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4 AST NOTICE.
IL Having disposed of our entire Stock of Goods,
and request all persons knowing themselves indebted
to open accounts to come forward, without de-
lay, and pay up, for to give their notes longer
dulgence cannot be granted. Those having claims
against are requested to present the for pay
ment. CRAWFORD & COCHRAN.
Oct. 2S-tf.
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AVN FOR SALE.

r AND FOR SALE.
II SATURD z. 25th Of JULY.
In pursuance of decree rendered in the Circuit
Court of Augusta County, in the cause of John Mines
&C., against Mary Mines &c. shall proceed, on the
premises the day above mentioned, to SELL at Pub
lie Sale, to the highest sSasr undivided interest
Of onehaf OF piece of land containing about
TY ACRES the other half being the property of Hem
ry Oft, adjoining Wm Armstrong and said OFT, and
about 8 "a miles of Newport.
TERMS-In equal instaments at six and twelve
months bearing interest," to be secured by bonds with
good security and the title to be retained ultimate
security the purchaser to have the option on the
coming in of the report Of sale to pay all down.
June 23-tds.* WM. BLACK, Comr.
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~ A large lot of Confederate Grey Cashmere suit
able for Uniforms and Gentemen's SUITS just receiv.
ed and for sale at small advance cost, brs
VIM. WITHROW, JR.,
May 19-2m Waynesboro, Va.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Asst Quartermaster Generals Office,
Richmond, Va, June 13, 1868.
TAX IN KIND.

TAX IN KIND.
ITO FARMERS AND QUARTERMAs-
4 TERS.-The following is the system adopted
for the collection of the tax in kind:
An officer in the Quartermaster Generals Depart
men is assigned to the special charge of the subject
controlling Quartermaster, with the rank OF Major
is assigned to each State and Post QuartermasIer
with the rank of Captain to each Congressiohai DIS
trict where it practicable to collect the tenth
Each Congressional District will be subdIvlded oy
the Post Quartermaster in charge OF 1t into secton
or the conv enient delivery by the taxpayer OF ms
quota OF produce, and agents will be appointed py
that officer to take charge of the depos to be establish
ed in each section.
Before these depots can be established, the as
sessments required under the law be made the crops
Of small gran hay, and the clip OF wool Tor the pres
ent year will have been secured.
To relieve farmers from the risk and inconvenience
of storing the Government portion, well as to OBJ
tain Immediate supplies for the use of the army, the
Department authorizes and requests farmers residing
near posts where QuartermaSters are now stationed
to deliver the Governments tenth or any part OF it,
to that Quartermaster.
Under the law farmers required to deliver then
tenth at depos not more than eight miles from the
place of production If they will deliver under this
request the Government will pay for the Transports
ton in excess eight miles. The quarermaster re
ceiving produce under the rule will give receipts &c
the producer as evidence that so much OF ms Tax
paid And as the Post Quartermaster OF the Con
gressional District responsible for the tenth, afte
the assessor has established and made 1t known Il
hlm, the Quartermaster to whom the produce is de
vered will also receipt for it to the Post Quartermas
ter of the district, who will endorse copy OF the re
ceipt upon the assessors estimate before
Jone 5U nee sgsnns al 'ns receiving kaRpHIN SMITH
OuartermasMr General IN charge
| E Lynchburg, Abingdon, Wytheville and Staun
ton papers will copy for one month and send plls
accompanied with this advertisement, to the neares
| 0ua erma aster- Latgach. HepUbLlcl9l,
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dheO REWARD.--Ranaway,f from the subscrl-
SOU Der, IN July, 1862, my boy, BEN, about
70 years Of age, feet or inches high very heavy
position has scar over the left eye, also scar on
one of his legs, between the knee and ankle lie is
supposed to be in this county No description OF his
If caught in this county, will give the above re
ward if out of and delivered to me at my
near Brownsburg. Rockbridge county, or confined IN
Jail so that can get him, will give SlO0
June 23-4t r. A. MCChLoNEt. /.
~ Staunton Spectator copy four times, and for
ward accounts to this ofice.--Ler. Gazette.
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| A UGUSTA LAND FOR SALE.
IA In consequence of the Ill health OF his family,
the subscriber offers for sale, privately, his farm
containing
Three Hundred and Ten .dcYes,
lying near Churchville adjoining the lands OF VIM
b. Cochran, Jacob Zigler, and others, Immediately
on the Staunton and Stribling Springs road The
purchaser will have the privilege OF buying all the
Farming Implements, and probably all the Stock on
the farm.
| TERMS made to suit the purchaser.
| June 23-3ts SAMUEL EhS,
- Rockingham Register copy three times and
charge this Office-$3.5O.
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{ lEPOSITARY's NOTICE.

