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We hear reports horribly detrimsntlf t,
the character aud patriotism Of the r.s'pl''
! In parts of Mississippi. Area portion oi
our people gone stark mad under the pres
sure of temporary and local reverses, and
under the potent influence of fear for their
property? Has the noon day truth yet to
be repeated to them that there is no safety
for their coveted wealth which lies beyond
their valor and their arms? Say, that these
men love not liberty, care not for country.
are bastard Southrons and recreant Confed-
crates. Say that honor's appeals sound as
dead upou their hearts as the rapping OF
mans knuckles upon marble tombstone.
Admit all this, and put the question on the
issue they have chosen 1.-The chilling, naked
and dastardly issue Of the safety of proper
lty. What then Every sane man must
pronounce them bereft of their senses and
iudicialfy Blind. not TO see THAT to talk about
making peace now and proposing terms to
the enemy by which to save their slaves aud
lands, and goods, is simply the proposition
| OF the prey to the devourer. 1t is the lamb
asking the hungry wolf to spare it and be
Its friend Why the object ofthis Lincoln
war is to rob you of your slaves and cont u.s.
cate your goods to pay the Yankee wardebt
and to redeem his countless greenbacks. =
And YOU think that Lincoln aud Seward,
and Greeley and Chase. and Lovejoy and
Butler, and Milroy and Burnside, will lis
/ ten to you Idiots Where are the men
of spirit, and talent, and influence M the
neighborhoods from which these fatuous
thoughts come up like evil spirits to darken
the glowing picture of Southern fortitude.
consistency and courage? Why do wc not
hear their voices in loud and eloquent re-
buke Of besotted folly. in encouragement to
the timid, IN enlightenment Of the ignorant
who arc frightened by shadows and the fall.
/ ing Of forest leaf. and in reminding the
fires Of war and patriotism? Where are you,
gentlemen. who have been accustomed to
make your district, towns and woods ring
with your eloquent voices when you urged
your election to Congress or other Offices as
the condition Of the national safety and sal
walton? Men of mark leaders of the peo-
| pie! the eyes ethe nation are upon you
History is making her record of you, and
as you demean yourselves in this hour Of
imperiled country, honor and liberty, so
will you be placed and rated when these
clouds of trouble shall have been blown by
the goodness of God and the divine affatus
of the vaIor of our soldiers and true South
err men from the clear skies in Our Confed-
crate 6rmanent Sixty days will not pass
before every man who il amenable TO the
: e 4, II
head in shame, and call Oh the mountains
to cover his disgrace for the craven part he
is now playing He will be kissing scorn
to men and women. Mark the prediction
| Mobile Register
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Ruling Passion After Death.

The lottery Office is as universal in Rome
as the gin-shop in London. The lottery is
q passion throughout Italy. The following
story is related Of an inhabitant of Rome,
in connection with lotteries. The man had
lost his wife with whom he had not lived
happily, and was loving enough to rejoice
in his deiverance. One night she appeared
to him in vision and told him to buy cer-
tain numbers in an approaching lottery,
and he would draw prize. He treated
her communication with contempt, and the
next week learned that the numbers named,
were indeed, all drawn Soon after his
wife appeared to him again, and upbraid-
ing him for his folly, as was her manner III
life, told him what numbers to buy in the
ae9t lottery. He complied and drew moth
I ing but blanhs. For a curious reason, this
mishap confirmed him in the belief that his
wife he'd really appeared to him. Taken
in! he cried 'confound her, she knew
me better than knew myself She give
me prize the first time because she knew
/ would not play it; and having whet my
passions. she gave mea blank the second
time, because she knew I would play it. |
might have known better. We suppose
this might be called an instance Of the ru-
hing passion strong after death.
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printing without Ink.

