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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

families - has. heen asoertAjned $500 b4ng
taken from ono rpan'1 pocket alsa law q
psynssville Hiss Lomberg, who had besn to-
ken prisons, ind placed besad 8 5 Ao51s;
but hon cries And SCREAMS % fs4eAaeoeA syths
aninal that I. threw her, and stAss.a III ehsr
horses scsmperiuy out. O. sAs.peai,l. Il.
Indians III started 10 pufsnitt NhAn sh1As1A
her escape TO the bushes md eans Iasfpnse-
vile. Wsywresi afern@d that = s,os,shi -
ty had been sent to Johnna Lais. abesk 10
miles from Norx1y.1ake;,x hsns ahont faqsGy
persons had been living Not Z soul:; lviae -
dead, eoula b. found, though several ~ ystv
picked up IN thss S5as,s. Al they ve.s ,bn-
ing back they saw : mar. deeins before them
supporting them 70 las4o
a lake, and swan 70 aadsla4d. From wAish
place he could not b. prevailed npea q soma.
His fepilys vas found md tsten q. 1yiie,
but No information could be derived fren them.
The swedes, = !. body, !, ase said Is speifees-
~ stupefed with fear The following y sAs
list Of the killed q E5'fxsy Laks: -
.LouieLombsre. assa 22y.@ss., s,< q
Anare" las: ID ~; 50 sv.s2
August "22& ~. as.
Andrew r. Burblet.s viz sadiksse tfila.,a.
Daniel Burbaek. VII. ,.dhd 10 ehi.asses
John Bufh.ek, bretheE g re other txe.;
(These were killed on wsdAesaay. j
John; E'er'en. killed - " 9 es !, IN a'.A
ow>-unburied. -.
This max fourteen persona tilled, heiides
tie boy, Samuel Lombsrt. aged, ter, ~hesvs>
wounded. but will rscovtf. a='j .o7s0, $40
At the clos. Of III: ffr.epsa's iepos.: i w.
resolved that twenty-five r psa4 armed ead %
| herseback; should start on, asIt morning %
Paynesville, and CO operate With thsi sitii1ss
there in getting in stragglers and faoiliss Jst
in danger Tho following teatlsase ,ql4&-
/ AanSS In &c. g,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28
Indian War.

10 our Ia. " eaavs some account, Il
che commencement Of the Indian Riisg,
Since that, IL has bseome known that Ill
cur Northwestern tribes ars 10 The con-
spisacy. On Saturday "the Pillagers,'' .
powerful Land Of Chippeva., attacked
Crow Wing; sacked the houses and stores
10 search Of annuDitioo but the inhabi-
eants succeeded il putting il al into the
liver. They took fifteen prisoners, and
held 4 var council over thsm, 4 portion
defended them and they wers SLOWED 70
escape. One Of them Mr. Arthur Garden
arrived bezs hate lat night (sabbatb)
9th /. company Of women sna children
fleeing flon Eit,ls Fans. M g. report.
fbss ths, Chippewa and Sioux have smok.
% the pips of pssss, and entered Into q
league u e1tssmihsts the whites. ? The
South Is u furnish ~ snhannunition; I: BIZ,
expected supple. 1 y 1not. arrived and
nt6h sbps, bad lprs!sussd uthe. Chippsra,
strilisg 90 the. Missis;ppi q the nm.
: i;ns tie sioux az ID tAH a1fibSesot4t q =,
-. eoupses ~ ad, as6sf sslI" |.,''
, ,i,i. 81 sHolslpzhe ,Gh,. = M,,6iaglaa
!, IbejssphS,aSaD sAattack. and .tatss Fos
Ripley hut night, l'duc It ehcuid b re
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

KENTUCKY has now mustered into ser:
vice six regiments Of calvery Five thou
sand are equipped and ready to march!
The Infantry regiments are fast filling up,
and the war spirits seem to have just be.
Tnr city Of. Washington: is still dis.
graoed by slave hunters, and alle sed fl.
eitivcs are arrested on the. steps Of the
Capitol, caught in private houses anf III
public places. and carried back to slavery.
False warrants are presented and summary
legal proceedings are gone through with,
and then the victims are hurried into" a
close carriage and hurried back to rcrpet:
ual bondage, j instances of the most hero
ic daring have been ma infested BY unfor:
tunate fugitves, which evince their love
Of liberty, and purpose to possess it at an y
price. ~; 80 41A": va: e,s1H i,;'h III
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

