Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-19
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Tha :a!'owia. extracts Gic taksr from New
York ard Baitiri,Ee !ap..s Z; the 10Th alo
l,h February
Col? in New YORK, n the 9th, ruled at i"9!
20 1893. Exaban4e, i1:. - l15.
&C. Fuiton, ore %; In, '&:t.!s Of the Bal
t::rore "..mc,iran,' w-;si"o F,l. O'd foIn'
cr The o.: i.,s;..n;, Hrc"se ot me recent @xr'-
ii;isn up the Paninsu!:. a. ;o.!"TN:
I, n.. tr -, t.r htrJ 10 ''.::c tint the inI-
.,-.I.;.:; =; Di! Point in'a .vcnin. i, ;..@t ;'C
;lurr,r. &c.. t::,t c-p&:i..@: 80" n"th''g n'c-r
u.r t.... ;h.a me cau!nre Il K chDInnd, tie
rc,ea-s Q; ..u~ prisoners Gnl ,ne sucking Of
an, r:.y. Thai y nhi!,t Gen. B";lcr's cavalry
W., threatening IN attack or one side, large
! toiv # ra,airy from Gen. Mendus ,iDy as
! csprct, b. l., make demonstration on the 9TH
; cs side, rc;lenting the adventurous md citizen.
. Kiinatrick last year around the army OF Gen.
| Lee.
. .r;E-rER FRng THE RAr!DAN.
C:,l,cpcyC {. H, IA Ft6 9-Onr cavalry
. Losses we're I'll ir Col Chapmans cosllnn'id
! The I tai loss in the l4th Connecticut rcgi-
! uisnt. - corp is one hundred AMI thirteen
; k;tlrd, ala l:i,:wn to hn dead or taken prison.
er4, nineteen wounded. in hospital eighty
, eig.!.
! Captain Da:en, Company +, is nmcng the
! prisoners lie led charge upon house Tor
the purpose "f capturing some "Johnples
known to Ie there. sad found alas too many
. Of theo,. Oay four of iiis party returned to
! the regiment.
! The second brigade of the third division
did most cf tho lighting. line Fourteenth
Connecticut. having been dep!nycl o. ssr-
. mishcIs. suffered tho heaviest loss. The loi-
l9wirg officers "t that rsgiDnnt ara among the
wcunied: Mnjor James b. Colt, leg, slightly;
Gartain John G. ATatab, hard; Captain
Snagg, foot; Lieutenant Frederic. Sha!E,
head
B!igaGicr Genera! Gule7 returnei 10 day to
resume command &C the .r-t diYision Of the
first currs
Tho object Of tie movement may be easily
OWNED whcn the rorre: p"p'ling movement 81
General Butler towards Richmond il consId-
cred Tint it was we'll plunred VIC know. and
thu: i; proved Il complete suc2ess have every
reason to bel.c:e.
fhc number Of prisoner, ;"k"a during the
llst Reconnaissance does rot exceed fifty.
rI.ASClAL MATTERS.
ITashiagton, Feb. ., lS64.-Tho statement
in this correspondence, few days ngo, that
one hundred millions Of the tiTe per cent.
treasury notes bad be@n paid out, although
strictly true, has been m:sujnrtruei and needs
c1ria- at:Oa TIC one hundred millions incu-
,leI the f;tv mil .on loai: t:"ll ;ha kanks, me
am anT c1cba gci With ,he M ioral Banks rr
curr.fry. AID lcC amount Issued - dI: buTa-
ing 5fEncr.. TaCrc urC now b"Iag out to lii"
army ard puEie creditors 0rec two millions
psr day, which IS tho present capacity OF the
printing pre-~cs.
The Se.r&tary exnect; values to he lnhL:ct
70 d. certain extent, bat does not think surli
n result can be 'ust7 attributed 10 the llen"
this currency. The rapid increase Of tic
=. her ard car;'al .! the National Ganks
:!''.- stha belief that tho s-':. Of one mil
,a"4'' # tie National Bnuk notes will
t'o,, I: ~. riredsto meet the demands tor
.San, sSnh ';e &c reg hank.
''s,' s,h = Lhs or Of the National Bank notc7
IL" e~f'e",al. 7man.ed or in [inanc;a.. cir
cirs hero. II is at.. .e,s On ti,eir fncc tha,
'f.sc not:: do not "Zr. ,n nav .;d alsi t.
the United S!a:as prcrni-. eoIsrra;red ;ua,
tie apprehension, generally thty viii an
as they iaeEcasH in qlaur'n ., tic place OF
::ceoInt ci their irEs>;oI:;y, 1aA
;hs Treasury ;s=ne-.
