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The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
Death of q Good Man.

: The Lynchburg 1Virginian Of the 18th, an
nounces the death Of Mr. VIM. N, Blackford,
who died in that city on Thursday night, the
Nth. Tie deceased was the father of Maj. VIM.
W. Blackford from this county, and was one Of
the most prominent as well as one Of the best
and most useful citizens Of Lynchburg. The
first we knew of Mr.. Blackboard, many years
ago, he was editor Of q paper in fredericksburg,
which was conducted with more than ordinary
ability, and became conspicuous among the
political Journals Of the day. Shortly after the
election Of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency, he
was appointed Charge d'Affaires to one Of the
South American States, which position he held
for several years. On his return to the United
States he became the editer Of the Lynchburg
Virginian, which he conducted with great sue
cess and acceptability. He was subsequent
" appointed RDstmaster at Lynchburg, which
he held during the Taylor Administration, and
in 1856 was appointed Cashier Of the Exchange
Bank at Iyachburg, which position he held
t'till LIES itful dream was over.
In all his positions and relations Mr.. Black
ford was the same courteous, generous and kind
hearted gentleman, which secured him many
warm and devoted friends, and his demise has
left . vacuum in the community where he resid-
ed, that it will be difficult to fill. His age was
62years M
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22

On Sunday night last, the house If Mr.. Les
'ohidas Baugh was entered, and . large amount
of money taken-how much not knaNn, but Mr..
Baugh thinks not less than Sc, ooot Robbery,
both legal and illegal, has became .ie order Of
the day and Of the night. The happicst class,
it seems to US, are those who have nothing to,
steal
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
From the Richmond Examiner.
Still Later from the North

Still Later from the North.
We received last night, through the cour-
tesy Of the officers Of Exchange Bureau, North
ern papers Of the 18th. We get from them
the following summary Of news:
THE COMING CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.
All eyes in the North are turned to Vir-
ginia. All interest is centsred here. Prepa-
rations for an advance are vigorously going
forward. General Grant is repQrted to be in
Washington, supervising and dssecsipg move
ments, but will Ego to the frent as saea as
his services are required there" Tia Wash,
ington correspondent of the New York Rer-
aid writes
General Grant had alengthy interview with
the head of the War Department yesterday,
with regard to the future operations Of the
army. Generals Warren and Patrick arrived
in Washington yesterday from the army lines.
General Gra1t is expected to return to head
quarters m the field as soon as his services
are required there. Stringent orders, regula-
ting the action Of newspaper correspondents,
have been issued.
The Herald has a long editorial on the sit
uation in Virginia. 1t speaks of sthe coming
terrible campaign" and admits the great
Importance Of the issue. Upon this point it
says ::
Upon the campaign that we are about to
engage in there depends the greatestissue up
on which men ever went into battle. With
Lee beaten and Richmond in our hands, the
rebels will be defnitively driven cut of Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, and the
Southern Confederacy will be crowded into the
cotton States, and reduced to such dimensions
that no one can consider its final destruction
rs any more than a question Of time. 1t will
also determine thenext Presidency as certain
" as if the votes were counted. Grant, if his
great labours shall result in this final triumph
for our arms, will receive the great reward of
the Chief Magistracy beyond all peradyenture.
But if we fail in this campaign that failure
will be the greatest disaster in modern HISTORY.
While it will not establish the existence Of
the Southern Confederacy, it will protract still
more this already desperate contest-put the
end still further away, and thus tend to ruin us)
financially, and throw US into state Of polit-|
ical anarchy from which it is hardly possible
to conjecture how we may come out.
The Herald then says:
Upon General Grant there now concentrates
the deepest interest with which the world ey-
er. watched the aeti,,ns of any single soldier.
We are now, thcrel@fe, at that point which
must he reached inaall great wars before xAe
war can go forward irresistible forceA
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For the Virginian.
PRIcE's spRINo, April 9th, 1854

PRIcE's SpRINa, April 9th, 1864.
Aessrs. Csale & Barr:
Gents ou viii please publish the following
recipe for the benefit Of hatters in the South:
Take the entrails Of bear and clean them rs
you would for sausage, then soak in salt and
water for twelve hours, after which twist by
stretching the gut well to avoid Hnking. Water
and air will collect, which must be let out with
q pin. Continue to twist from time to time, un-
til the string is thoroughly twisted, stretched
and dried, You then have as good . bowstring
81. you can desire. If the gut OF bear cannot
be had, that Of q dog will answer.
M r. BUTT & SON. +
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
FARM, April 10th, 1864.
To Many Voters.

