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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

They even favor the public with frequent ano
pious homilies on tho horrors Of War, and the
benignities and blessings of Peace.
But 10! there are hints and suspicious '""'
the Administration may entertain propositions
from the Rebels, looking to Peace or an ARMS,
tice, and instantly all is changed! Even 1el
Dayiss barrel organ, The DAILY Noes. has no we''
come for pacific overtures from that quarter
while The Uorla stands fairly aghast at the sug,
restou. 1t kindly undertakes the diplomacy ol
,ho Rebels. and warns off the President with the
assurance that "the South will not treat '''"
him. except its independence BIO granted
How do you know that And what's our war
ran, for the assumption that it will agree to con-
ditions fro~u your party. in power, which 1t
would refuse to ours'
If the Rebel machine is run for the benefit OF
the Northern Democratic party that fact can
not be developed too soon. Lot us have look
at the documents!
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

vigorous party discipline. "We have thrown
away our packs. and shall move on" was his
characteristic reply to tho savage chief who saw
fit to arrest his Winter advance through icy
mountain gorgcs, when on his first exploring ex-
petition. He has never lacked the daring to
risk every thing in what he esteemed good
cause. Differing from him in opinion with re-
gard to the course to be pursued by patriots in
the present crisis we find in that difference no
reason for assailing him, not wishing to convert
difference into hostility. We trust that all ear
nest adversarics of tho Rebel Slave Power may
be brought to oct together in the approaching
Presidential canvass. at least 30 far as to vote
in each State common Electoral ticket. And
at all events should this hopo be blasted, we
shall have done our utmost To avert the catas-
trophe.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
Tn. .uvvIy Of " aser In she City.

The protractcd drouth has diminished the supply
of Croton water in tho city to such extent thai
economy in its use shall become matter of neces-
si,y. In order to furnish tho FIRE hydrsnts with
working power, and afford an unceasing flow to the
upper floors of dwellings and other buildings, where
water is used, the reservoirs must be kept nearly
full. Now the present yield Of the Croton river 10
81 900 900 per day. while tho daily consumption o.
water here Is Estimated ct 10000, 900, causing
deficiency Of 1000. 900 gallons each day. Economy
In the Of wsteris therefore called for it should
not be allowed to run to waste" In baths, and
wssh-bowls in Watering gardens and washing side
walks
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

The compete Reorganization OF the printing
office of frst-class daily Journal is not TO be
made in day, and we still bespeak the patience
Of our readers that we can not yet give them
quito the usual variety and quantity Of reading
matter. 1t is not merely that we are compeleu
10 engage an entire new force Of printers 0u'
that time is needed to perfect the organizaIion
Of this force, to get the right men In the rien'
places. and to accustom all to their new duties
We are doing this almost more rapidly than wc
had reason TO expect, and are now so far along
that day or two more only Is needed to get our
machinery in perfect running order. Compost
ora are still wanted, and to good hands We offer
nsrmanent situations and liberal wages. The
public understands, we presume, by this time
that the question raised in this Office is not
whether we should pay to our employees the
price which they demanded for their labor'-a
right we have never disputed, while we reserved
"a ourselves ours to accede to their do.
mands or not, as seemed to us best; but that we
have simply resisted an attempt to coerce us,
nnder the threat of strike at a most inconven'
lent moment, to conduct this journal in obedi'
jence to the interests Of single class, rather
than in accordance with the dictates of our own
Judgment and our duty to the public at large.
We have not submitted and shall not submit to
any such dictaton, and we believe that all
right-minded men in the craft and out off will
sustain us for thus asserting and maintaining
the independence of Free Press and the digDi-
ty of labor.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
CRy. FREMONT.

