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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

SPRING, APRIL lST, 1861.
SILK DRESS GOODS AND MANTlI-
La HOUSE.
NyHOs T. PRICE co. opening splendid stock OF
Staple Fancy Goods for Spring derner sales 70 which
ey to-day End daily for the next I've vsss large
adlitienz will be made.
Rich PAln and Fancy sikI (Krenehl
voulards, PoplAins, Mouselns, &e,
superb Black Mourning SDks,
Mch Blacf Tafeta silks for Dresses,
Ana the nes shape Basquie, 80 much worn,
BouhAElnes, Chsllies, Herman ., rsmise, 10,
Also knbrolderes Hosiery, Gloves,
foyellngs sheetlngs, OottonJ, Bhllsnts, kc.
Servants Goods very heavy stock u very lowest tnsrts
rates-bought for cAAh recently.
~ DepArtraent-e newest shapes OF Wrappngs
All THoS z PRICE co.
EDMOND, DAVENPORT 4 co. oIRRR FOR
II SALE
500 haehssts SlSek Tea from good the hness Imported
30 ea,ks London Porter
so ticrees Rice
800 bags do
so packages Gloves, Pepper And AIspies
90 cases preserved Ginger
sOO bo Rrs-CEaekegs
Fine Brandies wines and jamaica Ran
BOO manipulated GaAno
300 do ground Plaster -
~ bbL spis. Turpeutlne. AUS
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

ICORICE.-TO cases p E." Ecorce, own iDports'
a AIS SSH' ''' w. EDaoNb, DA~ENPokr 90.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

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lnlS specasd hs Manuscript previously agreed upon De
tween ~ parties.
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hs Annual Ads ssers is properto
Actr privileges Only extends % her Immediate eesne kesl
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year. but 70 be charged 81 s uIaAl rates. saejee
n discounts sh aI be azrecd upon.
yearly advertisers, generally engaging OF
te wuares Win tae privilege o. change, shall not on TIT
average IN any week inrsr, more than tne antns
Apon standing rule under the contract and AL exoee
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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06
GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOOD
no THE EMILTTARY.

AM suppying large nurabe Of the Combined Folding Hinge
Camp Bcdstead which has given sAsfscuon 70 AL
Who have purchased them no those who have copied any
ofthe which Ihave applied for pa
tent shall legal TO protect claim against all
md every encroachmenL -...l-- Z
Ihave made decided improvement In Painters Army Camp
ot and have so Camp Bed which equal superior
% sny EXCEPT the Folding Hinge Damp Bed, In Ihhvs
respectfully Invited 70 call and exsrnln scr hemselyes
iyis Governor and isth .l., opposite Capitol square
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06
PARKE POINDEXTER,
PRDFEsNIONAL MOTTO
j. THOMPSON BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT La w.

EChAOND, VA -
SLL practice II tie Cou Of he cities Of Richmond and ~
~ tsrsoErg and the counties Of Henreo and Chesterfield
oe In Reivns BceE sth s.rest near state q n Aa2I-u
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06
.RaKER,s PREMIUM BIT

8~B kER's PREMIUM BE.
Ns TIERS Il conceded TO be the most delicious, whole.
some erectuA World used by almost fam
y IN vRs solely fer thS clifas and should ne
found house every Hou:heer family, for al as
the boves They a 10 make rka
Of DrsrErs Nervous Bsadaohe k WIFE pain In nc
or give Immediate relief correct a.sordered
yes ana Ia ve.k and debtsed persons they Win give vital
energy the whole system They only need Trial 70 give nen
precedence over Other Bte Theae bers be had OF
kessrs GRAY, PURCxLI LADD co, and BY all prominent
Druggists In the city Of Richmond and elsewhere In Virls and
NorS Carolina Also by O. sFoTT co., Warrington CITY, D.
o. oANBY GILPIN CO., Baltimore; L. APkHNESTOcK CO.,
Philadelphia, and BARNis PARK, Nes Yorf.
Orders hled by addressing 4. BAAER, Propfistor,
Ysh S-dEs Richmond, Va
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

