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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20
SEWARD ON A PLEASURE EXCURSION.

The Herald says editorial!y y
"Our astute, od-tempered, clear-headed
Premier is off on pleasure tour among the
lakes and rivers of Northern New York. He
has taken in his train the French, British.
Russian, Prussian, Spanish, Italian, Swedish.
Hauscatic, Chilean, and Nitaraguan Ministers,
leaving Washington bereit of the whole dip
lomatic corps" where's the bigger from
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20
LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamer IIibernian, from Liver
pool on the 9th, via Greencastle on the
7th, has arrived off Cape Race. The po-
litical news is uninteresting.
The Confederate loan on the 5th opened
at a further violent decline, the inst traIhac-
ton being $3.50 discount 1t afterwards
rallied, closing at 26a24 discount.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-The funds are flrmcr.
Consois are advancing, under the improving
tendency OF the Paris Bourse and the more
general belief that the Polish question Will
noI result in war; The satisfactory progress
of the harvest asserts the buoyancy OF the
discount market, which is easier, with light
demand.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. The sales Of cotton
this week have been % 900 bales, including
1900 bales to spectators, and ;sND 20 ex-
porters. The market is easier, al 4. decline oi
one quarter OF penny Oh American Inc
market closes quiet at the following auiho-
riZtii ouOtltiouS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

l2r.sk i'y L;gAtaiay -On Wednesday night
last a car on the Central Railroad, at Wayncs-
boro', containing large lot OF Government
goods, designed to make clothing for the
soldiers, was burned, and many OF the goods
destroyed and others damaged. As there
was severe storm preyaiiing at the thine.
the supposition il that the car was struck by
lightning and thus fired
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

Ordered Hsck. MalindR hu4 Aanar Wlegins,
two free negresses, were before the Mayor
yesterday for being in the city. without pro-
per passes. They were ordered to return 70
North Carolina {thc State from which
hailedl forthwith SsSx.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

notified to the proper authorities yesterday
evening coming up the river. She win bc at
City Point this morning, and win probably
have on board Col Meredith, the new U. :.
Commissioner of Exchange, who 1s to confer
with Judge Ould about the exchange Of pri
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

Charged with Ro06e,y-The case against
Robert Davis and John Shaw, charged with
robbing John Buchanan of $500 in Eoniede-
rate money, on Saturday last, while he was
in state of inebriation, was again brought
before His Honor the Mayor yesterday morn
ing. George Dahney Wooten, ESQ.,, appeared
"a COUNSEL for the accused, and desired GER
tain witnesses to bp seMt~f0r to prove the
good character of his clients before future
hearing by the Mayor; bst His Honor
considered the evidence already elected Of
such a character as to justify him in remand
ing Davis for further trial before the next
term of the Hastings Court for felony
Shaw was discharged from all participation
in the crime, but he and Buchanan (the com
piainant) were held in bonds to appear rs
witnesses before the September term ofssaid
Court. The counsel for the accused did not
seem to relish much the decision of the
Mayor, and cited sope case to show that par
tiality had been shown against one AT least
of his clients.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

Released from Jaa.--ThOMas Acree, the laA
arraigned before His Honor the Mayor on
Tuesday last. for stealing calf ffOm Or.
Lemuei Edwards, ON Church Hill, and who
was committed to jail on said charge, va ~
leased from confinement ON the promise Of
responsible parties that he should be imlne.
diately sent to his regiment.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

RELEAsED.--The citizens Of Camden conn
ty, Ga, who were rathiessly torn from their
homes nearly yeaf ago, and have been CON
lined since that date ut Hilton Head, have
been released and restored 10 their tan,ilies-
Some OF them vera IN Savannah last week.
en roaste for home. They ftatc that al pr1s.
oners in a ike category have discharged
and sent over the Ines II was done with
Out exchange or the assignment ot any rea~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

