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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-10-24
pUBLIsHED (DAILr BT
EDGAR SNOW DEN, JR
ea~ OFFICE-No 1O4 King street, over
scnes. formerly French's) Book Store.
Confederate Supplies.

i correspondent Of the New York Times,
writing from Ceutreyllle, says:
1T is a mistaken idea that Virginia is barren
waste, Away from the track Of the two armies
the crops are as large AMI the farmers as pros
perous to all outward appearances. as they
were before the war. | have visited, during
rhe last two weeks, ali Of the principal localities
in the valley formed by the Bull Run and the
Blue Ridge misunderstanding for the most
part with small forces over unfreQuented routes.
TO one who has heretofore formed an opinion
ofthe condition Of affairs in Virginia, b. follow
ing the worn-out track Of the armies, the
change in the appearance Of everything forms
4 remarkable contrast. The valley to which
have referred is one Of the richest grazing sec
cattle, and stacks Of hav and fodder are every
where conspi :uous Large hocks Of sheen
browse on the side hills, and the woods and
farm yards are filed with swine Corn, wheat
ana oats fiji the granaies to ON ertoWlng. and
instead Of there being any indication OF the
peonIe starving they a'e. on the contrary,
sleek and fat, and talk treason boldly.
In this one valley alone an immense crop OF
meat and cereals has been and is now being
raised for the Confederate army. Gen. Lee,
il IS well understood here, is only holding our
at Winchester until he can send South the I'M
nenSe products Of the valley Of the Shenandoah
and its sister valleys, and then he will have no
further use for his present position.
For he last few weeks the Confederate sup,
ply trains have been running regularly and tnil
toward Richmond instead Of Lee army; as IS
generally imposed. :
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LIE Io1cA.A' l"S T. -Dl'p's.'''es ilo'i'
Veh. We'll nan headquarters give 'hloI''.'
ton d reconnaissance 70 ineoges'ltie Oh " e'
,'S's''aS nc '''"'"' l''A'e '0s's':''As % os.
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'neAi !l"'' oo'S' Capturing = "'n0'ocr ~
l''cloo'os ''''ee o'N'S'' ieea -
!ee'l n''ies nor'n n0S[ u -h"' ,''c'o,t[ ~
IS reported tla' ''Ie Ae,' " a 'A'1
o"'s a11e' 'es'loSl'I3 tue 'a'I1o%u az p''po':s
there We nave gwen an accoahC Q! Il Ieeon'lola-
sance sent ont Oh Tuesday towards Leesburg,
returning 70 Harpcr's Ferry the next day
This oxnoa;t;on am bracaa cavalry. artillery aud
l1s s~ ~>',s',l, ,l,>.a., =, far - I.,rartsv
'nI""'i!' az. ''o'Se,''' @ ~ - 4'o'
SIX miles from the Ferry ana el&l1t hlles IRON.
Leeshurg, encounterlng On the way party Of
Confederate ca valrv. which was dispersed. sew
-,.1 g .lo,a l.,;,a ,,;1,od anil wounded ana
cial u .l1e''1 53i"9 N'.le" "''>A "US''' ~,
seVellty'n'o IaA0h ll''ol'o'>' n7 oo'a'
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ccived trom Havana, by merchant Of New
York, confirms the statement published by us
yesterday in all its particulars, with this essen
tiaI difference, however, that the ship Blanche.
instead Of coming from Matamoras, a Mexican
port of the south side Of the Rio Grande, took
out her clearance at Matagorda, on the coast
Of Texas, north Of that river in possession Of
the Coufelerates The Blanche was therefore
engaged in a contraband trade, and as such vas
liable to be seized by the Federal cruisers.
The only difficulty grows out, Of the tact OF
her being in Spanish water: and under the pro-
lection Of the Spanish fiag, when she was assali~
hv the Montgomery. and her cargo burned by
the crew Of that vesseI-N J. Ecpress.
DR.. T. NJ Boyle, Of Fairfax county, Va,
was arrested by order of Gen. sige', and sent
70 the old Capitol prison; on Wednesday, IN
the charge Of being SPY tor the Confederate
government
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and wounded, and 30 taken prisoners.
Among the prisoners is Col. Frye, who
was wounded in the shoulder. He wa
brought here by the Conestoga.
Capt. Kelly, of the Mound City, was
severely scalded about the face and hands.