{ lEPOSITARY'S NOTICE.
All Confederate Treasury Notes, not bearing inter-
est dated prior to lst of Dec, 1852, will be iund-
able in seven per cent. bonds up to 1st August next
alter which date they will not be fundable at all
viii De greatly to the interest of parties holding these
notes to invest them. the banks will refuse to take
them ON deposit after 10th june 1862 and the bonds
can be used as currency at any time.
June 2-lm A. AINNEI,
Vim. copy Depositary.
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| IN Pm. Powell has just received and
offers for sale for Cash in exchange for country
IA, Cotton Sheetng heavy twilled goods for Sum-
mer Pants, Spool Cotton, &c. Also Sugar, Coffee,
Rice, Salt Tobacco, Moliasses Pepper and few bar
| rels nice fresh Shad.
May s. 1853.
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Il.
Rev. Mr.. Miller, Corresponding Secretary OF
the Evangelical Tract Society.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DUNKERs

Dispatch and Vindicator copy.
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Capt. Co. 1.
Company K :-Privates, A M Burns, Rea Hole, Bath
co; NJ Burns, do; Alex Curry, Back Greek; P S
Curry, do; " Garrison; w w Gillespie, Green
Valley; Harrouff; Hupman; Thos Jones; Jac
A Kesterson; ] NJ Miller JAG N Rider, Back Greek;
Samuel Sneed, Healing Springs; j Thomas do;
Thomas Williams, do. Lieut.. GILLET,
Comd'g Co. z.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07
The Dead Drummer Boy.

Midst tangled roots that lined the wild raylne,
Where the fierce fight ragged hottest through the
day,
And where the dead in scattered heaps were seen,
Speeches in death he lay.
The setting sun. which glanced athwart the place
In slanting lines, ike amber tinted rain,
Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face,
Where death had left his CORY fingers trace
In one bright crimson stain.
The silken fringes Of his once bright eye
Lay Ike shadow on his cheek so fair;
His lips were parted by long drawn sigh,
That with his soul had mounted to the sky
On some wild martial air.
No more his hand the fierce tattoo shall beat,
The thrill reveille, or the long rolls call,
Or sound the charge when in the smoke and heat
Of fiery onset foe with foe shall meet,
And gallant men shall fall.
Yet maybe in some happy home, that one,
A mother. reading from the list Of dead,
Shall chance to view the name of her dear son,
And move her lips to say. Gods VIII be done -
And bow in grief her head.
But more than this, what tongue shall tell his
story?
Perhaps his boyish longings were for fame7
He lived. he died and so, raemen:o mori-
Enough if on the page OF War and Glory
Some hand has writ his name.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

A SCoUT OUTwITTED.-HenryH Hale, one of
the best scouts in the country, left Leaven-
worth while Mulligan was before Lexington,
with dispatches. As he rode along, men from
every direction were going TO join price. He
saw one old secessionist with a little shotgun
and thought it would be a nice thing to drive
off the Old fellow and take his horse into Lex
ington. So he engaged the man in converse
tion, and, getting an opportunity, put his re-
volver to the seceSSionist's head, ordered him
to tie his gun to the saddle, to dismount, and
finally to skedaddle" The old man made
tracks rapidly, glad to escape with his life
Hale took the horse by the bride. and rode on
whistling Yankee Doodle He had ridden
a mile or two, when. at turn of the read, be
was suddenly ordered 10 halt. The old seces-
sionst had procured another gun and got ahead
Of him. The gun was squarely aimed at HIS
head. " Get off that horse" cried the seces-
sioniSt. Hale got down. Tie that revolver
to the saddle" Hale obeyed. Pull off your
pants" Hale did it. Skedaddle an Or
der which Hale at once carried into effect,
merely saying. Well, Cap. l thought my
shirt would come next-good bye. The seces-
siouist went Of with the two horses. whistling
Dixie while Hale marched seven miles into
Lexington, with only his coat and shirt on.
His coat contained his dispatches. He will
never be permitted 10 forget that seven-mile
march
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07
NO. 1S
The Members Of the Porter Court
Martial.


