Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-18


form tId reserve which L!..o'n k".;.i u. hand
in or !or 10 secnre III: Il slijG mt nl cvs:its II
hy Ela gr"rrbach I.".ri.. .ci patronage snd
sn!!i-r:. hs obtains ,I"j ,TIiY OF votes in the
loyal S:a;." it viii H. g','..r.,ia sud causa Con
ure.s a. i,r"w ~: tI' vu.es oi the Sorthern
"rotten horyueis
Ii un tre con'riry. ID ia whipped in the
North, aal heels Ihsoe ro:l-:." votes, they vii.
be counted. 70 rs tn furnish Lincoln q preience
fer his usurpaton or, a. Seward expresses ii. 81
rs t. make him PlesdsSt u al the United
Stsles.
This is the plan Il tas haau no sscret for IL
long time past. O!ouIiee and Rsd river nrs the
bloody witnesses, and IL any Doubt wcrs remsin-
ing the order to iil L.. electoral ticse: in Tsu
nesses has dispelled t.
Lincoln end his s;fv ers ara Staying n .,esper-
Hte game. They rrovCEo civil ~Ar IL! tho North
to maintain their power. Bat they will lose their
game.
COUGH. THE fEHrsEAEGs IktrUaGR. OK THE
STUMP.
Il seems that Lhe celebrated .,upe;aae.
lecturer, Jno. B. Cough, has bnea er''isssd in
the interests Of Lincoln. imo I'ribun,"
contains the following notice OF N, Of lie o-;...
tions:
The immense crowd which always rnl!cwa
this gifted orator, w:,a H0. T,.r.:ng il i,s ~.
tentions TO his lecture ie!iy"rr,. last nic;:! q.
the Cooper Institute, when ths largs hall :vas
filed with brilliant audience. whose breath
ltss a1d delighted attention he hold durirg liza
twa h0u-s' ora'ion. We were glad 81 GAG lh;a
veteran campsigner in tho temperance capss,
in such, If we may usn tho wsrl, :;995 rnii
ton, Gn1 exhibiting all tho t:', energy, tuuGr
and pathos which have plaosl him among the
worry highest, if not the highest platform ora
tn-G fths day. Ms. Cough il aiwavs graphic,
niwavs tcrae, o mos! rXaai'"T: mimic. nl~svs
fproibls, and always full CT The most czprcS-
si7a g;s:i.:rll.t:nn, tiougN ii aDv thin. i,e IN
aui.s3 sAE,owhnt l1sI in tie latter rhan in
former years, and slI who 20 to hear hin, may
depend upon being one moment r'ol:cd hy Eis
rathos pad anon c0nyIlsod with i.rrrressills
laughter, and OIL This occasion infinite m!Ith
and lond cheers ware evoked by his reference
to the Chicago platform, which ha described
n5 "tOo rottba to handle" His peroration g.
no, in which be stutei that daring the Storm
which hese. ths ship Of State, the people
would not chanso the Cantain. who. a. tho
helm had carried thom safely through the pgat
three years, eiicitad tremendous cheering
There was largs number Of young mon pre-
sont, end there is little doubt but that much
good must result from his efforts to promote
the CAUSE of temperance, for even those who
do not sgrse with his opinions and arguments
cannot fail TO come from his lectures with thrjr
feeInsa saftaned, moral perceptions al:nrrca-
ed, . deeper sense Of duty, and frrner resolves
and aspirations for the truo and right.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Tho Herald" contains ths following Jos.
patches in relation to af,irs in Missouri:
ST. LOUIS. Monday, O,s. l0th.-From the
Democrats" Jefferson City correspondent it
Hsems that tn" rebc! demonstration on that
place on the Ith vas merely to occupy cur
forces while TIC caarhy's main body crossed
the Osage river. Altar feeling cur fortifca-
tions and finding them strong. they raased
westward during the night ,aome 20 900 strong,
with lG to % cannon and long train Of we-
gons.
