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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

tbs TwELFrH Va. REGIMENT The Petersburg Er
press has a correspondent in this regiment, of which
the trays OF tbs city, constitute portion. Ia lislls
letter. dated Camp Wilderness, =" I'D inst he says:
with us everything Is still silent IS death, no
MILITARY movements OF any kiud being percePrb!e Oh
Jhs opposite side Of the river What means this ST.
crce is a question eagerly asked by all Lands. l.
the enemy ouls Prcpring lis plans ar desperate a.,
tack, does j, bode Ietrcg,ade movement! Hooker
.clu no longer lay in dormant state the plea o!
roads and hence viii know what his intentions
ue TIE eucmys force opposite this place jthe United
States Ford is not supposed to be Ieayy only enough
70 DO picket dntv and Vickets lave friendly
verse with them every day, though the lanLs
liule sly OF until week So they at first seeming
to be a opinion tina. boys would Try their Tihes
up3u them should they COME too close; but, Yankee
HE, they thought to sGin some information day or
two gGO by asking Our pckets hose forces were on
tbs side, but the Southern tongue proved a ltso too
keen for them, as the only Information gained was that
in the language of the picket be belonged to "op re
gim1nt our brigade and orr division" the Yankee
rather u,TPiu.set cfoscd iueirogating his Southern
friend.
Joseph TOwlbes, OF Co. b, las been appointed Color
s. gJaat OF The Regiment 10 the lamented
Geo. Nicholas, who killed at the second battle OF
Manassas
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29
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TOEXIyG, APRIL 30, 1858.
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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE
Iwnlssn on the preuises SATURDAY tbs Oh dsy OF
NAV 1855 Pubic the OF Nf LAND sud BUILDINGS
known as the PIEDMONT MALE ACADEMY, ly gSdia 'snt
T. Cupeper c. H. formerly occupied by b. smitb. The
lot contains SIX ACRES LAND ard e Bleings rye
ard eopmodlous-veI suited for Boa ding School
TzRNs-nash r. NJ LATHAM.
Ap29-d2 -Wtds Agent for Z. b. Smith.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29
III, Hr. AcAr..-qhe ChattanOOga RgS.l SAYS

The editor Of the Nashville Uaon says ii is &C.
corjuy our ia Of the eternal fitness of things to
apply hard name TO sofI subjects NOBODY is likely
to apply hard 'amCs 10 his head. Our idea OF the
eternal fitness # things" would he to apply Coufedc
rate boot forcihy 20 bis coIt-tail We wouldn't kill
him If We eauga him. It's had luck to kil puppy
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

WANTED-A small Dwelling, in Richmond
or sy iney either furnished unfurnished, IN, latter
Ieferences gwen al29-3@
IMPORTANT NOTICE-On and after this
Il date, In the occupation of this Con papys De-
pots Chesterfield and Milf rd, 10 addition 20 the Depot ut
by hs Cove this Company canuot be bs
for damageto Goods shipped those pol IT, Goods
for points will be received lndh pped only at 1nes risk
sAML RUTH s1pt.
Oh nee r., =. p r. Co.,
Richmond, 80 h April, 1868. ! gID u
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29
MARRIED.

Al "Dfe owl AMI county, Va IN Wednesday even
Ing bpl 2sud 1883 ty the Rev. VIM H. Kinckl (of Lynch
SufD ROBERT O. BE KsL.Y,d Hanover county, and PANNl
az Chy papers please coy.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

EARLY MELJNs--The editor of the Natehez Courier
mentions that full ripe canolopes and nutmeg melons
led been brought To that city grown in the gardens Of
the lrte Cen QuitEian.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29
BATTERY No S,
Anil OTIh lAhA

BATTERY No s.,
April 2TIh 1863
ITO THE VOLUNTEERS AND REFUGEES
OF THE CITY OF NOBFol AT tn geEeton Of friends,
respecuIy myself Candidate Senator, for the
spsS So. J. HARDY HESDREE
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO STATE
w thst JOHN n OLIVER does sire 70 be cnder,d
voted candidate for the Senate the City II Rich
mend oyJOr my other orce. ap2s-A'
JOHN LI7TCHER is candidate for Cox.
GRTss in the Eleventh Congressional District.
.f1. tda
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

