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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

Governor Allen, Of Louisiana, re
cognizing the powerful and beneficial IN
tiuences of the press, la, imported paper
enough to keep them all going for a year
and exempted all the printers from State
service.
The late Major General John II.
Morgan was an Alabamian He was born
in Huntsville in 1925. His parents
moved to Kentucky when he was six
years old.
The Council of State Of North Caro-
lima, which met in Raleigh on Thursday,
the 9TH instant, refused to convene the
General Assembly III extra session.
Commander Leon Smith, who was the
hero of the naval affair at Galveston, has
gone to Europe, from whence it is cx-
pected he will make his appearance in \
Confederate cruiser
An exchange thinks there is trouble
brewing" at the North. It's not only
brewing its already "on draft
The Charlotte North Carolina) Demo
crat states that sorghum molasses is sell
ing there for five dollars per gallon,
The hog crop in Georgia this year is
very heavy.
An Imperial French decree declares
the herring and mackerel fisheries hence
forth free.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18
FROM IFILMINGTOE.

From a gentleman just from Whining
ton We learn that the blockade of that
port is as effective as Yankee ingenuity
and an unlimited force Of gunboats can
make it. They have now established
two lines of picket boats in the otting to
give the alarm Of the attempted egress of
biockade-runners, and as soon as the
latter make their appearance, the boats
throw up rockets and burn blue lights.
The Yankee arrangements for block
aiding the port are good, and will hold So
perhaps month longer, when they will
all be swept away by the rude blasts Of
winter This North Carolina coast is, in
winter, the most dangerous in the world; I;
and when winter, sets in the blockaderS
must stand off to sea, or they will in
cvitably be blown ashore and wrecked.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

DESTRUCTION OF A RLoCK ADER-RE-
PULSE OF AN ATTACK ON THE SFEAMrR
CoNDoR, 1t is generally known that the
large, three funnclled steamer Condor,
from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in going into
Wilmington, North Carolina, Z week ago,
was deceived by the wreck Of the Night
Hawk, and ran aground 1t was III at.
tempting to come ashore from her in Il
boat that Mrs. Bose CreenhoW was
drowned. The Coniur has been slowly
unloading under the guns Of Font Fisher,
and guard, as usual, has been kept Oh
her at night On last Friday nieht, the
Yankees made an attempt to board the
Condor, to destroy her, but were gal
lantly repulSed by Lieutenant Sowles, OF
company A, Thirty sixth North Carolina
troops, and detachment of meu
AS soon as the attempt Was made,
Lieutenant Sowles communicated the
fact to Fort Fisher, when her heavy gums
burst forth TO right and LETT Of the Con
dor. The second shell fired to the left
Of the Condor struck gunb0at that had
acc0mpahlct! the boat party III, and So
completely ruined her that she was rl.n
ashore on the south breaker of the bar
and abandoned The enemy set fire to
her in several places, and before morn
ing she was totally destroyed, her maga-
zines having exploded and torn her to
pieces. Since this occurrence, on Friday
night last, there has been no sign of the
enemy oil the bar at night, and the fleet
is hull down during the day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

MAYORS CoURr--A very large num-
Der Of cases were booked for the Mayors
consideration yesterday morning. sum-
mary Of which will be found below:
Richard Drew, free, and Jacob, slave
of Ann Ford, and Carter, slave of Jacob
F. keesee, were charged with burglari-
ously entering the s,orehouse of Jacob
N iloetiich, on the night Of the 14th in
stant, and stealing several thousand dol
lars worth OF sugar, molasses, coffee,
tobacco, &c. This case was referred to
yesterday morning, when it was stated
that the proof against the accused was
very strong, as part OF the stolen goods
was found on their premises, and was
therefore virtually in their possession
For reasons, however, deemed sufficient
by His Honor, no investigation took
place yesterday, and the prisoners were
remanded for future hearing.
The charge against Mrs. Mary Collins,
of assaulting ana beating Elizabeth Win
holdt, was again taken up and witnesses
examined as to the character of the par
ties TO the prosecution. Against Mrs.
Winholdt very hard things were said.
and a petition was presented, purporting
to have been signed by 1.-The neighbour"
requesting the authorities to have her
removed rs an annoying nuisance to
them Upon the subject OF the petition.
Mr.. John ~ Davis, counsel, mtimated
that the signatures to 1t were forged,
whereupon his Honor continued the case
tnl this morning, and directed subp@nas
| 10 be issued against all the signers for
their appearance also
The complainant in the case against
| Monteith Reagan and Antonio Briton,
two very young white boys, charging
them with stealing pair of pantaloons
from Mrs. Lorman, not appearing As wit
nesscs, the matter was dismissed.
Mrs. r. Gaiser was fined twenty dollars
for violating the market ordinance IN
buying apples to sell again. As IN all
cases of a similar character, contiscation
| Of the purchased articles followed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

