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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-11-25
Nov. Q. 1868.
catch THE THIEF.-sTOLFN Pso,-.

the snhse,;h.. nnH1Er'ISTOLEN FROs
the 26th of October, clay bank HORSE, with darI
ana tall and has splint knot on bis right front KIM
an excellent PAGER thought to be seven or eish,
ola he was stolen by man named Isaac Thsskei y
sometimes gtes under the name of Robert or John n
er he belongs to the 18th n c. Regiment. and Is
ter and has forged substitute papers with him one o
signatures to this paper seems to have been slightly s
cd When last heard from he was at HunsucEers Nv.
IN montgomery County n. e., on the night of Sd Of n
1ember will give SIS reward for the recovery o,%
horse and $25 for the man, and as he is deserter G
WILL be paid the usual reward of $50 for him, 'A'
Nov. IL, 1863 lzL Mns.as
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II Office TO CONFEDERATE "a.
~ ERS-I will attend at the following n!..a4A.
to collect the Confederate Tax in RandoD c sn
Capt y. B. Branson's. Monday 3oth Nov"l raN
Geo W: Dorsetts, Tuesday, list Decemh's hbet
J. Cheeks, Wednesday, I'd ""ef.
DIR. 7. L. WinsIow's Thursday, Sd
Franklinsvie, Friday, 4th
Burgess's Mill Saturday, sth g
McSwans, Monday, 7,h :.
New Salem, Tuesday, Sth
New Market, Wednesday. OH
Bush Hill, Thursday. 10th
VIM. CrutchGed's, FRIDAY. llth N
Calvin BulIa'<, Monday 18th
ASHORE Tuesday 10th
Grsy's K Roads Wednesday 10th q
Morgan's. Thursday 18th,
Crawford's Friday 18th "
Lassiter's Mills, Saturday 10Th "
John D. Cox's, Monday 2lst =.
VIM Cassadays, Tuesday 22d :.
Motifs Mills, Wednesday Esd
&C. Siler's, Thursday 9Th :"
Liberty, Saturday 26th
The Assessors for ibe comfy mil, a..
and Mules. As'' ano Neat Cattle By
Any person. failing to attend and INV thai, n
cen! WI De added to the assessment a. h uer la1 lin
WIN De 81 the appointments by 10 ociooI Jaw Nv reqpis
'ne people will attend by that time, VIVA a. H. adi
cou.. J. B. TROY
Nov. ls, 1858. 00"ee'0r TOT Randolph Coss,
48-sS
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PURCHASING SUPPLIES. THE committee appointed
by the City Council to purchase supplies have
found difficulty in buying grain and meats in the
country because of the unwilingness Of farmers to
receive Confederate Treasury notes in payment,
they deeming the present currency less valuable
than their produce. If this is really the cause of
by substituting city Bonds in payment At the market
rates. Until the present currency is made legal
tender, or very much improved, parties who owe
nothing and need but little will not desire to hoard
it up and therefore the for farmers declining
to sell what they have to spare. True patriotism
would dictate another course but the love of mon.
ey seems to override that OF country and indepen.
dence.-Rich. Dispatch.
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In this dark hour Of trial ought there to be blan.
ket in the house of any citizen of the Confederacy
Ought not the churches, the parlors and the bed
rooms to be strpt of every carpet if necessary, and
hurried to the army, asks the Aississippian I"
Aye, by all that's comfortable in the rear-they
ought Chattanooga Rebel
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&EA REWARD.-I WILL GIVE TM|
SD3DV above reward for tho apprehension Of q ner|
boy that absconded from Elias Albright Alamaucs Con
ty, N. c., or about the oath of NovenDef, 1862.
Saa Ge gea1s oo an aSa b usmee So
war on the eye lid has thick lips and is very black
address is Company Shops, N. C.
