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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-11-06
New way to Increase the Army.

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The Chattanooga correspondent Of the
Atlanta Appeal says that a rule
has just been adopted by Gen. Bragg and
issued to the army, which moro than any
promises the good result. 50 long and effec-
.tually sought, to be accomplished by other
means namely, the Increase Of the army,
It has been reserved to one Of our Captains,
w. F.@Gray, IF the Hampton Legion from
South Carolina and through bis General
jenkins, his brigade commander now COM
handing Hoods division 70 devise a plan
which has superseded the. necessity Of other
legislation, filled their own commands APP
Fprox mating to the usual maximum aud
been productive Of The best results. The
same system. has been now adopted BY Gen
Bragg, and under date Of October 10th, he
issues a general order, (which tHsesfollow-
ing is copy.
HEADo'ns Array or TENNESSEE I
Missionary Ridge, Oct. l6, 1868,
General Orders No. 49,.
In order to augment the strength Of the
army. and to give to our brave soldiers an
opportunity to visit home and provide for
their families during.the coming winter;
the following rule is adopted :d gss
1. A furlough Of net exceeding forty
days, viii be granted to every non-commis-
stoned officer and private who secure re-
cruit for his company.
2 The reerultmust be received and mus
tered into service aud be doing duty in the
company before the application for furlougi
is forwarded. i-4
In all applications made in pursuance
Of section FIRST, the commanding officer o
the company will certify that tie aPplicap
has obtained an approved recruit, who has
been mustered into the service, and is pres
ent with the company doing duty.
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To the Friends of the sgd Virginia Reg
81 iment.
HEADQUARTERS SD VA. REGIMENT,
October Both. 1868.


Sergeants J S. Maupin and J r. Mes
serly, Of said regiment, will be in Staunton,
at the Quartermasters Office, on aWednes-
day. Thursday and Friday the 1 lth, 18th
and 18th. Of November, prepared to receive,
pack, and take to the regim ent, all articles
of clothing which the friends Of officers and
men Of the regiment may desire to send to
them. The clothing should be distinctly
and securely marked with the names of
those for whom Intended
Any Contributions from individuals, or
from any of the aid Societies Of the
County, will, at the sane time, be taken
charge ofby the above named sergeants,
and be disposed Of as directed by the con-
tributors. Donations of clothing Of all
sorts, and Of leather can be judiciously APP
piled. AS the winter approaches we feel
appreciably the need Of assistance from our
friends at home. Their generous aid in the
past is still kindly remembered.
1888 e JAMES IT. SKINNER, i
Col. Com'd'g SD Va Regt.
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TooA,fsk,,,ate.

A correspond Atlantis Reqiis,'ry
from ..the front" writes that the vAett S
are within eighty yards Of each other, On
some parts Of the line no firing upon each
other is countenancea, and despite the or
ders prohibiting communication, papersare
exchanged aud conversations frequently oc-
cur. On enc occasion couple Of soldiers
one from each arny-met on the half
way ground and made pot Of coffapd
drank it together.
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& gAMr NEAR BRANDY STATION
October 22Dd 1868.

