Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-29
LATEST NEWS.
The Gossip at Richmond.
BY GRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY.


The Gossip at Richmond.
NEW YORK, July 28.-The Richmond En-
quirer of the 24th has the following 1.-Two
negroes were hung at Kingston, N. c., fol
recruiting for Burnside. gentleman from
North Carolina states that the Yankees being
oppressive at Roanoke Island, the negroes
rose and killed large number Subsequent
ly the Yankees massacred about eight hun.
dred of the negroes and evacuated the
island" This last story is a canard, as it is
known that large number of negroes have
been sent thence to Gen. Mcclellan, which
may account for the evacuation.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The Richmond
Enquirer and Petersburg Express of the 25tf
inst. have been received here. They con.
tainebut very little news of interest, their col
umns being filled with extracts from northern
papers.
The Petersburg Express saws, editorially,
in speaking of drafting in this section -
"Whilst we are disposed tie believe this is
pretty generally the true aspect of the matter
at the north, our belief is nevertheless not
founded upon the statements of the Yankee
Journals, and we caution the people of the
south not to allow their minds and measures
to be influenced by such worthless authority.
Again, we should repudiate all this tat
tie about the slow progress of recruiting
and look upon it as only a rinse by which they
are seeking to throw the south off her guard,
and thus cause her to relax preparations for
increasing her forces and strengthening her
detences so as to put herself in the proper
position to cope successfully with a largely
augmented federal army
The same paper has telegram dated
Knoxville, July 24th. which says, ''Colonel
Morgan sends by special courier to the head
quarters of Tennessee a despatch from George
town, Ky, stating that he had taken eleven
cities and towns with a very heavy amount Of
army stores, and that he has force sufficient
to hold all the country outside of Lexington
and Frankfort, which places are chiefly gar
risoned by home guards. The bridges be-
tween Lexington and Cincinnati have all been
destroyed.
The Enquirer Says,-''at late hour Thurs
day night we were informed that skirmisl
took place yesterday morning at Malvern Hill
between small portion of our forces and an
advance guard of the enemy We could moi
learn the particulars. Several soldiers wound
ed in the skirmish arrived in the city las
night.
The Enquirer also contains the following
Twenty-Five pieces of artillery part of the
eighty pieces taken by the English from TIN
Russians at the battle of Inkerman, and pre-
scented to the confederates by British merchant
and brought over In the Nashville, have ar
rived at Macon. They bear evidence of hav
ing seen service. With some alterations the,
will hereafter speak for themselves in man
ner highly creditable. Some thirty-eigh
pieces more are expected at the same place
We find the following in the editorial col
umns of the same paper :-''The great neces
sity of maintaining our army in its utmost eff
ticlency is manifest to every one. Our eneluy
baffied but not broken, and giant in power
is gathering his forces and ordering enormous
levies of fresh men, and he is preparing to re
new the onset with f1antic energy. This is nj
time for our soldiers to scatter. On the con
trary, every man should be at his post, ant
ready to resist or to strike.''
In this paper is published an order, beinl
the continuation Of the above article, in which
railroad agents and employees are required tt
lend their aid in the reclamation of straggler
and deserters.
The Charleston Mercury states that tn
steamers Nashville and Kate, which recent,
brought valuable cargoes of arms and ammu
milton into a southern port, have succeeded il
making their way out to sea, in spite of tn
blockade squadron at the point where they es