A gentleman, a large capitalist, and one
Of the most successful inventors Of the day,
has succeeded in chemically treating the
pulp, during the process Of manufacturing
printing paper, in sucba manner that, when
the paper is impressed upon the uninked
types, the chemical particles are crushed
and perfect black impression is the result
The advantage sought to be obtained is the
discarding Of ink aud rollers. and BY rcvo-
.lutionizing printing machinery, and prin-
ting from continuous roll Of paper, it is
calculated that the time occupied IN impress
ing large quantities Of paper will be noml-
nal in comparison to the requirements Of the
present day. Cleanliness in the printing
office would thus become proverbial, and
the time now wasted in making and distrib
uting the rollers obviated. We have been
assisting this gentleman in some parts Of
the experiment, aud further information is
withheld at his request until letters patent
shall be obtained - London Typographical
1dUeytiSer.
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4 Pun on Gen. Lee.

n wag in Armistead's Brigade; is re-
sponsible for the following, which suddenly
occurred to hillr after residing the queries
and the wonderiags Of a Northern Sheet. in
regard to Gen. Jae's success iii twice COM
ing out Of Maryland, carrying everything
with him, after being 'r,nted,' &c:
cues Why should Lees success in re.
trograde movements not be wandered ut.
4 Ans. Because if You reptrse him he be.
comes an eel-(eeL j Is.
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EF Prince Mettcrrlich gave a toast ct \
feast at Fountaiublealt. given by the FIN
peror: The taking Of Puebfs." says the
Ambassador. adds to the present esteem.
Of sovereigns aud nations for the name Of
France" The Emperor rose and I'll mixed
Prince de Mttternich III tho sname .! the
army aud sl,e country. IF they make
such a fuss, said DR.. Buzfnz. s.ab.u. the
taking Of Puebla, what will they say When
they come to take .Jalap. ali p
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SeIfReIIance.

With remarkable unanimity the press of
the country, as well as the best thinkers
among the public at large have ceased to
place any hope upon external aid in the
geeat struggle for OR independence. This
says the Memphis (Atlanta) Appeal, is
wise, and could such an impression have
been fastened upon our people at the outset
of the war. far better would it have been
Cor the cause and the country.
King Cotton failed us early in the ac-
ton, and. by consequence. We have, since
that period, had no well-grounded hope Of
reliance upon the favorable Intervention OF
European Powers The war has taught us
new lessons in Kingcraft and diplomatic
trickery. We have got deeper insight
into the motives and ideas that control Eu-
ropean craftsmanship than we hitherto en-
|joyed We now know, whatever we may
have heretofore thought, that the rnlers Of
that country care very little for US, one
way or the other. 1t delights them to see
the people Of America engaged in the de.
lectabls pastimo Of cutting each others
Threats, and there is not the least probable
ity that they will do anything to put an end
to such sport. So far from such being the
case, they are furnishing both sides with
arms and the means Of keeping up the.strife,
and doing all they can to proleng the con-
test. In this nlurderous war, the mon.
archs Of Europe behold the death-b blow Civ
en- to Republican Government which they
hope to see thoroughly annihilated before
it shall be brought to close. When the
North is bankrupt. and the South ex-
hausted, they may step in and settle the
quarrel to suit themselves.
We, as a, people, have been slow to
learn these lessons in European policy but
it is not too late to profit by them. They
teach us the necessity of falling back upon
our resources with the greater energy, and
of working out our own salvation. A
prompt obedience to the calls of President
Davis aud General Lee, aud rigorous and
energetic enforcement Of the CONSUMPTION
Act is the only salvation left US. The
people must rise up in their own defence,
or their all is lost-not only country and
fortune, but liberty, honor and self respect,
- Wig,
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Copartnership Notice.

WE have this day entered into CopartSership
w for the purpose OF conducting the MEBCAN
TILE BUSINESS in the Town OF Staanton, un-
der the style and firm OF p. B. & j. b. Hoge.
We solicit the patronage of our friends and the
P. B. HoGE,
J. B. HOGE.
Staunton, May IL, 1863.
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E Gen. WILLIAM SMITH, Governor
elect Of Virginia, has. it is understood, been
rendered the appointment of Major General
in the Provisional Army. We searn that
the duties assigned him, though Of an I'M,
portaBt character. and such as will enable
him to render valuable service. are not in
conflict With that public sentiment which
after his election as Governor, required his
retirement from the field. and in deferenc e
to which he rendered his resignation as
Brigadier. No mans whole mind and soul
are moro fully devoted to the cause of the
country, and none can show greater zeal in
advancing its welfare. iSentinez
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RYpoRrrp RrcApTuRE OF YAzoo CITY.-
We have a report that Jackson's cavalry
dashed into Yazoo City, Miss, about the
III Instant aud killed about two hundred
Of the garrison which consisted chiefly Of
negro troops I; is also stated that several
hl,u,lrpi II The blacks were captured
The Yankees bad been publishing q news
sheet, STYLED l,e {. fazoo Yankee"
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VOL. XVIII:
The.::U ilrditator.
W. II. II. LYNN, Editor & ..Proprietor.
TERMS.