DEAR FRIEND:- So
[ promised when we
parted last,&to send you occasionally. some
aoeaaat Of our 'sdoings here. You know
hoWaser that writing IS not convenient
operation in Camp, less 50, on the march
and .on the feld' it is:least convenient. !
We have Just returned from a footrace
with one of our near neighbors, named
Meade, of whom the papers make mention
now and then. Well, he outran us. I am
sorry to say, although he was obliged to
throw off some Of his personal furniture to
do it. Hill overlook him at. Bistow, but
they fell out about it, aud Hill got a black
eye 10 the muss. .Old Blucker" came up
a-smoment after and Meade fearing that
,''Bluck' might side with Hill. put out
again. Both parties we're trying to get to
Washington City first but by the time we
got to Bull Run, where the Yankees were
used to the track, they got 50 far ahead that
Uncle Bob gave it up and told the boys
they might as well come back to Culpepper
and get their letters from home. We did
come back to Culpeppcr, but it seems our
friends at home were 50 busy watching the
race, that they forgot to send letters from
home" 81
The boys all drew money yesterday and
this evening all the suffers wagons came
in well loaded, SO that we. expect lively
*sscrouging" tomorrow. You ought to see
the few when a sutler knocks the head out
of a gunger barrel
When we! came to this camp, we found
three dead Yankees. lying BY the Spring
No doubt they were. killed by some Of
7"Fitz's' boys who had a horse race with
Bufords jockeys about the same time that
l.tUncle Bob" and Meade were exercising
on foot tits said that e itz'' invited
about fifteen hundred Of the jockeys to take
tea with Gen. Windcr in Richmond, and
thai. they were SO taken" with his warm
and hearty earnestness that they accepted
and were SO pleased with Gen Winder,
that they staid. Iiexpect its true, for ev-
cry body has heard of Fits winning
and captivating ways and Gen. Winders's
Irresistible hospitality asesa s
Z Our boys, mounted and foot Cavalry are
always ready, either for a flight or foot
race. " but we don't look for either very soon.
Should anything Of the kind come TO- pass,
| will let you know who wins a
Couldn't you come down and '''take a
game of knucks with us some day Bring
some of Charley Cochran's good tobacco
with you ifyou should come, and as long
as it lasts you wont have to ''put down
your bones.''
no Yours truly,
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MUSICAL AND EDUCATiOSAL.WI
1TI LIAM DEWS, a teacher in Richmond du-
ring the past six years offers his services as teach
er of Guitar. Violin and Flute. Ladies desiring
to learn the Guitar will lie instructed at their res
licences. Terms $40 for session of 20 lessons
Glasses of two or more will be taught at reduced
price A Day School for Boys will also be open
ed on the I'd Of November in Mr.. Scherer's build
Jug. corner New st. and Court House Alley, If the
school can be made up at that time, Immediate
application should be made to Mr.. Dews, at Capt.
NJ as ms. next door to Mr.. Scherer's Store. Paw
menl for music lessons is required to be paid in
advance at the beginning of each halfssession.
October 30-1ts tf-.- ISL
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CuEAp PEoREKTy The. estate of the fol-
loving gentlemen living in the upper part
Of .Faquier county. have been sold as col-
fscatcd property by the Yankee Govern
ment.,
Col. John A. Washinton. Cal. Thomas
Marshall, Lieut. I i Marshall, Lieut..
Gray Carroll, aud Captain jas i Jones
estate, Containing eight hn"lred acres, and
assessed before the war A $50 per acre,
making the Whole value $4,000. was soll
for the insignificant sun, OF $500.
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The Gallant Hood.

y The Atlanta coetee'erae;y ! correspondent
Gin front Of Chattanooga" mentions a most
gratifying compliment to General Hood. -
He says: ea7asf !a&s
] "As Soon as lie was pronounced conva-
.lescent by his Surgeon, that portion Of his
old brigade that still remained with him,
tix tAea1st, 9TH and 5tb 'fcxas Regiments,
started subscription through the campsto
provide the Sergeant, a cork leg. a Inn
it Of So0'was placed on it, aud IN one day,
the handsome sum Of So, 100 was subscrib
ed and 1ait1iin
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A FAILURE.

There are some persons who believe
that native Yankee will succeed in
any thing he may undertake, by dint
of perseverance and unconquerable en-
ergy, but there is one thing, lit must
he confessed, that the Universal YAM
ikee nation have failed in most signal
ly, besides the attempt to restore the
Union. subjngate the South, or make
black white.
In nothing have they exhibited their
folly so much, when they were snp-
posed to know better from there being
and extremely practical people, as in
the essayed change of the seat of cot
ton culture from the banks of the
Mississippi to the banks Of the Ohio.
This can be accounted for Only on the
hypothesis that they feared the failure
to supply the Old World with the
American raw material would super
induce an eally recognition Of the
Confederate States, or a raising of the
blockade, and as something must be
done to appcase the voracious spindles
Of Europe, which had been long prom
ised a full supply, they would rdo it
and raise the necessary quantity in Il
iinois and Indiana, and that without
the aid Of Cufy. This would be
doubly effective, it would satisfy the
Spindles and gain the Spindles', infu-
'ence and would at the same time prove
to Old Mother England that the FUN
bleaehed" were. not necessary to be
kept in a state of slavery for the exis-
tence of the restof the world, as cot
ton could be raised ANY WHERE by
WHlIEFoLKs. zl
The seeds from Southern ,planta-
tions were planted after the most APP
proved style, and the plants came, up
as it was hoped, luxuriant and prom
Using, and all the North were jubilant
over their Illinois plantations, but
their hopes in this, were likeltheir
plants, nipped in the bud, for instead
of the heecy staple hanging Ike huge
clusters of snow flakes from we'll ma
tured bolls, stained, withered and
blackened leaves alone meet their anx-
ious gaze. A too early and unkind
frost has destroyed all chances of an
European supply from that quarter,
in fact to whisper the truth their rails
ing cotton in Illinois is A FAILURE.
There is one thing certain, in these
doubtful and uncertain times, Y ankee
perseverance can not raise cotton in
illinois. Put a peg here all ye .ad-
rnlrers of Yankee energy and ingenui-
ty and whenever it is stated in your
presence that Yankee can do every
thing be sure to bring. to mind the
Illinois cotton patch. ny
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MARRIED..

