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THE NEW SCHEDULE OF PRICES.

The Commissioners appointed to fix
the prices of articles in the State of yir-
ginia for the use of the government have
abolished the schedule recently adopted
and announced one more in accordance
with the views of the people. That is,
they have re adopted the schedules for
May and June last, with an advance Of
fifty per cent. on the price of wheat,
flour, corn, corn meal, oats, hay, and
mill ofial, delivered in the month of
August. This makes the price Of wheat
$50 per bushel; four--fne $33, su-
pertine $3.50, extra superfine $50. IS,
family $4l per barrel; corn, $6 per
bushel; corn meal $3.50 per bushel :;
oats and hay, per hundred pounds, un-
baled, at Sc aud 81; baled east Of the
Blue Ridge and delivered within the
time above specified These .varia,
tions hold only for tho months of
July and August; in September, the
commissioners propose to adopt simply
the former schedules for May and June,
with the exception of tho assessment up
on railroad iron, which they wish to con-
tinue at $I90 per ton, according to the
old valuation. They also re-adopt the
revision of the February and March sche-
,lule in reference to the impressment of
horses, as published in the July sche-
dule. The Commissioners say in their
report: ave trust that the people jim
those counties who have recently, in pub
lie meetings, expressed their views in fa-
vor of Low prices, will now, since all i'm
pediments have been removed, as patri,
otically lead out in rendering and selling
both to the Government and to tho peo-
pie, all they can spare, at schedule rates. J
We hope SO, too, and wish the fullest
measure of success to the experiment
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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES,
Richmond Nav o. 1864

INSTRUCTIONS in reference to the assess.
l. ment and collection OF the additional ten
per cent on prohts-Is having been ascertain.
ed that an error has been com nitted In the
assessment and collection Of the additional
Yen per cent. on profits, all assessors will rs
sees the profits, only made by bay ing and sell.
ihs st any time between the let day of Jauu.
ssfy, 1868 and the Let day Of January, 1865.
ius pfoiis on which the tax is imposed By
ana III paragraph Of SEQ Of an act entitled
ah sei to levy additional taxes for the com
iaoh oeienee and support of the Government" !"
are tue profits made by buying and selling be-
'"een The times mentioned, the copulatiye
onlunctlon and being used, the buying and
Sci'hg must both take place between the la.
asy OF Jsuoary, 1863 and the Ist day of Janu.
ny 1863 Such were the Instructions issued
ny" inls oftios On the lat March, 1864, and
,, ni % found at page Of additional instruc.
app therefore the erroneous assessments
msas Ia eor.e districts need not be collected.
snashe assessors will refrain from such -.
sssemente
q, II. The ten per cent additional tax on prof.
Is,' made by buying and selling between the
,a asy on January, 1868, Qnciuding that day,)
sna ,lre 5iss day Of December, 1854, 0nclnd.
.As 'hst day J will be aseessed and collected st
e ihs pfohis derived FROM tue came source.
sss."sen the LIST day Of January, 1864, and the
a. a." aay ol December, 1864, both included, will
~ ~ assessed and collected Immediately aits.
'"' 'iss day Of December. 1864
j. w. ii UNDERWOOD,
Acting Commissioners Of TAxss
o,snsd) e. q. MKMMIsGER,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
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L.cuIcEaOL auu q. ~.
WBy order Colonel TIlr0S