He will recover. Second Master Hearth,
Third Master Kiurzie, Fourth Master
Scoville, Masters Mate, III. z. Browne,
the Paymaster, Chief Engineer John
Cox, and Assistant Engineers John Nc
Aflie and Hollingsworth, were killed.
Pilot Chas. Young was severely scalded
and reported since dead. Surgeons
Jones and Carpenter Manning were
slightly scalded. From so to 100 of
our sailors have already been buried,
and over 20 are missing. Colonel Fitch
reports but few of his men wounded and
none killed, and but for the unfortunate
accident on the Mound City, the rebel
works would have been carried without
loss on our side. The Mound City can
easily be repaired. TIE flag officer has
sent to Cairo for another crew. The
rebels have INSTRUCTED the channel above
by sinking two large steamboats, and
gunboat, believed to be the Maypole.
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COUNTY CoUKr The court for th s
county is now in session, Judge Poland
presiding. Ga the call of the docket a
large number of cases were set for the
Jury, and the term bids fair to be long
one. The first two days Of court, there
were larger number OF people present
than we ever saw together at any former
court. AS we 60 to press, Cass vs.. Dud-
ley is running the gauntlet Of justice and
law. A large number of railroad cases
are to be tried.
Upon the first day of the term, Mes
sra. L. II. Bisbee, John Young, and Geo
d. Wyman, were admitted TO the bar
With the latter gentlemen we have no
acquaintance, and know nothing Of his
merits, but the first two are good fellows,
aud men of excellent talents, and will
make men of some note. Mr.. Bisbee
has taken short cut to glory, by enlist
ing in the company just raised in this
county for the Ninth regiment. May he
be successful in his endeavors TO 9udSh
the rebellion.
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SUICIDE IN BARTON.-A DR.. w. G..
Blood of Wells River, committed suicide
at the house of Luke Carpenter, near
the Bloomington line on Tuesday last
by cutting bis throat lie was going to
visit his sister in Morgan, lie was found
a few hours before he died, and was able
20 talk. He left few lines for his
wife, amounting to but little, however,
There is no question but that the deed
had been long premeditated. His effects
were taken possession Of by the town au-
thorities of Bloomington. lie was quite
rich. The following lines in pencil were
found in bis hat:
q should rather the town authorities
would dispose of me, and pay no more
attention to the matter. God have mer-
cy on my family Oh, it is trouble !!
God be mercful to me a sinner Let
me say to every one, be careful and not
let one unholy thought enter your brain.
If you do, and nurse it there, it will be-
come too large for you to control find
it is go in my case, and if alone had
it to bear, l should be thankful; but
thousands have to suffer, / wish the
pardon and forgiveness Of all. Pray
for me oh, do! l would, if l live, do
my best to set all as near right as may
be, but this is impossible"
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GEN. ROssEAU ON SLAYERY.-At a
banquet given to Gen. Lowell II. Ros-
seau of Kentucky, at Louisville, few
DAYS since, the General declared that if
the war continued a year longer, there
would not be a slave on this continent.
He said that the rebels were bringing
about this result by persisting in falsely
representing that the war is carried on
for the abolition of slavery, and allowing
the negro to blind their eyes to all the
blessings of our government. The Gen
eral did not hesitate to say that when it
came to be question between the pres
ervation of slavery and the preservation
of the government, he would strike down
slavery, remarking
"Slavery is rot worth our government.
Slavery is not worth our liberty. 1t is
not worth all the precious blood now be-
ing poured out for freedom. 1t is not
worth the free navigation Of the Miss
issippi river.
am tor the government of cur fa-
theirs against all things and everybody,
While the Liberties of the people are Sc
cure under it, as they ever have been, |
would allow nothing but death to pre-
vent my unfolding it. am ready for
the responsibility. A Southern man as
am, born and brought up in the South,
with all my sympathies with the South,
| could not hesitate one moment when
the issue is presented between the mig
ger and the government of our fathers.
am for the government Of the United
States against all its enemies. -
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Southern Trade-Opened Ports.