October 9th. 1868. at the Gockbridge Baths,
Rockbridge county. Va. BY the Rev. W. w.
Trmble, p i. H0GE. of Stanton. Va, to Miss
JORDAN. daughter Of Wm. Jordan,
Esq ~ SIC a
On Thursday, the I'D Of Oct. BY the Rev. J. C.
Hensel. Mr.. JOHN II. ALEXANDER, to Miss
SARAH CRAUN, all of Angus a County. Va.
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PRGN0TEoNS.

We learn that the following promo
tons has been made i'll the Sind VIZ.
Regiment. 1T. Col Jas IT. Skinner
to be Col !; Mai. Jno. D. II. Ross to
be Bat Col and Capt. T. Il. Watkins
10 be Major. '..3
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200 Acres.

with comfortable and convenient improvements
on It. The land is of good quality an. csrsble of
high Improvements. MIR. Archibali; Ia suit will
show the farm to persons wishing to purchase. Ar
the same time and place will sell ali the persona,
property belonging to the estate consist ng OF val
liable household and kitchen furniture, herses cat
tie, logs grain. farmers implements and other ar
ticles usually found on a farm. III
TERMS: For the persona. property cash or
bonds with good security AT ak months where tho
amount exceeds ten dollars: for the land one third
will be required in each, and the balance one two
and three years.wth interest from, the day Of SALE
bonds with good security to be given fer the de-
fcrred payments and the title to be retained Us vi
innate security. The purchaser NAV pay in hand
il he elects all but SIX thousand dollars, which
will. when due, be receivable in funds b ,nksble
in Stanton a, HUGH w. SHEFFEY,
october ids ssssissaL- a Executor.
s-Spec. copy. 49, III
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IN PATTERSON, dec'd.-AI persons having
claims against the estate Of Alexand Or Patterson
decd ,either rs individual or as partner of the
late firm Of Shaw and Patterson. or or any other
character, will report the same to at StauntoA,
property authenticated for payment. All these
indebted to his estate will please come forward
without delay and make settlement. 1t il desira-
BILE to have all claims for or against the estate to
enable me To ascertain the liabilities. ssi
gs il. II. PECK, Sheriff Of ugusta CO. .
and as such Admir- of A. Patterson, decd. Z
lot lG 81 -..t
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Apprentice Wanted

A BOY or GOOD MORAL CHARACTER
n FAIR ENGLISH EDUCATION. NOT over lG
under Is years of age. will be taken at this
office to learn the printing business. One from
the Country preferred.
81 Oct %. 80 39k
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Sill. prarra.s;ne.

The revival At the Methodist, e.
Chulch in Ills place is still going en-
with great success, some tl4irtv or for
fyashavee already been admitted 10
lnembersliipsill the Church.
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VIRGINIA - sex asssg
IN Augusta County Court, October goth, ls6s.-l
i Upon the Petition of Micha 81 Snyder and 9TH
ers for tx e Establishment of a road &C.. 49,
This day came the petitions by attorney and the
court being satisfied upon the affidavit OF Michael
Snyder the Plaintiff and Petitioner, in open court
that Shuttleworth and wife, John Shumate'
and wife, and VIM. Whitmore and Fife,. heirs of
VIM r. Blair decd are residente of Western Vir
ginia not accessible to the process of the COURT
On motion it is ordered that Shuttleworth and
wife, John ,Shumate and wife. and VIM. Whitmore
end wife do appear here within one month after
due publication hereof to show canse if any they
can why road petioned for by Michael Snyder
and others shall not be opened and established
through their land sgreeably to the report of COM
missic1ers IRE mble and Trotler made and return
ed in this cansc, aud do what is necessary to de-
fend their interest in this cause, and that copy
of this order be posted at the front door of the
court house of this county on the first day eff the
next term of SAID court ..s1sag Bsf6-asfi as
i'7ss @ Copy Teste. sf3a- ss ~
WILLIAM A. ,BURNETTE, D. G. /
Z November 6 1869. .i.s, "a ,ssnofE .;19
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1@ Our thanks are due TOT. Mar
shall MeCsse Esq, for " COPY Of his
speech, lately delivered in the House
Of Delegates, on the biz TO protect
sheep and increase the production Of
wool.
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The French Fa sl,ions.