NEWS EsuH TIKI. Tlsai:1:r1l. c-
Cuiro, Feb. 9,--ihc steamer tilinah ,nr~,
New Oricans the o9th u!:. with 4 hsaTy@ 80
Ct .u..av ard r.t!ilsses, las e:r:vel.
iie- ..f:cer: learned a. Island Nc. 20 tfia>
tae :i,.urlar G;:burn was 'e xar:n ny gnerT;iia5
VI .Cr tIsvHel L"c, and uscG to ferry ta"ir
horiys r,ui.~ aud wagons 70 tho A!'Ssis-'Hrl
siie :h:y also captured .Ir. Cole, m.paser
r.y n: GITn-a ,a.,n. w"OI vnrLs, AMI two GHn-
tr.i:,. -ie,.-up' the .,,,,rncs I;Ter G:"sa!:S",
nrt .rry:r. ii Cole :n4 the mca, '.s ;he
gi.ra -: :H9 sun:: yaIis, wha. :. vas Ed,
vnnic ;,c :4uac. Th5y ul-D carried nTay nro-
pay II ,n B.!lv., La::iuS ard burned TIC
towi. NJ harm vas iune to the boat ur
narg,.
Tun, steamer Ouaiei:h, from Nashville, has
arrived win the 5.tl;! illinois Infantry, (v,'se'
ran voluntrcrs,) shout hg2 hundred strong,
hou al .0nIe.
REMOVAL or tn: 2rhgL PRISONERS FSoY JOHN
S1''. ISLAND.
SaaIMsky, a.. Feb. 9--.Fmir hundred rebel
prisoners, coEiJlissi"ned officers, Crossed San
dusk; Bay. in . steamer, this afternoon, aad
wer: !:sdad a5 this city They arc quartcred
in comfortable Buildings, with plenty Of food
and frcs, anu start IL the ! | o'clock train for
Baltim,re Tho a5;ei guerrilla chief, Gen.
JEFF. Thompson, and Capt. Brockinridgc,.
srn IF this renegade general, are among the
rumh"". \ SION. guard from the Hoffman
battalion "':!l :s:o.t them to Baltimore.
1HuRL6w WE'D cE THE NATIONAL DEBT.
This patriotic Old soldier Of the lobby, the
venerable Thurlow Weed. hos been at work
upon his statist:cs" again, his subject this
time being our prospective national debt lie
estimates that Wy The time this war ID ended it
will hav: lvot ns somo four thonsand millions
of dollars. three Thousand millions OF which
will remain On tho books uS!irst US as CUR
national debt. Next, turning to tho interest,".
ing problem Of the payment, he proposes the
repeal of tho Homestead iaw. i'll order thas the
public lands may he brought hack to III. re-
lief Of the treasury; and then ho proposes Il
heavy schedule ofincreased taxation.
MIR. Weed says iho war will cost, before it |
il ended, ioar thou>aad millions Of d,llars-
'ue does not 60 far enough. If Lncoln be
reelected wc sHv ii viii cost si1 Thousand |
millions, or 0ne-hslf the whole value Of the |
pro erty Of rho loyal States, according to the |
census of 1860 At that tim. the value Of the |
property Of Mi the United States was es.ima |
tai n: s!rtcrn rhousand m lions, allowing four
ti,nu.ard mI,l'r- Tor the SaIrs in rebellion, |
lsgvss the en'Ia SaiuptIon Of she lnYal State
tx!~y !l.".saEi millions, AMI o:,e half
Of III, great .rhsr:ais:' # the 1uoplo is 10 IL
absorbed tctj-a the wa? is ended. un:ess u
chang e eaect:,' in its rraaagcment.-[N.
Y Herald.
THE y TioSAL BANKS VS. THE STATE RANks-
SECRETARY cH.-Hs PIIASCIAL PLANS DE-
MUS kD-cAUCus REGARDING TEE STATE RI
NANCEs ETC.
Atbany F.:b. a.-The delegation from the
NV York D4ns7. in cJniuuatoa vii! no re.
prcsenta;ive, o! sever.l banks Of AlbanT,
with the Bank Superintendent. were ke(orr
tie irt C,;:lm;5;ac on Baaks this af:cr-
1;,,i1.
..r. C0r, thc ch;i-aran IF the New Tork
delegation, opened the ball, shrwing tho IT,
;ury tna: The national banks were doing 20
. 60. l.. L: that -lla Id