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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
GEN. BANKS REINFORCED.

NEW YORK, JUNE lO-Advces from New Orleans per
the Cshawla state that renforcements from Brashear
City and other points, to the number Of six thousand
reached Gen Banks the 30h aud 3lst Of May and our
troops thus outnumber the rebels four to The rebels
are entirely hemmed in, and reach Them
Their force vaousy stated at from six to ten thousand
They well supplied with cornmea but have few other
provisions, and only small supply Of ammunition twas
believed impossible for them to hold out much longer
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
THE EMBODIMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

CoSSELLsBURG, (PA) JUNE l0.-The enrolment
meets with great resistance among the sympathzers with
rebellion in Fulton county. Some Of the enrolling officers
have been pelted with eggs Threats are freely made
against their lives In some instances they have been
shot at by parties concealed In the woods and attempts
have been made to deter the officers from the execution
Of their duties The barn Of VIM. II. Powell enrolling
officer for Thompson township was fred BY gang Last
night 1t entirely consumed together with ali the
stock farming utensils, &c.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
NEGRO TROOPS IN MISSOURI.

ST Louis, JUNE BY special authority of Adjutant
General Thomas, Gen Pentss has detailed Col Pride of
the Thirtyttid Missouri Regiment superintend the
orRanzat OF coored regiments in this The
order has been fully endorsed by Gen. Schohe who has
directed all the officers of the department. afford all
proper facilities for the discharge this duty Colonel
Pride has ALEC obtained permission from Governor Gamble
to enroll and remove from the State all negroes desiring to
enlist, except those belonging to lnHal nwnera
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.

Mr.. John Jollfe, who counsel with Mr. John
Dean Ia resisting the surrender Of the fugitive slave An
drew Hall to his master, George W. Duval Of Prince
Georges county (Md indicted by the Grand Jury
some days ago for obstructng the execution Of the fug
tive slave law in the District Of Columbs Mr. Jolhfe
appeared court Thursday last aud Mr. Dean yester-
day. aud gave all in thousand dollars each to answer
to the Indictment The will not be tried till the mel
term Of the court
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11

those whom he was addressing the statute Of the
last Congress fixing the manner Of proceeding and
the penalty in the case Of ell who should oppose
the Government or sympathize with the enemy in
time of war. 1t is the statute and section as
were cited by the Inteligencer in giving the :" law
Of the case" as regards Mr.. Vallandigham.
And in view of the remedy thus made and pro-
vided, Mr. Trumbull asked that instead Of news.
papers being suppressed by military edct their
proprietors and editors should be tried under the
laws, and condemned by the laws, if they give aid
and comfort to the enemy. This is the right
course 1t is only strange that any thing so sim
pie and primary should require authority to COM
mend it at this stage of development in the polti-
cal world.
AS to the limitations which should be placed on
the right of free discussion in time Of war; so far
as they may be imposed by moral rather than legal
considerations, no general rule can be prescribed,
fer on this, as on all other topics of moral duty,
men will differ according to their education and
tastes, well according to their relative probty
of intentions In regard to the Of the ques-
ton raised under this head every thing must de.
pend on the tone and object Of the criticism. As
is well said by an Administration contemporary, if
the criticism "be unfriendly, harsh, malignant in
{" tended to mislead the public mind and not to
enlghten it less designed to correct the errors
Of our official agents than to further the ends Of
+" parties and factions, it has unquestionaby bad
/" effect, and takes away from the public servant
/" one of his main incentives to earpestness and No.
I" tivity, the just appreciation Of his efforts by the
I" people. But If that criticism be sincere and
!" honest, and Of a nature to expose the mistakes
I" Of the men in power, or to show in what way
they are departing from the convictions and in
stinots Of the people, or the acknowledged prn-
/" oiples of law, the tendency of it must be bene-
/" fetal"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
FOR THE SPECTATOR.
RICHMOND, Dec. II, 1856;

