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Secretary of State


On Thursday last G. R. Thomas, ESQ.,, Of Car.
teret, at present Chief Clerk of the Senate, was
elected Secretary of State by the following vote :
Thomas 60, Faribault a. Balm I, Ray l.
Mr. Thomas is gentleman of fine attainments,
and will make an excellent officer. We record his
election with pleasure. He is q true Conservative
GRAND LODGE OF MAsoss.-The Grand Lodge Of
this State adjourned on Wednesday night last after
harmonious and useful session of three days. DR..
j. Mccormick, of Harnett was chosen Most Wor-
shpful Grand Master; Dr. Engene Grissom, of
Granville, Deputy G. NJ. H. H. Best, Of Greene
Senior Grand Warden; and D. H. Stephenson, of
Wake, J. G. W.
Tag LEGISLATURE General Assembly Of Vir.
ginia will meet to-day, in extra session, pursuant
to the call of the Governor. Among the important
subjects to be brought to its attention will be the
question Of restoring the right Of way" to the
citizens of this Commonwealth through the north.
westsrn gste Of the Capitol Square and the gate At
the intersection of franklin and 18th street. These
entrances to the Square have been closed and sten
ed up for several months to the great
of the public and the legislative branch of the State
government will now be called upon to sanction or
disapprove the closure FSat juststia, etc.-Rich.
WRig.
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Gen. Pope has lately been on brief visit TO City
Point
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$500 REWARD.

Raleigh, Dec 5,,ls6l.
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Dec 2, 1894.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

The DUsLLISG CASE CoNTINUED.-'rhe duellng
olse in which Messrs E. C. Elmorc and H. Rives
Pollard are involved, was again taken up III the
Henrlco county courthouse yesterday before JUS
tees kiilick and Lee. Aftor the opening Of the
court, Mr. John Is. Young, the prosecuting attor-
ncy, read from city newspaper a certain local par
aI1aph with re1erence TO the testimony of Mr..
George ". Butler, in which twas alleged that that
gentemaIs testified that, from eouvrSatloB which
he had had With MIR Elmore relative 70 a duel which
had taken place between himself and John NJ Daniel
he had heard Mr Elmore say that he had hada hos
tile meetalg w1th Mr.. Daniel.
Nj. Butler, upon being called to the stand, re-
marked that he thought the reporter mistaken
III SO quoting hls testimony Ills impression was
that, Saturday week, when before the County
Justices he testified that, in conversation with MIR
Elmore, on the day which it said duel had
been fought between that gentleman and Mr. Dan
lei, he learnt from Mr. Elmore that meeting had
taken place; but he could not say that Nc. Ehnore
had used the words "hoste mecting."4 While ON
the street, he had heard from various parties that
Mr.. Daniel ard Mr. Elmore had fought duel, and
soon after he met NJ. Eimore and approached him
the subject In reply, Mr.. Elnofe informed him
that he he'd met Mr. Daniel; but as to the manner
and place, lac iButier) unwilling 10 say that he
received any information from hun. 1t was unpos-
sibie to separate the conversations which he had
had with itiert parties on the street, with refer
enee % the affair, nom that which subsequently,
took place between himself and Gilmore, and there
fore he could not pretend to give his exact words.
Mr. Young then remarked that, he had re-
leried, on saturday last, To report III one OF the
daily papers with reference 10 Mr.. Buffers test-
mony, in order To set his recollection of the
testimony given right he only desired to produce
said report OF the evidence and re-qneston Mr..
Butler ~ to its aeeuraey. Mr.. Butler was then re-
leased nom the witness's stand.
Df. Pctieolas, who refused ON Saturday to testify
with reference ~ the duel, was then called TO the
stand and asked by Mr. Young, the prosecutor,
whether, Of his knowledge duel had been fought
between John NJ. Daniel and T.. Z. Elmore; ana il
50, what was the result OF the meeting
DIR. feticolas.-I decline to answer the question
on the ground that it may eventually lead 70 en-
minal prosecution against my self
Mr.. Young then appealed to the Justices to state
whether DIR. Peticoas should not be- committed e
Ini for contempt of court IN refusing to
tam iniertogatores propounded by him.
Justice Lee replied that the court is clearly OF
the opinion that DIR. Pctieolas is bounC 10 answer
the questions put u hun by the Commonwealth
attorney"
Mr, Young Doctor, l again put the question
to You. IL was the same reported above.
Dr. Peueolas. Il respectfully decline to answer
In accordance therefore, with the decision as AN.
nouneed by Justices Riddiek and Lee, DR.. Petico.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
NnPTHERN NEU-N