The .'ylNDICATOR" is published weekly, at
Three Dollars year; Two Dollars for
six months; One Dollar and Twenty-Five
Cents for three months, Invariably IN AD-
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at ONE DOLLAR
per square Of eight lines Cor less) for each inser-
ton. Larger advertisements in the same propor-
ton.
NH> Unless the number of insertions be marked
apon the manuscript, they will be inserted until
forbid, and charged accordingly.
nv liberal discount made to those who ad-
vertise BY the year.
Es- Annual advertisers will be limited to their
Immediate bnsness,-though occasional changes in
the year.
~ Transient advertisements payable in adj
vance all others will be considered due when cal
JoNf or
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E One might sly OF our telc grams as
once said Of q very conceited orator $ speech
that they contained some things new and
some things true, but the new things we're
not true aud the true things we're Lot new !
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The Memo sui,DIERs Colonel Thomas
Jordan. Chiefs.f General Beauregrrd Staff,
Informs the NJ rcury that the negroes cap
tnrri IN the ~i,nds have been turned over
10 t,ov. Eorllan, in accordance with the
Pie~.,it nt's order
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t.ov Prrrl-.. .f Miss. has entirely re-
.nv.r.l from 81 recent indispositiop, and
) again abl..t" st:end to his official duties.
He is now ~ Meridian
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Job PRINTING.

Was prepared to s1ssats With neasness ana
PAMPHLETS
BLANKS.
POSTERS.
CHECKS.
CAKDS,
LABELS,
BILL-HEADS,
&C., &c.
re- Terms CASH for ali job Work, on belly
Ey.
April II, 1868.
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Lg lfhrm>ty be the best policy. what
an impuli &c faol is Seward
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A TouGH Story. = We see it recorded
that Yankee soap pedlar was recently
caught at sea during violent storm, when
he saved his life by taking a cake Of his
own soap and washing himself ashore
This SOAP or the storys must have been
madefro.n strong lie.
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REPORTED RESIGNATION or GEN. PRICE.
Col Thornton, of Mississippi. who has jus,
arrived Columbia. s. e.. from Arkansas.
pronounces the story ofMaj. Gen. Sterling
Prices resignation untrue. Gen. Price,
when he left Arkansas, was on White river
with his division.
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SECTION v.

DIVISION No 2.-Trades, business and
occupations required to be registered and
taxed with specific duties. portion Of
which are also subjected to tax upon their
gross receipts and sales. to wit: Bankers.
auctioneers, wholesale dealers in liquors.
wines, distilled spirits and fermented liqu
ors Of every kind. Retail dealers in liqu-
ors, wines distilled spirits and fermented
liquors. Retail dealers of goods. wares.
groceries and merchandise Of every descrip-
ton. Wholesale dealers of goods. wares.
merchandise of every description. and gro
ceries. Pawnbrokers, distliers, brewers,
keepers of hotels, inns, taverns aud eating
houses, brokers, commercial brokers or COM
mission merchants, tobacconists, theatres,
circuses, jugglers, bowling alleys, billiard
tables livery stable keepers, cattle brokers.
butchers pedlcrs, apothecaries, photograph
ers, lawyers, physicians, surgeons and dem
lists actually engaged in the practice, but
not to include physicians and surgeons ex-
clusiyely engaged in the confederate SER
vice, and confectioners.
Question Are you liable to taxation
upon any Of the occupations, business, pro-
LESSONS or subjects enumerated in the
above division No 2of this schedqle? and
if SO liable, set forth the same in detail, 10
list No q
.e,ro,.
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Re- Wilkie Collins late novel bad bet
ter been no novel al all than No Name
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e MAKE mo no gaudy chaplain"
ought to be the song Of every minister in
the Confederate. Army.
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Wanted a Substitute!

