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The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21

We very cheerfully comply with the request
Of a lady friend to publish the following, and
in doing SO we do not hesitate to give to it
our hearty and unqualified endorsement:
TO the Editors Of Lynchbuyy Republican.
GENTLEMEN i wish to make public through
your columns, and those of various other in
fuential journals, a suggestion to the women
Of the South.
1t is, that day be appointed on which, at
2 certain hour, they, with one consent, shall
unitedly beg for Peace from Him in whose
hands are the hearts of men and the destinies
Of nations. Prayer has been made continual
" for the success Of our arms in battle, and
these prayers have been answered in many
instances, beyond our hopes. Every prayer
has doubtless breathed an earnest petition for
peace, but it is suggested that now our faith
full women should unite to pray in an especial
manner for it-that God would forgive our
enemies and turn their hearts, and that he
would also forgive us our debts, and would
speedily open door Of deliyerance for us
from the hands Of bloody men.
Let Monday, the LIST, Of December, be APP
pointed, and on that day, at u o'clock M,
let the heart of every wife, mother, sister
and daughter, in every State in our Confede-
racy, go out in solemn, fervent prayer to God,
for PEACE.
In places and churches where female prayer
meetings are usual, let the women themselves
order the matter. Where such meetings are
not usual, or are considered unadvisable, or
are impracticable, let the women at home
stop all work at the hour named suspend
the carding, and spinning and knitting, and
weaving, and sewing, and teaching, if for only
one half hour, and alone with God plead with
Him for their country. Let the sick woman
on her bed remember the day and hour; let
the busy forego her business, and ] was go
ing to say let the gay suspend her gaiety, but
trust there are not many gay women in the
South now. But let. the young, and beauti-
full equally with those who can lay no claim
to such titles, think of the broken hearted, the
destitute and the homeless think of the
dead, and the dying, and the mangled think
of the widows, and the fatherless, and the I
childless, Of this awful wal, -and let every
wonlan,s heart be raised as with one voice on
that day to God for help and for PEAcE--an
honorable PEACE.
A TRUE SOUTHERN WOMAN.
All papers friendly to this suggestion are
to copy.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
A Machine Factory.

We are gratiied in hearing that it IS con
templated to establish large factory of ag-
rlculturaf implements and machines in COM
mon demand. The factory will be eligibly;
located IN Dade county, Georgia, and win be,
established 3. soon under the supervision ana.
direction Of Capt. George W.eHarrriis, now 81
the Ordnance service at Chattanooga, lately
OF Knoxville, and formerly known to nlany'
readers as "Sut Lovengood." The factory
will furnish all the machines and implements
needed by planters, farmers, gardeners, mil,
lers, builders, &c.-- Charleston Coatyie,..
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
Pass Him Round.

Mr. Richard A. Rozzell, of MeckIenbure
county, n. e, has sold q large crop Of wheat
to his neighbors for seed, at 50 per busbel.
while il could command IS so to 81 at bis
door He refused to let Spectators have a
bushel at 81. The Charlotte Democrat,
says this gentleman has two sons IN the ar
my, IS "a '. :. -
!. What spectacle it would be to see ma
non OF such men J! And who believes that M
Kozzell does not feel himself richer mar.
70 the, true sense Of the term, than if he had
forced q per bushef for bis wheat out Of the
necessities Of the peoplei : ~
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
Fears of Morgan i'm Kentucky.

A correspondent writing from Greensboro,
Kentucky, Of the doings Of John Morgain
says:
On Saturday evening, the stores were all
closed and business entirely suspended, End
the people were arming as they best could to
resist any attack of the enemy.
A courier had arrived in the afternoon bring
ing the information that Morgan was in pus-
session Of Hartford, Ohio county, only TWEEN
ty-twc miles from Owensboro', with between
enc thousand and fifteen hundred mer, where,
it was said, he would be joined by portion
OF Johnson's guerillas for a raid upon Owens
hpro'.
This information caused the most intense
excitement at Greensboro, which place is but
poorly defended, the troops there being arm
ed with old rnuskets, which are deemed next
thing to worthless, and which are of little
service against the mounted guerilias.
The citizens OF Greensboro expected an at
tack at any moment, and in the event of its
capture the rebels declare their intention to
be to move at once upon Evansville and cap
ture that city. 4
At Big City, on Wednesday last, Morgan
robbed the post-of6ce, capturing and paroling
a number Of the Home Guards there and
taking away the Federal flag which has float
ed over the post-office since the war commenc-
ed. Morgan's troops were dressed in the
Federal uniform, and in this manner succeed
ed in entering the town without exciting the
suspicion Of the citizens.
IN this fory Morgan stole every good horse
in the neighborhood, robbed one citizens Of
Eve hundred dollars, another of one hundred
and fifty. and others of various SUMS Such
provisions as be could not carry Away with
him he DESTROYED.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
More IRON Clads for the. Yanrkees.