Gen. Pleasauton arrived on the morning Of
tha G!h and assumed command, and III the
afternoon followed tie rebels with abons 5000
cavalry.
At night reports reached Jefferson that we
had engaged Prices rear, while Oar. Cu:ia
coming frorl Kansas, WAS fighting their
front.
The Democrats" Jefar,on City despatch
to night says:
4 c9uricr Just arrived from California, 25
miles west, brings information that our cav.
airy were skirmiShing nearly all day yester-
dsv.
In the afternoon. tbe rebels entered Cali
forna, burned the railroad depot and train Of
cars.
Gen. Pr;co has issued pr0clamatior, s.at-
ing that he had come into the Slate intondiGg
to remain. lie desired to make friends, not
enemies, and the depredations be had commit
tod we're 2 military necessity.
About t O'clock cur forces placed satterF
outside OF California, and irova the rebeia
out. We hiini md wounded End Captured
over ono buniroa. Oar lcss waa only Il iirw
wounded.
The rebels havo t1ra up ntout niln Of :ie
railroad track on the eans tite Of California,
and it is also torn up in several plaosa on ths
side.
The rebel Colonel Standewaite is reported
to have been at Upton last nigh. with five
thousand men. moving toward Bonneville.
The rebel Major Bowie and the rebel Lieut.
Ksy have been killed, and Col. Shanks NOR
tally wounded.
Col. Fletcher, with G!Lccu mon, arrived
bsre from Rolla tonight, ari reports 500
men repairing the southwcs; branch Of the
railroad; that the telegraph will beia working
ori;r tomorrow; ths; the road Will be Op&n
from Rola to Mosele the day after, and that
oil il now snug at Rolla.
rhs bridge nad water-tank at Seotps, eigh:
miles west of Jeffsrson City, haze bocn burn
sd by the rebele; also the railroad depot 8,
Lookout, few miles beyond.
ST.. LOUIS, Tuesday, Oc! II.
Irt,llie.nce has been reoeivad ct headqus--
terra. that Prics's army went from California
to Bonneville. Cooper county. yesterday, nnd
Shelby sent 2,0G0 cavalry ,ss tie Missouri
river at th9t point.
Gen. Fisk has gone ID j., .ingtuu to take
command there.
Gen. Sanborn is still pull ng the enemy.
Reports were extensivel' irculsted, to-day,
that Magruder, with 5000 abel infantry, had
entered Southeast Mi ,cnsi ard occupied
FrederickstOwn, but thsr provo to be un-
founded.
Business is suspended 81 st. Joseph, ths
citizens having been call ! - arnna hg Gen.
Fisk, in anticipation Of -::' from Prlnn.
Tobacco is unchanged On qIist receipts
&C bales. Flour and WI "a. heavy and l6wer.
Corn firm. Oats, lc. higher.
ESCAPE or D0DD, TT coNsrIsAToR.
Tbs Indianapolis Journal Of the :.h an
nouncss as follows the escape OF II. Fl. Dodd
from prison. where hs WIS co flied pending tr;a'
for conspiracy:
This gentleman, lately on trial by n Military
Commission in this city. charged with beng
Son of Liberty and conspiring against the Gov
ernment, got ont of his military prison night he'
fore last about four o'clock in the morning. Mr.
Dodd descended hv a rope, which he iat hy
some means procurcl, from the third story OF ths
United States building on the northves: corner
of Ohio and Pennsylvania streets. At that tinIs
of night it was certainly = pe,ious adventure for
Mr.. Dodd. It IL stated by those on duty at ,Ee
time, that Mr.. Dodd hauled mp rope with iron
clamps on the end of it, with t8ine string
Then he made everything fast. came down from
the third story, lit upon the pavement and then
prscticed his legs. Dodd would not have got OF
in this way if the guard mp a.a:r', IL the third
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