MOBILE, August 2s A special dispatch TO the
Aleeytisfr, from Senatobia ON the 27th, says the
Chicago Times and Memphis papers Of the 2'th
have been received The Washington corresponding
of the frstnsned paper says the siege of Peters-s
burg is raised. Grant has sacrificed $4,000 men.
a Baltimore dispatch says Early's force is esti
mated at s., 900 men.
Adam johnson is advancing in Tennessee with
1900 men.
part of Mur1ier's troops We're badly cut up below
Fort Donelson. :
Arms are being clandes;inely carried into Indiana
for disloyalists.
On the 23d, considerable excitement prevailed in
Memphis on account Of report that Forrest, Dick
Taylor and Lorng about to attack the city
The populsce wild, and under the bluff
The military took 10 the boats.
Another report that Taylor planting bate
ries the Arkansas shore, increased the confusion
and the military Turned out. The excitement pre-,
vailed fol several hours. Many persons arrest
et for carrying Ecws 10 Forrest.
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ExpEnITIous WORK

Ailusion has already been made by one Of our
contemporaries to the possibly unexampled energy
and promptness with which the virginiaand Ten
nossee railroad has been repaired and put in rum
ming order after the extensive injuries done to it by
the Yankee raids Colonel II. L. Owen, the Prcsi-
dent Of the company, has laid the company and the
public under obligation for the successful manner
which he has directed the affairs of the road IN the
trying emergency. The following is a more detailed
| statement than we have yet given of the repairs
| alluded to above:
There have been in the past year six different
raids destroying the greater part of the bridges and
depots on the road-those of May and June burn
ing all the depos but three between Lynchburg and
Wytheville, lone hundred and thirty five miles,,
and burning all the bridges from Lynchburg to Sa-
lem together with those between Dublin and Chris
tansburg The total length of bridges destroyed was
upwards of four thousana linea feet One of these,
New river, eight. hundred feet long, fifty
feet above the water, and the water of the river
from IN to twelve feet deep This was rebuilt of
green timber, cut from the woods, in nineteen days.
The bridge Little Otter, seven hundred and
forty five feet long and ninety feet high,
built also in nineteen days in the same manner
One Big Otter four hundred and fifty feet long
and eightyfve feet high at Elk creek, seventy
three feet high, and all the smaller bridges, were
rebuilt of green timber, and tho track which had
been torn up in several places in place for eight
miles, and all the crossties burnt, the rails bent,
burnt and broken by mechanics detailed for that
purpose, were Strengthened and rc-laid upon new
cross-ties, amounting to eighteen thousand twenty
thousand, and the water tanks &c. rebuilt and the
whole r,tpU IN, eiytx, lavs
company about hall a million of dollars, and, with
the exception of a company Of sappers and miners,
was done by the company's own hands and with
tlnir
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FROM GEORGIA

ATLANTA, August s26.-rh- enemy retired frem
our night front last, and have abandoned their lnss
from Decatur 10 the Peachtree road, but are sim on
ou left and centre Our forces occupy their second
line this n,ealing. Thsre skirInishng ON our
left this morning
I've deserters reached OUT lines yesterday. They
state that they through tho road direct fum
Chattanooga Prisoners state that Wheeler tapped
the rod twice. which repaired immediately, ,ahd
trains running through They also state that
Sheiiu arlny are full rations
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FRou PgrgRsgURG.

