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Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1863-10-09
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6Urt WpnrUe, 8. Stt. Tt&mOnosr
3sttnnaen ftub bier eingetrOfen. Der GtAs
mono @rqntrerr bringt 80igenDe8 /:
MtHtCnarY Ntbge, 5. DIT SIR
er0ifnsten aeute l u6r uuler Jeuer auf gbat
tanoo8a bon 2OOtout Mountatn urlD anbern'
Rnnften idn8s uuleren 9tnten. 1nIere 8pms
Ben 3srplabten time batb Der fetnoliAen 2agsr
lowobl, tote tnner9nlb Der StnOt unD 1eblen
Elm 9au8 tn 6lammen. Der Getno. erwiGerte
lsbbaft bou Wl0cca1in D0int uno febr lhwaA
p0n Star Gcrt unp Dem caIematttrteu Sort.
Cas Gfaern Dauert ned fort.
WtiItpnor4 8tb8e, 6. Oft. Der
1enne1eetlnB til tn roI9en: Stetsen begrIfen.
gr 1at Dte untege DontonbrIfe Des IeEnOes
tpe9geI1Delnnt nab bic DfaB[6rade i6evs
ln!9et.
@laj0r Wftt&sH, Oberqnartiermeitey bon
Gen. Goa8frest'8 @Orps, III teb.e Naat ses
tprben.
Bis II u6r 9eute blis6 ba5 Jsasrn pom
bei0en Sstten ein9sfelt.
Son G6GrIeROm.
G9orlefDn,6 6. Ott. 6eute wurbe eta
4ngrtf auf Die SronIoe8 bon un1erer (per
9te6e!len) @5ette untegnommsn, poourd otele
bsI4dOt9t uno bte Gtotte alnrmtrt wurbe.
3pst %nnierer Qeute, baruuter Qteut. @a1et
Don't EanUnanb0Dt @6icpra, speroen oerm et.
@bortetU on, z. Sft. B1brenb 5tr
lebtfn q Stnaoen mar eB 3ieinlt6 Riu. Die
Nerge OeS Geinbe8 auf Morrts Sstonb IHei.
nea tab31 DVlenbet ga iein,
gSn1 SSobifr
MuttIs, 6. Oi. Die feinbl. guVaQerie,
1900 Wfarn fagf, 8rtf estern Sol. Rt6aros
ion bet Stem WlbanY an. Der Tetnb Bate 4
&anonest. Sur Die NrtiQsrie mar tm Seuer.
Der Uetn0 pnFoe 3n~gld8ei4la8en.
SSabIen in Georgia.
Sa3anmeA Z. 0tt. g|a0 ben 0ubls
9frtGten Ii G0n9erneur 8gopn peit scr,
aus.
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Gin lcBier uuii6erer 3afu6tsort.
Stele 0ebeQen babes, Hnt ibr ptppertb tn
5tAsrbeit gu brtu8ea. tire @Flapm tn a0sr
Stt(e na9 &nfa gei0aft; aber IeIbf bisIe
lebte 3nflu9t bat febl 8ef&Ia8e5l, b. pieIe btes
Ier SflaDen Durn 8ermittlunq un1eres ti4tt=
gen GOnIul8 Wfg. SaSage ~freIgep0rben Rab.
Gs erifirt uamlt9 eta ipaati0e6 @eeb, tpos
nad jeoer @Elabe, Der poae Continent poer ct,
auareu5snpen SaIeIu Gus BEN 8ppeu BON
Cuba b%etritt, feet tpirb. Dafel8e @e1eb all,
renn eth Gtla5e aus CUBA ben 8oDen Spa
uteng betritt.
Wt9ttg fHr frauteunb yer
NJ unbete SDIbate II. GntlQfieue Sol=
bate1t, iDelde perDunbet ptrbet pDer IFn
6ranfbetten 5a8e5s8ep, tpGbreno fe mOienRe
paren, itn0 entlpeoer 5a pDleu, pner tbeil>
meiien Benltpnen tere6ti9t. QBtr bSren nun
prn Or. MieuO, Ser ct. BenItpnenAr3t oaB
menn bic duplication fir eite loIGe YenIton
ridt IN terbal6 etneS Sabre8, bon Der Gut.
.laTlung be8 SDloaten aus Dem Oteuit an ae,