FelpAY,-Laat mail brings news that
the rebels threaten to overwhelm the OK
h.usted troops who have been fighting to
let Mcclellan ont. He will reinforce
them-if he can get men and spades
enough to dig a tunnel by which to ap-
.proaeh the point ina proper. strategic.l Or
der. Glory in Washington!
y The President, that precious: old imbe.
Gil, has held a pow WOW with q commit.
tee of enlightened colored men. to see
how much they will take and remove a few
hundred thousand loyal men out Of this
country, in wi which b. their presence is very
offensive t. his Kentucky brethren Of the
secesh stripe LAS our poor miserable, be,
wi'dered President is overburdened with
loyal men, will he bs. kind enough to col.
onize FIVE hundred thousand Of them in
Northern Minnesota?, .>.:. ....
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The Sources of the Sioux Out.
,' - =: break = - '>r!'

A careful consideration of the evidence
which has accumulated 50 far, in connec-
ton with the Indian massacres, forces up
on US the conviction that schite men are
1t the bottor of it. .7>@t' ii fe.,~'.'-...'
! The evidence taken before the coroncr's
inquest, held at Acton. Meeker county,
shows, upon the testimony of one Of the
woman who escaped, that shortly after the
Indians left ,ohite man came along fol-
lowing the track of the Indians The wo-
man called him in and showed him the
five dead bodies-men and women9@&lying
upon the floor. He laughed, and said
"they haze got The mise. bleed :" He fol-
lowed on after the Indians 4'sj:v:. ..'''
Fa3"Again 1--WE are informed that Nelson
Roberts, we'll known to many of our read
ers, has stated that for weeks past, 'ehite
Notwithstanding been among the
Indians. Without doubt they we're emf
ssaries, sent among them, to stir them up
to vile. ....l,....f. ..:.r+.<
|. Moreover, it seems to us that the whole
character of the present outbreak indica-
tes the presence Of some directing intel
ligence Of the higher order than that Of
the Indian. Il .>}.-..s III IT,, 49,
" The fact that remote tribes, like the
Yanktonnais and the Cut Heads are NOV
ing; in concert, indicates this. -"
r: The fact that large force, said to
number two thousand; have attacked for
titled artillery post, like fort Kidgley, in:
dicates this Such an attack is without
any precedent in Indian history that now
occurs to us. :.
The fact that the Indians are butcher
ing missionaries who have spent their lives
among them, and who in ordinary disturb
ances would possess great influence over
them, shows that from some cause they
have been excited to terrible degree Of
bitterness and ferocity. They are, it
seems, even slaughte1ing the half:brecds
Of their own tribe.-Sk Paul Press
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LOG Al NEWS.

NOTICE. Persons finding this paragraph
IN marked in their papers will know that
their subscriptions expire with THREE more
numbers. and that unless they renew before
that time their names will bs erased from our
.books:aas "'s '*ir.;s. ~ ssgea ' IS !!
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

