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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
THE CONSCRIPTION LAW.

The following letter is of interest to those per-
sons who contemplate visiting foreign lands
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, March 10, 1868
OSCAR IRVING, Esq, u. S. Despatch Agent New York:
Herewith send to you passport FOR Mr. Charles II.
Talbot Please have Mr.. Talbot comply with ths ula
tions of the Department Some ten days ago informed
you that all parties liable to be drafted under the law
Gently passed by Congress, COMMONLY known The Con
scrption Law required TO give military service
bonds glad to inform you that said order bias been
revoked except in those States which have not yet fur
nished their complement Of nice months men. Mr.. Tai
bot being citizen of Maine is not subject to the call she
having furnished Ter quota of men.
Very respectfully, yours, Sc.
ISAAC W. NICHOLS,
Acting Passport Clerk"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
BREAKING OF THE DAMS AT vIcKsBuRG.
Correspondence Of the Neao Yor. Erening Post.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE army

Correspondence Of the Ne,0 Yor. Erening Post.
HEADQUARTERS or THE army
of IickSbarg, March 10, 1868
Day before yesterday, while tn. 10 the canal were
yet at work tn dam Mt the upper end Of suddenly began
to yield to the immense pressure of the water the river
and with only few minutes notice, gave way aud allow
ed the river to rush in When it broke there was diff.
ference of eight feet between the bottom of the canal and
the surface Of the water in the The violence OF the
torrent it rushed through, sweeping away wheelbar
rows staging and all the implements labo was terrific
OF fuamng angry water rushed iks avalanche
along th whole length of the capal-a mile quarter
The canal itself full in lsw minutes and the water
began to spread IN few hours not spot oi
dry land The peninsula except the pathway of
the evee which surrounded it, ard by there
lake Of thousand ia ares, where the morn
ing there had been as many acres of land.
The earth which had be- taken Of the canal ia ex
cavaiing had been wheel up the side Of the canal
aud there formed an embankment levee, which 1t
supposed would prevent the from flooding the cuu
try hat sde and the ground which neary all Of our
army was encamped. lit will be remembered that the
point 1T the peninsula Is 10 the east toward Vcksburg
and that thu canal running north AID south cuts the pen
iusua at right angles, nearly three miles from the city and
that nearly all our camps behind this embark ment
and having the caua the peninsula the river betw en-
them aud Vicksburg Neither ths canal nor the embat 4
men however, had been quite completed and the water
soon began to pour the unfinished bank me reg
ments that were in sed positions had ga up
tents and camp eqnpsge in hot hsse and dire coufus
and run tor the leree Several cumpan which
the south side OF the peninsula cut IF by the rushing
water and had to be fered t. the msa body of the army
IN boats.
The embankmtnt Of the Yicksburg and Shreveport ri
way however which cuts the peninsula nearly LONGITUDE
nay has thus for prevented the water from flooding the
northwest quarter o the peninsula But yesterday even
that considered nsecue and tho troops were all or
dered to shift tn, camps /, the eveo few regiments
did move up, and find the elb0wroom' scant enough
Think If whole aImyn,eD, mues. horses wagons tents
and artllery-crowded embankment but tile wider
than railroad track Tonight there seems to be less
danger of the floods reaching this quarter AID those reg
ment which had moved ordered to retain their old
camps.
Gen Grant has taken steps to rebuild the dam and pre-
vent the influx Of any water until the canal s
peted There is but little to do 10 it yet, and it be
completed in spite Of the water, but the accident will
tard the movements which iu contemplation week
or ten days
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
LATEST REBEL NEWS.