TRUsHRD LOAF sOGkR, In s.oro Oct 23d.
W 20 bb Loyvugs and ~ Y steam Rennng Company,
Tor sale by WV wALLAoE SONS Pearl and Cary sta
JUSF RECEIVED, and for sale At
ID MORRIS bookstore,
$50 Rrc.s Playing Cards 500 d, Cedar Pencils fes
do Pea Hode 6I dossn Port honss Buck Puses
EooE tuck and II 10 Aemor. Books To-
gelhsr with large assortment OF stationery oc2G
MOTTO We will take the Of the Metropolitan Saw
~ Bank either for goods sod n payment Of debts cue
CLARE s0N co No. l6o Man street. oe9i
DEAUREGARR, &c.-J W. RANDOLPH has for sale
ID large lot Of handsome Photograph 80 cts eaeh-DAvs,
Sephens General Jhnson Beauregsd Garb dd simmons,
Jous Ripley Janon and Barow, Cos. Preston, Wigal and
BAo Nal Anderson Captains IngrasGm haTSton and Pack
man Gibbs Brown, Adams Pekens and Means
Prince Hapoesn; Pncts olotde, Hayne Rhet and ohers
se26 . .H
ININR POCKHT AND TABLE CUTLERY
We oer for SALE reasonable terms Rodger Ivory table
Knives only IN sets 81 pieces WoHeuhol hne pocket
Knives variety Wostenhous Rodgers hne RzIors
seso Rodgers tne ivory CaEyers and table siee
MOORE 4 co ,lil Main street. oeii
SOLDIEks WISTKR CLOTHING.
= 9OO0 Uvercoat forPrivates
25J do officers
300 prs Drawers, Drill and Canton FLANNEL
1000 Cashmere and other klnOs Of 0veTshlris
300 Water Proof 0vercoa;s made OF Enameled Cloth
LOO OIL Cloth blankets,
And various articles sui able for military purposes for
sale At fair prc e, for only. wM. tsA SMITH,
se3 Ia Main Street.
VIALs.-5) gross and on. glass Jars
20 do l OF cslonsl oottles FOR sale by
sea DOVE U0 Druggists.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06


A Application vas made 10 Proves, Jaige Fd't,, Of
Aexand yesterday. TO have the Governmsnt aks pos
session nf the estate Of the s Jo1n A. Washingto1 az
Mount Vsraop for the purpose OF securing the claims Of
Upi, men. Wnen John A. Wa,hingtonlef for the res.
d army he placed tho Of the estate 10 the hsnds OF
one Turner. Turner however, s,on cauglt the Seces
s,n fever and down 0,ccqlsn creek to no the
rebels there. Nearly all the slaves we're either taken
away or ran away. Toe army captured all the hois's
and COWS, and iy abe bodied I'd m slave, ramed
Cab ieI ,h,son was li the place. with fe~ snpir
snu.tsd contr.b lnds Gabriel however, true TO tis
t-us aud worked the farm bes. he oould-hrirg hiP
selling grain, payipg Claims and sciing IS genera sssn
There Is now saadIag the farm hundr and four
en- acrss Of ,rn Of which Gabriel has soli o:e huI
ed ecrs ct ten dollars per acre, TO be cut neasurd
husked ard carried of at the Xpense Of the purehaur
Ja,gs Piez, pmented Gabriel for hs faithfulBess
sad promised to see him taken cara Of /,
Ths Government viii undoubtedly itk, possession OF
such est,.es "a ,hsand oi al property whatsoever be-
longing to men who have joined the rebel army and an
die and pay the cl,ns Of Union against them Toe
Aoass Of the rebel Dol Pssy, 81 ALxAndfs, nov oeeu'
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

$40 THE LADIES AND GEN
N-A MIE or THE CITY o. RICHMOND, STATE of
VIRGINIA AND ALL OTHER STATES We nov prepared
70 manufacture Laie, GsneusnI Misses Boys, ohdreus
srvsnts BOOTS sBoES and CATERS Of every description
We almost entire set OF workmel In our employ
ALxX. HILL co.,
l2T Main st., Richmond, Va
~ All kinds Of Boots made to order hereoiOre
We have or hand the best nstsrias imported direct
ape A. H. o.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
England and the United States.