TO THE VOTERS OF THE Arm CON.
OCCASIONAL DIsTRIOTI respectfully nysefa
ddate cleo lon the Co.gress Of the Confederate States
eng lW' CHARLES Y. COLLIER.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

Rxy- We arc authorized to announce Colonel.
T. PATTON, Of Cu,peJer candidate repretent the
District composed OF the counties Of culpepe Orange,
Nj dlsoh, and Greene Sp23-dTt&ctde
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

WE ARE authorized to announce RICHARD
T. WALKER candidate represent the City Richmond in the
next House Of Delegates sp6-toe
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-29

TO THE VOTERS FROM THE SENA-
ToaIAL DIsTRIoT ooMpos OF THE COUNTIES OF AC-
co aAC AID NORT3AMPTQE-I respectfully sLnousee my.
self as q candidste for election.
Respectfully, -
up 23-2w o. d. HNNEY.
Fnnuirer nd Examiner
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
A Parisian " BELLE, in tlle Eight
fN eenth Century.

The Partisan belle of these days reclined
for half the morning in a mysterious temple,
hung with cerulean blue, with painted
nymphs upon the ceiling, The light was
roseate and subdued the air perfumed with
those numerous scents which Madame de
Maintenon had introduced-the '.grateful
odors ;. no doubt rendering the air ihsup-
portably impure. Madame, draperied in
muslin, which was ruffled in elegant eonfll-
sion,rwith her feet arrayed in gilt slippers,
bati1ed her face in mixtures supposed TO be
eftieacious for preserving Parental youth,
1t being, perchanee too expensive to pur-
chase from Cagliostfo, the tabled elixir of
life. with which he was said to have rein
yigorated the ancient Due de Richelieu.-
Then approached the important hour of
coiffure, when fops arrayed in embroidered
vests, with powdered wigs and fascinating
pig-tails, simpered court gossip, and elabo-
rated "bon mots" for The amusement of the
languishing fair one, who, surrounded by
her abigails, with her tresses flowing in
studied confusion, sentimentally surveyed
hertawdry complexion in glass bedecked
with careful embroidery, and varied her
sprightly discourse by the awful ceremony
of sticking ON her patches. Vanity of yan-
tiles, to disgust an honest Ehglishmah, and
to1nale him sigh for an act of Parliament
to prohibit the importation of this most lu-
dicrods of fooleries amongst his too imita-
tive country rywomen.-[Th The Englishwoman's
Journal.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
A Classic Toilette.

According to testimony whichis scarcely
to be disputed, the sun could never have
shone upon a less lovely object than Ro-
man lady in the days Of the Caesars, when
she opened her eyes I'M the morning-or,
rather let us say, as she appeared in the
morning, for before she opened her eyes a
great deal had to be done. When she re-
tired, to rest her face had been covered
with plaster composed of bread and ass's
milk, whichhad dried during thenight, and,
consequently, presented in the morning an
appearance of cracked chalk. The purpose
Of the ass's milk was not only to preserve
the delicacy of the skin, but to renovate the
lungs, and so strong was the belief in the
efficacy, of the specific, that some energetic
ladies bathed themselves In 1t seventy times
in the course Of a single day, AS for Pop
pea, the favorite wife Of Nero, she never
setout on journey without taking in her
train whole herds of she-asses, that she
might bathe whenever she pleased so to do
The plaster of Paris bust having Weakened
i'm the morning in a cracked condition, il
was the office Of the host of female slaves
to mature it into perfect beauty. To cleal
the field for further operations, the first o
these gently washed away with lukewarn
I,ass's milk the already crumbling mask, ant
left a smooth face, to be colored by mort
| recondite artists. Theslaves whose vocation
1t waste paint the cheeks, delicately laid oi
| tho red and white, having moistened th,
! pigment with her own saliva. The apparen
| nastiness of this operation was dlminishe,
by the consumption of q certain numbe
of scented loZenges, which, If the slav
neglected to take, she suffered corporea
punishment. - Dickens's AL the Yea
Round.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
From the Scientific Americana
Steam ON CITY Railroads.

