The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-29

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ING JUNE 90 1864
turned, but eeaesaily speaking fell short. In the
ssssEwhilc the viciosia's beats got clear ShA r.
tssseA, and the rebels cane c00ily and impudently
~ so.s saa pul Out the Are aaa began disehassi"y
the cargo 0om tho AcCaW.
INC pacotah n1gualIed to The senior chip the
sa!e os anaier; but apparently notice taken,
sIo .acy en2oyed the esatidcatiou Of seeing The
teneis unload the steamer almost under their guns
hvno"4n INC stearnes wa3 aground she had not
!iseco but remained perfectly upright. The reAeis
bsougns steamers 10 eaf1 away (hc cargo, and
time since. :
The Tsu', after loading with goods ftom the
McCaws and ON her return uip, jokirr,y and NH
sPo.nve gesture. when abreast the DacotaA, cred \
easis when exploded about eight hundred wards
distant. On the night Of the 4ih, the Nc, aw stiI
preserved her position even keel. portions Of
her cargo which must have been iurEc-pilcd IN
ON the beach, steamers constantly plyiry between
her and ,he Cape Fear river, where her carro WA
Delivered. In this Instance, 1t is the Unanimous
opinion Of all who witnessed the circumstances
have narrated, that the Ceosgiaha xcCaw could
have been dss,sOyed without the slightest haz ,r,
to our vessels. The murmurs Of the. officers and
crews Of the bl0ckadess arc n not iond, very deep
30 utterly indifferent and so c0niemptnOusy DO the
h'oclatie runners regard our apology for block
adc, thai they feel perfectly safe IN running the
gauntlet with STEAMERS capable, at u,eir niaximAM
tatc, OF only SIX knots IN hour for example, the
Siren captured the OTHER day by mere accident,
her compass being ont two ana a half points
Until vessels OF speed are placed In position
where they can be 4 service, our blockade simply
acta iicndy interest to the blockade runners, by
enhancing the value Of their cOhlraoand careees.
Were the matter not 900 serious, 1t would appear
u good joke Why. vessels outward hound, laden
with cotton, sometimes get chased by biockader;
tiiereWp0n they commence tightening her by throw
Ing out cotton, and am told by good authority
that the h'oekaders do good business by simRiy
picAfrg up the cotton thus cast oveIbuald As
many as five hundred bales month have been
picked up.
To show the enormous profits Of blockade run
successfully 10 pay for The value Of two vessris
ana Aheir cargo But two blockade runners nf
trihinS value have been captured during tho last
ri"'th-an interval Of four weeks
PLEASANT REUNION CHURCHRs MILITANT TIE
ELAa OF TuE SEASON.
very large audience assembled on the Is h
instant, at the CarOndelct Street Church, In New
OrfeaHs, TO witness the ceremonies Of flag pre-
senta,ion from the Mcthndisis Of New York IN
those of New Orleans, rhc flag bears this irscrir-
ti0n:
New York 10 New Orleans greeting liom the
Washington Square N T. Cburch.,'
Df Newman made the presentation speech,
judy" llammill rcpleA and then Gen Eanks was
called ont aud spoke is follows
am sure, Mr. President, ladies' and gen .lemcn,
mat shonid not have rc1niTri the invitation with
which have been hOuored, had fcit that could
add angnt to the eiotnpnce of the evening. l.ut
confess that feel deep Interest In the sympathy
manifested by the Mcihodisls OF New York for Tho
MethOdtsts OF New Orleans | remember when
tweaty four years ayo heard MIR Caihouu say that
the churches haI been severed, and that further
assurance Was needed OF the severance of the
States. was glad to hear tue orator Of the even
III the minds Of the North to the people Of the
South II s~deyouOn 10 a principle and not ma
lgnity to State or to people, that animates them
tn this unhappy wa.
We are no staken If we suppose that kindness OF
heart leads us one io,a from the rnle ef right
This stnfc can have hut one end, the maintenance
Of the uniOn Of these states and the perpctualiOn
Of the principles on which that uniOn Is founded.
