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EXCHANGE HOTEL.

N0TICE.-Such of the Stockholders of the
In Exchange Hotel Company have received the rar
Of their stocks and DVdeac reqaeed TO call for pay
and surrender the scrip, previous TO Goth March, lS
Those who fall TO do nohd that the Treasurer Will then
invest In four per cent Confederate bonds their benefit
JAS II. GARDAER
rfT TreaCu
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

AUCTION SALE.
ON THURSDAY, the 18th inst We will have
" our prior the LIST, day Of April and notify
conSgnors thsw be their lat chance 10 avail hess
suction sales until after that time We will be enabled 10
oRer unusualy attractive ASortmest Of
Groceries, -t '- 81
Dry Goods, ft
ehoe,,
Choice Manufactured Tobacco, .i
And other very desirable articles
Consiy nments solicited.
:: ' - TARDY WILLIAMS.
T. w. KKKsEK, Auct'r. NH s-.ds
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

A WoRK HOUsE.-Every days experience goes to
demonstrate the ned there is of work house for the
Punishment! and correction Of Juvenile thieves of Ibis
city. Yesterday there brought before the Mayor
two children scarcely large enough to be put into pam
talooas, who not only charged with entering q
houss in the daytime and stealing pistol aud some
other things but confessed the fact aud told where
they had sold the stolen articles The names Of the
children respectively Eddy Clayton and George
Kuhn. They tAi stolen the things from Mr.. William
Thomas, who lives in the Northern suburb. The
Mayer sent the accused to county Magistrate the
larceny having been committed beyond the corporate
Lmits
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

Conxf sloSER 70 6HxIco A lase Yalkse 1per say'
Col Wm Preston, Confederate Co nmissi,Uer to AsIe
has arrived a. Havana. rouis 70 bis destination.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09
NOTICE.
OFFICE RICHMOND, FRED'G & POT

OFFICE RICHMOND, FREDG POT. R. R. co I
RIcHMosD. March 9th, 1864.
A LII CHECKS drawn by this Company, and
IA ali Drafts drawn IT. AID ali other claims agas. tbs
Company dividends open account due previous the
OF March 1884, be presented for payment before
that day No chscks will be drawn, nor Drafts honoed
mentS made at this Office o day 10 the 1s Of April prtx
the 9 March, 1884 presented for payment after the LIST Prox
mo- viii paid in the present currency al lie pr vane at
The opton Company In the at the rate OF
three collars the present Tor two Of the currency nxed
0y act Oh 'O"S' 90 j. B. WINSTON,
mhT-t0Smh Treasurer.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

TszNs-DAnT, year, go; Iz months, tis hrss months
IS. FOr a lsss period, g per month.
ssl-WESkLE, year, sac six monih SO No EuOsorpaen
received or less tAaa sig months.
wxSNT year go ak monAS IS. No subscription received
AeT l-Bs than sig nOnthi.
- Re1,ssucss - max Of ne subscriber
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whose pspsn marked With o0s' AL anssr
ssld sAat thsr Of subscription about sEPrs ana VI
,so,i sronpsy Z thry wish Asir papers continued
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09
PASSAGE OF FaI SAT- BILL.

Senate bill to authorEs tbs impressment Of certain
salt wells furnaces aud other property, Was taken up
and ra.sed by tae following vote
AYss-Neesrs AlSCrson, Bra1ch, Brannon, Bruce,
Carson Coghill CoGman, Dilllrd, Douglas, Frazier,
Gl.nstt, Carlton, Gree, Hart Hunter, LAWSON, Mar
shall Nash, Neeson. Newton, Newman, Of hadisoa,
Neum N, CT MSaOa SSIiVer, Stevenson, Splitter, Wiley,
and Wlten-27
Mons Ossrs Armstrong, Ball, Christian, of Angus O.
Guy, johnson. Jones' Kssn, Logan, Lynch, Malone,
Qussente.ry, Randolph. and TaJlos-lS.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