Our readers will have observed that we have
not seen fit to join in the hue and cry set up by
many of our contemporaries against John c. Fro
mont Though we do not support him as a can
didate for President, and believe he has made
Gas who has not y some grave political mistakes,
we hold him in high esteem as one who really
desires TO serve and save his country He is 10
Copperhead; he never yet rejoIced over Union
disaster, even though it discredted Some bitter
personal adversary, and he doubtless stands
ready to-day to make any personal sacrifice if he
might thereby rescue his country from her 81 sea
of troubles" We deem it, therefore, neither
wise nor Just to build up walls of alienation be-
tween him and the great body of the devoted
champions of The National cause.
To taunt the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent in 1856 as "The Lost Leader" is not the
way to Unionist harmony and triumph. 1t
serves to remind the country that Gen. FIRE.
mont has been "lost" ere now. Thousands
remember how long he was lost, when foodless
and shelterless, he was buried, with his daring
band of sufferers, in the deep SHOWS Of the
Winter, on his way to that grand. rich country
which he afterward gave TO the Union. He
was "lost" to the Democratic party when,
in 1855. he rejected the Pro.slavery dogma
then foisted into his creed. and became the
popular leader of the young Republican host
in the most vigorous and effective canvass
since that Of 1900. He was "lost" to his
devoted Army In 1861, when unwisely super.
seeded, after long and tO1soms marches, which
had nearly cleared Missouri of armed rebels,
and when on the very brink Of still more bril-.
liant achievements. 1t were better, we think,
that he should not be 4" lost now.
Gen. Fremont has been accustomed all his life
10 n certain freedom of movement, regardless Of
consequences. which is not quite consistent with
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
REBnL symPATHusERs.

A correspondent of The Herald. writing from
Bedford Pa. thus depicts the pro-Rebcl procliv.
tiles of majority of the idlers collected at that
Summer resort.
'TBR GUESTS or BEDFORD SPRINGS
made up Of two classcs socially and politically. The
first class those Of Union feeling, and sentiments
with all their attendant finer qualities Of heart and head
low order Of Philadelphia and Baltimore secessionists
etor by blood sympathy. The latter here less
10 nbbe tier fayorite sulphur than hold
union Of friends 20 treason. They being In decid
ed majority. anuso themselves by browbcatng and mis-
using the tolerant minority OF loy gentlemen and ladies
WHO have como here for tho benefit Of their health And
IN fact to snch degree does this constant tannng Of
the Uonists extend that te larger portion Of their
number have been forced away In order ~ escape tho
bitterness and superior numb'r. OF their enomics.
GENERAL HURLI.
1.-THE conduct OF General Bscll has abo been shame
FIJI to the most extreme degree II TO- no feelings Of
personal respect out Of regard for the fsvors shown
him by the government IL woud be moe becoming Ia
keep ao0f from the concentrating majority 81 guests
at Bedford Spings Instead. however. OF doing this
he receives their batteries. applause andcoartshp. and
ia The hero Of the anon crowd Who would land
anything that would sympathne and aid numbers ~
their party.
"yAnoSAL PAST DAY.
ION this occasion the anagonisn Of tho persons al.
IudeI 10 presented Itself In still more sticking
1t was proposed b. tho UnoEits TO get aside The ball
for that evening and NANTES: regard for the day
in that way The secessonis,s hearing THIS. ut once
hour came the music struck up and the lance went or
with more vigor and enthusiasm than on any other
night Of the 1t Is unnecessary add thai the
UnlOnisis were not present"
Such is the spirit in which thestruggle Of
the Republic for life is viewed byi large pro-
portion Of those who call themselvesD Democrats
and grumble at the slow progress Of he War for
the Union. Who does not know that these
dissemblcrs would bitterly deplore asuccession
of victories which would crush the Iebcl forces
and overthrow tho last vcstige Of AIMED revolt
against the National authority
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
Rew9lork Dailn Gribm,te
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1864.
To Correspondeuts.

Ns rot,c. can be taken OF Anonymous Communcstions
Whatever h. intended for insertion must be authenticated
nv the name address Of the wtc-not necessarily Tor
publcstion. but a guaranty for bis good FAITH -
MI bu.,pe this office should be addessedt 70 Ihe
TsIguSE." New-fork
We cannot undertake 20 return rejected Communicated
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16
Soldiers 20 vssc In Rhode Island.

Rhode Island voted to-day upon three prop,'
stons to amend the Constitution OF tho State. W. l:
allow soldiers TO vote; 10 extend suffrage TO nataral1ed
citizens wlo have served In the war; 70 abolish there's
stiy tax Tao returns, SO Tar. Indicate that hey @'
al aprI0Yed
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

Mrs. VIM. Kcyes Howard has beoi sentenced
bya military commission to be oonveye beyond the
Union lines for transmitting ntraband hormston to
rebels.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

A correspondent Of The Herald, writing from
Bedford, Pa. thus depicts the pro-Rebcl prociv.
tiles Of majority of the idlerS collected at that
gurpuar yaaor.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

Here the Danish Government In TIA cunning might
almost remind the reader fthe rshman Who In buy
colt anxious 10 the mare into lie bar
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03
IRE II I, Etl3. 4