On Sunday evening, about two o'clock,
Burnside sent flag of truce, asking for a
ces sation of hostilities to bury the dead
between the lines. General Besuregard re-
sponded that whenever . proposition came
from the General c. mmanding the army of
the Potomac it would be entertained. I'm
medlately after the return of the first paper
G neral Meade sent flag covering similar
request. About two O'Clock Monday morn
ing G neral Beaureglrd replied, granting the
request and fixing the hours between nine
A. NJ and five A. N. for the purposes indi-
Gated. At The ht ur named, or Just about
sunrise, ,itbree gaily-dressed, flashing-look-
ing officers rased an elegant white flag,
mounted on handsome staff, and advar ced
from their line of works. simultaneously
two shabbiy but brave Confede-
rates, mounting adirty pocket handkerchief
on ramrod, proc eeded to meet them. A
brief parley ensued, civiities were ex-
changed. and then the details came to do
the work OF the truce-the burial of the
dead. For five hours the work went yigor-
ously forward. The Yankees brought de-
tails of negroes, and We carried their ne
groes out under guard to help them In their
work. Over seven hundred Yankees, whites
aud negroes, were buried. A..P. Hill was
there, with long gauntlefss sloueh hat, and
round jacket. Nah ne, dressed in little-boy-
fashiCD cut OF clothes, made from old Ya1-
kee tent cloth, was beside him. The gal.
lant Harris, of the Mississippi. brigade,
aud the gallant, intrepid Sanders, who but
forty eight hours before had so successfully
retaken those wCrbs--fhe best looking and
best dressed Confederate officer presea. ---
was sauntering leisurely about, having a
general superinten0ence over the whole
affair. On the Yankee side there was any
number OF nice young men, dressed iaunti-
ly, carelessly smoking cigars and pr0tfering
whiskey, wine, and brandy Of the best
l,bels, and of sufficient age to warrant its
atvor. More than one Confederate took
smie. Some took two, and one told me
that finding the liquor OF the ''peace' order,
he went it seven times. Several bottles
were sent as presents to our leading gene
rails The Yankees talked freely, said their
loss would be five thousand, that the
whites blamed the negroes, and the ne
groes in turn charged Inc disasters of the
day upon the whites. They all agreed that
Burnside was just an hour and half be-
hind time, and that lie was the greatest of
modern butchers, as Marye's hill and Grif-
ffth'5 farm would abundantly attest
Whilst the truce lasted, the Yankees and the
johnny Rebs," in countless number, fcck-
ed to the neutral grounds and spent the
time in chatting and sight seeing The
stencil, however, was quite strong, and it
to carry one through the ordeal. About
nine O'Clock, the burial being completed, the
officers sent the men back to the trenches,
on each side. The officers bade each Other
adeu and returned to their respective lines
Everything is quiet to day, and has been
,eince Grants coup de main Of Saturday.
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FROM PETERSBURG.
fFRom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
PETEasBURG, Va, August

PETERSBURG, Va, August 2.
/ wrote you very burriedly on Saturday,
recapitulsting the main points in the affair
of that day. Subsequent investigations have
put me in posses ssion of some additional
facts, which now propose to give you.
The sap to the mine which was exploded
was not over sixty yards in length and about
six feet in width, and was dug fully twenty.
FIVE feet below the surface Of the earth, and
occupied in its completion about thirty
days. That this is not the only mine which
the enemy are preparing,I have other evi-
dence besides Me statements Of the prison
ers. l hope the 2sxr time they attempt to
spring opstnat We VIII be. better prepared
fortaem than we were beforo. ~
The results of the fight are now better
known. Our losses will foot up about
thirteen hundred, as follows: Mahone's di
vision-Sanders's Mahone's, and Wrigbt's
brigades, killed and wounded about four
hundred and fifty; Elliotts South Carolina
brigade, which was q salient when the ex-
plosiou occurred, loses about three hundred
in killed and wounded; Ransom, Clingman,
and Wise, who wera under heavy artillery
and musketry firing, lose about three hun
dred, killed aud wounded. The enemy cap
turcd some three hundred prisoners, at
least their officers so stated yesterday Under
flag of truce.
Sin my report of Saturday had intendei I
to have made mention of the splendid man
ner in which the artillery firing was directed
by Major W. H. Caskie, Of your city; the
battery of Wright, Of his command, is es-
pecially deserving OF honorable mention.
The batAie flags taken frcm the enemy num-
Der no lees than pinetscn, and are OF every
character and in allconditions, from the one
scarcely soiled to the greasy and battle
tattered banner that has followed the Yam
kee misfortunes In many an unlucky engage
mert. The following is list Of the hags
and their gallant captors
"W B Wellons, 9th Virginia, company II,
Mahone's brigade, 11th New Hampshirc
Volunteers; unascertaincd, 28th y. States
colored; John W Miles, 4lst Virginia, com
pany II, MahoAe's brigade, Guidons marked
Se;' pnascertainsa, 3lst regiment Infantry !;
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Mayors Court. Tho following is list of
the cases which were before the Mayor yes
terday, none of which are worth more than
simple announcement
Isaac, slave of Thomas Boudar, was
charged with breaking into the smoke-house
OF his owner and stealing lot OF chickens
Officer Jenkins, who arrested the fellow,
testified that about three O'Clock Yesterday
morning, while in the neighborhood of Mr..
Boudar'e residence, he arrested Isaac with q
basket of dead chickens ON his arm, which
were still warm, and learning that Mr.. b.
had been robbed of some few hours be-
fore, he took him there, thinking he was
the thief. Mr.. B. recognized him immedi-
ately as one OF the thieves who had been
previously chased out OF his yard. He was
ordered to receive thirty-nine lashes.
Robert Pearman was sent On for exami-
nation before the Hastings Court on the
charge of stealing lot of pig frog, valued
at $40, from j. X. Anderson & Co.
John Pug, free negro, charged with
stealing four shad from John Tucker, in the
Fret Market, was ordered to be whipped,
but subsequently took an appeal from his
Honor's decision and was remanded for ex-
animation before the Hastings Cour'. In the
absence of Mr.. Tucker from his cart, at the
market yesterday, Pug took his stand beside
1t and commenced selling his shad without
any authority to do 80. When he had soid
iour of them NJ. Tucker again returned to
bis cart, but before he reached it the fellow
espied him coming and slipped Off with the
proceeds of his sales.
The following cases were continued in
consequence of absent witnesses Jim Har-
ris and Charles Harris, free negroes; Will
liam, slave of Fanny Wingo, and William,
slave of Louisa Burton, charged with bur-
glariously entering the house of Alexander
r. Holladay In the night time and stealing
| six thousand dollars worth of -four, tobac-
CO, candles, sugar, lard, &c; William, slave
of the estate of Robert Walker, decd, and
Robert Delaney, free negro, charged-with
stealing and receiving money and checks to
| the amount of 81 500, stolen from the mail
Car Of the DanviiIe railroad, at the depot in
this city. on Saturday last.
John Baston was committed to jail for
want of security to be of good behavior
The charge against him was sleeping In the
market places and being q suspicious
character, the same offence for which he was
up before the Mayor ON Monday morning,
but was permitted by his Honor to 20 free,
with an admonition never to do so again
The sequel has demonstrated how much he
valued the moral lecture which was given
him.
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THE ARMY OF THE VALLEY,

