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Tho Capture Of tie Florida.

The capture Of the Confederate steamer
Florida turns out to have been one of the
most cowardly acts ever perpetrated BY an
nation on the globe. From the Herald"
account It appears that the Florida was RI
ding at anchor in the neutral harbor of
Bahia, in the bay of San Salvador, Brazil,
on the morning Of the 7th Of October. Her
commander, Capt. Morris. some Of her
officers, and half other crew. were on shore
The Yankee steamer, ran into her, and
capturing" her without resistance, hasti 4
tied hauser to her and towcd her out TO
sea. Twelve Of Fer subordinate Officer and
6fty-eight Of her crew were 'cr otured
with her The prize was taken to st. Thon-
as, West indies. whence it was TO have left
for New York on the % inst. By the 10.
ture Of the Florida the bon.as for the re-.
lease Of several Yankee vessels WIRE rccov.
cred, together with, several chroooaesers
important papers, and other valuable prop,
erty, were seized. Tlhe .+sIesald'' antiei-
pates dispute witt, Brazil oe the subject
notwithstanding it considers it a gallant
and satisfactory achievementy
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Curious Historical Fact.

During the troubles in the reign OF
Charles L.. country girl came to London
10 search Of place as u servant maid, but
not succeeding She hired herself to carry
out beer from warehouse, and was Que
Of those called tub women. The brewer
Observing good looking girl 10 this low
occupati5n, took her in his family as a
uervaht. and after short time married her.
Hs died while she was young women
and loft her tho bulk Of his fortune. The
business Of brewing dropped, and Mr.. Hyde
was recommended to the young woman as .
skillful lawyer to arrange her husbands
affairs. Hyde. who was after wards Earl of
Glaze ndon. finding the Widows fortune
considerable, married her. By this mar
riage there was no other issue than 9
daughter. who was afterwards the wife Of
James H.. and mother Of Mary and Anne,
Queens Of England.
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4aetrp.
For the indicator.
Respectfully and Gratefully
ID Il d l C A 7 L D

NCSpCVtAutiy duU VI 0tClulIy
DEDICATED
assa. JpsAI EAaLr. AND HIS GALLANT Army, IN
rHx Valley OF Va.
BY a Lady Of the VaH.y
TAsy'u be calling, they'll be calling,
In voice most wondrous sly,t
''Will you walk into my parlor,'
A tho spider asked the Ay7
Nay, by the blood Of heroes
Whom we so proudly boast
Wen b. frcemsn, wen be freemsn,
Or wen join that silent host.
Reconstruction never never!
Independence, and forsveri
Our land shall be sasioa, glorious, independent,
free.
Ask the maiden who, 81 sadly
In her desolation, weeps
Ger the grave where hope lies buried,
And her gallant lover sleeps,
Ifthe sacrifice SO precious
Shall have offered been in vain,
Ard We to Northern bondage
And her ..ae.h pots" turn again.
ReC0US%TUESlOuj ueV0T never j. &C.
Ask the lonely, wido wed mother
OF the noble boy who rests,
In some spot unknown q nd nameless,
On his cherished Country's breast,
II the hand that laid her idol
In cheerless, CORY bed,
Shall be grasped in friendship sacred
Der his lowly, Wondering head
Reconstruction never never 4c.,
Ask her, Who droops in anguish
Mid the little orphan throng,
Still. listening for the welcome step
That tarries-oh! so long,
Mast that strong arm, and fsithful heart
That death will ne'er: release,
But aid to purchase, for his land,
short, inglorious peace!
Reconstruction never! neve1l DC ),
AK the veterans OF our srIny,
Who have bravely borne the brups
Of myriad has Fought battles
In the ranks most deadly front,
II compromise 80 hateful
Shall bruit it FER the main,
That their srms have lost their valor,
And our brayest are all slain {?
Reconstruction never never de-,
By our nations former glory,
By the memory Of our sires.
BY the many princely of'rirgs
On our ecuntry's altar fires,
BY the fame that wreathes our banner,
By our firm, unfaltering faith,
Let our watchword ring still clearer,
"Gsrs us Liberty DeatA."
KecoI struction never neyeli
Independence and forever.
Our land sha be nation, glorious, iadependen
free:
AususrA County,, VA
| November 9th 1864.
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ia
The Washington Chronicle contains an
article on Presidents Davis, in which il
says:
We desire to do justice to this remarka.
bic man and in doing so, we may find the
secret Of his recent reaa..,rseless confessions.
If there eYeesr was publ, character VINO
seemed to be careful to preserve the repu-
tation Of a gentleman, it was Jefferson Da-
Wis. He was an honored Senator and an
incorruptible Cabinet Minister, scorning
alike tho political parasite and the selfish
jobber Nobody. friend or foe, doubted
his personal integrity. He had. it is true,
the hauteur of an educated STAKEHOLDER !;
but he could be as gentle ss a woman !;
and he had the manliness to dc Justice to
an enemy, and to retract an Offensive allu-
sion, il convinced that be was wrong
The Washington Constitutional Union
in copying this, says:
We might have hes;tated to pen such an
article for fear of the consequences. But
extracting from such a ruling authority,
our motives will be easily understood. We
have no intention of joining in eulogy oe
JEFF; Davis; we wish but to rescue a CO.
temporary journalist from the imputation
Of constantly aud Internationally niarepre-
senting political opponents, and Of missta-
ting faoss IL political history.
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The Exchange Of Prisoners at s avannah

