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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-22

The RECENT Eng iGEAESr IN STCNo RIveR.-
a Yankee letter fionl OH board the NasbulIead 4
gunboat recently attacked by the Confedersies in
Stono river seems to tIHk that if the rebels had
be'd on little longer, and not run when they did,
they might have captured the boat and the YAM
kce troops at Legarevie. Three Of the crew
were killed and two wounded. The letter says:
We were struck twenty times, every shot passing
through the ship or masts, and the deck was COW
cred with spiiniers and blood. A ride shot ruck
the ship at the steerage, and, passing through,
made peAect lumber room of it. The hole
through the ship large As hat, and much
broken, and the shot passing through broke up two
of The berihs on the siarbnart side and tore own
the curiains, and, going on, struck the solid floor,
making Il long hole in it a foot wide. The shot
then passed over to the engineers side breaking to
atoms the glass, and passed through the lockers of
the other two engineers, and then smashed Mr.. SIS
berth all to pieces, ripping open his mattress and
cutting the euds off from all the Stats.
We found the shot on the floor. 1t was more
than foot long, cOncal, and weighed thirty
pounds. 1t was wicked shot, and was evidently
aimed at the engine, and If it had struck. as In
tended, few feet further forward il would prOba-
bly, have killed all III the engine room aud disa-
bled the engine, when the hoat would probably
have been lost. Nothing hut the mercy of the Al
mighty turned that tremendous missile from its
course and saved The ship and our lives.
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The Assessment of Tithes.

To the Editor of the Dispatch
see urged in your columns as well as others.
the aecessity ofihe farmers supplying the dema Gs
Of the Government upon them Cor provisions for
the Amy with liberal hand and a, reasonable
prices, that the necessity for falling bach may be
avoided. state that 1t is my opinion, and the
opinion of others with whom | have conversed,
that could they fully te persuaded that such
lainy would befa them. that there is not
Dt fhe Blue Ridge mountains and between the
Il Hidaa AID James river, who would not with an
even supply q. pr visions for their families and
proyeGder for cir stock, cheerfuily yield from
third to one half ot the same to the army. think
say correctly hat the farmers in this sectien of
he co ntry, as genera thing, have met the claims
of the Government upon them with alacrity when
wei defined and understood by them. will state
that the tax law in kind has been variousy under
stood. and while one might believe that he
bound ny his conStrn lion or understanding of the
law furnish his gsess crop OF corn for assessment,
many in the same neighborhood have thc l, ht a I'd
been encouraged in the belief by Quartermaster,'
ayense0'iettiHg tithes, ard others, that the law
quired them to furnish for assessment only what
ined after t8tteDing their hogs; and. without
any diShonesa Intention, have had their crops OF
c0rn SO assessed-and the arguments US in tavOr
of the latter construction are these: To Tx the
gross cop of corn one tenth and then the pork fat
tened the same one tenth seems to be taxing the
corn agiiu in the p rk, which the law ould
have meant to do. Now, if this construction of the
Jaw be erroneous, ana has been generally acted
upon throughout the State as II has been in some
sections OF the coun ~, ! venture that Ii,
tn majority of such eases not more than one third
one half of the tithe of corn has been assessed
COLLECTED, and has thereby occasioned the loss of
many thousand barrels TO the Government, if it he
not hereafter co iect.d. For inst nee: a crop Of
of 80 barrels taxed gross would give barrels,
falten 90 no. and they will consume moderate
estimate 80 barrels, and with that reserved the tax
the remainder will be 3 barrels. l believe that
instructions from the proper authority to agents to
collect such reserves and request through the pub
lie prints all who had committed such errors to
cotrec. them, would be of great good to the cOun-
try. A LOUISA FARsER.
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RUNNING THE BLOCKADE AT WHINING

A semi official statement relative to run
ming the blockade at Wilmington, n. C.,
shows that from January, 1853, to the 23d ol
October in the same year-ten mouths
ninety vessels ran into Wilmington. Du.ing
last August one ran in every other day, max
Ing fifteen in that month. In one day, the
1lth of July, four ran in, and on the 10Th Of
October last five came safely through the
blockaders. AT Charleston, during the six
months ending in July, 1868, forty-three
steamers ran in safely. These facts have
been made public in Europe, though it is
not at all likely that they will open the eyes
Of those who are determined not to see.