Examinatson.-A board Of army surgeons
waa Yesterday convened at Castle Thunder
20 examine into the sanity OF Sergeant.Maj
staples, Of the SD Va battalion, who Is now
confined in the Castle on the charge OF de-
sertion weiearn tina. Stapless movements,
bosirbefore and since his co,nmiftai 10 the
castIe, have been such as to raise question
as to his sanity. The decision ot the ooaru
has not been made known.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

rT,HT Va. voluuteer Navy Company .--At uselng
i al toe subscribers Ct ths ab0ve company the
following gentlemen elected Directors, nameiys
r w MeCance, L Appetton, Roh&tt Afcheg, Eanai
j Harrison. and john Robin NcDopjal.
Al snbscoaent meeting q shs Directors, asmuel
J Harrison wss elected zsssdsnt, and Appsssoa
Treasurer aCd Secretary.
Books q Subscription wi!isbe kept 0pen at the Va.
Lie insurance. Cos22anys o1cs until IN 2Dth tnsss
(Aaeust9 unless tho amount Esquitd b sSousf
subscribed.
The Treasurer u rspsred 70 rseelve pay.snas e
sutscrirticu. J. APf k&3VA,
"a I'D ffeosuref and Secrsonxy.
A nEIRABiK Investment --rer ~. snan
"A woolen nsosoxy, near Lncol.ac1, Ss0 -
Wiimiagt1m, Cbariplts and RuthNf1sa nn.Neas -
paSle u uaAi6s from 10 ~ ~ ygfde Il eese 49,
q hours' "a ~ capaclsy 4 which o. =: sea.a
- ~ ssermt fur MI passtsnlass a1GFeeo ~ ~
Z : > nor Ia62. Riohnona, VI. M-3e
T@75iT,5s;n l97f7IE IL E1sz q Issliss = @
IL nsr;.ssoaA WiliixnsengE ~ QM 4111Qks
r,..ssrv sevs dselaEeA 6slteo4 II NL(l9 tees
= "a cseiIel ssesk e ~ ess.yys @ - -
/ 49, a - YssasaeeR, - Hnnk ee5sees 80 ~ eA
! s-a .sYsr - eoth q &NDm4. s Y ssss "a
80 nJis--ssdsls tp1ekE1e kenDlpeE M
c9iTSisD issns11 - r = g n ri
? ss'ssA : - 81 & p { III 81 ;T = 49,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

The Gaqe-Jaekson, slAyc of HubhAfa =
Gardner. was yesterday arresfcd .by ofaceE
Dayis, charged with receiving : Saddle. The
property Of VIM. Ira Hmlth, yaluea af -
knowing the same to Haze been stolen. He
wAs placed IN the lookup.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

Tiolatioas of liquor Licenses.
Knowles was charged before the Mayor yes
tcrday with keeping his drinking house open
p on Sunday and dealing liquor out to negroes,
in direct violation oil the law regulating the
sale of ardent spirits. From the testimony of
police officer Griffin, a clear case was made
out against Knowles, and lie was therefore
fined $40.
Pauline Glass, an old, witch-like looking
Dutch woman, was also before His Honor for
a similar offence. This case excited eonside-
rabie mirthfulness, both with the Court and
spectators. Such a tonguc-elattering as she
poured forth would have deiied any one TO
translate it, and tile hitherto undiscovered
secret of perpetual motion was fully made
plain on the occasion, and Pauline should re-
ceive all the renown and emoiuments to
which she is entitled rs it's ,liscoverer She
complained greatly of the officer who had in
formed against her, and asseverated at hs
was only aciuatedfrom yindiriivcness against
her because she would not respond as often
;s he desired 10 his repeated applications for
moro of the refreshing" beverage, with whicl,
her store was pretty well stocked A SINH
lar fine $50 was imposed in this case.
Joseph Hagan, living on Marshall ST., near
Brook avenue, was also arraigncd for selling
liquor on Sunday last. In this clsc The evi-
dcnce was by no means conclusive, and the
Mayor, giving the defendant the benefit OF
its insniicieDcy, discharged the accused.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-20

The Agent Of the Press Association
has published the annexed summary of
news from the Baltimore Gazette, Of the
18th, and the New York Herald. Of the
nth instant.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
Have Animals Reasoning Power?