RICHMOND, Dec. II, 1868.
| FRIEND MAUzY ITO crafty the desire of oul
people to know the condition of their brave boys
| in hosrital here, either from wounds or sickness
I called to-day at hospital No. 1, GPoor Housed
and at Chimborazo to see all of the 5th and 52d
Regiments. At the first is James M. Andrew OF
Henry, near to Sangersville, severe wound
through the thighs. Doing we'll. He is of the
| 9th Va Regt At same hospital is Am,ss son
| of Mrs. Amiss near Harrisonburg, wounded i
| shoulder, not severe, doing well. He is of 10th
Va Infantry.
bers of the 5th Va Infantry:
j. M Beard, sick, doing we'll 9 Donaho, sick
doing well w h Dennison, slightly wounded
most we'll; HI L Hamrick, will return 20 duty in
q few days; Jones, slightly wounded, gone
home on furlough; ] Fl Lyder, nearly fit for du-
ty; G E McKendree, dropsy, volunteered in
Winchester; A G Ramsey, bad wound in left
hip, doing we'll; he volunteered from Smith
field, Jefferson county F Whtmore, slightly
wounded in shoulder improving last
Of the SID regiment, I found Berry, sick:
J Fulwider, sick W Hemp, rheumatism G
T Keyton, rheumatissn J G Koiner, chronic di-
arrhoea and rheumat sm ; A Livick nearly ft
for duty Sergt NJ NJ Miller, BEEN sick, impro-
wing Jno Ryan, wounded, improving; FL
Reid, rheumatism and injured in kidneys; M D
| spouse, sick st. Clair Taylor, sick, ilnpro
wing ] Tisdale, sick. improving Whitmore,
of John 5, decd, SICK, improving; ] I'll Wells
of Rockbridge, Watkins company, sc'1, doing
we'll: John s Smith, sick, doing well.
I These men have kind attendance and do not
complain, and most of them will soon be fl for
duty. The sisters Of clarity, at hospital No !,
are untiring in their attentions
Sau'l Lishtner, Casag he'll, end Peter Fitch
of Newton's company. 5!A Va Regiment, are at
lGordo1sville, and L'ghtneri is now quite i'll OF
pneumonia.
| John & Hogsett st Virgj l,ia Cavalry sick at
home on tuflough.
| II the members Of Congress and the Legisla-
ture know how CRAFTY ing it is to the sick and
wounded from their respective districts ard
counties, to be visited by them, and to know
whether they needed anything, / am sure they
could not spend much of Their time more profit
ably than IN cheering those whose confinement
at least is irksome and weary ing.
Yours Truly,
T. M McCTTE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
GENERAL ORDERS.
AUGUSTA RAID GUARD.
AUGUSTA RAID GUARD,
GENERAL ORDERS, -

| GENERAL ORDERS,
L. Calls for active serVice, shall If practicable, be
delivered IN writing to the commanding officer OF
| SAID Company, who shall take immediate steps to
turn out his company and report the place appoint
| ed for the assembling of the Regiment
That this may be done with as much system and as
little delay as possible, each Captain will divide his
company into squads, assigning to each member the
duty of giving notice TO others such manner as TO
ensure notice to all, apd requiring OF each member
to forward to the officer Commanding the earliest
telgenee of any such call. ssS->-s@
II. Until sone permanent regulation ON the subject
of food, forage and transportation be adopted the
| following order will be observed:
Each company will provide it's own food, forage
and transportation and to that end the commander of
each company will appoint for his company an Assls-
tant Quartermaster, cha ged with the duty OF making
and directing the necessary preparations in advance
OF any call for active all such preparations
will be reported to the Regimental Quartermaster,
who will, far practicable, make arrangements to
secure uniformity and system in the matter of trans
poriation, and who will take command of the whole
train when turned out for active service.
Officers of the field and staff will provide their own
food and forage and will pay tae expenses of trans
portatlon for the same, to be provided by the Keg
mental Quartermaster.
All general expresses will be borne by the compa-
MES in proportion to their number the field and stat
officers contributing In the same proportion.
7 III Commandants of companies will see that ar
range are made in advance for the division of
their companies into suitable messes, and providing
the necessary cooking utensils and other essentials of
camp life.
" Gomman dants of companies will report to the
Adiutant copies of their rolls with the names of all
officers of every grade and giving the pcsI office OF
each Officer, Orderly Sergeant and Assstan Quarter
master BY order OF Col Baldwin,
j. G. MARQUIS, Adjt.
15---2f =
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22