The Richmond papers % the cath instent contain no
later news from Vcksburg Port Hudson.
The Virginia Legislature has passed the " salt BILL"
which IN effect provides thai acceptable terms cannot DO
made with the owners Of sat properly that the latter to
DO impressed aud workei on State account
sevenl Of the largest tobacco growing counties of Vr-
gna have held public meetings resolved to cultivate
tobacco the present year.
10 The Confederate House of Representatives on Mon
day the Committee of Ways and Means reported bill for
direct taxation and internal duties
All mdsbpnen in the rebel navy ordered to report
at Richmond, Charleston, Savannah Wilmington, and Mo
bic next month for examination.
The Savannah Republican says that many poor women
aud children in that city suffering for Of food and
cannot get enough of cornmea because the railroad trans
portation is monopolizsd by the Government
rebel despatch dated at Chattanooga on the 18th in
slant states that the rebel scouts have been within four
mes OF Murfreesboro. and report the Union forces re-
treating IRON there The writer Thinks however that
flank movement is in the wind Gen. johnson and staff
he adds Rave gone to Tullahoma which will hereafter
be his permanent headquarters johnson himself assuming
personal command" rumor says that Rosecrans has
sent large force t. oppose Longstrees advance through
Kentucky.
despatch from Charleston dated the 22d instant dis
closes that nothing of unusual Importance has lately occur
red at that place The Union forces it appears had been
Smelling the wreck of the Georganna off Long Island
bach; otherwise all is quiet" The Richmond ENQUIRER
learns by another patch from Charleston that no at
tack Is expected immediately before the high spring tides
VII ch will be on the Cd of April The is that the
enemy cannot venture upon Charleston without being sure
of coming spring tide to float off their ships case of
any of them getting aground"
The following paragraph appears in the Enquirer head
ed Signs in the Northwest"
Although it is altogether out Of the question while the
whole North Is engaged 10 for or ex
termination, that should offer terms of alliance stil
less listen to any hint about union with Them yet it is no
less true that the symptoms of disqualification which show
tn melyes in tie present Federal States of deep nte
rest to and that ought to do all that we honora
bly, and loyalty may to give further impulse to the force
which promises at future day to break up the league
of enemies -
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
oBsEoUIEs OF GEN. SUMNER.

SYRACUSE, MARCH 2.-The body Of Major General
Sumner was removed from his late residence to the City
Hail this morning under military from the Forty
rst aud to the sound OF mufed drums where it
remained ia state during the entire day twas visited by
Thousands Of and Others from the country The
body Law upon a catafalquo under canopy handsomely
decorated with flowers interspersed with emblems Of
mourning draped with flags The massive burial
adorned with bouquets OF natural howers en"ned with
the star. aud strips. military guard duy
the remaus and tonight escorted the body back TO The
house The funeral will take place Tomorrow morning at
eleven O'clock and will be the most imposing affair ever
witnessed ~ Western Central New York About TWEEN
ty thousand persons visited tie remains during the day
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
ANOTHER INVASION OF KENTUCKY.

MURFREEsBoRo, (TENN) MARCH I9-The rumors
heiet fore given of The proposed rebel invasion of Ken
lucky are rot groundess. learn from Southern man
who left Cha tanoga on Sunday that the rebel troops
known to have lett Virginia did not reinforce Gen Bragg
but concentrated at Knoxville, Tenn Yesterday body
OF four hundred rebels crossed the Cumberland at Rowens
Kentucky and it reported that lags force was fol-
loving suspected that the invasion has already be-
Tie Chattanooga Rebel of the lth Gen Brages
army in better condition. better organized, larger heal.
ther and bent upon its mission than ever before
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
FROM WEST VIRGINIA.

is reported from West Virginia that three rebel rosi
ments arrived at Lewsburgh the 4th 1t was thought
in military circles that the rebels int nded to make de-
monstraons in West Virginia about the time of the cleo
ton the New STATE question 1t s stated that jenkins
at Coal Knob in Greenbrer county about sixty.sve
miles from Butown and prisoners captured belonging 10
Is commend cay that he intends to make another raid
through West Virginia soon the roads get 10 passa-
ble condition
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
SPEECH OF MR.. CRITTENDEN.

Hon. JOHN j. CRIrTENDEN serenaded in Phladel-
ph'a on Wednesday, wher he made brief speech Mr.
Crittenden says that he wages because it Duty
and because he desires the the Government
and the Union He believes that the Union is to be
stored by fighting He expressed his belief that this
war will give US future permanence and greatness and
observed that "we fighting battles not Of hate or ven
geance but upon the highest principles Of honor-for
cause not for blood bot for freedom and tho institutions Of
civilization
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
ABsENTEEs AND DEsERTERs.