reduet, eirgereidt ipirb fir bieie8 Satr bic
0enlton p%erlrten iii uub srft ION remOat
Der duplication an ibren Nnfang ntuut.
@6enip MAIDEN mir barauT au fmerfan bag
Splooten 1nr gu pft ppn unaut6prtirtsnBer.
Ipuen betrp9en nerDen, pel8e 1e 5u einen
B~enftOnSsat5t gu fa9ren peripreden II. bafar
S. perlInBen. Dies tR natiylj6 burdQu8
uugeIeblid. Oie 8e5aBtung fir cine @ras
minatipn 1T burd oo8 @eIee befimrnt urb
betrdgt ntdt mebr ais $3.50. (Ginc $50
2OlisniQe, /. Stt. SO Babe boygeRern
N6enb BIER am 8nbn6Qfe Der NaI6Dtue 8a6n
3pst @tanpGen NIT GAur3 G!stare9r, 6eder,
SaIpmon, 6etobmaun, 8s0lteit, 9ob &c. s,,s
stsbringen pa6 8ernHgen gebabf. Der ,@(se".
Febt f1mo5 aus un0 Ii nat3eliQ, tpte NQes
uni linn Gegurn, GAur} ntGt aussenommen,
.itberalidltA, enpIt6 etnutal alls Der Dotornac
Nrn,ec tpra anb ga 9lplenFran3 gGtQih & So.
au ~fonnlem. DoS reae 5sGer Neatment aGbIt
nod 24O bten6tau0ltbe 2eute; efrva 100 lie.
gen no6 In 8ir8tnteu, reip, Gal0tnatpn, tn
BEN SpttdIerr,.
D!e berUil9 uab 1sr6ifnlfpoQ Or. @agner
bpn @btea8o fN o,f Dem S@laGsfelb In
G'eOrata b%enotnmen, perDen Ste bereitS tptfs |
fen. gBtr tn6en Bier cine gln,abl %DerpunDeter
beutlher Sff;tere, Die bon 1einem SOB Iber,
fteBen. &r lUu aQ9esenp1rtis sepeien letn
NIT Defender Sanb uab Ietnem sutmIttieen,
trUfret&sn @st&t. (GUrrelp. b. 81. StsSts,) |
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Die ocOnlsrDatiDen" Demofroten bs4nben
f6 III elmer letr 8si9roabten Sts1maa : tpp[Ieu
fe utGt tn Der natipnolen Wartet Der unbe-
DiH9tsn ttuion6lsute oufee9en uno bic 0eaiez
run8 unterfabsn, 70 leben lfe li@ NIT t6ren
etSenen ftabern Grtldrungen III Diber1pru@,
~6etaupten ntGt8Oe7upsntger, bag (e aod tn
nerbal6 Der ahtsn bemptIattI1en Oartst
Rsben. 6Sren mir MIR etatge NeuBaaneen
Der Oempftotiihen Sreane Dor 3pet Snbren,
aa0 fra9en tptr unlere vGrieben80smutraten, "
0b lfe nod beute oteG sI6en Muf6ten p~srtreten
S9r bebeutenbfts Organ Inn 0elen, Der Gin
ctnnott Snqatrer, estlGrte bnmals bag auf ben
Nebelen vCfeu6ar bte Gerantuurili6fett fir
Den blntl9en Strett ru6e. @Ee {eten bic On
9rstfer, ba tie 3uerf ben Bgisben eebro6sn,
uno s1trafete patrtOten wtirbea fe Yerbdms
men. Sie fGnntsn btsle S9ntD6slalfuno ntdt
abl&ttteln. ;. Oas be9unneue Derf 1T dirt
reiA mnb fSnne nur ourh bie BON Der Meoiez
rtng bcreelstenen Witttel apsesfibrt tverSen.
=" r@rfo18 Der abgefalenen Staatea beoeu.
let 70 Vtsl als 3erfSrun9 Der t1ntcn.. Dte
erfe 8roBe9flt9t Ia, bte&ebely
ttUn nteber5uDerfen, bieuntpn
"a erbAlten uno ttnIre flbltGen Briber
mtslen f9 barauf 8efaBt MAIDEN, bab bteS 9e.
l4sbsn wisS, nub baB Ssnt, psl4e fa f. febr
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1863-10-09
Ote amertfdntf6be NDIttiG 2outS
8GapOIeOnS.

