, 1863-08-28

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne+1
WASHINGTON, August e, 1868.

patches from Admiral Dahlgren this morn.
Ing, but they referred to business matters
only.
OUR CAVALRY FORCE: :.
Five thou5aud men hsTa been furnished
With fresh horses and new equipments at
Camp Davis, In less .than four Tccks.. Col.
Cleuienin Of the 8th Illinois cavalry, In com
uaud,. has sent to the field In two months
over 1000 men, The capa1ry force Of th:
army Of the Potomac will soon be in excel
lent ordersgain, and ready for cavalry work.
4 CAVALRY F1GHr.
: The Rxpu5sean Of this evening says Col.
loves command. consisting Of three regi-
m.nts, encountered .Moseby's gueriAas, and a
severe engagement ensued. According to
the statement Of prisoners captured, Aoscby
received two se7ere wounds, and was carried
TO farm house IN the vlciulty. his capture
isdccmed certain. Ono rebel I4ieutenaEt and
three pziyates vera killed and twelve pri7Ates
captured. Our loss was one killed, .vo
wounded and seven missing.
nrPoRTRD DEATH O. MosEBY. =
Reports from the front since the above pnas
lication ssy that Moseby died, to-day, Of his
wounds, a. the firm house above mentioned
Thcte is scarcely doubt OF the Gact.
I.EsEnTERs' STORIES.
A party Of dsselters from Lees army came
in from Gen. 51cade's headquarters to-day.
They confirm fully previous accounts Of disaf.
fiction and desertion in the rebel army. Two
Of them, belonging to the Stl Georgia regi-
mint, report Gen. Stuart as having been re'
tieyed from his cavalry command and General
Hood appointed in his stead.
AN INDIANA corrEguEAp rARDoSED.
Daniel Stout, convicted ut the May term oi
the Circuit Court of Indiana for harboring his
brother, Reuben Stout, q deserter, has bson
rardoued by tho President.
TEE NEW ALABAMA GOVERNOR.
Mr.. Watts. the ncwly elected Governor Of
Alabama, is an Union Whig. The defeat Of
Gov. Shorter, the secession candidate, Is re-
REGARDED as significant indication Of the
public sentiment in TINT State In favor OF the
Union.
THE cASCcK CAyARD
The Toronto LEADERS, announcement yes.
terday Of the discovery Of plot to bstray
Canada into the hands Of tie United States
Government, and that tho facts had been com
municated to the British authorities, IL clear.
il canard. British official circles disclaiu1
all knowledge, whatever, Of such move
Ment.
THE FELLOW LESTER.
c. Edwards Lester, known to somo extent
as an author, who wns arrested on Monday al
Iiarper's Ferry, us spy, was brought to thi:
city yesterday. &c has been employed in tht
Census Bureau, and more recently in tbs Ply
master Generals Office, from which he WI:
ately dismissed, on account Of unfortunate
habits incompatible with the performance O.
the duties connected with his position. It Ii
not considered probable by those acquainted
with him that he would ever be entruatei
with reliable Information. He presents :
spectacle Of n splendid intellect 10 ruins. H'
Ia grand son Of the celebrated jonathan
Edwards.
PERSONAL.
Cor. Curtin, ". B. Mann and other notet
Pennsylvanians are here, on their way to par
ticipata in a grand presentation ceremony o
sword to Gen. Meade, as the former com
! manaer Of the Pennsylvania Reserves Th
party leave early to morrow morning.
AFAT POSITION.
Ered Law Olnsted. Of the Sanitary Com
mission, has been appointed Superintendent
Of the Mariposa Mining Company, California
at salary Of $4,000 q year.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2'>-There Is authorit
for saying that the delay in the delivery q
SEQ bonds to subscribers Is owing mainly T.
the riots in New. York, which prevented th
engrayer. from finishing the plates for tn
third series within the stipulated time. Tn
p1utcs have now been delivered, and 1t il be
lieycd that within ten days all arrearagess vii
he brought up, and that the delivery vii
the1cefurNa1d keep pace NTH the subscriE
tions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. GA curious rercla
ton has come to light In the General Lam
Office, showing how tho law preventing a
bu, freeholder5 from voting ID the State Q
Louisiana was evaded by the pillars Of tn
Confsaeracy. Small parcels Of laud wer
purchased Of the Government, and decided
| poor, degraded Southern wretches, thus nal
ise them ffecholdcrs and emitting them to
| yo1e~
The following table shows the amount I
tuch land purchased BY Sudeu, and the nun
ber OF men to whom he decided it, thus gail
Ing their votes:
! 10