The Georgia paper. htIn" .oiue iur
lher intelligence al thr ro.rioa Of -iaili
try affair in 'hat state iho Aunus1x,
EcJtstey Of the 27th .aya
The news yesterday was very interest
ing. From up the Georgia road We learn
that the enemy's raiding parties hard APP
preached very near, II not quite, 10 War
rentOn. Scouts report them as being
near that place; but, as far as We can
learn, they were in small parties. These
parties are no doubt scouting, or small
rading parties.
Fighting IS reported to have taken
place Mt SanderSvila on Friday between
heeioi 5 forces and the eneIny : cavalry.
The enemy Were driVrn bucl, on their
main body. The best report. we have
place the main portion OF the enemy
near Sandersyille, in Washington county
Sandersville is few miles north Of the
Central road Q
Wayne Is reported as having retired to
No. 10, on the Central road lIardeos
visilan; eye is looking after thing in that
quarter, and we have no tsar-s s)r the r.
sult. "Old Reliable" Is too we'll n-
formed on Mr. Shrrn,ln'a tactics to be
outwitted by him. He il enc OF the most
vlgilant and energetic officer III the ser
vice, aud knows how and when 10 "po-
rate.
The enemy's position is becoming de-
veloped at last We viii soon have full
knowledge Of his whereabouts, and we
have not i doubt of otT ability to punish
his temerity.
The Savannah Nr,cs Of the 2sth in
slant gives some additional particulars Of
the fight and rep.llsc of the enemy at
Macon
On Sunday, the goth instant, at three
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the manner enrolling officers have dis
charged their duty. Adopted.
Also, a bill TO authorize the agents oi
the Treasury Department, in the Trans
Mississippi Department, to receive mo
ney on deposit and to draw on the trea
sury at Richmond to the amount Of said
deposits Referred to Committee ..-
Ways and Means.
Also, bill to regulate prizes in the
case Of captured vessels Referred To
Committee on Naval Affairs.
Also, a resolution instructing the Com
miltee on Military Affairs to inquire into
the eXpedency of allowing transporta-
ton home and back to all officers and
soldiers on furlough. Adopted.
Mr. McMullcn, of Virginia, offered a
resolution to establish Joint committee
OF the two Houses Of Congress to con,
slider the propriety of fixing maximum
Of prices. Lost. Ayes II, noes GJ.
On motion, the House rest we'd into
secret session. Adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

COEFEDEHATE CONGRESS.
SEN 1E.
FRIDAY, Decembo

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I ,''' = ''N 'l'''' 'i'e i"'Lfcr consideration
-. '''T iSS0lut'o,' leia'''e /" receipts
6f1" i"' ,'A III hthd hy mistake TO IN.
"".noII|ea persons.
mouse b'II relative TO the receipt OF
counterfeit treasury notes by Govern
'""lit "lhceiS was c"hSideredFnd rejected.
senate OH regulating the mileage and
compensation OF the members OF the Sc
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Najor-General Humphreys has beer
given command of the Second corDs
from which Hancock was exiled for ii,
failure IN the great Reconnaissance
Roger 4. Pryor has been sent 10 For
Lafayette. A Washington telegram .ay..
R"Err \ PI,y"t arliytd hrle hi
m4",htnr. 1uI .rt>,: a. ui,ht i.i fora Ia
ttyrtir. Tie attracted mugh attention Il.
he WI escorted down the =. rtu- tn the
bIt Capitol under guard, aui ts rcgur
hlztd by many Of his former ar,uruint.
alces here, 1t is probable that he " III
soon be returned, as ii is understood that
Captain Burrige, for whose capture hc
was taken In retaliation, i, 10 be re-
turned"
General Pope has gone to City Point
on visit
The Florida was lying OF Newport
News when she WAS run into and Stuh.
Hr2alrr General Paine has left WASH
ln"ton for the North on special hls:nrss
CONNECTED with the distribution OF clio
iiin@" tn Confederate ptis"nci> The
Confederate General Eralr has been "a,
rolled and appointed t. >upcrintcnd the.
purchase and distribution ol blankets,
clothing, &c, among them with the
means furnished by the sale of the carE"
of cotton recently shipped from Mobile.
Mrs. Sarah HntchinS, recently con
yictei By military court in Baltimore
OF actin" AZ an agent 10 furnish the
rebels with supplies, h.ts been committed
to the house Ci correction at IitvhhtHa,
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| unaIl. TO l,A
men+ on, ;,c,~.,.,;'. ~ '''o "
im,ortont oxon,
a,-x.o, >, ~ mar, ,...,,
Inst Th,rsdov ,mo ya,I.aa -',Dta...
| came into ,hc pann.b,nnoo1- a,,on,o1
Lv , ao.,i,, =, or-.o- ,o.. ~,
boats Grod on o,,r o,...-r,a -,
r;,,or ona 5s
f., "a oyoo,.ooe-,.-
G., '''''e ''' III '''e O"''' 'e
'''''' o'' s''' nom Tue gun
''''''P'e" 70 ia'd IN Essex, bat
"''' III =" on ana ofiVen ou by our local
troops.
1t was reported last night that Mosby
had found another wagon train. and
burned it after some fighting with the
o,,.-,I iI.I--..
''' '''' gay
Inent HE precise locality of the affair.
;..,,o,a,..:.,r
- i4ot Cei tllhiy KNOWN, but II supposed
fo Rn o,, tI.o III fo.oI sf,..:-l
80 ''''~> y ''i 81 '''i7'"'1 . P'hH'
STFCI-~~Ej-T KvprrTrt11 ,1,t>v.-r ,rtr,,
rtIlTyopr ,>-n ot,Io ,,IIuo,,r
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03
yTI TEHENTS or THE PEACE
COE.NIYtHONEPg"

