. TANSEs, as 70 JOS r ANptssoH & CO.
No.
It is hereby agreed betwesn Asssls. Joseph
P. Anderson CO. and Messrs- Philip 81
George Cooke, Francis Il. Smith and George
". Randolph, commissioners OF the State OF
Virginia, that tho reservation Of ten Thousand
muskets in the contract recently made betwera
the said parties concerning the State Aruory
Mt Richmond, was intended to authorize aId
does authorizs tho use OF such reserTed nlus.
kets by the State, il the use 10 deemed nee
essary by the public authorities; and in onse
Tho said nishets or any Of .hen cannot be
delivered. as required or the 'n:;rac1 to :he
parties of Il" rst part, ya:sa: ag:ted.
rhe.eip tc &c received u :shsll he sg.it3s
in uoney Il! The rate OF Sl50 FIR each musErt
not delivered in good ortrr.
Witness tho following signsturea this 10Th
DAY Ci OclQOor lSOu.
JosrPH Z. ANDERSON !; CO.
GEORGE ". RASooLFH,
# ltBesa Commissioner.
jouS E. TASsER
W. u. ARCHER
nc.
TEEpEoAR igoH WoKEs.
Richmond, Nov. ID, 1866.
D,ar S;r-.is il i5 essential - the success OF
our contrac: with the c0mTnlssancIs 10 bs
able TO avail ourselves Of ever orporturtf to
dispose Of the old irHs k-ts, "hica can only be
done by relsi., 80 as TO have toe Eicnev tu pay
:or the work rs it is doIo, and Te understood
;slr Contract so to provide, We respectfully sug-
;est to you. To reiS9e the subject Of al! tIu-
oarrasslnrnls, that We will, if satisfactory,
ayp0thecats with the commissioners, Virginia
OF Tennessee S;ata bonds, st tho r:,v u 81 &c
handed 70 us, AZ the estiu;s,IE uraY sto;s w"
arc rntiiled 20 pa mcn'.
Very ;rn'y y"nr'.
y. K ANDERSON 4 Cl
We enclose the explanatory agreement with
our signature
Gposos VI. RAsro.rH, E.o,
tNo. :
RICHMOND, Nov. IT. 1861.
Sir-T haze tho hGGoc to enclose . memo
randum, signed by JOS. z Andersen & co.
and myscli, declaring the construction Of their
contract with the STATE, so tar as it relates 70
the reserved nuskets also tncloso ptopo
sition to be- allowed to draw the muskera not
reserved, ~ they may call for them, upon Viz
ginia CT rounessce State bonds, sufficient 70
oo9cr the yaiuo Of the same, being typothe-
Gated as security for the execution OF ,Gs work
i.:i w!.cii Lae mIske!s 1ru 30 advanced SEQ
nn objection to this proposition, as the mus
hets are of. ths Virginia make, aud not such
Is should be issued. They ue OF 20 snrSice
to Inc State; and if Anderson i Co. CAD ssail
themselves Of them without risk 70 tne State
in case OF failure 10 execute the Contract,
,hiuh II gooj policy ID permit them TO DC Sc,
gs j. is Of gree. Importance 20 facilitate TIE
speedy execution of the Contract
have tia honor 10 be,
Your o5', seTsot
GEO. ". RiHoM?E
His Ezcelisacy Gov. Ls.cher
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These several documents were referred to the
Committee On Military Aarlirs, which subse
quently reported 10 favor Of the abrosation Of
the contract on the terms proposed in the lot,
ter OF Joseph R. Anderson L Go. 10 the Cover.
nor and Council, drted May 29;h- The Con-
vention adopted tbs report:
TO BE coNTIHCEp.
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Tools for the machinery ........ IS $50 %
Power shaiting and fZtur.s, belong.
ing to tie shops ... .....,.. %. 46o 10
Tools for general purposes, jisS
sauges. Is. $1,000 %
Two turbine whseIs. -......... 5000 90
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lie Ricknond Enquirer,
,psLlsHED DAILY, sEA1.wEnA.1 ASa wsfAlf
&c TyJER. WISE & ALLEGRE.