Our mercantile readers are aware
that New Orleans, Port Royal and Beau
fort, N. c., have been opened for trade
by proclamation, subject to certain restric-
tions, which are of no importance; and
that Norfolk has also been partially OPP
ened, so far as to allow the import OF such
articles as may be deemed necessary for
the supply of the resident citizens and
of the ito nps. These announcements do
not seem, however, to have caused any
excitement here. Some few vessels have
sailed for New Orleans, but there seems
very little disposition to try either OF the
other ports named. Our people seem TO
be quite we'll aware that whatever may
be the necessities of the people in and
around them, they have neither money
merchandise nor credit. A merchant,
long familiar with the business Of North
Carolina, recently visited Newburn, with
the hope of reopening some portion OF
his former trade with the place. But he
found no encouragement; the rebels had
destroyed all the property they could lay
their hands on, leaving the people who
remained poor, suIlen and dsspairing, with
all communication closed beyond our
lines. SO is it at Norfolk, Beaufort,
Port Royal and New Orleans, and so it
will continue to be until the rebellion is
broken down, and the country as we'll as
the seaports are once more under loyal
government. This is not of much con-
sequence to US in a mercantile view,
for we have plenty of demand for every
thing we have to sell, and abundant en-
ployment for all our labor, but it is an
exceeding hard case for our Southern
friends, who have no prospect before
them but poverty and starvation for a
long time yet, probably.
AS an evidence of how little the labor
of the North has been affected by the
rebellion, the New York Dry Goods Re
porter gives a comparative statement of
the business of the savings banks in that
State for the last five years, as follows:
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THAT'S WHATS THE MATTER.-A
few days ago we published AN arti-
Gle suggesting the influence that different
social theories and organizations have
had in bringing on the present war. We
copy now, to verify our ideas, the follow
ing from the Louisville, (Ky) Courier
once Breckenridge paper, which by tho
force of circumstances over which it bad
no control, was compelled to remove from
Louisville and since that removal has
been a migratory institution, till at last
it has gone up. This Courier, organ of
the aristocratic faction says, as will be
seen some things fatty contradicting the
stale charge that the Abolitionists caused
this war.
This has been called fratricida war
by some, by others an irrepressible con-
hict between Freedom and Slavery
We respectfully take issue with the au-
thors of both these ideas. We are not
brothers of the Yankees, and the Slavery
question is merely the pretext, not the
cause of the war. The true irrepressi-
BILE conflict lies fundamentally in the
hereditary hostility, the sacred luminosity,
the eternal antagonism, between the two
races engaged.
"The Norman cavalier can not brook
the vulgar familiarity of the Saxon Yam
kee,while the latter is continually devising
some plan to bring down his aristocratic
neighbor to his own detested level Thus
was the contest waged in the old United
States. So long as Dickinson dough-
faces were to be bought, and Cochrane
towards to be frightened, so long was the
Union tolerable to the Southern men
but when, owing to divisions in our ranks
the Yankee hirelings placed one of their
own spawn over US, political connection
became uncomfortable, and separation nee
essary TO preserve our selfrespect
Gas our Norman kinsmen in England
always a minority have ruled their Saxon
countrymen in political yassalage up to
the present day, so have we the slave
oligarchs,' governed the Yankees till
within a twelve month. We framed the
Constitution, for seventy years nodded
the policy of the Government, and
placed our own men, or Northern men
with Southern principles in power.
"On the 6th of November, 1860, the
Purilans emancipated themselves, and
are now in violent instruction against
their former owners This insane, holi-
day freak will not last long, however,
for dastards IN fight, and incapable Of
selfgovernment, they will inevitably
again fall under the control of the sup
erior race. A few more Bull Rul
furnishings will bring them once more
under the yoke as docile as the most
loyal of our Ethiopian chattels."
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CHARLESTON BATTLE.-FORTR
MONROE, June 23.-The Metamora
arrived from City Point late last night.
Richmond papers of the 2Ist contain
brief accounts Of bloody battle on Mon
day last between five Federal regiments
and battery of Parrot guns and parts
of four Confederate regiments and a bat
terry.
The battle lasted all day with heavy
loss on both sides.
The Charleston Mercury feared the
battle would be renewed the next day,
and expressed apprehensions for the
city, in consequence Of the great exhaus-
ton of the Southern troops and the
loss of many officers. General Evans
and Pemberton complimented the troops
on their bravery in standing under the
shells of our gunboats and batteries.-
Inc n6ht was Witnll Iour miles Vi Challes
ton, and from an editorial in the Mercury
| should think the rebels had been cut off
from retreat from James Island by our
gunboats. If this is so Charleston must
fall.
The Richmond Dispatch says it can
no longer be denied that jackson has
been heavily reinforced, and the Federal
columns must either combine or fall back
across the Potomac.