To your question to me thro' the ssVirginian''
Of the 18th inst, most respectfully reply. If
elected sheriff, Isexpect to appoint as deputies,
those who bear honorable wounds received in the
service Of their country, or those not subject 70
military duty on account Of age.
70 your second question answer that claims
due the County have heretofore been paid by
me as Sheriff punctually, without loss to the
county or any one else lean only point to my
official conduct heretofore. and assure you that
It shall be unchanged in future, should you en-
trust me with the office of sheriff.
Yours, 81
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
Abiugooll Ungniliall.
BY COALE Sc. BARR.
Friday, April az, 1851.
con to RichmOnd.,,

f. The Yankee programme has lnvarla-
bly, been -fereshadowed before each succeeding
campaign--is evidently simultaneous and
general move against the Confederate Capital,
in three grand columns, under Meade, Butler
and Burnside, the whole under the supervision
and direction of Grant. Meade is to press Lee
from the Rapidan, while Butler advances up
the Peninsula, and Burnside on the South side
by the way Of Petersburg.
Some letter writer's are of the opinion that
their published programme is a feint to deceive
the Confederate authorities, and that whilst
all the show Of a purpose to attack Richmond
is held out, their real purpose is to induce q
withdrawal of large portion Of our forces, in
order that Thomas may advance from Chatta-
nooga and cut the Confederacy in two.
Our own opinion is, that these letter-writers
are mistaken, and that it is Grants purpose to
take the Confederate Capital if he can. He
knows that the moral effect Of such an achieve
ment would be worth dozen Yankee victories
in the Southwest, and public sentiment at the
North forces him to the movement and viii hold
him to it till Gen. Lee plucks his gaudy feathers.
That feat of Grants of starving . handful Of
men at Vicksburg by besieging them with over
whelming numbers, has given the creature the
big-head to an extraordinary extent, and has
inflated him with an ambition to vanquish Gen.
Lee and capture President Davis and the Capt.
tai. We are glad that his bump Of self-esteem
is large as it is, and that he has chosen to
ssbeard the lion in his den.''
/ Grant is by no means a>formidable comman-
der, and from the illustrations he has given, we
would place him infinitely below either McClel-
Ian or Rosecrans. He has been more lucky,
because more fortunate in numbers, position and
surrounding circumstances. He hasneyer fought
his way toa victory yet that was not dearly
bought, and that did not cost more than it
amounted to. He made out at Fort Donelson,
with eighty regiments and a river full Of gun
boats, to get the better of some 10 or $4,000
men, after fighting them three days and four
nights, and even with all this odds he lost more
in killed and wounded than the Confederates
numbered before the action,
At Shiloh, Sidney johnson whipped him like
a dog the first day Of the fight, and had not
Buell. came to his assistance, Beauregard would
have bagged him the second day. In . word,
except his success at Vicksburg, his record is
as barren as it could well be, and this is the
hero the Yankees expect to conquer Robert 3.
Lee and take Rich mond. We repeat, we are
glad that Yankee credulity and Grants own
vanity have prompted the present movement,
for we are just as sure he will be shorn Of his
momentary and accidental greatness, as a con-
test occurs for the capital. 81.
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D9 We regret to learn that Richard e.
Cralle died at the residence Of his son-in-law in
Lunenburg county, on the 14th inst. He was
gentleman Of high attainments, had been con-
nected with the press Of virginis and Washing
ton city in past years, and was the biographer
Of John C. Calhoun.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
The Sentiment of the w omen or
Kentucky. fassx !,