The following Generals composed the coert
that rendered the extraordinary and infamous
verdict in the case Of the gallant Fitz John
Porter:
Major General Hunter, who issued the
Pope's bull against the comet" emancjpating
all the slaves in South Carolina and Georgia.
Relieved from command therefor: since hanger-
on at Washington, doing dirty jobs for the
War Department The mos; remarkable sue
cess of his history is the escape Of stocking
full of gold in his trunk from the Investigations
of hotel thief.
Major General Hitchcock, an officer who.
although holding the rank Of Major Geueralin
the volunteer army raised to suppress the re
bellion, has not smelled powder during the war
unless scented tooih-powder, or something of
that kind.
Brigadier General Rufus King, a political
from his command in the field Hanger-on at
the War Department
Brigadier General PrentiSs of Shiloh fame.
Forgot 10 have pickets out to give notice of the
enemys approach. Taken prisoner, with a
large portion of his command. \ military
Micawber, waiting in Washington, since his
exchange for something 10 turn up.
General Rickets. taken prisoner at Bull Run,
Sen, commanding division in McDowells
corps. Apersonal enemy of Gen. Porter At
Cedar Mountain his division was within sound
of the battle progressing in front, but failed TO
move up to the assistance Of the outnumbered
Union forces.
General Casey, a respectable old gentleman,
compiler of tactics now in use in the army
His tactics, based upon Hardee's, provide for
two companies of skirmishers to a battalion,
This is an intricate arrangement. and the War
Department forbids its practice. 1t is sup
posed that General Casey was experimenting
on some novel tactical idea at Fair Oaks
Relieved from his command after the battle,
and sent to Washington to take charge of the
greenhornS. Down on Mcclellan in conse
quence; Porter ditto, of course
General Garfield, political General. Smart.
and looking out for number one.
General Bulord, Popes Chief of Cavalry.
As this was quarrel between Pope and Por-
ter, very good man for the Pope side,
General Morris Brevet Brigadier General
.. S. A. Exemplary old fogy-red tape and
pipe -cay-smeed no powder during this war,
except when salutes were fred from Fort Nc
Henry
And these are the men who, in obedience to
the mandates of their superiors, dismiss Gene
raj Fitz John Porter from the service
Utica Telegraph (Republican.)
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07
A BATTLE FIELD.-The grouping of falin

4 BATTLE FIELD.-The grouping of falling
men and horses, the many beaped up masses of
dead moved strangely by the living manned
among them, showing the points where the
deadly strife had been the most severe; the
commiDgling of uniforms of friends and foes,
as both lie scattered on the ground on which
they fell the groups surrounding this and that
individual sufferer, hearing his last words,
giving to him the last drops of water which
will ever moisten his lips on earth the stretch
ers borne from various points, each carrying
some officer or private soldier, who has now
the startling feeling forced upon him, it has
come to this, and yet there may be hope of
life" his excited but over worn spirit, half
fainting as it is, yet dreaming a mixed, feversh
dream of the charge in which he met his
wound, and the thoughts Of home that flashed.
upon the heart, as it seemed to commit that
heart to moments oblivion of all else. Then
comes the first dawn of a hope that life may
be spared the view of horrid objects passed,
seen with dimmed eye; hope of life growing
stronger, but with it now q dread of some op-
GRAFTON to be undergone; the sound of guns
still heard, begettiOg feverish, impatient de,
sire to know the result of the battle. Again.
partial waking up at the voice Of the sur
geon he and his attendants seen as through
a mist the feelings Of utter weakness, caus-
ing all 10 seem as though they spoke in whis-
pers the still further rousing Of the mind, as
the cordial administered begins 10 take effect;
the voice of a comrade or friend lying close by,
himself wounded, yet speaking to cheer; the
operation borne bravely, and felt the less as it
gives promise of a life just now seemingly lost
to hope; through it all fresh news, ever arriv-
ing from amidst the din of the strife yet rag
ing all this has life, and motion and
spirit in it: which mocks the real grave horror
of the scene.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