The War Department has received the rolls Of all the
regiments comprising the army of the United States with
the number of aosentses desertrs from the army hh
show that there upward Of hundred and tenty
fire thousand OF this Glass; most Of whom it is expected
will be brought in by tie recent proclamation Of the Pre-
sdent. Active being taken to brig them
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
correspondence Of The Associated Press

PORT ROYAL, Is CO. MARCH l8-An order is to be
issued to-day for the OF Lieut. Col Gardner of the
seventh Connecticut Volunteers, who ia charged with ob
tanning under false pretenes the sgnatures OF number
OF men In this regiment peace resolutions ia order TO
affect the electi ut home. 1t has created great ndgDa
lion among the regiments from this State who loud 10
their denuncatons If peace measures Connecticut has
the post Of bonor in the great impending battle General
Ferry commands the Union forces from Moth Carolina
Every thing indicates success
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. MARCH 90 Is6a

MURFREEsBoRo, MARCH 90, 1863.
Major Gen. HALLECK, GeneraLin-C Chiefs
Gen. Reynolds reports from Col Halls brigade, on
scout near Milton tie road to Liberty that he was
attacked this morning by Morgan aud Brecknrdges cav
airy about eight or N regiments aud after few hours
fight whipped aud drove them with loss to us of seven
killed aud hryone wounded including one captain The
rebel 'ss thirty forty killed. including three commits
stoned officers hundred aud Ioy wounded and twelve
prisoners including three commissioned officers
W. s. RosEcRANs Major General
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN THE ARMY.

We glad to the &c I'd r. IN Port Royal to-day
of the interference there the pat Of Gen Hunts with
Connecticut Colonel who desired have the army feel
ing for peace expressed The Colonel. it seems has been
threatened if he 10 not to be arrested ALI these political
movements in the my wrong, but when they are
permitted SIDE they should not b, sup ressd on
the other -EIprsss
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
MOUNT STERLING CAPTURED AND BrJRNr

Commercial from Paris Kentucky says that the rebel Col
Ca surrounded Mount Sterling with eight hundred men
at two O'clock this morning Our forces, amounting to
two hundred fought from the houses four hours but were
finally compelled TO surrender The rebels then b. rned
the town 1t is believed that Clarke intends to attack
Pars to-npht
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
NO MORE PASSES THROUGH OUR LINES

Hereafter no civilian will be allowed to enter or 40 out
OF the lines Of the Department Of Washington on the south
side OF the Potomac without pass from the
IN this city All persons applying for passes into The lines
will be stopped and examined at the outposs but not al
lowed to enter the lines Those persons whom it msy Be
important ur the military authorities to confer with will
be kept out Of the lines until their respective GASES can b
decided upon at the headquarters here. Republican
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26

We bave the best authority FOR stating that the report
that Gn Hooker replied to question prop ounded by the
Committee on the Conduct Of the War ia words this
effect viz that he attributes the failure II the Pennsu.
lar campsiRD TO the ncompeteucy Of the commanding Gen.
eral Mcclellan phoiy false Gen Hooker did not give
auy such testimony .-hepubiican.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
THE REVOLT IN SAN DOMINGO.

New YORK, MARCH 22.-Havana advices convey intel.
gence of The suppression oftbe rebellion in San Domingo
Only one skrmish occurred when the insurgents dspers
ed The Spanish force which defeated them said to
have nu mbered only three hundred
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26
GOLD DECLINING

Gold continues steadily to decline 1t has dropped TO
Ia AMI il s predicted hat will be still lower before
the lst Of April, ~ the Government hts supply to inset
the demand for the April specie payment on the 7-3o
u. s. bonds.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26

The elegrapbic despatch announcing the death Of the
Hon WM II. TEMPLE, the Representative elect 10 Con-
gress from the State Of Delaware, s contadctsd Mr.
Temple it is stated not dead. He has been very
sick but is now recovering.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-26