Confederate STATES DISTRICT CoURr.
Judge IialYburton's court was in session
short while yesterday.
Wits Of hateas corpus were awarded
the following members OF. Dement'S Ma
rylsnd battery, made returnable on Mon.
day next J. w f Hatton, John K.
Yates William l.. Sherhurn, James A.
Dorsctt, L. W Jenkins, Ii. G. Bowie,
Enoch Il. Berry, Edward L. Richardson,
Frank T. Wilson, Thomas Ii. Sunder-
land, Eugene Worthington. George w.
Bassiorl, john I. Wilson, Thomas Will
Hams, Lee NJ Sutherland, II. ID. G. q.
Sargent, John Campbell, L. Bernard
Gardner, Francis McWilliams and Daniel
". Lloyd.
A writ of habcas corpus was awarded
George g. Perrie, directed to Surgeon
Lane, at the Winler Hospital, made re-
turnablc on Monday. Also, John W.
| Tucker, directed to Surgeon James B.
McCaw, of Chimborazo Hospital, return
able on Monday.
The case of William &. Higgins,
Frank W. Ganby, Charles Mcneil and
Edward Middleton, members of Dement, 8
| battery, claiming exemption from service
| under a writ OF habeos corpus, was post
poned till this morning.
The court will be opened this morning
at 10 o'clock
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

The enemy, at Newbern, North Carolina, has ra-
fused permission for DIR. A White 10 pass through
the lines in order to give his medical services to the
Confederate sufferers by yellow csor at that paint
The barn Of Captain William L. Early, in Albe-
marie county, Virginia, with its contents, was con-
suInod by fire on the 10th instant Tie entire loss
Is estimated at s2O,Uj0.
The printers of New jersey boast that there ia not
single printer IN the State prison o the state, and
but one III the Legislature.
The next annual session Of the North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Conference will meetat Mocks-
vile, Davie county, OH the 7th OF December.
The Wadesboro' North Caroiina) Argus urges
the name of Hon Thomas y. Ashe for the Senator
ship from that state.
MI johnson, Of Marengo county, Alabama, has
manufactured some fifty barrels Of castor oil this
season.
The number of graves in the Yankee National
Cemetery at Chattanooga already number ak thou
sand.
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THE GEEMAN PRESS DENOUNCE THE WASH
INGTON AUTHORITIES.