No one now in the United States can be supposed 10 be as well informed as to the intentions and policy of the British Government toward the United States in the present crisis as Geo. M. Dallas, late American Minister to tie Court of St. James, who has just returned, and who IS fresh from communication, by virtue of his position, with the leading statesmen of that nation. What he says of matters is thus stated in the Philadelphia correspon- dence of the New York Tribune.
 MT. Dallas converses very unreservedly about the feelings ot lhe British Ministry towards this Government. He believed the Ministry to be hostile to us, and that Lord John Russe's early recognition of the rebels as belgerents was not prema- ture declaration to be repented of hereaf- ter, but deliberate policy to be adhered to. as far as il goes. He IS disposed to belleve that the great arblter is Cotton that as the stock on hand will keep the English mills employed until November, the Ministry will not openly countenance the rebellion until 1t is ascertaned wheth- CT the new crop is to be exported or not If we crush the rebels and permit the new crop to be exported, all will be satisfactory 10 John Bull; if we fail to do so, and John Bull has to do without cotton, then some occasion will be found to get up difficult ty and force the blockade. If the war here continues until November. Bull will keep tolerably quiet, making only an oc- casonal roaring. Hence, as the time for shipping the new crop approaches, the question of how England means to act will be more clearly answered. MT. Dal- las thinks that if the Ministry were to be too openly for the rebellion now, Exeter Hall would turn them out forthwith, while unless they made some show of favoring the Cotton Lords, they would do the same thing; so as 1t Is for office, after all, that they are contending, their future policy will be just such as they may think the most likely 10 insure to them a con,inu- ance of power. He IS of opinion that France and England will pursue an iden- lcal policy with respect to us, be that what it may.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
Tmnortant News from Europe.

 Probable Recognition of the Southern
 Confsderacy by the Po,oers of the Old WoTid-S2, ,000, 1000 10 De .AdUanced om
 Cotton Crop The Blockade 10 be Raised
 -7he Victory cf the yNissowians Con-
 frnsed.
 We were shown last night a latter from bearer of dispatches from the Southern Commissioners in Europe to gentlemen high in authority here, which contains the most cheering intelligence. The bearer of the despatches is we'll known in this city as a gentleman entirely reliable. He landed ia Canada and making his way through that province to Chicago, succeed ed in eluding the vigilance ot the Black Republicans and reached Nashville yes terday. He immediately dispatched a special messenger to Gen. Pillow, with a letter 10 the effect that hls documents ln- tended for President Davis convey the cheering intelligence that the sum of S2,- GOO, ,000 has been' offered to be advanced upon our cotton crop alone, and that the Southern Confederacy will soon be ac- knowledged as one of the powers of the Earth. The letter also says that England and France have dispatched twenty addi- tonal ships of the line to our shores, and that the blockade will be raised by the lst of November. He says that England and France are with us in sentiment, and that our flag will soon be recognized by their governments.
 The foregoing, important and cheering as it is to the patriotic cause, we believe 10 be perfectly reliable, and every heart can but rejoice at the speedy solution of our difficulties.
 The bearer of dispatches, as before sta- ted, passed through Indiana and a portion of Illinois. The following extracts from his letter, chroniclng another Southern victory in Missouri, and confirming the Southern account in regard 10 the victory at BoonviIIe, will be read with interest.
 "The Western troops are concentrating at Marietta, Ohio, and in Missouri. TEey are withdrawing part of tEe force from Cai- TO for these points. Two hundred cavalry passed through Indianapolis on the 20th, for Western Virginia.
 "WalIace and his regiment, composed of l 100 men from Indianapolis, have been cut off at Cumberland, Md, and are sup posed to have been killed or taken prson- CTS. The news from Missouri you have by telegram, but the State troops were vic torious-lhat is, they lost only four killed and wounded, while the federals lost lwen- ty killed. The Stale troops number 900 some say 600 the federals 5000
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29

sET The machinery recently used by the United States Government for the man. ufacture of arms, has been removed from Harper's Ferry by the Government of the Confederate States. All the machinery for the manufacture of the Mimic Rifle, bayonet, bullet-mould, etc., has been re- moved to Fayetteville, N. O., where it is intended to permanently establish a gen. eral arsenal for the manufacture of small arms. This machinery cost the U. S. Government $l 100000. The services of one hundred and one of the mechanics which were employed at Harper's Ferry, have been secured, and they are now en- gagged in Fayetteville-pul,ing up the ma chinery. In few weeks the Government of the Confederate States will have an es- 'ablshment capable of turning out 250 Mimic Rifles per month.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
NOTICE TO PENSIONERS. AUDIToR's OFFICE,
LHtie Rock, Ark., June 8, 1861.