By THO W. KEEsEE, Aucr'R
0hcs corner OF 1Sh and Gary streets.
1S0 Condemned Wagons, do. Stage Coach,
lOO for sale ct auction. .t.t
WIN be Sold on FRIDAY the 18th Inst, commencing at 10
O'clock Confederate states Lot BacOns Quarter Branch,
I 40 Wagons,
Stage Coach
. 70. p. ARCHER,
Maj. and Q NJ.
Tho. W. KKEsEE. Auct'r. mh2-tB
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
BY JAMES n. TAYLOR, AuetIoneer.
FARM TWO MILES BELON

BY JAMES n. TAYLOR, AuctloDeer.
VALUABLE FARM TWO MILES BELOW
Richmond, the Williamsburg Turnpike, eon.ainbt 20
sores land sale auction. w be sold the premises
Thursday the 10th day Of March, 1864 at IL o'clock we
IaluSb Farm two miles from the city, The north ds OF ns
Williamsburg turnpike adjoining the farm Of Mr. John Poe ana
extending back The York kver Railroad having Two on
and containing 28 acre Of land In high state ofimpoyeutnL
comfortable dwelling house, with Ave and the
usual tbudings all In good order. Persons wishing
good farm the city would do well 10 attend the
10 rarely such farm In the market. will be sold
whole, divided into three tracts msy be desired
TERMhade 70 suit the purchas and 70 be paid By the
purchaser. JAS. NJ TAYLOR,
fe96-tds ---;.--. - --''---1 - Austr.
WIN bs Scd at The time abOu. 100 cords Seasoned
JAS. NJ TAYLOR
mig Auctr
NOTICE.--I will SO J, at the house of Henry
IN T. Decle, In Montgomery county. on "WEDNESDAY the
Qed day OF this month"; the highest bidder for ready
ali the personal property said De attached for the hensI Of
Z. 7. Foster Co., consisting Of
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Horses, Wagons, Gears,
Oxen, Mich Cows, Biooded Cattle,
& Several Hundred Cords Of Wood,
Leather, Salt, &c.
rsss ALSO
Thirteen very Valuable Negroes.
d. LIZ. ]. AMIS3 Deputy for
J. W. MONTAGUE,
mh9-tds Sheriff Montgomery county
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

THE friends Of Jno. z. McElhany announce
i him a. Candidate for the once Of Commissioner Of the
Board Of Public works. m the Vacancy produced The
sgnaon Of CLAY, Esq., Ths officers conducting he cleo
lion please open poll al al the preonets Ia the District
mArl-dlOswT&wSf
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RETALIATION
Mr.. eRICE offered the following :


Whereas, tbs General Assembly OF Virginia have
learned thSs the Rev. Geo. n BIN, Cashier Of the
PoItImouth SWING Bank Society, aud VIM II. H..
Hodges Cashier Of the Merchants and Mechanics
Savings Bank, citizens Of Portsmouth, Va, the frat
named beng over sixty years of age, and the other
cripple have been arrested and sentenced to hard labor
a. HatssAs North Carolina by ordes Of Ajor General
Batter or some other officer Of the Federal government
for alleged fraudulent disposal OF the funds Of their
banks and that the Rev. John H. Wing6ed, Rector Of
Trinity Episcopal Church. Portsmouth, had been put TO
hard labor in the public streets Of that city, with ball
and c1ain leg because be refused to renou1ce
allegiance { his native State; therefore,
Be It ense ed by the General Assembly, That tie
Governor Of the Common wealth be, and he ID hereby
requested to invite the attention Of the Confele ate
government TO the arrest and sentence Of these three
worthy ctiE rs Of tbs State and to respectfully esk
that the facts may be investigated, and Il found as
stated and behaved that three citizens Of she Federal
States there DO such in the hands o! the Confederate
authorities be held As hard labor hostages for these
three citizens Of Virgin AMI if none, thaE three Fede
raj officers be placed at hard labor with ball and
oaan on the public streets and held as hostages for
hessrs. Balm, Hodges, and Wingh.ld
Tee rules having been suspended. the preamble and
resolution unanimously passed. ami ordered be
communicated 10 the House.
The raport Of the Joint Committee relative to tie
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