The whole of this city is being girdled and
intcrsected throughout by lines Of railway
that, when complete, will afford the utmost
convenience for reaching every street and
avenue in its confines. The Third Avenue
railroad is worked exclusively by horses, as
are all the other lines. The first named
corporation employs nearly 1,200 horses, as
a matter of course, has to feed and care fol
that number; attendants have to be provid-
ed-hostlers, drivers, horse-shoers, and 9TH
ers. Large buildings are required, covering
an immense space, on which the rate of in
surance is necessarily high, from the in
tlammable nature of the contents; in short
the maintenance and support of such vast
number of horses requires an immense out
lay of capital, and entails enormous expense
to keep the concern at work. These details
will all be repeated in the "Gridironn rail-
road, and the number of animals required
for the several routes must be very great
In view of these facts, does it not seem very
strange that, while the ingenuity of man is
capable of furnishing an efficient and econ
Omical substitute for the use of horses on
city railroads, the managers of these should
refuse to avail themselves of such an inn
provcment, and humbly jog along in the
same way that other old fogies have fol
years?
In the small space afforded by the plat
form of the ordinary city car, steam engines
might be placed which would do the work
Of three teams, without a tenth part of the
fuss dirt, labor, and loss of time involved
by the use of animal power. The engine
wants no stable, comfortably arranged and
fitted, to preserve its health, and the oats il
demands are not greater i'm quantity. con-
sidering the amount of work it performs,
than the rations of the horse; it is not eX-
posed to the weather, and seldom gets sick,
unless badly made and managed. and there
is no more danger from its use than there is
in the boilers full of water placed beside the
kitchen-ranges in houses all through the
city. The same care and oversight requir-
ed in one case will answer for the other.
The prejudices Of property holders re-
garding the use of steam, should not be suf-
fered to stand in the way of great public
convenience, for such it would certainly be,
The cars could be run much more quickly,
with greater certainty Of making time
without abusing the horse, they would take
less room on the track Ga consideration OF
no small importance), and the whole work
ing expense of the road would be reduced
materially: pbis is we fancy, the most in
teresting part of the matter to stockholders
Why should we not have steam on our city
railroads. Now, If ever Il the time to in
troduce It, when the whole city is to be
turned into a line of railway.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
Charlotte Corday,

The details given by Samson of this re.
markable incident in the ReignTof Terror
are, as might be expected, more minute thar
any that have yet been given to the public
but they show the circumstances of the case
as depicted by Mr.. Ward pencil from pre-.
yiously existing data, to be perfectly cor
rect. Charlotte had not returned ten min
utes from her trial, at which she had con-
Quoted herself with unexampled frmness
and ability, when Mr.. Hauer, the artist, was
introduced. She eonversed with theaTtist,
while engaged in his task, with perfect
calmness for an hour and a halt, when she
suddenly remembered she had forgotten to
write aletter. She had only penned a few
lines when Samson made his appearance
She went on with her work notwithstand-
ing, and when she had finished, she placed
her chair in the middle Of the room, and let
down her beautiful hair to be.cut of. "Since
NJ. de La Barre" says SAMSON, II never wit
messed somuch courage in death! Wewere
there, six or seven citizens, whose business
Is not of nature TO soften the feelings, yet
she appeared less affected than any of us,
and even her lips had not lost their color
When her hair was cut off she gave half TO
the artist, and the remainder to Richard, the
jailer for his wife, who had manifested great
lHltltSb III NOuiS5
She went to the scaffold With the same re-
markable intrepidity; there was not an atom
of brayado-a simple, mild, pious resigna-
tion, or IA penetrating andirresistible sweet
ness,n as the master of ofhighworks describes
1t. Robespierre, Desmoulins, and Danton
were at "a window in the Rue Saint Honore,
on the way, thinking, no doubt, when their
turn would come. Arrived at the scatfold,
she threw herself upon the fatal plank and
Fermin, one of the aids, having let loose the
string, all was over in amonlent. Samson
declares that he was ut the foot of the scaf-
fold, when carpenter, named Legros, hav-
ing taken the head, was not satisfied with
holding it up to the crowd, but actually
slapped the face-a face admittedly of ex-
traordinary beauty. This was too much
even for a revolutionary tribunal, and Le-
gfos was Justly punished for this act Of sac
rilege.-[C Colburn's New Monthly Magazine
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
10 COnscripts Of the
Second CIilss. .