Litie Rock, .Ark., June 8, 1861. IsHE following is the third section of an A ordinance adopted by the State Conven- ton, 2oth May, 1861, viz:
 "SEcTIoN 3. Be it further ordained, That It shall be the duty of the United States pen sion agent for the State of Arkansas, or other person having possession of the same, to deliv- CT up to the Auditor, the pension roll, and all books and papers perta ,ing to such agency, and the Auditor, upon the application of any pensioner, and proof being filed as required by the laws of the United States, shall issue his warrant upon the Treasurer of this State for the amount due such pensioner to the 9th of May 1861."
 Having received the rolls am prepared to pay claims properly authenticated and pre- sented. The proof must embrace the whole time up to the 9th of May, 1861, as but one warrant will be drawn in favor of any one claimant.
 Should any pensioner have died between the tune otshe last payment and the 9th May, l6ol' the date of the death must be proven. The proof in all cases must be made as required by the laws of the United States.
 w. R. MILLER, Auditor.
 June IS, 1861,
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29

TIE CONFEDERATE AND STATE Gov. ERNMENTs.-A dispatch from member of President Davis Cabinet says that the Government would accept of all volun- teers who offer their services direct to the President, provided they are armed, even with common shot-guns and rifles, but they are not to leave the State with State arms against the Governors orders. The President recognizes the right of the Governor to control the arms which be- long to the State-buHhe will receive sol diers under Wright's biR if armed with cut regard to being offered through the Governor.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29

QUERY If four dogs with sixteen legs can catch lorty-nine rabbits with eighty seven legs ill forty-four minutes, how many legs must the same rabbits have to get away from eight dogs with thirty-two legs Tn seventeen minutes and a half?
 SoLurIoN.-Add together the rabbits and the tails of the dogs, and divide the amount by three big dogs; this leaves four bushels of barks and thirteen pounds of hair. Take the fraction of the rabbits, add six inches of snow, multiply by dog fight. Then divide by man with double -barreled shot gun, and add side of fresh meat. Multiply by half as many legs as three times less number of rab- bits would have had, and divide by one third of the time it would take for the rab- bits 10 get away from the dogs, less seven- teen and half minutes. The result depends upon the size of the dogs.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
TIE REBEL FLowEn.--A Northern

TIE REBEL FLowER.--A Northern paper has the following:
 "The emblem used in some of the Rebel States is curious flower which they work on their banners, and called the Rebel Flower. It is of such that the wreaths for their heroes are made.
 We have seen no banner with such "cu- rious flower" says the Charleston Mer- cury, but the Rebel Flower has been known in our State since the Revolution. Dr. Garden, in his "Anecdotes of the Revolution," relates the following incident which shows that the "Camomile" re- ceived the name of the Rebel Flower from a patriotic lady of the Rebel State of South Carolina:
 "An officer, distinguished by his inhu- manity and constant oppression of the unfortunate, meeting Mrs. Charles Elliott in a garden adorned with great variety of flowers, asked the name of the 'Camo- mile,' which appeared to flourish with a peculiar luxuriance. The Rebel Flower she replied. Why was that name given to it's said the officer. Because re- joined the lady, 'd hrivss most schen most trampled upon.'
 A wreath of Rebel Flowers for every Rebel
 hero,
 And nought shall meet the eye but deeds of
 honor.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
The Light of Returning Reason.

The war spirit in many parts of the North seems to be on the wane. The Hartford Courant, recognized as the chief organ of Abolitionism in Connecticut, dis courses as follows, in recent number:
 Public opinion in the North seems to be gradually settling down in favor of the recognition of the new Confederacy by the federal government. The thought of a bloody and prolracted civil war, except as matter of absolute necessity, is abhor rant to all; and its issues may be as peril ous to the victors as 10 the vanquIshed. To subjugate the seeded States by force of arms, and to compel them to remain in the Union, if it be possible, must involve great expenditures of treasure and life, and can result only in changing the pres ent alienation into deadly hostility and incurable hate. If they remain in the Union they must do so as peers of the other States, and not as conquered prov inces.
 ; Seven States have seeded from the Union. The act is revolutionary, and might be punished with all the severity the crime of revolution demands. But the movement was not checked, as 1t might easily have been, at the beginning. The Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan, if not MT. Buchanan himself, helped on the treason. The present Administration must deal with the matter as it stands; not simply as question of practical politics. The forcble subjugaton of these States, under existing circumstances, is not to be thought of.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29