,,,.p DOLLARS psf anzsMs and Ut tho
~ UA.' t.tcn for ,sho<t>e psyso3 than one
,.s ss Set Ss ave Ss.s y ,Ss ,Ss
Geee aoss io or I copies for >te 70 Be PAID In
WE'LL ~as - idrpnes whsa Letter, oon1ssnns money orc
Ill Ihey Gust Re -sVss$hrs, or shaJ WI bs At the
~ % iptions received tos ess than Lx nanths-
Nc s- ,nvssrIsrxo IL TEA -RA1I x6out2xx-
.,,, ilO lines oc leas) ono inssIcan. 20
ont ~ Es.h sdditopslinsektion.- -
"a, month without alteration. .S8 -
ne, do 90 -. ........H 90
NJ 80 DO ..20 90
Tws,y. do do ..S5 10
-brr< uon,hp Observation-Disclosures 70 %
NC ~luA7e' s,- months .Se 90
-'r-a ,,nnths 50 90
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9}itbmoll0 Enqulrer.

81 TYLER, WISE S ALLEGRE-
rRCHsDAT MORNING, Fan. 3. 961.
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For Goea;ne7y requaie for tho nnnyfact.1s
5000 Rj?s 4uss6ta pe- cnnum.
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HIS E1ceiieaoy josN LETSsER
Governor 5f Virginia.
mo. 9

mo. 9
Agreement, made this lwenty-thlrd day Of
August in the year 1880, between the conmis-
sonera appointed by the Governor, under az
act Of assembly passed the twenty first day
Of January in tho year 1850, Of tine ono part,
and Joseph E. Anderson & Go. Of the ether
part:
Witnceseth, that whereas the party Of The
first part desires to establish at the State ar
uory in the city of Richmond the manufacture
OF r:hed muskets of the best quality, and to
secure, in organizing such establishment, the
skill, supervision snd responsibility of the
parties of the second part-and the parties CT
the secord part are desircus Of cooperating
to the tes. Of their ability in the said enter
prise:
Now, therefore, in consideration Of the pre-
misses, and for the purpose OF carrying out the
foregoing dosisu, the said parties agree Es fol-
lows:
Th, said parties Of the second part agree 10
finish. on Or before the tlrst day Of December,
1861, the machinery, tools, driving power,
.haf.ing, and the iDplem ents necessary for the
Manufacture Of not less tnan i've thousand
rified muskets per snEum, OF the most appro
we'd kind srd best quality. corresponding in
general charscssr 10 the Uaied States rGcd
musket as now made at Springfield armory,
arc to the Ensl'sh Ea6eld mu:ket, confnrl0-
ing in ali respects to the model which VIII oe
furnished By the psrty OF the first part-for
more particular specfcatioc Ct which machl'
perY, &c., reference is hereby made to the
schedule hereto nnncxe3 s!gred oy ihe $40
parties, and agreed 20 be taken as part o.
lhis contract
Tho said parties Of the sccond part also
agree tc deliver the said machinery, &C, at
the s1mory; to erect and put tho same IN ope-
ration; 10 organize and srperintend the same
until t7s hundred rihsd muskets OF the KIND
and quality above stated shall have been manu-
factu red at the expense Of the State, aud the
same shal! be approved and received oy tie
said commissioners after Which, ana not De
fore, the said Iraehlr cry and other ToiS snail
be considered as received.
That so much Ct the work herein contracted
for shall be executed in Virginia ana oy VIZ
giDia 9o,kmen as nay bepracticab!e, aRhouSo
such work may cost more than II done else
where, unless such extra cost snail be excess
i've, or unless such work shall be allowed 70 oe
executed elsewhere by the Governor Of the
Commonwealth. =
One Of the ruling motives which prompts
the party of the frat part to give THIS contfac'
TO the party Of the second part, Is to encourage
as far as may oe, mechanical Industry 10 w
pinis: and, therefore, it viii! be considered .
breach of the spirit if not Of the letter OF TINS
acreement if the parties Of the second parl
shall sublet any part Of the contract to per
sons or establishments cut OF the State Oh VIZ
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Es.:mats If tt:a!: NEEDED - nas:: Engage
ansnts fn,. Le ILdtf Inlshineru
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12
REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH.
Fort Monroe. Sept. 9.

