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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-01
Price of Specie in New York.

IT is said that the stream of paper
money flows steadily on, and sweils at
the rate OF a million q day.
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How many peas are they ii / piRtfS-.
One (pl.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1863-11-06
500 REWARD.
Lest Packet Rnnk

YNHE above reward will be paid for a Black
5 Morocco Pocket Book, containing about
SlloO, (believed to be $ll05,) d letter from
Messrs ]. R. Anderson Il Co., Of the city OF.
Richmond, a letter Of protection from the Secre-
tary Of War, a letter from Col r. L. Owens to
COL Clarkson, and sundry other papers, all in,
dicating they are my property. The finder will
deduct the amount Of reward from the couteuts,
and place the book and remainder of the pre-
perry in the hands Of the Depot Agent at Glade
Spring Depot, the Editors of this paper, or Mr..
Minor, Depot Agent at Bristol. ~
JACOB S. sATLEE.
Nov: e. 1S63-6t 800 g
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Exchange Notice, No. Z,
RICHMOND, VA. Oct. l6. 1876

hiCHMOND, Va, Uct. IL, 1868. +
The following Confederate officers and men
are hereby declared duly exchanged:
l.All officers and men captured and paroled
ut any time previous to the 1st of September,
1868. This section, however, is not intended to
include any officers or men captured at yicks-
burg, July 18th, 1868, except such as were de-
clared exchanged by Exchange Notice No. s.,
Sept 18th, 1868, or are specifically named in
this notice. But it does embrace all deliveries
made at City Point or other places before Sept.
LIST, 1858, and with the limitation above named.
all captures at Port Hudson or any other place
where the parties were released on parole.
z. The Staff Of Generals Pemberton, Steven
son, Bowen, Moore, Barton, s. D.. Lee, Cum
mngs, Harris and Baldwin, OF Coils. REYNOLDS.
Cockrell and Dockery; the officers and men Be,
longing to the Engineer Corps and Sappers and
Miners, and the 4th and 10th Mississippi Regi-
ments, all captured at yickshmg, July All,
1863 Z
3. The general officers captured 1T vicksburr.
July 4th, 1868. were declared duh exchanged
July 18th, 1863. ron OULD.
Z NOV. o.-et Agent Of Exchange.
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OBITUARIES.

Lieut. A. 7. F. HASBY, son Of Maicr Jona-
than Handy, of Washington county, Va, was
wounded in the hand in the battle of Chicka-
manga, and died in the Hospital in Atlanta, on
the 9TH Of October. His wound at firss was re-
garded as comparatively slight, and n o appre-
hension was felt that it would terminate fatally.
But from the symptoms subsequently developed
there is some reason to believe that one of those
poisoned artridges which the enemy unscrupu-
lousy uses, had the designed effect The wri-
ter OF this notice has seen a number of cartridges
with which prisoners recently taken. in East
Tennessee were armed, and which, according to
their free admission, contained such deposit
of viruleht poison. While under the impression
that young Handy came to his death, not by
honorable weapons such as are employed III ci-
vilized warfare, but such as only the savage and
the assassin ever think of using, his family and
friends mourn his loss with emotions very differ
ent from those which result from an ordinary
casualty in the field of war. In all the relations
OF life. MS SON Il brother, father, a husband
neighbor, friend, Lieut.. Handy had no supe-
riors, and but few equals. But his wife, with
three now fatherless children, must feel the
most deeply of all; the sundering of that re
which made them one. To God we commend
them. and to the word of His grace for that con-
'oiheioA "HioH dhpOuc Gall ASSuaSo tle ueep EOf-
row of the heart, 10 his good providence, it
may be here ascribed that he was accompanied
from the battle field to the hospital by his
brother-in-law, an officer of the same company,
that the principal Surgeon of the hospital was
particularly attentive to his case-that he was
visited repeatedly by minister Of the gospel,
and that lady of the city brought to him such
delicacies as the hospital could not furnish, and
talked to him as a christian mother would talk
to her dying son--for all of which he was crate
full, and expressed himself willing to depart and
be with Christ. Of his soldierly qualities we
need not speak, nor of his ardent devotion to
the Confederate cause. Though his name be
unknown beyond q limited sphere he has not
lived to himself, nor died to himself; and at the
age OF thirty-six, he has been called from the
field of active conflict leaving an influence that
will operate forever upon the destinies Of the
world. q
1sS@ Bristol Advocate please copy and send
bill to this Office
Died, in this county, suddenly, of disease of
the heart on the 10Th October, Mrs. ELIZABETH
MCCALL, aged about SIS years.
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sIOO REWARD.