The following communication from a
Memphis lady, is clipped from the Bull
letln OF recent date:
THANKSGIVING Day.
The President of the United States
has set apart tomorrow as day of
thanksgiving for our great success, We
in our simplicity, supposed that the. 10y.
al people of Memphis would be pleased
to participate in such a service, and so
suggested. This mere suggestion has
called forth the following significant e.
pistle which we sabioin without COM
ment !:
E litor Bulletin You call attention
to Lincoln's appointment of day of
thanksgiving for the successes which
have blessed our cause, and you hope
the day will be properly observed. By
sour cause" you mean the Union cause.
/ wonder how you think the people
of Memphis can thank God for the sue.
cesses of the Union Abolition canse.
Y on pretend to think that great Union
sentiment has sprung up in Memphis,
because you say thai upwards of LOCO
persons have taken the oath of allegi-
ance. Let me tell you, if they have ta-
ken it, they did not do it OF their own
free will and they don't fee, bound by
it; they had to take it under military
|despotsm and don't feel bound to re-
gard any oath forced upon them in that
way.
Do you believe that any preacher in
Memphis will appoint services in his
church at Lincoln's dictation Let one
dare to try it, and see how his congre,
CATION will stand it. They know bet
ter. They know full well that the peo-
pie of Memphis give thanks over In
ION disasters with sincere hearts, bot
don't rejoice at Union victories, as they
call them. The won N of Memphis
viii stick to the Confederate cause ike
Ruth clung to her mother ia love, and
|sag to it,"whefe thou goest | will go,
where thou liyest | will live, where
thou dest will die, aud there will | be
buried"
Butwhere are your great successes
Your own papers say that Lee brought
Oft !; train OF captured spoils twelve
miles long, and that Morgan destroyed
sewn or eight million OF dollars worth
before all Ohio and L diana could stop
him. Pretty dear success, this. Still /
won't rejoice over it al Lincoln's dicta-
ton. But wait till President Davis day
comes round. Perhaps by that time
Meade may get another whipping, and
| II you don't see rejoicing and thanks
giving, then you may well believe thai
you and your ofhcious local fail to see
half that exists in Memphis. Now yor
won't publish this, perhaps, because it
don't suit you. You can say the rea
son is because / don't put my rea
Lame to it. You can do as you please a
bout it. | choose to sign it:
| MARY. LEE THoRNE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
ADyT AND lNsp'R GEN'Ls OFFICE,

General Grders 40 ISL.
!. Forge KIND wiii be issued officers entitled te
it stationed, BY or..ers from The war Department 81
posts and not in the fed Tor but enc horse each In
lleu OF forage eight d5iars month nay be allowed
Tor each horse to which the-oicer MAJ be entitled
certincaie IL each will be gwen. that the thor
SOS are actually kept IN service ana mustered"
Ill, oiiicers OF the Adjufant General Quartermas.
ter. Commissar [except pureh sing Connissaries,
imental oncers lexeept conlrpanders Of regiments
ard Su"alterns of artillery, who sre serving in the
lie d Will be embraced in the provisions paragraph
OF This order, unless otherwise ordered IN special
eases by the commanding General
By order.
[Signedl s COOPER
iir1iat ar,5I Ir,e,, -.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22

= RIcHMoND Va, Nov. 81, 1853
General Orders, no, l5O -~'5
|. ENLISTED men who have been for may becomel
permanently disabled. and who hold certificate of
medical examining Board to that effect, and who
nave not oeen discharged from The service may have
their ratlons commated at (Sl 25 one doiar and
twenty ave cents per diem whether they are in hos
pllai private quarters on furlough
II oen iiaoie to CONSUMPTION who have Joined com
panles ior local defence win be discharged from such
companies and couscribad This order IS not intend.
sd 70 eject for which special exception has
oeen mace oy the War Department. By order
(Signed) S. COf)PER
Adjntant and INSPECTOR General
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
POETRY.
FOR THE sPECT .TeR.
TO A LITTLE BIRD THAT FLEW INTO
OUR PRISON

will not hold thee prisoner here,
Nor clip thy wings of feathery light,
Nor spoil thy mate, the birdy cheer,
That makes bis downy home so bright.
Go free as summer clouds on high,
And sing thy carol to the sky;
But in thy songs ofioyous gIee,
Breathe forth one prayer of hope for me-
Go tell the winds that gently sigh.
Their evening praise to tfod on high,
To breathe for me The silent prayer,
That my trust may nobly bear.
And though in prison walls I pine,
My love of freedom ne'er resign,
May proudly dare the power defy,
That bids my soul a captive die.
Go tell the sunlit waves that frowned.
Destruction on the monarch crowned,
Who yainly dared to curb their power,
And chain their rags In his fated hour.
Go tell them as they roll along,
And distant shores prolong their song,
10 raise their praise on high to God,
No tyrant's foot on them has trod.
Go tell them that my soul is free.
Though they may chain my Dody here,
Nop power can chain Gods high decree,
Or from it's trust my soul deter.
Bright honor shall my watchword be-,
My soul untouched by treason's stain.
Shall ever be. fair South, to thee,
As true as e'er thy hills remain.
FoRT McHENRy, Oct. 1863.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
ADJ'T & INSP'K GENL'S OFFICE,
RICHMOND, October 29th, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS

NO. 14l.
1. The practice ofrelieving officers from commands
to which they have been appointed and assigned and
ordering them to report in person to this office for
further assignment viii unless specially requir-
ed by orders from this otlce.
III. Soldie S returning home on furlough, or on
reaching places at which they will stay during fur
Tough, v I'll Immediately report to the nearest enroll
ing officer, who will keep register of their names,
descriptive list place where stationed by whom the
furlough was granted and the tine at which 1t ex-
III. When at the expiration of his furlough, and
being at distance from any Hospital Examining
Beard soldier is unatle TO travel the enrolling of
cer will order him before the Board OF Examiners for
ccnscripts, and the medical officer of the Ply
sic ms ".mpoyed concurring, they will forward to
| his commanding General, with statement of his
case, recomme odatlon 4 extension of furlough
exceed thirty days duplicates beng also
the Surgeon General. But when 0idef is acces-
siole to general hospital, be wil be before tie
Hospi al Examining Board " ho Will conform to the
preceding instructions.
w. la cases of sickness or wounds, which, from
any cause, neg ected, do not receive proper
treatment, the disability in consequence being pro
longed the soldier will be sent, by the enrolling eff
Ger, to the nearest camp o. instruction for treatment
IN hospital.
y Recommendation for extension of leave to otii-
GERS and u1ioaghs 10 soldiers and ncalcal certificates
10 officers, and certificates 0 dlsabiltY soldiers, viii
only be given by authorized Boards of TX MINERS
or in cases embraced in the first section of Paragraph
ill., of this order hy t1e Board of Exam for
scripts. Recommendations sr certificates from pr
vats physicians or from medical officer singly will
not be ieeeived. Paragraph III and IT'S, General
Regulations and Paragraph l, General Order No. 81
Gu rent Series from this Office amended toa:cord
with this paragraph.
vi. Furoughed soldiers will not be permitted to
go within the lines of the enemy.
VII In the medical examination of substitutes,
the instructions and requirements of Paragraph IL,
49, General Regulations, Paragraph As, Medical
Regulations. viii be iully adhered to and if sab
sttute tails meet the conditions of that paragraph
he will be rejected.
BY order,
(Signed 8. COOPER
[ Nov 10. Adj and Insp'r Genl.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
HID. oRs. VALLEY DISTRICT. ]

LINVILLS sCREEK, NOV 2etn, 1906
Special Oraer, No. rs.
1t having been reported to the General Command
ing that the officers and agents of the Subsistence
Department in this District unable to procure the
supplies imperatively required for the army by pur-
chase because spectators in the market paying
higher prices than those fixed by the Government
Commissioners and sending such supplies out Of the
District t be sold again, it is ordered that the
missaries of Subsistence at New Market Harrison
burg Staunton and Lexington, and those on duty
with tits commaId d in the field, do impress ior the
OF the army all the necesssres ofsubsistence found
in the hands of spectators which have been sold
spectators though not delivered to be sent out OF
the Dist ct and by the term s'speculators is meant
any who buys to sell again. This order is not
intended to apply to necessaries in the hands of pro-
ducers in transitu to market which have not been
sold engaged be sold before or their arrival
at mari ket. By eommand of
(Signed) Brig. Gen. j. D. IMBODEN,
G.. W. McPHAIL Comd g Valley Dis
Lieut.. Il A. ID. G..
Officials: :-Wa. f. GARDNER, Adjt. Dec 1-sts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
ADJT AND INSp,R GEN,Ls OFFICE

ADJ'T AND INSP'R GENLS OFFICE,
RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 10, 1868.
General Orders, No. l4e.
L. The pay and allowances of men detailed for work
Except for Government work, will cease during such
detail and in lieu thereof full wages will be paid them
by the persons parties to wnom they are ordered
to report.
Ii The attention of all manding officers, whose
duty may examine the abstracts of issues OF
Commissaries. Assistant Commlssaries OF subsis-
tence particularly directed to General Order No.
l2, March 10, 1862. These commanding officers will
also that only he number of enllsted actual
ly present duty, are included nprovision returns
and that it any change takes place in that du
ring the period draw for. that corresponding al
Iowance IS duly N de the subsequent return,
aud also that the provisions drawn we'll taken care
OF and economically used. By order.
lSigned] S. COOPER,
Dec Ad]'t q IEsp General.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
PORK WANTED