A report was brought by the Peters,
burg train last evening that, pending he
flag of t:uce on Monday, a Confederate
officer was informed by Yankee that
the latest dates received from the North
stated that the Confederate cavalry had
entered Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. !
Northern papers of Saturday, about rs
late as could have been received in tho
ordinary way, make no mention of any
such occurrence.
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THE WAR NEWS-THE SITUATION IN
GEORGIA-CAPTURE OF GENERAL
sroNEMAN, THE FAMOUS RAIDER
EXTENT OF OUR VICTORY AT Pc
TERsBURG, &c.
We give below a summary of the nows
received yesterday:
IMPORTANT FROM GEoRGla-CAPTrRe OF
GENERAL sToNENAN AND FIVE HUNDRED
OF HIS COMMAND.
The following official dispatches were
received yesterday at the War Depart.
ment, communication with Atlanta hay
ing been re-established The fight on
the Lick Skillet road, mentioned by Cen
eral Hoodin his first dispatch, took place
On Thursday last, and this was the first
intmation wo had Of the occurrence. AS
no allusion is made to it in the second
dispatch, dated four days later, the in
ference is that we still hold our own.
Indeed, the correspondent of the Asso-
ciatcd Press says that the enemy at
tackled Cheatham on Friday, and were
easily repulsed, with considerable loss.
Our troops carried two lines of the ene-
my's entertainments, but afterwards fell
back to their original position. Alto
gether, the situation before Atlanta is
quite as favorable as could be expected.
ATLANTA, July 2S, 1864.
Hon. James A. fcddon
The enemy commenced extending his
right about O'Clock this morning. Lieu
tenant Generals Stewart and Lee were direct
ed to hold the Lick Skillet road for the day
with portions OF their commands. About
hllf-past z. NJ. sharp engagement ensued,
with no decided advantage on either side
We still occupy the Lick Skillet road. re-
gret to say that Lieutenant General Stewart
and Major General Loring were wounded.
In my dispatch of yesterday, l should
have mentioned that BTigadier General Rec
ton was severely wounded that day
j. B, Hoop, General.
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Lieutenant Colonel r o Whitehead, 16 b
Virgins, Mahope's brigade, Stars and Stripes;
Unascertained, 57th Massnehuseftsregime
David Barnes, 10th Virginia regiment, COM
pany q, Mahone's brigade, Stars and Stripes
Lieutenant Joseph B Goodwin 10th Vir-
ginia. company +, Mahonss brigade, Stars
and Stripes beargent Joho Deaton, Sth
Alabama, company Il, Sa1ders's brigade, "a
Michigan regiment Sargent Peter Howell,
81st Virginia, company q, Mahone's brigade,
- regiment infan Try John M Critcher, oh
alabama, company K, Saodefs's brigade,
10th Virginia, company b, Mahone's brf-
gade, 100.h regiment ---;sF Herndon, Sd
Gsorgia, company r, Wrghts brigade, 5Sth
Massachusetts,, Regimentsl; A J Saddler.
16:h Virginia, company T, Nahone's brigade,
56th Massachusetts, State w Lane, 16.h
Virginia, company g, Mahone's brigade,
Stars and Stripes James Heaton. 11th Ala
bama, company G, Sanders's brigade, aui-
don, Stars and StIipee, small; Unaeeor-
tained, Stars and Stripes" 8
Il The prisoners taken will reach at leaef
eleven hundred, including the wounded,
who ara at the Poplar Lawn Hospital, and
being we'll cared for. The Yankee loss, all
told, cannot fall short OF five Thousand men
Their officers, under flag Of truce yesterday,
acknowledged that they had about three
thousand wounded In their hospitals. This,
|. WIN CiCScu uuuOTcQ pE1bp1iEib huu tl6
Rseven hundred dead OF the sssSfay, will very
kpearly approximate Il We asho usanAj.
mentioned In my last that whilst Ma
hone was engaged In Ietaking the line
which Lad been temporarily lest by Bush
rud Johns on, the enemy IN Harris's front
demanded the surrendereof his picket line
The following is the modest doeument GOV
ering the demand. For the amusement of
the render l will give it:
HEADQUARTERS 1sT BRIGADE,
LIST Division, 5th Army Corps,
Fort Pillow, July 80. 1864.
"1o the Enenay's Pckets
"rhe Colonel commanding brigade directs
me to say that If the pickets on our front
come into our lines as prisoners we will not
fire shot at you, but If you stay os you are
We intend shelling every rifle pit, and make
you leave them at once. II this meets yonr
approval come outside your pits and hold
your hands above your heads, and come IN,
and you will be treated as prisoners of war;
"Youis, respectfully,
ewes FUNK,
Lieutenant and a. d. G.
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Vst --Burrowss's Pi,no Forte
- az t.i@er-A new edi.ioa Of this vsluabls work,
yor. ass Of those taking Lessons on ths Plane
~, c.. nn jast been pubiishsd Psics 90 A lbe-
ir.s ~ ss. 70 The trsdo. The book VIII bs seot
COOKE,
an. Prssbytesian PaSiicstien Rooms.
Ia nsia q Riohmeel, VI.
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MACON. GA Annnst L tSGi