The Richmond Dispatch of the 9th has
the following: There are now 68 of
Pope's commissioned officers and of his
surgeons in confinement here. They amt
considered prisoners Of war an aid of
General Burnside is, however, placed in
that category.
An unusually large number Of Federal
schooners are visible off Charleston Bar,
South Carolina. early Tuesday morning.
In the battle of Friday General Ewell
was shot through the knee. Gen. Trim.
bic was wounded in foot, and Gen. Tall
aferro in arm, neck and leg.
The Columbia Is. c. Guardian saws
General Beauregard, on reporting for du-
tn. was assigned to that department which
it -helieHes includes Charleston aud It's
defences.
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skirmlsh Between Cavalry.

Washington, Sept. 10.
The last of the wounded at Centeryilje
-250 men-arrived here yesterday. A.
bout so places in and about Alexandria.
are occupied for hospitals.
The action yesterday, of the Sth ILL
nois cavalry, was with 500 of Col. Ash
by's old cavalry It took place between
Pooesyille and Jamestown. The rebels
had 10 killed and wounded, including
one captain. This forenoon Farnsworth
again met portion of them ut Clarks-
burgh, and took 80 prisoners. They have
already arrived at head quarters.
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S D. NJ. Sells declines to accept tn,
Majorship ofthe Esd regiment.
~ We inquired Of Clapett |

@ We inquired Of Clagett, the other
day. what be thought Constitutional be.
sides "nigger driving" We have sue.
ceeded IN getting him to affirm that he
does think that employment Constitution
al, AS to anything else being within the
same blissful category, he leaves US JUS,
as much in the dark as ever.
The truth is the poor devil, having
been brought up in that delectable and
gentlemanly occupation. really think.
nothing else in this world is worthy of ,
moments attention, and that all things arr
constitutional or unconstitutional just a,
they aid or obstruct that, to him mos,
honorable and godlike Of human employ.
ments. What glorious Prime Ministe,
he would make to the King of Dahomey
- Hawkeye.
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Harrisburch, Sept.

A'hii ioputS 81, oePt' w.
A State messenger has sent intelligenc.
amounting in substance to the following
lie reached position on the Mountain
above Frederick, and by means of glas,
saw all that was going on in town. HI
says there was evidently a movement oil
troops in the direction of Middletown
and Boonsboro. going on. Farmers in
formed him that forward movement be.
gan at three o'clock this morning, sup.
posed to be about $4,000 strong. He
saw three regiments of infantry, one oil
cavalry, and Is cannon. and large mum
Der of wagons at Boonsboro. The soldiers
looked ragged, shoeless ant painless. A
mail carrier captured says great numb Der.
threw themselves down in the middle Of
the road attacked with bilious colo caused
by eating green corn.
A sklrmish occurred between the Mich
cavalry and Virginia cavalry leadin. the
rebel advance Mt Boonsboro. They say
Jackson leads the column.
The rebel pickets were within mile
or half Of Hagerstown at s o'clock this
evening. The main body appears to be
going between Booncsboro and Sharps.
bury. eightmiles from Hagerstown. The
rebel pickets uniformly told the farmers
that Jackson leads the army, and the
Cumberland Valley is his destination.
A number of rumors are in circulation
here with regard to great battle having
been fought. | can only say with GER
tainty that no intelligence OF this char
acter has been received by telegraph or
otherwise.
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WARRINGTON SAFE.
Washington. Sent.