A letter from Paris says. Z
The thin IS strike one as particularly nov
ell in ladies costumes at Trouville: first, the
very pretty channels colored leather boots,
coming half way up the leg;an either but
toned or laced at the side, the tops being
.ornamented with a silk cord and two small
.tassels; and secondly, the cannes, or, in
plain English, walking sticks, sported by
the most elegant Of the rotares Of fashions,
These canes are simply wooden sticks,
more or less carved and ornamented, With
fat guilt tops, and finished off, like the
boots. with a cord and tassel. It is to be
hoped that these novelties in female attire
will not be admitted in town: they are all
very we'll to climb rocks with, orto walk IL
the deep soft sand, 50 tirlng to the feet, but
they would be quite absurd in the streets
or ii the parks. This is, however, no rea-
son way they should be condemned by fash
ion, since wisdom is 50 rarely consulted in
her decisions
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Hill 81 Swayze's
Confederate States
PU Bills HING H0U Sc,
GRIFFIN EORGIA.

Having determined to enter largely into the
publishing business, we take pleasure in xnnoun-
cling that we have added to our alreadyvsrr sx-
tensive office, several thousand dollars worth Of
VI TER1AL AND MACHINE RY,
and are now prepared to receive propostions from
parties who wish to publish books or other publi-
cations, md who desire their work done
SUPERIOR TO ANY IN TUE CONtEDERACY.
We will also purchase at fair price any new
DO * that may be made marketable, and pablish
them ourselves.
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REMOVAL.

We have removed orr Office to the
old Bell Tavern buildings, on New
Court House Stree. one door east of
the Provost Marshall's office, Cup
stairs) where we will be pleased to see
orr old friends.
We are prepared to do job-worlz in
The neatcst manner and with dispatch
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VANDALISM.

We have heard Of numerous thefts
Of small articles, pliced on the graves
in the Cemetery, as tokens of affection,
for the loved ones departed which if
possible should be prevented. Since
it isimpossible to procure Tomb-stones,
many desire to ornament the last abode
Of their friends with articles valued by
them living. This system of robbing
graves is the worst species Of Vandal-
ism and should be confined where It
properly belongs--among the Yankees.
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PUBLIC SALE OF $
Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Grain, Hay, sc.
AT THE HOT SPRINGS,

In Bath COunty.,
ON Wednesday, November, the 18th we will
~ offer for sale, for cash, at the Hot Springs, 6
VERY FINE MICH COWS, 80 HEAD OF
SHEEP, "A NUMBER OF HOG AND ALSO A
CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF GRAIN AND
HAY. 1888 & -
by leaving Staunton on Wednesday morningin he
cars, can reach the Warm Springs within s miles
Of the Hots Springs by stage line Il ON Millboro the
same day. lasE
S..GOODE. Executors Of
TT. Go0DE, Thos. Goode, decd.
November 6, 1868. e}
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THE NEW EXPERIMENT.

II must be a source of sine ere graf
lhcation to every true,son Of the South
to reflect uponsthe present condition
OF affairs as contrasted with Yankee
threats in reference to us. We were
to be subjugated IN a short time-re-
duced to servitude and the Union pre-
served. The Union is destroyed -iir-
redeemably destroyed, and we are not
subdued, but on the contrary just now
our armies are as strong if not strong
er than ever, and the enemy, whether
it be Meade on the Rappahannock,
Grant in Tennessee, OF Banks in the
Swamps Of Louisiana, are covering
before our slightest advance. and the
great (?) ruler of the Yankee race, af-
ter exhausting nearly one and half
millions Of men in the fruitless en-
deavor to overcome three or four hun
dren thousand brave devoted Con-
fuderates, is yelling for three hundred
thousand more volunteers towhip this
same handful Of ssrebels." Will the
volunteers be forthcoming /? We opine
not, but he will force out the required
number by draft, and then he viii
try a new experiment Of making three
hundred thousand raw, drafted men
whip the armies of bold Confederates,
before whom one and half million of
veterans have quailed. This is mat.
ter yet to be tried, but it requires no
prophetic ken to determine the result.
However, we shall see what we shall
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TO the Farmers of Augusta
n COunty.~-a.~ rs~