ID UNAWAY from the subscribers on the nght
III of the 9Th instant, two negro men naMeu
Riley and Dan. -
y RILEY is very bright mulatto, 10 or ~
years old, S feet 6 or inches high, and has
very large scar on his right side, the enects 81
burn in boyhood-had on when he left q SOL
dier's cap, and either a dark frock coat or gray
sack, and carried with him black vi seioti'
Satchel, and a red checked counterpane, ana ~
in all probability, making his way back to 'he
State Of Kentucky, where he was purchased u
bout a year ago.
DAN is black, "a or 25 years old, feet or
A inches high. stout built, short hair and shof.
wbiskers-had on when he left new SUIT OF
black Jeans, and may follow Riley in the direc-
ton Of Kentucky, or may have induced kiley 70
follow him to the county of Hanover, where NJ
has wife, in either ease trying to make their
way to the Yankee lines.
The above reward will be paid for their arrest
| and confinement. or S50will be paid tor el,her
of them. H. q. A. BOYER, 9
JOEL CORMANY,
Mt. Airy Depot Wythe Co., va.
| Oct. l6. 1863-A3wif
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$1OO REWARD.

OST, Saturday, Oct. 30th, 1862, satsAbing-.
IA don Depot, Black Oil Cloth Haversack,
containing one or two articles Of clothing, to-
gether withta bundle of Quartermaster's papers
The name J. d. Anthony was marked on the in
side Of the flap of the Havefsack in Black ink
The papers are of no use to any one; but of
great value to myself. Any person fn,ling the
same, will confer a favor on me by leaving the
papers with any Quartermaster, or at any Rail-
way Station in the Department, notifying me of
the fact at.this place, when the above reward
viii be paid and no questions asked.
E. P. WILLIAMS,
Capt. 81 A. Q. M.
Abingdon Va Nov (, 1262-1t
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MARRIAGES..

Married. on the 18th ult., by the Rev. J. A.
Davis, Mr.. DAVID c. TRAYLoR. of Livingston
Point; La, and Mrs. SARAH Z. REEpY, of WASH
ington county, Va.
On the 10Th ult., by the Rev. J. A Davis, Mr.
THOMAS STEWART, and Miss SARAH NJ. Crow, all
of Washington coultsl Va.
On the 14th ult., at the brides fathers.
by the Rev. P. s. Lockhart, Mr. Taos. A.
GiLLEsPlE and Miss Nancy j. GILLESPIE, all
Of Tazewell county, Va.
z In this place, on Wednesday evening last, by
Rev. G. X. Barr, MIR. JOHN S. BoYD aud Mrs.
SARAH G. LIVINGSTON.
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$500 REwARn

AN away from the subscriber about the 18th
IL OF October, my negro boy WEBSTER. He
is about twenty three years old, about Ave feet
SIX inches high, square built and is very likely,
has scar ON his head about one inch and half
IN diameter, caused by scad head, and is no.
cured, and think small scar on one of his
temples, Side notrecollected: He is very we'll
known about Abingdon, about which place lie
may be lurking. He is sometimes called Dan.
l will pay two hundred dollars reward for his
apprehension and delivery to me near Glasgow
Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
or one hundred if secured in Jail so that I get
him. JAMES w. KEITH
Nov: e. 1263-1w 81 " q = = = s
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WASHINGTON Courty, to wit:

10 Tie Clerk Of The County Court Of sad County,:
"EDayid C. Cummings, James Clark and
w R. NJ. PARROT. three freeholders of said
county, do hereby certify, that by virtue Of a
warrant to US directed by F. B. Hurt, Justice
of said county, we have this day. on our oaths,
viewed and appraised Horse takenup by VIM.
s. Miller on his premises as an estray,y and as
sess the value Of said Horse at One Hundred
and Fifty Dollars. The said Horse is about
thirteen and a half hands. high, of bay color,
much stricken scih poverty, about four years old,
and no other particular distinctions. Given under
our hands this 28th day of October, 1868.
JAMES CLARK. 80
DAVID C. CUMMINGS,
r. M. PARROT.
A. Copy. -Teste. {
Nov. 6, lS63-3w. Prs. fee 81
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1863-11-06
From Europe.

