Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-07
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-The Richmond pa
pers of Saturday are received. The Exam
iner says :--"Congress again indicates an adj
journment, coincident with feeling of de-
preston and apprehension in the public mind.
The general acquiescence in the executive
management right or wrong, has brought to
us its bitter fruits. close, vigilant, and firm
performance of congressional duties is as
much demanded by the public exigencies, as
a wise and bold control of the army"
A resolution has been adopted in the rebel
senate-for the appointment of a committee of
thirteen to take testimony relative to the out
RACES committed by the Yankees. The evil
dence is to be collected and preserved in a
permanent and creditable form, in order that
the truth of history may be indicated and the
perpetrators of the outrages delivered to the
Just indignation of present and future genera
tons.
According to the debates and reports of the
rebel congress, the post Office department is
not self sustaining.
A bill has been introduced to provide against
foreign counterfeits of rebel treasury notes.
The bill provides that if such counterfeit notes
are introduced by officers and soldiers and
Others of the United States, the offender shall
be deemed guilty of felony and suffer death
on conviction in any military court.
An act was passed authorizing the manu-
facture of shoes and clothing for the army of
the confederacy. 1t provides for bringing
into the country, duty free, cards, card cloth,
machinery, and all other articles necessary
for the purpose.
A Joint resolution had been adopted by the
Virginia legislature providing that no person
within that state shall be tried or imprisoned
for driving therefrom or putting to death by
any means, any person with or without arms
who may be found on that soil, aiding or
abettng, in any other way giving effect in that
state or its borders to the lawless and fiendish
proclamation of president Lincoln to lberate
the slavesS
The number of sick and wounded paroled
by the United States cavalry at Warrenton,
recently, is 81. A large majority were not
required to take an oath or sign any writing !;
hence the rebel papers say they cannot be
considered as paroled.
The railroad bridge over the Rappahannock
was completed Wednesday, and the locomo-
tives ''Hero" and cold Abe" and few 9TH
ers, were brought safely over, together with a
large quantity of rolling stock Three Of the
locomotives captured by the rebels from us
were in good order, while the others needed
repairs.
The state of Mississippi, and that part of
Louisiana east of the Mississippi river, is an
Asunced as separate military department, to
be under the charge of Major General Penn
berton.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Cit is ascertained
that large supplies of cotton for different parts
of Europe are obtained on the Rio Grande
Mexican vessels are engaged in supplying for
eign ships 1t is suspected that Texan plan
tiers convey their cotton to Brownsville, Tex
as, whence it is clandestinely carried to the
Mexican border. On the Sth of September
there were twenty vessels there waiting car
goes, including an English steamer, which
had 100000 sterling, with which to purchase
cotton.
Lieut.. commanding Walker, of the gunboat
Winona writes to the navy department, goth
September, off Mobile I'll discovered one
of the enemy's steamers lying in Navy Cove,
and within range of my guns, firing over the
land. The first shot carried away the top of
her smoke stack and caused the crew to leave
her; the next two shots went over her; and
the fourth shot struck her and knocked her to
pieces. Fort Morgan fired over and around
us, but without casualties"