Skiing HORSE FOB A BIO PRICE.-List Sunday
morn ng mac, srffsrirg from mania po9u, bought
worthless old horse from Michael Dolan, an Irsh-
man. in R,ckets old field, paying for the same check
for THREE thousand dollars 900 in money, and gold
watch The horse, i; seems, Nike had picked up some
six zen months ago, and carrying it to Bacon Quarter
Branch, wss told there he could have it After the lat
ter trarsA eD Sunday he reported the case to Capt
Maccrbbns Office, thinking that the purchaselof The
horse might bo fugitive from ustcs or the conscrp'
officer and left with of the detectives the CHECK he
had received in part payment. On Monday morning,
gong back to the police Office be was arrested on the
charge Of stealing a government. horse, and hand I'd
over to the Mayor. The Mayor having heard the case
yesterday mOrni 6, discharged Mike, bu held on to the
mnneY 10
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

A RoBBERY.-Raber. Spriggs, Carter Winston, Geo.
Tinskley and Columbia Anderson, free negroes we're
arrested yesterday the charge Of stealing clothing
and other property from John Bryan, slave. Bryan,
sesms Monday night stopped for the Eight at the
Alabama Star SAOOn Gary street. above 18Th street,
which, it seems, is kept by the negro Robert sprggs
Yesterday mcrnng he found that bis trunk had been
broken open and its contents stolen. Officer Crone
searching the premises found hat that had been taken
from the trunk. He also found FIVE or SIX pounds Of
muskot balls bride and martiugal,, and some other
odds and ends whci he suspected stolen proper
The negroes we're all locked up for examination before
the Mayor this morning.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09

Corner OF Q b aud Main streets.
WE wi offer at auction, on FRIDAY, til
w Instant at 10 e'clOek- t'-
70 10 BAG SsI, 'hS sa NJ 2 30 Sugar
hhds. do do i-'
{ s casks Rice
20 boxes Candies il-.1'
30 do No: / Bar Soap
70 S beg: Spe SefS Sod.
8 bags Black Pepper i."i ''
With gene al assortment Of Groceries, 80
1000 packages Manufactured Tobacco
W. cases Cuba Plantation Cigars
50 kegs hacCOOOy Snuff ,o,,,oos ,n,.o.,o
: BY DAVENPORT CO. Stock Auo.IOnssrs
oaoe corner Of Cary and lsthTs.
WE shall sell at auction, at the Office of the
w Old Dominion .surance Company, FRIDAY. March
9Th, 1854, At IL O,slScs, The fclOEtns
$4,000 Richmond And DAnVills g. T. per cent Coupon
: 10000 Confederate nSSGs s Per cent. Coupon Bonds
sS:SSS 90 % % 90
10000 do Is million reg'd do
200 shares Va. lnd Tenn r (. Stock
100 90 Merchant Insurance =. ,, Company Stock
90 do Bank OF Commonwealth
And such other Bonds and Stocks may be offered before day
ofIaa Davenport o.
The above sale postponed I'LL FRIDAY March ill., a IL
O'Clock, NJ. DAVENPORT AGO.
mia
$4,000 North Carolina per cent bonds.
VIII be added 10 the above sale:
= 10000 per cent. Convertible Registered Bonds
5000 Va. state Bonds.
10000 Va. Treasury Notes.
90 shares Exchange Bank Stock.
5000 OArrol O.unty Bonds.
5000 North Carolina So.
1000 Gold Ooin-
Sterling Bill on London.
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RILLs RRPoRTRD.