TIE GEEMAN PRESS DENOUNCE THE WASH
INGToN AUTnoRITIES.
The German press of Missouri are de
cidedly bitter in their denunciations of
the National Government for their silence
in regard to this invasion Thoy charge
the Washington officials with neglect,
The Westliche Post, after administering
lecture to Old Abe on this point, says ::
But the present invasion is the sorest
and heaviest blow which the rebellion
has yet struck at our State. True, Penn
sylvania and Ohio had to suffer severely
from rebel raids; but those were mere
frontier raids. But in Missouri the
rebels have already advanced into the
very heart of our State. They have
penetrated from the South to the Mis-
souri, river, and their bands roam
through h the richest, most populated, and,
at the same time, most loyal counties Of
our State.
But apart from the terrible conse-
quences which this invasion must carry
into the districts touched by it, it has an
other vast strateglcal significance.
If Price should succeed to gain firm
foothold on the Missouri river, he con
trolls from there the whole interior OF
Missouri, Southern Iowa and Kansas,
and cuts off st. Louis from all communi
cation with the West. But st. Louis
and Missouri are for the West what Ma
ry land and Washington are for the East
We should think that this state Of things
is important and threatening enough to
attract the fullest attention of the Ma
tional Government, of the press, and OF
the public at large; and this SO much
the more, as the invasion is still increas-
ing. The troops we have sent to oppose
the rebels, who are continually being re-
inforced by the disloyal population, have
| not been able to check their progress, and
are, perhaps, even too weak to offer them
battle. Nearly the entire loyal popula
ton is under arms to defend their home
steads, and few or none are left to
attend to the farms, factories, stores,
&c. Such a state of things must work
disastrously even where the fury of war
does not penetrate. The speediest and
most energetic assistance is requisite, un-
| less the cause Of the Union is to lose west
Of the Mississippi what it has gained by
recent victories in Virginia and Georgia.
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MOBILE ITEMS. "A letter from Mobile
dated the 9Th, gives some items of news
from that city:
Major General Frank Gardner has been
ordered to the Trans-Mississippi Depart.
ment, with headquarters at Liberty, and
has left for his new command
The same story Of all quiet in Mobile
bay"--one monitor and three other
Yankee vessels there remaining, as if in
expectation of something to turn up"
A wagon lead of oysters made their
appearance on Royal street the other
day, having been hauled thirty miles -
Their appearance was highly welcomed
by many bon gigants, who were selfish
enough to enjoy a dozen in the shell !"
at FIVE dollars
Yesterday the train brought down five
hundred and fifty negroes, captured by
Forrest at Athens, believe They were
a fine body-clothed in Yankee uniform,
blue jackets and blue caps-and mum
Der Of them diligently inquired about ac-
quaintances here and owners, for it seems
some Of them were owned in Mobile be-
fore they became Yankee soldiers.
have not ascertained what disposition
will be made Of them
We have been favored with taste Of
December weather would gladly wei
come it as depriying us Of the music of
mosquitoes, which is not welcome, if it
were not for the lack of the wherewith
to make those cheerful fires, the glory of
days departed"
The Mayor of the city has got 4 sup
ply OF wood for poor fanilles-an appro-
priation Of $4,000 having been made
for that purpose which is disposed of by
single load (half cord) at twenty dollars
load the lraymen, proving very un-
generous class, charging five dollars a
load for hauling it.
The Theatre stands, as usual, on the
corner of Royal and Cont streets, with
closed doors sc closed until further no
ticc."
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OBITUARY.

JOHN DOUGHERTY, late private IN Captain
F. K Youns's company, First regiment Virginia
artillery is added another sacrifice on the altar Of
Liberty Rather than surrender all that Is glorious
ia the south 10 the tyranny of the North a. hrs
post on the ith Instant in the vicinity of Peters
burg hs closed his short but bright esteef, whence
his remains promptly committed TO the piols
care of those who loved hiia through life aud IN
death cherish the memory vi his modest but shining
virtues II justice, generosity patriotism and yalor
perhaps to excess are, III youth. prophetic Of dis
tinctlon and usefulness in coming years. tnen i,d
there seem to be for young DeugheIty Il luminous
future Yet, while his ashes will quietly repse il
shockoe Hill Cemetery, another star viii siia .iie
horizon Of the Old Dominion. Tue Lord uai eii-
nipotent reigneth. ONE WHO Low Eb tiih
RicaMosn, Va, October 4, lsGi.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The steamship Roanoke, which sailed from New
Yoik some weeks since, has not been heard FROM,
and it is thought has met the fate of the Chesa-
peake. Thirty of her thirty-tiye passengers alt
said to have been rebels III Disguise
The prize steamer A. ID. Vance Is taking in hel
armament, Yankee cru:aer, i'll New York
larbor.
The returns from Maryland, so far, Indicate the
probable defeat Of the anti-slavery co.istitu-
ton by "a majority OF about two thousand IN the
home vote which 1t is thought the soldiers vote
may not overcome.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18
LOCAL MA ATTERS.

FEARFUL LEAP AND PROBABLE FATAL
CONSEQUENCES. About two o'clock yes
terday afternoon, man named David
Davis, desorter from the Forty eighth
Virginia regiment, attempted All escape
from Castle Thunder by jumping from
the second story window, in the rear part
OF the building. Instead, however, Of
eliecung his escape, he broke his left leg
above the knee and shattered his law
bone in the fall. The bone to his broken
limb, it is said, perforated the flesh and
stuck into the ground, fastening him so
securely as to keep him in an upright
position till he could be extricated by the
guard He was subsequently taken to
the prison hospital, where surgical at
tendance was procured but, owing to
the character of the injuries received,
very great doubt is entertained of his ul-
innate recovery.
The prisoners in daily association with
Davis assert that he has recently shown
symptoms Of mental alteration of mind,
and that the rash act was committed
while in one of these fits.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18
RAPID RISE IN GOLD.