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Enormous Frices.-At the auction sale ol
Lewis Hylnan's fueniture. yesterday the most
extrayagant prices were paid. From the
elaborate descriptions which had baen pub
iished Of the quality OF the articles to be
sold, large and fashionable crowd was
drawn together, and each bidder seemed to
vie With the oiher in making the largest of.
fers for what was put up. A very handsome
rosewood etages attracted the adnIration OF
tS0 OF our most fa,hionable ladies', aud o
rivalry Immediately sprang up between them
for the possession Of it. From hundreds
the fair bidders jumped to thousands, till
finally IL was cried OF to one Of them for
the enormous sum Of q, 500 In addition
to this, chamber eet, consisting OF seven
which brought yesterday $l8, 500, could have
bsen bought before the war for ESQ.
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Total. ...... 80. s3,ols,6.4 80 SOL ,667 Al

The amount of profits assessed on proper
ty books Grading, &C. was from the cities
and towns, II, ,90O, no; apd from the coun.
ties, s., 81, ,SO5-total, 90. .27s, ,07o.
The total amount Of profits from both
manufactures and trade is put dcwn at
Sle 30, $50, from which the State collects a
tax of 81 ,2a9,475.
Among the profits for the year we hnd the
folio wing fat jobs among the returns A
merchant in Lynchburg s13l 900, and an
other in the same town slS1 ,0c0 In Dan
vile one gentleman clears sl1s, and
another sI02,o00 The highest figure in PEI
tersburg is 100000 In the salt works the
celebrated firm of Stuart, Buchanan & Co
are put down as clearing S200,0G0. Rich
mond doesn't come up to LynchburS, the.
largest foi tune made in the New Jerusalem
being set down at $151 ,63S.
The cotton and wooden factories were very
successful. Ettricks, in Petersburg, made
S355 900, and the Matoaca company, in the
same city, made s279, ,l20.
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Bod Ahempt to AssdSsinate Stranger -
Considering the brightness with which the
moon was shining, and the early hour at
which the deed was committed, one Of the
boldest attempts at garroting was made in
this city on Wednesday night of which We
have ever had any knowledge. AS Mr..
Daniel Lane, worthy citizen OF Powhatau
county, was on his way to his boarding
house about 8 O'Clock on the night in
question he discovered at the corIer
Of Cary and 18th streets three or four
men in close conversation but think
ing nothing OF their appearance he proceed
ed to pass on, when, all of sudden, he
found himself staggering in the middle Of
the street from the force Of sluny shot
which they had used against him. Bling a
man of powerful frame, the blow only par
TALLY stunned him, and before the rnfiians
could close in on him he drew his five
shooter and let fly among them. Seeing one
man fall, the rest took flight; but whether
the effect OF Mr.. LIS ball was of q serious
character, We have not been able to learn,
as he himself concluded to follow suit, and
soon cleared himself Of the vicinity in which
the bold attempt had been made upon his
life. MIR Lane had on his person about 800,
and as this money was drawn from bank
during the day there Is very little doubt that
the thieves had kept their eyes OH him from
the time of his arrival in the city, thus OBJ.
tanning an acquaintance with his business
and his whole movements while here. We
saw the wound which was Inflicted on Mr.
LIS head by the blow from the slung- shot,
and have no hesitation IN saying that he
owes bis escape iron. Death only 10 the ex
traordiaary physical endurance with which
he is endowed. We have never heard of SO
many robberies, incendiarisms, and garroting
cases as have recently been committed ia
our community, and some steps should be
speedily taken to detect the perpetrators as
we'll as guard agains: their occurrence in fa.
furp
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Destruc ~ Fire at Wiader Hcsp;koy -
About half past II O'Clock on Wednesday
light, q most unfortunate fire occurred Ii,
he second division of the Winder Hospital
esui.ing in the destruction of seven Wa1ts
If tue hospital, besides a quantity of bes
ling and hospital furniture, which had been
>tored away in one of the wards for safekeep-
ing during the lessening of the wards for the
accommodation OF patients, on account OF
their fewness of number TIL. fire, which
broke out in the w,-rd containing the hospi
tai property, was clearly the work of some
vile incendiary, iG having originated in a
pile Of straw which had been Temporarily
=snptieu in one cad Of the house to aIio W
the reparation OF the bed sacks There was
40 fire in the stove of the building at tnu
time OF the retiring of the wardm aster, nor
nsd candle been in use in the Ward during
the night. A messenger Was dispatched 10
Richmoni immediately upOl the discovery
OF the fire, lo secure the aid Of the Fire Bri-
sade; iut owing 10 the ercinote distance of the
hospital from the city, ii failed to arrive in
lime to be OF material service.