i''c late news from Europe is to the 18th,
hS ia" Tan ida. News unimportant.
rs Ward Beecher had addressed large
y .".nrt in Liverpool in support of tile
Northern view Of the war. No riot occurred,
ana was anticipated, but he was frequently
ana violently interrupted by secession sym
pathizers. He recommended an alliance be:
tween England and the United States to with.
stand the shock of threatened complications,
which, in his opinion, exist.
Beresford Hope. M. p, made another
speech before the Southern Club in favor Of
the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Rounded Palmer, Attorney General OF
england, stated in a speech that Great Britain
could not recognize the rebel States until they
mad achieved their independence. Her course
meantime, would be one of neutrality He
lAtlmated that the rebel ram question would
be fully tested in the law courts of England
Russia had commenced the work Of the
geographical obliteration Of Poland, an in,-
perial decree urdering the Incorporation Of
two whole districts into the Russian empire.
The Paris Stecse threatens England with
the loss of the alliance of France if she abati
Nens her on the Polish question.
The Poles had applied to the Sultan Of
Turkey for recognition as belligerents. The
Car notified the Sultan that such recognition
would be taken as declaration. of war.
The English Cabinet had postponed it's de-
cision as to the recognition Of Poland as bel
ligerent.
Mr.. Mason had returned from Paris to Lon
don, on business connected with the seizure
of the Laird rams by the Palmerston Govern
ment.
Napoleon had appointed an early day fol
s the reception of the Mexican deputation. The
members would all sail for Mexico soon after
wards.
The impression produced in Paris by the
reception of the Russians in New York was
unfavorable to the Unian cause.
The French Legislative Assembly meets or
the 5th.
English papers maintain that the insured
tion in Circassa against Russia, is spreading
England is charged by foreign papers with
furnishing the insurgents with Ammunition.
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The Latest.
LATEST FROM CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON, Oct. 31.-1he enemy's FIRE on
Sumter last .ht continued furious and in
cessant from the land batteries. This mora
ing about four o'clock. a portion of the sea
wall fell in. burying beneath the ruins some
men, believed to be of the Twelfth Georgia
and Twenty fifty South Carolina regiments.
Thirteen are missing, hut their names are not
yet known. Two Bodies have been brought
to the city, one of them Martin, of the
Twelfth Georgia regiment, and the other an
oyerseer Of negroes.
4 SECOND DISPATCH.
The following is an official dispatch of the
killed at Fort Sumter this morning by the
falling of the barracks WALL
Fort SUMTER, October 31.-Sergeant w.
G. Owens, priyates H. j. Burrows, +. NJ Bur-
rows, j. w. Anderson, James Culdar, j.
Burns. w. E. Gibson, j. w. Jones. L. S. Lee,
and w. N. Patterson, all of the w ashinSton
Light Infantry Of this city; and private w
Martin, Twelfth Georgia: and Mr. Mathews,
an overseer, were buried this morning by the
falling in of the barracks on the sea face OF
the fort where they had been placed in posi-
ton for mounting the rarapet in case Of an
assault.
Signed S. ELLIOTT, Jr.,
Major Commanding Post"
A fierce bombardment has been kept up all
day ON Sumter from the monitors and land
batteries Up to three o'clock this afternoon
no further casualties have occurred
Over 200 shots were fired in twenty. -four
hours. Firing still heavy.
THIRD DISPATCH.
CHARLESTON, November 1.-The lombard
ment of Sumter continued tiercely, withou,
intermission, last night and to-day. This af
ternoon the shots averaged four per minute
The firing has been from two monitors, two
heavy and two light rifled guns at Gregg, foul
l0.lnch mortars at the middle battery, and
four rifed guns at Wagner. On Saturday
they fred four hundred and forty three rifed
shots, eighty Six from tie monitors, and three
hundred and seventy three from mortars-
The mortar fuses are set SO as to explode the
| shell a second or. two after the report.
On Saturday night seventy rifle shots were
fired, mostly with time fuses, and thirty three
mortar shells. The fire of the land batterie.
was directed chiefly at the southwest angle O
| the fort
The flagstaff was carried away twice bu
speedily Replaced. 1t was 50 cut to piece,
that the battle-hag Of the Twelfth Georgia
wits used instead.
The casualties on Saturday were two killed
and three wounded. Bombardment still Sc
we're.
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Chattanooga.