Die 3ertrimmerunS Der Ser. Staaten In
3pet unO msbr StaatentUrpsr Iiegt 70 febr TN
5auoelss, Ma&ts uno logar TIM 5tacen, Sute>
rsHe 6raufretas, baB man li@ auf ben erlsn
8tf tpunbern m5@te, baB 2umE8 Wapplecn
0te )SabRaaten ntGt IGn0if anerfannt babe.
Die @~tIapenRaatsn itub bar4 bic gtatrr If
rer Contemporaries auf BITE Sret9anbelspplttit
So%nssptsfen unb BADEN felt S&5pfnng Der
gtspathf fOrttpGbreno bnfar Getdnpft. @tne
gaaOstsftste Observation-Disclosures absr, fpelde
s.ss'esE StlaSenarbsit taarlt@ einsn Nsrtb
"" s5oo.OOO,O00 an 8aumtpoae alicia
O. S,,rS .sao1'sn I'M StanDe if tinb bon etntefn
SAr -anlsnosn rst&er, lpptger unb Ders
,usT%s .igst 0tseerbarOne berp06ut wtrb :
'O'1~ 9eFrltdlen Wfnrtt Spirbe fie ben fron,Ss
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1863-10-09

er6alten; Ietn uu3ertrennliDsr Greun6 un6
8e0(eiter, 9err 9uaortO, peilt an Ieinem
&ranfsnbett.
Der bier pObl6sfaunte Bater Sltbtert 1T
mad eben etngelauf enen brtslt@en Wttt9sts
lunoen In Marlstue, no er NIT oret,ebn Ne.
9erttnoern Gus Qfrtfa a~ngetOmrSen tpar, urt
tie tn OeutlAlauo ev3teben unO unterri9ten gu
talen, 8eforbea,
GRESHAM, "a. Sfpt. Die bsatlBe
v8rsSlQuer 3ettung" msl9et: oObrtf 3sbu-
fGtne, welGer bet bee 3etitSrung beg ga.
mppSft' Den @alatB stne 9erporrageaoe 0toCe
ipisltF, pagO getera in WariGau er00IGt."
&rafou, "a. Gept. Die glational>
0te8terut8 bat Dan SAwffera Qelswel'8 etuen
Ieben9lanGli6en Gjqbatt au8qefBt.
Ser SnIurgsntenfU6rer @Gsu1teltnafi GGlug
G3sn8er9 am q. unp 20. sept. tn BET gBsg,
wooi0ait Gratau. Gin anbeyeS fteQretdes
@tfsGt f1r bic SnIar8snten fano bei Yfaoom
Ratt.
eember8. "a. Sept. Sa benz @uber-
ailtfa 2a6Itn ptro larf 8er1Itet. So berri1te
teiN Wfangel an MannlAaft GDer Wafgp,
tpobl aber an ti6tigsn Ofi3teren. Sn Dem
Dtartf! fEao bsreits led58 sa6lretde N6t9eilnnz
gen 9t6!t0et,
VooloAtsn wtrb 09n gOlutl@sn M6t6eiluns
gen 6eib' 8ebalten.
Gbcrn, 25. Sspt. Capt. Is8entet I&(ae
Die Sniuf9enten uutec 8telowidt iugyelt 2,s