Under the Conscription Bill, as it now
stands, the first draft is to be made on the
unmarried men between the ages of twenty
and forty-five, and the married men under
thirty-five. The married men between
thirty-five and forty-6ve are to be enrolled,
subject to the second draft. The Abolition
magnates at Washington have now an idea,
it seems, of changing all this, in abolishing
the distinction between the classes. They
believe that married men, with large fami-
lies, can 60 to the war just as well as single
men without families, and that it is doing
the single men injustice to make them go
first. The Washington correspondent of the
Commercial writes as follows: ....
'''The Military Committee has, it is nnder-
stood, agreed upon very important changes
in the Conscription Bill-among them, one
to remove, the distinction of citizens as to
classes, and make all between the ages OF
twenty and forty-fiye alike subject to draft
As it now stands, married men between
thirty-fve and forty are practically ex-
empt; they can not be called out until their
Juniors have all been taken. This is thought
to be unjust. Besides this, it operates
against the progress of voluntary enlist
ments. Men of the second class have come
to the conclusion that they are pretty safe
from the draft, and have little disposition
to enlist themselves, and no personal inter-
est in inducing others to do so. A draft can
not be other than an obnoxious measure.
and very little good can result from sugar
coating it, or attempting to make it accept
able. 1t would be obviously unfair to make
the men enumerated in the first class bear
the entire burden of the war. If it is said
that the young men of the country ought to
do the fighting, it can be answered that a
man of forty-tive is quite young enough to
perform soldiers duty; and the records of
the army will show that men of fifty have
borne the fatigues and hardships of camp
life better than men of twenty.
"There is determination in Congress
and in the War Department to fill up the
ranks by volunteers, if possible; by con-
scripts, if necessary. We have been daily
ing long enough with insufficient armies
and inferior numbers. Our lines are eX-
tending, and our forces must be increased
to establish ourselves firmly where we are,
and make further progress southwark
Give General Grant an additional thirty
thousand men, relieve his garrisons with
new recruits. and push the veterans to the
front, and he will pounce upon the rebel
army in his front and be in Atlanta OH the
lst Of May.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
Gen. Buffers Plan for Exchange OF
Prisoners.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The Times special
from Washington 18th says: Major General
IIalleck has returned from Fortress Monroe.
having given official reaction to the plan of
Gen. Butler, by which it is hoped our suf-
fering soldiers will be released from South
ern prisons. Gen. Butler is to send six
or eight hundred confined rebels to City
Point, with an ofiicerto Commissioner 0uld.
to exchange them man for man. If this
experiment proves successful. exchange on
this basis will be resumed. Statements that
any instructions have been given tending
to ignore the rights as prisoners of war of
colored soldiers, whom the rebels have
taken prisoners are incorrect. On the con-
trary, most stringent orders have recently
been issued, underwhich the rebel authori-
ties are to be held to a strict accountability
with regard to colored prisoners.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
BY TELEGRAPH.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY for the STATESMAN
For last Nights Dispatches see Sd page
Morning and Noon Dispatches
The Escape Of NIOrgan-.-NIilitary
Affairs South.

CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 18-Gen. John H.
Morgan escaped across the Tennessee river
at Galespie's Landing, sixty miles above
here, Sunday afternoon. Captains Williams,
Cummings and Robert Cummings, who es-
capped from Columbus with him, were cap
tured, together with fourteen of his escort
Of thirty. s., ''.,..sf r.a -f
Reaching the very neighborhood of the
river, they pressed every citizen to prevent
alarm being given, and hurriedly construct
ed RATS at the mouth of Miles creeks, on
which an attempt to cross was made. A
citizen who eluded their pickets gave the
alarm and the attempt was nearly frustrat-
ed. Morgan escaped on a valuable race
horse, presented him in Kentucky, going in
the direction of Athens. Howard, who
commands at Athens, has cavalry securing
the country, and possibly Morgan may yet
be captured.
Wheeler has rejoined Hardee and is re-
organizing cavalry force near Dalton.-
Refugees and deserters say the rebel caval-
ry will be actively employed during the
winter.
On Wednesday. Champ. Ferguson, with a
small force, captured part of the train of
the 1st cavalry division, on march from
McMinnville to Sparta. Peter Ebree, sutler
9th Pennsylvania cavalry, and three others
were murdered.
Hardee's headquarters are at Dalton. He
pickets as Turell Hill. His army, inclusive
of the Georgia military, $500 strong, is re-
ported as utterly demoralized.
Generals Grant and Sherman left for
Bridgeport to-day. Steamboats, make trips
from Bridgeport to London, whence stores
are transported by rail % miles to Knox
vile. ....
Nothing from Gordon Granger who with
Burnside is probably fighting Longstreeta
the bay near Rogersville.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

