The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-13

RICHMOND, J
Thss b hea ssaa ! synpaillssr With ~ soash
sAas $ NJ nsas 10 his nssS 10 take ~ eonse.
qssscs before he would sake the oath.
JAA B. NIeLKY. Dsig. Gen. +.
The asress, which immediately took place, csussd
called upon Gen. Meslsy (nany rserst 70 say,
being loyal men) and impostunsd for bis rslease--
But the General informed them all that he would
tor, ssS that 81 S - & % bed SslSsrsssy " nm need
that be was prepared to take all the consequences
before hs would take the oath, he must sxtricate
himself honorably. and secure liberty In no other
way.
In the afternoon OF the day Of his arrest the
traitors wife called upon Gen Neglsy, and asked
permission to take her husband pillow and some
feod- The General informed her that he would
permit no such thing; that her husband was pre-
pared for the consequences, and he must take them
But, said the lady "whsre 10 he confined 2"
I'm the guardhouse, madam, with soldier who
ha. been imprisoned for stealing was the Gene
rails answer.
This enrsged the lady. aud abe vehemently in.
quired Of the officer II he meant to compare the
crime Of her husband to the petty transgressons Of
allow blackguard Of q sofdiera Madam" rejoined
the General, You ask me . direct question and
! am not In the least inclined to evade an an
swer but you must mot consider me fndelicate
when inform you that your husband deserves
hanging; and that in my estimation. there is no
crime NO enormous - treason to the United States
Government"
She immediately bestowed upon the General
the vilest Of abuse, and exhausted the vocabulary
OF opprob0us epithets In her rage, telling him
that her husband was willing to take the oath
with her consent but that he should rot in jail
hrst
THE aUpPREssiON OF THE NORFOLK "UNION,-
CON. soIpsBaRousR's Boaus ORDER.
We published in our Northern summary yestsr.
day paragraph stating that the Norfolk Uatoa,
an out-andout Yankee paper, had been suppressed
The ostenslbls ground for its snppresslon Was the
publication Of scurrilous order purporting to
have been issued by Commodore 0oldsborough.- -
The following 10 the document referred to by Colds.
borough in his card to Mayor Lamb, appended to
our notice Of yesterday:
FLAG SHIP MINNESOTA
Norfolk Harbor, July 80, 1862
Wiiliam ". Lamb, would be Mayor, and the Rebels
generally OF Norfolk, Va:
Whereas, it IL reported to me that about IS 900
Internal blackguard rebels are making their way
from Richmond through Suffolk, to drive out the
soldiers Of Abraham Lincoln and to cut the throats
Of the Union mon of Norfolk Therefore, take no.
tice that the first appearance of the first id
rebel scouudrel within these Ines I'll blow you
and your city to h.
{Tell this to your women
Yours, GOLDSBOROU6H,
Admiral, &c.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WARRINGTON, August THE parties arrested
yesterday in Harrisonburg were brought to Wash.
ington, aud lodged In the Old Capitol prison.
The female who was arrested for disturbing the
war meeting yesterday, by the utterance Of rrea-
sonable sentiments, is the wife of officer Gen.
McClellan's staH. On account of her husbands
position aud known loyalty it is deemed proper to
suppress the name OF the vixen.
An investigation will soon be made into the cha
racter and antecedents OF the employees In the VA
rious departments OF the Government, with the
view to wedding out all those of doubtful loyalty.
In or two of the departments it IL prou osed to
apply the party test at least far good will to-
wards the Administration is concerned, which has
not been done heretofore Many Of the bitterest
opponents and revilers of the President and his
policy are men who hold subordinate positions un
der the Government
GEORGE D. rBENTIcK's PROCLAMATION AaAINsT
MORGAN.
As q specimen of the wrathful visitation to be in
ilicted upon the true men of kentucky, the follow
ing highly blood colored proclamation of the poet
Prentice appeared in his filthy sheet he Louisville.
JournaD of the 18th ult:
To John Morgan Gent and TO all rhon, il aaay con
We have Just a few candid and most significant
and salutary words. Acting Brgadier- General c. S.
A." as you style yourself, John Morgan, to ad-
marauders, bushwhackers, and miscreants whom
you control And these words, although stern and
plain, will, In the end, prove psternaily kind and
friendly, if you heed them The first are-Leeps
this State-immediascty, anc01ditieaally-Got
And tho reason why we thus command you is
that your living body cannot stay pihia the limits of
this Commonwealth. The second are: Having LETT
this State. stay out Of it-entreiy, permanently an
coaditioadliy-oM Of At
There is but one other alternative that is: TIE
Common Nedlh must and piU haDe yo9r body, dead
alive
Remember 1t, and let your treacherous sympa.
thissrs and secret accomplces throughout the State
remember it also. You were born in Kentucky,
but are unworthy of your iius.rious nativity. You
have utterly and forever forfeited your citizenship
and all right to le liberty. and the pursuit Of hap
ated yourself to betray your native State and the
high and loyal regard OF your ancestors. You have
joined the service OF "Government' $50 called by
its supporters claiming to be entirely independent
and foreign; and under the shade Of its black &C.
Cursed cross barred flag, you are Decorating and
devastating the land and soil which hold the con.
secrated relics of your fathers
You assault, capture, plunder, maltreat, and
either with your own hand or through your inhu.
man cOadjutors and agents, sometimes assassinate
your citizens-burn their h0mes-destroy
their property-and frighten, impoverish, and dis
tress their wives and children This is what YOU
are doing, whether you know 1t or not, "Acting
Brigadier- General G. g. A." John Morganl Again,
we say to you, misguided young man, as much for
your rOOd 8S for ours, and more in mercy than In
anger,-prcdigal, prOfigate, apostate traitor, In.
crate, and brigand-0o!
FROM ARKANSAS.
CAIRO, Friday. August THE ram MIngo, from
Helena, reports that ON Saturday scouting party
Of seventy-fv Uniouists were surprised by 500 OF
Hindmah's rebels, and badly cut up, only twenty
having saved themselves and escaping.
Forty Of JEFF. ThompSons men were captured
while attempting to cross the river, near the town
Of Austin.
The recent publication of Gen. Pillow letter to
his brother In regard to the slaves Of the former,
renders interesting the fact that General Curtis
has freed oil the negroes in question. 2l5 in num-
ber.
Pillow has three plantations near Helena, ON
which all his movable properly was confscatsd
Gen. Curtis has freed at Helena about 1900
slaves, chiefly those who worked on Forts Pillow
and Donelson.
THE CHASE OF THE STEAMER "HERALD."
WAsHINaroN, Aug. 7.-Capt. Ganssvort. Of the
steamer Adirondack, has informed the Navy De-
partmsnt of the facts attending the recent pursuit
BY him. Of the steamer Herald, represented by the
Nssmu press to be Q British vessel, this pretence
afordina an opportunity for the expression of in
disustion against the alleged outrage by the Ameri-
can officer. By his statement, it appears that the
Herald had been running from Nassau to Charles
ton with warlike supplies, aud was returning to
Nassau with cotton She ives commanded by q
man named Coxetter, who was formerly Cantain Of
the pirate JEFF Davis The statement additionally
CONFIRMS the statement that the British flag 10 sys
ody 0nNo }v.ta