framia TIM 0u6srntuat Bl0d.
DpIen, rs. 9spt, BOD 8ert9ten aus
WarIAau bonn %. Gfpt. Bat bte 93eaterune
OEufereten uno Mtltt6rl6netoer=Nm1atte in
etntgen RlBferu b1n g8arG0au entOedt
ano b9t pesgal6 beGb(ofen, ale RlSiter 40
beeBn1,
GrafGu, Is. Sept. Die 9uInrgsaten,
Cops ttter 3sn6tnaet uno @DRop8ft (0(u4en
ote 9tnfsn an 20. Sept. Bet 81YaSepp IN benz
0u6ernintt 0luG.
Die rnliIden 3rapben tparDen Bet Gaiue
I'M Onberntum Wu9ultpDO BON ben Snlug1ens
ten u0ter W0DmI(er 9ef4lagen.
Die SnTar9euteni1aar Gelin8ft's Bate am
=. SePtbr. ein Fe8ret6e8 OefeAt NIT Den
HuFen.
Die Nu6en 9o6en bic Rreus : aIrde tn
BarI@au burNlu9t; He ipagffn BITE @dr8e
um9er, bei&tmrftsn bte 2si9en uno Ra6lsn
bic SAmudiaA'n.
8er(tn, %. Sept. glQ0 benz 8eri6te
siner D!sfBtn 3sttuag ioQ Osa. Mure-
|wteff Der Statt6alter Son 2EtQauen, TN
nGditea Nlonlt iairer Gtele entboben ruerbetg
unO fA tn0 Berlin be9ebgn.
Bari9au %. sept, 0tm 10. Gept
Forber an tbren I'm Gtte0e 8eBen bte Ssu1urs
gettea er9altsnen DauDen 3yust ralTChe Sffi.
3tere; pom 2o;aret6 bt8 ar BEN 0ahntof tn
Draga, 100 bic Qeiden PER gtlsa6abn na6 @t@
t~ersbuEg 8eIdtdt wur9ea, 'rucosu (e tn pout~
pTlern 3n9e 8ef1Dft NIT alien tbttden militia
r!l1ea gbre0 unp Dor 6uu0eEtsa BON S1f.
3tsrsn Gs9tsttst, Dts Off3isre forDertsn S.
hermann auf Der StraBs ouf, 6ut un0 MTBe
DIR bea 2eiden SO 3ie9eu, uno p~erbafteten t..
oen iG 2Set9ernDen. SplAsr 0er6afteten
fi0rten Dte 5erren Sifjtere NIT etqnen San
ben 60 auf Ote Dats al. Gtnen Germ, ben
Bu4balter Inn gBfin9eiGGft Reias, 5er auf
etneG 8aIfon ifanD unp ban porbetfommeaoen
3u8 ebsnfaQe nt1t 8rtBts, bs9anDelten BITE
Oif3tere tn en1pGrenpee UetIe. ste rsanaeu
tns 6au8, i4lugen ibm Den sJat eth, 3errten
TN on cen 6aaren, 3errtden t6m ne &lstOr
uno Idleppten TIN in btsfem 3uitanoe nod
Der Wa9e, 100 i9n1 100 0tut0ea1iebe oufoez
3Gbtt purOen. Die Noli3ei mil6se lIA tn
Die gauge 9aGe ntt0t,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-12-15