i 80 q "a =
The following, extracts are from private
letter written by q Kentucky lady to . friend in
the South, and show in q beautiful light the
heroic fortitude and hepe which sustaips the
fair daughters Of that State:
Scorr Co., Ky.,.
My faith shines with steady light, guiding
mo out of all this thick darkness that enyel-
sopes us.
1 It is written that We shall succeed ehaye
propitiated liberty with the sacrifice of the best
and bravest Of our land since the first altar
was built there has not been SO rich an Offering
-reverently we present it with pnre hands and
true hearts.
There are times when human nature becomes
sublimated and etherealized from the weakness
SEES and corruptiens of our earthly nature, when
Moman's love and man s chiyalry--the one
Strengthening the other, -cause those deeds to
be performed that history loves to chronicle for,
the admiration of succeeding ages All, the
examples Of earnest, Eunselfish devotion which
The South is now making viii be The most plo.
rious page the world has ever read
Thank God, sspassing away is written on all
things terrestrial. The long polar night has An
end, and is followed by an equally long day of
continued sunshine. No life is all sorrow. II
have noticed in life that the good and the evil.
the pleasure and the pain, are evenly balanced.
and if we are never very happy, neither do We
suffer great misery Stolid natures ssnever en-
joy very keenly and never suffer very much
take courage. VI have suffered almost enough
to entitle us to martyr honors; and the promise
is that emo trial shall GENE upon us that we are
not able to bear. The year which opens nnon
disaster and defeat to our arms may shed ! eio
rious success over them before it closes.
/ do not despair of the final result bnt do
grow FESTIVE sometimes, and feel like saving
with Blue Boards unfortunate wife, =
Sister Anne, don't you see dust
when think Of the miserable part borne Nv
Kentucky in this struggle from sssRound- headS
fanaticism, am sick at heart. She who 8,
prided herself upon her ancestral renown. sank
SO low as to be pensioner on Yankee bounty
The blue grass fields and fair villages have besa
saved from the spoiler by the sacrifice of her
honor and her old name.
The thirty pieces Of silver she received for
her betrayal Of the best interests Of the country
lis the price Of blood " and like the great trail
tor among the twelve, it may be used to Inv :
potters field to bury the stranger in. Surely.
no one is wild enough TO believe this unhoiv
war can end before every State is desojated g
Kentucky has sinned as deeply and darklv -
Tennessee then shall she not suffer as ereatlvf
God is just, and willnot suffer one section L,
grow rich off the spells gathered from another.
All hail the day which sees the red fires begin
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22

8u0lclent NUMBER Of persons between 10 and OU
years Of age, SO as to complete q company for
each Congressional district. Ascompetent Off
Ger, of the rank Of colonel will be assigned by
this bureau to organize such companies into .
regiment, if there be the requisite number of
companies; or into a battalion, if there be less
. than ten companies; or into two battalions, if
deemed preferable.
Xxx. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
/. Commandments will always bear in mind
that General Orders, No. 26, is not only the ba-
sis, but forms q large portion of these instruc-,
tons. They will habitualy recnr to its proyi.
stems, to aid in the application of the ether pro-
visions Of this circular
g. Commandments will, of course refer cases
of difficulty to this Bureau but references
which bear on their face that they are rather to
avoid due responsibility or labor, will be return
ed without remarks.
8. The duty of the commandments of conscrfpts
is, in accordance with these instructions, to
maintain and invigorate the industrial produce
ton Of the Confederacy, and supply its armies
with men. This duty must be performed, or
our struggle for independence and liberty will
fail sas
By order Of Col j. s. PREsroN, Supt.
C. B. DUFFIELD,
April 10Th 1864 -3t A. A. General.
CoNscRIpT OFFICE FER VA,
Richmond, April 9th, 1864.
This circular is published by order of Bureau
Of Transcription for, the information of all con-
cerned.
By order,
Col. J c. SHIELDS,
Comd't Conscripts for Va,
JAS. H. BINroRD.
Lieut.. & Adj't.
/. BUREAU OF CONSUMPTION,
R1cHMeND, April 9th, 1864.
CIRCULAR No. IA,
l. Circular No. IL, current series, is hereby
revoked.
H. Commandments will retain out of the reserve
classes sufficient number to compose their
camp guards and supporting force, and proceed
as rapidly possible to organize into companies
persons of the said reserve classes already emf
roelled. VI
ILL., Commandants will instantly designakd
proper rendezvous, and order all persons Of h{
reserve classes to report at such rendezvouf Of
the sixteenth (l6th) day Of April inst, fqf the
purpose of electing company officers and being
. organized into companies,
". The instant organization Of these classes
is deemed Of the highest importatce, and all
such persons as do not appear at the rendezvous
on the day appointed must be enrolled and as
signed at the discretion of the Commandments.
Unless otherwise Instructed, Commandments
will forward the muster rolls direct to this Blu
reau.
By order Of Col, Pnrsros, Sup:
C. B.sDUFFIELD,
April 18th 1864--5t A. A. General
CoNscRIPT OFFIcE FOR VA,
RIcHMeND, April 9th, 1864
This Circular is published by order of Bureau
- n1ro e.
cerned is
By order,
Col J. c.. SHIELDS,
Comd't Conscript for Va.
JAS. Il. B1NroD,
Lieut.. s. Adj't.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22

