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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-29
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From the Bridgeport Standard.

1'RnaEsptots EarLos,Ss ss Les or
 LlrE. The extensive Copper IIf,iissl ia OLio
 and Peuusyfvania beiunging -so " Fsliandisllam.-
 Woodwardssb Hos sis thesscsde6f aresit dis. ,aster on Tuesday,. Oct 18th. train h.d
 been eafefaily Iaiil tssrv1ghUut thetehtirs init.A
 for the eCpnrpose df hepenisg t nsmsof of tieksiy Veins. slThe grsatest skill .wss exsfrissd iuod faal g thr rrepArs sfigps. and ihe alles, eari.,-
 sers Tom d,tfsrei.s paris of The couniy we,s ,s' e.lsp'lyeti In eohd0ttiag tho eiIte4,ris. Thtoa
 shuck prodnei'd ly shrn expl,sioos pasI an,,rhsa
 ,eSss thesl was aiisnass sud rs. sls ,i
 Many lh his af sks ailsss Wlss Y SusssE s.l;
 the ds6Fssp aad ehs syysitsoss sisyi 3otsd Q ~
 DilSets fs wlAs wsrs sent .tsa nitnsss ii:k ,.
 grand astsF were ali sf them k;ll.d. Tke.x.
 nlosive mieri:'l dst was liltIis insiiynati,s..f
 a'd its force being'so muci greater than -ex
 p' oted. large spenings were made in. every parts
 oi the mine, The '.l5oard of Directors" were Tat the time standing in a distant locality. in
 place sail to be perfectly secure from hann.is but the treInenduous force of the explosioiir opened large Assure underneath their feetanA
 they were swallowed up immediately. Judge aw5oawa d was al the time leaiiihe oii tis ainIa 'of Mai Gen George B. StsC Clellanl whol Rassj
 present by special iinyitatien. Both were jn< ii .stantly killed, It is 2 singular fact that Abn-, ham Lincoln came very near meeting smilat fate about year ago while leaning oA the sFsnao 1of the same Generli for snpporta A letter wsiir
 ten by Gen, Mcclellan supposed tolhnye, been.
 blown from his pocket was picked up, in an al<
 most perfect state of presefvatioHsa 1iiess Cops Eperi Works were the most extensive h tke
 Country. The stock is owned by eitixens of every State, and the board of directors compos-P
 ed ofahe leading men iron all parts of tlisa
 country.q GslLdV Valhandigham. Eernando;sndr Ben Wood, Hontio Seymour, James Brook iThos. H. Seymour, Isaac Toucey, F. Pierce. J.'
 Davis and A. H. Stevens and dtheir IcoqebslslI were ainong the. iheayiest Townersi 1heraars,, also soiils, large stockholders . in Epgland anah h France, though Messrs. Mason and Slidell the" fagents Of the company have not beed as s6elm 'cesstat as was expected in their epefitiosiso E;'hroad,iJ A careful examination of the debrjh, lproves the bed of Copper not to have been as
 deep us was anticipated. 'faiis disaster Sillsi ruin tile company us it ise not expected ihsyis Twill undertake to werk the mine aga,n,, the E,yyield of copper, to the developments of this blast not being sufficient to warrant sthsis3: 'pehse. .seioa@ stom gd .iia rlso sdfl0 sgisift5
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The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1863-07-31

BaE In one Of the fearful but .fruitless
charges made'by our brave men upon the
breastworks near Gettysburg, Isaac g., son Of
Maj. Thomas Neenor, of this county, fell. A
'comrade who saw him fall within a few feet
of the treastworks, went to him, when the
gallant boy raised his eyes and remarked, Il
am killed, but fight on. brave boys"
This is the kind of stuff our soldiers are
made of, and this is the reason why our army
can't be conquered, and often put to flight
thrice their own numbers. Isaacswas good
as well as brave boy, and was a member Of
the Christian Church. He died in the de-
fence of his home and country, died nobly,
with noble exhortation upon his lips as life
ebbed out. The bereaved ones at home, while
they weep over his early fall, will remember
his gallantry with pride, and his last exhorta-
ton will nerve the arms and hearts Of the
comrades he has left behind.
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Another Change.

We have for several weeks been debating in
our minds whether we should raise the ..Vir
ginian'' to living price, or continue at orr pre-
sent rates. Paper and personal subsistence is
from to 10 prices over and above former rates,
and we must either break in our efforts to con-
tinue the Virginian or raise the price Of sub
scription to living rate. We have concluded,
as we have weathered the storm thus far, to see
of what sort of material our subscribers are made
those particularly who are receiving the very
tallest prices that can be obtained for every
thing they have to sell. We shall, therefore,
furnish the virginian at SIS per year and So
for months, in the future, the money to be
paid in advance by all new subscribers.
Our old patrons who may feel unwilling to
pay our advanced rates, can withdraw their
names from our list by paying up old scores
We lost few subscribers when we increased
the price of the Virginian to 81 and $3.50, and
we will venture that each one was then selling
his produce at the highest prices. Any sub
sscriber who may feel willing to pay subscrip-
tons in produce at old prices, will be furnished
with the Virginian at ST. so per year.
Our advertising rates in future, win be $l.5O-
per square of 10 lines, and 81 for each continu-
ance. reasonable deduction will be made to
annual advertisers.
July 10th, 1863
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Keep Both in their Proper Places.