JOHN P. ALBRIGHT,
Administrator of Elias Albright
Aug. g. 1858. ss-w6m
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GOM MITTED.-TAKEN IN -
- United to the Jail surry County, No., AND
.ae soth DAY of October 1862 necyo ThU a,
name is BEN, and says he belongs to io.h, VINO syE
Ve,r G ad Said bow is sban'
ssss' 1S ss esn. DARK
and pay and take sad bey
N''s'''' WIN HAYMoRL
Nov. 9. 1868. VI e'rry Ccuny
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IL on the ssd day Of october, 1863, negro man BY lib
Of WILLIAM, who states that he did belong Capt
Richard Weaver of Northampton County. 10 miles fa
Jackson. but now belongs 10 minor heirs.
Said boy 10 about IS 40 years DID, six feet high ny
teeth, numeroasly Scared the and legs, evde
from some surgical operation-dotc. Says be now n
with Thos Bragg, JE, Raleigh, N c. The owner is /
quested to come forward property pay chargesE
take him away, otherwise he viii be dealt With As ib.E
directs.. W. H. CUELOA,
Shift of Johnston q
Smithneld n. c., Oct. 26, 1858. 44-WSn
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GENEROUS AND UNsELFIsH PATRIOTISM learn
that the same citizen Of Richmond wao has already,
at different times, handed to the Secretary Of the
Treasury two thousand dollars in gold, with the
condition that his name should not be made known,
has just delivered to the Secretary another thousand
in gold, upon the same condition. We honor the
motives and generous bearing Of our townsmsn.-
He deserves the appreciation and gratitude of his
countrymen for the noble example which be has
set-Richmond Dispatch
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mountain ia made up OF atoms, and friendship
Of little matters, and ft6e atoms hold NOT tossshs
the mountain II csumhlsd into dust
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The Japanese possess the art of dwarfing and
magn,fyng vegetable products in an extraordinary
manner recent traveller states that he saw a
plum tree, cherry tree, and fig tree growing in
small box not more than inches long, the plum
tree being in blossom whilst, on the other hand,
cabbages are grown Of such size that one is as
much as man can lift
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JEWS AND SPECTATORS Atlanta Register,
in some very sensible comments under this head,
remarks:
The Jews of the South are the great blockade
runners: They, too, have absorbed much of the
gold that was once in circulation. Foreigners, as
they are, they are exempt from military service.
and hence, perhaps the odum which in many in
stances without reason attaches to the prohibited
trade Let US state just here, that We have yet to
tind Jew specializing in potatoes, in butter corn,
SALT and never yet in bacon. Let the South re-
member that her own native born citizens have be-
come spectators in these articles which the neces
sites o. our army and country absolutely require
Let US do justice to those against whom popular
prejudices are SO easily and readily aroused Let
the Jew import his gewgaws and triAes, and all
the paraphernala of a woman's wardrobe. He on
" adds to the quantity and diminishes the price.
He then becomes buyer of gold to make another
importation. But whose faul. or whose necessities
cause him to do this? The purchaser or his wants
sre to be reprehended or deplorei.
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smithne,d, N. c., Oct. 80, 1868.

Il = negro man who says his name is GREEN. and sh!
be raised by Reuben Csrpinder. of Wake County
C., and now belongs to Willie Whitley of Missss ppl
The owner Of said by is hereby notified to come orws
prove pope.ty pay charges aud take him away be vi
be dealt with the directs The age of the boy isl
or 4o weighs about IT'S lbs and says he has been ru
away about eight years. WIN. H. COLLUM,
Sh'f of Johnston Co., N. O.
July %, 1865 sl2wSm
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OTTO E...T III e FIRM BERE Rrotbes.
II existing under the style of D. G, Poo bJp
having dissolved. the business will be con'i pool
undersigned in the name Of j. d. Q. d M r. pool
K,ttrslla. n, G., Nov. 10, 1858.