LOUISVILLE MARCH % An henticated report has
just reached here that portion of Stauley force
tered John Morgau's cavalry at ,MnnvilIe Yesterday
and whipped them badly, driving them entirely away
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

from Fairfax Court House, and on the road.
leading to Fairfax Station, and il very
pleasantly situated in pine grove. The
only inconvenience is that our camp ground
is quite small and our camp is rather crowd
ed; otherwiseit is the most pleasant ground
that we have yet occupied.
The 10Th regiment is quite near US, and
the 14th somewhat nearer the Court House,
while the 18th and 18th are encamped north
of the Court House; and the headquarters
of Gen. Stoughton are at Fairfax Court
House.
There are many other incidents Of inter.
est which might mention, but space will
not permit. therefore remain,
Yours very Respectfully, G. W. X
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02
r O ET R ".
From the Saturday Evening Post.
III YOU CAN.
BY rLxASoR o. poSSrIlY

BY rLEANoR Q. DoNNELLY.
Go to our piers and see them carried in,
The blind, the halt the fevered and the maimed
Ridlled with balls and stiff with wounds unnamed;
List to their groans Of anguish as they lift
Them into some rude car or jolting van,
Then roll away in your luxurious coach,
And loll an siken cushions--if you can,
Sean them. Young faces old with fever pain,
Men in their prime as weak as faiDtng girls,
And sad-eyed boys whom age will never touch,
With many bulet-wound among their curls;
Ragged and pale, with blood and yermin foul,
Shrink not, my dainty one 10 hear and scan y
One look-then go and sip your iced champagne,
And smoke your meerschsum coolly-f you can.
Walk through the hospitals-the fever-wards,
The green-room, ghastly In its grim array;
See one lad crazed with typhus, with wounds,
And hundreds with their members shot away
Crippled and hacked and mutated, each,
Almost beyond the sembance of n man,
Turn them in your conscious health aud strength
And talk of treason calmly-if you can.
All friend, these things come home unto doors,
With such fearful truth upon their lips,
That he who scorns them merits to be scourged,
And die beneath the torture of the whips.
If you young and strong, off to the field
Exempt from that turn nurses TO man,
Learn by those beds what patience is, and pain,
And try to love the rebels-y you coaI
Philadelphia, Dec. I'd, 1862
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

A VALUABLE REMEDr.-Every family
should keep a small quantity Of chlorate
of potash. We have never found anything
equal TO i for simple liberated soro
throat. Dissolve small teaspoonful Of il
in tumbler Of cold water and then occa-
sionally take teaspoonful of the solution,
so as TO gargle the throat. 1t is nearly taste
less, and not at all offensive to take, and
is well adapted for children.
Nothing is better for chapped or cracked
hands. Wash them in the weak solution,
they will soon be well. 1t is also good for
rough, pimply, or chapped face. It may
be had of any druggist.-Farmer and Gar
daer.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

GEN. FosTER.-Major General John G..
Foster, hero of the successful engagement
at Kingston, N. c., was West Point grad
uate of 1912, standing four in the class with
Mcclellan and others. He fought bravely
in Mexico, at Contreras, Cherubusco and
Malinodel Rey, in which last action he was
wounded and breveted. At the close of the
war, he became professor of engineering
at West Point. He was one of the little
band of gallant defenders of Fort Sumter,
with Major Anderson. When the war
assumed proportions, he was made Briga-
der General of volunteers and attached TO
Burnside's expedition. He served with
success under that officer until his transfer
to the Potomac army, when North Carolina
was constituted separate department. and
Foster, promoted to Major Generalship,
put in command. He is brave and skillful
officer, and one of the most accomplished
engineers in thesservice.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

MORNING AIR.-It is a common and
favorte notion with many that the morning
air is the purest, most bracing; but the
very opposite is the fact. The air is more
full of dampness, fog, miasm, at about sun
rise, which the sun, however, soon dissi-
pates. Before engaging in anything like
exercise or work in the early morning out
of.doors, il is conducive to health TO take a
warm cup of coffee. if breakfast is not to
be had.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02
Vermont News.