Washington, Sept. III.
II is said that Halleck stated that the
defences Of Washington arc 90 complete
as to render its capture impossible.
Cassius Al. Clay is here. The report
that he intends to resign his commission
as Brigadief General is incorrect He re-
ported himself for duty to-day at The War
Department and is now awaiting orders.
Ii is understood he will be appointed
temporarily to all important command ia
the army now in this vicinity preparatory
to being assigned to the command west
of the Mississippi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12

~ The 33d Regiment, which is to
rendezvous at this place, will be CON-
handed by our fellow ,ownsman Colonel
Samuel A. Rice. The Lieutenant Col.
is c. h. Mackey, of Keokuk county, and
); D. Gibson, Of Marion county, Major.
The regiment will be composed OF three
companies from Keokuk county under
Capts. Yeager, Mackey and Forrest; three
from Marion under Capts. Boydstone,
Whipplc, and --, and four from this
county under Capts. Walker, Gomstock,
Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12
RETREAT CUT OFF.

V"SHEuEtUHJ EVPt. 10.
Specials state that an officer just arrived
from Poolcsville early Wednesday morn
ing states that large party OF Stusrt's
cavalry came down to Edwards Ferry
with the intention recrossing to the Viz
GINA side, but the attempt was repulsed
by forces under General Reyes who had
occupied the place last night. and they
retreated towards Frederick again with
the loss of from 80 to 100 Of their forces
taken prisoners.
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ATTACK ON FORT BEAuREaARD.

ATTACK ON FORT BEAUREdARD.
An officer from Sullivnn's Island re-
ports that one or more Of the blockading
acc. commenced Smelling Fort Beaure-
gard Thursday evening. in retaliation, as
Is supposed, for the execution of Burger,
which they could scarcely have failed to
witness. as the prisoner was shot in an
open space within sight Of the feet. No
damage was done to the battery. Some of
the shells fell and exploded beyond the
Moultrie House. Fort Beauregard re-
piled slowly. Upon acquiring the range
Of the enemy's vessels with our rife gun,
one shot caused them TO leave in very
hasty manner for their old anchorage
Charleston Courier, Aug. 20.
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Cheer Up and press ON.

/ Cheer Up and Press On.
| The gloomy apprehensions consequen
upon the approach of the enemy to thu
vicinity of Washington and the invas'or
Of Maryland, which for time seemed e
sink the people into the slough of despond
ency, are now giving way, and the energy
| of hope and determination is again invig
Grating the loyal people of the country
The people have been disappointed in the
Generals in command in Virgins, and
had no desile that the command should
be again restored to one whose military
career thus far has disappointed thei,
hopes. But now that the President has
restored General Mcclellan to command
in view of all the facts, i. becomes the
people everywhere to withhold common.
and censure, and seek by all possible
means to aid the Government and inspir-
it the armies. General Mcclellan may
not be the man Of your choice, but the
Army of the Potomac have confidence in
his leadership, and they have the fight
ing to do. The Government too, ii ia
evident, have confidence in their General.
else he would not have been placed in 80
responsible q position.
General Mcclellan has had long ex-
perience of the defensive and ditchinp
policy, and has had no cause TO be salts
fed with its results; his love ef Heputa-
ton will prompt him to make the most
strenuous efforts to retrieve the conf
dence Of the country and re-establish his
own reputation He is at the head OF .
veteran army, eager to avenge their dis
comfture on the Peninsula and in Vir-
GINA. and devoted to their chief. That
army is already in the field, gathering its
forces in the rear of the enemy, and max
ing the most ample preparations to pur-
sue and overwhelm him. And now The
new levies of six hundred thousand of
the sturdy sons of the North, hurried on
by apprehensions of an invasion of the
loyal States, are pouring in to strengthen
our armies on the border, and to put them
in condition to turn the tide OF battle
aud to follow the retreating foe and make
a victorious winter campaign in the sunny
fields of the South.
Our present dangers and disappoint-
ments will prove the starting point of flu
ture triumphs and ultimate overwhelming
and listing successes. And when once
the tide Of battle rolls back again from the
borders Of the affrighted North. over the
Slave plantations of the rcbcllious South,
We may we'll trust the disposition OF our
armies and the exigences of the "si,ua-
ion," to develope policy which will
make clean work of the Rebellion and of
10 accused cause.
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HARRISBURG. GAnt IN