More IRON CEads for the1YanExees.
The Yankees are determined to have an
iron clad navy. A dispatch from Washing
ton says: 81
The Government is not asleep to the neces-
s1ty OF preparing for the coming struggle for
the protection OF our coasts and commerce on
tne hlgh seas, now menaced by British built
men-of war sailing under the rebel flag. One
or more lron-clad steamers are to be con
strncted, OF about 300 tons burden, includ-
ing machinery with masts, spars and bolts Of
IRON, and all other equipments necessary for
an efficient cruising ship-ofwar. Bids will
only be received from parties known to he
able to execute the work. Each vessel to he
delivered at a specified Navy Yard on the AT.
lantic coast.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
Ihe kaVages Of Fever at Head
quarters. 8.
Death Of Gen. Mitchell ana other Pfo-
minent Officers.
Port ROYAL,
Nov. |, 1862.

correspondent OF the N. Y. Times"
says:
regret to have to announce the sad news
OF the death Of Ma. Gen. Ormsby M: Mitchell,
who commanded this department. He died
at Beaufort, on Thursday, at 81 O'Clock in the
evening, from malignant fever, contracted
neres But week ago, we were suddenly
visited by type Of fever, to which, it pains
me to say, many of our chief officers bays
fallen victims, within the short period Of one
week. The doctors cannot agree in determin..
ing the name of the disease, which, in its
symptoms and nature, has every appearance
of yellow fever. Many adhere to the opiniofi
that It is nothing else than yellow fever. while
some assert that it is, a swamp fever; afisine
from the malaria of the surrounding nalrshyv
ground, and the mephitic eShalations of the
soil; others again call it coast fever, peculiar
to this latitude. Among those of the former
opinion are medical men holding the highest
positions, whose opinions are entitled 10
weight. The disease is accompanied bv All
the symptoms Of yellow fever; and. althonoh
not quite SO rapid in its effects it seems to he
quite as fatal. The factyhat the disease made
its appearance SO late in the season, induces
the belief that 1t has been brought here from
Key West or some other infected port. and
does not arise from local causes.
The dread pestilence seems to have contf;rn::
ed itself to the immediate vicinity of the head
quarters, where its worst rayages were made.
Officers upon Gen. MiteheYs Staff, and those
immediately surrounding him, were the frst
attacked The death of Capt. L. A. Warfeld
which mentioned in my last letter; was fol-
lowed by that Of Capt. j. G. Williams. Aide.
de-Camp to General Mitchell. These two
cases were followed by the illness Of Gen: !
Mitcheps two sons, both upon his Staff and
Captain j. j. Elwell, Assistant Quarterma...
tel, and then the disease spread SO RAPIDLY az
to create great alarm and anxiety. The dis
ease appeared to be sosconfned to that one
spot headquarters that General Mitchell Is.
moved to Beaufort, but unfortunately too late.
The seeds of the fatal malady had Jeen sown
here, which soon carried him away. On
Thursday morning, Colonel N. %. Brown Of
he Sd Rhode Island Artillery, died from fes
ver, and upon the evening Of the same. day
;he intelligence was telegraphed from Beau.
ort that General Mitchell was dead. His
leati cast a gloom over all, not only because
It the death Of such a man, who had secured
he love and esteem of all here, bat our ais
nal fore bodings were realized and his death
eemed to verify the conclusions which had
'een forced upon US, that when this monster
stacked, there was no hope. ~
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
Yankee Cruelty to Negroes.