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George D. Prentice, Of the Louisville Journal
draws the following picture Of society" in the
Federal capital:
"Vagabonds and swindlers, the scum and off.
scourings of all countries, are ready to fleece anv
one according to his MEANS either of million IN
government speculations, dollar at the dropping
the pigeon. Keeling rowdies, in and out Of should
er straps crowd the streets, block up the carriage
ways, and pollute tie air with blasphemy. W..
men OF the town-the creatures and victims of de.
oaacnery, In Voluptuous carriages and crowned
with jewels like Cleopatra or Aspasia-faunt in
open day, shameless and unrebuked. The DAYS are
open, bold God detying proaigacy. The nights
r'otous, swindllng and plundering. The rush for
contracts and the like followed in the evening
by the brilliant glitter Of the gambling hell, or the
shameless profusion and ruin Of the brothei. This
at the national capital to vitiate, corrupt and de-
stroy the very fountain of the nation. 1t has be.
come an Augean stable that wants cleaning badly.
1t is pity that purifying army of some kind
could not sweep it clean Of its corruption even
had to be purified by fire."
How much better than Washington is Richmond!
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MILITARY EXECUTION IN THE Army OF NORTHERN
VIRGrNIA.-Three soldiers Of the Forty second Vr-
glnla regiment General Jones' brigade, who, BY
trial Of court martial had incurred the death penal.
ty Tor the heinous crime Of deserton, under repeat
ed and aggravated circumstances, paid the penalty
Of their lives On Friday in General Lees army, by
being "shot to death with lnusketry." The ex.
ecutlon ground was located off the road leading from
Orange Court House to Fredericksburg, about six
miles from the courthouse aud in sight of Mount
Pisgah CHURCH The condemned were bound to
three stakes and six brgades of infantry were drawn
up in hollow square to witness the spectacle which
was affecting indeed. At the first discharge Of the
firing party the heads Of the condemned dropped
forward, and their hats fell off to the ground; but
they were not dead, and second platoon stepped
up and fired, and also third platoon, when the
work OF death was completed. The military then
marched IN review past the corpscs and returned
camp, and the bodies were buried where they fell
The victims were all Virginians. two hailing from
Roanoke county, and one from Patrick. One was
very young fine looking youth named Cooper. He
wept much during the ceremony, and every soldier
present felt for him. But the gravest Of all military
crimes had been committed, and could only be
atoned for by his blood. The names of the othe,
two men were unknown to our informant, who saw
the execution. Thus dishonorably persisted three
men, who after passing unscathed in honor or pa
trlotsm through many battles, facing death by bull
let and Steel by one false step aside from the patti
Of principle and duty, brought to die miserably
at the musket points of their comrades in arms
Rich Examiner
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CONFEDERATE PRISONERS Who DIED AT CAMP
DouGLAs-Elghty two Confederate prisoners died
at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, in the month Of
Octuber. Among them We note John Anderson,
9th North Carolina; Samuel Barnes, 9th Virgin.
il; John Davis, Gath Virginia; John J. Gray, cpd
North Carolina; A. G. Hall, Virginia; R N. Miller,
ed North Carolina; Enoch Mcclure, 9th Virgin
ia; Huston Morness, 9th Virginia; A. J. Pruss-
nell, 62l North Csrolna; Avery Reeves 62d North.
Carolina; James. L. Shelton, GID North Carolina ;
Jacob Sellers, gu North Carolina; Jackson A.
Iague, CID North Carolina Emery Topton, Gath
Virginia; Jefferson Wadile, 9th Virginia; Gran
Vile Watts, oath Virginia; Marion Wilson, Gath
Virginia.
Three fourths Of all the deaths were from ;nfam-
nation Of the lungs.
