The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-10
LATEST FROM The NORTH. g..

From tie Sou:hmest.

From The Soushmest.
The steamer Ruth was burnt on the night
of the 4th at Islaud No. |. She was bound
for Helena, and had on board oight paymas:ers
alt $26U,UGD III green backs" 10 pay Gen.
Grant army. Altogether about thirty lives
were lost The cargo embraced fonr hundred
tons Of commiRsary and suffers stores, and
about oce hundred tons private freight. The
boxes containing the money were consumed.
Maine Democratic Convenfion. am
Tho State Democrats Convention met at
Portland on the 9th. Nine hundred delegates
were present Resolutions were adopted III.
visinQ all men vino are in favor Of the terni-
nation of the ca!ani;ies which now depress
this unhappy iaud TO unite with that party !;
declaring that the Union cannot be preserved
withoct concession; Genosincing the Admins.
tration, ~hoae course haa been destructive 10
the Union and the GovarnnlsUti asserting that
the war cannot be carried on Tor the abolition
of slavery; that if tho Rebel States would
sshow disposition 10 return, they would bs
welcomed with all their dignity, equality and
rights unimpaired dencunclng tho systen OF
arbitrary arrests; sii2 ma.lzinS the conscfiptioE
SIS uriuet and oppressive, out c0ulseliinR oba-
defence to it unlii its constitutonalisy Is tested.
Bion Bradbury, of Eastport, wac nominated
for Governor with great unanimity. a pri-
vate letter from him to member OF the Con.
opinion that madness rules the hour, and the
Republic can be saved from impending ruin
only by the conservative men against the spirit
Of fanatciam. He declares his opposition to
the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Confs-
cation Act, etc 10 secure the restoration Of
the Union is the fret duty Of the citizen.
Brief epsecheswefe made and the C0nven-
ton adjourned.
Kentucky Election.
Returns from twenty one counties in Ken.
tucky give Union majority Of $1,000. At
l.ouisvills, Bramlette, the Union candidate
for Governor, received 3,i67 .voses Wick,
litss. Democrat, 1870. The journal has un
article exulting over the great Union victory.
From Earope.
The Hscia has. arrived at New York with
Liverpool adviees TO the 29sh uit. The po-
ntical news is uninp0rtant.
The Britieh Parliament had been prorogued,
and the Q1een's speech, delivered by COM
mispion, .ays: "Civii war continues in Anne
RIGA II .iSfiicts much evil, not only en- the
con.ending parties, bnt GU Othe. nations. We
see, however, no reason to depart from oas
strick neutrality"
The London Times sesks 10 psliiats the
Confederate reveyses, bat acknowledges thas
been received SO gloomy for the Confederate
cause. 1t regards the New York riots as lit
tie short of an insurrection.
The PJlish question continues without
change.
Exchange continues depressed, and spseula-
tive securities show c0aisnned pane The
Confederate loan mad rallied to IL per eens.
discount. Cotton had advanced III. at Liver
pool Breadstatfs quiet-market easier.
From Msrico.
An arrivaiat New York brings Vera Cruz
dates TO the l4th ult. A French eteaMer had
arrived at Vera Cruz with an English schooner
in tow, which she bsd captured in the Rio
Granda with q cargo Of arms vaiusd at $500, )
600, intended for the Texas rebels, though the
schooner cleared from Liverpool for Masam0-
ras. Her officers report that five more vessels
are loading for Matsmoras Itis presumed the
French anticipated the arms would get Unto
Mexican hands.
Miscellaneous,
A letter, dat cd Warsenton, 5.h inst, says
GregRs divisiQn of cavalry is At Amissvilie.
Baiord's is guarding the Rappahannock op.
p0sits kredericksburH, and the infantry is
mostly distributed along the lins Of the Orange
and Alexsndria Railroad. Ii Ia thought we
snail all soon be ordered down to Falmouth.
New Orleans sdvices to the let have bean
received. Gsn. Henon's division Of Grants
army had arrived there Ex. Mayor Ssith had
Besn released from Fort Pickens, and had Ar
rived At Now Orlsans.
Articles in the journals of Wasbiueton, Nsw
York, etc, represent war with Great Brit
ain a. imminSDt.
Judge Agnsw has bssn nominated Tor Gov.
ernor by the Union Convention Of Psnnsyl.
vania.
Gold was quoted IN New. York, Friday, al
l27i Virginia skies 63, North CaroliEas 69