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\ oTICE- yon SALE
small fern In the County Powhatan Joining the a=ds Of
Elsert Jasn Meredith CTowd and other and three miles
from forahawk station The Richmond aud Darve Railroad
CONTAINING I52 ACRES.
20 N orig growth the bhlaDce cleared and,
producing uIaa Eade m Ee~tion ~ country There
|. some excellent rber aad TIE inpr yements
house; Rls framed dive ling house eaTy
complete good Kitchen, Ike house. barn, stable tbacco
hou AID well cred hyrg stream OF water run
ming through and eXcn. sprns widn hy yards OF the
dUeIIng For pnrticul.r., a4drers, y. d. COSBY,
nh5 Inns rublrtt,. Tavern, PowhataI c.u1ty, Va.
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Capt. John c. McCIenaghan, A. Q ~, and member Of
the House of ReprCs from Marion district ;
C., died in Charleston last Friday.
Two guards at the Chattahoochie bridge near Atlanta
in attempting arrest tile other night shot each
other and lrt the prlsAner escape.
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;cuHoSD PETERsBgRG RiuRoAp,,
EICntOsD, Msrch 10, 1858 {
9?RlNG SCHEDULE.
q IN and after FRIDAY, the 18th inst, the
~ following SCHEDULE VIII he this road:
MAIL TRAIN
RchoAd At $50 and returning Petersburg
NJ $50 4.
ACC0MM0DA ION TRAIN.
Richmond $50 NJ, aud returning leave Petersburg
~ &lU p. IN. Sundays xtei ted.
b. II. GILL,
snll-rm EupgT't
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CEDAR POINT FOR SALE-In pur

CEDAR POINT FOR SALE--In pursuance
" de-reeof the Circuit Court Ct oooch1nd county made
the 5h day Of APRIL A. d. 1861 In depending said
Court la which Hes1n r. Shelton Is plaintiff, aud William
s.an.rd administrator Of Robert sianSr deceased ard In
his iigt and Others deendapts the unIsgned ap
onted cil Com nj soners for the purpose viii SDAY
the Ss day Mach a. ~ O'clock proceed the 4renE
sell At public auction lot Of ground with the improvements
therein az Cedar lat containing 1--WE acre,-Fbe5g he Io n
grou.d on which the pub; landing st that place located This
lot OF ground lies Immediately tic james river canal
above Rhauxs ferry and and half miles from GooehiAnd
Court HcuSe
The purchaser will take the With certain prvS con
tons and tretons referred TO Ia the Decree ami which
stated at the sale.
The terms Of sale will b. one-d cath aud the baan.e on
credit OF one aud two with interest from the day
aud for the deferred payments bonds WITH good scur
will be required and the title retained until the further
the court WILLIAM B. ST EARD,
/. fe % -etd&21wd PGAoHY r. GRATfAN, 0ommn' ers'
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WANTED,

SCOTCH SNUFF AND SMOKING TOBAC-
~ CoThe undersignedS Manufacturer OF the celebrated
brand sNokng Tobacco Ry BowegE, Grand Turkey Win
nebaso and Eehsh hiss enlarged ais capacity for nanaae
turing and added to bis business the manufacture Of superior
quality Of Scotch Snuff which he prepared 10 furnish h
customers and The trade generally at wholesale prices his
Factory, OF Filth and Jackson streets Lynchburg, Va
oc2S-6m s. D. FERGUSON.
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sUpr's oFIIcs r oaD, .kP.R.R. !
LIC-N1SD, March 10th, 1863 (

MOTICE.-Lost or stolen, on FebFuary 18th,
IN 1865 at Ashland. point hs Rso ID tween
Ashland ard Frtde;iekberg black !GshCr trayeiny 1hUaK
size Containing female pps:el marked
I. v. ArkYl.
Ao 2th ,s63 AZ Richmond, or q point
aas railroad R uond Predehsksbcrg square
black TaUEB frame yeed With vanished oil cloIh
coatsie7g female apparel &c, bongEg to
fEss Virgin D, Ierus.
ained Tor information shal sse,e hr
recovery or the convection sGy psIs.n having stolen H.
reward y LAss MORE viii oe pals, application
a. S.'RCrF,
u-u Sur't.
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IA = MO, Z IA Ii nEfIrCi, I.I,n IaTiCE.S