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II ANDs FOR sALE.-THE sUBSCRltbSs
Ia will sell for cash, or on time for well secured
hrs tract Of land in Lenoir County, lying on Louise!
and about Eve miles north of Kinston. There WI
tract about 725 acres about two hundred and tweas
of which is cleared It is well adapted to the rs
corn, cotton; &C., with an abundance of mari ana
the best quality for fertilizng purposes and CONVEX
LOCATED in the farm. v,%
For fur her particulars, address L. J. Newborn n
N. c., or apply to him and he will show tho anarss1G
z,rou ,se. ). A. HAhiISErdt ,
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OSEPH ANN ADCOCK VS.. n. G.. ADCOC
a. and others. Petition for dvoice. Court of Rs
and Quarter Sessions, August Term. 1868.
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the Court that Tho
Gee and wife Mary and N. G. Adcock are non-resideus
the State: Gu motion. it is ordered that publication
made in the Raleigh Standard for six weeks inforr
them of the fling Of this petition and unless they ap
at the next term Of this Court and answer the same
be taken pro conesso aud heard purtA as to them
Witness, R. q Gotten, CLERK Of said Court at Office
Peterborough, the I'd Monday of August, 1868.
X. c. GOTTEN, C. &C
Oct %. 1e68 AwsrI
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TRAYED OR STOLEN, FROM
- ADAMS lot, Raleigh, on Sunday night la s;,s %
MULE, medium size five years DID, with wn, M ,b
on his back where the saddle rests. He had on ,hs
liberal reward will be paid for the delivery OF al,
or any information concerning him, to Lynn s ns
Raleigh, or to me at Vance Hitl Wake County;
miles south of Raleigh. JAMES HONE vstp
November s, 1868.
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JORDAN WOMBLE, COMMISSION MED
- CHANT. HARuETT STREET, RALEIGH. NJ G.
Will receive and sell on commission all kinds Of count
produce or other goods l fatter myself with an EXP
rienee of more than thirty years in business that y
give satisfaction Special attention given to the sailed
Flour. Consgnments solicited.
Aug II, 1861 34-wR
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ITO REFUGEES OR 9TH Frs WHO VIZ VIZ
IL TO INVEST CONFEDERATE MoNEi:-iaa WI hi
at public auction on the premises on Friday the su
Of December next my valuable plantation in DAVE
N. G, one mile be low GAINESVILLE 0. on Dotspsa
Creek containing two hundred acres one hundred
tbe premises esu cali o me- at II miles
Saiem the Shallow Ford Road, miles east oil SD'
Ford. ~ab|
lfdisposed Of privately before day of sale notice SsT
given. W. oin ~
. Lewisyille, N. C, Nov. 7th. 1898 4S-%
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Il WiIkesborought TO rent tor the balance of the "
terms moderate-will suit small famiy-say six p'
convenient outhouses attached. Apply soon as.
May 5,l863. .Is-Fa
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10 FARMERS, MILLERS, AND THE COZ
Il MUNlTY GENERALLY.-We are now p.eDsreH
furnish Pioughs, Plough CASTING Casting for Mls =
all other purposes Also to repair and fit up Mill ".
dies aud all other Mill irons. Soon we expect 10 u'
cooking aud other Stoves.
We will pay the highest price for old cast Iron CON
Brass and Zinc. SHAY, WILLIAMSON CO,
North State Iron and Brass WORKS
Bsleigh, N. c., Aug II, 1858. 34-wlT
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
How 10 he Miserable.

Sil by the window and look over the
way 10 your neighbours excellent mansion
which he has recently built and paid for.
and sis out-"O, tha, was q rich man"
Get angry wilE your neishbor. and
think you have not friend in ths world.
Shed tear or two, and take a walk in
the burial ground, Continually saying to
yoursels--"Wheu shall l be buried herea"
Sign a note for friend, and never for.
get your Kindness, and every hour in the
day whisper to yourstf-"I wonder ifhs
will ever pa5 tkat note.''
Think every body means to cheat you.
Closely examine every bill you take sad
doubt its being genuine Till you have pus
the owner to great deal OF trouble. Be-
lieve every nnepenee passed you is sig.
pences crossed. and express your doubts
about getting rid of it if You shoHid ven-
ture to take "!