rsa- A member Of Mosby's command informs
the Lyncnburg Republican that the Long Bridge
at Washington had been swept away by there
cent freshet in the Potomac. and that Grant was
concentrating his forces in Culpeper county in
large numbers.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
Confirmed.

We certainly may take it for granted that
Kirby Smith gained great victory ever Banks
at Shreveport, La, as the papers both North
and South chronicle it. The Yankee loss is slid
to have been 1900. From all accounts, it
must have been one Of the most brilliant achieve
ments of the war.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22

Ma The death Of Ex-Goy. Alston Of $. c.,
@ announced in the Charleston papers He died
fo4 Thursday Of last week at his residende on
1 e Dee.
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22
"A Pretty Romance.

We have on file, and will publish in the course
Of . week or two, ) well-written story in six
chapters, entitled Glove Is. Patriotism . Tale
of the War;" by 90. K.'' I.
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Stampede Of cavalry Horses.

s
On Monday night last, about the hour Of 10,
ME people Of Abingdon were startled by an
NnA chatter in the streets, which led some to
sAppase fer a moment that Averil or some ether
fodk ably Yankee adventurer had made sud-
den AndN overwhelming raid upon us. On that
evening, Giltner's brigade of cavalry had biz
veuacked in field a short distance east of
town, through which the railroad is located
The horses, having been turned out to crop what
little grass had struggled above the surface, and
were qsistly nibbIng at it, when long train
came laundering in among them. AS if by con-
cert, they oil started at once, and as the road
they took ran parallel with the railroad for q
mile or mere, and they having taken the same
direction the train was going, the race while it
lasted was an exciting one, the horses passing
the Depot little ahead Of the cars.
There were few mules in the stampede, and
as one Of these occasionally sounded out his
unmelodeous solo, it seemed to add speed and
,wldness to the fight, almost as terrible as the
rush of an army Of bpffaloes. We learn that
several horses were killed by the train, and
number were recovered next morning on their
way towards Russell Several are yet out.
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A SPr.-The mans calling himself Sterling
King, who was arrested here on Sunday week
and sent to Gen. Longstreet's headquarters for
trial, where he was tried but not convicted for
want Of evidence, turns out it seems, to be q
spy Of the most dangerous kind, after all. He
had left lis baggage in Smyth county, which, on
examjf9 fon, Nas found to contain ample evil
denGfsbf his guilt, in shape Of . commission to
reqfgf in the Federal service, and authority as
a/wfgon-master to convoy Yankee teams to
Fufberland Gap. We presume he is still in
'cqftody, and if SO, he will be certain to Ego up
tfe spout"
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-22

VIM. KING HEISKELL.
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The following extracts are from private
letter written by q Kentucky lady to q friend in
the South, and show in beautiful light the
heroic fortitude and hepe which sustaips the
fair daughters of that State !:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-15
ScarEyo'tfula, or Kings E1i1

