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Confirmation of the Capture Of Eicks-
burg-A Grand Succession of
Victories.

The following is an extract from
an official despatch Of Gen. Grant to
the War Department.
On the LIST Of May we fought the
battle Of Port Gibson and defeated
the rebels, whose loss in killed !,
wounded and prisoners was $50
and . pieces of artillery.
On the 18th Of NIay the rebels were
defeated at Raymond with a loss Of
$50.
On the 18th day Of May We defeat
ed Gen. Johnston and captured Jack
son, Miss, with loss to the enemy
of 400, besides immense stores and
II pieces of artillery.
Ga the 18th of May we fought the
bloody and decisive battle at Baker s
creek, in which the entire force of
Vicksburg, under Pemberton, was
completely defeated, with a loss of
1000 prisoners and 20 pieces Of ar
tillery.
On the 18th of May we defeated
the same force at Big Black river
bridge: with loss to the enemy of
$500 men aud II pieces Of artillery.
On the 18th of May We invested
Vicksburg closely.
To-day "Wednesday Gen. Steele
carried the rife pits on the north Of
the city. The right Of our army
rests on the Mississippi river above
Vicksburg.
Signed
JOHN A. RAWLINGS, A. A.e.
Fuller adds P. 81 learn fur
Their that there are from 5000 to
10000 men in Yicksbprg, and that
Pemberton has lost nearly all his
field artillery and that cannonading
at Vicksburg closed about 5 p. m,
on the Goth.
The operator at Cairo reported at
that Vicksburg had fallen.
Hurrah! Aurrah! hulrah:: hurrah!
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Summary for the Week,
vaIlandigham Sent over the Line:

CISc1NNATG, May 22.--President
Lincoln has changed Gen. Burn
side $ sentence ofC. L. Vallandigham
from confinement in Fort Warren to
transportation through the Federal
lines. Nr. VaIlaudigham is to be
sent TO Louisville to-day on tn gun
boat Exchange. Upon the arrival
Of Mr.. Eallandigham in Louisville,
he will be handed over to Gen. Rose
Grams, who, under the flag Of truce,
will deliver him to the lines Of Gen.
Bragg.
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DEATHS.

Died. On Monday. May 18th: 1868. NANCY
RAkER consort of John y. Baker. aged 81 Yrs.
Also. on Friday. May 22d. ELIZABETH y,
daughter of John ", and Nancy Baker, dec d.
Thus the fell destroyer, in the form of fever,
has. in less than Two weeks, bercavcd the family
of our old respected friend, John y. Baker. Of
wife and daughter. We knew both Of the de-
ceased and speak only what al who knew them
will Join US in saving. when We say that none
Were more diligcnl in good works than they, and
noac kinder or more benevolent 10 the needy
Nav their ashes rest in peace.
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wrong with the Administration,
and another, ''There seems to be
great imbecillity at Washington,
and another, IF the Administration
don't wake up our country will go
to ruin" and still another, II have
always been an Administration man,
but l cannot remain quiet any longer
while such utter imbeciliity is being
manifested in the conduct Of this
war" SO the final conclusion seems to
be, to Join in with the Conservatives
and hel y to arouse the Admins ra-
ton to sense of its duty. The veil
seems to have been lifted from their
vision, and instead Of their former
indignant frowns, we meet only
their softest smiles.
But we object to fusion, because it
is neither consistent with personal
nor political honesty. A man pro-
Tossing such strength of conviction
as this party have only within a
short time past, cannot now honestly
profess to be a Conservative. He
must voluntarily and from conviction
allure his ancient faith or he can
have no part among us.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-05-27
A PROCLAMATION
BY the Executive Committee OF the
Constitutional Convention OF
West VIRGINIA.