nd regret to inform you that there has been no
Improvement 10 the state of our relations with
foreign countries since my message 10 January last
Ton the contrary, there has been still greater dr.
Sergence n' the conduct of European nations from
That practical impartialisy which alone deserves
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05

.s7sry nan Cor himself tbs ia .aks lds
By.tha-bg Yankee can oatrua
any two legged animal you ever saw and Ifis
o wonder they never found cut their superior
ity 10 this respect before the war commenced
and challenged the world for a foot race
Notwithstanding four or 6ye batteries were
playing on the North Caroliuians besides the
infantry they had only twelve wounded, two
MORALLY. none killed, while the enemy lost
at least fifty killed and two or three times as
many wounded.
Our guns are now in position commanding
the road and all approaches to the bridge
Our brigade is in easy supporting distance,
while we were reinforced last night by an in
fantry and a cavalry regiment and a battery
of light artillery. We may have little brush
before long but hardly think they will at
tack US in force CHARLIE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05
Rates OF Advertising.
Me ask at.enllon ID q communlcalian IN

We ask attention to communication in
our columns headed Read This It is an arti-
Gle that deserves more than passing no
tice" We hope all interested may read, re-
feet and act according TO the dictates Of
conscience. If people would be guided by this
friendly,monitor "much good might be done"
There is not family in this town or vicinity
but what might contribute something, no
matter how small the offering twill accom-
plish some good "God loyeth a cheerful
giyer.' We understand that Messrs. John
Handy and S. L. Mosby will superintend the
receipt and disposition of everything sent to
the store of Speed & Donoho for the benefit
Of our sick soldiers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05
O2LTuEHI

DIED in fredericksburg va at /
O'Clock a. NJ may H4.h' Of WOUNDS re-
eelved III battle Lieut. W. D. OF %, =
18th Miss hege' oldest son Of Dr' q. J.
and Margret AcNie OF Canton, Miss
The SUBJECT OF the above sad uoA'"'
enlisted at the outbreak OF ms w@r as a
private IN the company Of Capt =. j.
Singleton and was soon promoted to "
oergeaney' iFom when PoShoo he was
elevated to Llen'enPnry hy election OF
the company "h'.e at Lees Gnu on lbe
" ar"'cS river near yorktown. lie was
selected as o1' 81 'he eseo1 u t"o IT,
mented Col burt "naA S"aS noble te'o
leil at Balls @Iu4 aud "as earned 70 Al'
home in S,iississippi
By the (oll olr' I, y.un, ual sc are
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05

smrua faaa LAD 7la 'n
front Is Nashville dispatch 81 lbs e9.h,
contains .Hs 'oI6a.r.
NIcEsBUgo, Saturday Gran, drove
the rebels TO ,be last entertainments -
Federal loss 10000 The army hereto
fore occupying Jackson reinforced Grant
on Saturday evening The enemy, by
throwing shells from morars, bad cap
tured the batteries above and below
Vieksburg. On Sunday Grant telegraph
ed satisfactory details, which were sup
pressed from fear they Nigh, lie useful 10
the enemy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05
Administrator's Notice.

WHEREAS, Letters OF Administration
w on the estate Of JAS L. ANDREWS.
deceased were granted 10 the undersigned by
the Probate Court Of Madison county, State
Of Mississippi, at the April term, A D. 1863,
thereof -
Now, all persons indebted to said decedent
are requested to come forward and make pay
men, and those having claims against the
estate are hereby required to exhibit the same
and have them registered in the manner and
within the time prescribed by law, or they
will be forever barred
MARTHA d. ANDREWS.
April II, 1863 l6-6, Administrator.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05

TIE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH having been
put in condition for present use, the congre-
cation will hereafter hold their regular
meetings there at the hour of eleven o'clock
every Sabbath morning
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-06-05

We regret that the following did not reach
US in time for our last issue.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

CoNrEDERArE SOCIETIES. Sccre-
tary Of the Confederate Society ut En-
terprise, Miss, furnishes the Montgomery
Advertiser with the following, showing
what has already been accomplished
since its establishment:
As informed you would be the case, corn
is now selling to the SOLDIER families at 81
per hnshel. The extortioners were selling
cotton yarns at $22 to $50, and through the
society'S merchant, L. b. Moody Il Co., wc
entered the list and sold at $l9, and We are
nO~ making arrangements with the cotton
factories Of 0eosgia to sell ut mach re-
duced rate.
They sold rice at so cents per pound; We
sell at Is cents. They sold sails at rs per
bushel, with An upward tend ency; We cell at
]32, and hope to bring It lower still They
sold nour At $50 sack; We sell at o3S They
sold sugar at "a 25 per pound. with an up
ward tendency; we sell at el.6O.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Hsssfings Coart-Jndgc Lyons presiding
This Court met yesterday at the usual hour.
and proceeded 10 The trial et the following
prisoners, indicted for grand larceny:
John Dewey, for garFotiDg James r. Over
hy and Icbbing him OF $50 In money, was
tried, found guilty by tho jury, aud his pun
ishment fixed at six years In the peniten-
tiary.
Lewis Harcum, charged with sfraling 465
in money from Robert Reid, Of The yerandah
Hotel, was found guilty by the jury. and his
term Of punishment in the penitentiary as
,rtainea at one year
The Court then adjourned till this morn
ing, " hen the trial OF Scott will be proceeded
with
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

