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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-24

Negro Boy Drovned.-Acting Ousouer sauxay
was summoned to the vicinity Of the Pump. Hease
about o'clock on Saturday night to hold an inquest
over the body Of a drowned negro. Arriving atths
locality indicated, Mr.. s. found the body Of M.
evidently lost his life by the means alluded to. A.
nobody could tell his name, whether hs waa
free slave or how he came to bo drowned the
Coroner decided not to hold an inquest. We heard
yesterday from parties living ney the scene Of The
casualty that the deceased WAS induced to 20 In
bathing on Friday evening below the Pump House.
with several soldiers aud that Of them tried to
convey him across tho canal his back. During the
performance Of thssfeat the boy slipped on or was
pushed off and being unable to swim, was drowneA.
The parties present dressed themselves and leit
lurredly
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AN ATROt IOUS EDiCT-The commanding of1ic. =
OF the U. S. steamer Winona, Lieut. T. T. Nichols,
lately ddres nsoleut letter to the authorities
of Rodney, Miss, of which the following il AN ex.
tract:
You are doubtless aware that the town of Grand
Cult was fired upon short time since by some of
the vessels of the United States Government as a
punishment for permitting battery to fire upon
some OF our transport steamers while passing down
deem 1t my duty to inform You that should apv
battery or artillery hre upon any of our vessels
while passing up or down from the town Of
Rodney :he punishment for the of cnce viii be Wis
tied on the town. We are not here to war Upon un-
armed or peaceable persons, and we would depre.
cate any event compelling 70 fire upon the prop
erty of inoffen sive people.
This Infamous letter replied to by Major Gen.
Lowell, as follows:
When two nations are at war IL has become Gus
tomary among civilized people ito punish the of.
fence" Of an attack by the armed forces of one
upon those a the other by combat with the at
tacking party.
II such attack be made from a town, the assault.
ing party is not entitled to, and far troops
areconcered, does not claim any immunity by reason
of the presence Of women and children; what we
do claim however, and insist upon, il that when
ever yonr vessels or transports are fired into by
our troops they shall not hasten the nearest col
lection of "unarmed and peaceable' women aud
children, and wreak their vengeance upon them as
was done lately at Grand Gulf by United States
town had nothing more TO do than had the city of
st. Louis.
My batteries are located at such points upou the
river rs deemed best suited for the desired pur.
poses, and without reference to, connection with
the people of tbs towns. Should the ste happen to
fall within village you, of course, are at liberty
to return the fire. should ii be in the vicinity OF
one, however, the usages cf civilized warfare do
not Justify its destruction unlees demanded by the
necessities Of attack or defence.
lcannot bring myself to believe that the barbarous
and cowardy policy indicated in the enclosed letter
will meet with the approval of any officer Of rank
standing in the U. s. Navy. Ihave therefore though,
properte transmit you under flag of truce, with
the confident expectation that yon will direct those
under your command to confine their offensive op
erations far possible to our troops and forbid
the wanton destruction of defenceless towns filled
with unoffendins non combatants, unless required
by imperious military necessity.
The practice OF Staying women and children AZ
an act Of retaliation, has happily fallen into dis,,se
in this country with the disappearance OF the In
dian tribes, and trus. it will not b. revived by the
officers Of the United States Navy but that the de.
moition and plunder Of the unoffrndng little vii
lage of Grand Gulf may be permitted to stand
alone and without parallel upon the record
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Police Court, Monday, June 23d-The followins
eases were disposed of by tho sitting magistrate:
Henry Mann, soldier, drunk and treSpassing ON
the premises of Mrs. Hutzer 18th street, sent 10
the Provost Marshal
WIN. Duesberry riotous and disorderly conduct,
and threatening to shoot Julius Wartxman, placed
under the custody Of young man In scjer clothes
and allowed 70 60. WaTtzman. who had indulgsd
I'm the muss himself, was Sent to the Provost Mar.
shall.
Thomas Dsvalar for assaulting . soldier with
rocks, was sent to the Provost Marshal
Philip Webber. charged with stealing two costs;
one par pants. ONE cap, two pairs socks. and one
prayer book, the property Of John McAvoy. Bailed
to appear at Hastings Court for examination.
