Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-27
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Nov. -. 1853.
Gen. Meade, together with seYera! members
| OF his stall and the corps commanders, dincd (,
invitation, with John Minor Bolts. Yesterday.
MIR B,tts has recently written a letter f.,
publication in the Richmond "Eyamincr, -
| defending his position with reference to tbr
so'callcd Confederate States. The letter will
be given to the people Of the North through
the medium of ;hc agent Of the Associated
Press
Yesterday afternoon, about % of Mosby's
men approached within three miles Of Beal
Ton, with the intention Of making raid Cn
| the railroad. Being dressed in Union uni.
tnrms, the detachments of tue lst pennsyl"a.
MA and 9TH Ohio Cavalry. who were in the
Immediate ncighborhood at the time. rnstcok
shem Tor trends, but soon discovered their
error. when the rebels fired Z vollcy into them,
| by which several werc wounded. The rebels
were instantly pursued and driven into Snick-
ers Gap. Six of the gang were carturcd. At
tho latest accounts, our cavalry had not re-
| turned.
The Tribune" has an article on recruiting.
We give the first sentence and the last
But little more than six weeks intervene
before tho time fixed for another draft, and in
| these six weeks VIC must raise about twenty
thousand men in this city, and sixty thousand
There are many expenses connected with
Volunteering which no Governmentcan pay
These must be met by private contributions,
and we trust our citizens, when called on in
fbehnlf of any respectable organization en-
gas@d in promoting recruiting, will contribute
literally.
MORE ISyAsIoNs FROM CANADA.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Nov. %, lS63.-Consid-
| cradle excitement was caused Yesterday in the
villages of Rouse's Point and St. Adams. by
reports that body Of Secessionists in Mon
treal had planned to seize Fort Montgomery,
destroy the drawbridge at Rouse's Point, and
plumber P!attsburg and Burlington. Infnr-
nation Of such plot reached Governor Smith
and Collector Clapp, of this port, on Friday
They Immediately took steps to communicate
with the officer in charge OF Fort Montgomery
who soon had its guns manned and ready to
give the rcnegades q warm reception. This
scheme was probably linked with the johnson
Island project. Ample preoarations have
been made by Governor Smith to repel any
attack which may be made upon our borders
GEORGE THOMPSON.
This notorious English apostle of Abolition
is about to reappear on the scene. Some years
ago he sowed the seed which has now sprung
up in such foul luxdrauce and borne such
blondy fruit. We find this in the "Trihunc:"
BosroS, Saturday, Nov. 81 lSG5.-The
"Liberator" of this city Announces that the
lloa. George Thompson, the English .tb1li-
zionist, will soon revisit this cou1try to can.
gra'nla:o his friends upon the improved aspect
of affairs.
|. TIE SOUTHWEST.
At the late battle Of Pine Bluffs, Ark, Cal.
Clayton. of the Sixth Kansas, after five hours
hard fighting, with $50 men, pvt to flight
1000 of the enemy under General Marma-
luke" Onr loss was Il killed aud 80 wound.
ed, ana missing. The enen,y's loss was .;
killed, lGi wounded, and So prisoners \ f.~
days before Col Clayton took $50 men and 1
pieces Of light artillery, and, By making civ
"uitous route. and marching 80 miles in ):
hours, SUCCEEDED in surprising and com pleteiy
routing Col Dohbin's cavalry brigade az Tu.
lip. capturing one stand Of colors, all his CAM;
and garrison equippage, qnartermastcr and
commissary stores, medical supplies, Transport
.ation, &C.
The 18th army corps, lately in the Tcchc
county. embarked on tho 18th instant. at Bra
shear City. for some unknown point in Texas.
EXCHANGE.
Gentlemen from Fortress Monroe state That
they heard there that rs the correspondence
IF the respective agents for tho exchange Of
prisoners has degeneratcd into personalities
and loss Of mutual confidence, their useful
ness isShereby impaired, and hence the opin-
ion is expressed, that If there could he n
change of agents, an exchange of nearly all
the prisoners might be effected, tho disputed
points being left to future adjustment.
YANKEE FINANCE.
The payments of all branches OF tho public
service for the fiscal year ending with the last
If June were 1903 900, 400, Of which amount
$500, 1000 900 were for the army, and Sci. 060,-
900 for the navy. A suficiency of money has
been placed in the hands Of all the paymss-
ters to pay our armies up to the first Of the
present month.
Gold opened at lj4, but sold down to l52I.
At the Stock Exchange the quotation was ID
al53i. At the Second Board the quotasion
was l54. Upon the stree. stocks arc irregu-
lar. The feature OF tbs stock market has
been the advance in New York Central to
1881. The rise was helped by the unexpected
naunccmcnt Of II dividend Of t,cr cent, paw
able in February, 1861. Freishu arc dali
and heavy.
YANKEE RELIGION.
That insane people has come 10 believe that
"thc Union" is the one thing rccdful, the
whole duty Of man, the Beautiful the. True
and the Good in short is the creator, pro
server and governor of the world. In an ar.
ticle on the imperishable nature of tina.
mighty and omnipotent Union, and the FLY
Of resisting it, the Tribune" cites as follows
from Victor lTugo:
"This struggle between Man and his Maker
is inevitably vain but, thouglsvoid Of result
it is fruitful in catastrophies That which
ough to be will be; that which ought flow
will flow; that which ought to fall will fall
that which ought to spring up will spring up;
that which ought to grow will grow: but, OBJ
struct these natural laws, then confusion fol-
lows. and disorder hegins.
"Tie up vein. and Sickness ensucs: clog
up stream AMI the water overtlows; OBJ
struct the future, and revolutions break out
"If you persist in preserving amongst you,
as if it were living thing, the past which
is dead, you produce an inexplicablo moral
cholera; corruption spreads abroad it is in
the air; we breathe it; entire classes of soce.
ty fall into decay. If you retain the bodies
in your houses, the plague will burst upon
you"
ADJUSTMENTS.
como ERT HALL,