STABBING AFFAIR.-A stabbing affray
took place at West Fairlee on Saturday
evening. One Joseph Wilson, being some-
what spirituous at the time, plunged knife
into one Patrick Merrill, without justifable
cause. The said Wilson was brought -pe-
fore C. N. Perkins, justice Of the peace,
and mulcted in small fine; but this is not
the end of the matter. Alcohol is the cause
of nine tenths Of the crimes committed;
whiskey is the curse of our country.
Luther Bixby of johnson had the mis-
fortune to badly cut his wrist with chisel
on thursday last week.
Hon. Portus Baxter, is sick at Washing
ton of pneumonia. At last accounts he was
bctter, and an unfavorable issue is not an
ticipated.
FIRE IN NoRwIcH-The furniture shop
of Charles Baxter, Of Norwich, was entirely
consumed by fire, with its contents, on
Monday last. Loss $4,000. Fully insured
in the Windsor County Mutual.
FLOUR BARRELs.-Edward Lone ryan
of Montpelier, has made in one week, in
j. Il. Langdon's cooper shop, two hundred
fovr barrels, working but twelve hours each
day. The slaves were rock maple. An
average days work is fifteen barrels, and
MIR. Lonergan made more than double that
number.
A MONSTER CALF.-Henry Baker Ben
nington, butchered calf only 2l months
and 10 days old, which weighed when
dressed twelve hundred fifty and one-half
pounds He had LOG IL pounds rough
allow 1t was probably the best animal
of its age ever raised in the State.
Found DEAD.-We learn that an Irish
woman aged 35 or 40 years Of age by the
name of Catherine Essler, was found dead
in her house, on the "turnpike road" in the
eastern part Of this village, on Thursday
morning. She had evidently fallen from
her chair near the stove, and expired with
out struggle. Justice Randall caused
jury to be summoned, who, after examining
the body and hearing the testimony, rem
dered a verdict that the deceased came 10
her death by appoplexy caused by the
excessive use of Intoxicating liquors. She
was widow and leaves, we believe, two
or three children, one Of them. aged about
six years, being Ivy her side when found.
A man by the name of John Fitzsimmons
was at the same time lying dead drunk in
the same room. An examination Of the
body externally was made by DR.. O. Cook.
No marks we're discovered, except . slight
confusion upon the cheek, caused no doubt
by the fall from the chair-Rmland Herald.
The landing of the Pilgrims was cele-
brated at Middebury, on the 22d, in . pa
triotic manner. Rev. Jonathan Clement
of Woodstock delivered an eloquent Grafton
in the evening. after which the lsdiss held
social party, at which tempting v;snds
were discussed, toasts offered, -sones sung,
&c.
The Congregational church recently com
plessd IN St. Albans is one Of ths 6aes& in
the state. The whole interior Is srescse6
in the most approved style y - Italian
artist. The cost of the ha5di.g eomph<s
exclusive Of the land. organ spa- -bep. = not
| far FROM s22, 600. -
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02
Ex-secretary of war Cameron uttered

Ex-secretary of war Cameron uttered
some strong war talk at meeting in WASH
ington few days ago. Said he's" We
have got to conquer these people, or they
will conqner US. There can be no COM
promise. Nor can you talk about recon-
struction. You cannot reconstruct house
of rotten and sound timber. 1t cannot be
done. The house will 60 down the moment
you attempt it. You must 60 through with
this contest. No matter how many lives, no
matter how much blood and treasure il may
cost, we must accomplish the subjeciion Of
this rebellion.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

A million dollars worth Of the property
Of Union men in Eastern Tennessee has
bsen cou6scated by Confederate Court Il
Knoxville, including estates belonging to
Gov. Andy johnson and Hon. Horace May
nard. The Rebel General Kirby Smith
occupies the hose Of Parson Brovnlow, at
Knoxville, for his headquarters.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-02

!: One iigh ms week fifteen mea and
worpep, whose bodies were according to
the laws Of virginia) owned by : Mr..
Pratt, had the bad taste to escape from
their owner across the Rappahanaock.
with characteristic coolness, Pratt came into
the Union lines and claimed his goods and
chattels. He did not get them.