My dear madam, can you give me glass
Of gvog?1 asked a fatigued traveller in Arkan-
sas. as he entered cabin on the road side
Il amt got drop, stranger" replied the
woman.
~Bat gentleman told me that You had =
barrel"
Why, good gracious" replied the woman,
what do you reckon one barrel of whisky is
to me and my children, when we are out of
milk :"
The traveller sloped.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

FUS At HoME.-Don't be afraid of a little
fun at home, good people. Don't shut your
houses lest the sun should fade your carpets
and your hearts lest hearty laugh should
shake down some of the cobwebs there, II
you want to ruin your sons, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment must be
left On the threshold without, when they come
home at night. When once a house is regard
ed as place to eat, drink aud sleep in, the
work is begun that ends in gambling houses
and reckless degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere, and if
they do not find it at their own hearth stones
it will be sought at other and perhaps less
profitable places. Therefore, let the FIRE burn
brightly at night, and fill the homestead with
all those little arts that parents SO perfectly
understand Don't repress the buoyant spirits
Of your children half an hour of merrment
round the lamp and freight of home, blots out
the remembrance of many a care and annoy
ance during the day, and the best safeguard
they can take with them into the world, is the
influence of a bright little domestic sanctum.
DIAMONDS VS.. PATRIoTIsM-A writer in the
Boston Transcript says If all the diamonds
in this country were gathered together, shipped
to the states of Europe, and disposed of there,
the aggregate ayails would furnish an enor-
nous sum. If that sum were cast upon the
national altar, the national debt would be
greatly diminished, if not extinguished alto
gether.
Can we draw no precedent for such mag
ni6cent movement of practical patriotism, from
the history of empires, in the hour of their
deepest need? Let US see. In Allison's His
tory of Europe, there are some striking passa-
ges, descriptive of the conduct of Prussian
women, when their almost exhausted country
was about to renew the struggle against Ma
poleon, after the Moscow campaign. We cite
from vol. ., page l62. The women univer-
sally sent their precious ornaments to the public
treasury, and received in return similar biioux,
beautifully worked in bronze bearing the sim
pie inscription, gare gold for IRON 16l3.'"
Not an ornament but those Of iron, were to be
seen, either in dress, or the shops. Thence
have arisen the famous order of the Iron Gross,
in Prussia, and the beautiful Berlin bronze
ornaments so well known, and so highly priced,
in every country of Europe 1t must be con-
fessed, that ehvary cannot boast of nobler
fountain of honor. nor fashion a more touching
memorial of virtue.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07


lying on the coyerlid before her, This very
same necklace that now wear is the ominous
present Of the troublesome little dwarf,
My story is not q; an end yet, added the
Countess, smiling sweetly, as she was about to
be interrupted. The Countess resumed.
Some hundred years ago a very rough, wild
Count Malzhan was the proprietor Of the Cha
teau Militisch. He was great sportsman,
and fond of heavy potations, as gentlemen
were won't to be in those days. He often had
a wild, noisy set Of companions about him, and
thus scared away from his table his delicate
refined aud beautiful young wife. One even
ing, when these rough spoTtsmen had been
tower of Mliiisch Castle, the conversation
happened to turn upon the mysterious necklace,
which had acquired great celebrity from the
fact that whenever a Countess of Malzhan
died. one Of the pearls really did turn black.
Some questions arose as to the quality of the
stones, it having been asserted by jewellers that
although bearing a strong resemblance to
pearls, the stones were of no earthly compost
ton. and 50 hard that it was perfectly impossi-
bic to break them.
Z" At the request of his guests the Count sent
to his lady, begging her to lend her necklace
for their inspection. She did not like to part
with it, and made an excuse; whereupoa her
lord and master waxed wroth, and ordered her
to send him the trinket, on pain of his serious
dspleasure. The poor Countess complied,
though unwilingly; the necklace was brought
handed about, examined, and many were the
bets made as to its solidity. One of the
knights declared he could split one of the
pearls with his sword. WageTs were laid for
and against.
He struck the blow with dreadful violence,
but the pearl remained unscathed. Suddenly,
however, a dreadful peal of thunder was heard !;
the lightning struck upon the old tower where
they were seated, which crumbed TO pieces,
burying the half drunken knights under the
rush of falling stones.
Many were drawn out merely wounded
bat the imprudent knight who had tried bis
strength on unearthly things was struck dead.
The pearl necklace was found, and as you
see, has been ever since carefully preserved,
but they never have been able to rebuild the
tower of Militsch. 1t is said that whatever
part is built during the day falls in during the
night; SO that after many fruitless attempts to
overcome the spell it has been given up alto
gether.
The only certain part of the story is" add
ed the Countess, " that this old necklace still
retains its strange power of marking the death
of each successive owner, by one of its pearls
turning black. l often look at them to see if
another pearl is not beginning to assme a grey
tint, that will be sure sign of my approaching
death "
We all looked with much interest at the
handsome features of the amiable old lady, who
had so kindly related this family legend for our
benefit, and heartily wished that her pearls
might long retain their pure white hue, which
strongly contrasted with the seventeen that
had already put on their mourning for the
deceased chatelains and which really have
very dingy tint.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

