The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-17
received the following note from the Provost
Marshal Of the city;

Marshal Of the city
"HIapo RS Pgtvo;r xAR.HAL
xor ..it- Jane Ga, 1853 4
"E2stors Ioui:rille Democrat:
"Genslemen / have the honor moss re-
specsfully 10 request that You discoatinre your
attacks and reflections upon tie war policy ct
the Administration aud the war measures Oh
the G G3verrment !
:" remain, gentlemen, very 'eEpy !
Your ooedieut servant.
"ORLA>po I'll MOORE.
Colonel and Provost Marshal !
WheYeupon the Democrat ma*a the follow
ing retrss.clt
We confess that we hare doubted whether
the war measures Of the administration are :
tae perfection Of humaT wisdom; hut "thls
eloquent bit of parjsx" has removed our doubts,
wiped the black scrnpies from our soul, ana
convinced us that when Abraham Lincoln dies
visdom will 90 into tie grave with hlm-aii
except one leg, which will be buried with the |
rsst Of the Cabinet. We believe tina. II all
the departed Solomons and Solons hsa come
! hack. and. with all the adyaDtagee OF their
experience in this world and in the othar. had
sat til enseives 10 work, they could NOT nave
devised any means go " ell cal:uiatea as tnose
!. of cur Administration to restore our OnloH,
and mako Is again q happy band OF brotners.
We believe i'll subjugaton, extefmi nation,
ruination, apd hothsEation generally Hige us
say beiispingto do and the job shsl be done
;ss this office with she usDaost nsatness ana dla
patch.
Ask rs 10 believe that two and thres make
seventy nine that the earth is hat, and tnas
! the Provost. Marehal of the city OF Loaisviite
is not. and ses if we don't do it. Ii Dybody
iuds anv believing hard to do, let him call on
ns. and we promise to do it to his satisfaction,
..,ud much cheaper than he could do 1t fltnseI'
! Like the old iint who complained that what
The Church required him to believe was too
| Easy, we want something to try cur 20 wers;
/. On, for something hsrd to believe Aud
: after believing ali pOsf Die and all impossloie
| things, with Oliver Twist, we will cry ior
! more!
We are indebted for so much tighten
uent 20 the iilust ious Gel. NJ bore, OF the
/ 9th Michigan, Provost Marshal CT Louis
! vile, etc.
| But it un4ccountaby happened that the
, Provost NJ .rshal was superseded directly Al
,. terwards. whether because Gen. Boyls alsap
proved Of bis intermeddiiug, or Tor some other
causs, does not appear.
i The rxrRAvtsAscs CT rHs TAsKsE corfRAc'
| The New Orleans PacayuRe has the follow
| ioy. about ;s much, by-the-bye, as 1t dare say
ahout the extravagance at the North during
she war. L. is not altogether confined TO she
! North A. the South we can discern the uu-
,;ar.cr,,st RAPIDLY hopping 10 the surface, iaaen
win native vul.,sri.y and acquired planter
THO Psc0yHne says
Nearly ali ths iGteIy received Northern
J papers contain the foiiow4a2:
Two daughters Of j sfiI Il sll, OF Tenn, II,
Philadelphia, express casDsSlf es stAazso a'
the indications OF abundance &ttt prosperity
| oyery here evidant."
The pa agsapb seems 20 be- very POP, 'aT, 1oi
it il going the rounds of tha entire p.c ST.