\ tiea,engers haze been sent, lorMr. Dol,
aud today is,bo Last day the@ Chief Dc.
expressed a willingness to wait. Mr.. Tan.
nor say. one chief Big Dog has LEFT .hi,
nation therthan join themin war against
the whites aud,n now in Fort Ripley IN
soldiers dress. Mr.: I: wishes 70 join the
State cavalry to chase the Sioux, thinks
there is every probability If lhiiss tribe rs.
ing and that they, can :mpiser: *, 900. war.
rios Last nights Pre-, Of 81. Paais.ys
the evidence. aecumulates. / pfIs. general
Indian league under secession manage
ment., Have been busy ssia the Office all
forenoon getting copy and making up
forms Two young ladies in our employ
have set more type than usual the past
two days. Can it be that We are all sleep.
ing on the crater of volcano, as the peo:
pie Of the Minnesota Valley slept? II :
. At noon, Mr. Spencer, from Breckcn:
ridge arrived, having ridden from thence,
l80 miles, in 80 hours. The account he
brought is 10 another column, and greatly
alarmed the people, the more: ~, IS: MIR
Morse the Receiver at the Otter Tail Land
Office arrived in town with his family and
reported that he had seen band Of Sioux
oamped on chippewa ground, known to be
there and left uudisturbed by their old en-.
emies. This Red River news and the
day. being the last Of Hole ,a-the. Days
four days. grace, marks the night for one
If anxiety. Through the day I. barn in
Middle Town has been planked to make it
bullet proof and the men Of Lover Town
have resolved to fortify the Baptist Church
Judge Cooper and lawyer Van Etten, per.
sonal friends of Hole-in-the, Day have gone
up tosee him, at his request. tits almost
impossible to be afraid of the Chippewas,
they have been SO regarded as friends and
neighbors. In St. Cloud they have moth
ing bu: kindness to avenge, yet, Mr.. Gard
ner, the escaped prisoner, says this is TO-
be theRendezvous of the united tribes. The
Siouxs are principally occupied in the
Minnesota Valley, and no important force
ave from North D"cotah can get here
soon. - r 80 -.
Six O'CLOCK, P. M.-Eastern mail
in. T hey have been unable TO relieve
Fort Ridgley, it has probably fallen into
the hands Of the. Ssvages. Settlers are
pouring into town from tho Rcd River
and Green Lake, and those counties ~.
ing below Us, and the Chippewa Agency.
Many have left their all. "Watchmen
what of the nil ht p =, 1920. :
: 'WrDNrsDAY.-Last night passed quiz
city save some alarm to one crowded
household near Us. from the midnight
blowing Of an express horn. The day has
passed with only two messengers rushing
in, breathles.. to report Indians one and .
half miles below. The Notifications or the
church were abandoned as it was thought
beet to have but one Joint to defend, in
case of attack. The troops will be here to
night on their way to Fl. Ripley with MIR
Dole and We have no further fear. -
- = I'll. !'1'i :
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For Congress from the I'd District. 81
LIEUT.. GOV. FDONNELLY

~ We will receive wheat, oats. corn
aour, wood, good butter, egg g, !, q &
else 10 can use, in payment Of subscrip.
lions TO the DEMooaAr or dsbts due the
establishment. Now is the time to sub,
scribe or settle old bills. II '.A:f -
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

+ Ambrose Freeman was chosen captain, aa3
E E Payne, wagodmastef., the lastss to 1olloe
with provisions and ammunition *5:s'''
The Town. Council Was Instructed . feasss<
the Governor, to send to this p'ses :tsa. feA
pieces TIT, meeting adjourned s.->::z..s.::s
About ZEN O'Clock, Mr Gardner cab, iron
the Chippewa country, and reported sAAs h.
had been ;prisasstEin Rale.i6i thk1sg's1 a>ds
but haa got Of. II. said that TIC. c&t,pe~se
was about commencing depnedAtisas.s Oscar
Taylor; started immediately ~ith'A,. 6: t.
Governor Ramsey. :, ,s.@,.:. 49, ~. r., r.:
Monday; A.s..t ss.A::: !. i
The nodntea party ~ess ready and 1t -
eight o'clock thie morning. ......
Mes.rs. Gor.on and Psnete. returned frs,,
Forest city about the time The earal.1 .~e.>
moving of. We hare received trvn Nj: L.
the following eeeo1nf;;5s ,..,, :, 9. -
$500 Nm. oos1ex's;. s7AfxzEAf,
Heroic Coaauc. Of Art. Fsefe-Hor11l< -l.:aA
cries. <sS%S'cI}} & !, II u.
/ :.leftss. Cloud il Company ~,ti M. l,,s+s<
on Saturday evening. Stopped 81 Maine Pr.4-
RE that night aud let It ,spnrise pest Doso-
ing. Reaching Fair Haven found that scssl1
all the women and children hsd beea: cent
away. From there We started thronIA 10
Big Woods. All along ia rood st9s ut tr,.ss
going toward Ito M'.sitjippf iitst /; The ss~
ing settlers Ill told svsrJ .1Ats,s,.>a npa eco
Trajectory stories.: Went a. A. Fe,sse city, Il
Meeker county, our.deiaisssioa, 40 found
there seventeen men prepared - dsfsad ,Asu-
selves to tho last. Capt Whi.eomb had }sst
rcturaet ao4sSt Pam with . ss,an;ssio> "
raise eompsny, and brought 70 ssssd q
arms .ad ao0o rounds 81 annuokjtA. rI1sdkna
Judge Smith, she coroner Who bsld lie .aquee<
on the bodies killed: q Acton, snd~ lin
went to see Mira. Feots:s Mrs. z. es!d 1e sAst
on last y Wednesday, sht and. ~ Husband ten
their home 4 Eagle Lafs (ahoai !: nil1s ~ett
Of Forest 0ityJ aua Went . 4. hss., Il
Mr.: Ericsson. about lix mile. ssessr t&as
place., Very soon sfs,s Isttint thess, j ladk.
as dtme to the bosiss. MI Z. we1lsoos>
shook heads, NTH enc * sAs,D md osassed
III . lea,s. .,one 81 The Indians innsAi.tsh
i, .o..ut in,o u. .hoa 81, 4; ~ a. 4.
door and barred Il. NJ took III 9eA - 80.
thronvb. 81. v;naov. IA :. :. ~. n. f.,
I'D a.;,l, = Tf,ccee,v,d 9vsh.n srdorhl h,tihe.,.
der. During th. tim, ,A,y, lil.,d ! IA ~le
IVES in Geld near 81 dirs.as ps...s,s tae
dinner. "A slso kili,a Is. Eriessea, - ~
i'm I'll, hou,s. ahootine M tironsk IL of..
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Er14ays AnE. a.