Ihe frequency OF attempts to burn down
both pubic and private buildings in this
city has begun to create some alarm among
eur citizens, aud the subject is one which
should forth With oe taken into consideration
oy those who have the power 10 remedy the
evil. No longer than Tuesday night Last, a
daring attempt was made to burn The P.esi-
dentiai Mansion, the incendiaries first forcing
their way into President Davis's storeroom,
and takin. thcrefrom much the larger por-
tion of his provision supplies. Il is the
opinion OF some that the evil arises princi-
psily frou turning loose in our midst the
large number of Yankee deserters which
have been recently set at liberty, and we
doubt not such compiaiGis are well founded.
As general thiug, no confidence should be
placed in any man who deserts the service
IN which he h&s been fighting, and these
who show willingness to do SO should be
looked upon as little less than spies, and by
no means be turned loose upon al equality
with our own citizens. The Government
the matter in hand, before these vagabonds
are permitted to do us incalculablc injury.
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Mayors Coart.-The following is brief
synopsis of the business transacted before
the Mayor yesterday:
A negro woman named Lucy, slave of
Jane Nelson, was arraignad On the charge of
stealing from Fanny Burnes one pitcher and
pair Of china candlesticks some months
since. Miss Burnes testified that about
twelve months ago the articles enumerated
were sto!enfrom her room, and having rea
SON recently to suspect the accused, search
was instituted, which resulted In finding
them in her room. Lucy stated that thuS
had been given her By anothe, lady, who oc-
cupied the came room as Miss Bnrnes did.
The Mayor, discovering some evidence of
candor in the negro's statement, dismissed
the case, and surrendered % the complain
ant the articles which had been stolen.
A charge was made against William, slave
Of Peter Foster, of having in his possession
twenty five pillows, six bedticks, and one
pair OF boots, supposed to have been stolen
William introduced white witness, who
testified that the articles had been given hin,
Dy soldiers for various little attentions which
be had shown them. The Mayor continued
the ease for further consideration.
The continued case of John ". Carlton,
charged with stealing one horse from Geo.
Miles, of Lancaster county, was called, but,
without going into any further examination,
Hastings Court.
The examination into the charge against
Benjamin Bolton, Of receiving i've bottles ol
wine stolen from n Tinsley Pate, Knowing
they were not honestly gotten possession Of
was further postponed TIL Tuesday next
. The charge against John Slaughter, oa
going at large, was referred to the Hustin9s
Court for anal settlement
/. A negro named Peter Scott, alias Peter
1RnAx xtrxtfs u q
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CITY Comnea.-A called meeting Of thu
Council took place at the City Hall yester
day morning The following members were
present: MessTs. Sanders, president,
Glnzebrook, Griffin. Crutchfsid, Hill, Has
M ME,ns, Epps, Randolph, Scott, Walker, and
Mr.. Scott, chairman Of the Committee on
amount Of clothing which had been pur
chased and distributed by order Of the Coun
cil to the soldiers in the Id from this city.
There being some deficiency in former ap
propriatiofis, the following resolution was
offered and adopted
Resolved, That the sum Of $4,000 be-. end the
same 10 hereby, appropriated TO make up the de-
heiency expended by tae e mmities on Arms.
Mr. Scott also offered the folio wing feso-
luton; which was adopted:
Resolved, that the sum Of $4,000 be. and The
tHburion of clothing to Richmond soldiers.
Mr. Hill made statement to the Council
that In fixing an ordinance, some time since.
regulating the charges for hacks, drsys.
wagons, &c, the committee failed to insert
the penalty for violation of any Of it's clauses
An amendment to the ordinance was there
upon adopted, supplying the omission by
Inserting penalty OF not lees than 35 nor
more than $50 for any such violation.
A statement was made by Mr.. Scott that
he had, 1t the request ct a man named Ed.
dins, agreed to present petition asking the
use of Military Hall for the purpose of nold-
ing ball therein. He was proceeding TO
express his disapprobation Of granting any
such petition, when
Mr. Randolph arose and moved an adjourn
meIt, On the ground that there were other
matters (outside) t. attend to of more i'm
pHrtance than the granting of the use of pub
lie property fer such purposes as a private
ball. His motion was agreed to, and the
Council thereupon adjourned
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To THE CITIZENS OF CHARLEsrON.-M. Ii. Ma
than, Chief Of the Charleston Fire Department.
has caused the following to be published In the
papers Of that city:
BY order of His Honor the Mayor, ell persons
owning and occupying buildings In the range Of
the enemy's sat!s, are ordered Immediately to
have removed nil papers, cumhLstiblc material,
etc, contained therein. This notice particularly
pertains to the banks, insurance, printing aud law
offices, as also the Custom House. tlur citizens
will see the necessito OF this stringent order, and
1t is to be hoped that il will be cheertnily aud
promptly attended 10, as it is to the interest nf
those concerned well as the public authorities.