Yankee Cruelty to Negroes.
A correspondent of the New York .1Li6ssae,,
writing from Newborn, NJ c., under date Of
October 18th, gives the following picture of
the condition of the negroes in hat Depart:
ment:
"Fhe situation Of The poor, unhappy blacks
IN this Department, fed though they are by
i Union bounty is snch as should excite the
sympathy of every Christian man. I am sor-
ry to say that they are treated with the great
est sternness and severity, amounting to posi-
tive cruelty, by many of our soldiers. who
seem to regard them as hardly better than
beasts. Not a few Of our officers conduct
themselves in the most tinfeelinc manner Is
word these unfortunate creatures, and are. in
fact, ostentacious in expressing their hatred
and contempt for the id niger It is d
sad truth that the Northern pro-slavery preiiu-
dice, where it exists, is much more larsl, and
,intolerant than the traditional feeling in favor
Of the institution entertained by the native
Southerners; and the most despicable fors, Of
its expression is when it is vented upon the
poor African himself. How any centlemari
OF refined sentiments could act the petty tv:
rant and oppressor towards these poor, semi.
tive people, fond of praise and keenly alive to
censure as they are, is more than can under:
stand" - 80
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21

NeiH Mcleod, Of Petersburg, Va, announ-
ces to the families of soldiers, that he will
furnish all the corn he can spare at fifty cts.
per bhshel, and says to all who need It to
come, with or without the money.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21

It is stated positively at indianapolis, by
those who have the facts, that the rumor that
General Buell. boxed Governor Andy john
sons ears at Nashville, a few weeks since,
for calling him a traitor, is true. The in
dignity was offered publicly, but nothing
will grow out Of it probably.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21

The abdication Of Queen Victoria is again
seriously talked of abroad. The Pat,'ie says
that the discussion Of the measure, with her
German relations, is the cause Of the Queens
visit to Germany. The act of abdication, of
course, in favor Of the Prince of Wales will,
It is said, take place next spring, Immediately
after the marriage Of the Prince, with the
Princess Alexandra, of Denmark.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
A Cry kOs Peace.

The Boston Pilot, of the 25th ult., contains
an editorial strongly urging Lincoln to offer
terms Of peace to the South. It saws:
The President has issued many proclama-
tons which ne periodically believed would
be followed by an increase of u nionism in the
South. But his nlanifestoes are spit at and
himself derlded. His documents are of no
avail but one that Of enlarging the spirit of
rebellion. Can he mention d single procla-
nation of his that has realized his hopes
We should be sorry to impede him in saving
the Union, But his past experience should
tell him now that an armistice would do good.
What does the South want /? Can he not put
q question in this nature? Can he not try
the value of suggestion for peace? This
may not be the highest spirit it. May not be
according to the way on which guilty rebels
should be treated. But it is prudence We
cannot break the spirit of the South by arms,
and without their spirit in its freedom, their
overthrow would lead to nothing. Enough
OF blood has been shed - enough. of lives have
Teen lost, enough of desolation to all branches
OF industry has been done, and enough coer-.
Give proclamations have beeni sued !; let us
now try the virtue of peace. #
The President is. indeed, in 4 most unp1ea,
SAINT situation. There is no doubt that he is
honest; but the faction that eleeted him to the
hlte House want the war continued, for
.nelr enterprises to realize large fortunes are
IN the balance; and notwithstanding the
pre- eminence Of his position, Abraham Lin
coin IS, in too many Instances, the flexible
TOOL OF an unscrupulous party. But he should
remember his oath of Office, and be untram-
elled by anything save the Constitution.
That is now in the worst danger, and as it
owes most of that danger to the havoc Of war 4
administered by Know Nothings, Abolition.
sts and Republicans, an arnnistice "a sas-
pension of hostilifies-p no offered.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-11-21
Prayers for Peace.