MEDICAL GARD OFFICE PRACTICE.
R PLUME q the old Medical House. ccaine himself mainly
10 al oice practice, Franklin street, little below the
Exchange d.agoraly opposite 0dl Fecvs Ha, where
siu and confidential may be obtained reasonable
Those who have bee- exposed eertn contagious all
ment, invited to cell early. =
Communications by nail otherwise, promptly ATTENDED to-
Cince open from A. NJ. pl -, II.
RrrUFoxp VA noit-1g
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delf-Sr-

nTIDEND.-The President aud Directors
lF.of the EXCHANGE BANK OF VIRGINIA, at Richmond,
- ne e.n bonus out Of profits OF the Institution LIST
last payable at the Branches where the have
sssactory evidence OF ownership up to LIST last
nh N2w W. r. sfHoihAh' SashF
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In consequences Of III. neemency Of n. Weather tbs shove
ssls 10 postpone until TUESDAY, the 17h March, 1888.
ieqS G01DIN APPRRsos, Luet'L
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
OFFICIAL FROM CHARLESTON
FORT SUMTER DEMOLISHED.

The following official espatchfs have been received
the headquarters Of the army They confirm the unocia
account published yesterday that Fort Sumter has been
reduced to mass of ruins:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SoUTH,
Morris Island, Is. CO. Augus "a, 1863.
Major General II. w HALLEcK, Genersln- Chief:
SIR have the honor to report the practical demoi-
ton Of Fort Sumter the result of seventeen days
bombardment of The work, including two days Of which
powerful northeastery storm most seriously diminished
the accuracy Of our FIRE,
Fort Sumter is today shapsless and harmless mass Of
ruins My chief of artillery Col j. w Turner reports
its destruction far complete that is longer of any
avail in the defence of Charleston He also says that
by longer fire it could be made completely ruin
and of broken masonry but could scarcely be made
more pOweress for the defence Of the harbor"
My preaching batteries located at distances rang
ing between 1880 and 240 yards from the works and
now remain efficient ever. deem it unnecessary
at present, TO continue the fire upon The ruins of Fort
Sumter.
] have also, under heavy fire from James Island,
established batteries my left within effective range Of
the heart Of Charleston city, and have opened with them
after giving Gen Beauregard due notice Of my intention
to do So.
My notification to Gen. Beauregard, bis reply thereto
with the threat of retaliation and my reoinder have been
transmitted to army headquarters
The prcjectles from my batteries entered the city, and
Gen. Beauregard himself designates them as the most
destructive missiles used in war"
The report Of my chief of artillery and an accurate
sketch Of the ruins of Fort Sumter taken at II yes
terday six hours before we ceased firing are herewith
transmitted
Very respect fully, your obedient servant,
@. A. GILMORE,
BIgsdier General Commanding
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
THROWING SHELLS INTO CHARLESTON.

Tine Richmond Examiner of the 24th instant, after
stating that Gen Gilmore has thrown twelve shells into
the inhabited part Of the city, and remarkng that such
" bsseness' should occasion 40 surprise, says:
"Bqt what does startle is the distance from which the
shells were thrown The battery s in marsh fye mikes
from the city IL has long been claimed by the inventors
Of the modern ordnance that the artillery was avail
able for su pesss at hst distance But this ia the
hrst pracioal tes of their pretenson record aud
necessarily attracts much attention Not doubt now
remains that the spirit Of Charleston about to be tried
in the terrible ordeal OF bombsrdment Ii is we'll that
the place prepared Governor Rnha has lately issued
proclamation 1iofmne tae citizens that the plan Of the
defence admitted that aud rec, mmendre all
non copbstauts ta withdraw. After the confirmation
theseo furnished by Gilmore there is little fear that hs
advice VIII not be attended to by families wba have not
ep cellar and firm nerves Charleston will be sheed
But that viii be crcumsaDce of importance in
the successful defence al It's forfcatons and barbor If
we can retain them and foil the enemy that glorious vic
tory will amply compenste fer all the injury which bombs
can 40 10 empty houses"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
REPORT OF COL. TURNER.
OFFICE OF CAIEF OF ARTILLERY,
DEPARTMENT pE TuE SaY