The Situation at Chattanooga is again ex.
citing peculiar interest. Recent movements
by the enemy have given rise to not a little
speculation and some uneasiness. The "Re-
bel" of the 29th says:
Oar special dispatches this morning from
the ''seat of war, announce the fact that the
ienemy have crossed division at Browns
Ferry, three miles below Chattanooga, and
have taken possession of Raccoon Mountain,
and are still terrifying with rapidly. A rapid
Smelling Of our troops on the west. side of
Lookout is kept up, and our batteries are re.
plying Heavy diminishing was anticipated
on our lett yesterday.
Later information by passengers from above
report that the two lines have already come
in contact, resulting in scenes Of fierce com
bats Wednesday, evening. It's said that our
loss is already as high as one thousand killed
and wounded"
The 'sRebel" also says:
movements in front afford every indication
of a resumption of active operations. The
enemy are reinforcing daily and the'telegraph
informs US that they are crossing at Bridge.
port In the meantime, our own forces are
not not idle and all preparations are being made
Tor any emergency"
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From Northern virginia.

The information received Yesterday from
our army in Northern Virginia indicates a
season If quiet and naction, except what is
heing done by raids Of our cavalry in the
lines Of the enemy. There was report a.
mong some of the passengers on the Central
road last night that Gen. Stuart had made a
dash upon the enemy on Saturday, in the
neighborhood of Warrenton Junction, the re-
suit of which was the capture Of a large num-
Der of prisoners; but the report seems to lack
the chief elements of confirmation. ;eA-
snond Dispatch Of the Cd.
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HID. QRS. DEPT. WA. s. E. TENN.,l
ABINGDON, VA, Oct 18th, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS, ~,
No. &.
The following act of Congress is published for
the information of all concerned: II,
.'Eyery person not subject to the rules anu
articles of war who shall procure or entice
soldier Of the Confederate States to desert, or
.,chd shall purchase from any soldier las arms,
Uniform, clothing, or any part thereof, SHALL up
on legal conviction, be fined at the discretion OF
the Court, having cognizance OF the same, IN
any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
Especial attention is called to that part of the
foregoing act referringsto soldiers clothing and
arms. Commanders Of Posts, Provost Marshals
and Guards on Railroad cars, will seize all arms
and army clothing found in the possession OF
citizens, and turn them over to Maj Edw'd Nc
Mahon, Chief Qnartermaster of this Depart
ment, or. to any Post Quartermaster, taking re-
ceipts, which will be forwarded to these Head
quarters, reporting in every case the name and
| residence Of the citizen from whom the clothing
is taken. - y eIi5.s
The attention of all officers is called to the
Importance of seeing that the clothing and arms
provided for and issued to the troops under their
command, be not diverted from the legitimate
use: And they will arrest and cause to be
brought to punishment, all soldiers who sell OF
otherwise dispose of their clothing or arms.
By order Of
Mai. Gen. SAM. JONES,
GILES g. COOKE,
r. - . + = L.
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Nov. Cit
HID. QKS. DEPT. W. VA.& E. TENN, I
). ABINGDON, Va, Oct. i3lst, 1868, ]

GENERAL ORDERS,
%. No. L.
!. As the duty devolves upon every one in
the service of the Confederate States, to econe-
mize to such an extent, that nothing Of which
use can be made shall be wasted; 1t is ordered,
that all Post and Brigade Commissaries, at per-
manent encampmeuts, shall save all the Beef
Heels Of the cattle slaughtered for the Army in
these Departments, and have oil made there
from, which they shall turn over to the Post and
Brigade Quartermasters at such permanent en-
campments and posts, and which shall be used
by them in oiling harness, and thus make these
things, generally thrown away, Of considers
BILE value in the preservation Of public property.
II. All Post and Brigade Quartermasters
shall report at the close of each month, the
quantity of oil received by them from Post and
Brigade Commissaries, during such month, to-
Edw'd McMahon, Maj. and Chief @. NJ, who
shall make report to these Headquarters Of the
aggregate quantity SO received.
BY order Of
q Maj. Gen. SAM. JONES,
GILES B. Cooke,
{ Nov. CIV A.. A. 81 I. a..
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ODeratiO,ss OF y5Osby.

