The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-15
LATEST FR0n The North.
Nis'e Cefrespssdence Between Seymour and
Lincstn -1rsnbis sntleisasei In New Ysrk
-Difficu!ties In California.

-Difficu!ties In California.
We have received from Maj. Norris, through,
the Agent Of the Press Associa iaiiou, the fo.-
lowing extracts from the Baltimore Gu stte,
Of Thursday last, tho - "a instant:
IN, DsaITia Nep York -AnOther Lette, from
G0esrnor Seymour Ltncoia Pxysists IN Ihs
Resolution to Dratt.
The response Of Gov. Seym0ur, Of New
York, to the reply OF President Liucoiu Dc.
cliniae 10 suspend the draft, js distinguished
from his previous letter not sess by its bfevity
than by the greater boldness Of i.s tone Re
gardirg the draf. az fraudulent, Gov. Seymour
expresses his regret ut the determination of
President Lincoln 70 enforce it.
He endorses the report of Judge Advocate
Waterbury in evidence of ths injustice Of the
enrolment in csrtaiu dis:ricts, and cites the
fact that In niue Democratic districts the mum
ber OF c5nsesiDis called TOR is - 729, while 10
nlnstesn Republican districts ihe number
called for is only 80 326 In the nine districts
the population within the prescribed aye was,
by the csnsns of 1860, I6f,7 ,797 the total vote
being but ISL 246. la the nineteen districts,
out Of a population within the prescribed sps
OF G7 ,7S6. and a voting population Of 457 257 !,
only 81, ,G26 conscrip.s are demanded Under
such circumstances, Gov. Seymour remarks:
You cannot and will not fail TO right thsss
gross wrongs
la another part Of the letter, in an,wer to
the Presid ent's remark that "Lhe eusuy ia
driving every able bodied man be can reach
into the rauks, as a butchsr drives buiiocks
into slaughter pen," be seys: "You will
spre5 with me that even this, if impartiality is
done to all classes, is more tolerabis than any
scheme which shall ffaudulsnlIy fogcs a por-
ton Of the community into the military ser,
vice Ly dishonest sr0eysa0n 0( The taW"
President Lincoln replies that the drawing
will bs made upon the quota as now fixed
III the districts ia which the draft has al
ready bsen completed. Ia the other districts
new enro!tmsnt Is to take lace Ia the Ranuer
stat I'd ia the lst.er Of the 9TH inst, and the
same principle ia to be spilled to the outs,and
ing DIST lets when they COME in. Ha expli-
citiy dssires ii 10 be understood that no part
OF his former letter ID rspudia:ed by reason {
NO. being 70 stated in this, or for any other
Cause The draft therefore, is to bs pushed
forward 10 completion u. once in spite OF Gov.
Say m0ur remonstranc-s, aud no suspension
of it rs allowed for the purpose of testiug the
cons,i,uionsIity Of the act
The Nsw x0rk Duty Nems says that "ths
recent edics promulgated by President I.naon
Ia his conmunicaticn to dov. Seymour has
created the mos. intense excitement in this
community, vino consterei they were living
under democratic form of Government The
dictaGviial spirit in which tas President re-
fuses TO concsds to Ihs justice uf Gov Say
mous . request to have the draft Suspended
until lis c1Dstilutiona'ity can be tested by the
courts has fallen like a bombshs.i amony the
conservative men of the city.
Tue same psper states that about - ,GGU
Federal troopa are now in and around ,hs
city, composed Chief OF regiments from the
Nsw England States, whose Abolition sen.i
meuss are such AS to make them perfectly re-
liable to carry cut the radical policy Of the
II. ie evident that stirring
svsnts are close at hand. The public mind Is
intensely agi.atsd at the threatening aspect If
affairs, and if the draft is commenced aa ain ia
violation Of tho protest of Gov. Seymour, a
YeOoinh.Oa as aaeVitabte"
The A'my Of The Potonac-M0sby's Raids
There is nothing of impor,aucs from The
Army Of the Potomac, nor do we know when
the latter will cnmmsnca 10 'cban9e its base"
rs i; has been ramored a. Washington il will
do shortly.
Mosby e iacursions do not appear TO have
received any serious check. lie still e0niin-
uea his deprsdstiOus on the line Of the Orange
aad Alexandria Railroad; makes freq 1ent
captures of enterprisiuX suffers, who nave
suffsred heavy pecunlary loss al his hands,
and last week captured Lieut. Col. Saad.rson,
Chief Commissary Of the lst eorps, with u
large amount of Government fands ia hi . pos
Be- sion.
rae Army Of the Potomac is said to 10 suf.
fsriug terribly from ths heat.
Trouble az California;
Serious troubles have occurred in Csiifor.
MIA The State ia reprasen.sd as full Of rumors
Of contemplated rising OF secessionis.s, and
the public mind is said to be quito uneasy on
the si:jsot. Ga the 9th inst All aiiray occur
rcd u: Visalx, in Tuaiiure county, between
ae persons who are said TO 10 seoessionists
and II party Of soldiers, III which fvs Of the
ia.ter were killed and several Of the former
wounded. At Visa!ia great excitement pre-
vailed, and further trouble was an.ici pated.
Tie Fight at Fakas Waters.
Gen Meade, in an official dispatch to Gen.
uslteck, asserts tho accuracy Of his Dispatch
announcing the result Of the cavalry affair at
Falling Waters. lie says:
Ienclose the official report of Brig. Gen.
K ipanicd, made after his attention had been
{ allsd to Gen Lse's report. You will see that
he reitera.es and c0n6rms all that my dispa' ch
aveYrej, and proves most coEclusiyely that Gen
l. % has been deceived by his subordinates, or
iia would never, in the face OF the facts now
alleged, have made tho assertions bis report
C Jrtains.
Hen Meade ad., its that hs was in error in
stating that the toIy Of Gen kettigrew wss
left in The hands Of tho he ierals bni claims tina!
three flags captured Oh the occasion, belonging
To the 4o.h, 47sh, and 30 b Virginia regiments
OF Infantry, lave been seat 10 Washington.
Miscellaneous.
Brigade, q ansrai Gouvernsur X. Warren,
Chief OF Typographical Engineers, has been
10 Major. 0eneraiship, and is spoken
Of AZ the choice Of the Army Of the Potomac
az Meade 8 successor.
Coi. Coruyn, Of the 10Th Missouri cavalry,
W hose receut raids iu ths SouthWsst have
made him we'll known to the public, has been
killed st Corinth BY Lisus.-Co Brown, Of tts
same regiment
The steamer Kate, recently captured while
attempting to run tLs blockade from Whining.
~, las arrived at Fortress Monroe.
The draft excitement 10 Ksokuk county,
IIws, has sabsided Upon the arrival of the
military from Davenport, the insargents dis
psrssd.
Mems Sahib has been csptared ia the Tenn
pls Of A iners, Oh Information supplied BY the
police. Acs ordirg to the official re.
pert, no sult whatever eAi,ss of tho prison.
err s.lity.
\ s.atss Rights Association has been organ
izud Ia the city of New York Tisy have is
su.d declaration OF principles" copied
chiefly from ,hs Constitution aai statutes Of
the Safe.
Iu New York, Wednesday, gell wa, qaoted
ut t2G. Tennessee eixes u, Virginia do. 0st,
North Carolina 65, Miss0uri's 704
Nor DEAD-I.ieut. Col II A. Carrir gton,
Of tie 18Th Virginia, who was reported killed
at 0etsysbuag, 10 prisoner ut Johnson's