The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-28
Aifl1mnnn Rispattb.
WEDNESDAY MoSEING....MA 7s /,
NOTES OF TIE WAR.

| The f,.iovtDg SUMMARY, compiled iiom
| newspapers ci every section. will he found
| In teresting
DsvouRIHe rBs cAscAss OF TIE OLD UNION.
Among ths ulngnificent schemes brought
forward In the Federal Congress a. the pre-
| SEP session. Is one for the construction Of the
New York and b'issi'sipPi ship cansl, which
| calls for an appropriation Of 81 COO 900 y.
preliminary. with prospective increase to
| On Indefinite sum. The Philadelphia Ingn,re,,
JEALOUS of the advantages which might &C.
true to Few York from it's constructio ,'de-
nounces 1t m a great scheme of plunder ard
adds
Mr.. Arnold, as the mou th piece Of the North.
west, aRks for these trifies in a defiant sort 0
way, which she VS. how little weight he really
attaches to the reasons which are edduced Gs
tue osiensible motive. He tieEres up and mu.
tipliea by twice or thrice the commerce Of the
iakes, and points s,gnifc ntiy 70 the um Der
OF mem bTrs, end the votes Of the Northwest
| In the Electoral college, very mu b as the
beggar in "dil Bias poiotef the barrel OF
| DE- mHnd for Inns. we trust hat there are
1 among our reprassu sstIvss none No wssk
kneed as 10 be affected ny these Implied
threats. TIE miiitery t;omr.ttee ADOPT q
| mon machia vsl,sgn policy, md endeavOr TO
| conciisats the suCrcrt of the Ess. by holding
| cut prospect of grand lins Of intern - sea.
board water &C cemmunication, which in tina
Of vsI ahhll enable our coastwise trade to be
kept open between Bos stcn ard New Orleans
This precious piece Of leg rolling is so trans
parentJy absurd that no one can be taken In
ty 1t, md i's only importance Is as a contss-
| sion OF the weakness of the cause that asks
SUCH au7pon. The only parallel Is 10 be
| found y ths argument Of Mr.. Arnold tha. If
| such canal as he proposes had been In exis-
tence the Fifteen thousand sailors now shu.
up on she Lakes Would have been at the dis.
posal Of the runent'-overlooSins the
fac: tn at il patriotism and railroads have no.
| carried them to Cairo and to the Allan tic
| coast, Fl shtp canal would hardly have done so.
We have heard In ouT day OF great many
| sailor pecularities, bat re ger unt til now have
ve hseIt /. al eyed that thae cannot get from
Chicago Or Buffalo to Cairo, New York, or
Philaoeiphia, upon railroads as other people
do. hui can only &C nrcn the Illinois and New
York canals, ard not then unless the lotts nts
| epIlrsed
| Toe Wsst should learn tn depend npop It,
| self, we have done We have huilt our
| rG,iro ds end canals without help from the
| Treasury, whtla our yuh,c lands have been
| srecul stoTs corld bolster mp In he neighhor.
| heed eft 2 hiis,issippi, During onr recent
/ sruhs rant Prosperity we he We borne this wi tn
! nnt grumbiins, but the limit of endurancs is
reached when q new end ilimitable pro-
efcr1me Of piundsr In hard cash isopeus sd be.
| fore us, r. g time vhs the Treasury IL empty,
ne nationt credit strained to the utm os. for
he prosecution OF the war, our sources Of PROS.
perity cut of, GIid q fearful certainty of taxa.
ticn rising blackly betOIa a.. add to this
/ that ID chiect put fcrWlrd II Justification is
transparency false, and that the real eud to be
procured vii be the destruction of our busi-
| Ne:s, and yVe reais, The proportions Of an ont.
| rage aa great ever ras thIestsned towards
| a free Gem DuEttv.
A KANSAS tATaAwkss prBs GERMANS OF ST
| A nctoriQu, Jay hswksr, known IS Colonel
| .Ienpiaon. OF K IT sas. - o holds commission
| IN tho FedscGi army, was lately under ar rest
| for disohedian-e of orders. After his rel sass
| ne made a speech 10 the Germans of ST. Lou
=, q report Of which we find In one Of tbs pl
| Ds7s ot tia. city. II shows the brutal spiri,
| # the man, while II plainly revsels the etatns
| o. ihs parry who have bern Iaborins to crush
out Southern sentiment in Missouri.