EFFECTS OF OPERATIONS IN GOLD.
A Philadelphia paper, In some observations on
The gold disturbance, says:
But these gambling combinations in gold siimu'
late and Invite combinations In tJur, and beef ard
pork ana other necessartes Of life, and In this way
The people aie made victims all around. A sue
cessiM eorhef" Ia gold bcsets In some other 0I,c
raior desire for "cornes" In beef, or butter, or
mess pork, coffee, clover seed, any avaiia
Bile commodity Thus beef was forced up to 10
rents a pound few weeks ago, wilon there
III ample supply and thus combination OF kin
mess pork. In New York now In this way the
passion Tor that species of gambling spreads, and
the people not only have 10 pay The increase Of
price In Iuence Vi the rise In gold, but they
Her from Tue ex0rliUn Of all the other cOmtinn
ions for 'comeTs' in the necessities OF life. THE
Z Government, by the late act OF CuHsrt S. struck
blow The TOOl of all these evils, by making false
ran ctiOns in g,id penal Off :ncrsssand "that's
What u the niattei" over In Wall stlcet
nlscxLLAsxous.
Vm Johnson, negfO,- was executed by the
Yankees before Petersburg on the 10Th, having
been convicted OF attempt To outrage a young
ady i, New Kent Court House. A Yankee letter
says:
lie was hung this morning at half past 9 O'Clock
u front 0f the jordan House, on hill In full view
If The enemy. battery close by had been shelf
ng the rebel lines, and they opened In reply,
throwing Il number Of shells rather closer Than
was desirable, one of which struck George Folly,
serge ant major ioih Massachusetts, who tieL In
few minutes
When jehason was arrested by some cavalry.
lust after his crime he stontiy denied his guilt and
gave his name as Robert nenry Hughes, and said
mat he belong cd to The Gua.termaster's iepa;t.
nient After being sentenced, however, lie admit
ted his gGi and gave his true name, and confessed
that he enlisted In Baltimore on the 53d Of March
Ia the 2id u. $. infantry, was twenty three yea,s
af age, and had deserted. lie said his punishment
was Just, and he hoped Others would take warning
~ his l1te.
A Washington Telegram, of the 2ith, says -"CAr
rett Davis says he will 10 morrow introduce Tests-
uliOns Ia favor OF peace aud In favor OF opening
negotiations with the rebels, aud Ii they tail, To
recognize rebellion"
Ex Senator . Tfay, Of Alabama, and Jacob
of Mississippi, have arrived at IL liiiax,
md reported tn be secret agents FOR the COncd
crate Government.
Willie J. Maugum, Jr, OF NC, u = Consul ai
NingpO, China, has hcen transferred to ChiaE-
ktang.
The thermometer in Washington city OH Friday
stood al 90 in The shaue. There we're many deaths
IN the hospita
The schooner Harriet Pinckney, with 20, bales
Df cotton and ID, 1000, had arrived Ia New York.
Hrig Gen Jas St Morton, was killed before Pc
ersbufg last week. He was from Philadelphia
The Yankee Senate has passed 4 bin rcpea lag
he fugitive slave law-ayes y, nays IL.
The Mar yland Constitutional Convention has
declared slavery In that State extinct.
Rev DR. w z Wyatt, Rector Of st raui's Church,
10 baltimore, died on the = i,h Inst.
Gen Dan Sickies arrived at New Orleans on the
lOth inst
Cold was quoted In Philadelphia on the a1,h at
ll0a1I3.
9AsuAIfIss Of the first Maryland Heavy Artillery
LII! Ill Sona Gale commanding, on the 2ai June -
voand IN thisn Phvates Albert Doushrriy, som
ssset county Md, severely IN head, will reeOv, r:
'Ialiy rennngion, baltimore city, nrsh wourd
]" arm seriIa, ns sSsse; Ssa, n,!mH,e city. painfully
d " hobinson, Delaware, siishtv In hrros.
a. AProRrIoNnrNr ~ u--..,-
around Richmonu, for tho sera,,te occ,..,s.. - ano
u the sick and wounded from dif;,,snt