A few otheI cases Of no Importance were dispoeed
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THE AFFAIR AT BooNvIiLE.The Wilmington
Joxraat gives the following version of the queer az:
fair which occurred at Boonvilie, related by Csc
who knows the facts:
So Quietly had all the arrangements for the
ation Of Coriuth been made, that Halleck WAS
pletely fooled, aud in perfect ignorance of what was
going on so that, suspecting such immediate
movement our part, he had secretly dispatches a
body of troops, mainly cavalry. with the object of
reaching, by a wde crcuit a point the Mobile
aud Ohio Road in the rear Of Cornth and Of de-
streying some bridges, with the view ofinterruptng
paratory to the evacuation, number OF. our Sick
amounting in all to about fifteen hundred. with an
escort OF about two hundred well men, hal been sent
down from Cornth To Boonvlie. The Yankee
bridge burning force suddenly upon these sick
men with their attendants, and hal them all ranged
in line ready to be carried off prisoners although
MANY were so worn down by dysen,ery and diar-
rhosa as to be hardly able to stand. While this af-
fair w;as going on. also was the evacuation of
Coripth and just at the critical moment, the head
of our retiring column came In sight of the Yam
KEGS and their line of sick prisoners. As ifby magic
the captors were gone. They broke and took to
horse and away Tie trembling line OF sick pris.
on.rs seeing the Yankes stampede, but not know
ing lis cause, stoad "A Inoment and then s:ck. I'M
armed feeble, broke for the woods in another di-
restnn most OF them determined to avail themselves
OF apy chance to escape captivity, and few, Ia
the weak and nervous state. doubt sfanpe,led,
,Lev hardly knew why. This In about the story OF
IN, capture of our sick and wounded by the enemy
and of our rescue of Them The enemy may have
done some damage to cfs ETC.. before they, In ther
turn were surprised; hut II was very trtttng.
NJ ~
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The PfGnr or JAMES lsLAND.--It has been as
eeftained that ths ensmys loss on James Island Is
'nacL larger than 1t first reported. Up TO Wednes'
Day evening 25l bodies had been Inferred by our
raen, and their ambulascss were allowed TO re.
move their wounded The probability " that their
loss In killed, wounded end prisoners, will reach
one thousand,
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EXTENSIVE HANOIEd.-Sevsn bridge burners
were executed near Atlanta, Ga, on the 18TH inSt.
Arrangements had been ,nade Tor thein al 70 ."
ssx,,,v an st the same time but two OF the ropes
breaking the men fell TO the ground instead OF into
eternity. But these two were quickly brought to
thsir feet new ropes xdjaxted to- their necks an"
an end at once put to their earthly career.
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FOR RENT.


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Jsck riaA : Ls.smn.-We q raj su>arrsbe tc ts.s
assertion - p. samusl JoAseon, tbat sSnp nsssa
wko knls - bssvss shosA - ~ klnGsf,- Sas
the6 ~ Iely Who 49,. s3ss1es er51 ~.
~ - c1san-yst ths svYsrnos e MN Msay
ncNstl. lsssdes.s by Pssess:aoa. wss sans beecss
was ssriIinsIy = vainss Win shis 1asia--as
Nelly was s.cne cake - nud 9oa tha psak q M
bcnsst 10 the sole cf hsr sleZpss& Ma 1en~as
iad IN the hours Of FepCse On 6aturAW a1uhA t~ess
south "a. 81 ms M. sr,s. !. X sSs E.sssrs Di.sss
the guard. with unpaxdaoahle lnck ~ eouStesy t0
the Sax nilytakns her aa Afstfos ahsg 6st attempt
ing 10 rouae her With the excisma11oa-BaAr = sart
rational and reflective 6sanR by beinG ApssrA g..
'.go to b." aud offered sagta1a huunoeoaU sdsirv
respecting bis conduct u tbat NgS0s. % Neal y"
:crioed BY Milton and Dsnss. fasgserA esginEj.s
addresscd him, asslsisd her 70 yise, I'D epoyey~d
her to place very similar h Sons nVsgeo - tbse
whittier abe had just bs6ore wished q Sge0 lin.
Marshal gave u very lucid and eireausseaa1inl ~
count OF her last nigbes mishAp--whaeh scouane Ns
are compelled to sbreviasc and ehaags sonewhoe IN
ph.sseoiosy. She va. bringing over hessA 5: e
to the rssitlence Of family living on uppW ueln
street, for which she washes. Az psocaa1ioa
against eootasion sho brought with her 1ask Of
solitary way. Seeing q light before ~. wh6eA abe
took to be acity lamp. she fp1owed H. ard cealAa's
leave of following it, though she knew u was risk
ing fool Of her, "by rayson that her bed
In a buzz, and whin Rhe came 70 herse4 s6o loand
herself lying insenaible In the bog" The seaeen
she spoke in such sharp terms to the gNase Was
because abe had . consate that he wa ~ dfyN.
believing that she was haunted entire1Y ~ aD1sits
.of aytA a.d she thonsht y po more tneR Ao e
tell the ouId boy to go the plaesw wlisss =
It seemed likely that Nelly had been misled By
Jack with lantern at least the Assistant Provost
Marshal, with amiable sympathy for her wcakne0,
disposed to put this cOnytruCtton on the mak.
ter. She was therefore discharged, without verbal
rebuke or pecuniarY nenalfY
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Accident-Miss Josephine Rupert. one of The
young ladies engaged et st. Psuls Church in fAbs.
eating equipments for the sodisss repaired yester
day evening, with number Of her companions, -
the bey Of the church, and while In that elevated
position missed her footing and fell through tho
trap door, distance Of forty6ve fest. TO the 1opr
below, containing tho organ. Beyond the hight
and bFuisipg consequent such an affair, she W1D
not materially injured, and was abe 70 b convsyoo
to her residence on French Garden Hill N o0.
riage. Her escape was . lucky one.
