The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-01

Daring RotJeyy.-On Saturday mig u last
| the tailor shop Of +. T. Besson was iorcibly
entered and robbed OF about q, coo worth ei
| wearing apparel, owned by various parties.
This robbery Is supposed to have been com
| mitted between the hours of 3 and 10 o clock
Some short time after 10 O'Clock Thomas
Farquhar entered the establishment Of
Adolph Kerchner, ON Broad street, and de-
posted for saf:kecping large bundle Of
clothing. On Tuesday afternoon Farquhar
offered to sell Edward L. johnson a pair Of
pants, and, taking him to kerchner's, pro-
cured the bundle and exhibited tho goods to
him. remarklng at the same time that he
IF.) was the greatest thief alive. Johnson
suSpccting that all was not light, AID seeing
Farquhar secrcte the clothes in b.ak yard,
Informed officer Seal of the facts and plated
him to the stolen goods. Seal arrested Far
quhar, recovered large portion Of the
stolen property, aud lodged his prisoner III
the cage. Yesterday Farqnhar was exam
incd before the Mayor and remandcd for a
further hearing before called Court OF
Justices, to be held on the 5th inst
Locm Screicy-Judge ualyburton, Of the
Z. s. Circuit Court, has had his hands full for
week past, in hearing applications OF sol
diers to he discharged from service The
cause Of the most OF these applications is as
follows: In the spring Of lS63 Gen. Windcr,
then in command of the military department
of Richmond, authorized The raisiag Of a
mounted company to do local service in and
around Richmond. Capt. John +. Wren, at
the Instance of friends, undertook the raising
OF this corps, and soon succeeded in doing sU.
When the command was mustered into ser
vice 1t was understood that the limits were
10 miles aid ne more. Finding Capt Wrens
company too large ii was divided, and the
Captain appointed Major of the battalion.
Thus organized, the battalion performed
picket duty around Richmond, volunteering
TO go beyond the limits on several occasions
to prevent Yankee raids. Some few months
since this battalion WAS attached to Col. Rob
bins's command, and as that command has
been ordered OFT on distant picket duty tie
members, or some OF them, ask to bc dis
| charged, alleging that they contracted with
the Government for special service only,
within q given limit, and that any abrOgation
| OF the contract by the Government ought to
release them from service.
In the course OF 4 few days these cases will
be hrough: before the Judge, ard argued
upon their mesits. II he decides that those
members of Maj. Wrcn's old command, who
have been ordered aud taken beyond the To-
cal limits for which they volunteered, are en-
titled TO their discharge, then the Conscript
officers will seize such as are within their
grasp, and put them into other service. But
whatever the decision, we are quite sure that
the Secretary OF War will see that the con-
tract between the Government and its sol
diers is faithfully carried out and that no
man will be given Il preteXt for saying that
the Government has acted in bad faith BY
him. Rather than this, let the command b,
disbanded, and the CONSUMPTION law be en-
forced upon the members. Soldiers, to he
efficient, must have entire confidence i'll thcil
Government.