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Gxs, LEE,s PARpox.--Tbc Richmond cores
pondenf of the Columbus SUN says that Gen. Lee
pardoned, the other day, just as the sentence as
about 10 be executed, a deserter, condemned 10 pc
shot. His reasen Tor 20 doing was T. encourage
the wives OF all soldiers TO act the wife OF this
man had done When the ofhcrrs came In search
OF him she promptly delivered him up, saying II
was her duty, In spite Of her love for him and the
suferine and fdships she endured In cons squence
Of his Absence, 70 send him back TO the army taet
70 much needed him ip shts hour Of the eogafsyS
uibuleti0i. For her cake Cen. Lee spaeed him. !.
Let ether wives take nCts.
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Election .fos. Sendtor-The election for
State Senator from the counties of Jefferson
and Berkeley, to fill the vacancy occas toned
by the resignation of Major f. Nj. Moore,
which took place at the County Court House
yesterday, was altogether q one-sided affair.
The following was the vote:
For VIM. Burnett, Of Jefferson. "a
For Andrew Hunter, .......... |
For j. Blair Hege, Of Berkeley. .........
FFcm present appearances Mr.. Burne.t's
election seems highly. probable, though the
vote from the army may affect the result.
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before It WAS delivered un1sr tha terms I
the loan.s
The motion OF Mr. Barlxsdale, Of Miss, to
reconsider the vote by which the House
adopted the amendment to tho Senate bill,
fixing the time of the meeting Of Congress
on the first Monday In April, was taken up
and Cal ried; the blu was then recommitted
to the Judiciary Committee, after which the
House went into secret session on the spc.
cial order.
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ID mai. '"sERsOH OF vIR0lSIA.-A pr,c,a
die rans,a whereas, by reason or the nresens..
las resuIs, 'I enemy enemy Ia the couniy OF N.nsemcpd
Cont S.ns Of the County oaar,, be held
sad 10 tee louise, therefore, by virtue Of AUTHORITY
so's'lor Q. 0eotve 40 by law I, WILLIAM Smith.
tasr =, eaaire the Ja,tlces comoor,n. Sa. M "a. 90
As e,s,t ,tssemond ~ county to bold the sessioss -
eny ss ~. s.ash Quay Church, ia the SAID eonn,y
ashli r.,as for the change hereby author.
Ia sunss, :, under my hand ~ Governor. sad
n - Al K.h,e ms esssr seal Of the cemmoawealh
and ia the SSH year Of .S. D.rsy;
"0s Gov.r,,. WM SMITH.
sss " NrsvosD.
Als-es. seesstaFy Of the Common
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WM. F. EORDON, IT,
ia92-sR3t {. II. ID. and X. of r.

DY THE GOVERNOR OF VIKGINIA.--A
n PRO OCLAM ATi0N.--lnformatio having
BEEN received By the Executive that JOSIAH and
ToBT OLIVER, who were confined in The Jail Of
charlotte county under charge of felony, escaped
taeyeifom on the lnorning of the Sd January, and
are BOW going at large: Therefore, | do hereby
offer reward Of two hundred dollars 10 any per
sn persons who shalt arrest the said Josiah and
Toby Oliver, and deliver them into the Jail OF
Charlotte county, or one hundred dollars for ch
arrest anG delivery of either of them and ] do
moreover require all o.icers OF III Commonwealth,
eis and military, and request The people generally
10 Use ther best exerlions 10 procure the arrest of
The said Josiah and Toby Oliver, that they may be
brought TO Justice.
Given under my hand as Governor, and
LIS. unfer the Lesser Seal of the Common
nary, ih ihe year lo6i. WIN SMITH.
Tesie:
GEORGE w MrsFoRD,
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Robbeyies.-The smoke house cf Mr. Abran
Warwick, on the corner OF Grace aud 5th
streets, was fOrcibly entered on "Wednesday
night last and robbed Of three slaughtered
hogs, four hams of bacon, besides some
other articles Of provisions, amounting i,
the aggregate to about 81 200 The facilities
of the thieves in this Instance for taking
away things were evidently limited, for W.,
are informed that in the same place wher,
these articles. were kept might bave bee,
found large amount Of salt fi,h, flour
meal, &c
Within two squares OF. Mr.. Warwick
residence two other rOhheyies were pero.
trafed on the same night. Mr.. Charles D
iale's storehonse, on 9TH street, between
Main ard franklin, was broken into and en-
tirely cleared of what provisions he had on
hand, consisting of lard, butter, sugar, ba-
con, sc.