Morris Island Is. c. august 23 1868
GENERAL' have lbe honor report the effect that
our preaching batteries have had upon Fort Sumter and
the condition of that work tonight at the close OF the
seventeenth days bombsrjment
The gorge wall OF the fort is almost complete aiass of
ruins For the distance OF several caseates about mid
way OF This face the rampsts removed yearly and in
places quite to the arches and but fer the sand bags with
which Inc casenates were filed and which have served
to sustain The broken arches and masses Of masonry II
would have long since been entirely cut away and
with it the arches to the floor Of the second tier Of
mates The debris on .his point forms ramp acb-
ing high The 6oor of these casemates The parauat
wall OF the two northeastery faces completely carried
away, small portion only being left ia the angle made
with he gorge wall and the rspaIts Of these faces are
also total ruin Suite half of our polectiles seem
70 nave struck The parade and parnpet of these two faces
and udg iron the effect they have had upon the gorge
wall within our observation, the destruction Of masonry
on these two sides must be very great and am of the
opinion that nearly every arch these fsonts must be
broken io But gun resins position On h-se two
fronts This n iav angle Of the gorge and think u
serTioeable, '"
The ru'e exteuds arourd, taking in tho stery
ace as far as can be portion of this face sdion-
ing the angle makes wi the soulheastery face s con-
ceaed but from the great number Of missiles which have
struck in this angle during the lsst days t cannot be
Otherwise than greatly damaged and do think any
guns be left on this face in seIv,ceable condition
he ramparts this angle we'll n the sou beast
ety face must be pougbed up and greatly shattered the
parape on this latter face being torn OF many places
we see and hardly think the platforms OF the
three remaining guns this face could have escaped
With the assistance of powerful glass, cannot deter
mine that more than OF these guns be used The
carriages of the others evidently more or less shat
rod and such is the RUIZ Of the psrapet and parade in
tie immediate vicinity OF this gun that probably could
not be served for any length of time
IN hne the destruction Of the fort s far complete
that it to-day Of avail in the defence of the habor
Charestoni by longer fire it be made more CON-
peiey ruin and macs Of broken masonry but could
scarcely be poweress for the defence OF the harbor
therefore respectfully submit my opinion that con-
tnuance Of fire s longer necessary giving US no
tnds adequate for the consumption al our resources
Very respectfully, your OBJ dent servant
JOHN W. TURNER,
COlotel and Chief of Artillery
Brig Gen. q A. GILMORE, Commanding Department
Of the South Morris Island, s. G.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
MILITARY EXECUTION.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE poroM.c.


' august %, 1863.
The execution of the substitute deserters sentenced In
the penalty of death in General Orders No S4 took pace
to-day More than ordinary interest was exhibited in this
enforcement of military law and it is estimated that not
ess than twenty five thousand persons were The
grouGd was we'll selected and every 40 com
pleie that accident occurred to mar the soemny Of
the proceedings. The position of the spectators wss
upon semicrcular elevation partially surrounding the
place of execution.
Previous to the execution the scene presented a re-
markabe view to the spectators Two of the sentenced
were Proestans, two Catholics and The fifth Hebrew
The spiritual advisers of each present
the last consolaons Of religion The criminals were sit
ting upon their respective cons with the yanng graves
IN the rear The troops drawn up in close column
by division, covering the complete circle
from the spectators by q creek
The immediate order for the execution was Issued by
Gen Griffin at three O'Clock M and the officer of the
guard Capt Crocker, 0l8th Pennsyvan recalled the
clergy from their spiritual duties.
ne remainder of the proceeding briefly told At the
order to ire, thrtysx muskes were discharged and in
slant death announced by the surgeons in attendance
was the result The bodies then placed in their r
pective graves and the cl,gy performed the religious
rites over the deceased.
lhe spectacle was an unusual one-the Caihcac the
fotesanf and the Hebrew stood side by side each utter
ing prayers for the condemned The Names ages resi-
dehces Sc OF the deceased follows George Kuhn
Hanoyeran, twenty-five years old residence in Pennsylva
ma, upmarred John Felane Italian years old
pennsylvania, wife and family; Charles Walter Prussia
tweny-eght years old, wife and child George Reinese
ltalan twenty -four years old wife and child; Emile Lar
Pfassian, thirty years old WIFE,
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03

The Boston psily Advertiser, referring to the
defence of Gen. Fitz john Porter by Mr.. johnson,
which has just been published, says frankly ly-and
the concession is strengthened by its being an
Administration paper
We are bound to cay that the impression pro-
duced minds by the perusal 9f the case, nsl
stated 10 there closing documents upon each side from
Mr. Holt and Mr. Johnson does not justify the sentence
against Gen Porter. The evidence upon the essential
points is weak aud whatever bears strongly against him
contradcted 1t is clear, moreover not only that the
unfortunate failure of Gen Popes campaign not in
fact due any want Of efficiency dsobedence to orders
on Gen Porters part, but also that Gee Pope himself
did not attribute his want Of success to any such alleged
inefciency dsobedience. The whole affair very
much the aspect Of OF those unfortunate mistakes Of
administration which have characterized the management
Of the War Depa tment, and about which loyal citizens
feel bound to say little they consistently with
the demands Of public truth but Of which, when they do
speak, They sly hing In approval The cause IN
which too strong to iced to be propped
up by any such miserable expedent the unjust attempt
TO sacrifice the character Of any body least OF all that Of
a soldier so brave and capable as Gen Porter"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
LOSS OF TWO GUNBoATs.