1aP An Ohio correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes: "There Is an undercurrent of feeling among the masses opposed to the further prosecution of this war. Although most of the presses and leaders have been car ried away by the furor of the hour, still you will find that the masses of the people have not gone with them, and there Is a great reaction going on daily.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
NOTICE

JOHN c. JOHNSON and all others con- C .erned. are hereby notified that, on Satnr- day July 18th, 1861, at 10 o'clock of said day. l shall proceed to take dispositions: before P P. Crawford, justice of the peace of Rich land Township, at my residence in said Town ship, to be read in evidence before the State land agent at Jacksenport, on the 18th day of July, 1861, to contest the legal right to my presumption on the N. E ] of S. E. l of See. II, T. 6 N, R. West. and the N. w of N. E. 1 of Sec. 23,T. 6 N. R. West at which time aud place they can appear and cross ex- anime my witnesses, and also pi ioduce their own. if they sec proper, allowing me the same privilege. F. c. BARBEE,
 Cotton Plant, Ark, June 24 1861 3t.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
. c. MORRILL,, EDITOR.
CoNTRABAND OF WAR.-The organs

CoNTRABAND OF WAR.-The organs of the Northern Government boasts that the Lincoln forces in Virginia have al- ready seized abou; sixty thousand dollars worth of negro property. The slaves &C., cording to the decision of the Secretary of War, who are captured in the South, are to be considered as property, contra band of war, they are made to work for their new taskmasters in throwing up in- trenchments. The Northern people have denied that there could be such thing as property in slaves, but now they find that doctrine practically advantageous to them, and they renounce 1t.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
The East Tennessee Convention.

The Convention of Union men at Green. vile adjourned last Thursday. They pass. ed resolutions providing for memorIalzing the Legislature for the separation of East Tennessee from the State; make provis. ions for the election of members 10 a gen. eral convention to meet at Kingston, at some future time. al lae call of lbe Presi. dent; appoint Messrs. 0. P. Temple, John Netherland, aud J. F. Mcdowell Commissioners to the Legislature; and request the members of tIat body from East Tennessee to take their seats imme. diaiely.
 This action is regarded as decided ,ri. umph oi the conservative in that section of the State, and as offering some prospect Of the ultimate acquiescence of the people in he action of the majority Bulletin of 25th.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29
ANDY JoHNsoN's L1HEAGE.- I'll

ANDY JoHNsoN's LlNEAGE.- The Knoxville Register of the 18th inst, says
 We have in possession letter from q gentleman in Alabama, wEo authorizes his name to be used if necessary, who was in South Carolina short time since, and had the curiosity to trace Johnson's lineage; and he ayers beyond a doubt that he is of Tory descent. Absolom Johnson, the grandfather of Andy, was a tory of lhe blue light stripe all through the Revolutionary War. and all the descend ants and family connections in that State are branded with loryism to this day. For further information on this point, the correspondent refers to old and respected cit izens about Spartansburg c. H., and Union C. H. South Carolina With these antecedents and the pecuniary stake Johnson has in the subiugalion of Ten neSsee, his desperate efforts to foment civ il war may be understood.
Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-29

LORD BRoUGHAM DowN ON ANTI SLAVERY MEETINGS IN ENGLAND.-A
 noteworthy sign of the times is the uncere- monious manner in which Lord Brougham snubs the aboltlonists who have been proposing meetings in London with a view to give an anti-savery cast to the war. In the House of Commons, during debate growing out of question to ministers concerning the Spanish aequisi- ton of St. Domingo, Lord B. said;
 There were meetings being held in this country which he entirely deprecated-
 meetinga which ought not to be held meetings at one of which six or seven weeks ago he had himself promised to preside, but when he found. after what had taken place in the United States, that it was called meeting on American slavery, he said on no account, and by no means whatever, would have anything to do with holding, presiding, or attending meeting of that description. He strongly recommended all whom his voice might reach to abstain from holding such meet ings. At the present moment 1t could not fail to do great mischief in our relations to Ameaica, if anything like agitation took place on question whereupon the Americans of the South, and almos; all were peculiarly sensitive and jealous; it would be the worst possible calamity, and might endanger the peace of the country, without serving the slave but rather poslponing indefinitely his liber- ation