We very cheerfully comply with the request
Of a lady friend to publish the following, and
in doing SO we do not hesitate to give to it
our hearty and unqualified endorsement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

DR.. PLuAER.-This clergyman whose
exhibitions Of disloyalty, some time since,
caused rupture in the church of which
he WAS pastor, at Aleghauy City, Penn
sylvania, has been requested by the Pres.
bytery to resign his charge. They had
the matter before them some time since,
and then refused TO take such action
Their proceedings then have now been
reconsidered. and the DR.. not only re-
quested to resign, but the Directors ofthe
Western Theological Seminary required to
suspend his labors in that institution un-
Til the next General Assembly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

EB Those who do not think, wonder
why it is the rebels always seem to be be :
ter advised than our Generals in regard
to the numbers and position of the force g
opposed to them. The reason is ra,ci
enough. Supro.e rebel army marching
from New Yo.k TO Albany We would
have friend in every household, familiar
with every by-path in his neighborhood,
ready TO give our Generals information,
and to pilot our squadrons to favorable
positions and secret surprises. 1t makes
a vast difference whether an army is pass.
ing through friendly or hostile coun.
try,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

Fare as low ~ BY any other Route!
r r Q 9 h -
BY this Route Fregh.s csA Le iorw ardcd with dis
ratch TO New York, Boston, Philadelphia Baltimore
and points Nerih, Eari and Southeast Merchants
TIT fir II ia~e sas aHtaEn 40 ship fseifhtA from
the Eazi ts tits route. over Charges and Dameges
prompt, sel iss, RATES AS LON Az TIE LOW
ISL iJ
III Ash for Tickets by way of the GreatWAhash
VALLEY koute And be sure you gctthsm.
III New and Elegant Sleeping Care are runfr0n
Quincy 10 Lasye goo mica,) thai passenger
get roo njEhtsPest, while pursnin our
ney. H& gt4l ~
/ III Baegage Checked from Ksokuk toAilimpss.
taDi places, East South.
n. B..srackssA goF sale at the corner Of
Main and Second streetA. #E~
n. ID. MUNSON,
NHi& Freight and Ticket Agent,
juue21-d KEOkUk, IOWA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

~ The more the disaster at Harper
Ferry is studied, the darker grows its a.
poets. Only court martial can sift its
infamies and lay the blame on the right
shoulders. Ifit was not treason, it ID
certain that tho meanest cowardice never
served IN enemy bettsr. The arrest oi
the principal officers In command lookl
~ II the government was determined this
time TO go to the bottom Of investigation
and make clear work. without fear OF
favor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
LIVE STOCK.

Drovsrsaud Farmers vi iilnnd this tho tadv n
taxsous route for Live Stock GApacous ards, oil
wate red and supplied with ever. e0nsenfeUcs have
be opened and it, eonaections and every
Att piion 10 paid their from hagFasburRb
where n be found every convenience Tor feeding
and resting, choice Is offered OF the PHlLADkL.
PHIA, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Thsviil ts0 be found the shVft est quick and
meat di rect route for Stock to New Allon-
townl--aud with fewer chs nEe sthan any other.
EkOCH LEWIS, ,GeneTAlSuPt. .Altoona,Ps
&. h. HOUPT, Gen Ticket AEt ,Philadeiphia
H. H. HOUSTON ,Gen Agt. ,PailAdsiphia. :
fancAdaW
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
~ Letters from the army in all di

~ Letters from the army in all d.
rections declare in emphatic terms that
the soldiers are fully up to the progress
of the government, and wiling to crush
treason with any weapon ready to their
hands. The secesh among US who have
been pfophesying ! iarga surrender Of
commissions, and mutiny in the army fol-
lowing the measures abolishing slavery
are sure 70 Be- disappointed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
KEOKUK IOWA: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1862


An extensive salt mine has been dis
covered in franklin parish. Louisiana,
about nine miles from New Iberia, near
the Bayou Teche The salt is taken out
Of the mine in lumbs Of two hundred
pounds, raised by an ordinary windlass.
We were shown some of the salt last
Saturday. 1t has every quality necessary,
and We are assured that the mine, proper
ly worked, would supply a. once the
whole Southern Confederacy. doubt
full The owner is now charging at the
mines four and half cents per pound,
which is an extrayagant price, consider
ing the extent Of the product.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
DOST-UkFICE DIRECTORY.