RICHMOND, Va, December >, 1904.
To the Editor Of tie Dispatch
In the New York. Daiiy Tribune of
November 26th appear two or three
columns, containing what purports TO be
the account O what 'one Edmund
kirke," atlas j. d. Gilmore, saw, and
said, and did, on the occasion OF his re-
cent visit to the military prisons in this
city. \ pOrtioa of this account appeared
in the DispGteh of the 30th ..,imo. The
statement is not only filled with false
hoods Of the grossest character, which
must be apparent ts every reader, but m
every particular. save the single one ''
his being at the Libby, Is utterly WIN
out foundation. The whole stoiy " 80
lie, and az well, if cot better N"I" h,' IA.
be such by "kirke" than any oouy m',s s'su 80
have conferred with Juuso ot.u o,;'n." ="
the subject, and he Joins mems. me IN Stigma
Tiny i =. shameless Puo!iries''oh..
Major Comd'g Military Prisons
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

a SILENT tFERRAL.-The Charlottes-
el)lc throhisir compares General Lee
viii. ,~tne OF the noisy characters of this
war. 1t says:
Here comes a man bred in the army.
lie had been reared gentleman lie
desplsed humbug. He loved order, and
everything and everybody III his place.
He told the ladies' al Culptper Courthouse
III lit6l, who came ont to greet him, tt
- home. In Richmond, they said he
had 40 manners he attended to his huSi
te.a and spoke lttlo. They sent him to
" c7trfn liHina small theatre 49, " hen
h"atisrgaEd. wac at Manassas and John
ton at & lnche6trr, lie went, and made
M colhment. The campaign failed they
called him Turycydrop he did not at
tempt to excise himself Soon we find
him in blaze Of glory, the hero of the
battles around Richmond He is still
silent. He marches to Manassas, and
achieves another great victory; DOT a
word scIpeS him. tie takes Winches-
ter; j.. ioiled at Sharpsburg for the want
of neti: defeats Burnside at Frederlchs-
burg; Hooker at ChancelloraSilie; but
ha hrtGks not his silence lie has the
terrible trial Of Gettysburg. He only
remar,erd, II Wa my fault and then
in the present year, he has conducted
this si'eatest Of all his campaigns un-
douDtcsily one Of the finest in war 81
lent stui. When will he speak lias
he not nng to say What does ne th'hK
of opr affairs? Should he speak, how
the country would hsDg upon every word
that fell from him
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

RoEsERY.-On Thursday night, the
grocery store of Mrs. Mary Raynor, on
Broad street, just outside the corporate
limits, was entered by thieves and
robbed of abont three thousand dolars
worth of butter, bacon, sugar, coffee, ci
gars, &c Her rear door was opened by
means of false keys, and the groceries
were carried through the bacl, yard to
an alley, where they We're put into
wagon and carried off
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

JUDGE LroNs's CoURr.-Wiliam 7,
Carroll, one of the parties implicated in
the robbery of John Werner, some three
weeks since, was tried in this court yes
terday and acquitted by the jury.
The Grand Jury, who. had had the
cases under consideration, Aeturned into
court and reported true bills against the
following parties;
Franklin Jones, charged with burgla.
rlouSly entering the house of Ann
Thomas and robbing j. II. Dilkes of a
new suit of clothes, gold watch and
chain ahd' $500 in money; Patrick Mar
tin, charged with larceny and Isaac
Jacobs, charged with Obtaining money
under false pretcnces.
The court thereupon adjourned till 10.
o'clock this morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