The 'eports!from tie Indian country on this
day va !.ss not particularly exciting. u the
evening however, H. infantry company or
gained for home protection met and elected
officers Chas: Taylor, was chosen Captain
Ambrose Freeman and James Carlisle First
and Second L,eutenants. t" 5]1 9!a A:Tc
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= THE INDIAN TROUBLES:
1 4znaE7.' ---
Massaores In the Northern Part
=, Of the State -.

Taking up the, connection from last. week.
DenocrAr VI propose Keeping daily record
Of occurrences. connected with tie recent In
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frontier, and thata hiTRe ioros win Be nee
,aasa,y Ao4pat down thSaavaSes.i@ We are
glad 70 Iearu that Col SibleJ psopose4 70
: o. hsol yeE9 literally, il 10 syoeesda in
'saptssi6E prisoncis, 1heIpeop{ecf Mia.
hssota VIII not !, sa.isl BAL viii asyshiAg
short Of thsir 1t1pr eIAsjminatinh, b. Il
driving them vest Of The Missouri river.
thereafter Sioux 1a4tsn will b outlaw.
ID, and shot Whenever hs. may Ia found.
We give bsloW snsh reliable information
- ~ haSS 6sss ahls 70 gather from The
nase Of astounding rumora now current in
avery eire!e: ~ }jj}{
LA1ssf Nswa raex Rtpo.sr.
AsxDsssex, ThursdAy, Aue. 81.
Rea. k1s1Axpsa Ransxs; -:..s'.s~-as @~~
I send BY bearer, David Carruthcrs, the
following facts:
( llett Fort Ridyley to-day, At 6ve clock
\. n and whom l left there were {, 1000 In
diana around the Fort, and the wooden
buildings were burning.
All the men, women and children At
yellow Medicine ara killed, except Ken.
nedy aud 0asvie. To-day I found it i'm
possihle to set within the Fort. -
think tie Indians ale still collecting,
Cut. Heads, Yaaktonnais, add all other
Sioux tribes, It they take the Fort, they
w'll, 10 my opinion, come to aeodersoa,
81. Peter, Traverse, 10.
ve.5 respectfully. -, -
\. PREMIER, Interpreter
rsen 10 n..s Of the cath. = II. y. g..
:. From N. M,riet. j
LArAyz1rr, August 20.
70 Captain llandrau, New Ulm:
have just returned from tho Fort.
When within six miles I saw two large VOL
unrs Of smoke and heard firing Of guns.
When within half milo Of the bill on
this s.de, ssw one man dead, With bis
throat cut, and could see two distinct fires.
One, 10 doubt, was the government sta
Bio, and tho other Randalps house Or
store. ! returned Gom there and will go
70 St. Peter tonight. Ryou can spare =
force you had better send to their relief,
or the Fort my fall into The hands of the
hands Of The enemy.
N. Myrick.
eDox .3sD connA1DAx9 AT TnI Fonr.'
Folr R,poLsr, Aug. 2lst, 2P.x.
Gov Alex. Ramsey:
We can hold this position but little
louner unless reinforced. We are being
attacked almost every hour, and unless as
distance is rendered, We cannot hold out
much longer. Our little band is being
deeimatud. We had hoped 10 be rein.
forced to-day, but - yet can hear Of none
coming. mi, p?
I. J sassxAx; LIT. Lieut.. Coo:
6th Reg MINI. VOL, CONT Post.
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Latcst From the AIinassst. River.
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I'D himself unsurpassable,in running away;
tor-ther,s was no, opposition. While
Banks was fighting like soldier of the
old fogy stripe, Mcclellan was. executing
The browning move Of his great strategic
aFosmpaigu, and didutaose anan. Glo-
70 m thu pokomao >.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