An attemp: was also made on the same
night to break into the basement Of the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Bransford, living next door to
Mr.. Yale; but, fortunately, the thief was
frightened off before succeeding in bis &c
signs.
About three o'clock yesterday afternoon
magnificent horse, belonging TO Lii. uten-
ant in Col. StepheHs's regiment of mounted
cavalry, was stolen from the rack in front OF
the Passport Office. The Lieutenant was
hardly off the animals back five minutes
aefore he finished his business and left the
ONCE to remount and return to camp; but in
that short space of time his charger had
oeen ridden off and he was compelled to
take it afoot
On Wednesday nigh ,last an overcoat, val
ued at about 800, the property Of Mr.. Ar
mistead Pendleton, WAS taken by some THE
from the passage of a gentlemans residence
ou Main street, near the Old Market. Mr.
r. mad been spending the evening OUT, and
on leaving for home was greatly serprised to
lind that ne had been victimized by the loss
Of bis coat.
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Nitbnlo1n 4ispattb.
REruRNsof REVENUES sRssRD IN THE

A report has been re1Ia the Virginia
Senate from the Auditor O. nblic Accounts
showing the revenue asse6Usd under the act
passed in March, 1868, taxirg the profits On
all business, trading, spec1Atipg, &c. 1t Is
very interesting, and contens some statis-
tics, showing conclusively thAt some fortunes
have been made this war; It includes 45
counties and Ave towns. Th4 manufacturing
business is thus divided Tanners, GO; mill
ers, II; cotton and wool factQries, l6; four.
dries. 4; coal and iron mining T. coal mining,
8; paper mandatory, l; salt works, 9. The
following arc the profits and tax On the
same:
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lie a Hard Piace--A soldier named John
Read was eo:nmitted to the .age YESTERDAY
aftefnco- on the charge of stealing a horse
Read, 1t appears, was showing off the animal
in question near the Old Market early in the
day and Offering him for sale, when oiIictI
Baptist, suspecting that all was not right.
offered to buy the horse at $3.50. provided he
would go with him to Sutherland's stable in
order to get the money To this Read as
sented, and the two started off for tha,
place Here Baptist was joined by officer
Morris, when the two made known tn. i,
suspicions and took him in custody. Find.
ing that he was about getting into scrape,
and not dreaming that the two men were
policemen, r al told them that the horse
was not exactly his, though If they would
say nothing aoout 1t, they mi hit have him
for 500; that on Tuesday night last himself
and some other soldiers broke into the com
missary's store at Hanover Junction, and,
being fnupd out, they had to run for their
lives. Seeing horse, ready saddled, tied Ia
the neighborhood, he mounted him and rode
eff to escape arrest, aud this was the animal
which he offered for sale. This confession,
Of course, did not facilitate his release from
the hands of the officers, and he was copse
quently lodged in the station house for safe
keeping till this morning. e>'~
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Secretary of the Commonweai aith.

'oslsh oivei Is "a or IS years old, about feet 6
aais haif and whiskers
lopy ''iiFer Is % or "A yeas Of age, S feet or
,lnehes high, weighs about rsa or l30 pounds. and
ls aark hair, without beard ia I9-sw2,
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Il Iasoso'nor "o'o'nor Of Vifginia--A PROCLAIM atiop -
scg,,vs Tl. a1,oh n having seen received by the Ex
odo,iSs -s, Pleasant, slave, the property of The
pom..oI ca, who was clnfaed IN the JAN of Az.
lurder q, Wy, WI aadar sentence Of death for the
tas sad i. .ns Motley, has made his escape from
DO hereby a,s. now goiug At Ia &c Therefore,
ans ohsr reward Of two hSnd, cd d ,l,srs To
psss,p. VI pefsons who ahsll arrest the said slave
Of uever him into the Jail of said county
eefs Il ,als s ami do moreover req gre all cf
req1es, the commonwealth. nsi civil military AID
tsas 10 seaeray, 70 use their best exer
A' may be brought 70 Justice ' 'A'A fiasah'' tns
us unae, 'u uLasr my hand as Governor, and
~ rs.I,, tn' Lesser Seal OF the Common.
uasS in the all ~ Richmond, this istn day OF Jan.
s' the Gov, rnor r'''' SAITH.
'ao " hUspoRp,
see'y Of the Commonwealth,
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sfst 10 aess. vary ma'asto. about 80 years Of age
hls-.xs.s high, and heavy built.