Our German citizens assembled OF Sasurdsy y
! evening to the humbsr Of 1000 Or ,0o9, at Bar
| NUNS, TO ser snade Col. .Tennisc' of Kansas
| They we-e accompanied r I ',tS band,
| which played appropriate aitf. Eath uriastiC
| oaeering greeted tho appearance OF tci Jeu-
| nison, who was introduced by Char. 7. John
! son, Esq, member OF the COMMITTEE Of Ar.
| ranGsments.
| Col. Jsnnisop, In response to the sresting
| returned his thanks 10 the freedom loVi q Z
citiz ,ns of St. Louis, INC re- especially he Ger.
/ mans, for the honor they had paid him which
| 40 was aware, was not to him personality, but
to the principles he represented. He found
| himssif In an embarrassing position. Many
/ things should be said which, as an officer OF
| time.
l He prorosei when be became a citizen, 10
address the citizens of 81. Louis on matters OF
| more Interest than be could touch upon bOv
] He had always aimed to obey orders, and
had wa by the rules and regulations Of
| the army. No one can say otherwise He
l did not know the cause Of his arrest, but
| knew that the strange and INV lIrautahie
| course pursued vas d,ctatsd by poll .Cal hatred
(4roans for Stursis ] In his present po,ti III
| he could not speak OF thCse who were, unfor-
| tunateiy, his super1ors, but the time Wsuld
| come. fEheers. He had resigned hs posi-
| tion, becauss, rs i Free-S:ate Kensas N ~, h {
| could not serve under the men who had led
| the oppressive Border. X ufflan raids Ia ia II
| State. For weeks, aye n1on tbs in those days,
| he had no. been able to enter his own home,
| because OF the General now sent to command
this District Of Kansas. Her people are jsal
Gus of such men. They have q right to be .-
He had eight or ten reminders of thai Jsalou .
| sy In the shape of bullets aud buck shot now
in his body, and while carrying 50 much lead,
Was not Likely to forget he cause or ms N al
engaged il it. [Uheers
| he believed that the proceedings agains!
him he'd been caused by the fact that he was
an Aboli ZIONIST ICheers.l 1t was true. he
Fifth street Military Prison was not likely te
| make him any less 80 He trusted that when
he ceased to be an Ab,iilionist he might Geese
to live. [UheeTs But in this war for the
| very men. His own views we're convictions
| which had grown out of his life. and could Il OF
| be otherwise. But some of the best Union
men he had known were pro- slavery. He
| had, daring the past winter, under command
| Of Capt, Oliver, three companiss OF the Mis-
souri, Seventh. Taese very mel, under Frost
| had pursued him but the year before They
| hated to come under his command but fer
| weeks Of cam paigning they parted from him
| with regret. As men we difered on The sub
jsct of slavery, but as soldiers we stood side
| by side for the glorious Unicn. He had been
| accused Of every conceivable crime by the
| Missouri Xepn9ltcaa, aud branded as q mur.
| derer, thief, and outlaw. He had but to say,
| that no Union man could come for Terd aud
say knowingly he ef his property mad beer
| For these malignant ISLANDERS. he brande1
their authors as cowaroly aud contemprb,e e
| liars and scouD drels. fCheers ] He had nc1
he done 50, Pleasant Hill, Independence, Kan
| sas City, and Westport. would have been IL
| ashes. II these acts were criminal, then hi'
| superior officers were 20 be charged, not him
| self. We were fighting not an org antzed force
| but a sneaking crowd Of mnrdsrers. who die
not dare to meet them in the epsn field. HI
| offered to fight UP. Hays, with equal num be =
a. any time. but he refused. nat vas s,Ia, isf,
| The Colonel len gave rapid tketca or pl
| campaign In Western Missouri, which JuSi
| hed his course and demanding an invsst1ga
| ticn and Justice ct the hands Of his defamers
| he then sliuded 10 the ms; igators of his ar
| rest, stating that he had ast received letter.
from them, In which they Uieked down, and de
| clared that Gen SiuIgts w0ult release him i'm
| mediately. All he had 10 say In relation TO thi
| crawhsbirs 2 was, that II he uad Eel emb!ttertt
| toward them as itcrs, now be despsed To On
| as cowaros H father had always taught hin
| cever to quarrel, but ye remember that boti
| Gcd and man hated q coward. he had re-
| mem bered it. as probably the history Q
SautEern Kansas will show. III ~ he Wa
| ordered 10 leave by the pre- slavery hounds
| he was told Il ueE because be was & free
State man, and tnG: section was INTENDED u
| be slave He then told them that he had I
I Saarpe's rifs and two reviewers, aud ne pro
| nosSd to ..raddle his OWE oiRoe." kansal