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e,ose and yot no bill has boon passed. tho
credit OF Tho government lot US, no sad Address our
selves 10 praoi,Cai questions mean W sapposs VIC
goveIDtnent.
Mr.. wnsos, (rcp.) OF Iowa said tho gentleman from
New York not the proper person 10 deliver lecturer
70 tho House, considering that tho gentleman and bs
friends bad heretofore onoopscously consumed "ucn
Mr.. DAWES said bo had not sought 10 break lance
with the gentleman from Maryland nor 70 wresto wnn
his friend and colleague hOm Massachusetts no
tho latter not tru0 10 tho ancient name epd 8'oSy
Massachusetts Oh tho record. For h'nseI no tm,
Dawes) had been brought up 10 diie schooi no
had stood shoulder ~ shoulder with the Old Man Eio
Quenti IN securing 20 the humbest indvhnais ,n .so
furtheet pock and corner Of tho country. I,ens
not merely hhher with their petitions put 70
havo them referred 20 committee for the porpose'of
examining into the facts and and reasons Tor COM
70 The House in he coareo o. bis remarks DO pleaded
the right Of the people 70 representation AZ ~
by the constitution, and desired the credenuss 70 oe
examined apart nom The question VI state JecopSsroc
Mr. DAVIS made row additional explanatory remarks
Mr. ScHEnos (rep Of Ohio, said the debate Dad ais
the that as 70 the admission
Of there was the more mTNrtaDs one, VIZ
whether there was State entitled TO representation or
not He therefore moved the reference the oreden-
tale, with Instructions 10 Investigate, inquire ana 70
port by OIL or Otherwise ~oener there any sncn s Sx
State and people 10 be represented 10 the congress OF the
United siates.
rho motion vos disagreed TO byayote Of % yeas
he credentials we're referred 10 tho Committee on
Elections.
r,E ,NrrR,A, R1yxsup mi AND rHR wBrsKEY
The House resumed the consideration Of the Scnates
amendments 10 the Internal Revenue bin.
After remarks by j. q. AiLKS and Mr.. eIEyCss, the
question was taken the following Senate amendment,
which disagreed 10 by vote OF Al yeas against
los nays
And upon bqoors that be Distilled after the pas.
this sold FOR consumption or sale
after OF July and previous 10 the Let
day January Des each aud every gallon
a TINT be distilled after the passage OF
~ :is s%sss
and every gallon.
The House agreed 10 the sepa,es amendment striking
the additional Of twenty cents adu)tefated sp
rts sold rs wbiskey, brandy, &c.
The House by vote n 70 IS agreed TO the Senate
now hand.
without dsposing Of the bin the Boosc, at BALI past
Eve O'Clock, adjourned.
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NEWS FROM CHATTANOOGA.

Furious Storm-Deserters Coming
In. &c.
cNowSAn, Feb. 10, 1864.
despatch from Chattanooga Of the 1sth says
II has rsined furously for tho past twenty four boors
The situation OF Johnsion's army is unchanged.
General shermlns progress excites great Consideration
among the rebels.
Eighty four deserters came 10 on Saturday.
Trans run regularly on all the railroads.
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The Arabia's Mails.

BosroS, Feb 10, 1884.
The mails Tor Europe por steamship Arabia eose al
twelve o'clock ~ tomorrow but sbc will not soil unb
about three r. NJ
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Candid AdmiseiOne.

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York World says: '.It is now under
stood that Gen. Banks army has been or
dered to reinforce General Sherman in
time for this movement, which was down
on the programme for the first of May !;
but General Banks, hoping to gain little
glory ON his own account, disobeyed orders
and met with disaster on the Red, river,
already known to the public"
The same correspondent says:
It is idle to disguise the fact that there
is great deal of anxiety in government
circles here touching the issues Of the COM
ing battles It is felt that the crisis Of the
war is upon us; that should Gen. Grant
meet with an overwhelming defeat. it would
add immense Importance to the peace move
ment, and would call for sacrifices which
might even place the monetary credit of
the Government at stake. provided the war
is persisted in. It is noticeable that the
mon whose voices have been loudest for tho
war, the radicals who have heretofore been
undertaking the strength Of the rebel ar
mics and the talent Of their leaders, are ex-
ceedingly quiet and apprchensive, and
have lost oil Of their old boasting spirit. It
is believed that II great defeat was to &C.
cur on the Rapidan, these people would be
the first to propose disgraceful peace.
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NOTICE.
BuRRAUoF CONSUMPTION, !
R1oHAosD, VA. wv 2lst, 1858.

