The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-18
efaphed Tho Goyefnor that President
dnccin and General Grant have con-

erAphed ths Governor that President
lincoln and General Grant have con-.
scented to postpone tho enforcement Of,
sihe draft In this State, and given autho>
tity for raising thirteen regimsnts~ Of
cavalry for one years service in this
State. The necessary preparations are
now being made for . vigorous system
of recruiting to carry out this arrange-
ment. Governor Fletcher will appoint
none but first-clsss soldiers and uncon-
ditionally loyal Il rs officers of these
regiments, and the men will enjoy Ome
satisfaction in serving under SUCH Lead
ers, different from their former expe.
rience under officers appointed by Co.
vernors Gamble and Hall.
The presence of the rebels in various
portions of the State is indicated by an
occasional guerrilla officer in the interior.
Thus guerrilla camp was surprised near
Columbia, in Boone county, lask week,
and ten rebels killed. Again, scout
returned from the southern portion of
jackson county recently aud reported
that while absent the men had killed
thirteen guerrillas. Again, three BUSH
whackers attempted to rob house in
Montgomery county, and were pursued
and killed. The troops occupying Pilot
Knob, Salem, Houston, Springfield and
other points, are constantly reporting
the death of one, two, three or more
rebels every day in their vicinity, and
thus the work of determination is going
on all the time
General Pope is absent On visit to
Milwaukee, and, General Dodge has re-
turned from Leavenworth. 1t is under
stood that Major General Pleasanton
will be assigned to command in the State
of Kansas as soon as he returns from
Philadelphia, where he has been lying
on sick bed for several days. The ju-
diciousness Of this appointment may be
questioned. General Pleasanton was
championed by the anti Lane party in
Kansas during the last election, and this
fact compelled the Lane party to pitch
into him-consequently an ill .feeling has
broken out, which would naturally find
vent in the accession of General Plea
santon to command. The principal mill
tary operations in Kansas just now con-
sist of vigorous measures against the
Indians on the Overland Mail route.
General Thayer has been removed
from command at Fort Smith, Arkansas,
and General Syrus Bussay, formerly
Breckenridge Democrat of Iowa, appoint
ed his successor. General Bussay is
now a decided Abolitionist, and hates
rebels worse than rattlesnakes. The
change in commanders at Forth Smith
may tend to discourage the plans of the
cotton specializing, horse -trading store
runners who have rthally managed
that district ever since IFS acquisition.
FUNERAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL WHITING
The funeral of Major>Gcneral Whiting,
Confederate States army, took place at
Trinity Church, New York, and was
quite largely attended. Brigadier> Gene
raj Beall, Confederate States army, was
present. The Herald says:
Every one present seemed alive to the
solemnity of the occasion, and many
sincerely affected. The afflicted
mother and sisters of General Whiting
occupied seats near the altar, and ex-
cited unusual sympathy. The last words
of the service having been uttered, the
procession reformed in the same order,
with the addition of the female relatives
and several ladies-friends Of the de-
in deep mourning, and pass
ed out of the church, whence they pro-
ceeded to Greenwood cemetery, where,
pending the removal of his remains to
the South, they were deposited. The
coffin was of highly-polished rosewood,
silver-mounted, the following inscrip-
ton being on the breastplate: "Major-
General w. H. c. Whiting, G. S. A.,
born in the State of Mississippi, died on
Governors island, New York harbor,
March 10, 1865, aged forty years, eleven
months and eighteen days"
On the coffin were placed two hand
some crosses, composed of pure white
and, while it was passing up
the aisle, young lady placed a number
of flowers, with white ribbon, on the
lid.