The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-01
THE CANADIAN FLEET.
The Baltimore SUMS Washington correspon.

| iH6 IANAUAAS FAAAAs
| The Baltimore SUMS Washington correspon.
| dent, dated 26th ult., says:
| The statement in Canadian papers, that
there is L canadian fleet" Of two hundred
armed steam gun-boaLs, divided into four
classes for the navigation Of rivers and shOal
| waters bordering the lakes, cannot refsr to
| any such flset now in British Am erica. 1t is
stated here by persons who are prac tically
| familiar with that country, that there are no
such vessels theIe, and If there is any 'sCana.
| Giaa set'' Of the kind, they must be in pre-.
paraAon or existence in England.
But IL the fleet in question refers to mer-
| camille or other vessels that may be trans.
| formed into armed ones, then wehave ten or
| twenty thus applicable where the Guardians
have one. There are treaty stipulations be.
twsan this country and Engl land limiting the
nam her of Government armed vessels tn at
either may have on the lakes, bat il Great
gun boats for use in the st. Lawrence and
its ain uents it is another instance of the fore.
cast OF that Government, which il almost
equal to its late Investigation to determi ne
| the probable number of centuries that the
supply OF coal may be relied upon in the
United Kingdom.
AFFAIR." IN NEW YORK.
We gather the following items from the
| latest New York journals received:
Arms and emmuni.ion continue to arrive
here from Europe. The Teusonia, which
| reached this port ON TUESDAY from Hamburg.
brought over $1,000 stand of arms for the
Government. principally rides, the largest
| portion of which came from Austria. The
hansa, OF the Bremen line, brings about the
same number, shipped in great measure
| from England ard France. Besides these
arms, tae steamer Damascus il now dis
| charging large quantity Of lead from Liv-
| erpcoi, amounting to about l40 900 pounds ,
and about coo stand OF arms. ...'
| Judge Shipman has delivered two interest
| ing opinions in the United States District
.
man, the colored man, who, after killing
| ,hres white men at sea, broug ht the schooner
WariGg into this port t. her owners; the
| other deciding that shipowners are liable for
! cargo destroyed by rats
! 1ha coming operations of the new tariff
| has created quite stir among the import
ers of tea, coffee, and sugar. There has
| been quite a rush at the custom. house to
| enter aud pay dutie. upon these ar ticles be-
| fore The law comes into force.
| The sixteen privRteers of the Royal Yacht,
! captured off Galveston and brought home
| b. the United States steamship Connecticut,
| We're transferred on Tuesday TO Fort Lafay.
| cite.
Comptroller Denni.on, Of this State, has
scared the National Treasury retur4 q
| 81 ,l3o COO, being 40 per cent. Of the amount
| expended on account OF the war.
| AN attempt was made on christmas eve to
| flood he city with counterfeit money. The
| plan was to commence Operations sim a. tane.
| oEsly III different parts Of the CITY, BY passing
4
aud saopksers who kept open late on Christ
! mas eve. Six arrests were made. The coun-
| terfei is We're upon various banks and Of diff
passed or ofsred were sic bills upon the he Com.
| mercial Bank of bristol, r. l.; SIS on the
Central Bank Of Troy; SOS on The Fsrmers'
the Merchants Bank of Lowell, Mas and
Sis on the Merchants Bank OF New haven
Conn.
| AFFAIRS IN PHILADELPHIA.
From Philadelphia journals Of the 9eth
nit we take the following:
| Tn prize schooner A. G.. Waterman, CAP.
ture>i by the United States frigate Savannah
the city OF Savannah, arrived at the Navy
| Yard on Monday. She had an assor ted cargo
O! goods, chiefly provisions and clothing.
| Marshal Wilward sold on Tuesday. the
at the mouth of the Mississippi, for q, 900 ;
| prize schooner Albion was sold by the Mar.
shall for 500. The latter was appraised at
| $500 value.
State prior TO Novem Der 80, 1861 for the con.
veyance OF troops, ETC., were $30s. l39 SO. from
which thera was deduction OF 372- 10 per
cent, sll4 SIS 50. leaving the sum Of $685.
| paid the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 3
| account was Sl3S 007.73, from which they de-
ducted S67, 75S. rs, leaving the sum Of $7O-
| 222 So The philadelphia and Reading comes
mex; from their account OF so. 1000 they make
| Il deduction Of $1,000.
| COLLECTION OF CLEaGYMBN's sALARIKs.
| A Methodist clergyman in Ware. Mass was
| resentiy una BILE to collect the amount of his
| salary, and sent for the balance due HIM -
| Tire defence claimed that under the Methodist
I system nothing was due him, rs he was sent
| by the Couference, not called by the society,
aud therefore all payments were voluntary,
| aud not the result OF legal agreement. and
if the trustees did not CO li6ct the full amnunt
! OF the salary, there was no legal manner OF
collie citing the balance. The court decided in
favor Of the trustees and aga inst the clergy
| man.