IHe exchange Of prisoners at &VaDnah
| The Savannah -Necs of the 10th states
that on the evening before, about dark our
boats returned with about eleven hundred
Of o,ir met On board, completing the re-
ceptlon of our prisoners so far as the ex-
change has been agreed upon at this
point All Of these were sick or woun-
ded Large numbers are unable to walk.
Many are on crutches. and none able to
move off briskly. They were met at the
wharf by an immense throng Of our citizens,
including large number Of the good ladies
Of Savannah. The verandahs next the ri
yer were crowded. Bonfres illuminated
the whole scene. Tho military. with fiue
band was out, and gave the suffering me n
hearty welcome Those who were able
to walk were Furnished with refreshments
by the Ladies' Relief Committee IN South
Broad street, before being assigned to their
proper quarters.
The News states that about 10 600 will
be delivered to Capt. Hatch as rapidly as
possible
Cur prisoners all speak in the highest
terms Of Col. Milford, the Federal Agent
of Exchange, for his kindness to the nj
while under bis charge; also of DR.. w. A.
Smith, who had charge of them as medical
officer on board the George Leary.
Capt. Hatch is aided in bis ardous duties
BY Capt. O. Brien, Surgeon Joseph B. .Breck
and the Richmond Ambulance Committee,
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THE DUTCH GAP CANAL.

ARMY OF THE JAMES, Nov. 13.--Tht
removal of the interdict which has been pu
upon the publication Of statements in re-
gard to this work, renders it highly prop
or that should report whe reofI have seen
The preliminary survey for this impor
tant work was made 6unday. August 7th
and the work itself coiillimnsaced on the It'll
of the same month.
The neck Of land which forms the bend
in the James River at this point and
through which the canal is cut, is 165
yards across The excavation is of suffi
ciert depth below low water mark to floal
the largest gunboats necessary in the siege
operations to be carried on higher up Che
river. Upward Of fifty thousand cubic
yards of earth, most OF it dark blue clay,
which is very difficult to move, have been
already excavatea by masual process alone,
while the steam dredse engaged in reno
wing the deposits from the bed Of the ca
nal. and widening its nouth. docs work
equal to about Fifty tons per day. This
work, it must be remembered, has been
done under the frequent, and during the
earlier Stages u Iss progress, tue almost ln>
cessant Smelling Of rebel batteries.
From fifty to five hundred men have been
employed on the work from time to time.
Present force about two hundred, all col
ored.
They appear perfectly happy, digging
away in the mud, and saving their "curos-
wities," as they call the bits of iron pyrites
and clay slate which they pick up during
their work, for tie "fust white hossifer or
gemman" that comes along.
The entire work will, it is expected, be
completed before December, Major Baldwin
is in charge Of the military lcxcayating)
force, and Major Meshi in charge of the
engineering force.
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NO Is.
eoy. Seymour on the :. Fsauas.s