Tho excitepent,'a every point, is intense >,
,ud ii 81. Paul it eulminates.. Even there
thsre i. Fone.Gua4d and night patrol.
Walker, the Agent against whom the Chip.
pevas had I special erudgs,::and who had
fed from the. Agency, was found dead on
the road below Monticello, having become
insaps from terror and shot himself. One
ofou, Volunteer companies who vent down
on Saturday !; C,pt. LIB -, viii be MUS s.
tered ip. armed and sent back immediate.
" With another company: The: teams
wvers detained d hiring them up, and they
may be szp.s.sd tomorrow evening Last
night passed qais,ly, Many ,l.la li. collect
ed in P,okersf building, the only large
brick block in town, rushing thither with.
out bedding, but they were accommodated
with 'r,obes and blankets 70 the extent 8
the means Of Dir. Burbank. wbo occgpie,s
the house . store. We felt suoh q 10
accountable sense Of security, that " eod
hayv,, slept soaudiy It bom,, alone, ont Ith<
fanilisi p ftisnd+ lodEea * itI. WI W.T. =
d.y.b.sak, ~ were arossed by M Ma Tan 'l
| ~, = iei4iltesd0 chipptwsowho, bad rex \.
| laonf lis notion! aH5ls.ia.sbs. Day h.1 a
Along expressed willingness g .ssss !
cspni,,iooer Dols viii g tte y bin big 'n =
Walker ~ delivered W 70 h's seosessc'
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I NUUND-Tied to post in front Of my Office
II the llth inst a large light bay HORSE, with
saddle and bride, which the get by call
lug on the subscriber proving property, aud pay
ing charges Dr. DOTSH,
jy i5-.,t* No 10 Main street
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Death of Gen Twiggs
AUGUSTA, July Is Gen. David E. Twiggs died
here this morning after g brief illness.
STANTON July 10

STANTON, July TO- 1862
EDITORS RICHMoND DISPATCH As the
authorized Agent Of the Military Hospitals of
the Confederate States in the city of Richmond l
take pleasure in reporting that have received from
the ladies' of the Churchville Society i'll Augusta
county, for the wounded soldiers OF the Confele-
racy at the Seabreok Hospital and have forwarded
to W. H Coffin, Surgeon in charge Of said hospital,
four feather pillows one bunii.,ot cloths sheet
and one box of lint.
And from the ladies of the Bethlehem Society of
Augusta county, FOR the wounded soldiers of .h,
Confederecy at the Central Depot Hospital, have
received and forwarded to G.. l. Rice, Surgeon in
Charge of said hospital bundle OF clio hes cot.
ton, &c, and one bundle of pillows, ticks &c from
the ladies OF Barterhrook.
And from Mrs. McCue, and ladies of Mount SO
Ion, have received and torw arded TO +. w Lundy
Surgeon In charge Of the Kent Hospital, one box
containing provisions dried fruit, and one cheese
one creek of apple butter bag of dried apples
one bag Of onions soap, and cotton cloths
One bundle Of cotton cloth from ladies Of Spring
Hill.
One bundle of cotton cloth from ladies of Fish
ersvile.
Seven pack ages received from n K. Trout. Mayor
of>staunton, which Were sent to hun by the ladies
OF the country adjacent to the town of Ssauntcn.
Delivered TO me by a. S. TURK, Esq. for the Ken,
Hospital, from the McNutt branch OF New rrov.
denoe Soldiers Aid Society, Rockh,idge county
Va, box containing bandages, lint, bread, eggs
SOAP &c
For the Seablook Hospital, two boxes aud one
frkin Of butter. from the Brownsburg branch of
New Providence Ladies Aid Society Susan With
row, President.
And for the Winder Hospital, J. r. Britton sur.
geon 4th division. one box and one hun:te, from
the Newport branch of the New Providence La
dies Aid Society, Ann Martin. President
Sent to DR.. e. ID. Rice Surgeon in charge of
Central Depot Hospital. six shirts two pairs draw
ers. lot OF lint and baBdages. and lot of soap,
from Mrs Capt. J. G. Webb and Miss Matte Van,
fossen, Augusta county, Va
Received, three bundles CT n X Trout
G. IL. SAUPE,
II Agent for Hos pftals at Richmond
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The BcE,ba rdinent of Vie shur@.