VTNHE highest price given. Apply at this Office,
i or to Thomas K. HANSBARGER, at Harri-
sonburg, Rockingham County.
July "a, lS63.--5t*
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re- 4 conscript in hand is worth two in
he bush
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Save Your Rags.

WI desire to purchase several thousand pound
w of CLEAN LINEN AND COTTON RAGS
for which the cash will be paid, Call at theVin-
dicator Office.
mil II 19a9
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ADV orti sling Agency:
The undersigned o!f.rs his services to persons
desiring tn Advertise in any of the papers In the
southern Cnnfelsracy. Persons in the country
nl.hinx t., advertise tn Fir LAND OK OIHEf
PROPERTY. wonld 40 well to Avail themsrs Ees OF
ar Agency. will alsp fnrwSrd subscriptions to
m. 5o.rug:x FiKLp Pressing and other papers.
GEORGE HARLAN,
Foreman "otAunton indicator.
April 10, 1858.
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r4- DIR e4nss rs just. let it be justi6sd.
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EE What do the young ladies Icok fo
in church !? The hims.
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A Row AT BRocKvILLR, CANADA
short time since the steamer Bay State,
from Ogdensburg, N Y, having on board
some sixty or seventy drafted and enlisted
men for the Yankee army. touched at
Brockville, Canada One Of the intended
soldiers jumped upon the wharf, and ex-
claimed, ABE Lincoln may go to hell :
care nothing for him now" Some Of the
non commissioned officers followed thu
.skedaddler," and one Of them seized him,
when several roughs around the wharf fell
fonl of the Yankees. Several severe blows
were dealt, and the Yankees were glae
enough to take refuge in the propeller
minus three men.
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WHAT Brave MEN ABLY LED CAN Ac.

WHAT Brave MEN ABLY LED CAN AC--
coMpL1sH In ten months, Bonaparte, be-
sides the Picdmontese army, destroyed
three formidable armies. thrice reinforced
in his Italian campaign. His army of thir-
ty and a few odd thousand, on taking the
field, received only about twenty thousand
to repair its losses. Thus fifty five thousand
French beat more than two hundred thou
sand .Austrians, took more than eighty
thousand, killed and wounded more than
twenty thousand They fought twelve
pitched battles and more than sixty actions
in ten months. This was war conducted
by master. How do Confederate opera.
tons compare Char Mercury.
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NEW AUCTION CONCERN.

A. LYNN.
stsunton, FEB. 90, lsG3.-tf
NEW AUCTION CONCERN.
TIME undersigned having taken out AUCTION
u LICENSE, offer their services in the sale of
Land, Negroes, Horses, Wares, ard Merchandise,
Dickle,s old stand. Consignments Of al kinds of
goods solicited. 4. n B BECCE,
Staunton, Feb. 20, lsea.-yl
s"ILsL.
DERsONs warting swiil for their Hogs, can be
iasry. =. A.. MASON & HARMAS.
Aafi 10, 1899 -sf
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lMPORTANT..