Major General Buckner has issued very
stringent orders against the practice so indis-
criminately INDUCED in by minor military Of
.6cials, Of interfering with citizens; he lays
down the rule distinctly that the military has
nothing to do with the conduct Of the citizens,
excep for violation Of military law, and Off
GERS who make arrests are to be held account
able in cases Of improper detention This is
right. Military officials should be taught their
places, and SO should the citizen also. Gene
rally. where there is collision, both sides
are to blame. No necessity, however, should
occur for a disagreement. If officers only
obey their instructions to the letter, and citi-
Gems the laws, everything would move along
smoothly and without the sexatious war Of
words and the newspaper controversies that
are SO continually being carried on in some
sections Of the Confederacy Keep your
places, Messrs Officers. Obey the laws, Messrs.
Citizens. All will then be right. atlanta,
(Ga.) Chronicle d Sentinel.
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For the Virginian.
Public Meeting i'm vvyti,eville

At meeting held in the G. H., Isaac j.
Leftwitch, Esq, was called upon to preside.
Before taking the Chair he made an earnest
appeal to the people to organize themselves
at.once for the defence of their homes against
such ,marauding hcendiaries as visited our
peaceful village on last Saturday. On mo-
ton, Jesse D. Bailey was appointed Secreta.
ry of the meeting.
On motion, the following preamble and re-
solutions, presented by Robt. G. Kent, Esq,
were unanimously adopted. Wis
Whereas the people Of Wythe county have
recently suffered from their public enemy in
the killing Of her citizens, and the destruction
and carrying away of their private property;
and impressed with the necessity Of organic
ing for the defence of their lives and their
homes against similar raids, therefore
Resolced, That the County Court Of Wythe
be requested to adopt the following system of
county defence, viz:
1st. To appoint Committee to view the
county frontiers exposed to danger of raids,
and report. (1) The gaps at which raids may
be expected.
I'd. The stations from which signal fires
may be visible throughout the county, and
(3) The signal which shall be agreed upon.
End. To employ men, with adequate com.
pensation, whose duty it shall be to collect
fuel at such stations and to watch at each,
and at the approach of the enemy to set the
fuel on fire, and then hasten to warn the peo-
pie.
8. To organize all the citizens in each ma
jesterial district into companies, one in each
district, whose duty it shall be to proceed up
on notice of raid, to obstruct the road at
every practicable point.
4th To appoint committee to confer with
the people and authorities of adjacent coun-
ties SO as to organize system Of frontier sig
nails and domestic defence.
On motion, the Secretary was directed to
forward these proceedings to the Richmond,
Lynchburg and Abingdon papers for publica-
ton. JESSE d. BAILEY, Sec'v.
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are doing the very best they can, and certain
y much better than those could do who criti-
else their actions with so much severity. It
= an easy matter to plan campaign and
fight it through to q glorious issue from a
parlor or an editorial sanctnm, where grim
visaged war and whizzing shells are neither
seen nor heard, but it is far different thing
to plan and fight SO pleasantly and success
fully, with an overwhelming and willy enemy
in view.
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Particular Notice.

No: having time to call upon the subscribers
of the Virgmian in this place and county, to
collect dues, we hope they will call and pay US.
We need the money. Our expenses are heavy
and have to be met promptly in cash.
Examine your receipts and see how the ac-
count stands.
We hope our subscribers at other points will
regard themselves as under some obligation to
forward to us amount due on subscriptions. ;.
Those who subscribed and paid for months,
will please renew their subscriptions by for
warding amount for months or longer, as they
may prefer.
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raids, but the.gulls will hardly take the bait.
A like trick was played in Kentucky more
than a year ago. Companies were gotten up
ostensibly for home profession, but as soon
as they were organized, all who joined them
found themselves fastened by law, and hence
hundreds, if not thousands, whose sympathies
were then with the South, are now in the
Northern army.
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ssThe SituatiOn.o