PErrRssuso, Angus. 2s.-siaee the fight. at
Reauns's station, Thursday evening, there has been
no engagement, Both armies seem resting.
The enemy made no EFFORT to retake the position
near Reams's from which he WAS disleslged ON
Thursday.
Fully twelve milesfof the Weldon railroad have
been destroyed BY the enemy. tbs rails and slls be-
ing burnt.
Among the prisoners captured Thursday was Ham,
cocks adjatant-genersl, He escaped last night
but was rceaptared to-day,
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The BURNISG OF Hos Mr. BoIFLFRs RESIDENCE.
A correspondent OF a Northern paper denounces
Hunters baIbnty i'll Virginia; and Eeiering to the
burning Uf Hon. 4. II. BOteleT's house, publishes 3
the following letter Of Miss Boteler:
SuErHERDsTowS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
July 20-WednesiIy night.
My Dear Sisters l suppose you will have heard
before this reaches you that DEAR beautiful home
is in ashes. YESTERDAY, Just after dinner, LiZZie,
her three little children and l, being at hOme fifteen
Federal soldiers of the First New York cavalry,
under Captain MaItindale with orders from
General Hunter To burn everything under roof on
the places of a. K. Boteler and Edmund j. Lee
They came to us first, and i'll twenty minutes after
their arrival il would have been dangerous to enter
the house OF the furniture, saved two little
rocking chairs and three other chairs from the porch
This is literally all The barn, III which Was stored
all the hay, Just cut the servants house and library,
with the books cabinet of minerals, valuable his
toric,l papers and documents-al are gone. The
meat house and dairy still standing, the wind
blew from them. Writing this is harder work than
thought it would be. after all have gone through
with
They piled up the furniture, and with camphene,
etc. built the fire that has burned deep into cur
hearts. Meta and ut aunt Nannie's Tonight
Lizzie and children at the Grove. Mrs. Lee has
loined her husband, and Fountain Rock and Bed
ford are both dcsoated! NV heart aches to have
such terrible tidings of the dearest spot in all the
world to you. l fear L loved it too much, but my
| greatest grief is for our darling parents We arr
young, and - bear such changes better, but the
lite-ticS were formed and ryetcd there IL writ
moIe III the morning, when fitted for it How man,
will be sorry to hear all this | read Hunters or
der ihysef-had it i'll my hands and tried to keep il
10 send papa, but 1t was taken out of my hands
Your devoted sister, TipPR.
This correspondent closes his letter as follows;
The house not the property of Mr.. Boteler
but belonged to Mrs. Boteler, who, like a Spartan
mother, has remained through all the dangers o
h..p and
wI 10 pp0's't o tine aSan Mror who m
her of her servants, she and her daughters have
ceived every courtesy from the generals of the con-
tending armies.
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CAGE IrEM.-o Officer Granger arrested yesterday
afternoon a negro fellow named Bill, slave of Har-
riet Peck charged with stealing black cloth cloak,
one shirt one ladies' skirt and little girls dress,
the property of Susannah Larmond Bill was locked
I'D IN the lower cage for examination this morning.
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RRDlf HfIRIy -

MoBILs, Angus. 28,-rhe sag-of-truee boat re-
turned last evening, The Yankees say that Fort
Morgan capitulated at swSo'eloek last Tuesday
General Page destroyed everything in the fort and
spiked his guns, He and the garrison numbering
sSl nen-wefe sent to New Orleans, Seventeen
were kiilei-tne number Of wounded is unknown.
The enemy have thrown 4,eoo men on The main La,
at Grants Pass
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CHARGED WITH MURDER.-William Turner, men,
Der of company i, Thirty-fourth North Carolina
troops brought to this city under guard yester-
day and committed to Castle Thunder on the charge
of murder. Turner was sent here by order Of Cen
era Lee with instructions that he be carried TO CO.
lumbia, South Carolina, where 1t Is alleged he has
been guilty of the murder Of negro.
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SENT on FOR ExAMISATIo. Mrs. Elizabeth
Holmes and Oscar. her son, were brought before
Justice Elijah Baker, of Henrico, yesterday, the
first on the charge of receiving and the last named
charged with stealing, several busheH of corn from
William Timberlake. After au examination into
the facts of the case they remanded for indiet
ment by the grand jury OF the County Court III
Santa ,hor
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT --Byrd Chamberlay'1e, about
six years old, son OF Mr.. Lewis W Chamberlayne,
of this city, fell from the shed attached. to his
fathers residence, Leigh street, between Third
and Fourth, on Saturday afternoon last and in
jured himself very severely. Physicians were i'm
inediatey called in, who upon examination, found
that, besi es the little fellows being split III
half one of his also fractured, and he was
very much injured internally.
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GoIS0 To THE ESEMY.-Thc following parties
were yesterday arrested below the city while at
tempting to make their way to the Yankee lines
Frederick Schultz, Henry Barnicle, William Helm
rich and Charles Corieit, citizens and Frederick
Langeith Charles Laugeith, Charles 0andlett and
Henry FreschCorn, members Of the Nineteenth Nir-
ginia militia The two LIngeitLs were arrested on
former for the offence, tut we're re-
leased after an examination into the circumstances
of their case The whole of them yesterday
committed TO Castle Thunder.
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/ OANS ON TIE SECURITY OF THE.
4 EINE IIINDRItD MIlIlAN six IEK

