The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-08

Al 10 o'clock Mr. spencer reed ftn0 the SaS
tia. the town Of Poushkespsis hsd sivan Iis ma
he had received from tweptv three fc~n' In soush'
ern New York civtny Wadsvorth 4en ms'ofny.
fhe mos tremendous erthus'a-tli to'ioweo thsse
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. The y bale audi nee now began
e. evtw up;,a cheerful and tar1 eos were fonaa
ready and = tbihs "a bes tha' Vnaswesfh was
elected III fhs etrf .ari = tse evening 'to.
could atAfsety bslouBa I've prsona VINO oe'evea
tuat he G.pubissu cauddaFs tos u.vs.no. 80, nNe
sofvtus war, received tho fevuision of faeins y
tinruiafiy s.rnrE. tohu Hrnwna me,ooy We
sr.,, sung ~nh variations ard additional gusio;
The pnert,,r was Kept up natl HeM fnfcriB"t
.,s a. tha. tiae-~several rather unfavofHble &c
commits Laving cun.e ia f'om tie State the me
adjourned In FISHER Q 1ubgo mood John Browns
n.els dy was not sung thu thi'c time.
xur ,astrrns or AFFAIRS In NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
Tina Herald. Of the 5'h. in It's situahon article.
saws .bs Federal army Ia making rapid advances
into the different Caps OF the Blue Ridgs hereto
fore held by tho Confsderases and are new In pos
session Of all of them as far IS A,hby Gap which
they are fronting, II adds:
Yesterday General St.hel, with portion OF 81
gsl's commend. drove the enemy ont q Thorough
tsra Gap, ard General Csrl schurz immediately
occupied it Gsnsral Bsyards fierce meantime
holds Aide aud ali The couatfy between tnat poin'
and sigere front Bucklsnd MILLS Is also In our
possession Thus 'hs rebels are pretty coatiy out
i,auacd, hamncd in, and Gu off from Rchmond.-
GENERAL Mcclellan - hfsy miles nearer .ae
rebel capital than General Loe's army, snu
vigorous n:ovamsnt--pro'est"d, OF courss, oy q
cautious attention to his rear may A. any moment
D.. HIM in possession OF that place McCiehan
LEI, nanA ia therefore protected washington - se'
cured inst another Sudden attack 'ne reg ss al
baot FROM the llre OF the Raprsh anuock-he fords
across which are said 10 b. strongly fortfeo-and
are gradually being pushed farther up the valley.
~ every step therefore, Mcclellan aptroacnes
nearer to- and the reosi army moves further away
from Richmond with the mountain range ssparat'
ing The .yTo forceA The results OF McOieiiaE mar
veIious 9tretegic po1ers arc thus becoming Inote
evident and a!ealy, but surely, Our army is NOV
ing onward 20 Richmond.
SLe danger against which Mo JisAsn has to gu I'd
Ia su atte1pt to push the rebel army In over
wiemiIg tcrcs through o;ie OF the gapz IN MS
That dagger h sever, IS doubtless iuiiy anuei-
paaei ANA The passages through the mountains So
cure.y held. Another raid of tha rebel army back
int, Mar, I'd is improbable, nd is perhaps rem
deged impossible The expected sht for the PCS
session OF Ashby's Gap may bring en- general en-
gage u.eut an3 liz that we have nofhiEg To
lear as oxr army is reported in better condition
tl.u i ever was before, with the exception o. q
JACK CT saffi lent cavalry, which are NOT neeaeo ~
MUCH for a battle, hoEtver, as Tor securing TAG
country scou ing the enemy. making reconnois
ssncea, aud projecting the rear irom guefriia OF
otter taptaliz ng raids dorins the advance.
MINISTER'S .s:nIsrtD FOR NOT rRAYiSa FOR LIN
COLIN.
TIE Lifted G.ates steamer CahawA arrived a.
New York on gaSsc.ay f,om New Orleans, having
on boa.d tbs lsg liessrS. Lsaccck, Goodrich, and
Futon, pastors OF Episcopal churches in Kew Or
l.ans, who were sent 10 New Yo-k for refusing to
,rsv f,r The President of the United States let
ter f-yIp New Orleans 10 tae New York Herald
says:
These .hree gentlemen having persistent!y re-
fused to rsad the prayer for the President OF tha
United Ssstes "a Sc. forth In the liturgy Of tie
church and General Butler regarding theif pres
erae in NV orleans SIS highly pIe]udiaisi TO the
ievslcpuen. of the Union sentiment, he has sent
ihe,l in charge CT Captain Puffor, OF his staff, to
Fort Lafayette. Captain Putfef is alno special
bearer o, dispatches from General Butler TO tbs
lcpsr:rn sns at Washington, Your readers may
rems:t bN that it ut Or. LeacocS's chuE CD
where there was disgrGceful e5ullition OF seces
sionism the occasion Of tbs funeral of 1t Dskay
dc Eot wish to inpy that DIR Leacock was re-
sponzi.slc fer tie conduct of tho people In bis
clurh that day. for his offence lay only in his lr.
rssout ca ana vaeia.iCn, LIE having first agreed to
read ne service over the body, ard afterwards, at
the rem onstrencs Of bis church members declined.
Dr. L ia su Ens'isalnan by BIRTH but an American
BY naturalization. DR.. Goodrich IL the rector Of
the church which Msjor String closed two Sundays
ago re % a native OF New York, bur has reoidei
South almost from infalek Er. Fulton was pri'
yate il tie Regiment known as II. Confederate
uu.ras aud czndidly ayoys himself an uneordi,
.iaaai Ssesssonist. He is Scotctnan by birth.