Harrishnrgl sept. To-
The rebels. il is presumed, have arriy
ed at some point on the Northern Centra
Road, as the telegraph has been tempered
with, and the words damned Yankee
heard by the operator here.
General Wool has been assigned to the
command Of oil the troops north Of the
Sasquehanna.
within twenty flour hours 10000 men
VIZ % IN Cumberland Valley, and before
jackson can reach Chsmbersburg he will
oe required to meet and overcome so, 900
Pennsylvania ysomanry.
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PEksosAL.-Aajor Mckinney, former.
y OF Gen Halleck's now of Gen Curtis
stafi; Gen. Bridgman, w. Leighton, Col.
Moss. and Dr. Hughes Of Keokuk, arrived
10 town yesterday .-Des Moines Register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12

When Gen. Pope wa. appointed to tho
command Of the Army Of Virginia, Gen.
Fremont refused to serve under him. A
lev weeks later when Pope was shameless
y beaten back to Washington BY the
enemy, every body else refused to serve
under his command.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12

The lively times, which Mahoney's
Southern friends are kicking up about
Washington, will have tendency to ab-
sorb the attention of the Department. so
as to delay Mahoney's trial indefinitely.
He may have cause to calculate, "save
me from my friends"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12

New York Sept 10.
In the trot to-day Fillingham beat
Ethan Allen in two straight heats. Time
2,24a and 2,264.
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FARKwxLL-Amono tha Ra.a.

fAkEwELL,-Among the Representa-
ives vino obtained leave of absence YES
terday were Hons. Jed Lake of Bncha man
County and I. II. Stanton of Washing.
ton County. The former is Lieutcnan 81
Colonel Of the eth Iowa Regiment, and
the latter is officially connected with The
18th Regimeut.-Des Moines Register
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There are between three thousand and
four thousand troops now rendezvoused
in Dubuque.
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IL EOKUK FEMALE SEMINARY.
Fhis Institution witt commence Tts rfYth Year on
MONDAY, September Blh, in the lower story OF The
Chatham Square Church The PrincipAl, nov acting
Chaplain Of the u osptai this city, will re-
lain responsible supervision Of the School. The
AcA - bnsHucfton will for the eseut be
by Mis- T. r. Williams, Mrs. X. II. CrAvea, and such
other teacher or teachers the necessities of the In.
stitution may reQaire.
instruetou viii be given In Latin Greek French
and German, as may be desired.
In behalf OF the Board Of Trustees
VI. THOMPSON, President
~ STRONG, secretary. IseptJ-dim
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-12

New York, Sept. 10.
The steamer Columbia has arrived from
Havana. The correspondent of the as
ISOLATED press states that the pirate steam.
er, Ovieta, or Florida, AS now called, is a
wooden steamer Of slow speed, and has
iron plates in her hold to be plated with
She left Nassau Aug. 6, for Green Key
where she mounted her armament of three
68-pounders each side. two swivel 100.
Founders, and then went to Cardenas-
where she was ordered off by the authori-
ties, who placed a war steamer each side
of her, allowing but The doctor to leave
her or 90 aboard. A number of seamen
from Havana arrived there, and we're ar
rested and imprisoned. Yellow fever pre-.
vailed aboard. She had lost many Of her
crew, by sickness, desertion, &c. Nine
were buried on the 3lst ultimo, including
son of Motif, her commander. She
then went to Havana, arriving there on
the LIST Of Sept, with only So hands, most
Of them sick, including the Captain. The
Captain has the putrid fever. The ship
is leaky. She was ordered of, and went
to sea on the LIST. in heavy thunder
storm.
The U. s. steamer Penguin was off Ha-
vana on the 9Th.
Vera Cruz dates OF the LIST state that
Dablado has resigned from Jaurez' Cab
met, and has returned to Guanaiuato.
with his troops. The French troops Ian
ded on the 22d, and left for Orizaba.
Yellow fever and dysentery have killed
IS per cent. on the French vessels. The
Amazon, whose complement is CTS, has
now but 40 men left /!