House bill to amend and reenact the llth section of
the QOsth chAptS, of the Code Of Virginia as amended
and re enacted By Ao emitted act 10 amend and
reenAct Peedon ll,h Ct chapter 20S of the Code OF
Virginia passed October S0;h 1858, concerning jurors
in criminal casts With Amendment.
An act GuthOriE ne the Board Of Supervisors Of Salt
to Diet 'Fnine with John n Garrison the hires Of his
slsVaa kc
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09
KxKMPfIONs

Tae report Of the Joint Committee relative to TIE
CONSUMPTION of STATE officers BY the Confederate gov
ernm n was taken up aud eOnsdeSed utiI the hour Of
recess
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-09
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE.

SENATE.
TUESDAY, March sth, 1854.
BILL PASSED.
House bill to authorize the Governor to lelse por-
ton Of land adjoining the srmorY
House bill to authorize SherGs 10 summon the posse
eOnmitai5 TO aid in enforcing mpre:snents In cersin
cases.
The resolution Of the House. recommittng the adj
dress Virginia soldiers to the committee from which 1t
EN- mated, With instructions, was agreed to.
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ting question "a 10 where the degree Of the
social tie becomes too feeble 10 exercise It's
prerogative.
If the possession Of an honest, virtuous, and
seli-suppOrtlng wife can make drunken, idle.
prOwling rapscallion decent man, and by
this negative power prevent him from recelv-
ing the only correction likely to reform him,
then the fact OF such brute's having ere
spectacle father, mother, sister, brother, aunt,
or, as far as we see, first. or epen second
cousin, or gerry particular friend ought to
be AN equal guarantee Of his decency. In
deed, the telescope eye ofthe law might, with
equal propriety, look back generation, and
acquit the poor devil Of vagabondlsm, because
" his grandfather was most wonderful ire
" spectacle, &c.) man"
We certainly have always considered vaga-
bondage as a positive and independent state,
morally and physically, conferred solely In the
individual, and totally beyond the influence Of
his social or domestic connections. We
thought, and still think, that vags-
bond IL vagabond per Sc, aud that his
individual habits and manner Of life alone
make him one, That II, in short, a man
be an habltual drunkard, beggar, and
wanderer, without honorable means of
subsistence or willingness to work for
them, houseless and homeless, totally good
for-nothing he Is an unmitigGted udgdbond;
and the fact Of his possessing creditable kin
dred or family ties only makes his disgraceful
conduct more objectionable and deserving of
r
sympathy for those whose name and affections
be has so UNANIMOUSLY abused.
That Is our notion Of a vagabond, in the
teeth Of the French Imperial Court" and we
sincerely believe the whole respectable and
intelligent community, wives included, vii
agree with us.
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MnAT Is A yAGAaoNnr