The capture by the rebels of the gunboas Satellite md
Reliance ON the RsppahaDnock is confirmed Both yes
sells were captured in the night Of Saturday the 22d in
san and not Tuesday at first reported 1t has been
common for negroes escaping from Virginia to taks refuge
on the Government yesses and the night Of the cap
ture four boats each containing about seventeen men, sp
preached the steamers and got board without exciting
suspicion that they other than negroes Mr. N H.
Stsvey the paymssters clerk the Satellite who was
wounded and paroed gives the following account of the
affair:
"The two boats which approached the Satellite were in
command oil Col Wood and the two which boarded the
Reliance IN charge of Lsut Hogue. At the time {12
o'clock 1t was dark and heavy running The
ASSISTANTS not discovered the Satellite until nearly
to the boat when the cer below to call the execa
tive Officer and by the time he returned the vessel was
lasted some ten fifteen minutes during which Thomas
Damon, fireman, and - lawson, who originally came
from the rebel army were killed. and Ensign Sbmers
received iva cntlass Wounds the left arm aud shot
through the neck N III. Stayey shot 10 arm William
bingham, Samuel Chin. and two Others slightly wounded,
Several OF the rebels wounded but crew was
overpowerei The party which boarded tbs Reliance
aso resisted the fcers and me lighting desperaelv
hut were obliged to surrender. In this attack Lieut.
Hogue was either killed wounded and Ensign Walters
was shot through the stomach the ball coming at the
mp MIR Mcauey the engineer of the Reliance when h,
ound hs boat of the rebels put his enpnes
out OF gear, rendering them useless.
After the rebels had captured both boats they pro-
ceeded with them Urbana where the officers aud crews
were set on shore and the rebels turned the sesmers
again ior the mouth Of the river where they Law all dav
Sunday, but Sunday night they went 30 the Eastern
Shore and captured three schooners one large coaer
from Philadelphia which they took no tp Urbana and af
ter bu ming one of them, took the Others with them as
they said to Port Roys where they would remove the
machinery aud destroy the boats
vi prisoners with the exception Of Ensign Walters
Easga Somers Mr. Sfavey, aid John Tylp boatswan's
mate, were all started to Richmond on SUNDAY"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
LETTER FROM GEN. GRANT.
General GRANT had public reception at the Gayoso
House, IN Memphis, Wednesday night, Goth instant,
at which the following letter was read

General GRANT had public reception at the Gayoso
House. IN Memphis, Wednesday night 26th instant,
at which the following letter read
MEMPHIS, (TENN AUGUST 26, 1863
GENTLEMEN have received copy Of resolutions
passed by the Loyal Citizens Of Memphis at meeting
held Mt the of the Chamber Of Commerce. August
25 1863 rendering me public reception.
In accepting This tstmonal which do at great
rifce Of my personal feelings simply desire to pay
tribute frat public exhibition 10 Memphis Of loyalty
to the Government which represent in the Department
of the Tennessee should dislike to reuse, for consde-
rations Of per. to acknowledge any where
long aud srdsnty desired to manifested in uis
department Tue stability OF this Government and the
unity OF this nation depend solely The cordial support
and the earnest loyalty of the people Whle therefore,
thank ,incerey for the kind expressions you have
used towards am profoundly grst6ed at this public
recoenition In the city oi Memphs Of the power aud
tborlty OF the Government 81 the Uni ed States
thank You, too IN the OF the noble army which
have the honor to command 1t is composed Of men
whose loyalty has been proved by their deeds Qf heosm
aud Their willing sacrifices Of life and health Ttey will
rejoice with me that the mis-, rabe Of The rebel
lion whom their bayoDets have driven from this fair land
being replaced by me1 who acknowledge human liberty
as the only true foundation Of human government
May your efforts to restore your cy to the c.se of The
Union be successful as have been theirs to reclaim il
from the de, poc rule Of the leaders Of the rebellion
have the honor to be, gentlemen your very obedient
servant " D. GRANT, Major General
Messrs. r. EoUGH, and Others Committee,
Memphis, Tennessee
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
MR.. TOoMBS'S LETTER.
john Ap Ms. Je