To answer numerous inquiries, and to correct err
rors not uncommon, the following notice is pub
lished to all concerned
i. Under the recent call of the President, ex-
tending the conseript age all substitutions have
ceased to be valid if the substitute be less than As
years old, and is not otherwise exempt by law.
2. Membership (unless officer duly accept
ed by the. War Department. of local organiza-
tions for home defence or special service confers
no claim to exemption from Confederate service !;
neither does service in the militia unless in case Of
officers actually in commission who have duly quail
flied.
3. Hereafter any one furnishing substitute will
become liable in his own person whenever the SER
vices of the substitute lost to the Government
from any cause other than the casualties of war
4. Applications for exemption, on any around
whatever must first be addressed to the local en-
rolling officer, who if he has not power to aet or
is in doubt, will refer them to higher authority,
with repor: Of the facts. All such addressed di-
rect to higher authority will necessarily and inva-
riaby be referred back for local exa mination and
report and the applicants will thus have useessly
lost time and prolonged suspense
Appeals against adverse decisions BY local off
GERS will be forwarded by them for hearing whom
any plausible ground ofappeal Is set forth
S. Commandments of c0nscripts will give this nc
tce extensive circulation in the local press of their
respective States.
G. W. LAY, 1T. Col. A. A. g.,
July 81. 2s53.-tf Acting Chief of Bureau.
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For the V,ndicator.

Mr. EDITOR LIN column Of your pa
per find Capt. j. G. Matheny's card,
medestly announcing himself as candidate
for the Office of Clerk of the County Of
Highland. Captain Matheny is we'll quail
flied in point Of education and his good
sense and native dignity will enable him
to fill the Office with responsibility. He is
of unexceptionable private character and
will honor the Office rather than the Office
him. In addition to this, Capt. NJ has
been an excellent soldier. Many will re-
member the perfect self possession and un-
daunt ed bravery with which he met and
fought the enemy at Barlow and also the
gallant little battle Of Allegheny and
Mcdowell, where he received very Sc
we're wound in the LETT shoulder, from the
effects of which. although at present with
his regiment, he has never recovered. His
opponent, the present encumbent, has held
the Office since the formation of the county,
and is now independent without ito profits
But | more particularly wish to speak Of u
man who came to this county a few years
ago and after watching for time the
strength of parties. succeeded in grooming
himself into the Office of Commonwealth 5
Attorney, and since the commencement Of
the war has been largely engaged in spec
ulating on the Government. and if reports
be true in trading with our enemies, the
Swamp Dragons" and at present en-
gagged in electioneering against Capt. Ma
theny, and in favor of him whom the peo-
pie have retained in office SO long. Nov
shall this man with soul too small to ap-
preciate the service of faithful soldier like
Capt. Matheny-a man whose patriotism
lies in dollars only, and sordid lust for
gain-shall he, ask, be permitted to in-
Auence the minds Of the people against a
deserving soldier who has fought and bled
for his country, yes. in his swn county.
yes. in his own county, too Now will
the people of that county refuse him their
vote, and give to one who does not need
the Office and who has SO long enjoyed its
profits! If SO where is the once 50 much
talked of rotation to begin Salne say
this is not the time to change When
will that time come! When lose now in
Office shall be elected to fill higher stations?
Is that the idea? IF so hold on.
CINCINNATUS.
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neisting Of The Flag Over Jaskvon,s
Grave.

The Lexington (Va.) Gazette Of We'd
nesday. Gays yesterday was the anniversary
of the burial Of Gen. jackson, which was
the day appointed for the hosting IL the
flag presented by Mr. Hugh Sheldon, of
Liverpool, England. The fsg was manu-
featured by the generous donor. and it is
handsome and beautiful pieces of work.
On the occasion, Ex-Goycrnor Letcher,
at the request Of Gen. Smith. addressed
the immense crowd Of Ladies' aud gentle
man that assembled, there, to witness the
hosting Of the flag.
The speech Of Gov. Letcher was very
interesting sketch of Gen. Jacksan's mill
tary career. and the eloquent address was
listened to with eager and profound atten-
zion.
The speech will shortly be published,
and the people viii find tito be all Ne have
said Of it. and more
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DROSPECTUS.-The undersigned will issue,
few weeks, at Richmohd, Va, weekly jour
nal to be called
"THE SOUTHERN PUNCH.