4 hitter in thu New Yourlc Yrfbaas save.
Governor Seymour has just closed 3 speech.
in which he said TO word IN opposition Ia,
the Rebellion. and nc eonmsnt upon it,
crimirality. Ills speech, was enc tissue Of
the ba'ess sophistry--a low appeal to the
fears, the selfshness. and tie passions of
She une,lueated masses.
He alluded to the arrcs! of the agent
whom ne ssnt to obtain the soldiers votes.
in the following cheeky. brassY. and un
prlncipled and false manner. / give the
words as nearly ss.g e.El saesl them, an
hour having passed:
:" understand the Government has just
arrested some persons in Washington on
the charge ct illegally altering the soldiers
votes. 1t I'll becomes government which
has sent soldiers by entire regiments to vote
in Indiana; and which has controlled the
bsllot-box in Maryland by the bayonet. to
inquire very closely conoe9uing a few frau.
Idulent rotes.' -
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Improved In Spirits,

{ Our Ulysses, Ne regretted to leern, fol
many days before the Yankee Presidential
election, was silent, uncommunicative, anu
sometimes even morose. His immediate
attendants limited that he had become con-
vert to asceticism, and would soon enroll
himself among the membership Of the Order
of "the Doleful. disappointed and disconso-
late" But no sooner did the Presidential
returns, showing exclusively the reelection
Of his especial patron, Abraham lincoln,
reach him than he resumed bis wonted good
humor, and became even more facctious and
hilarious than he had been before attack Of
lo,o spirits. A ngle incident will suffice
to illustrate bis present high strung pleas
antry. a distinguished civilian-a visitor
to the Army of tho Potomac and the
James-remarked to him, when it was
definitely ascertained that the. ''Young Ma
poleon" had found his Walefloo-"G en-
eral. now that Butler has gone to New
York, where will you find right hand
MANI Pointing to a bottle, labelled
Dexter whiskey, Cincinnati, 1S59-"You
see I am not without faithful substi-
tute." The Yankee civilian, not to be
outdone, remarked Il now perceive the
spirit which animates you in ell your Dec
ferrous movements against Gen. Lee" Our
Ulysses came back in passable style: "Per-
haps then, Mr., you can test its mer-
its without making rye face" We need
not add that both imbibed, an that big
laugh followed.
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.4g0rSe lot OF QMeeasSsCns'e
WOOL WANTED

rhe undersigned very respectfully informs the
citizens Of Augusta and the adjacent counties that
having furnished himself with complete set Of
machinery, he viii re-establish his Factory IN the
county Ct Rockbridge, and commence operatsens
ia the cc1ree of six weeks. Having removed to a
place Of safety his stock of CLOTH prior to the de-
struction Of bis Factory, at Port Republic by the
Yankees, he is ROW prepared &c exchange ciotn
for wool, upon the following terms: One yard OF
cloth for two pounds of clean washed wool.
In order 70 make it more convenient to those
who wish to make an exchange, he has made ar
rangements with Mr.. A. Lynn. at the vindicator
office. Staunton, to receive and receipt Tor the
wool The cloth will be delivered st the same
place If desired. -,
Those not disposed To barter their wool, will
find purchaser by calling on Nc. Lynn, WHO
will pay the highest market price,.
Avg. l9--tf. 4. 3. TANQuARY. =
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Missouri.

The Grenada (Miss Motive says We have
just had a long conversation with gentle
man-an old freud. aud man we know
ipgly vouch for. who left st Louis q short
time ago. His opportunities were the very
best for knowing what was going on III the
State.
Gen Price has firm foothold in Missou-
ri. He is virtually in possession of four
f1fths Of the State, and no intelli gent Federal
officer believes they can force him out. =
When our informant left. Gen Price had
his headquarters at Waverly. and his lines
extended sixty miles West. Recruits are
focking to him daily from all parts of the
State-old grey haired men and young boys
mingle in the ranks With stout, hale men.
in the bloom of youth and prime Of life
These recruits are the best mel 10 the
State.
Intelligent Federal officers assured our
informant that not less than 35, 90 recruits
had joined "Old Pap up to the 3Oth Of
October. which would made his force fully
sixty thousand strong. Pagan with small
force had been retiring before force OF
Federals. near Independence which gave
rise to the oft repeated rumor that Price
was rctreating. He Has never receded an
inch since he entered the State, and has
never had Yankee force in his front able
to cope with him or willing to attempt it.
Clark, Shelby and Bill Anderson, are north
Of the Missouri river, tearing up railroads,
whipping Dutch and "obeyiDg orders gen.
orally.
In the sedalia affair, JEFF Thompson capt
ured 1900 men,
Our friends in the noble old State are 10
fine spirits and look upon their deliverance
as certain and immediate. The minions
Of the tyrant regard their days as already
numbered in the land they came to despoil
The work goes bravely on.
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From Washing 0n.