A French Imperial Court" was recently
required to settle the question Of vagabond-
oge, in the case of man who was arrested as
a common vagrant, without money, occupa-
iion, or domlcile, and of dlssolute, thriiile5s
habits, but whose "Niie was known to be a re-
spectacle woman, and mistress Of school in
another town."
The Court, with keennesS Of perception
which is, we confess, beyond our appreciation,
decided that, because his loUe iV0s the Gtore-
mentioned respectable school mistress, IN
another torn, the man was no vagabOnd, in
spite of indsputable testimony rs to his utter
destitution, disgraceful debauchery, and mser-
able nomadic existence nothing Of which he
denied). Now this remarkable sublimation of
forensic acumen leads US very naturally to
ask ourselves, and the community, what con-
stitutes vagabond, if the French prisoner
referred TO was not onep
We predicate this question, of course, upon
the broad principle that vagab ond Is a vaga-
bond whenever he may chance to lead the life
of one, and that the accurate definition Of the
term may apply equally to AL 30 that, II the
case was not case OF vagabondism in France,
neither would il be so In any other enlightened
Christian community. This question, then,
thus prediCated, gives rise 10 some singular
speculRtions with regard TO the precise line
between vagabondage and non-vagabondage,
as connected with the social relations Of life.
1t is certainly new theory with US, that
the virtues Of a wife should veil, In the eye OF
the law, the vices Of her husband, especially
when, as in the case above alluded to, those
very vices are the cause OF their separation
and her unhappiness; and that man should
be allowed to make beast and beggar of
himself, to the injury Of public decency and
good morals, because respectable woman"
with the capacity and Ne win 10 earn her
| Own and her ehlldren's bread honestly, has
had the misfortune, in years past, to have
been married. to the good-for-nothing. If
Saeh domestic relations are to be considered
as testimony in hvOr Of such cases, and are
to raise them beyond the ban orvagabondage,
and " punishment, II becomes a strawspllt-
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rotres. Of the wretcbed SrURoIs, In the
charge under "Baldy" SMITH, and perhaps
elsewhere.
But II Is not In the nature Of things that
slaves suddenly converted 10 sodiers--and
four-hfths Of these troops were slaves-should
equal in intelligent endurance-which springs
rom frmness Of individual will almost as
much as from discipline--in tenacity and dash,
white ifeemen. All assertions that they uni
formly do are ill-considered party encomlums,
or partial representations Of a benevolent
fanaticism. And 10 this view, Il becomes the
more important that their morale should be
maintained by every inslnewing assurance,
As prisoners of war especially, the Rebels
should be compelled, by a certainty Of retri-
button, to treat them according to the civil
lied usages Of war. If the Government for
whose existence they nght deserts them In
their irextremity---allows them TO be butchered,
tortured, scourged, and enslaved-it will not
lniuse desperation into their ranks-if, indeed,
that were either a dignihed or Christian
policy-but dependency, and viii reap, what
the world will declare 1t has sown-disaster,
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IBIeti.