jackson, Mississippi July l5.h.A heavy BON
bardGept is now = +. ii going 1t Vicksburg.
The repo rs are distinctly heard here No tee-
grapLcjintelligence has beer received from Vicks-
burg for the last three hours.
SECOND UJsPA1Cn.l
JACKSON. July Is. T. M.-The firing ceased at
9 o'clock to night. Both the upper and lower fleets
attempted to pass our batteries bnt were repulsed.
The exaspera,ed and mortified enemy vented his
rage by throwing liquid shells into the c:y, burn
ing one row Of buldiuss. Our batteries are unin.
jured. No casualties reported.
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Obituaries,

MAJOR NJ. V MCLAuGHiIN.--N is but Just
tribute TO the memory of the brarc soldier who has
fallen i'll defence of his country TO make honorable
mention OF his many vifu and gallant hearing
Major NJ. V. Mclaughlin, of the Is: Tennessee
regiment. fell mortaliy wounded at Ganess Mills
on the 9th of June, while commanding the fegi
ment in the second charge. Our lines had approach
ed near to those of the enemy, and as the BATH.
ragged iercely, Major Mclaughlin, seeing the epemy
begin to move from his entertainments and fly be-
fore troops, waved his sword, aud said, Stand
up, boys ace lace got them These words were no
sooner spoken than he fell pierced through the
head with MIME ball. At the battle of the
Seven Pines" alt bough his horse was shot from
under him, he did not appear the least agitated
excited He was brave 10 fault and was a most
excellent officer always conscientously diseharg
ing his duty. lie was scrupuOusly exact in all his
dealings, perfect gentleman in his department,
and ~ true q friend eyer lived. As u lawyer, he
had few superors OF his age, and had he lived bade
fair TO arrive at distinction in his profession But
Ike many other gallant officers he has offered up
his life asa sacrifice i'll the holy of the South
and though dead, he still livas in his example and
in the hearts OF his numerous friends.
Died CANELLEM c.. FOIKES, a member OF
company Il. lst Virginia regiment. He was killed
i'll the battle near Williamsburg, having lived only
hour after receiving the fatal ball in his heart
He was "a years OF age; formerly a resident OF
Charles City county, but latterly of Richmond -
Mel. was good and faithful soldier. not only fit
soldier for the field, but likewise soldier OF
the cross from his early boyhood lie WAS proven
D,di lof ais strict integrity, industry and relIglous
habits Being slow 10 anger, gentle and kind in
disposition, he was beloved by I'LL who knew hip
The writer has been closely allied to him by strong
tics of friendship for more than six years. During
the last twelve months we were tent Iuates, and
can gay OF truth, noblor, more generous heart
never beat in the breast of man. He leaves
father good old mother two SISTERS, and six broth
ers 10 mourn their loss. feel well assured that he
has gone home to heaven. Farewell, my dear
Mel, may we meet where there will be no more
war. @ j. T. p
Died, at Chestnut Springs in Goochland county
on Tuesday. July sth 1862 in the 25th year of her
age, Mrs. JANE PURYEAR, the wife of Samuel
Puryear. and daughterof Hezekiah Wilkinson.
Her life and death were beautiful illustration of
the power of Divine grace. Butt though lost to lis
forever in her bodily presence, the memory of her
virtues will live in the hearts of her trenda and a
grateful husband will keep fresh the story of her
devotion aud love- She a piOus and consistent
member Of the Baptist Church, and worsbipped with
the Dover congregation. ~ j. C. H.