The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-14
ADDITIONAL Faox The NORTH.

We have Northern dates Of Saturday, the
9th inst. and make up the following sum
mary Of the Intelligence which 10 most i'm
portant:
iSRoADs oroN LsAsrp pLAnrAroxg-xo COTTON 70
BR RAISED.
correspondent Of the st. I.oai. De,nacras,
writing from Hatchez. Miss, siasc,A:0. Gays:
In concordIa and T~nsas parishes, In Louisiana,
the rebels have seceaiiy caused much trouble.
Nearly all ihe t3ovesnusest plantations In that To-
caisy have received vi-fts from maraudIng parties
~ such an extent that labor uFr,n them has been
sin.cst en,ise'y suspended. The fr:t attempt 70
break up the scheme Tor the production Of cotton
was made more than month ago BY the forces IN
der Gen. P0iiynac. At that time they came M
nearly to ID. bank Vi the river, and within fun
view Of Natchez. Every plantation that they Wis
tied was stripped "f mules and horses, necessary
for carrying on work. Since that time the same
depfedatfons have been carried On by small bands
Of me enemy detached for the especial purpose.
Several icssees have been captured, hut in no
have they been taken to any distance.
They have been robbed Of all valuablcs, aud In
some instances stripped Of coats, hats, and boots
Ia ONE Instance a lessee was robbed Of everything
except his drawers end shirt and left to MAKE his
way 10 town. twenty u,iles distant, on foot. The
rebrls say They have received positive orders 10
break up all the plantations where there Is an ut
tempt at the production Of cotton. hey will allow
corn IN snialt quantities to be produced, but will
allow no extensive cultivation.
In the vicinity OF Waterproof several pilnta
tens, that In fali operation, we're made the
especial targets icr vengeance. That section was
visited almost daily tor two weeks, and each time
there was found something worth Of being stolen.
Every muiC and horse that could be found was
driven of TO the Ouachtl district for the benefit
o tie Coz fcderacy. All goods that ha been pur
chased for issuing 10 the negroes were carried Off
and In many Asses the negroes were robbed OF what
had been sold to them. The rebels expressed
lively desire TO cap. IRE the horses, but they
successful In enly few instances.
THg ELECTIONS AT THE NORTH
The election In Maryland .(under military super
vision OF cOufse) resulted In the SUCCESS Of the
emancipation candidates to the "Constituiionai
Convention" The following in the election re
turns is the only Indication Of disturbance that
we seq
FsxDeRicK, April 6--This district gives the
Emancipation ticket and Convention 4e0 majority.
The ballot box of the jackson distiict was takeh
possession of by the COppe'heads about O'Clock
aud totally destroyed. Detachments of Colonel
Coles cavalry, and of the TIA Maryland regiment,
have gone tO arrest the parties.
FRkDEBIcK, April q, II p --FrracIick county
will give about 2 80 majority fO. the Convention
The following telegram, dated st. Louis, 5ti, Is
the latest from the Missouri elections:
The aggregate vote is about IL, coo or about or e.
third less than at the e'econ last spriMg, when the
Democrats ran two candidates.
Mr. Flesh, a Conservative, was elected mayor of
Jefferson lily, yesterday, by IS majority Wag
nc., Radical
The Metropolitan r. cord having been served TO
subscribers in this department under the name q.
the Findicdor, that journal has been promptly sup
pressed by Gen. Rosecrans.
In Connecticut returns are in from all but three
towns. The footings
Buckingham 81, ,446; Seymour 3a.94. Bucking-
hams majority b4t
The Senate stands eighteen Union 10 three Dem
OcTats, and the House I5S Union to l2 Democrats
thus giving the Unon party two-ihirds of The Leg
islatLre, which secures the amen To the Ton
stiiutiOn allowing soldiers to vote.
TIE WAR IN ARKANSAS AND TIE SOU INVEST.