WASHINGTON. Nov. Is.
The resicencc Of the rebel papers regard
ing Sherman's movement is considered a.
favorable, since it indicates that Sherman
accomplishing that which the rebel leaders
do not wish known any sooner TRAN is nee
essary.
Gen Butler and Thurlow Weed were in
conference with the President to day.
Gen. Buffers views in Offering peace prop
ositions to the South are endorsed BY lead.
ing men here. President Lincoln has ex.
pressed himself as cordially in favor ofsuch
a course, for il such propositions are rejec-
ted by the rebel lca'iers, save on the rec
ignition of the Go 70 racy, the South will
be divided and y 18th reunited.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams has ex-
pressed his desire to return home. His
successor will probably lot DO appoin ted
for some months.
Advices from New England are that Mr..
Fosserden will be re elected Senator from
Maine, and that Henry Wilson will be re-
elected by nearly a unanimous vote Of both
Houses.
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A young urchin, employed to clean a
chimney of house in Meolusfeld, and
having assembled to the s'summit his pro-
tession,o took a survey this completed he
prepared to descend, but mstakine the flus
he found himself on landing, in the private
study OF a limb of the law, whose medisa~
tions on scme obstruse point were put IA
Hight. The sensation of both parties it is
impossible to describe; the boy, terrified
lest he ehould be punished, stood rivese 1
to the spot and the lawyer, struck elumb.
started from his seat, the very image ether
ror, bat spoke not. Sooty. however, 5000,
found tongue, and IN acceafs which oagy
increased the terrors Of tho laan- OF law.
DRIED out, ally fathers etssamin' directly
mat was enough; the presence of such an
equIvocal bzing SO introduced, unnerye /
MS > heart with one bound the afTrightene /
la..yer hew sAifsly down stairs, aid in h. s
Kitchen sought refuge from the eaenly.
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The Aibany Goa. Psari'ci, under tie ST =
niheant caption of whining fer peace, >
speaF.s thus Of the persons who la,elely az.
dres g letter to the Vice President aud 10
>enator johnson, requesting them to ''inau-
(gurate peace movement at the South :"
IN any Of tic men whose names are nc.
tached to the following letter have taken
any part in the war,eiiiraetiy or indirectly we
do not know it Ia fact, they are specul,.
tors, and having anaasscd large foitunes,
are willing to retire with their plunders- :
We hope sicerely that these men may be COR
scripted aod made to taste Of tao psivations
OF the war, before any step under their au-
vice be taken for peace We want no adj
vice from spectators aid aharpers about
neaha y
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OUR lNEIAN ALLIES.

We ere gratiGed to. learn. from tie very
best authority. THAI she Indian nations To-
Gated west Of Arkansas are now true and
devoted to our cause, and that they are
almost entirely free from Yankee ;nysaioo
Or molestatiun The Creeks. Chero KEGS
0hootaus ard Seminoles are all 10 cor,,;al
alliance with the South aud give our cause
a hearty support.
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AFFAIRS AT CHARLESTON. Since our last
report slow but steady fire has been kent
up by Battery Gregg aud the Swamp Angel
battery ON Fort Sumter, amounting to about
oo shots. The number Of shells thrown at
the clty since our last report has Been Y,
Our scouts bring information that IS trans
ports end 10 war vessels aye at Hilton Head
an increase of ten transports aud enc war
vessel. On Sunday night our Sullivan's
Island batteries opened on the Yankee picket
boats, hiring some twelve or fifteen shots.
We regret to chronicle a distres5iur cas-
nalty as resulting from the bonlbardm of
Sunday night. Mr. John Mull4lly ana
Mary, his wife, while in bed, were struck
bJ fragment Of she'll AMI instantly killed.
both their bodies being almost literl, cut in
two. Their sad fate was not Lnosn until
Monday morning. when their remains were
discovered. -Mercury.
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An Old Man VINO Has shot sixty Per
SONS.