We hardly know what to say about IT,
Thus much we must say, and sorry we are to
say it, the present is adark and gloomy hour.
The Fates, for the moment, seem to be against
us, but we have mistaken confidence in
brighter and more cheerful day in the unde-
reloped future. We are not prepared. like
some Of our contemporaries, to attribute all
this to the mismanagement or errors of our
commanding Generals. but rather to the vi
cissitudes of war and the revolutions of the
wheel of fortune. We haven't moments
doubt that Lee, and Johnston, and Pember-
ton, and Gardner, and Bragg, have all done
the very best they could under the circum-
stances, and until there is the moss unmis-
taxable evidence to the contrary, we should
regard ourselves as ungrateful to indulge in
hasty censure. Gen. Lees Maryland and
Pennsylvania movement was doubtless an un-
fortunate one. but, under all the circumstar-
ces, it was deemed advisable. and thousands
of those who no,o condemn it as i'll advised,
were clamorous for it before it was underta.
ken. Many believe, and we are among the
number, that Yankeedoodledom never will be
brought to its senses till it feels some of the
evils of invasion, and until they do feel this
as we have felt it, war will be but as "a
pastime to them.
Gen. Johnston, with perhaps less than one
third as many men as Grant, with inefficient
artillery and meagre transportation, has doubt
less done the best he could under the circu m.
stances. It is a very easy matter to criticise
his policy at this distance, and for men a
thousand miles of to throw railroad bridge
across Pearl river and save 40 engines and
other stock in the retreat from jackson, but
it might, and doubtless was, a very difficult
matter to be upon the spot and do that thing.
Until, therefore, there is incontestble evi-
dence that he could have saved the rolling
stock, &C., censure is in bad taste and unjust.
He has but about $4,000 men, while there are
said to be enough able bodied men on the line
Of railroad from Meridian to Mobile to have
swelled his army to more than 10000, vet
but Is companies could be mustered, and
these were made up in Northern Mississippi,
where the whole country had been ravaged by
the Yankees.
Gen. Pemberton has suffered too long and
endured too much, to be liable to suspicious
Of disloyalty. Had he been disposed to sell
his army, as some conjecture, it would have
been done without the vast sacrifice of human
life that pitceded his surrender, and before
his own gallant army was dibilitated and
rendered unfit for service by their long con-
inement within their narrow limits and the
dreadful privations they endured.
Gen. Bragg, in bis falling back from Tnlla-
homa to Bridgeport, and from Bridgeport to
Chattanooga, and from Chattanooga to-no
matter where, although it gave the enemy
large and fruitful territory, was, in our cpin-
ion, wise policy, and circumstances are Low
TRANSPORTING to prove it. Rosecranz was baf-
fed BY the movement, and from that moment
to this his army has been like a ship at sea
Without rudder.
conclude, then, that all our commanders
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Of the Administration which ne upnoids: and
Tins IN the law Of retaliation, which isthe
law Of might. would forfeit his own right to-
liberty. personal and political. whensoever
other mer, and. another party shall bold the
nouer. Much more do the candidates them.
selves Suffer them not, / sntreat you. to
eyade; the issue; and by the Judgment OF the
people we will abide.
And now, finally, let me ask, what ls the
pretext for all the INDUSTRIOUS acts and claims
Of arbitrary power which you have 60 nobiy
denounced? military necessity Bat if
indeed. all these be demanded by military
necessity, then believe me. your liberties are
zone. and tyranny is perpetua. For # this
Civil war is to terminate only by the subjuga-
t;or, or submission of. the South to force and
arms. the infant of to-day will not live to see
the end Of it. No; in another way only can
it be brought to close. Travelling thou
sand miles and more, through nearly one-ha!f
Of the Confcderat States, and sojourning for
time at widely different points, met not
one man. woman, or child who were not re-
solved to perish rather than yield to the ptes-
snre of arms. even in the most desperate ex-
tremity. And whatever may and must be
the VARYING fortune Of the war, in all which
i recognize the hand of Providence pointing
yisibly to the ultimate issue Of this great trial
of the States and people of America, they are.
better prepared now every way to make good
their inexornble purpose than at any period
since the beginning Of the struggle These
may, indeed. be unwelcome truths; but they
are addressed only to candid and honest men.
Neither, however, let me say. did / meet any
one. whatever his opinion or his station. polit:-
cal or private. who did not declare his readi-
ness, when the arsshall have ceased and in
vading armies been Withdrawn, to consider
and discuss thesquestion of reunion. And
who shall danbt the issue of the argument?
/ return, therefore, with my opinions and
convictions as to war or peace, and my faith
as to final results from sound policy and wise
statemanship, not only unchanged, but con,
frmed and strengthened. And may the God
of heaven and earth so rule the hearts and
minds Of Americans everywhere, that with %
Constitution maintained, a Union restored,
and liberty henccfnrth made secure, gram
der and nobler destiny shall yet be.onrs, than
that even which blessed oar fathers in the
first two ages of the Republic.
G. L. VALLANDIGHAM.
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esg. The N. Y. Herald saw

ea The n 7. Herald says the war is
about over, and calls upon the people North
and $ nth to prepare for a war with France
and E,sl',"d. This is done to deceive the
'Ua'.ersal Yankee Nation" They have re-
sisted cppscsipiiois. and intend to resisteit to
the bitter rSd. IT,. Herald knows the North
ern people eeli. and it knows if they can be
made T. bels,e the war is over, they will en-.
list by thousands every day. Itknows thew
are ready to fight when there is no prospect
of fighting, and hence it has resorted to this
subterfuge to get them to enlist. AS soon
as they do this, old Abe has them, and the
first thing they know they will be in the army
and 10 the field. It is cute trick Of the He
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cone out between them.''