sB,ried-In the neighborhood Of Savage's
Station, and along the Chicllahominy where
MeClellan's hosts pitched their tents for
time, many of the graves contained articles
of far more value than the bodies Of dead
Yankees. In many of these pits large
amounts Of ammunition, clothing, medi-
cines, etc, have been found, and only few
days since gentleman accidentally dug into
one Of them and discovered u number of
shovels, spades, and pickaxes. Tons Of
Mimic and other ieaden balls can yet be gath
cred from these camps, the Yankees having
strewn them over the ground In their haste
to leave before our Southern soldiers came
upOn Them
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21
Ritbmpnn gispattb.
"WEDNESDAY MORNING 49,. .ocrOasR II. lsu'
LaIeR faon THE ieaTRs
Tho following are extracts from New
York paper of Friday last, October 10th,
two days later intelligence:

Tho following are extracts from New
York paper of Friday last, October 10th,
two days later intelligence:
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS.
PHILADELPHIA. October 15.--The Union
League have reports from most Of the State,
and concediug to Woodward the majorities
claimed for him by the Democrats in fht
portion of the State yet unhcaad frou,, the
result figures up ~ follows:
Curtin Lincoln). n)..............-..... ..55, ,3Oe
woodward (De.n. ............ "a 6Sf
CurtIn's majority. ity................D ~, AZ
Later returns make Woodward's majority
Bradford county is reported at 400 70.
Curtin.
In Allegheny county Curtid's majority win
be 1900 and may reach 5000. Cartins ma
jOrity In Potter county is SOO.
OHIO ELECTIONS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. .16.-Seventy- one counties
give Brough (LincOlnite) 6,4J6 majority
The complete returns of the city Of Cipein
natl foot up 6, ,406 majority for Brough.
IOWA ELECTIONS.
In twenty-six counties Of Iowa the yote
of Stone Q.incOlnite) is ,9sS ahead Of his
Democratic competition. Stones majority in
the State will be from 12,0 600 to 5000.
THE FIGHT AT BRISTOL sTATroN.
The Yankees claim a decided victory at
Bristol Station, Va, on Thursday lat.
Meade telegraphs to his friends at Wash
ington that he captured five pieces Of arti!-
lery, two stand of colors, and $50 prisoners
MISCELLANEOUS
One thousand men from the convalescent
camp at Washington were detailed on the
18th to throV up Notifications south Of the
Potomac.
Major-Gen. Anger is temporarily in com
maud OF the troops around Washington,
Gen. Heintzelman being sick.
The Yankee journals say Gen. Meade has
arrived at Manassas, where he will give the
rebels all they desire If they give him a
chance: Here, they say, he can be reinforced
sary.
Affairs in Rosecrans's army are reported to
be without interest.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Correction IT. Yesterday, In local para
graph, it was stated that "suspicioa MAS
THROWN on John Wefst in connection with
the disappearance OF some meat from $.
Schwartz's stall, aud that he was arrested
This was an error. Mr.. Werst voluntarily
attended, in Bacon's Quarter Branch, in the
county, where an investigation into the facts
took place, and the result was that his entire
innocence appeared SO i,si'y and plainly that
he was not even called before the magis>
frata
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Nj RteAeaged by the last nsg Of truce
boat the Yankee Commissioners, Meredith,
brought mp Major Jones, Of the 18Th Missis.
sippi regiment, and proposed by telegraph
York. Commissioner Ould, regarding tho
proposition as dictatorisi, declined the en-
change suggested, but sent down Major Ven
Wetxell, OF Pennsylvania, ia exchange for
Major Jones. Mnlford, the officer In charge
Of the flag Of truce boat, declined making
the exchange, and "a the Yankee Comnis-
sioner, Meredith, had left City Point, Won
Wefxel was returned to the Libby prison
and Major Jones taken back to City Point
Of the New York Senate, aud for that reason
WAS preferred to Won Weize,l.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21
TEDNEsDAY MORNING, OCTOBER q, 1863.

