The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-29
NEGRO REGIMENT RAISING IN KlssAs.
The following advertisement appcRrslh the Lea

| A NEGRO REGIMENT RAISING IN KANSAS.
! The following advertisement sppcsrslh the Lea
venworth t1ansas) Conservative:
| One Thousand Coloyed Men Fanted--kb form the
First regiment of Kansas 1ouayes d'Alffque, and
| Join General Bunts Southern expeditioH All able
bodied coiored Young men who wish to s'nlist will
| leave their names with w. D. MathewG Waverly
| House, Leavenworth. As coon as Instructions are
received from the War Department. Qsppication
having been made for tbem,) the regfPss: will be
regularly enlisted, mustered into seryi1e. and re-
| ceive the advance bounty and clothing. Companies
formingin other towns in this State llNotify the
undersigned. ETHAN b<RLE,
First regiment Kansas kpIaves.
| Leaccnnoysh, July Is.
NEGROES As WITNESSES IN CoUxfs.
| great deal of astonishment and Indignation is
| expressed in Washington the discovsry that a
| section was snuggled into the act supplementary
to the act for the reiease of certain pess held to
service or labor in the District of CouIssia which
| places the negro upo., an equality wifh white
man IN the courts OF justice there. The sectioa al
luGed TO provides that, Ill all Judicial progsetngS in
the District o. Columbia, there shall bS-io exe,u-
| sion of any witness on account of colors Even In
| Chic, where there few Lsgroes, in ssenferriDg
upon them the right to testify i'll the caftts II wss
deereed that their testimony. should 50 ia the jury
for only what 1t was worth.
WITHHOLDING THE NEWS AT THE FORTH.
The Boston Herald tsays the Balansafe iFsus
Saeet) takes the Government to task ferasuppress.
irg such intelligence IN regard 10 the a1ssss-sAe
| Herald assumes ought to be frankly and promptly
| made public, whether the be disastrous or
| otherwise. Tue Government saws the Herasd
seems to be getting decidedly into the Eagstock
| way---'tough Gr, tough aud devilish sly" Not
content with ingiog tits sarcasm at the heads of
| Departments at Washington, the Herald actually
| has the a,;dacity 10 compare the perfect knew
ledge of the movements OF the army which the
| Confederates acquire, with the entire Ignorance
| of the Northern pubic in regard to what il SO
vel, known the South. Tiie Herald charges that
nciiiiug hsown of the weakening of Banks's
| army anta Stonewalt Jackson impaired that inter
estrg piece Of information that no one had the
faiples idea what part OF the Peniusula was 10 be
spaded up Until the Cenfederates appeared at York
town." that McClelan's projected change of bas.
did not enter the Northern thought until Sonewail
jackson hurried up the movement aud that ''it is
almost impossible TO learn whether our broth
ere aud SONS aud neSHhass reuain alive in the army
of the Poouiae although ii is presumed that the
ConIpderaes know how llany llien there in hat
army. III, continues the H.ra!a, .tlte President
wants to he supported by Intelligent people let
him treat them a. they deserve. Let him remove
| the Censorship Of the Press which has produced no
good result Lei him dare to tel toe truth" = r
We not disposed 20 volunteer to 90 It tiind" :"
Such sentiments az these euanatins as they do
from the 'hub Of the unyerse,' as Boston has been
styled by Holmes, Indicate reealctrant disposi-
tnn which may yet require the services of the
/ Provost Marshal TO etfee,ualy subdue Concern
| ing Mcclellan g arry-wbich correspondents from
headquarters assert to be IN excellent condition and
| eager for another advance upon Richmond the
Herald sta'es. on The authority Of n gentleman
just arrived from Hartfsous Landing "au1 proba-
bly, the only Independent observer whc has visited
that corps TOR weeks tla. The force is 'an a
Geplorabe condition :; that there are twice as
many eiViiiens james river IS tbare are sol
diers !. and that no hope seems TO he eneFt aimed,
either by officers or Eieu, Of reaching Eichmond
In that direction bsore spring. even II reinforced
| by one hundred thouHani men.
| FROM NEW oRLEaNi--BUTLpR RECOGNIZES The
BRITISH CONSUL.
On the laornius of tins 5tb, Commander uewett,
| Of her BritauHic Msestys sio0p. of-war EinalIo,
! called upen General Butler, aid stated lha: he
| hal been INSTRUCTED by Lord Lyons to recognize
| Mr. George Coppel 80 Acting British Consul, sad
expressed the wish that General Butter would now
| withdraw his objections 10 recognizing him az
such.