RICHMOND CIRCUIT CoURr. Ono or two
cases of unlawful detainer We're tried in
this court yesterday.
Several cases of habeas corpus were
taken up and partially heard, and further
consideration Of them continued till
Tuesday next.
The habeas corpus eases Of thinner
man, Rodenkirscher, and others, claim
ing exemption from militia duty "a nm.
toiirciied foreigners, was POSTPONED mr.
III ednesday, the 8th instant Messrs
Lyons and Aylctt, counsel for ,ba no,;..
TONERS; Hon. J. Randolph Tucker for the
Commonwealth.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03
JOB PRINTING NEATLY EyyrUTpn
LOC1L N1TTERS.

CONFEDERATE STATES DISTRICT CoURr.
FEsTERDAr.-John q Cornell, claiming
exemption from service upon the ground
o. non,resldence of the Confederacy, was
discharged
A writ OF hdbeas corpus was awarded
Benjamin Granger, returnable to day.
The court then adjourned till II o'clock
this morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The House was opened with prayer
by Rev. Dr Burrows.
The unfinished business under the call
OF States, being the resolutions of Mr.
Footc IN reference to a convention OF
States, coming up, Mr. Blandford moved
to lay the resolutions on the table upon
which the ayes and noes were ordered
and resulted; Ayes, G3; noes, l3.
So the resolutions were laid on the ta-
BILE
Mr. Foote offered bill to increase the
pay and mileage of members of Congress
fifty per cent, which was referred to the
Committee on Pay and Mileage
BY Mr.. Atkins, of tennessee Rein
structinG the Special Committee on Con
Hcrjptibi 10 inquire into the eXpediencv
OF reporting Il bill prohibiting enrolling
officers from acting as such more Than
six months in the same district and in
structing the committee to inquire into
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

MIS,yrERlAL CHANGE. E.-A cpange has
been ,u.,de bv Bishop Early liz the ap-
paioiurnt ol pastor for CentePary
rhurrh m Lynchburg. DE-. l.. NJ. Lee,
who has had charge of the church for two
wears, " III remain, instead OF going to
Union ) tztion, Richmond, as announced.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

THE LIBsY-The only arrival at this
institution was that of Dr. Finley, a Fe-
deral prisoner of war sent from Danville
to this city, to be forwardedto his North
ern home, or parole, by the next nag Of
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

Captain Jacob Mickler, noted scout
and patriotic citizen of Florida, was killed
by being ,throWn from his buggy against a
tree, in. n.Su"anee county, on the 10Th ul-
umO,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

On "Wednesday evening, November 3nt! b~ E.y
A D"u,su. joiIN X MAIOY to Ms SOPHIA
NlMNi.LL, daughter OF Godfrey Wen. NEIL
Ia, all ut tht, ,i:y.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

Slight not good counsel, come from
what quartt'g it may.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-03

| SUCCESSFUL RAID on THE BALTIMORE AMI
OHIO K4ILR0AD-THE DESTRUCTION or
| STORES.
| Telegrams give the particulars of a sue
cessful raid by the Confcderates on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad One saws
tappcars that, about O'Clock on Mon
| day afternoon, fifteen hundred or more
rebel cavalry, under Generals Rosser and
McCausland, it is said appeared in front
of New creek, twenty-five miles west of
Cumberland, and attacked the two earth,
works there located. What force de
Tended them Is not definitely known here,
but it was only short time before the
| rebels were in possession OF the post
1t is believed that but few of the garri-
son escaped.
New creek was a Government depot
for Vest Virginia. and the warehouses;
containing a large amount OF quarter
masters ana commisSary stores, were
burned by the enemy, as well az the
buildings at the railroad station.
In the meantime, the telegraph wires
were cat, and the rebel cavalry pro-
ceeded thence westwardly to Piedmont :;
but found, on arrivinG~there, about five
o'clock, that an alarm had preceded
them, and all the rolling stock Of the
railroad had been removed They, how
ever, destroyed the "ori-.;t"I, stationary
ml'hmrtv, "t,'. ~! Ghc yotnpLny thrl,.
1nd were nniI prevented irnnl tunihrruru
ration. hy "he @alLsntry II a company 81