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The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
they had sold to the Government to food the army during the winter. The provisions already accumulated were deemed more than sufficient for that object. On his arrival at Richmond he met several regiments coming from the interior en route for the seat of war. All the soldiers arriving in the city were immediately forwarded in the direction of the Rappahannock, where the rebels, he was told, had gathered an army of forty thousand strong. The general impression among officers was that Gen. Lee would not leave his line of operations on the Potomac, the Confederates having enough men between Washington and Richmond to defend the latter city against any force which the Federal could bring against it. The American question in France. The Paris correspondence of the New York Herald is dated on the 26th ult. The letters were written before the news of the Maryland battles had reached the French capital. One of the correspondents states that, if the war is not ended by the 1st
The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Two days later from Europe. (search)
The London Money Market.--There is (Friday, Sept. 26, evening,) no diminution of the dullness which has prevailed in the various London markets throughout the week. Prices show little variation, but such changes as occur are mostly of an adverse kind. Consols opened at the flat quotation of yesterday, 92½93½ receded to 93½, and finally returned to 93½a93½ for money and account. The American telegrams to-day created perplexity both as regards the real result of the battles between Generals Lee and McClellan, at Hagerstown, and the quotations of the gold and exchange. The demand for discount at the Bank slightly increases each day as the final close of the quarter approaches, but it is still comparatively insignificant. In the Stock Exchange to-day (Friday) there was more inquiry for advances, and the rate was 1½ to 2 per cent. The continental exchanges this afternoon were without any decided alteration, but their tone was heavy. There were no gold operations at <
The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
eneral Stuart, have managed to turn McClellan's flank by crossing the Potomac at Hancock; and, marching rapidly northward into Pennsylvania, crossed the mountains into the into the rich and prosperous Cumberland Valley, captured Mercersburg, St. Thomas, and finally the flourishing town of Chambersburg. As far as we can understand the situation, McClellan's lines did not extend beyond Williamsport, the main body of his army being at Sharpsburg and Harper's Ferry, while the rebel army, under Gen. Lee, had retired mostly upon Martinsburg and Winchester. The invasion of Pennsylvania, therefore, is feasible enough, as Gen. McClellan himself was in Philadelphia yesterday, and not with the army, and there were no obstacles whatever to prevent Stuart from making such a raid, the whole of the militia recently on bodied for the State defence having, unfortunately, returned to their homes.-- As regards the measures to be taken in this emergency we can only guess at them. Gov. Curtin has in