egulariy. The rsbcl cavalry has besn
.lOsely followed By ours on thelr raid, and
.ttacked and defeated several times. Il b
low reported TO be completely scattered
hrough the region bstween Duck and Elk
tiyers.
Yesterday another strong rebel picket,
commanded by q Lieutenant, came into ouT
lines In body. They report. that the enc
ny are building pontotns. This indicatef
N attempt 70 dislodge % from our present
,osition By oanking movement across the
river. which win be provided against by Gen.
RoeecEans.
There has been NO c0mmnnicaAion with
Gen. Burnside for severtl days. Tho public
aas been wrongly i'm pressed a. to the strat
-gic relations Of his command with this ar
my. 1t is serving a good purpose, but not
IN the manner generally supposed In the
North
Owing to delay occasioned by the difficult
Arrangement Of the details Of the cOnsoiida.
ton Of tho 10th and 2lst army corps, Gems.
McCOok and Crittenden we're not formally
relieved until laat night.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

A NEGRO RECRUITING OFFICER IN TRou.
BLE.-The st. Louis Democrat, the vilest
abolition sheet Except the Baltimore
American) extant, sheds crocodile tears
over ''the case of Major Murphy" In
its issue of the 26th Of Sept. it says:
A case has recently occurred in Northern
Missouri which very clearly illustrates the
character of rule we now have in parts Of
this State. Of many facts connected with it
we were advised by private letters, but re-
until called upon by the party chiefly con-
cerned, Major MurphyD from whom we
learned the particulars.
1t appears that Major NJ holds a commits.
sion corresponding to his title in cOlOred
regiment recruiting at KcOkuk, Iowa, with
the consent Of the authorities of that State.
He, Murphy, who by the way Is refugee
from East Tennessee, and early entered the
Federal service, bad been sent into Missouri
with written authority from Col. Pile, who
is organizing the regiment alluded to, in Or
der to receive and conduct to Keolluk one
hundred negro soldiers recruited in Saline
and Lafayette counties, Missouri. With their
recruiting Major Murphy had nothing to do,
although aware Of the fact that they
These men had been "regul,rly sworn and
mustered into the Federal service" Finding
them in Saline county, Major NJ. was pro.
ceeding with them in an orderly manner
over the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad,
on the way to the headquarters of the regi-
ment, when, on reaching Macon City, the
headquarters of Gen. Guitar, commanding
the district of Northern Missouri, he was
arrested by order Of that officer, aud his ne.
gro soldiers taken from him. He was de-
prived Of his commission. as well as his re-
volver and other arms, and sent to prison.
lie was finally marched 10 the ears, pnt
on board, and ordered by General Guitar
to leave the State. neither his commits
sion nor his arms being restored to him.
Major Murphy informs the Democrat that
the soldiers who had charge Of him cheered
for Jim Lane, grOaned tor the officer who ar
rested him, and gave other evidences Of the
distaste they had for the work they were
performing. The eolored soldiers were left
at Macon City. the understanding appearing
to be that they woald be returaed to their
masters.
Major Murphy left the State in compliance
with his orders, having first dispatched a
statement OF the case, correspondence be-
tween him and General Guitar, and other
documents, to Washington.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Ein the B.g.A negro & boy; s;s,l called "a Thos. hos
ing live pig in a bag, aud offering it for
sale Tom said his mamma had Sent him out
to dispose of the young grunter; but as be
had no note to prove the correctness Of his
assertion, the Mayor bagged both him and
the pig till this morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Regulating Iriees-The City Council have
to morrow to enable the voters OF Richmond
to cay whether they are ia favor of, or arc
opposed to, the Legislatures passing bill
to regulate the prices Of articles of prime
necessity. Every voter should be at tho
polls and speak for himself, so that tho rep
resentativcs CT the city will know clearly the
wishes Of the majority.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-21

Yankee FreigAt-The last truce boat
brought number Of boxes Of various sizes
from Yankee land, all intended for Yankee
prisoners now held in this city. Some Of
them contain provisions, Others clothing,
and others books and newspapers. The
boxes arrived in Petersburg last Monday,
and will pro bably reach the Libby prison to-
day. The same boat alsO brought sixteen
large boxes, containing IS 30 Bibles, intend
cd f.r distribution among the halt-eiyilized
rrhels