Pu! confidence in nobody, and believe
every man you trade with to be a rogue.
Never accommodate il you can posi-.
bly, help it. Never Visit the sick or afI
ficted, and RIVER give fhrthiug to assist
the, poor.
Buy as cheap asyod can aud screw
down to low, 8, mill. Grind the faces and
hearts Of the unfortunate.
Brood over your misfortunes, your lack
Of talents. and believe tina. at no distant
day you will come TO want. Let the
work.house be ever in your mind With ell
the horrors Of distress and poverty.
Follow those recipes strictly. and you
will be miserable 10 your hssri's content
-if We may So spssk--sick at heartaad
at variance with all the world. Nothing
will cheer or encourage you, nothing
throw CLEAN Of sunshine or = ray q
light into your heart. s' -.'l
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
Growing Old.
DY HENRY WARD DEECHER.
o. II . u T T VNUI
Major Com 1st o. V. Infantry

There is period at which men come
to lie slrangely impressed with the
thought, 81 am growing DID," | sup.
pose there is year or TWO in which all
have the feeling, (il may not be painful
one, but it is sad one, it is tender. mi
nor feeliDg;l 81 have passed my youth;
am never to be young any more; not
only am a man, but rs A man have
signs and tokens of tie failure Of some
parts of my organization" s
/ is said Of athletes, boxers and Wrest.
lers that they have second Jrsoth. Al
ter they have gone through what may be
said to DO theiI first strength, there is
rally,ng of the system. and then they are
said to have come to their second breath.
When they are on their second breath,
they hold out great while. So it is
with our thoughts in respect to growing
old We have sad feeling to get over.
which arises from the consciousness that
we are becoming aged; but after men
have got over that feeling, they never feel
old, though they are eighty years Of age.
they come to their second breath in that
regard! Now. do you begin TO have a
consciousness that You are failing? Du
you 6Sd that your feet grow heavier than
,hey used to be? Are there not some pei
sons here that have some difficulty abou,
the ear? Have you not thought that per.
sons talked less clearly thau they used toi
Have yoG thought that people did no,
pronounce their words as plainly
as you were taught to pronounce
you're in the school you attended? Doel
it not seem to you that the spectacle ma;
ters are growing slack? Are there nc
times when you feel that the shadow il
turned? All day long the sun goes up
and up. aud up, till at last it stands .
flush MONDAY and then, when it slant
even ore degree, you STE that the sbad
ow creeps down the other side, and grow
longer as il goes down. There are many o
you lha, have seen the shadow run on III
wrong side. and it is growing longer Ant
longer. Your sun is goisg down lowsrt
The western horizon.
II q man has been GccuStonied TO thihl
Of bis life mainly IS centersd or fxs'
here. il 10 not possible that he should no
feel sadness at the indications Of deosyiul
powers. OF limited accomplishments, @
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
A David 10 The isescuc

The Lancaster Pa journal has the iDl.
owiDg-the inciden' occurred iir tue bat
IL OF Fair O.ks, and was related BY Prof
WickershaIn. 10 lsoiure:
A rebel battery. handled in q mastery
manner. was moving our men down, and
it seemed impossible 10 drive il from its
position. Ths General, seeing this, rode
up 10 the pain Of a Lancashire com
pahy.
Captain, | wsnt me one who will 90
out between The armies and shoo, The off
Ger 10 command Of that battery"
"Why. General, il is certain death TO
attempt it,"
"But you see how that ERE is decimat.
ing our ranks. Is there no man wiling
to sacrifice HIMSELF"
OH see," said the captain, turning to
his company. Boys, who Of you ia vii
ling 10 20 out between these armies and
shoot yonder officer?
A young mau stepped from the ranks.
saying, I'm 60"
He went, seemingly 10 certain death.
Crawling along, he finally reached ht-
tie elevation. behind which lie was part
tally concealed. There was a crack VI
MS rife. but the ball missed its mark
Again steady alma puff Of smoke
The officer is seen 10 throw up his arms.