General 9. COopyr. Aaj@ta~t and Inspector
General
General Stoneman, with cavalry force
estimated at twenty eight hundred, with az
tillery, was met two miles from the city by
our. forces, composed Of Georgia reserves,
local companies, aud the militia which Gov.
ernor Brown is organizing here.
The eneIny's assault was repulsed and his
force held in check along our entire line all
day. Retiring towards Clinton, he was at
tackled the next morning by General Iverson,
who, having routed the main body, captured
General Stoneman and five hundred OF his
command. General Iyerson's men are still
capturing straggler5.
HOWELL CoRB, Major General.
Major General Stoneman, who has
been captured, is one of the best cavalry
officers in the Yankee service. He will
be remembered by ous citizens as the
commander of the expedition which made
the raid around Richmond early in the
month of May, 1868. It was during the
strategic movements and lighting on the
Rappahannock, which resulted SO disas-
treusly to Hooker, that large force of
cavalry crossed the Rapidan with the
view of cutting off General Lees army
from his base of supplies at Richmond
Dividing into detachments, one under
the command of Fitzpatrick, (who has
since been wounded in Georgia and re-
tired from the service, one under Wynd-
ham, and one under Davis, they damaged
the railroads to some extent and plum
dered the inhabitants heavily on their
route. The damage was soon repaired,
however and the raid, SO far as its main
object was concerned, proved complete
failure. 1t was considered at the time
the most remarkable affair of the war.
For deliberate, prolonged planning, elabo-
rate equipment and contemplate achieve
ment; for the magnitude Of its promises
and the poverty of its performances, 1T
was without parallel. The affair created
great excitement in Richmond; locM
companies were organized and quite ex1
tensive arrangements made for "bagf
ging" the whole party, but they wefe
suffered to escape with slight loss. Stont-
mans career, however, has at length
come to an inglorious termination. Shef-
man has lost in Stoneman his right hand
cavalryman, and in Mcpherson his right
hand infantryman, and it is difficult 10
conceive how he will manage his army in
the emergency. J
THE LATEST
Official dispatches were received yes
terday from Atlanta. which serve to clear
up the obscurity of the mornings tele-
grams in regard to the situation there
The iirst is dated the S0th uat., and says
that recent engagements have forced the
enemy to cease extending on our ilanls.
The second dispatch, dated yesterday, is
Of such character as to render its pub
lication very imprudent Sefficc it to
say, Il SHOWS that the new commander
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Sheep Stolea.-On Friday night last Hon.
James Lyons's stable, at his farm in Henrico
county, was broken open and three Of his
best sheep were stolen. The thieves were
white men, and II is believed were some of
those who visited Dr.. Powell's farm, in the
same neighborhood, few nights before,
and stole seven of his sheep. At that time
there were seven Of them together, each OF
whom, when discovered and pursued by DR.
T. and his son, wheeled and fred their mus
kets at them. They finally succeeded in
driving off seven of the DOCTORS sheep.
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.ot he Army of Tennessee is highly
eiated at recent successes and confident
as to the future.
FROM PETERSBURG.