The General replied that be had neyv since Mr
| CcppeiiS recognition by the agent of Lord Lyons
| hat on. objection TO official communication with
liiia, and that was, that al present there is q let
| ter III existence from Mr. Coppeli to him. dated
June IL, in which thsra expressions offensive
/ and insulting This letter hicli has been print.
ed in the Herald, concludes with the following It.
| marks:
Objections have also bsen very gonsraly sr~ql
against the oath prescri5ed to duly registeTs Saeus
the ground that IL imposes upon them fkl words
at ieas the Office Of spy, and forces them acts
| Inconsistent with the ordinary obligations of pro-
| bity, honor and neutrality.
| Gen. Butter contenled that while there might be
| differences OF opinion questions of neutrality
or courtesy, (suci for instance the difference be.
| tween himself and Lord palmerston Gu Order No
2S, relative to womerl on qTesons OF probity and
| honor there could be but one opinion between gen.
temen and Dir. Coppells remarks on those subie cts
implied that he {Gen Builer) required acts Of Bit
ish subjects incouss ent with the honor of gentle.
man, and thereby placed himself on par with
those guilty of such acts Capt tewett said that
Mr.. Coppe had told him that he had no intention of
conveying insult or offence, and he thought Mr.
! Coppell would be willing to withdraw the expres
! sons. Capt. Hewett was very anxious that the
matter shoud be araicabiy settled, Is there were
great many British residents who wish to get passes
| to Havana New York and Europe.
| He then went to see Mr. Coppeil, and few hours
later the General received the following letter from
! that gentleman
BRITISH CONSULATE, New Orleans July 8
| Sir: Captain Hewett. OF Ii. Is. NJ. ship Enaldo
| has Informed me that in conversation with YOU on
the subject of a letter which / had the honor to
address 10 you on 14tn OF june you stat ed the let
ter contained an offensive expression. Whilst ui
der this impression you caused reply to be made
to that letter which threw doubt on my official po
sition aud temporarily suspended official commit
nieation between yourself and this consulate.
have now the honor to inform you that / had no
idea that such construction insulting could or
would have been placed upon tho ietcrin question.
and AZ there was no such intention my part
willingly withdraw any expressions in iisat letter
which you may consider offensive
have the honor to be, sir
Your most oLdt sery't
GEO. CoPFfLL. II. = NJ. Acting Consul
| Major Gen. B. +. BntEer, Com Dept of the Gulf
To this Gen. Butler replied as follows:
HEADQUARTERS DErARrM'r OF HE GULF.
NEW ORLEANS, La, July :, 1862
! SIR Your note received Saturday removes all
difficulty of personal intercourse. The Withdrawal
Of the Offensive expressions is sufficient and accent
ed. Commander Hewett, OF II. b. Ii. siocp-ef-war
Ripaldn now in this hafbor, informs me that he ia
Instructed by Lord Lyons to recognize yoa as Act,
! ing Consul of her Majesty the Queen of Great
! Britain, and that Commander Hewett does reco,.
ME you III that official capacity. This seems suifs-
cicnt f0r the establishment of official relations
To your Inquiry whether all neutrals British sub.
ieetsi wishing TO go to New Yorl. or abroad fur
Hished with proper passports from their Govern
rnent will be required TO AXE The oath prescribed
/ for aliens in General Orders Nos. Al and r. it is
answered that pass differs froa a passport Us /
had the homer to expisin IN my letter to the Con.
slils upon this subject, aud that rule tie oath
would not be required Sach persons will bs al.
lowed to pass board ships te goaSroad or 10 ew
York whom In nay judgment, il is not uecessary 10
retain here from some act either done conteTn-
plated to be done, in favor eft the Confederate
States--ior example, by hearing arms forwarding
money or intelligence have he honor TO be- very
respectfully. your obediert servant,
BgSy F. BurLER
Major General Commanding
Ger. Cogpel. Esq. Her Britannia Mejesty's act
Ing Consul.
ARRIVAL OF THE HON. REvERDY JoHNses
Among the passengers by tue Fulton were the
Hon. Eeyerdy johnson, Commissioner fer the State
Department, anu CuthbefE BaIlstt, Esq OF New
Orleans who has been an exile from the city dup
ing the war CA account OF lis Uuion eentimelts.
Gea. Buiipr has assigned Me- Johnson il LIE
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