, 1864-08-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
Intercatlnw Southern News-uAtters at
the Capital.

the Capital.
. tspcolue Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1bo..a.,
WA.us6Tos, Monday, Aug. Is. 1861.
We have the Richmond Enquirer OF the
10th and 1lth, the Petersburg RyiRrr Of the
9th, md the Raleigh Confederate of the 10th,
from whice we compile the following items:
The Charlottesville c.svnicle Of the 9th denies
that AtcCaueland was defeated at New Creek,
end says that at one point on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad he captured blocRhouse
with 500 prisoners, whom be paroled.
A Mrs. Allen is on trial In Richmond Tor
corresponding with the enemy. She has
given bail to the September term Of Court
They Lad had an exciting trial Of q man fur
killing negro boy. He was acquitted.
Flour and wheat are said to have Il down
ward teDdt ncy. The 1nquinr has lengthy
editorial on the fall of Fort Gaines, which It
says has gone the way OF I'LL isolated
positions exposed to concentrated
assaults Of the Yankee navy, and the flank
ing operation oftroops debasked upon com
manding points. 1t regards the capture Of
Mobile as among the reasonable probabIil-
ties, and asks what then? will the Confed-
erate cause be weakened at all? We haye
alarge military force defending 1t against
feet. Should the Yankees take the city they
n:ust land troops to hold 1t. We shall be
enabled to tra9sfer our men to some point
where they will not have to meet iron clcds
The District Attorney has advised the
Grand Jury that the ub1ishers Of the Exam
;h<r ought to be indicted for libel. But they
have taken no action. There was terrible
explosion Of shell In Bradley's machine shop,
across the river from Richmond, on the Sd,
BY which five negroes and three white boys
were killed, and a urge amount Of property
destroyed.
Sixteen men are reported as deserters from
the eth Virginia cavalry, aud thirty dollars
reward piece is offered for their apprehen.
sion. Thlrty-ei1 more are notified that they
will be treated as dcsertcrs unless they r.
turn in ten days.
The trustees Of school iu South C.rollna
want three teachers, to whom they will pay
81 ,250 each per year salary.
The local column Of the Petersburg Ex-
press is mainly filled with notices of crimes,
from which it appears good dea! Of
stealing ia done in that city. 4 commission
er has been robbed Of 81 900 worth Of goods
The same paper is jubil'nt over election
returns from North Carolina, a. we'll as over,
Grants defeat In front of the town, but says
the news from Mobile is Of the wet blanket
sort.
Tie following telegram appears in it:
CLINTON. L., Aug. 5.-The Yankees have en-
everything: Our batteries ~ sinking the steamer
thirteen, and the balance escaped to skipwozth's
national negro convention is to be held at
New York Oct 4th.
ietterday morning Col. Scott captured stock
ton Rouge, without ths loss Of u man, aud be got
ore1 ore hundred prisoners, and large amount Of
t Tie Raleieh Confederate /. esultant over the re-
elec1ion Of Vance as Governor Of North Carollna
By large majority and pitches into several per.
hsVe f % allowed themselves to 81 elected to to ths m
Legislature. It bus = communication from q9il-
{tIa eouqty, from which 1t sppears thu Holden
men bare a. seerei organization, which the
should be put down by law Or crushed by military
force. He says the time has come when every 10y
81 man must unite to crush ont sreason and t1sd-
tors, or ciTil Taf will eoon en5ue. Brig. Gen.
McMshon has been made Major General In the
Confederate army, to dste tzom Jnly 80, 1854.
tits belieyed tbat Vanees matosit7 Hil' be near-
II as large as In 1902. when 1t was $4,000.
PROVOST MAnsHALs NOT EXEMPT.
It has been decided that Assistant Provost
Ma1e1a1e are not e1emp from draft, by yir-
tue OF their Office, they not being consfd-
cred In the military service Of the United
States. .-..-..
CONCERNING SUBSTITUTES.
The following dispatch overrules former
| decision Of the Provost Marshal General:
tied to exemption who have substitutes In
the service, whether snch substitutes were
put in for three years III 1863. 1868 OF 1864.
.fSIened,} JAMES B. Fly,