fhoM PETERSBURG.
An official dispatch from Petersburg
States that on Monday there was a ces.
sation of hostilities from 6 to 10 A. NJ.
at the request of the enemy, for the pur-
pose of caring for the dead and wounded.
Seven hundred of the enemys dead
were buried, or turned over to him for
burial
Twenty stand Of colors, instead of
twelve, as reported, were captured on
the Goth.
Seven hundred men slain in the brief
engagement which took place is fact
which illustrates the bloody nature q
the fight. 1t is probably without a psI
ra!lel in the history Of the var.
The estimates of the Yankee loss ARP
increasing. Pending the Gag of truc>
on Monday morning, one of Burnside's
aids stated to Confederate officer that
their loss had not been definitely ascer-
tanned, but that it would certainly range
between 1000 and 5 900.
Yesterday, up to the time of the de-
parture of the train, everything was
quiet in front of Petersburg. Grant is
probably preparing for some new move
On the military chess board.
The following officers, captured on
Saturday, admit that they commanded
negro troops in the fight: Lieut.. H. O.,
Daring, Lieut.. W. n. Mix, Lieut.. A. j.
Paymer, Lieut.. e. D. Dobbs, and Capt.
G.. Robinson.
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A Romantic Marriage.

As an interesting incident OF the war, desire TO
give to the public, through the Dispatch, The fol-
lowing
Mr. p, Of Williamsburg, recently woed and
won a fair Iaay. Miss NJ, Of the same place.
But one thing was wanting 10 perfect the marriage,
viz: parsoa. there NOT being one now IN me an
ctent city. 0r P determined not 20 be thwarted.
He communicated with parson Lighifoot Taylor,
who lives six miles above Williamsburg. 10 meet
him At the lines certain day for the purpose.
The day arrived. The bridegroom and the bride
aged themselves in their best attire and marched
sut with q bodyguad Of Ysnsees 70 meet the par
son, and there, under a large Tree, known as
" BughGs OAK surrounded by Yankee bayoaets,
the ceremony was performed. and P---- became
happy man. Long may ho wave. 3.
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ATLANTA, August |. 1864


Hon James Il. Sede}o.a:
The following dispatch is just received
rom Brigadier General Iverson, through
Major General Cobb, at Macon, concerning
the party of raiders who struck the Macon
and Savannah road "Gecerai Stoneman,
after having his force routed yesterday, sur
rendered with 500 men. The rest of his
command are scattered and dying towards
Eatonton Many have been already caps
tured. shall be in Macon tonight, and
wish rations for ny men and prisoners"
lSignedt a. IvERsoN.
J. B. IiOOp, General.
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Transfer Of Hisoners-Forty- of the
prisoners hitherto confined in Castle Thun-
der viii be sent off this morning, under
guard, to the Confederate penitentiary at
Salisbury, N. G.. Among the number are
ers, and some negroes, ali of whom have
been found guilty Of offences deemed wor-
thy of the punishment accorded to them.
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E06berH-The hen house of Thomas
Hudgins, on Leigh street, near Glenn & Da-
vis's brick yard, was entered on EunGay
night and robbed cf fifteen chickens. Yes
terday morning the heads of seven of the
chickens were found in the yard, and the
supposition is, that the thieves, as fast az
they took them from their roosts, wrung
their necka Off
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