The Cairo correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican tells this story :.
cat one point on the Tennessee river
there is place that has become a terror Is
steamboat men, and in passing it they al
ways find some place to secure themselves
till the boat passes. At this point an old
man. sixty odd yeers of age, has made his
headquarters long time, and the peculiar
.'crack of his gun" is familiar to river
men. and sends thrill Of terror wherever
it is heard. He has long heavy barrelcd
gun, originally Squirrel rife, which has
been bored out three different times, until
now the largest thumb can easily BE- turned
in the muzzle, and the aim Of the old man
is one ofdeadly certainty. The sentinel is
always faithfully upon his watch, and his
retreat has SO far baffled all to catch him.
from the fact that he is SO surrounded with
dense swamps aud deep ravines. Well in
formed river men estimate that this old
man has killed in this way not less than
sixty persons; and yet he PERFORMS his
work with as much oarnestncss and yigor
as he first commenced.
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Nice Little Exploit.

LrNcnBune, Nov. 1.-THE Titginian
has official intelligence that Lieut.. Col.
Witcher, on the 9Th instant captured and
burned two armed United States steamers,
the Barnuns and Fa,ol, With a quantity Of
small arms, in Buffalo Shoals, of Big San
dy river. On the same day he captured a
large amount Of military storeD at Willows
burg.
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.
Against EfAstY I.n aIesl ens.

Judge not:--tho workings Of each hoa )
Andof each aaind, taes canst not see
what seems "a thy d;ah eyes staia.
LII Gods 2ilra light. may only BIS
q scar, won on soass we'll fought fed,
Nhese fto,5 would'a QUIZ rusrs ASp
WILD. Has Pore.
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CENTR HOTEL
CHARLOTTESVILLE, "a.
THE Proprietor OF this convenient HOTEL re.
i specially call the attention of the
travelling F111o11c
to the situation If his House, being Immediately on
the Railroad, and thereby avoiding all chances OF
being left b the trains. His table, supplied with
the best the markets afford and his well ventilated
rooms, Furnished with
CLEAN BED DING,
aford comfortable entertainment to the wharf
rHAvHLrsR. He respectfully solicits the patronage
Of the public.
r. ". BAILEY.
March'6, ls6S.-8m
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VOL. XIX.
Dke Uimditator.
n. II. II. LYNN, Editor. L PROPRIETOR


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Lost.

Two Generals with their arzaies. Tbeyo
y Generals, respectively named Hood and
onerman-the first Confederate. comnan-
ding the Army of Tennessee . and the
seopd Federal, commanding the l.Armv
OF the Cumberland" were last seen son,e-
where in Northern Georgia. Gen Hood
has lost leg, and Gen Sherman is with
out heart. Gen Hood was last seen in
company with military locking man n AIMED
seapregard and sunday other white men
dressed IN grey. Sherman consorted with
one Thomas, white man with dark nr;n-
eiples. and also with sundry "AmeI;ca,
Citizens Of African descent, 7" yulearlv cali.
ed nlggers. who may perhaps be traced by
descent"
Theif friends are very anxious about
these missing parties. Any formation in
rsierenoe to their present whereabouts will
no doubt be thankfully received by s.iu-
curing friends" among whom NAV be
olassed army correspondents, teleeranb;c
reporters and newspaper editors, to saw
nothing of ''the public in general. WI,
mlngton Journal.
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A Yankee psper estimates that over Fifty
thousand freed negroes have persisted Of
starvation and misery in the Department Of
New Orleans alans. within tbs past two
years Of freedom,
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Gcn. Lees Vigilance.

Grant PATS cur matchless leader great
compliment in his dispatches, giving an
account of the recent rsconuicence in force
upon our lines: a.. 80.
He says that he foand "every point en-
trenched and the works of the enemy man
ned" Butler, too. he says, made svoop
around on the Yorktown road, without
finding point unguarded"
This, says the Lynchburg Virginta,, is
not very encouraging state Of affairs for
the enemy, and gives but little ground to
hope tibet the .'on to Richmond" movement
will be successful. Dashing. like mad
bull. upon our lines first on one side aud
then on the other of the James river, en-
deayoring in vain to steal = march upon
vary leader. Grant is compelled to acknowl.
edge that his plans are all anticipated by
bis master in the art Of war, Gen. Lee has
guarded every point" Having "fel our
lines and found them all guarded; aud
having been repulsed in his recent onset
with terribIo loss. the redoubtable hero Of
Vicksburg finds himself considerably ''set
back and gives cold comfort to his master
at Washington. This admission wrung
from him, should be consoling to our
people.