TNHE PRESIDENT ofTIIE UNITED STATES
l. having under the Act Of Congress approved
December 81 1862, entitled ''An act for the adj
mission Of the State Of West Virginia into the
Union and for other purposes" issued his Proc
lanniion, bearing date on the Goth dag Of April,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and Elk
y-,hrce. declaring that the said ACT shall take e.
feet and be in force from and after sixty days
from the said date:
Now. therefore, the undersigned, Dan,l Lamb,
Peter G.; Van Wrinkle, Ebert H. Caldwell, James
" Paxton and Ephraim b. Hall. the Executive
Committee Of Cthc Constitutional Convention Of
West Virginia, do hereby, pursuant to the Ord-
nance passed BY the said Convention on the 9Th
day Of February, 1863 entitled can Ordinance
10 provide for the organization Of the State Ct
West Virginia, make known that an election
will he held on Thursday, the 2Sth day OF
May. next, being the Thursday next succeed
ing the thirty-ffth day from the date of the said
proclamation Of the President, at the several
places of voting in the 4s counties 10 be included
in the State Of Vest Virginia, for the election,
under the Amended Constitution thereof, Of Sem
ators and Delegates, Governor, Secretary CT
the State Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General ,.
three Judges Of the Supreme Court Of Appeals,
4 Judge breach Circuit; and the following off,
GERS for each county, that is 10 say Clerk Of
the Circuit Court, Sheriff. Prosecuting 4 torney,
SGrreyo- Of Lands, and Recorder; and that ths
said election is 70 be held, and the results there
Of asccrtaned, certified and returned, according
to the directions contained in the above mention
ed Ordinance. And that pursuant TO the said
Ordinance: ,be.SSenators and Delegates 30 to be
elected to assemble at The city of Wheeling on
Saturday, the Goth day of June next, BE-
ing the sxty-6rst after the issuing q the said
proclamation Of the President, at eleven O'Clock
in the forenoon, end proceede to organize them
selves in their respective Branches, as the Legs
lature Of West Virginia.
Given under our hands this 22d day OF april,
in the year 1869. f..
DANIEL LAMB,
PC Van WiSKLE,
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The COUNTY COURT met on Mon
day, aud transacted a good deal OF
business, in the way of allowing, and
settling claims against the county.
The attendance from the country was
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the pressure of a crowd was quickly
availed of by the candidates for LesIs-
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time in the afternoon.
Harmon Sinsel: of Taylor county,
II. Dering, L. G. Bunker, A. S.
Bowlby, DR.. Boughner, and Colonel
Finnell each spoke upon the all alb
sorbing topic Of the approaching
election.
Towards evening the exercises
were varied by an attempt to get up
a fight, which failed from want ct
white sand somewhere.
The court adjourned sine die.
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OINTMENT.

I.on- marches sore AM stiff JOINS, hlist"rcd
and inamc,i feet. al these the soldier must en-
Guvc MOTHERS. REMEMBER THIS, when
your sons are grasi,!ng their nuSh"ts {" meet
DANCE: think what relief a single pot OF! this
ALL HEALING AND COOLING Sa!vc viii
rive to the one you love when far away from
home and friends. 1t harirns and makes
Tough the feel 50 that they can endure great IA
truc 1t sooihcS and relieves the ni'amcd and
>,iHrn"A joints. leaving them supple. strong and
vigorous, while for
SABRE CUTS AND GUNSilUT WOUNDS.
1t stands wncquaied removing and preventing
every vcStigc OF inAamati0n and ycatly drawing
the edges together. it qrickly and completely
heals the mos, frighrful wounds.
WIVES and SISTERS Of our VOLUNTEERS
You cnnno, put into the NnarsackS Of Your
Husbands and brothers Il more valuable or more
necessary gift than supply Of this
EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY SALVE.
The lonely sentry walking his rounds III night
EXPOSED 10 drcuchinr rains and chill night air,
is often LIED with the most VIOLENT PAINS.
COUGH and SUFFDrATlNG iOARSnNESS,
first SYMPTOMS O: QUICK CONSUMPTION, bat
if supuicd with !iULIOWAI'.S PILLS and
HOLLOW AIS OINTMENT, ail danger Savcrt-
ed few Pills taken night and morning, and thu
Ointment LriSkly rubbed twice day over iii"
throa; and chest will remove the SENEREST
PAINS. and stop the most distressing or Dan
GEROT'S COUGH. Thvrore We say to tic
whole Army
SOLDIERS. ATTENTION.!
SEC to cUv own health, do not trust TO the
Army supplies. although most valuable. TlIcSc
PILLS and OINTMENT have been thoroughly
tested, they are the oHly remedies used in the
l.. Tr,.,
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New Advertisements.
VIRGINIA. sS: Atrules held in the Clerk 5
Y Office of the Circuit Court Of Preston Coun-
t., on the lst Monday in May. 1863:
il.yander ShaW COMMIT.