Dispatches from Fort Smith, Ark, state that Gen.
steele has driyen the rebels from Arkadelphia and
was advancin. On Fricc's main army, in the direc
ton of Camden. The following official Telegram
dated Pine Bluff Ark. the 3lst, is pub lshed, signed
by Powell Clayton, Col Commanding
The xpc.iti0n To Mount Eiba and Lonsv;ew has
just returned. We destroyed the ponioon bridge
1t Longsiew, burned a train Of thirty five WagoHs
loaded with camp md garrison eq ip.nenls, aiilnu
niion, Onarterma- ter ores, &c. Captured three
hundred and twenty prisoners Engaged in bat lc
al Mount Eiba yesterday muYning, Gen Docking
cd him and porsued him ten miie<, with less on
his side OF over one hundred killed and wounded,
captured large quantity of small arms, two stands
of coors, many wagons, aud over three hundred
horses and mules Our loss will not exceed fiIteen
In killed, wounded and missing
By way of St. Lous W. have some furtse. par
ticulars Of the Red Rive. expedition. The main
body of Franklin's army, moving by way Of the
Teche region, reached Alex x1ndra on the aGih ult
without meeting with any any opposition. The
plantations along the line OF the route were found 10
who had sought refuge in Texas. Ii was though.
that the army of Genera! Banks would rem,in fo,
some time at Alexandria, and the expectation was
that Shreveport would be occupied without rs
sis,ance.
DEFEAT OF TIE NATIONAL CURRENCY BILL.
Washington Telegram furnishes the following
Intelligence:
The .ota! defeat Of the National Bank or Cur
rency bill by so large vote as two thl.ds aston
ished both friends and foes, especially as SO much
tins has been consumed in efforts 10 perfect It.
All the amendments made In Committee of the
Whole on the state OF tnr Union, about sixty In
number, Were cOncErrad in by the House The
committee Of Ways and Means were willing to
adopt all except two. and hence Representative
stevens offered a substitute, differing only from
the amended bill in the following particulars,
namely: kestoriug the uniform per cent. later
est aud leaving il under National and not State
legislation, aud Omitilng the section Whi ch left
the capital stock of The institutions to he taxed
the same the property of Individuals for State
and municipal purposrs. Ths House emphalcaI-
" non concurred ia the substitute. This was the
turning point in the coHtToyefsy-ihe test that de-
termined whether the bill contains tue clauses Oh
Goxi0us to ,he prominent friends of the measure
should pass The House, SO IL was laid upon the
table On the motion pf Representative stevens,
some Of his own political ffienis voting with
those OF tie opposite side who were from The Se
gianins opposed to this measure Of finance.
The New York World says:
Much uueasiness is felt in administration circles
respecting the condition Of the national finances.
Another large Issue Of currency Is now probable,
since 1t is felt that even with the anOuat Oai,
1t IL impossible 10 Prevent gold going To 200 and
upward, and one or two hundred millions more
will not make matters much worse The Govern
meat Is now spending two millions per day. lis
receipts from leans, taxes and customs, are legs
than one million per day. The ten-tOhy loan does
sell because people ieel that they have already
lent tie Government rs mueh AS they can without
putting 500 many eggs Ia baskei,' and the ia
liona debt IL now mounting up 50 rapidly that the
most sanguine begin 10 aGmlt that 1t can never be
paid bur that the beat that can be hoped for Is thai
il will be only partially repujiated by being fan.led
in Il Government bond bearing ,ires per cent. In
tefest.
THE DATTLE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
By MAJOR GEN. MEADE.
The Washington correspondent Of the Boston
.sdaytiser says "Gcn Meade has submii,ed 10 the
Committee Oh the Conduct OF the War u written
statement In rcsard 10 ihe c0EdMct Of the battle OF
Geit, sbusg. In this statement he denles empliati
cay and explicitly that te contemplated or issued
at sny time during the action an order 10 retreat
Taneylown ar 10 any other point Alter his arfi
val at Gettysburs he asked several corps cemman-
ders 10 act as Mis- temporary chief Of staff. ApIe-
feTlinS to remain in ntaaAd Of their coyps. hs