The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-17

had captured one thousand of them in
addition to those before reported.
LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans dispatches to the New
York Hero1d, dated February 2Sth, con-
tain the following:
The news Of the destruction by fire of
the gunboat Arizona, reached the naval
headquarters about noon today. She
accidentally took fire last night about
twelve o'clock, and burned to the wa
ter's edge. No further particulars of
the disaster had been received up to the
time of the closing of the mail, although
there is rumOr in town that the fire
reached her magazine, which exploded,
killing four men.
The following is an extract from Major
Dana.s order relative to leased planta~
tons,
Owners Or lessees explanations under
the authority of the aforementioned
regulations will, Immediately after re-
ceiving the above mentioned approval,
without delay, construct stockades or
such other temporary defence as may be
necessary to secure their laborers, stock
and other property from the danger Of
being carried off or destroyed by small
raiding parties of the enemy" and any
lessee who shall disregarded or neglect
this regulation, will suffer the Withdraw
al Of the approval from his lease, and the
forfeiture of his privileges, besides such
further penalty as the case may render
proper.
The Treasury agent at Natchez, under
date of the 23d Instant, advertises the
following abandoned plantations to lease
for the present year:
Brandon" containing fifteen hum
drcd acres under cultivation.
"Lochdale and Lockhaven," contain
ing about eight thousand acres.
| "Le Argent" containing about eigh1
hundred acres.
"Canowa," containing six hundred
acres Of land.
"Astonwich," containing one thousand
two hundred acres of land.
1t is not necessary to go to Natchez
nor in the State of Mississippi, to hne
scores Of plantations "going begging
fer some person to take charge Of an,
work them. I do not refer to "aban
doned plantations" either but to thos
which are well stocked and on which ar
sufficiency of working hands. Nearly
= every person who worked a plantation
last year was ruined, and few care t
venture their capital this year. Min,
out of ten believe it is losing business
; On account of the late heavy rains
large number of those who have planta-
{ tons are unable to plant, and | fear tina
| from these facts, the working of tn
: plantations along the Mississippi thi
l year will, like the last, prove failure
Free labor guerillas, bad weather, AM
worms, are not conductive to the raising
, OF cotton and sugar, and he who lease
4 a plantation with the certain prospect Q
4 one or more of these drawbacks, is eth
er brave man, or has nothing to lose b.
the operation.
Yesterday Governor Michael Hahn re
f signed his Office as Governor OF the Stat
of louisiana, to take effect on the Sd Q
March next. His term as United State
Senator commences the day after his. re
signation.
THE SEvEN-THIRTY LOAN.
!, PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-The sui
t scription received on Saturday to tn
Q Seven Thirty Loan by Jay Cooke amount
4 ed to s., Gal, 900. including 100000
e from New York. 100000 from Cincir
j natl and $l5O,O0o from Carlisle, Pa, il
' SINCE subscriptions. Also 1883 ind