Is CONVENTIONAL disease a corr
blood, by which this fluid becorlpuOh Of a.
weak, and poor. Being in the n;;..' ntated,
pervades the whole body, and ma, I ason, il
in disease on any part Of it. No c,1 suist out
from Its attacks, nor is there one wb;"L : lite
not destroy. The scrofulous tain, i , may
caused by mercurial disease, low .asiously
ordered or unhealthy food, imnr-D nSs dis
and filthy habits, the depressinp az aa' nth
above all, by the vcnereal infection 20 n and
ever be its origin, it is hereditary !, ;. what.
stitudon, descending from parents % ,.e Con-
unto the third and fourth generates :, eiAiarea
it seems to be the rod of Him WI, INDEED,
their children" Upon
Its effects commence by deposition f,o,,
blood OF corrupt or ulcerous matter xI;.i , 'as
the lungs, liver, and internal orsaps !; ".'eh n
tubercles; in the glands, swellipps. . wi,ned
the surface, eruptions or sores. TI;' -a On
ruption, which genders in the Blood 5 iuut co.,
the energies of life, so that scrof1lo,'s L'.>ss
tons not only suffer from scrofuI,,,D '','I "
plants, but they have far less power ~ s:-
stand the attacks of other disesses.' " VIII
quently vast numbers perish bv i;, .OIse'
which, although not scrofulous in their n..
are still rendered fatal by this tain, 'r ~ .1
system. Most of the consumption which "a
climates the human family has its origin IL;
in this scrofulous contamination; and ~!
destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys b-a a!
and, indeed, of all the organs, arise fIo IAN 4
are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people are scros,,r..
their persons are invaded by this lurEnS :
fiction, and their health is undermined +, M
Tocieanse it from the system we mus, rpro,, =.
the blood by an Alternative medicine anJ =
vigorate it by healthy food and eyeTc;. .''
Such a medicine we supply in
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-15
Sheriff. Sale.

State of Kansas, Doniphan County.
Daniel DetUick,
Administrator Of 4 "a
Washington Young. dec, Order of Sale. 4
J.H. Selectman. G "
PY virtue Of an order of sale issued out OF
- the District Court of the Second Judicial
District, sitting within and for Doniphan Coun-
ty, and State aforesaid, for the trial of causes
arising under the laws of said State, dated
November LIST, 1864, wherein Daniel Det-
rick, Administrator of the Estate of Washing
ton Young, deceased, is plaintiff, and J.. H.
Selectman is defendant, will, on the 10th day
OF December, 1864, between the hours Of nine
O'Clock A. NJ. and four O'Clock p. NJ. o. said
day, at the Court House door, in the city of
Troy, County and State aforesaid, offer for
sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash in hand, all the right, title and inter
est Of the said j. II. Selectman in and to the
following described real estate, to wit: The
north east quarter of section thirty five, (35)
IN township one, ID Of range nineteen, Q9);
also, Lots fourteen (l4) and six, (6) in Block
nine. ~ in the town of Iowa Point. Taken
as the property of ]. II. Selectman, to satisfy
an order of sale in favor of Daniel Derrick,
Administrator of the Estate OF Washington
Young, deceased. EXC 10
Given under my hand, this 29th day of June,
A. d. 1864. E. G. CRABB,
Sheriff of Doniphan County, Kansas.
PERRY HAWKINS. Att'ys for Pl'ff.
November Bird, l664-5w. Prs fee, SI2.
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AYERS
Compound Extract of Sarsau7riII,

the most effectual remedy which the medic,
skill of our times can devise for this tvD,r
where prevailing and fatal malady. lii com.
bined from the most active remedials tia, l,,,
been discovered for the expurgation of th, r.,
disorder from the blood, and the rescue Of 4.
system from its destructive conseouene,
Hence it should be employed for the curc .,
not only Scrofula. but also those other as.,.
tons which arise from it, such rs ERurrIv,
and SKIN DISEASES, ST.. ASTnoxr's FnE
ROSE, or ERYsIPELAs, PlMPLEs, Prsrrlr,
BLoTcnEs. BIAINs and BoILs. TrNoE>, Trr1rI
and SALT RHErM, ScALD HEAD. RlxGwoRy
RHErMArIsN, SypHILIrIC and MEKcURlu DIS.
EASES, DRoPsY, DYSPEPSIA, DEElLlTr, ,st,
indeed, ALL COMPLAINTS ARISING PROM yl1n
TED OR IMPURE Blood. The popular bclef
in !" impnity Of the blood" Is founded in truth.
for scrofula is a degeneration Of the blood. The
particular purpose and virtue of this Sarsap.-
rilla is to purify and regenerate this vital faid,
without which sound health is impossible u
contaminated constitutions.