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Later from Europe.
Liverpool dates of the 17th ultimo are received.
The London Times expresses astonishment at the manner in which United States bonds are absented at Frankfort, adding that each successive fall is regarded by the investing bondholders with gratification instead of dismay.
The Times believes that Graht's campaign will continue unless the danger to Washington be so great as to demand the return of the main body of Grant's army.
The capture of Richmond is considered the test of the ability of the North to make a permanent impression on the Confederacy.
The rebel loan advanced three per cent on the news of Grant's repulse before Petersburg, closing at 77@79.
A three-funnelled steamer anchored off Fever island on the 13th, and sailed again the same evening.
She is supposed to be a blockade-runner, and it is believed she is to carry an immense supply of clothing to the Confederacy.
The four Per Cents.
The Charleston Mercury publishes the following important information to holders of the four per cents:
Office Commissioner of taxes, Richmond, August 20, 1864. J. K. Sass, Esq., President of the Bank of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina:Sir:
Your letter of the 13th instant, to the address of the Secretary of the Treasury, has been referred to this Bureau.
You state that it is reported there that the tax collectors have been instructed not to receive four per cent, certificates in payment of taxes from any but the original subscribers; or, in other words, certificates transferred to a third party are not available for the payment of taxes.--I am not aware that any such instructions have ever been issued.
I am certain none such have emanated from the department at this office.
On the contrary, you will see from the enclosed copy of regulations, that four per cent, certificates may be transferred indefinitely, and that the holder may use them
Additional from the North.
Northern papers of the 13th instant contain no intelligence of importance.
The New York Freeman's Journal and News repudiate McClellan, and so does John Mullaby, editor of the Metropolitan Record, in a long letter reviewing his former acts of tyranny.
Mr. Vallandigham was at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, on his way to canvass the State of Pennsylvania, when he was met by McClellan's letter of acceptance.
He at once directed the Democratic State Committee to withdraw his name from all appointments, and returned to his home.
The Washington correspondent of the Tribune says:
Vallandigham immediately after reading McClellan's letter, telegraphed to a political friend here, "All hope is lost," and withdrew his name from the canvass.
General Cass repudiates the Chicago platform as "an ingenious surrender to the rebels. "
There is no war news.
Stanton telegraphs that Wilson and Steadman will keep General Wheeler too busy to interfere w
Negro riot in Norfolk. Petersburg, September 18.
--On the 13th instant, there was a riot in Norfolk between the negro guard and the United States sailors.
The negroes were handled pretty roughly.
Shopley, the pliant tool of the detestable Butler, has issued an order that all of the Thirteenth Virginia cavalry caught in his lines shall be treated as spies, and any one harboring them shall have their houses burnt over their heads.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], One hundred dollars reward. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], Important information. (search)
Important information.
--The New Orleans Era of the 13th instant copies the following from the Vicksburg Herald, which paper, being so near the seens it describes, ought to be well posted:
From unquestionable authority we have received intelligence that a very heavy force of rebel cavalry or mounted infantry is now at Jackson, Mississippi, evidently preparing to strike a sudden and formidable blow at some portion of our lines.
Our informant states that Generals Forrest, Dick Taylor and Gholson are all at Jackson, and that troops are camped around the city for several miles in extent.
Forest is compelled to walk upon crutches, as he has not yet fully recovered from the wound received at Tupelo, but is perfectly able to manage a horse, and is almost constantly in the saddle, superintending the various movements of the troops.
General Wirt Adams is also here, but his authority is completely ignored, Generals Taylor and Forrest assuming the entire control and directi
The Daily Dispatch: October 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], Death of Colonel George Patton
The fighting in Texas.
The Yankee papers contain some additional particulars of the new state of affairs that has arisen in Texas.
Cortinas, however, it now appears, has not occupied Brownsville nor raised the Union flag there.
A letter in the New York Herald, written from Brasos Santiago on the 13th ultimo, says:
It is true, however, that the rebels evacuated the town on the 6th instant, but returned after discovering that neither Mexican nor Union force occupied it. From what I can now learn two bodies of Mexican troops, however, crossed the Rio Grande into Texas, but not in sufficient force to attack the rebel Ford, as was at first intended.
They have surrendered to our forces under Major E. Noyes, of the First Texas cavalry.
The following are the particulars:
Information having been received by Colonel Day that a body of Mexican troops were at Palmetto Ranche, some eight or ten miles from here, Major Noyes was ordered to proceed there on the morning of the 8t
We have received, through the kindness of an esteemed friend, a copy of the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 13th instant--one day later.
We give a brief summary of the news it contains:
The United States Elections--Pennsylvania in doubt.
The returns from forty-five counties in Indiana give the Lincolnites twenty thousand majority, and they claim that the remaining counties will give them five thousand more.
There is a small Union majority in both houses of the Legislature.
They have elected eight Congressmen, and the Democrats have two, with Voorhees's district still in doubt.
Ohio has elected sixteen Lincoln members and three Democrats.--The present delegation stands, fourteen Democrats to five Republicans.
The election in Pennsylvania is in a fog, and what is quite remarkable, the Inquirer does not mention it at all. We find the following telegram, which is very significant:
Harrisburg, October 12.--The general impression here is that the State has gone Democrati