In New York, on Friday, gold jumped
nine cents, and after touching two hun
dred and seventeen, closed at two hun
dred and fifteen and half The He
yala, in its commercial column, says:
The rapid advance in gold created a good deal oil
excitement in commercial circles yesterday, and
nearly all kinds of merchandise were held consider-
bly higher and some kinds domestic produce sold
at big advance. The rise gold attributed to
several causes, prominent among which the re-
suit o the electons and the desperate efforts
which are being made by the large holders OF foreign
goods to force gold up III order to dispose of their
goods at an advance. But there was no gouerai
movement, owing to the fact that very little conf
aenee was ,eit in the continuance of the prevailing
hgi. price OF gold.
In another column 1t says:
Two weu-aaown operators in the gold room failed
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S3M.NM.ttal

A Lucky TEsmTH.-Some time since a sutlcr
sold tinware dealer, i'll Augu sta, Georgia, two
three hundred canteens, picked up by him bat
tIe-ficld not more than "a hundred miles distant -
There is but one way OF realizing from specult-
ton of this kind, and the canteens were given 10
one of the wolknen employed by the dealer, with
instructions to repair and restore them, as
possible, 10 "a servic.aba condition. While engaged
upon this work, the nan happened upon that
shook, and discovering that 1t possessed something
that he could not shake out of the neck, he pro-
ceeled TO open it, when 10! his eyes fell upon loll
of greenblcks, which, counted, proved to represent
two thousand dollars III fifty-d0llar bills
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LATEST FROM GENERAL PRICE.

The following, in the Herald, Is given
as the latest from Missouri. After as
serting the recapture of Pilot Knob by
the Yankees, where they found two hun
dred and fifteen of the Confederate
wounded, the account says:
Parties of the rebel Prices forces in the State
now pillagn and conscripting ill the country north
of the Missouri river Price himself, with the main
portion Of his army, is said to be siil at bonneville
The Union troops garlsonn8 several small detached
locations have been withdrawn and concentrated at
Macon In a speech which Price recently made to
the people Of Bonneville he told them that II they
did not now rally to his standard, it was the last
time he would come into the State to relieve
the but that if they came promptly forward 10 his
support. he would remain among them. Stringent
orders relative to the approaching election have been
issued by General Rosecrans.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

PRoMoTIoN, MIR. John L. Liggon, a
former energetic and polite attachee of
the Libby prison, has been promoted to
the Office of adjutant in Colonel Tuck
er's (i,isF battalion, and will leave the
city i'll few days with his command for
an interior post in South Carolina. The
battalion has been improVised from ma
tcrial eager to enlist in our cause, and
will doubtless, under the officers in com
mand, win an enyiable reputation for etfi'
cheney and loyal bearing.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

LIGHTHOUSE DEsTRoYED-The Raleigh Conted.-
rate states that the ram Albemarle out, the
other night, III tue sound and ON the 18th instant
reached Croatan lighthouse, the keeper OF which
was capturcl the lighthouse blown up, and its con-
tents destroyed. The ram then put back through
the enernys feet. and reached her destination il,
safety. The affair under the management OF
Master Long, of the Albemaile, and reflects much
credit upon him.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

THE ALABAMA LEGISLArURR,-r Alabama lse-
gslature has re-atirrned its patriotic resolutions
adopted during last year'o session and added to
then this
That in the military events of last year no cause
for despondoncy is found, and that neither pa
triotsin wisdom tolerate amy termination oi
the present war without the maintenance VI the ia.
dependence Of tho Confederate States.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

CHATHAM RAILROAD The Chatham
railroad, which, it will be remembered, is
to connect the coal and iron mines on
Deep river with the North Carolina rail
road at Cary's, is in fair way, says the
Raleigh ConseTrative, of being com
pleted, sufficient iron having been OBJ
tanned from the Government to lay the
road. This is very important enter
prise, rendered doubly SO by the require
nents of the war.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