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MES. ToD's WIsH-A late number OF the Gin
einnati Commercial relates tho following OF Mrs.
Tod, the stepmother of Mrs.. Lincoln:
Mrs. Tod, resident In Kentucky, was present, with
female friend, at the horticultural Rooms, on sa
tnrday, and conversation there arose between her
self aad several other persons. among whom an
clderly gentleman, formerly we'll acquainted with
the Morgan family that Of which the notorious
turning upon Col Morgan. sbhorrsnee Of his VII
lsinies was Expressed by of the party, when
M.s Tod spoke up. yellemeat!y, Il wish there wrrc
q thousand like John Morgaup These are her pre-
else WORDS given by gentleman acquainted with
all the parties and to whom they wsfe as one OF the
aroup above alluded 10, addressed.
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MoRaAN's LATEST EXrLOIr.-A correspondent
of the Mobile Eeg ister writing from Chattanooga
recounts the following
Col John H. Morgan returned last evening from
his scout up the river, having gone in pursuit of
some of the enemys cavalry, who weSe reported
TO have gone up in search OF steamer, the Paint
Rock. About seven miles up the river he broke Hp
hntboats, and brought others across to this
side Seeing no signs of the enemy, he crossed at
point above the island to make exploration -
Taking small canoe, accompanied by his cousin,
Major Wash. Morgan, (whO commands company
OF Cherokee Indians and Col George st. Ledger
orenfen he crossed the river and after proceeding
out some distance heard some ~oiees Approacl,i,as
they came on Il man and boy. Col Morgon,
ing that the man mstook them for Yankees, asked
him if he knew anything about the Secesh fellows
over the river. No." said he, but I've hearn that
that rascal Morgan was over thar yesterday, but
the derned fellow flies about thar's no ten
whar he Is now -
The Major and Col Grenfell could hardly keep
straight faces. Morgan, after putting several ques
tions to the man, asked if he was really good
Union He solemnly declared he was, and
would do anything to help the Yankees.
well said Morgan. "cant you paddle
the river 1--WE would like to if any one is over
there
~ will" said the fellow, if you will Just let me
run up TO the house minute to change my
breeehes'
"Oh, those will do now," said Morgan, as we
are in hurry aud the man was compelled to so
with them to the river. After tie man had padded
the canoe about half way acrosssit being neces
sary to keep very still in order to prevent the ca
noe from upsetiing. Col. Morgan changed his posi-
tion, and the canoe came near going over when
the Major cried out, Col Morgan if YOU don't
keep still you will upset U.S.. At this announce
mcnt the Union n,aos face presented perfect pic
ture OF terror. aud he cried out, Are You Col Nor
gan. sir For Gods sake don't hang me {" well,
said Morgan, hurry over, and III about it. y
Such tall padding the Union then did was
never beaten by the Indian. The poor fellow,
trembling with fear he reached the shore, af
forwards let CO.
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City Counca-The city fathers were TO have con.
vcned yesterday at o'clock n the City Han. p
pairing thirty minutes after the prescribed hour:
reportsr found the entire upper story Of the bul
ing deserted and IL justified In suppOstng that.
usual they did nothing very important. Should hio
conclusion be erroneous he will hereafter Insert
their proceedings.
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Major John C. Wbitner, late of the Confederate
States army has bceDv appointed to write up the
proceedings of the Provisional Congress--a work
which johnson J. Hooper, by his death, left un-
finished.
letter found ON the battlefield OF the Seven
Pines, from wife 10 her husband in the Federal
army, says, throw away your arms and come
home for the people here say there is no use In
fighting the rebels any longer
The hanging Of Vim. b. Munlford in New Orleans
by Buffers order. foy tearing down q Federal
flag, raises the question Of retaliation again. Some.
body must hang tor Mumford the New Orleans mar.
tyr.
The late ffeshet In Roanoke river, ~ c., was very
heavy aud destructive. Apprehensions are felt q
severe lOsses in crops, CATTLE &r., IN Halifax and
Northampton counties
The Cincinnati Commerciai calls the New York
7fibaas's Information regarding Unionism Ia Tex.
as, "a cock and bull story"
1t 10 stated thnt Col Graves. Of the 9Th Michigan
regiment, was killed In the recent tight IT Seces-
sionville, 8. g,
Ample and weliarraased measures should bs
taken in seaaonto procure supply OF Tesh fruit
and preserved VEGETABLES for the ase Of our army.