Both the Surgeon and the Colonel of the
48th regiment, report Thomas Taylor, of Co.
B., as killed. Two letters have been received
from Thomas Taylor denying the charge. -
We leave the question to the decision Of our
readers, as we do bot feel at liberty to i'm
peach the veracity of either Of the parties con-
cerned.
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The Late Wytheyille Raid.

We have had thousand and one rumors
of the capture-sometime all, sometimes part
-of the late raiders on Wytheville. We have
no means of knowing how many were cap
tured, but from all the lights before us, we
believe the 20 or 25 captured at Wytheville,
constituted the bulk. A number of horses
were taken from them in their retreat, and a
considerable number of fat cattle they had
stolen were re-captured. We have history
of their circuitous route of escape. It was as
follows:
After leaving Wytheyille, they kept the
same roa they came-the Fancy Gap road
towards Tazewell C. H., north of Walkers
Mountain. They then passed down the head
of Walkers creek on the road leading to Giles
county. Abnut midway between Fancy Gap
road and the Mercer and Wytheville turn
pike, they left the Valley and turned across
the mountains over to Wolf creek, and cross
ed Rich mountain at Crabtree's, on the Clear
Fork, and down that to the moAth Of Cove
creek. There they crossed the Buckhorn and.
East River mountain over very rough path
way, to Bluestone, some 10 or IL miles above
Col. McCausland's position at Rocky Cap
They crossed from there over to the Mud Fork
of Bluestone. and down the same to the Falls
Mills From thence they crossed the mouth
Of Abb's Valley, crossing the great dividing
ridge over to Elkhorn, a branch Of the Tug
Fork Of Sandy, and thence to the Ohio river.
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For the Eirginian.
GIMP NEAR ABINGDON, VA, I
July 9th, 1868.

y 4 y
Messrs. Editorss.-The goth inst, found the
s4th Va. Regt. in Marion, Va, without rations,
and under circumstances that precluded the pos
sibility of drawing upon the Commissary for re-
lief to the hungry, whose apetites had been
sharpened by the preceding nights march; and
being in momentary expectation Of more active
operations, therewas neither time nor inclina-
ton in the command, to seek the needed sup
plies elsewhere. But with kindness, that we
believe to be Characteristic, and which merits
and receives the warmest thanks of our entire
command, the citizens of the town spread their
tables, filed baskets, hayersacks, &c., for our
boys, thereby furnishing them with such a nice
dinner, as did notsonly render them free from
want, but even the memory Of which is good
sauce to our far less palatable rations. upon
which we daily luxuriate when we can get
them.
Nor have we, through the long chain of our
marches, met q more cordial hospitality than
the citizens Of Marion exemplifed toward us.
HAL.
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Operations Before Charleston.

Operations Before Charleston.
The Assault on Battery Wagner Desperate
Effort of the Es,ensp-Fult Particulars 1T
their Repatlse- aodress of General Beaure-
gard 10 has Troops The Feeling IN Charles
ton, dc.
The Charleston papers that reached Us yes
terday brought the particulars of the enemy's
recent desperate assault an Battery Wagner.
In the absence Of the Neycury, which failed
to reach US, we copy from the Cou,ier's ac-
count:
The steady, unrcmitting FIRE from the ene-
my that has been maintained since their oc-
cupation Of Morris Island, as it has long
been suspected. was but the precursor Of
something more terrible, and that as soon as
they could effect q foothold, and erect batte-
ries with heavy guns, a desperate attempt
would be made to sweep Battery Wagner and
Morris Island Of every Confederate occupant.
The attempt was made on Saturday. The
Federals had occupied Black Island, small
spot between James ard Morris Islands, and
thrown up a battery; they had erected two or
three additional batteries on Morris Island,
about one and three quarter miles from Fort
Wagner, and they had concentrated their. feet,
consisting of three Monitors, the '.Ironsidee,"
a frigate and four gunboats, some Of which
threw shells from mortars. Altogether, the
circle of fire embraced not far from seventy
guns. At.daylight these opened. first delibe-
increased marderously Two Monitors, two
o'clock formed a line nearly in front Of Bate
ry Wagner, and about noon these were join.
ed by two additional Monitors.
Eroyn this fiyyno t,rti1 eov ~ rx3oJrn6