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FINEs.-Femando c. Kenaston, Of
Cabot, was fined last week for selling
liquor not for the public good. He plead
guilty to four offences and was fined $40,
and costs. Also Geo. w. Stone, esq,
$40, for contempt of court.
ACCIDENT.-Mr. Thomas Eastman,
I'd, of Topsham, was at work framing a
barn the 18th inst, when he undertook to
turn a stick Of timber, using his adj for
a lever, by placing the end of the handle
in a morris, and it turning quicker
than he expected the edge of the
adj struck him just to the right of the
hip bone, laying his bowels entirely bare
the whole length of the wound. He is
in a fair way of recovery.-7e Telegraph
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-We learn that
on Tuesday last, Mrs. S. B. Clark and
Mrs. DR.. Tinker of Morrisville, got
thrown from carriage on the Wolcott
road, a short distance above Morrisyille,
and very seriously injured. Mrs. Clark
had a child with her aud that was
also very badly hurt. -NstrsdeGIcr
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Orleans in the Ninth Regiment.

The company which has been recruit
ing in this county under Mr.. Bartlett, for
the past three weeks, is now full. 1t
was organised on last Wednesday by 1t.
Col. Andres and 1t. Dimmck, who spoke
in the highest terms Of the appearance
of the company, and the alacrity with
which it had been raised-having been
accomplished in just nineteen working
days. The following are the officers Of
the company -
Captain-AMAsA BARTLETT, lrasburgh.
LIST Lieui.-E. NJ. Quincy, Charleston.
I'd Lieut-CURTIs A. HUBBARD, Troy.
Sergeants.
1st-Lewis II. Bisbec, Newport.
2d--Richard L. Parker, Coventry.
3d--Abner G. Bowley, Newport.
4th-L. A. Lund, Bloomington.
5th-Marcel1s D KiIbnrn, Derby.
C05P0rdlS. =
1st-A. C. Sleeper, Newport,
I'D. albrdge, Bloomington.
3d-William Barnard, Charleston.
4th-Edson Hamblet, Charleston.
5th-Lorin Cuts, Newport.
Willard A. Tucker, Albany.
7th-Joseph Blake, Troy.
Sth--Alva j. Morrill,, Derby.
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BoY DRowNED IN NEwPoRT.-Wo
learn that on Sunday, the 10Th inst, a
little boy. four years old, son of s. W.
Parker Of Newport, was drowned by
falling into an old well near the village.
The we'll had been partially filled up
some years ago, but by some means was
left uncovered this spring. This is the
second son that Dir. Parker has lost by
drowning. A son of bis was drowned in
Clyde River some three years ago.
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MASS COUNTY CONYENTION.

The freeman of Orleans County will meet in
convention at Irasburgh, on Wednesday, the
10th of July, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to nominate
candidates for Senators and County officers
to be supported on the ensuing election.
All who are in favor of sustaining the consti-
tuition and the Union and of supporting the
national administration in the present crisis of
the country, are cordially invited to attend.
]. w. SIMPSON, pornr,ico,
JAS. SIMONDS, Co Co u Com
II. JENNIE, W. NOln'
II. II. CARPENTER,
r. MCCLELLAN Union Com.
NJ. L. SPOFFORD,
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LIBERATION.

THIS is 10 certify that have given to SUI
l. LIVAN CHURCH, a bound apprentice, his
time during the remainder of his minority, and
shall claim none of his wages and pay no debt
of his contracting after this date.
HARDIN BLANDIN,
Witness-W. B. MooDY.
Salem, May IS, ls62-27w~
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A MoTHER's KIss.-A day or two
since, a ragged and drty-looking boy,
fifteen years Of age, pleaded guilty in the
Superior Criminal Court to having fred
a building. For two years past, since
the death Of nis mother he had wander
ed around the streets, vagrant, without
a home or a human being to care for him,
AMI he had become in every respect
bad boy. A gentleman and lady
interested themselves in his behalf and
the latter took him one side to question
him. She talked with him kindly, but
without making the slightest impression
upon his feelings, and to all she said be
manifested the greatest Indifference, IN
til she asked him if no one ever kissed
him. This simple inquiry was to much
for nim, and bursting into tears, he re-
piled: No one since my mother kissed
me- That one thought of his poor moth
er, the only being, perhaps, who had ever
spoken to him kindly before, touched
him to his heart, hardened young Grim
inal though be was. The little incident
caused other tears to flow than his
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G. II. DAVIS,
Flag OFFICER.