His gunners spring 10 catch him as be
falls. The battery is forced to abandon
iis position. The brave soldier returns
unlarmed. And" said the Professor,
in burst of enthusiasm, I would rather
have searched the army through. bu, !
would have taken that young man BY the
hand and said to him. at was brav.ly
don, !" He was teacher from this coun
". will give you Lis nams-GEoRGE
X. SwoPE."
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
ThePo,o1iacArInyi in GoodHcal.h

New YoRK. January l5.-Specisls this
morning contain but little OF interest.
The Surgeon General states that the
sanitary condition Of the Army of the
Potomac is good. Some new regiments
complain Of the quality OF the food and
privisions, and also tha, they have au ih
sufficient quantity. ''-..
The army correspondent Of the Times
says the rebels are evidently anticipating
an early attack. Last night they threw
up rife pits extending over half a mile Of
ground. Phe new rife pits are nearly
opposite Falmouth. and On the right Of
our position. a..'''
Indications shows that the army is
liable TO receive marching orders at any
moment. A movement mus. and certain.
ly will take place before the expiration Of
many days. i
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22

Icing compelled 10 lay down bis part OF
the duties Of active life. But il be feels
ihst these things are working out for him
"a far more exceeding eieinal weight Of
glory" in the life that ia to come, he can
look uToh them With eonposure il not
cbeerfulns-s. ...+..
We do not knoT what mountains, rich
with gold, are wof,li Until we begin 10
Dig; and the more we dig the more we
becoms Impress, d With lis great value.
So long as The gold is covered up, and is
locked in the hard quartz. i, is worthless
II is by blasting. By rend,ng, by destroy,
ing. that The ple' ious ore is brought out
and made serviceable Nov, we carry in
US that which IL more pIecious than the
ore, To obtain which we Llast and rend
and destroy the rock. 1t is Jus, this that
the apostle thinks when he says we
have this Teasars in earrhen vessels. -
We are like a cesket made of Earth, inside
.! which is .preciousness, il may be Of
ointment, or jewels, or something else
The real value consists in that which the
easket contains This body may be shat
er'd. the casket may be destroyed, and
Jet all that 10 valuable remain. In
Who cares. then, whether the hair be
white or black? Who cares whether The
eye be far'siyhtrd or Dear,sighted? Who
cares whether the hearing be poor OF
goOd? Who cares villa. becomes Of the
senses? This is not my wi ole life.
t. is body is not my only heritage. 90
to nat fright land where the immol tai
part shines up and on Tor ever ard ever.
And this consideration takes away the
sadness oce asionsd by The consciousness oi
the failure Of the eal THY faculties.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
News Items.

The total amount of treasure received
in San Francisco from eli points during
the pas. year was $4,000, 900.
Mayo! Opdyks recently vetoed bill
passed by the Common Council Of New
York to issus $4,000, 900 Of city shin
planters; but the Council have passed
the biliOyer ths Mayors veto.
Late advices from San Antonio. Te1aSy
state that an express from Brownsville
had information that four thousand
French troops had landed at MAtamoraS
and taken possession of the city.
The resolutions approving the PreOi-
dents emancipation proclamation have
passed both Houses oi the Califolnia
Legislature. eight Senators and eleves
members Of the Assembly voting againSt
them.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-22
LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1868.

all. Young and Rocky were the last to
leave the battle field. aud as ihs Rebels
followed US up on our retreat of Wsdnes-
day morning the 5lst ul,.. we fear they
are either killed or prisoners. We bur.
led only those in front of our own Divis.
ion line; none Of our missing were among
the number.
| will give you incidents and scenes Of
the battle in my uext-some Of which
would move heart Of stone. and bring
tears to eyes all Unused to the melting
mood"
HARRY Conner.
Co. A, 1st O. V. l. 9I Division