PRoF AGAssIz, in a recent letter in
Boston on the elephant" said:
..It is a f.vor;te savinr that men are
governed bv reason .nd animals bv in
stinct; but I believe that is an vronr.
There IS no distinction Of k-nl between
the two but only Of Joa~c,
aAs VIC come to the HIGHER animals
We find the brain larger in proportion to
tGe size Of The body But this docs not
prove a different Kind Of activity Of these
parts. hut only different intensity.
..vor. lot ~ 500 r. tbora is anv dir,r-
o,,., :, .1o u,o5o oe .o.;o, oe ,Lo bro;ns
or ms, aid .n;m.Is E,orv son.,t;on
- Ia fan mnst rro1nco . rooct;on All
..u;,,a1, sao han, email and +osto os uor
&c no do. ,borororo 4bo re.otior r,rst 10
the same. and the operation, as far as the
BODY is concerned, is the same. Next,
our rerccptions influence our actions,
THROUGH the operations Of the mind; and
in tic animals the same influence upon
their action is to be seen; here. again. is
perfect similarity. Although the differ
cnce of the intensity of these actions may
be great in different animals. vet the
principle is the same.
The animals crafty tboir onno,;tas
i : -.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
Coffee a Powerful Stimulant,

THE Vicksburg correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial relates the fol-
lowing amusing story:
The stimulating effects of coffee we're
displayed upon rebel soldier few nights
since, as follows: A regiment of Nc
Clcrnand's men were at supper very close
to the Notifications. A conversation
sprang up between the parties on the
east and west side of the works
Fed" Hello, rebs, won't you have
some coffee ?"
Reb.-" No, thank you, we we got lots -
Fed" What have you got?"
Reb.-" We have bread, and meat, and
rice. Come over and see. We won't
hurt you
Fed.-"I guess your beef amt much
fat, is it?" (The Confederate laughed
in acknowledgment that his stock be
longed to Pharoah' lean kine.) "Come
over here and we'll give you cofFe."
Reb.-" Oh, you've got coffee, have
you. VIII you give me some and let me
com back? Honest?"
Fed" Yes, come on.
One of the rebel soldiers got permis-
sion from his officer to come to our lines
for supper. He came over, was we'll re-
ceiyed, sat down and commenced on a
cup of coffee. Pretty soon his Captain
cried out to him, "Come back, now.
You've been gone long enough"
Reb Soldier" I've only had ono cup
of coffee"
Reb Officer" Amt that enough?"
Reb Soldier" Hell, no. Imust have
two cups. I'll be there pretty soon"
Interval OF five minutes.
Reb OHicer.-"rA Are you coming?"
Reb Soldier Yes, pretty soon. This
coffee is so d-n good that l must have
some more"
Another interval
Reb Officer, If you don't come
Immediately, I'll report you as a desert
cr."
Rcb Soldier I guess I'll stay right
here The Yanks will give me coffee
all the time. You can report and be
id"
So the rebel sold his cause for a prom
ise of coffee all the tine, and is now
among the deaerters from Pcmberton' s
army.
His story is Ike all the others. He
says the soldiers in Vicksburg are nearly
starved. They get just enough peas,
bread, meat and rice 70 keep them alive
and that's all He does not think they
will hold out long.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
General Mcclellan,

An eminent divine of this city, after
listening to a full and confidential ex-
PLANTATION by General Mcclellan, of the
circumstances under which he held the
command Of the Army of the Potomac,
expresses in conversation, we hear it said,
the opinion that Mcclellan was shame
fully imposed upon By the administration.
Advising General Mcclellan that the
same statement, made to the world, would
triumphantIy viedieate his fame, he ac-
knowledged having also listened to the
Generals reasons for not going before
the public, and being perfectly convinc-
ed Of his judgment; at the same time
stating that he was lost tu admiration Of
the General 5 forbearance and strength of
character. Doubtless there will come a
time when the public may obtain pos
session Of the circumstances upon which
this distinguished divine based his en-
thusiastio judgment Of the removed Cen
eraI.-N. 7. Argus
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
New York Editors Vindioating Freedom Of
Speech,

TIE meeting of editors in our city
Yesterday, to consider the rights and du-
ties Of the press as affected by the exis-
tence of civil war, was largely attended,
though certain journals we're not repre-
sented. The invitation, however, was
general; the notice ample; and those
who staid away doubtless did SO for sat
isfactory reasons Though it was not
deemed by the majority expodient to go
so far nor to cover the whole ground so
fully and explicitly as VIC thought best,
there was the freest and fullest compari-
son Of views, and entire unanimity at
tanned or evinced as to the conclusions
actually reached, These are, in brief
1. That no journal has a right to incite,
advocate, abet, uphold, or justify treason
or rebellion against the Constitution, Gov
ernment, and laws of the country; ..
That the right to criticise, censure, con-
demn, the acts OF those entrusted with
power, with a view to render them more
efficient and faithful in the performance
Of their duties, or to replace them by
better men, is not suspended or serious
ly restricted by the existence of war;
and ,. That the suppression by naked
military edict of journals printed hun
dreds Of miles away from the seat of war,
is not justified nor necessary. If they
commit or abet treason, punish them by
legal process, and do not admit, by arbi-
trary seizures that they have committed
10 offence known to the laws. So far,
there was entire unanimity; and the
meeting saw fit to go no further-N +.
Tribune, Juae 9h.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08

BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE.-Wcll has
writer said" Flowers are not trifes, as
one might know from the care God has
taken of them everywhere; not one un-
finished; not one bearing the marks of
brush or pencil. Fringing the eternal
borders of mountain waters, grazing the
pulseless beat of the gray old granite,
everywhere they are harmonizing. Muir
dercrs do not ordinarily wear roses in
their button-holes. Villains seldom train
vines over their cottage doors" And
another adds, " Flowers are for the young
and the old, for the grave and the gay,
for the living and for the dead for all
the guilty, and for the guilty when they
are penitent."
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
Life n G ina.
MANNERS AND crsrons N SHANGHAI

TCo-respondcnce Of The New York Evening TOst,l
SHANGHAI, CHINA, February, 1868.
THE English we're pleased to call
Shanghai the "modcl settlement" some.
ten years ago. Let US judge if it is wOr-
thy of the name still. It's a warm Sun
dav. The ice that was so thick here last
year at this time has not been seen this
season at all, and those who are willing
to pay any price for the article arc won
dering where it viii come from next sum-
mer. Although day Of rest for the
Europeans and Americans, John China
man docs not see it, but works just the
same on the irst day Of the week as on
the other six. All through the city re-
sounds the monotone of the coolies, as
with their biya or oil a they trudge along,
carrying most extraordinary burdens on
their backs. We turn up the Bend, and
here comes a big buffalo, led by the
nose by boy. Ae IS engaged in sup
plying his customers with their morning
milk, performing the operation at each
door. There is no wathring here, and no
"stump tall arrangement such as the
New York illustrated papers were so elo-
quent about once. The whole thing is
done right before you. Some persons
pretend to dislike this buffalo milk, as
serting that it is strong. Well, let them
go without-no other is to be had Of any
value.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
The CoIOrs Of Nature.

He who exhibited such lnatchlcss skill
in the organization of material bodies,
and such exquisite taste in their forma-
ton, has supcr-added that etLerial beau
ty which enhance their permanent quill
ties, and presents them to US in the ever
varying character Of the spectrum With
out this the foliage of vegetable life might
have filed the eye and fostered the fruit
which it wells, but the youthful green of
its spring would have been blended with
the dying yellow of its autumn. If the
objects of the material world had been
Illuminated with the white light, all the
particles of which possess the same de-
gree of refrangibility, and were equally
acted upon by the bodies on which they
fall, all nature would shine with leaden
hue, and all the combinations of external
objects, all the features of the human
countenance would have exhibited no
other variety than that which they pos
sess in a pencil sketch or China ink
drawing. The rainbow itself would have
dwindled into narrow arch of white
light, the stars would have shown through
a grey sky, and the mantle of wintry
twilight would have replaced the golden
vesture of the rising and setting sun
Sir Darid BrewSter.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
WHOLE NUMBER 67.
AHappy Woman

What spectacle more pleasing does tic
world afford than happy woman, contensed
in her sphere, ready all the time to benefit
her little world by her ezertions, and trans
forming the briars and thorns Of life into. the
roses Of Paradise. by the magic of her touch?
There are those who are TINS happy because
they cannot help it-no nisfortunes danpen
their sweet smiles, and they diFuse 4 cheer
flEglow around them as stheypuraue the even
tenor Of their way. They-haue the secret Of
contentment, whose. value is above she phil 7
osopher's stone; for, vithoutseekingt the baser
exchange of gold, which may buy some sorts
Of pleasure, they convert everything they
touch into joy What their condition makes
no difference. They may be rich or poor,
high or low, admired or forsakenby the tickle
worId-but the sparkling fountain OF happi-
ness bubbles up in their hearts and makes
them radiantly beautiful Though they live
in log cabin they make it shine with a lus- 2
ire which Kings and Queens may .covet, aud
they make wealth a fountain OF blessings. to
the children Of poverty. Happy women. are
the highest types of humanity, and we cannot
say how much. we owe to item for the pro-
gress ofthe race. Would there were enough
TO GO. round
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
LAW of REWsPAPERsi