FENllE undersigned, Committee appointed to
L. disburse the funds of the Corporation for the
relief OF the families of Volunteers now in the field
are prepared to purchase wheat, q .ur, corn. rye.
and wood. They sell to the above families at
about one half price, and they earnestly request
those farmers who have the above articles FOR sa lie
to give them a call before disposng of them else
where. .E@ -
j. w. CRAWFORD.
et sG w. B. KAYSER.
s1ae# 2F j. C. WHEAT.
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NE~The Vasb;noton Repnhiican snea|

NThe Washington Republican, speak
ing of Miss Belle Boyd. now imprisoned in
Washington, states that she still retains all
her viracity and sings rebel songs inces-
santly.' The same paper says that all sto
ries affecting her reputation either as a wo-
man. or questioning her fidelity to the
South, are false and slanderous.
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Yankee Tyranny at Norfolk.

Refugees from Norfolk give gloomy ac-
count of affairs there. Martial law is strict
ly enforced, and none are allowed to walk
the streers after 8 o'clock at night without
. Yankee pass.
Such refugees as were allowed to dispose
other househo pl operty had 10 sell it
for mere nominal prices. Handsome hat
racks sold atsfrom thirty to forty cents, and
costly bureaus brought only three or four
dollars each Everything went in the same
proportion. The purchasers were chiefly
negroes.
Provisions were cheap, but the difficulty
lay in having the proper currency "Green-
backs" were scarce, and COME 1erate money
eontraband.
The strict surveillance kept over persons
of Southern principles made a residence
there very uncomfortable, and the refugees
seem reioiced at finding themselves free
from Yankee tyranny.
Econ6mise.
In snch times as our country Is now pass
ing through, says an exchange, when the
utmost efforts are necessary to feed and
clothe our armies in the field. it becomes
communities and indiyid uals to practice the
most rigid economy Individuals should
live upon less expensive food, wear less
costly raiment, and the corporations of ci-
ties and towns should abolish the superfu-
Gus ayocations that grow and flourish du-
ring the 'scanker Of a long peace.0 This
is our only safety. Individuals must not
be slow to make sacrifices suited to the times
Families, although reared in the lap of lux
ury, must curb their desires. Ladies must
eschew fashions and gentlemen their ex :.
pensive habits We must all economist,
if we would win our freedom Let all prac-
tice self-denial at home that they may have
the more to give to our gallant defenders.
Even now there is much suffering among
shem. More warm clothing, socks, and
blankets are needed. Let our people con-
tinue to give cheerfully and liberallyas they
have in times pastt.-Ilypch. Republican
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Thc Legislature adjourned on
Monday last. 1t will convene again
lregulaf session on the 18th of De-
/ n.btr.
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Notice To Persons Holding Substitute
- "A PER O..

VOU are hereby notified, pursuant to late or
u der from the Conscripts Bureau, to return
forwarded to Richmond, there to be examined
Tor the purpose of detecting parties engaged in
signing fraudulent substitute papers, -
Va A receipt aud protection paper will be Civ
en- for these papers until they are returned. "a
3. s. 'BYEnS, Capt
Enrolling Office for llth Congl Dist.
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REMOVAL.

nR. A. B. ARTHUR, Surgeon Dentist, iasre.
East OF Whites Old Corner, and neagly opposite
his former place of business. All calls attended TO
promptly.
Stauntun, Oct. 2, lS63-tf
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GOUTEfE2N Literary Messenger. sub
~ scrption price I'D year, from and after tn $
date.
In the Sentam5er number we notified sub
scribe!s that for the ensuing year. 1854 we would
be PEELED to raise the subscription price of the
MESSENGER to So. Upon making ca'cn.aton of
the cost to publish next , ear, find that will
not be able to carry onsthe MESSENGER Tor .ess than
$40 and therefore have raised the subscription
accordingly to comm ence from the present
ber
Our subscribers, we doubt not, will sHe the ne
cessitv for this, and we hope give cordia! sup
port For the last six months we have been fur
nishing to over 2. $50 subscribers the MhssExGxK
for 1858 at loss to of several hundred dollars
per month. W.. hope with the advanced subscip
iion to be able to furnish better teriat and in
every respectgmake the MESSENGER worthy of sup
port Address
MACFARLANE PERCUSSION.
Richmond Va
asss~ Editors friendly to the MESSENGER will
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Coffee Drinkers. AA

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i that so nearly resembles the GENUINE in al
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