Ats presumed C6isct i3 to make nlaniisss re
intense astonishusnt OF two y0ui'g iadies soc
denly called u?on to contrast the {rapoIled
| ;nu.) gerished condition OF their n3ssive S.a5t
; with the cr,bonRded 'aburdancs ana prosper
i,y every where evident" ia l0oalitje,' wnici
have fd.uished everything but bait e-hs'd'
, anriny tae present @ar There is. 20 douo.,
marked difference iu he degree OF prosp esitY
,, which ooiaius 10 States tnat s.ge tbs sef''
s war and those that afa only the sea; ot ''oo
tract; and people who retaiii tae psmi:1v
and once almost universal opinion thas " :
lime necessarily iniuees scme Inlitatio II
!rxurias fnuch Irivati)a, and -evau a WaA .
the II ces5isies OF lite, Ei&y 0al be amaze, Z:
, the .AbuGdauoa and prosperity not only "sVi
, dent" but actually 2lis.ng from aud produce
by war
, These thipes 4,avs amazed many person'
besides the TWO daughters of JON Bell, 0
, Tonnesasa" IheY have amazed New forg
. Boston, ana Phiiadephia editors, engaged
a from day to day III cnronicl!pg the eX5rava
, gancs of shodiymit9s, who are putchas'ni
: diamonds by the pint almost, and who are OF
, faring CIaIch and b erstadt thousands OF doi
llrs for paintings w'Lica before tno war woul'
:, scarcely have broU 5ht so many bandFeds ih'
operas aud iheat res IN Northern Giles 1eve
cav so successfT i seasGus as tne ias,. L2fS
. pe;tes waie &C .uaiiy needed to make Reo"I
t. old theasre-goer5 he news ana 3'faHte t'i~
= and faces of the owners Of the expensive N
elaborate toilattes which nightly filled the n,i
yate boxss and dress circle Carriage La,id
| >rs, E.iili.ars, dry goods Dealers faroi,or
lns kers, jewelers., tia butcher, the baker. aa,
canutestlck maker, caL complain of no lack O
custom, and prosperity and abundance are In
, deed everywhere evident.
We fail to find III our late Northern ex
changes the news which justiiiss the frsousu,
Issue Of triple sheets by the Herald, IForlo
, aud other leading New York dailies but a
. glance at the advertising columns ella ths
, st.ry. There never was tins in the history
of New York city when all articiss of Iuxu,y
were sold more rapidly or at better prices
tbs latest commercial accounts note that i'm
ror,s, especially OF silks, and Ike articles, are
larger far for :he past two months than during
the corresponding periods Of tho last two
s. years; aad this, too, .Witen largo market ia
cut off, not on.y g. the S)uth, but to s. conslds
rabie extent in other sections Yet the retail
dry goods storss, ths large jeweiry eetab!ish-
nents, and fancy stores genera ly, are Gro wd-
ed with customers The streets display rain.
bow ike spendor OF magnificent dresses.
which literally sweep the paysments Balls,
weddings aud parties are gctlen up regardless
of expense, anu IN their splendid appointments
suFpass those OF the most prosperous times OF
peace Newport and Saratoga, taus early, are
beginning 10 ill, and tia ssason at .he watering
places promises to exceed al previous onss lii
I satYaytyaucs QatctV AtIu uIsuiSy
a gentleman lately a. tie North, while Ia
/ New York went into oue of the largest Jew
houss had aaded to it's usual business an ex-
tsnsive military goods etore, furnishing every
thing from swords to shoulder s;raps II
: suppose" said the gentleman, 'that ID thess
depressing times your military business haa Ia
some degree lesasned yoar lossss by tas non
safe OF articles in your lswelry store" Goa
the contrary" was the reply, "oEr Gales Of
military goods, large as they are, are actually
nothing in comparison with our regular buai.
ness, particularly in plate and diamonds. We
are supplying Contractors, their wives, and
/ sons and daux hters."
Persons who rlay have arrived recently
! from the MOON, or even from Tennessee, ami
who are verdant enough TO s1ppose inat q
p7otraated war must necessarily almost drain
the entire resources of the psopis. 10 carry
on The war Itself, G.ar well be amazsd 10
hGd that + Is cnly With many souce Of
,GboaadeG wsalla-that fho WAX Las actually
produced new race Of rich men, so pumes.
Gus that they are prominent in the Nosshsia
cities as the lsadirs tgyecs Of zeal es.ase,
! pictures, hofs5s: AAs furniture, diamonds,
p,asa and all that Ia aoceasary 10 farnisu on. 3,