The letter Of RoBERr TooMBs, Of Georgia,
which the reader will fad 10 another column, is
characteristic Of that turbul Mt, overbearing msn.
and shows that he is already as little satisfied with
the new Government that he helped to rear in the
South as he was under that which his forefathers
established, and which he couspircd aga nst and
crminslly sought to overthrow. He and lew
otheis should, when peace is restored, be provided
with an isolated residence in some remote corner
of the world, where they might talk treason and
hatch plots without harming any body but them
seivcs
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
THE TERRIFIC EXPLOSION ,Ar vICKsBURG

The Western papers bring full accounts Of the late *
ploson Of the steamer City of Madison whilst lying at
Vcksburg of which have had meagre reports by tee
graph.
At the time of the explosion the morning Of The 10Th
instant the steamer was loading with ordnance stores
Seven thousand hundred and twenty rounds of artillery
ammunition two and half million rounds of infantry am-
munition, and about two hundred packages of powder
making all tour hundred tons of plosye
had already been placed board aud several
about be passed into The hold If the negroes
let fall box OF percussion she'll which instantly exploded
In the hold at the vessel eighteen persoos all of
whop with the exception OF Martin b. Day of the Four
eenth Wisconsin, and James Connolly second mate
nsgrtes.
The explosion of the first shell was light but in sec.
onds time bang bang hundreds Others until CON-
muncatDg with the powder in packages the explos ON
cuminated IN duh dead sound that made the very earth
tremble, tearing the hull Of The City of Madison into mil
lion pieces, aud leaving the entire boat complete wreck
not portan Of the framework remaining attached
The loss of life the City Of Madison is estimated at
from thirty 10 fifty it will exceed the latter number
OF the eighteen souls the hold s were killed except
Connolly, the second mnte, Martin b. Day, and negro
all OF whom as soon ms the box FELL and before the dis
charge of shell bad become general, made their way
through the after scue jumped into the river and were
picked up by yawl and saved
The boats contested OF fory-one persons fifteen
of whom killed and a number wounded
detail OF soldiers, numbering between one and two
hundred men, had been ordered to assist in loading the
boat OF these it is estimated twenty we're killed.
Tor the statement be
impossible in ths excitement to learn from what regiments
they were deta led
1t estimated that not one.6tieth part Of the ammun
ton exploded which will account for the comparative
small loss Of life.
The City of Madison bad up steam at the tme but the
boilers did not explode
There other boats lying adjacent to the City
Of Madison, the nearest being the ed Walsh She had
her pilot house, texas aud wbeelhouse blown entirely Off
and only escaped complete ruin AZ did all The boats in the
vicinity from the that almost Immediately after the
exposhn the City Of Madison went down bows foremost
In this way the whole amount OF powder and shell was
prevented from exploding by being quickly saturated with
water But for this fortunate circumstance there would
probably been Of the fearful explosions and
loss of life record.
launched from the Hornet and other boats tor the
pose Of rcscuing any Of the unfortunate persons who
might have been thrown into the water The few who
caped were near the stern Of the boat at the ss in
II anatOn Of the shock jumped into the river,
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.
MOVEMENTS OF RosEcRANs AND BURNSIDE.

STEVESsoN' GALA AUGUST 30 The Army Of the
Cumberland crossed the Tennessee river at mr. nnnts to
day with infantry and cavalry The Second Kentucky
Cavalry captured thrtyfve pckets at point opposite
Stevenson Gen Reynolds captured large force at
Shelmnund and took camp Falling Water creek.
Among the captured the notorious guerrilla Mays ana
the Tennessee rebel Congressman Cannon Little or no
resistance made The rebels are reported to have
force at Rome and Cleveland along the Georgia State
railroad Gen Burnside in the region Of Kingston and
will attack that place before long
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03

ARREsTop CORRESPONDENTS AGO riding to the Nor
rs leland correspondent Of the boston Herald Gen GILL
has arreted by order Of Secretary Stuton alt the
Of the press Morris Island on the pround
that they had 10 the public of highly contra
band character. Gen. Gilmore Afterwards modified his
order 10 far to allow them to setd forward such letters
% he approved, .ps Is aa9s
Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
A Destructive FIRE IN BOSTON.

BosTos AUGUST 81, p. MA destructive ERE is now
raging in East Boston. 1t commenced in the Atlantic
Works where the Monitor turrets constructed The
buildings with four turres nearly 6n ed destroyed
The flames rapidly extending throughout the mechanic
portions Of East Boston,