BEETLEs.-The Moscow beetle is as fine,
lively and healthy beetle as any of bis race
in Europe. From the moment you set foot in
- Holy Moscow You find in him an insepara-
bic friend. He is pulled out with your watch,
he drops from your hat in bowing, he aDtici-
pates you iu your morning coffee, and takes his
bath in your wash-hand basin. He moreover
evinces the liveliest interest in all your pro-
ceedings. You may be writing, reading, think
ing, or talking, but the beetle is sare to have
his eye on you. You can detect him looking
at you out of the keyhole, chink in the floor,
a hole in the ceiling, or any other unaccounta-
ble retreat. But you are forced to pnt up
with his company, and it is only in time, when
habit has given you second nature. that you
become careless of his unwearied espionage
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

THE BLACKS AT WAsAINGToN.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Boston Herald
draws sad picture of the liberated aud fugitive
blacks in and about the Federal Capital
within the past two weeks have twice
visited the contraband camp. a mile or so north
of the city. 1t covers several acres, and con-
sists of barracks erected at one time for our
troops. The barracks are divided off into small
rooms, in which family or half dozen con-
trabands eat and sleep. There are some three
thousand of them, who are fed on army rations
at the expense of the Government. The small
pox is raging fearfully among them, as high as
twenty dying in one day. The percentage of
deaths now is almost equal to the daily arri-
walls from Virginia. Owing to this epidemic
no contrabands are allowed to go out to ser
vice, it. in fact, there was any demand for them.
Being mostly farm hands, there is no opportu-
nifty for the employment of males, while the
females are not sought for. owing to their ig-
norance OF domestic affairs. In some cases
families have taken them to learn, but in the
city it costs more than it comes to. Besides,
the strongest pro-savery people here will not
hire negroes, and will have nothing to do with
them unless they are slaves, which is now i'm
possible. A large number of the advocates of
the abolition of slavery here trusted that ii
would soon cause the disappearance of the col
ored population but the reverse has been the
case, and the increase has been fifty per cent.
White labor in families is daily being substitu-
ted, and the demand and price are large in
consequence.
The result of this ideuess is, of course, crime,
and for a month past two-tbirds of the police
records have involved the negro. They dare
not beg and therefore steal. As for the con-
traband camp, such a motley assemblage was
never seen before. They are of all sizes. ages
and compilations. Want, destitution, disease,
and death stare them in the face, with even
more wretched future looming up. These brief
and simple facts will yet come out in larger
proportions.
4 LITTLE pipeclay dissolved in the water
employed in washing linen, cleans the dirtiest
linen thoroughly, with abont one-balf the labor,
aud saving full oue-half the soap. The clothes
will be improved in color equally as if they
had been bleached.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07

a MAN who will nalciously set fire TO a
barn" said Mr.. Slow, and burn up twenty
cows, ought to be kicked to death By jack
ass, and Id Ike to do it"