Arrival 81 the Mails.
Eastern haiiarrivss daily Sundays excepted via
Plymouth. at5o'eiock. p. m.
st .Louis aud Souther Mail arrivssdaIiy ondays
excsptedl at6,p.n.
Western nMsiiarrives dAii. /. texeeptsundays)A s)Aua;oo
o'clock, n.
Bsriingtsn haiiarrives daily texsspt tsupdays,ai
Wp.n
CsrthsEesnd Plymouth Mail arrive AA4Is "a aiAys
sxeepted) At SPIN.
ChaTtsstos Mall Il tri-wsekly} }Arrlyss fA.ii.ys,
Thursday sand dssturds54,At7p.m
Closing Of the HfnttA.
EAstsrn Aaiiciosea daily le&1tt is4iardsys)Atsp.
81. Louisand Southern AaiieiosrIdaiIy tssturdays
axceptedla
Burlington Asiieioses dHiiy texeeptssturdays) ~
Pm.
Western Mail closes daily tsxeept Saturdays ate
o'eiockp.m
CarthAxsAnd Ply IN outh INTELLECTUALLY saturday.
exe.piedDa atsp.m.
Charleston Aaiittri-weskly) eiostf Mondays Wed
sesdsya and Fridxys,At6s
IL The Post Once will beopeb on sunday sfron
tess'ciotk,A Am. b. hoNELL,PA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

4- Lieutenant Dawson of Virginia, q
member of Longstreet's staff, who has just
arrived in Philadelphia IS prisoner Of
war, ssys The true cause Of Beaurcgard q
retirement from active service was soften.
ing OF the brain. He received on this &C.
count leave Of absence for four months.
Lee was regarded rs the best General,
Johnston the second, and Beauregard the
third. Regular mail communication ii
kept up twice month with Europe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
4 RRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
RAILROAD TRAINS.

NoYshern Trains leave daily Sundays exceptsd) ~
200 g. m. and 10 p m, and arrive 34s .. m and
A:ao p.
Western Trains lesve daily tSundAss e1eepedl nj
30 4. m and 30 o. n ), and arrive At n 30 j.. m and
7 20 q.
Al Hamilton Depot, Trains oe the wabash Valley
Rxiiroaa arrive daily thundsss exceptedl st4 ocios
y IN aud depaft daily exeepssdj at $50 =.
M Bassss ~et with thfs city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

e- The Tipperary (Ireland) Free
Press, of the Goth August says: "We re-
gret to state that the mysterious potato
blight has made its appearance among US.
Fields which we're luxuriantly green are
now SCARED and withered, while the pc
culiar odor which marked the presence OF
the blight in former years is again sen.
sensibly experienced. We understand
that from the adjoining county Of Water
ford. particularly towards Dupgarven, the
same unsatisfactory condition Of the po.
tato crop is reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30
Brave aAA True W ord Z.

The Louisville Journal talks bravely
and truly Of the threatening aspect that
affairs have recently assumed. These are
few of its inspiring words:
"rbe rebellion will be put down. The
result is in the nature of things. Ii is a
fixed fact. 1t is a moral, social. political
and physical necessity. They who fight
against it fight against destiny. Nothing
can be surer. The army Of the nation in
Virginia may be vanquished, Washington
may fall, Kentucky may be overrun and
subjusa,ed, the North may be invaded,
and the Independence Of the rebel power
may be recognized by the jealous govern
ments of the Old World all of these
events are possible, though We rejoice
in the belief that most OF them are barely
possible, and that none Of them is proba-
bic, yet, il ali of them should really hap
pen, together with events more caIamit-
ous and improbable than these, the nation
would still live, and the rebellion would
still be put down. Such might is there
in the breasts of twenty millions of free
men, fired by the sacred necessity Of lib
erty and independence.
Twenty millions of frecmen battling
for the preservation Of their national OK
istence are invincible. No measure Of
desperation or Of fortune to the leaders
Of the enemy, no degree of imbecility or
mischance in their own leaders, can over
whelm such people. Reverses, sad re-
verses, may befalI them, bu, in their in
exhaustible and glorious devotion, sustain
ed by every principle that can awaken
heroisln in the heart Of man, will sweep
away the saddest reverses, as the sun
beams scatter the mists and shadows Of
morning. They must succeed. They
cannot fail. The permanent success Of
the rebellion is impossible. The ulti-
mate triumph Of tho nation inevitable. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-30

To all whom II may concern A. one II. r. Kyle
has been In the habit Of trying collsct OF
my property, and has 70 ekteAs succeeded,
This ID TO notify a persons whAsevss, thai the said
r. Kyle 10 not my agent, And any dsbts p.ad 70 him
viii not be recognised ~ me.
Aaron Vail IL my only authorized agent ct presont
sept26-d3t HUBBARD STONR.