I'VE publish the following Schedule for
The information Of the people Of this Tax
District. It embraces all those who were
required by the Tax Act to be assessed on
July LIST '63. It would be we'll for persons
to read this Schedule carefully SO that they
may be able to make out their lists without
unnecessarily delaying the Assessors. See
the Assessors, aud give 10 your lists. come
forward and pay your taxes before the 9Th
of September which is the last day of the
80 days limit of the law. after which time,
for every 80 days delay, the Law requires
double the specific tax.
A Schedule Of all the articles and sub
jects oftoaation, ander the provisions Of
the act Of congress ito lag taaes for the
common defence and carry on the gou-
eminent of the Confederate States" APP
proved oath April 1868. the returns Of
phich are required to be made on the Isl
day Of July 1868, or as soon thereafter
as may be practicable.
SECTION I.
DIVISION No. lon the value OF all
naval stores, salt, wine, spirituous liquors,
tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured,
cotton, flour. sugar. molasses. syrup, rice,
and other agricultural products, held or
owned on the 1st July 1868, and not nee
essary for family consumption for the unex
plred portion Of the year 1868, and Of the
growth Or production Of any year preceding
the year 1868, a tax of eight per centum is
levied and, on all moneys, bank notes, or
other currency on hand or on deposit; the
value of all credits on which the interest
has not been paid, held or owned on the LIST
day of July 1868. aud not employed in a
business, the income of which is taxed IN
der said act, and on all moneys held.
owned or deposited beyond the limits Of the
Confederate States, a tax of one per cent. is
levied. All moneys owned, he'd or deposit
ted beyond the limits of the Confederate
States, are to be valued at the current rate
of exchange in confederate treasury notes
Question Are you liable to taxation
upon any of the articles or subjects of taxa
ton enumerated in the above division No.
| of this schedule? and if liable, set forth
the same in detail, in list No. j
a
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All advertising for 4 less term tn three months,
will be charged for at the usual rates
EB~ Professional Cards not exceeding seven IN s
inserted one year for SI0--sx months for 81
M4- Announcements of Candidates So; to be
paid in advance. 4.
MD- All Communications or Notices of q PERSONAL
ar private character or intended Or calculated to-
promote any private enterprise or interest, VIII pc
charged for as advertisements.
n1- Obituaries will be charged Cor at the rate
OF TEs CExrs per line They must in all cases be
a.c ,np.ni.d by the money.
sly- Office on New Court house Street, oppo-
ate Brand .burg's Old Stand, and pear the a..
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II -VduAO'
Ew The papers throughout the Confed-
crate States are requested to copy the above
proclamation, atthe earliest moment. and
for twenty days thereafter, and send their
bills to the Private Secretary Of the Presi-
dent.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-14
T5sE SEYMOUR NEOPIyyTEs.

. On our second page we print rc,bafim II man
ilc:tO from The Aibony Ere"ng Jogrn@ OF
Monday. eagerly copied into Tie Hodd, aud
destined to run the rounds Of the PrO-SlaSery
Democratic journals. Tia, article demands
scrutiny ond comment.
We are sometimes asked why we cannot be
at peace with The .j0praal, and grave lectures
on the necessity of harmony and unity an he
yany are added. Tic JOuraaPs utterances,
like that We copy TO day are our answer
The editor Of that sheet is in full though Illicit
communion with the Central Railroad Regency
with Erastus Corning, Dean Richmond, Ho-
ratio Seymour and Fernando Woodland is
doing his utmost to divide and destroy the Re-
publican Union organization. lie Is doing far
more for the disloyal Democracy than the organ
which they sustain in this City at an expense
Of many thousands per annum. And 1t Is be-
cause-anJ only because-of his unpatrlou;
and trcachcrous course that We, ON behalf oi
tho 295, coo " Kissing vipers' who were said to
be crushed by Seymour's election, endeayor TO
controyert his positions and expose his peryer-
eions. Let US take them in order:
/. Mr.. LincOln's election had barely been
assured when the long threatened Secession OF
the Slave States from the Union was inaugu.
rated. South Carolina took the lead; the
other Cotton States successiyely followed And
George n. Sanders who had supported
D0uglas, and was now in New-O reaDs-tele-
GRABBED US 10 ask what the North would do to
avert Dsuni0n. Our answer was Yankee
one-"Do you propose TO recognise and res.
pect the election of President Lincolni" 1t
seemed most absurd to be entering upon new
engagements and complications with the Slave
Power until we should first be assured that it
would keep its faith pligated in tho Federal
Constitution to respect and obey the fairly
chosen President of The Union.
1t was forthwith assumed and proclaimed by
the Democratic politicians oi the Free States,
and by the r-State politicians generally,
that the Union could only be saved by Com
Prom'se-whicb, when Interpreted was found
to mean, by the Republicans abandoning their
principles, betraying their convictions, and Vi
oIating their most solemn pledges. They were
a party only by virtue of their common con.
victlon and their common resolve that Slavery
should not be legalized and dlfused in the
Territories OF our Union. Take away that,
and there was no excuse for the existence Of
such party. They had been organized and for
SIX years stood distinctly on that ground. had