SUDDEN DEATH.-Latc yesterday af-
ternoon man named Henry Roberts,
deSerter from the Seventeenth New York
regiment, fell dead while sitting in one of
the front windows at Castle Thunder
around at the time but none of them
noticed his condition till sometime after
wards, when they attempted, as they
supposed, to awake him from a nap of
sleep into which he had fallen. DIR. Up
shur, the chief surgeon in charge, was
called To examine him, and gave it as his
opinion that the death of the deceased
was instantaneous, superinduced by an
affection OF the heart
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

MAGIsTRArEs.--In Charlottesville, Virginia, last
week. on a writ Of habedS eJJptts the Of Scye-
raj Justices Of the peace where the Governor had
refused to certify iii favor OF the parties who were
under forty years of age Judge Field discharged
the petitioners from the custody ot the military
lie remarked that justice State officer, ani
pant Of the State that the Confederate Goveln-
mout merely the agent Of the states, and could
not assail the State organization that tho act o'
the Legislature in the premises hot necessary
to bring him to his Judgment i'll tho ease that, in
dependent of it, he would have decided iii the same
way. lie said the act was only persuasive.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18
NIIIT1RI EUiNGE

General Braxton Bragg, hitherto com
handing general, with his headquarters
at Richmond, has been relieved, and
goes at once to take command of an i'm
poltant military post i'll ONE Of the more
southern States.
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DIED,

lii Manchester, at the residence ot his son in
law Mr., Z Gary. on yesterday nlornng at o'clock,
Nj. Is J. SIZEk IN the nity third year of hia age.
His friends and acQ Quaintances invited 70 at
tend his hlaeral To- BAY at O'clock iloin thu NJ
thodist Episcopal Church, Manchester.
baltimore papers please copy.
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one hundred and slxty~eight thousand dollars Ia
Government funds. Il. Il. LFs."
Duliield is n station on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, eigh: miles west of
Iiarper's Ferry.
Northern papers Of the 18th instant
state the funds captured to be over two
hundred thousand dollars.
FROM GEORGIA
The news from Georgia is cheering. -
Hoods success so far has been complete
Shcrman* communications are altogether
destroyed They are said to have no
stock - haul conmissarieS or artillery,
and no railroad. Sherman is beyond
tl.c Cattahoochce, cut off from his main
army. Thomas is in command at At
lanta, and, it is said, has only one corps.
There are no cavalry at Atlanta what
ever. Our pickets are within mile OF
Atlanta, and capture or shoot every Yam
kce who shows his head. The cvacua-
ton of Atlanta by Sherman is conf
IDENTIFY expected.
FROM MISSOURI
Late news from Tennessee says that,
on Thursday last, steamer going from
Memphis to Cincinnati was fired into by
our troops when near Island No. 81
from the Missouri side The engineer, a
deck hand, and several horses, were
killed
The Yankees estimate the force posted
along the river and interfering with THEN
commerce at two thousand, and say that
they are stragglers from Prices army
Price would hardly have stragglers now
but if the Yankee account be true, they
are struggling to some purpose.
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FIRE ALARM. The alarm of fire about
O'Clock last night was caused 10y the
burning Of some wood in the lower part
OF the city. used by battery negroes ior
cooking purposes. They were new arri
walls in the Gig, and had stopped for the
night at that point preparatory to re-
Stunning their journey this morning
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FEMALE CLEKKs -Lioutenant- Colonel f. l..
Chiids, eoinmandant OF the North Carolns arsenal
ut Fayetteville, has inausuratel the system oi en-
pioyig female clerks to do the work OF men detied
for that purpose. Two Of the young ladies OF Fay
ctteyille arc now engaged as clerks ut the arsenal
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-18

TIE CoRoHER's jury in the case of
Charles T. Cox, who was accidentally
shot in llonrico county on Tuesday last
whilst engaged in sham battle with
party Of boys, rendered verdict that
the said Cox came to his death from
an accidental shot fired in crowd Of
bows in sham battle"
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BaSrsusp.-Judge Barnett and family, OF Vieks-
burg have been banished by General Dana Two
snn,ner by Mcpherson for leaving the Episcopal
Ihurch while Mr. Hose was praying for Lincoln.
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MARRIED,

At Grace Church, Powhatan county, on Thursday,
the 18th Instant, by Rev. T. +. Eerkely, ar. JOHN
l. WILLIAMS, Of Richmond, 10 Miss MARIA
WARD daughter Of Dr. John q shelton, Ut Pow
haitian