VIRGINIA.. SIS: Atrules held in the Clerks
Office of the Circuit Court of Preston Coun-
tr. on the lst Monday in May. 1863:
Alexander Shaw, comp't,
Elizabeth Shaw, ct. cl., dcf't
Tie object O! this suit is to subject 10 sale a
tract Of $50 Acres of Land that was pirchas
ed ly Samuel shaw decd. Of the defendant
Mary Robertson. tior TIE .!qulL2tono O: the bonds
executed bv said Samuel Shaw in his lifetime 10
the sai,! Mary Robertson. for the purchase money
OF :a;i i:ni: and 10 distribute tie residue OF the
nrocccds Of said sale among the heirs Of the said
Samuel shaw dee j: and it appcating by a:i!j!.i
yif fled in his cause that the Defendants Joseph
Shaw. John :. Snaw. Elizabeth Johnson. SamUc!
Johnson. and other unknown heirs o.! Maria
Johnson. dec d. Lucy Ann Victor ana Dunbar
Dunnavar. Elizabeth Work. Matilda EmbrrSon
and R,becca Short are not residents Of this STATE;
therefore. it is ordered that they DO appear here
within one month :tttc- due publication Of this
order. and do what is necessary 20 protect their
interest il this $ui;.
! Cort-tcste: J. II. CARROLL. Cl'k.
C1tS L. BROWN. comp is counsel.
may .. ". -.
VIRGINIA. IS: At Rules heiiin the Clerk :
office. of The Circuit Court o.. Preston coun-
t. OF Monday the *, day q May. lS53;
Brady !; Kidd for the Use u
Samuel D. Brady: comY't: ~ Cs,xcrRy
Fairfax PcI'S adm +. a.al. def Is.
The ohcc; of this silt is 20 sab crt the lands
that Fairfax Pell died seized 10 Tic payment Of
4 Judgment in favor Of The complainant, for the
sum Of $40 s., will! intcrcS; from the l+th day
Of Nav 1856. and SG.1j CoS:S: and i; appearing
hr affidavit filed in this cause tlat diligence has
l. ',-'t ~, ~
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PLEASURES. -
Pleasures arc like peoples spread
Iou seize the iiower-thc bloom is fled;
Or like the SnowtiakeS in the river.
4 moment whte-thcn lost forever.
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Pittsburg Adv't's-E Educational,

Hon. WILSON M'CANDLESS,
Judge Of the L. $. Circuit Court, President.
CORNER PENN AND ST. CLAIR STREETS,
Pittsburgh, Penn Il.
rl,lLn L l,hnnnnSf n nd u st
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P. ST have just seen Lieut..
PENTEcosT, of the ID Va. Inf, and
have learned the gratifying, glorious
news, that J. f. PHAREs, sheriff of!
Randolph county, who was shot on the
oath Of April, is not dead, but living,
and doing we'll. May he live to re-
venge the wound given by traitor
foe.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-09-17
The t2sy k.isis8ra fanr1ss'.

We yesterday presented to orr renders
an account Of the murder Of }Ir. Beii!ngcr.
a merchant in Milwaukee by soldiers 81
company C. of the Thirteenth Wisconsin
Regiment at New lisbon. IL thai State
MIR. Bellingcr was hru'a.ly hea,en 20 death
by clubs. and 20 nm lated thai H. feature
could not be rceoenize! by bis m,st inti-
mate friends The sole gro1ni sr a.tacl.
upon him WAS BIS utter.ncc. in proper
and gentiemanly manner. of his opinions
as Democrat Mr. Bellnecr was zen
tleinan without an enemy in the city where
he resided. and always conducted himself
as Il gentleman The assault upon him wa,
unprovoked and 6cnIish in lts cruelty
The same soldiers interrupted Democrat
ic meeting at Madison last winter They
were then applauded for their lawessncss
by the admnlstrationists We shall DOW
see whether they will be punished.
We shall see If the civil authorities of
tH' hNttiN E.Nt titIitl TIC liiiiNiii'l VI
pacity to punish them. We shall see If
the military authorities viii Interfere to
prevent their punishment. The friends f
Bellinger should permit themselves no rest
until the authors OF this damnablc tragedy
arc punished This is especially incumbent
upon them. The Democratic party Of the
State shoeid demand justice, aud enforce
the demand. Every law-abil'ng citizen IN
the state ire pectiye Of party. should JON
IN demanding justice. Our soldiers when
they return home must be learned to re
spcct the rights of others as religion y as
before they went to the field. Those news
papers which insinua'e that. If Democrat
do not wish to he mobbei by soldiers they
must cease talking apprehension, should
be marked Either mob law or statute law
is going to rule among us Mob law cap
not = onfcrcel aPain7t oae patty alone
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-09-17
THE NEWS