COoK.-on tho LIST Of August, 1854, Mr.. JOHN u,
coon.
Due notice will bO given Of the funeral
Ge!GG,-o MONDAY, the ID Instant, John Grsg Esq,
Red seventy two.
iricrds ano those Of the family are invited attend
the funeral 81 Lis La esdeECo No, 1893 fput street.
o. FTcsy afternoon at O'Clock. To proceed 10 Laurel
Hn.
IL GG.-o the sd instant MIR. JACOB HUGO in the
4Jth ytHr OF Lis Hgo
las relatives Gnd friends, and Fidelity Lodge No 1888
], o. O o. - aO the Rl in general rcspec tily
ntG 10 EttcnG tie funeral iro his late residence cor
afternoon at O'Clock. 10 proceed to Odd Fellow Is
CtmCtcrY
Il1EENBTRG ON she "a Instant CHARLES A.
ll1y EN- EIG, In the 4f'h year Oi his Hge.
fui raj Lis late rtsldeuCe Darby, Friday mora
ms n 10 OclCck The relatives AMI friends Of the family
Orphans ltcy Lodgg NO l32, and GeneFt Taylor En-
crmpnept, L. q, q. +: and liemlltOn Lodge and
COluniBia ark LOdE6, No 81, are invited TO
attend. lnttrment al Mount uVrb,h Cemetery.
roll lRls.-July 9Th, prisoner In the Petersburg
fC4CrSl hospital OF wounds received Rcans station
June 18th, 1854, Captain W. DEW EES ROBERTS, Com
pany D, Eleventh Pennsy lyania Cavalry in the 2ith
year OF biz agC.
1IsbALL -un the pa inst, CHARLES TIsDALL, in
1 reptyos ana ale friend, OF the family are resDec-
~ " invited 90 attend his funeral his late resi-
defoe No. 25' hrstian street. Friday morning, at &
O'Clock.
WlIBERsHFIM.- suddcaly, on the evening Of the
lst inst CHARLES f., son OF william O. Margaret
hieuersheim, In toe lith yeal OF his aLe,
Ills male it nds Invited 70 attend tho tanera from
the rCnCence Ot his parents No. ia n, Third street.
Thursday a ternOon, at O'CLOCK.
WHIT MAN On Monday, August l, Kate NJ, iuflnt
dGuG liter oi j.. &. and Clara A. Whitman.
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BARCLAY-BLoOMER-On the 10th Of June, by
Rev. g. 1hOmRs at the parsonage, No 6!J CathArnS
street Philadelphia, Mr. MILAN j. BARCLAY to
Miss MARY J, BLoOMER, both OF this city. No cards
COHLlsS-TUMEY.--On Slst OF July, by Rev. j. W.
LeEdenham, at the Rectory of Gloria Del Church,
DAVID W. CORLISS, OF Philadelphia, 10 KATE
EUDOhA TUNEY, OF Chesapeake city, Md. CBAti-
more Sun p Gaze cOpy.l
FEAElh hG-sMlIH.-on the 3lst ult, by Rev. G.
Washington JGTman his residence, No. 21 Marriott
street, Mir. iI.LlAh q. FEARING, of United States
Navy to Miss LYDIA M. SMITH, both of this CITY.
HODGES-WATSON.-On the lst Inst, by the Rev. q.
" EsLinl ton JCrnan, Mr. WILLIAM HODGES, OF this
city, 10 hAkY uaughteT of John 4. Watson, Esq, of
Iitlstown, Salem county, New Jersey.
HUDLON-M lLLER.-July ~, 1854, bv the Rev. Thos.
G. Murphy, Mi. JOHN Nj. HUDSON and ADELlNE
MILLEk, oil OF this city,
WFssELs-1LAL-on On the "a instant, iby Rev, J. II.
AN btr ~, ~, lts iianta,, Te y esI ali o. H. citv
NAlLES-WOLFE.-Int the Presbyterian Church at
Lev lei, ulv 2hth, ut by the heV g. III. NnmO,
MI EBGAK NAPLES, Oh Georgetown, Hn0 Miss MARY
H. OLFE, daughter Of Henry Wolfe, Esq, Of Lewes,
Del.
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1rsIIcE To cuannsn r,.no Is.

The prophecy is fulfilled. "If the Admins
tration does not avengs by adequate retalia-
t'on the massacre at Fort Pillow, your
~neero troops viii fail yoa at critical mo-
Inent, and visit you with disaster aud hu-
miiaton.p Such, IN substance, was the pre-
doiion of a conservative Border State Senator.
That Executive indecision which had before
o. heGrtenod the friends OF the Administra-
aop, and supplied its enemies with occasions
70 taunt and exult, stayed the armed hand OF
justice.
Ihe President, In the heat of national horror
ut the butehery, proclaimed bis intention to
retaiiate II the report of the Committee OF
Congress, deputed to investigate It, should
sustain the unofficial statements which had
Deem received. The report Of that Committee
established the massacre in all its fell and bloody
proportions, The President permitted his
promise to be explained away, and did
nOtnAng. hthls be humanity, it Is weakness
IN war and injustice In morals. Behold its
Hui's1 The negro soldiers Of Petersburg
re"emoered Fort Pillow, and, when capture
seemed Imminent, fed.
That tendency 70 sxae9erat,o0 which mar
Vades the American raAnd ON Al, ore.,,ons
and all sides Of questions, on the one hand
has unfairly deprecated and on shs o,hsr in
ordinAtelyestimated the negro troops, Rvsrv
student Of our history knows that they ws,.
advantageoasly employed In our prevIou,
Wars-in the Revolution, under OolOne
CHRIsToPHER GREENE, al Red Bank; an,
in the last war with Great Britain, at New
Orleans, both under JACKSON and PACKER
HAM. In thh war with the JEFF. DAvI
usurpation, II Is clear they have behaved ere
ditabIy at Morris Island. Port HudsOH, In th