The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-09
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LATE H0RTHERH NEWS.
Mr.. vIcE-PsEsrDENT HANLIN ON s'rHE
| -ne UNION AS IT WAS"
It is treason now at the North to wish
for "the Union as It vas" That article
seems to be very far below par. Vice
President Hamlin, in a speech at Phila
delphia last week, gave the views Of the
Administration on the subject:
Wen, We have class Of men there who
very much want ''the Constitution as it is
| aud the Union as it was" fi4aughier
Have you got them here: iCries OF "Yes, .
laughter and cheers Well, sir, l have founo
that they cannot have it. Laughter. The. G
is no possible way in which they can have it
Why, it is mere demagogneism IL is Tia.
merest clap-:rap, it is nonsense, and not yer.
good nonsense at that. Laughter and
cheers "Thc Union as IL was ~ That
means 10 bring back the States in precisely
the same condition they were iu wLel the
rebellion was inausnrated. How are you
going to get Missouri back so? The people
Of that State have, unsolicited aud uninter
fered with BY any power, inaugusated a sys
tenn OF measures for the emancipation o!
dawes. How arc yOa going 10 get = back AZ
it was? These people want to have the
Union as it was /! And what are you going
to do with that little State nestled in West
| ern Virginia, formed by loyal men, which has
| adopted series Of measures TO rid itself o!
slavery? How are you to get it back Us j!
was, should like to know? Checls
know they lnoura over it, and regret their
inability to bring back the Union as it was.
Now il there are any ineLh in your gOodl,
city of New York who have any tears to shed
over such result, ar. half inclined to
think they must be crockodile tears, but it
they arc not, and ycu have got those who
have tears TO shed for "the Union as it was"
Il think it would form Q good subject for u
sketch Place in the foreground slave, with
his manacles stricken Of, clothed in the uni
form of Cucle Sam, and a musket in his
hands, to sustain the Union, the glorious
Stars and Stripes floating over his head :;
while in the remote background stand mo-
dern Democrat, with large tears rolling down
his cheeks, big as turnips, because he cannot
have the Union rs it was. Laughter and
cheers Aud, you can find an inpresslble
COpperhead woman, ! should paint her in tie
attitude Of reaching him a crash towel to
wipe away his tears. Loud laughter andap
plause
TIE LATE RAID ON VESSELS ON THE EAST
ERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.
Capt. Townsend, of the schooner Da-
vid G. Foster, which arrived at New York
on Thursday, gives the following ac-
count Of the capture of vessels in Watcha-
prigue Inlet, ON the Eastern Shore Of
Virginia, few days since:
A party Of rebels-twenty-iivc in number
aching on information furnished them, rs is
supposed, by Mr.. Cobb, of Sands ST oal,
made a sudden attack upon several small
vessels lying for the night in Watchaprigue
Inlet, On the Eastern Shore of Virginia, cap
ers Ireland, Davis, john j. HOuseman, the
Alexander, and the Government schooner
Alliance, the latter loaded with supplies to
the value OF $780, ,OOO The raiders pulled into
Hogg's Island, but were prevented tr;un
landing there rs it was occupied by Union
troops. There were several fishermen's
boats around, and these, by advice of the
traitor Cobb, they seized, SO as to prevent q
report of their presence reaching the other
vessels. The schooncrs Were trading for
sweet potatoes and other provisions, conse
quently having 4 considerable sum of money
on board.
The capture was complete, not vessel,
escaping. The crews were all made prison
ers and brought on board the Alliance, where
they were detained from Friday night till
Sunday. On Monday morning the schooners;
with the exception of the Alexander, were
taken out to sea The Alexander was run
ashore and abandoned. The other vessels
were cut adrift off the Capes One of them
the John j. HOuseman-was afterwards
boarded by the schooner Envoy, and brought
into Newport, Rhode Island. The fisher
men, after few days detention, were set
free, aud they report that when last seen the
raiders on the Alliance We're beating off the
Capes, it then blowing hard from east
northeast. The negro cook OF the House
man was killed by the raiders. 1t ltappears that
he attempted to escape, jumping overheard
and swimming for his life; but unfortunately
for the poor fellow, they fired upon him and
his courage falling hi ii, he returned. They
then shot him aud threw him overheard,
sinking him with a bar Of pig iron. One Of
the captured crew piloted the vessels out.
The crews were all taken, it is supposed, TO
Richmond.
Capt. Townsend, assisted by his crew, got
off the schooner Alexander, and she was
brought to the city.
THE RUSSIAN NAVAL RECEPTION IN NEW
YORK.
The Yankees, who are decidedly more
exhausted and more in need Of "inter-
venti0n' than the Confederates, have
found foreign friend and are crazy with
delight They are stulfing their Russian
ally with sugar plumbs. On Wednesday
they took the officers from the Russian
frigates in the harbor at New York and
carried them to the City Hall, to receive
tho fra alo,n Of tho citv The Yi,Ops