The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-06


Ltteastte 2tiatHiag Gi,esafious T,,e mo.
neyed portion Of our cotDrnnn;tv i,av.. re.
cc!.ed segffe shock Within ,he nag, fa,v
days, from Spnilern operator. az srreat
hnsiness esIacily, S iso haa fealhpraa III.
hest, and II itos. no doubt. safely enseonrea
within 'ha f:snaee iinca 4 man, callsI !
! T. Livingston AMI claiming 10 be member
nf the large and We'll known iirn OF j. j
North K Co, commission merchants, sa.
yanrah, ia arrived here short time a:Eee
and protesting 10 bejar@t'y engaged in the
blockade btiainees, set about buying gold
European exchange, Northern drafts, dr;
drawing, III payment of the same. either on
saVannti,, oi Columbia, y. &, "a prsf.frra
~ our t.sigatc tanhcrs His house ba,iD.
unlimited credit here, he very soon succeed-
e,i in negotiating for Sl50. .oshi with onc firm,
$4,000 with another, s3s1,GQ0 with anoihef,
! 50 go With fourth, 900 with u fifth,
and So on, till getting ~ much as he wanted,
and then dceauPcd for parts unknown.--
Some al tle drafts, Forwarded TO Savannah
and Columbia, have been protested, and the
euwelcnme news has been received tina,
Livingston had closed ou. hi3 effects before
he il,it his former place oi business.
We understand that Livingston succeeded
IN procuring ui the Secretary Of War pass
through any portion Of our l;acs, cave tha;
ri gen. Lees, and that before he left here
he teiegIaiiied Il gentleman in Staunten 10
III
/, Is as possible.
In The course Of fes days we may evpest
10 zee the arrival ol Mr.. Livingston an
nonneed ii ihe Northern papers. viti4 grand
flourish OF ifUinpcts over the Important
news he has been able to furnish to The Fed
crat Government.
-Ahenpt at Burglary Tie night police will
have 10 be exceedingly vigilant, ard each
citizen viii he compelled 10 end his aid 70
prevent ,l,c hundreds of hnrshres that will
be attempted thi' tail ana winter. Already
Il s,arG OF despcIad0es arc systematically at
work entering private dwellings and store.
houses, ANA carrying oil oyery article of food
and clotl ing that can possibly hc removed
Not even the churches are spared by theee
villains, who boldly force the doors aud ap-
prop! iate the robes Of the ministers and the
Bibles in the pulpit TO their own purposes.
On Friday night last one of these tlepre-
iators made Il daring effort 10 work his way
intO store on Marshall street, near 5th, hut
made q failure b cause OF being watched for
About II o'clock at .ht a gentleman in the
store hcaid loud rap at the front door, and
suspecting all was rot right, gave no answer
Some short time after hc heard some one
working at the fastel,ngS ol the door with u
crowbar or othCr lever and, awning hims elf
with q wellloaded rifle, took q convenient
position TO give the thief a warm reception.
After laboting indnstri. usiy Tor more than
an hour, and finding that the door V ouia not
yield TO force, the TObber gave M that lob
and retired for q short Time but afterwards
returned with q brace ard bit and ATTEMPTED
TO bore through the window-casing, SO rs to
remove the bar and key. Alter waiting till
hall. past . O'Clock, and iinding hat the thief
was not likely To succeed, the gentleman ia
the store advanced cautiously 10 the window,
and taking the range as accurately as he
could levellcd his rifle and fired through the
window. Supposing that hc had killed the
robber, he waited a short time for the watch
men TO come up, when he went out and dis
covered that his game had fled, leaving be-
hind his brace and bit, an oyercoat, and
portion Of his pants, which seemed to have
been torn Off by one of the five balls fred
from within. Let our citizens be on the
alert for these dcpredators, and wien they
appear give them lead lills for their pains.