Mrs Mary G. Thornc. the last surviving witness
of the execution of Major Andre, died "a New
Yesk u few days since 1t the age of "
: Dr. Georae w. Rufan. we'll known physieian
died at his residsncs IN Wseo county. n o., ON tn
3th Instant
Tks veteran soadier and patriot, General Twiees
has ta1sn up Nh rasldsucs near Augusta. Geeg9ta
the plocs - his nasivtty
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The old cotton factory In LincOlnton, N. G., was
burned down last week, involving loss Of some
$4,000 II ives the property Of L. d. Guilds ana
W. ]. HOke.
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FROM MEMPHIs.--Colonel Fitch has been super.
seeded as military commander at Memphis, by Col.
James Il. Slack. and the latter has commenced his
tyranny by issuing the following order prohibiting
the OF Confederate notes by the people:
Hereafter the dealing ill., aud passage of, currency
known Confederate Script, or Confederate
Notes. is positively prohibited; and the there
after circulating medium regarded ~ insult
to the Government Of the United States and iin-
position upon the ignorant and deluded
All persona offending against the provisions Of
this order will be promptly arrested aud severely
punished by the military authorities.
The ipa.aachs, of the 18th, remarks that by this
unusual order. without hosirs notice, the CON-
mercia value Of Confederate notes IN destroyed by
which the means Of living taken away from
nineteen twentieshs Of the citixens The poor Of
Memphis will long have cause to remember the
necessary severity Of their present rulers.
The oath administered on the Itth 10 about
seve.ay i've officers and soldiers of tue Confederate
army The United states flag Hoats over several
buildings in the city. Northein men are arriving
In Memphia. with view 70 trade and speculation.
The Appea. says OF AMly Johnson:
The story goiag the rounds, stating that this
notorious Individual bad been killed by Ex-00v.
Brown, WAS put 70 rest by the traitor making his
appearance at Memphis on Saturday last. He was.
al lat sdvicss making bis headquarsers On board
the Benton ganboaf, being evidently afraid 70 trust
himself In the city.
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Total Confederate loss.

The enemy's attack was a surprise to our troops
Had competent Confederate General been on the
field and plan OF action arranged the whole of
the enemys attacking force might have been cut
off As il was, the greater part of the battle was
fought by the rank and file ION their own hook"
We have four Confederate Generals In this quarter,
but not was in command. To the rank and file
then be the glory given of having achieved of
the most brilliant Of the war. If the Con
feierate Government is looking for material for
more Brigadier- Generals, let promotion fall upon
the lion hearted Col. Lamar, who defended the en-
trenchiuents, and the gallant and C!ivarous Nc Eli
cry who. like Bucher. came into the field iust in
the nick of time.
Since the battle. the enemy have been entrench
ing themselves silently at the lower end of JaiSes
Island As their plan Of assault has proved i'm
practicable, it is presumed they will be contented
hereafter to advance by regular approachcs-that
is, if they are permitted to do Prisoners state
that there niue Federal regiments on the island,
and that Gen. Is:ac l. Stevens, of Oregon, (the
Chairman of the Breckenridge National Committee
IN the last Presidential campaign,) is i'll command.
This man Stevens professed to he an ardent pro
slavery man before the war, and here in
charleston enjoying its hospitalitieso two years
ago.
There is much dissatisfaction here with the mil.
itarv authorities of the department and a strong
wish expressed for change in the commanding
officer. The South Carolina troops anxious %
defend Charleston and will do so succe ssfully if
they are permitted to. report that were to
have the great services of Bcauregard spread uni
versai JOY among the troops. II. however, can
not have Beauregard, would bo glad to get
Joseph 4. Anderson. OF any other first class Gen
eral. change Of some kind is necessary TO re-
store confidence to the troops and people
PALMETTO
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EVACUATION OF CUMBERLAND G,P-From the
Knoxville Register we learn that Cumberland Gap
has been evacuated by the COnfeberates. and that
the force which has 10 long been stationed there,
has fallen back to a position the Clinch river
The Register in noticing the evacuation. says that
tue croakes may not draw any conclusions from
who have Of late been 10 shak ~ in regard to the
safety Of East Tennessee we may state that before
the Gap was evacuated the Fcdcrals had left there
after so blockadng the road in their fight that they
could net return if they would. In the opinion OF
some OF our military men, tEe abandonment Of the
Gap has long been held to be polite measure. The
iive or six Thousand men that 1t has required to
watchit can now be sent to Is Held Of operations
more destructive TO the foe"
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Colonel T. b. Vance consents TO be- Il candidate
for the 0overnssship Of North Carolina
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Nrs Burnett, widow lAdy living In Bedford
county. hss eight sons n the Confederate service.