/ oANS ON TIE SECURITY OF THE
/ FIVE HUNDRED MILLION SIX PER
CENT. NoN-rANABLE BONDS, UNDER THE
SEVENTH SECTION OF TIE CURRENCY
hAW.-neposits cali will bc received by the
Treasurer i'll tins city, Assistant Treasurers at
Charleston and Mobile, and the DcpoSitarics at
Wilmington, Raleigh, Columbia, Augusta Savan-
sor the Sant, bearing interest at the rate of iour per
cent. per annun, and secured by the hVputhecation
of amount Of the above bonds equal To the sum
ot these loans The bonds Ia be set apart by the
Treasurer, and the proceeds when Sold applied ox-
ciusNely 10 the payment Of the said certificates.
The security and convenience attended 10 banks
and other corporations und to the public generally
10y tins mode OF temporary investment and the ct-
feet of the measure if generally adopted in keep
ing the currency within moderate bounds il Is hoped
viii commend 1t 10 thu favorable consideration of the
carrying 1t into effect. q. A. TRENHOLM,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
RICHMOND, July -, 1864. au 22-ts
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TKEAsURY DEPARTMENT.
CoNFEnERATF STATES OF AMERICA

richmond, August >, lSbt.
4 fERTlFlCATESOF ESS
Y BEARING SIX PER CENT. PER .ANNUM
INTEREST AND FREE FROM TAXATION by
the fourteenth section of the act 10 reduce the
rency, approved February II, 1861 se Secretary of
the Treasury authorized to issuc.thc above ccrti
htstteS, payable two Years after the ratification Of
treaty of peace with the United States. They can
not be sold but are only to be issued TO such crea
tors OF the Government willing receive the
same IN payment OF their demands They must also
be gwen at par, though free from taxation
The attention of purchasing agents and dsburS-
ing officers of the Government is called to this class
oi public securities as Offering peculiar advantages
to those from whom the supplies OF the Government
are bought; and to facilitate the of tcu checks
drawn by discussing officers upon tn, L, pa~ituies
holding these fund, and marked across the face
payable III certificates OF Indebtedness" will be
paid IN conformity Herewith.
DepoStmics ar, hereby authorized and required
70 comply with this regulation, and to make app-
cation 10 the Register for supplies of certificates as
required Signed G. \. TRENHOLM
du 22-ts SECRETARY Of Treasury
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Treasury DEPARTMENT, !
IlIII1VlN, -AUEUsl =, I6UF. J
NIVE HUNDRED MILLION LOAN

1--WE HUNDRED MILLION LOAN
i NON-TAX-lBLE EONDS.-Notice is hereby
giVcH that sales of the above Bonds at the present
Treasury price Of Slj5 and accrued interest viii be
discontinued after the 30th day oi September next
when the s:les shall have reached seventy MD
lions of dollars, il much shall be sold before the
said 50th day of September
The sales will be suspended to consider the cxpc-
diency Of advancing the price and due notice will
be given of their resumption and OF the price fiHy
upon the Bonds
The Secretary of the Treasury deems it his duty to
call the special attention Ui taxpayers generally
and particularly the agricultural Gass, to this
Gyt.
Ihi, loan should be all ttkcnup by ourown people
Tie payment OF interest To foreign countries Will
be onerous and oppressive Oh the letun Of peace
and lu" prices.
And tn t all agricultural products are COM
manallng such high prices, by investing iii the
Bonds OF the Government Taxpayers will become
themselves the Iecehtrs of the taxes collected tUT
the payment OF interest. q. \. TRENHOLM,
an 23-l2t Secretary of the Treasury.
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Richmond, Va, August %, 1861 }
ID EQUATIONS FOR CARRYING
HI INTO EFFECT THE ACT OF CONGRESS
APPROVED JUNE Is, 1861, AUTHORIZING
OWNERS OF REGISTERED EIGHT PER CENT
BoNl,S IS,SUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS or
THE ACT APPROVED MAY 10, lS61, 10 EN-
CHANGE THE SAME FOR COUPON BOMBS
Parties owning REGISTERED eight per cont. bonls
under the act Of May l6, 1861, desiring to exchange
them for coupon bonds, Will assign th,m III the
the back oi the certificate, 10 the "Conicdcrutc
States of America ~ exchange for coupon bonds, -
aud cnuse thcm to he presented to the Begistcr Of
the Treasury department, who will thcfeupon, III
compliance with the provisions Of the act of june
l3, 1861, lssuc coupon bonds tor the amount specified
IN the registered bonds assigned
q. y. TRENHOLM,
au 2s-tS SECRETARY Of the Treasury
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

scrrr,r NorIcE.--We ask atten-
ses 5onf Tn-nAN al 10 O'Clock %
- t' '., ,.1 rai,s Cotton and Wool Cards, .
"a" .hay Sol, Hats,
-" J,i,t Rubber Combs,
Tooth Brushes,
pl GcodA,
NatS aud Shoes,
p,-.,y pSrekns. &c
WILLIAM II. FoWLE' SONS co,
AuCtloncers.
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yards square. Itisstatcd thai the Yankees have q
regularly organized court within the prison limits
at Andersonylle, and that not long ago, six Of the
number having beon convicted Of stcaling, were
hanged by their comrades.
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Sitlymoud Dispattk,

