The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-28

THs lsfsay.sw o. rHn ssFaAcs connssI sHsss. !"
The Washtaston CAvomftle noticing she kilass Of
The hate apeaee hss0ilnlfaas, = ssys:
Aiief considerable genres pondence ketw<en the
pafuss, was cCncsndEd 10 refer the whole mat,
ter back t0ihe tso Governmesis tus TecSasi1efa
mr Greeley, N company Wtsh ~ Hay. Pflsaie
SECRETARY OF M iLncOin, eaiied ap0n The COeaMis-
sionefs az the Clifton House, on lhe CsnaAa side,
~nrte pt0traftsd and pleasant Interview was
held, aud the vall0us questions under considera.
tion wcre disctlts at iength Nj Ureeley ieft the
Falls Tor New tosk ~ this afierao oa's train. u
Is uadcrslp0d that the Commissioners, Win San
ders aud Jewet, who are both here, ate 70 remaia
and carry oa negottatiOHs with the Deu,oc ats
letter Is to b. prepared for the Cilcaeu Conveu
lion, Ia which the Commissioners wi il hold ou,
stsohs assniancesof a restoration OF the Union
usder DeInocfatic auspices The wiioie niovemen
- regarded by many mere seiirn,es 60 en,fan
tue ADMINISTRATION into falsa position baisrs the
eouatry and the world Jf the beas6t OF she dts,l-
Rams THAR DON'T PAY.
The Baltimore -1m.riesn has come tn the con
einsiOA, siace the matter has hsen brought home
10 the Lacolailes ia Maryland thai raids are tall
ures. II says:
In view of the late sesulls OF tl,a iucarsIoD. "A
wen as those that have preceded II both sides OF
the foatendtag hTces, we Cannot avoid the cor
eiusi0n that raids, as d means OF weakening and
oiscomhtiag the people oi the sect,.n where thry
oeeaI, may be regarded az faiiures. We do not
zee that they "payp In any snhstaRtial sense
while they are snvarabiy attended with loses :,
those engaged In thei,i, and the damage they In
ii,ct upon aa enemy l. soon repaired Bridges are
soon rebuiit, railroads are soon recanstfucted and
Geographic c0mnuHic atioaa are soon restored -
Destruction OF property and robbery OF stores do
not inv.lye impovershhent. Moreover, they
have no natural effect upOn The main m1yemeD,s
"i the a.tnies. They are at most an interruption.
we do not know Of an instance in which they
nave compelled an enemy 10 retreat or TO Weld a
strong position. Our own raids have been more
OF less failures. At the time OF their occurrence
We had glowing accounts of the raids of
Htoneman, shetiian. Avefiii, wilson, and
hiu,z, and oi The dash and bIiiliancy OF their on
poaents. But bayond The loss ot ho Rdreds Of p.i
iaht men, ana some of our finest officers aud
no,s.a without number, To whai did they practi-
caiy amouRt How viii the coiumns of nrof,
sad ioss when added up balance we can nave
no oosuei Illustration OF the practical result 0t
eAPehitiohs IMAM that afforded by the recent
'is'' =" o'ii do0is. TN The one hand we have iosf
property, but we are vefy far from being rulnad
N the ohtr, The militia sysem for which we hay..
SO strongly coneBdet, has received antmpuise
ana siiaiulns which will be aUssiiup bene ft Ia
thf STATE, ahd which viii efectuaify bloc ade ua.
fauding 0peTatiOns Ia future.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Philadelphia Irqaiyer anotes The prces
nA.a . iot "bfat ny Tue Virginia Commission
ana Ei8 ITS readers 10 cheer up that The Uontedr-
IacT Is about going up they can't stand IL an
other year"
Inc drought continues throughout the North.
ahd Is becoming, according 10 Philadelphia pa
per, serious question, ''in view of the hisb
prices demanded from the Government
The Indiana BInner relates the case of a neither
IN the neigbbOihOod Of TerIe Haute who whilst
her son was asleep upon sofa put out his eyes
win burning coal, In order that he might be ex-
empted from conscriptiOn.
private letter, received by gentleman of Bos-
Ton from London gives a fact which we have not
seen before published: AI the great CONNIE mora
lion DAY al OXFORD last week, ConIed derate officer
appeared on the p aif0Im IA his uniform, and was
eheered 10 such degree as to Use several lines
sah boy 10 The galleries in acknowledgment OF the
homer"
The Aew York T,m's, Tribune, Worid and Nesos
announce thar they have advanced theif prices 10
iouI cents pes copy and $40 per year 10 mail sub
seiipeFs The ineTease, they state, Is rendered
absolutely necessary by the enormous and constant
advance III tho price OF white paper, and at alL
o'hsT materials used Ia The publication Of a news
paper
Gen Hunter, immediately On his return from his
disastrous campaign TO Lynchburg, put James L
wharton, editor OF the ParkersbuTg (Va) 0ass stte
la all, oI commenting severely en- the failure and
his td'sl iacomPeteRcy.