On Tuesday last Mosby, with his gallant
band, made another dash unon the Yankees,
and went within mile of Mead's headquar-
tiers. lie killed three Of the enemy, wounded
several others, captured thirty-six Yankees,
some eighteen or twenty negroes, and one
hundred and thirty horses and mules. At the
time the attack was made the enemy was ON
the march, and we're taken completely by sur
prise. Mosby did not sustain the loss of a
single man. Richmond Dispatch.
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Dan away from the subscriber, on Saturday
III night, the 30th ult.,
Two Negro Boys,
by the names of Lindsey and Ben. Lindsey is
a copper-coor, about "a years old, s feet or
10inches high.
Ben is mulatto, his hair black and straight
somewhat like an Indians, about the same hight
as Lindsey, but heavier and stouter, and Is or
10 years old. Clothing not recollected. They
took ssatchels and blankets with them. Ben
had pair Of new brown Jeans pants and pro-
baby wore them off. He was raised in N. W.
Virginia.
1 will give the above reward for the apprehen-
sion and delivery to me, or their confinement SO
that get them, of both, or $50 for either.
s5#s jf SAMUEL PRESTON.
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The Yankees in western MOI TIL
Carolina,

The Federals have occupied the Warm
Springs, about eight miles from Asheyille, N.
G. In the skirmish defending the place Maj.
John w. Woodfn was killed, Gen. Vance is
in command Of the Confederate forces in that
vicinity. The Yankees were in considerable
force, and had artillery with them.
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Runaway i'm Jail.

fSONFINED to the Jail of Washington county,
Ma black man who says his name is JAIN,
and that he belongs to Robert Nunley, OF FIRE.
dericksburg. He is very black, about 70 years
old, feet s or 9 inches high, with good front
and bad back teeth, and no scars. +
Thefowner is required to prove property pay
charges and take him away.
VIM W. BARKER,
Get. 20 at Tailor w. G.
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ErOR your benefit, many of you not knowing
= the law, and many Of you no doubt having
already been imposed upon by Army, officers, I
inform you that Icannet acknowledge a receipt
for produce as Tax in Kind, unless it is signed
BY regular Quartermaster or Commissary.
That of an Agent will not do, but you will be
able to get receipt from the Agents Quarter
master upon his certificate.
VIM. Y. C. HANNUM,
az TAX in Kind Collector
for Washington Co. .
Nov 6, 1S63-lt
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From, Tampa.

& GAINESVILLE, Oct 22-We learn by cou-
rier just arrived that the enemy landed at
Tampa. They were met by our troops under
Capt. Westcott, who succeeded in driving the
enemy back. capturing so prisoners. Enemy
routed Tallahassee Floridiup &c Journal, q
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Deserters.

The Fayetteville (N. ca Observer says that
about l,5O0 deserters have been returned to
duty from that State. 1t adds that about ten
per day have been arriving at Raleigh, volun-
tarily reporting to the Governor, and begging
for letters to their officers asking pardon for
their offence. These swell the number al-
ready returned during this month to near
2,0O0, by far the greater part voluntarily.
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Wheeler,s Command.

A private letter from Bragg's army. in the
Augusta Constitutionalist, says: General
Bragg has by special order placed the entire
cavalry Of this army under General Wheeler.
This gives him commanded $4,000 cavalry
1.-The largest number Of dragons any Gene
raj the world ever saw has had comma and Of
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So They go.

4 correspondent says that the old Union
men of Knoxville, who professed to repent
and turn good members OF the high church of
,<.reasion, such as I. A. r. Nelson, John
E.xter, Powell and others, have gone over,
/ y and boots, to the abolitionists.
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n@ Nothing later from Charleston b,
Thursday mornings mail. A fierce lombard
ment still going on, fFohi the land batteries
and Monitors.
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HID. QRS: DEPT. w. VA. s. f. TENN, I
ABINGDON, Va, Oct .9th, 1863. !

GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 5.
l. Paragraph Of General Orders No. 8, is
hereby amended, so as to read "All officers Of
the Subsistence Department, controlling the
slaughtering of Beef Cattle for the Army, viii
see that, immediately. after the hide is taken off,
it be sailed and stored away in some safe place,
and as soon as it can be done, sold and delivered
to the nearest Post Quartermaster, when one is
within reasonable distance; if not, then to the
Brigade, Regimental or Battalion Quartermas-
ter, receiving therefor, as under order from A.
& I. Generals office, Richmond, thirty cents per
pound; the fund arising from which, to DO &C.
counted for in their accounts current
By order of
Maj. Gen. SAM. JONES,
GILES B. Cooke,
Nov 6-1t A. A. i. G..
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Wonderful.

The Yankees have invented gun. with a
range Of nine miles. An exchange suggests
they will have to send man along with the
ball to show it where to hit.
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Sale Of Pronerfy

WILL sell at my residence, on..Saturday, the
j. 18th instant, Horses, Mules, Cattle, fat
Sheep, Hogs, together with household and
kitchen Furniture.
JAS. i. F. CAMPBELL.