The DAILY DIsPArcH is sold to News Dealers al
TWENTY CENTS per copy. CIrY CARRIERS are author
iZcd TO charge ONE DoLLAR AND FIFTY CESTs Del
week to regular subscribers.
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rz IIse>o, LIVERY AMP SALE SfA"LEs,
,. : >.-.t taslnnoui. Na-ii"rS's' hnssltS' and
80. F d, .rit l..3!IrF,', Saddle Horses for hire.
.-,.s. .t u,cry by lhc day. week or month
f--s an, ;ak,u of them. Horses, BuegIc>
.., t.,u.hi AMI sold on commission. Foi
t.Auly HORSE, and beautiful ladies
IL. . hight ton and Double Harness.
joy THOMAS kUSkEi.L X 60,
s ~, PIUpgIetUrs.
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pa rlE EAFiARp HOUSE FURNI-
st.H 90 IlRG.
.3H.Emeut as nov thrown open tor parties
ia. Mn, >i,s. h Of FURNITURE, the safe
.a9.' t. .ullu,, n,c al THURSDAY NENf
..ts a.i.. -. 81, ~al, with the elegant PAR
,.,,NtruEE, PIANO, Sc.
I'h i''-'' L. TALIAFERRO Il co,
froptiCtoTs.
r 4. ,r.iltar> vail be allowed to offset any
j. '.'.rrl.l for purchases made at the above
....a, D" S0-tds
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NEGRO ENLisrMENTs IN KENTUCKY

The subloncd orders, relative to the enlistment Of
negroes IN Kentucky, develop the policy pursued by
the Yam nkee Government towards the people Of that
State The main point is that of slaves is
deprived OF all control over them; i'll other words
if negro goes to the Federal authorities and says
willing to enlist, but my master objects" the
master may be arrested, thrown into prison, and
subjected to such other punishment as the "powers
that be- may direct. The wonder is that the people
of a sovereign state can tamely submit to such an
ancient eels they have got used to skinning," and
now scarcely vince under the operation:
"PRoyosT- ARsHAL's OFFICE
"NINTH DtsrRICT OF KENTUCKY.
"Greensburg, Kentucky, May II, 1861. }
The following copy of letter received to-day
at this office, from headquarters Acting Assistant
PIovostM stMarshal-Cienertl, Louisville, Kentucky,
dated May 18th, 1864, which is published for the in
formation Of all concerned
Captain: The orders this day received by tce
graph from BrigadGI-ticnera BuIbridge, herein
quoted, will be complied with By provost-marshals
and other officers engaged III making enlistments.
The order is as follows:
"'Please direct all Your provoA maishals to re-
cciye ali negroes who may offer themselves regard
less OF the wishes of the owners. Any
person who iutelirrcs with the enlistments wall be
promptly arrested.
90 Signed ). q. BURERIDGE,
'RriPalier-C General Commanding
"Gencral BmLride. teleetaphs futher Is follows,
anl his advice Will bG confirmed and accepted:
"'Advso that the provost-narshals OF the dIiler-
ent districts be instructed to arrest any person IN
efterng any way with the drafting enlistment
of negroes.
''' Signed 5. q. I3URnRDGF,
observation-disclosures Commanding
"RepOrt each case of arrest for this cause with
out delay to General Burbridge, and ask what dis
posiaa to make OF the arrested person. BY order.
"GEoRGR NJ. LANE,
''Capttin V. X. G. and AdJutint.
Captain W. G. Gricr, Provost-Marshal Ninth
District"
Captain Grier issues his orders accordingly to all
deputies and agents under him to enforce these
dcr5 promptly and to be industrious i'll pro-
curing recruits
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VIZ ARE under obligations to Mr.. a. B. Wells, OF
the Ambulance Committee, and to Mr.. j. ID. Ed
wards Tor copies OF the Petersburg Express OF yes
tprlav.
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On Wednesday last two children died AT Charles
ton, South Carolina, froin the eaaets Of having
eaten on the previous day some bts of sfrossoAis
commonly called jamestown or Jimscn weed.