The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-20

motucut Is his opportunity, aha NC ta"
his District Attorney TO extrhte the laws OF the
State without reference to the orders oil the PHsl-
deht, and Gen Dix Ii In hot wafer. Ihe ffesident
VIII probably give way, as lac did ia ue case oi
Val,andigh am doubtless being satisfied that the
seizure OF the World and JonHat " ComMefce
newspapers was mistake. Hut the ditiealty Il
10 extiicate Gen Dir from bis dilemma. He Is held
by The State authorities, aud panisn ned u Will be
because he obeyed the Ptestusat.
IL will be extremely hard, aud even coWardiy,
10, the Government to desert him, aad IL cannot
sfi0rd 10 ID Il. YET Mr. Lincoln ts greatly tIoueied
upon the subject. Everybody kncW5 tAat IL Geh
Grant had sueee ded In capturing Richmond GOV
seymOur would not have taken such defiant
stand against the General dovefament. i.se all
towards, he puts ON airs when MS oppoheft Is IN
trouble. . he rebels are threatening Pennsyiva-
nta. New York Is eaicd upon 10 furnish twelve
ihousand three mouths men. den irant needs
fciniorc cements A draft Is impending. And of
course Gov SeymedT Is courageous.
Tue ESCAPE Of asN FsAsKLiN
Major General .FraDkiin arrived in Baltimore
during Wednes day night, as we anticipated, aud
was Thursday at Rarnnm's fiaiei, resting t,om
bis fatigue ana exposure. The hkilowing Is brief
account 0t his capture aud escape
lie was seated In the car, al The tiie oi his cap
tuIe, alongside Of wounded Lieutenant Colonel,
when rebel officer came In the hain and address
Ig himself 10 the wounded haht Ssi1 ARE You
Mftor General FiaHkIIa o." tie feplled that he
was not and gave him his name and faak.
Gen franklin was la eiii2ehs' dress, bnt the
rebel also put the Question 10 hihi' anu frankly
answered that such his ntme aud rank -
There was 40 doubt In his mind ifoii tht mahner
OF the intefiogator, that he had been pointed out
| by some OF The passengers Tue Iebe, said !;
| General, l. aIu happy you~= The q lene raj
| ieplied 81 cannot say that am pleased 10 zee
| you, under The circaWstaGces.o -
| About ten minutes afterwards Giimer came into
tue car, and addressing himself 10 Maj Gen Frank
| lin, sa!i-"Gt neral, you will consider yourself
| nv - e then a pp,
and with other pis oacrs driven Though rhe cOun-
| uy, sloi ping awhile ut wsentewn, and then
| across 10 the ReisteteioWn road, where they ar
| fiytd about O'Clock on Tuesday morning, aud
| inmedfa bivouac ked for the night.
| The General was PUT In custody of Capt owens
and Two guards, who were charged with his safe
| keeping Expressing himself as sick and weary,
| he Immediately laid DOWN and teigned sleep
| soon after the captain and his guards laid down,
and he listened az xousiy for Indications of sleep
on their part lie had not TO wait long before he
| heard The guard nearest TO him commence 10
breathe heavily, mOmeniaiiiy increasing In Vol
| ume and pIoiuhdity, uGui Ii became sufficiently
| loud 10 wake an ordinary sleeper. The captain
and his other guard had also in The meantime com
| meBced 10 breaihe rather heavy, and the Geneta
continued with his ears open, also 10 ieign sleep
HE laid iu this way iOr some time, until all three
gave uun istakable signs OF eep. Fearing iiia
| they were playing POssum, he got up and walked
| cafeIessy around them, moved over to the fnce
and still watched them. be then eOughed loudly
and made considerable noise, thinking that theI
| wanted an excuse 10 shoot at him, each man lay
ing with The light haad graspiag The muzzies
| their rifles.
| The indications of profound s,esp beiEg so un
| mistak able on the pait of al three OF them, n
| now thought that he would test the siGcerity o
| their siumbers by Jumping the fence. This he di'
and on looking back could see no movement oi IN
| dusky forms Of his guardians, and off he sho
across several helds, jumping fences, and keepin
/ straight ahead ia the direction he thought W0ui
take him towards the city. lie ran Tor about tiIe
of Enu hAp hA RUlH a
| woods, and In his weakly state, being really broke
| down by fatigue, he sought place oi conceaimen
| TIE BURNING OF GOV gRADFosD's HOUSE.
The american says:
| The residence Of the Governor was enc OF iii
| most extensive ami elegant establishments Ia IN
| vicinity of The city. The Governor came 10 tow
| On sunday evening, and thds saved himself frol
| beng carried oil as prisoner, as we'll as his ca
| riage aud tSo valuable hoises. lie has sent oi
| ibis moiniHg to bring his family 10 the city
| We learn that they treated the GoVeJnuI 3 tami
| with great respect, and plead the usIges oi wa
| aai The destruction by Gen iiuntef of The priVhi
residence Of The Governor OF Virginia, as The cau'
| OF the act.
| Captain BIyson states that he was coming Ia o
| the Lhifies street aVenae this morning At eigf
| O'Clock, when he met a cavairymau anu suppose
| him to be a Uniun scout. lie hailed him aud All
| ed him ii The rebels were about, and he repiie
| Eyes, yGoi damned Yankees Will lind cut that
| are, ptCtit suoh
| Tne cavafymin Ieiusei 10 allow him 10 90 bat
| or fuIw ard. lie Sal down Ou the grass, aud "
| then ibid thai they Were about burning The 20
| eIuoI's house immediately after he heard Il
$ | women aud children screaming 1t the house, al
! he begged The man to allow iiim tu 60 up to The
| assistance. lie assented 10 lhiss and pIoceed
| towards the house, and was stopped by ie5
% | office; but on explaining that he Ia been ALLOW
| ed by the picket On the road 10 Come 10 theiI a
| sistancr, Was allowed to pass on. He was join
), by Major iiiy, Samuel i.andStrett, Mr. FiSh'
- | and MI Parker, tom itr city, aud they succee IL
=. | in saving some few articles OF furniture.
II | Mrs Bradford informed him that they had S
= lye 70 all the beds in the house aud The libra
q | simultaneously, and that though she appealed
, | them to iow her TO save the Governors pfiVa
- | papers, They would not listen TO her. IN
4 | showed her - written order fom hradiey L Joh
!, son 10 burn the house and all II contained, la
. ,aiiiion iof t;ie burning of the house OF Govern
. | Leichef by the troops under General Hunter.
= The whole party Consisted of but Il Litutens
= | and twelve men. They had also set lire 10
, | barn, but ii was extingnished before The Ian
| got under headway-