LATER.

LA Il W
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 81. The follow
ing is fuller account of the fight With
the rebel batteries on White river, just
received:
MEMPHIS, June 10. The gunboat
Conestoga has arrived with dispatches
containing the particulars Of the engage
ment at the rebel Notifications below St.
Charles, So miles up White river. On
the 18th the gunboats ST. Louis, Mound
City, Lexington and Conestoga, aud
transport New National, having on board
the 46th Indiana regiment, Col. Fitch,
which left here a week ago to open COM
munication with Gen. Curtis army, and
remove the distractions from White riv-
err, assembled that stream. The gunboat
Mound City, Capt. Kelly commanding,
was about a mile and half in advance,
in the bend of the river near ST. Charles,
when two concealed batteries opened on
the Mound City. Her decks were i'm
medately cleared for action, and as soon
as the range of the works was obtained,
the guns opened fire. Capt Kelly sig
nailed Col. Fitch to land his force below
the fort, which was successfully accom-
plished. The gunboats Lexington and
St. Louis shelled the works, under cover
of which Col. Fitch gained the rear of
the rebel position.
At this juncture a ball from siege
gun on the bluff struck the forward and
port side of the Mound city, penetrating
the casemate, and passed through the
steam drum. The vessel was filed with
escaping vapor. Nearly every one on
board was scalded. Only 23 of the Off
GERS and crew, out of 175, escaped from
injuries. The scene which ensued was
horrible. Many of the crew, frantic with
pain, jumped overheard, and some were
drowned.
The boats from the Conestoga, which
was coming up at the time to support the
Mound City, were sent to their relief,
but the rebels fired on the men in the
water with grape and canister from
their field pieces, numbering most of
those who were attempting to escape.
Being apprized of the state of affairs in
the river, Col. Fitch's regiment pushed
forward and carried the fort by storm at
the point of the bayonet. The rebel
works consisted of two batteries, the low
er one mounting six field pieces, and the
upper three heavy siege guns, managed |
by from 800 to 400 men, under the COM
mand of Col. Frye, late of the U. S.
Navy. About 200 men are said to have
escaped. Over $50 are reported killed
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PRoMoyED.-M. Warner Davis, late
orderly Sergeant Of Co. d, 9th Regi-
ment, who was wounded at the engage
ment at Lees Mills, has been commits
stoned as I'd Lieutenant, in place of
Charles Z. Bailey, deceased.
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OUR ARMY.-The War Department
has upon its books an army six hundred
thousand strong, but there are in reality
but four hundred thousand able-bodied
fighting soldiers under the command of
the national generals to-day. After max
ing this statement, the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Post re-
marks
Here is a monstrous discrepancy of
200, 900. 1t is more nominal than real,
however, the number of sick, wounded
prisoners and furloughs cannot exceed
10000, and it follows that a vast num-
Der of names are upon the rolls which
should not be there, and that the returns
which make the whole force OF the gov
eminent troops, 100000 are Incorrect
There is no such force, and the proper
departments or bureaus are said to be at
work endeavoring to ascertain the exact
number of troops, serviceable and I'M
serviceable, in the army. 1t has been
insinuated on the floor of the House of
Representatives that gross frauds have
been practiced, and that skeleton regi-
ments, in considerable numbers, have
drawn pay steadily as full regiments"
Complaints come up from the banks of
the Chickahominy that too many officers
are absent on furlough, through the inter-
position of influential friends. The SER
vice suffers in consequence.
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INDEPENDENT STANDARD.
A. A. EARLE. EDITOR.
IRiSBuRCH, FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1862.
MASS CONVENTION.

A MASS CONVENTION of the Freemen OF YER
mont will be held at MONTPELIER, on the 9th
dav Of July next, at eleven O'clock, A. NJ, to
nominate candidates for Governor Lieut. Gov
ernor and Treasurer, to be supported at the en-
sning election. All who are in favor Of sustain
ing the Constitution and the Union, and of sup
porting the National Administration in the pres
ent crisis of the country are cordially invited to
attend,
II. HENRY BAXTER,
J. GREGORY SMITH, Republican
II. w. CLARKE, State Com.
GEO. c. SHEPARD,
June 5th 1862. %