A gentleman ofunquestionable solyency. wishes ts
buy a few thousand pounds of PORK for his own use
He will give fair price and execute his bond. with
any security that may be required, binding himself to
pay IT. IN goid at the close OF the war; with interest
from date. Enquire at this office
Dac ST
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22

What is there in ssthe situation" says the
Charleston Courier, at present to excite alarm
Who ever heard of determined aud uulted pec-
ile being subjugated by enemy that could
not even march an array through Their terrlteryf
Have the Yankees been able to do that {? Why,
they have been eighteen months working tteir
wag through Tennessee, State about 100 miles
in width from North to South, and nowhere else
nave they gained mile within the year past by
an advance upon land How long, at his rate,
will it take them to penetrate into the interior Of
| (.aoroia
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
HAYIEG taken the old stand Of McCorkle h Lusk
IL at the Point, for the purposeof conducting the
Commission And Forwarding RuSineSS.


HAYING taken the old stand Of Mccorkle & Lusk
Ii at the Point, for the purposeof conducting the
Commission And Forwarding Business,
erally Their Lumber House is large and ell adap-
ted to produce intended for shipment being situated
Immediately on the Canal where boats can come up
to the very door, Will also run in connection with
this house, two regular BOATS with careful and
responsible Captains, making transportation of goods
and produce as safe and quick as any other line.
They are also lifting up a store room, which will
soon be ready, when they will keep as good stock
as the times will admit Of and will sell them too
as reasonable terms they be bought elsewhere.
Goods, &C., must necessarily be high during hewar;
but we win adopt the old motto, and endeavor
ry it out, viz :-"Quick sales and small profits
We viii also trade for all kinds of produce.
Freight TO be shipped by Packet Boats must be de
lIvered here.
Persons bringing produce to cur house will pass the
toll bridge free OF toll.
All persons indebted. 70 the old concern of Mcuorkle
Lusk Will please come forward and settle the r ac
counts. CALVIN MOC0kB-LE,
A.. M. LUSK, 51
May I9-tf JOHN GIBSON.
az Staunton Spectator ana Lynchburg Virginian
please copy and send their bills to this ofce-Lea.
Gazette.
OFFICE VA. CENTRAL R. II. CO.,
September. lIth, 1869.
/ CHANGE OF SCHEDULE-The following trains
| September 18th:
| The Mail and Passenger Train leaving Richmond
| att O'Clock A. M. for Staunton and intermediate
points daily, returning will leave Staunton at o.
clock A. M. and arrive In Richmond at 6:l5 P. M.
The Accommodation Passenger Train, leaving
Richmond at $3.50 P. NJ. for Gordonsvle and inter-
mediate points daily, Sundays excepted returning
will leave Gordonsviile at O'Clock P NJ and arrive
| in Rich mond at IL o'clock M.
| The Mail and Passenger Train West of Staunton,
leaving Staunton at $50 A. M. on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, and returning the same days.
The Mail Train connects with the Orange and Alex
andria Mai. Train at Gordonsyiie for Rapidan, and
at Charlottesville for Lynchburg. 1t connects at
Staunton with Stage Lines for Lexington, HARRISON
burg and points further North. Servants travelling
in first class cars viii pay full fare.
The Freight Train leaving Richmond daily, Sun
DAYS excepted at $50 A. NJ. and Staunton for the
West at $50 A. M. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. The trains will not est of MiDoro.
Ii. d. WHITCOMB,
General Superintendent.
| Sept. 2S-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22

Our Loss AT CHATrANooeA.-The spe-
cial corr espondent OF the Chattanooga
Rebel says the official report OF our loss
at Chattanoogais is three hundred k'.Ld,
seventeen hundred wonnded, andthree
thousand missina thousand of whom
viii probably come up. Our aefoaL
loss IS about four thousand.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-22
GALE OF PERSONAL Pr sPnRTY.-
y The subscriber will sell, at public sale. on
Thursday. Dacen aer 3tSs.

hls Personal Property,
consisting in part of6 head of horses, CATTLE
milk COWS. hogs and sheep, one No 4 norse wagon
harness. some corn. farming implements, household
and kitchen furniture, sc.
Terms cash The sale will take p ace on the old
McClune farm Mowry's Mill, miles from Staun-
ton. VI NJ B. LANDES,
Dec e-4ts*