beings within a stones throw of Spring
gardens and Whitehall unable to find even
the bare shelter of a roof"
1t is not strange to find misery at the bot
tom of all this wickedness. The women
who broke the street-lamp, in our opinion,
did a very sensible thing, and deserve SYM
pathy, not censure. So long as there is a
large class continually on the verge of star
vation, society must suffer, and the crimes
of London will continue to increase until
the folly of London is diminished. The
are we convinced that the problem show
shall we keep the lower classes from crime?"
is almost identical with that show shall we
save them from starYatiOnIn
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
Another Plot.

New YORK, Dec. 19.-The Herald's spe-
cial from Washington 18TH says: Another
plot for seizing vessel and cargo by rebel
emissaries has been discovered. The pirates
were to ship as seamen and seize her after
she left port. A quantity of ordnance was
on board, and the vessellwas about to take
ip quantity of powder, when the plot was
revealed and revenue cutter laid along
side of her. The authorities are engaged in
investigating the matter.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20
The Chesapeake Given up to the
Colonial AlthOrities---Reb En-
IisflllcntS.


New YORK, Dec. ia special to the
Times says: The Chesapeake having been
captured in British waters, will be given up
to the Colonial authorities. Secretaries
Welles and Seward have so telegraphed to
Halifax. 1t is not believed, however that
the pirates will be allowed to put to sea
again.
a very large proportion of the rebels in
our hands, not less than one-third of them,
: it is said, are desirous of enlisting in the
navy, and it is understood the Secretary of
War and Secretary of the Navy have agreed
to permit them to do so. Gen. \ orton is re-
ported to have said he could, ON very short
notice, furnish l,000 sailors from the prisoner
camp at Point Lookout, of which he is in
charge.
II WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The Secretary of
the Navy has received dispatches from
Commodore Clary, dated Halifax 18th, say
ing that the Chesapeake has been transfer
red to the British authorities.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

. New YORK, Dec. ia special to the
Herald from headquarters U. S. forces, West
Virginia, 18th, says: Gen. Kelley tonight
received dispatch from Gen. Sullivan, an
nouncing the capture of Col. Carter, LIST
Virginia cavalry, and a number of other
on reconnaissance in Loudon county, and
toward Upperville. Near the latter place
they captured this party. News of Union
movements continue highly favorable. -.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The Herald's Nor
ris Island correspondent says the cause of
the washing away of the distractions in
Charleston harbor was from the famous
floating battery getting adrift in the late
gale and smashing through the distractions.
She now lies ashore near the north end Of
Folly Island. 1 ,tNad fnourtaao gWc
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

New York, Dec. 19th.-The Times spec
lcial from Washington 18th says The tax
commissioners of Virginia have prepared
their list and announce their sale to take
place January 1lth. The first parcel offer
ed will be Arlington, the homestead Of Gen.
Lee, comprising HOO acres. Most of the
remainder is located at Alexandria. itHhsD
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

FORTRESS MONROE Dec. 1S.--NIaior Eek
ert'received a dispatch saying it was report
ed at Beaufort that the U. S. gunboat Day
light had been blown up by the rebels
Another gunboat had chased q blockade
runner ashore, and the Daylight went in tc
take possession, when rebel battery threw
a shell into her magazine, destroying hel
and killing most of her officers and crew
This is not confirmed, but believed at Beau
fort. .
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

BALTIMORE, Dec. 19.-Messengers from
General Sullivan's cavalry, beyond VIM
chester, report that Ayerill's cavalry We're
I'M Staunton yesterday. and tore up the rail-
road for six miles between there and Cor
donsville. This is very important, If true,
but lacks confirmation. h eai aaHl1
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

TrTusvILLE, Pa, Dec. 1S.--A .conflagra.
tion is raging here. Twenty business places
including the postoffice and whole square
are destroyed. Damage heavy.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-20

WILLARD's HOTEL
WAsHINgToN,D. C.,Jan. 22, 1851
GENTLEMEN. 'Wereddire another supply of your
Plantation Bitters thepopuarity Of which daily in.
creases with the guests OF ourhouse.
Respectfully. SYKES, CHADWICK Co.