Date; from Charleston are 10 the 9th hy
Federal source, and t. The !Gth ~ rebel.
On the 9Th \ magazine Of Fort Moutr.c
was exploded By she'll from the Wee
hawkcn. great damage to The work result
ing. On the night Of the same day an cx-
petition in boat, made an assault upon
Sumptcr, bat were repulsed with heavy
loss. Besides the killed and wounded. the
number OF whom Is not stated, Is prison
cps were taken, including several officers.
The rebels also took the flag which Major
Anderson lowered and Which Dahercn ex-
pccted to replace. The Fcdcrals. at last
accounts, were ercctin e works to she'll
Charleston. There are discreditcd rumors
that the place has been burned More
authentic adyiccs state that the immediate
fall of the city Is not expected
Advices from New Orleans are to the
9th inst. \ steamer leaving on that day
passed Gen. Franhln's command on ship
board, bound out OF the Mississippi In
the same connection it is stated that high
" important movement is ON foot In the
Gulf Department This movement is un-
doubtcdly the expedition to the Rio Grandc
to which o,.I New Orleans correspondent
has alluded Gen. Grant was in the Ores
cent City at the latest dates, and, ON the
18th inst, had Il narrow escape from sori-
Gus accident, his horse throwing and par
TALLY falling upon him The Generals
injuries proved not to be Of serious IA
ture
Federal forces still guard the fords be
tween Falmouth and Bappahannock Sta
ton, and our pickets are confronted by
those Of the rebels.
Mr.. Vallandigham has returned to Wind
sor, and is being visited by large numbers
of distinguished American citizens, among
others ex-senator Pugh the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket.
l. llt ~ Sitdiicl - ~ tloin. ull
and down the Dctroi, river fog the pur-
pose, it is said, of endcavoring to prevent
any attempted crossing BY Mr.. V. into the
domnions OF Abraham the First.
A rebel dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, the
Sth, states that Confederate cavalry trout
the Federals near Athens, Ga and that an
extensive Federal expedition is to be sent
against the rebels in Louisiana.
IL is understood that, IN he recent
French Cabinet discussion on the question
of the recognition of the Southern Conicd-
cracy, a majority of the Ministers we're in
favor ofsuch action, though no final decis-
ion was arrived at.
A military railroad is being built be-
tween NicholasviIlc, Ky, and Knoxville,
Tenn \ thousand men arc to he cmrlov-
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-09-17

Vote the abolition ticket if YOU choose
Sustain the administration in all It's foul
wrongs. Lend your little aid in destroy
ing the first principles of our Republican
government; but do it under no false cry.
Do not, in the name of Liberty and Right.
strike for Oppression. Tyranny and Wrong.
Do not vote the abolition, administration
ticket, crying out for free speech, free press
and free elections. If you do you will be
set down as hypocrite by your plain
thinking neighbor
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-09-17
Arrests.

| Last Friday afternoon and night Depu-
ty Provost Marshal Babbington. with Il
posse Of some kind. upon writs of some
description, arres ted, \. j. keyser. Yum
baugh, Daniel Long, Peter Wilburn, VIM
Warner and Valentine Leidecker and pro-
ceedcd to indianapolis with them on the
. o'clock train, Saturday morning. No
resistance was made to the arrests, the men
expressing all willingness to answer any
and all charges against them before any
legal tribunal
These men are all good citizens-some
Of them being among the first in our coun-
try-and have no desire to evade any off
Ger or escape the consequences of any ac-
ton OF theirs They were arrested upon a
charge OF aiding and assisting deserter
in escaping from Marshal Babbington.-
That the warrants were procured through
the cowardly malice of few abolition spie,
and smellers, who have some especial spite
against the accused parties, and thus seek
to obtain revenge, we have no doubt; that
the men, any Of them, ever assisted a de
serter to escape, or hindcrcd IN officer IN
believe and that they will be acquitted up
on fair trial, we have 10 fears.
If the miserable bathrooms who procured
their arrest imagine their scheme success.
and this the end Of it, they are deceived.
While the men arrested will doubtless be
released upon bail and acquitted upon tri-
al and suffer no other Inconvenience. these
wretches will endure the scorn and loath-
ing of every honest man who knows them,
SO long as the remembrance of their das
tardly attempt to toully wrong their neigh
b0rs exists
Mr.: Plat, for whom warrant was is
sued. was not at home at the time of the
arrests, but learning there was a warrant
for him. Immediately proceeded to Indian
apolis, where he delivered himself to the
was examined. held to bail in
the sum Of $500. and returned home Tues
day morning. The other prisoners were
to be examined on Tuesday
While such arrests are cxaspcrating. yet
SO long AZ the form Of law is observed. and
a trial is given, by which the innocent
may be acquitted, we advise peaceful ac-
quiesccnce OF course, Ill men arrested
are Democrats, and the Democratic party
never opposes thecxccution Of legal man
date from a legal tribunal \ time Of
viii surely come,
IF we do but watch the hour"