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to con-
fuue their subscriptions to the paper.
9. II subscribers order the discOntnuance Of
heir periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arTealages are paid.
3. Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the Office to which they were d.
rectcd, they are held responsible till they have set
tied the bin and ordered them discontinued.
f. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to theformer direction, they are held rcspOn
sible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
periodicals from the office, or removing and leav-
fhg them uncalled for is pristd Jdcie evidence Of
Intentional fraud.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08

tended as place for the poor Chinese to
throw in their children, if too poor to
bury them. The distance is considera-
bic, and you have to go through the Chi
ma City, which is walled in and entirely
distinct from the English, French and
America concession. The streets are so
narrow that one could lean out of any of
the projecting windows and kiss his
sweetheart on the other side, without any
very great exertion of the muscles. In
every street and lane the coolies throng
with their heavy loads and their ugly
notes, and all kinds of filth salute your
nOstrils as you pass. On our way we pass
many black boxes containing the dead,
which will be left outside the limits and
allowed to be consumed by dogs Here
is the baby tower" but a few feet high,
with steps leading to it, and fearful
stencil all about it. Let us look in. Do
you think all the little babes placed here
are dead. By no means. Population is
so dense, and female children especially
are SO undesirable among so many, that
it becomes convenient thus to dispose of
them; so the mother, if she has any feel
ing, chokes it down and the innocents go.
These institutions may be found all over
China. Chinese philosophers may de-
fend the avOwed object of them on hu-
manitarian grounds, but they are terribly
perverted. Before I left 1 heard faint
cry issuing from the tower, and looking
through rotten aperture l saw a faint
movement of a tiny limb and heard hol,
low moan; in moment all was still, while
in the distance was seen a poor wretch
sneaking away, evidently the mother who
had just destroyed her child, the limbs
being broken in the fall-another China
fashion equally horrible with the dccap-
itatiOn.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08

"a BEAUTIFUL dayI" said Quilp, the
other morning, radiant with sunshine and
fine spirits, and quite Indifferent to. the
sloppy walking. Yes" answered-a fell
Iow-pedestrian, "very beautiful-above
the street" "0f course" said QuiIp,
and isn't that enough? Because the
gods send US fine day, would you have
them run the thing into the ground?
Don't be unreasonable ?"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08
AN EXECUTION


There is to be an execution to-day;
let US 90 along the Yang-King-Pang
creek, and look into this proposed decap-
itation of five poor Cinnamon; only five
among people of 4OO, 100000. Life is
very cheap in China. Here comes the
proeession-frst the knife-man, who does
the bloody work, swinging the instrument
IS he goes along; then the Mandarin,
who is to superintend this pleasant Sun
day pastime. Heis borne in his chair or
palanquin, robed in furs and smoking his
little opium pipe with perfect abandon; ;
on each side are his body-guard, while
closing the rear are the five proposed
victims strictly guarded. One Of them
has mild, gentle face-can he be a
criminal? Let Us ask the dollar here,
as everywhere, will open close mouths
The fact is this; the one. who was to have
been beheaded offered bonus to any one
who would lose his neck instead, and this
poor fellow, who at the best can only
earn few cash per day, "a cash Is the
One-thOusandth part Of contD has taken
the money and loses his head for the sake
Of his family. This is one Of the Chi
nese fashions. If we went to the bloody
ground, " probably we would see the VIC
Tins disembowelled, their hearts torn
out, and slices cut from them all while
yet alive.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08

THE way Coczneys ex-asperate the 4"
where the letter isn't wanted, and silence it
where it has a right to speak, has furnished
many comical verbal jumbles; but we have
heard none better (or worse) than that of an
English sportsman living not hundred miles
from Boston, who, speaking of a proposed
summer shooting and trapping excursion, an
nounced that.ho was going into the back
woods " to unit hotter when it was otter p
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-07-08

THE editor of the New Orleans Times
says the corsets worn by the ladies of that
city will bear a mongtrous strain, judging
from a lady he saw, who was so nearly
cut in two that man might be amenable
for bigamy should he marry her.