It will be nearly duplicate size, form and
eral features of the world renowned London
f'Punch," 80 long an acknowledge power in the
British Isles in the reformation of public abuses
and the enlightenment OF the pulic mind, flashing
as It did with the genius of Hood, Of .errold, and
. host Of wits, poets, and philosophic thinkers.
The proprietors Of 1.-the Southern Punch" bring
to the difficult task of suce essfu, conducting such
ajournal, the advantages ofcapital, abundant men
tai resources, and practical skill. The editor for
many years past. has been connected, in leading
editorial capacity, with the largest daily papers OF
New Orleans and Mobile while the gentlemen who
have charge of the typographical and engraving
departments are unsurpassed in that skill necessa
ry to snccess.
Every number will be illustrated with numerou.
cats, appropriate to the times, humorous aud
riola, from the hands Of Of the best Engravers
on the continent-an artist whose name il fainilia
to the reading public of the South.
In fine, the undersigned are determined to make
the Southern Punch the spiciest and most rea-
dable and the best illustrated literary Journal in
America. 1t shall distance competition.
Terms: Subscription tor single copies, SO per
annum. News dealers at the rate Of $l5 per hun
dred copies. Address.
OVERALL, CAMPBELL, HUGHES & co.
Publishers, Richmond Va.
Editors giving the above one or more inser-
lions will be entitled to copy gratis
June ~.
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OFyIcH SOUTHERN TsLRGRAPH ConrAsIBs
Richmond, March 2lth 1864.
THE Stockholders of they w ashngtou and New
Orleans, Richmond, Charlottesville. and
Stau1ton. Lynchburg and Abingdon. and East
Tennessee Telegraph Companies, are hereby no.
tilted that the five per cent. tax levied By the law
passed 18th February 1864, on the value of all
shares h Id in telegraph other companies, will be
paid by the undersigned at this office, and they will
therefore omit the stock hold in any of these COM
panies in tt cir lists to assessors.
E.McCARTHY, Auditor.
Southern Telegraph Companies,
April 8-tf
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At Fort Pillow.


enc siss~,h aespsross crT." ES.)
At Fort Pillow.
BIZ JAxss =. RANDALL.
You sAudder as you think unon
The carnage Of the grim report
The desolation when we won
The inner trenches Of the fort.
But there are deeds you may notlknow
That scourge the pulses into strife
Dark memories Of deafness woe
Pointing the bayonet and knife.
The house is ashes where dwelt
Beyond the mighty inland sea;
The tombst0nes shattered where knelt
By that old Church in Pointe Conpee.
The Yankee fiends that came with fire,
Camped on the consecrated sod.
And trampled in the dust and mirs
The Holy Eucharist of God
The spot where darling mother sleeps,
Beneath the glimpse of yon sad moon,
1scrushed with splintered marble heaps
To stall tue horse Of some dragon!
God when ponder that black day,
1t makes my frantic spirit vince
Imarched-with Longstreet-far away,
But have beheld the ravage since.
The tears are hot upon my facs
When thinking what bleak fate befsll
The only sister OF our race
A thing too horrible to tell.
They say that, ere her senses led,
She rescue of her brothers cried;
Then feebly bowed her stricken head,
Too pure to live thus-so she died.
Two of those brothers heard no plea,
With their proud hearts forever still
John shrouded by the Tennessee,
And Arthur there at Malvern Hill.
But have heard it every where
Vibrating like passing knell;
IT'S as perpetual as the air
And solemn as a funeral bell.
By scorched lagoon and murky swamp
My wrath was never in the lurch;
I've killed the picket in his camp
And many pilot on his perch.
With deadly rife, sharpened brand,
week ago, upon my st eed,
With Forrest and his warrior band
l made the hell hounds writhe ard bleed.
You should have seen orr leader go
Upon the battles burning margs,
Swooping like falcon on the foe,
Heading the grey lines iron charged
All sutcasts from our ruined marts,
We heard tn undying serpent hiss,
And in the desert of our hearts
The fatal spell of Nemesis.
The Southern yell rang loud and high
The moment that We Numbered In,
Shifting the demons hip and thigh,
Clearing them to;the very chin.
Ny right arm barred for fercer play,
The left one hold the rein in slack;
In all the fury Of the fray
sought the white man. not the black.
The dabbled clots of brain and gore
Across the whirling sabres ran,
TO me each brutal visage bore
The front one aecursod man.
Throbbing along the frenzied vein,
My blood seemed kndled into song
The death dirge ofthe sacred slain,
The slogan of immortal wrong.
1tglared athwart the dripping CALVES,
1t blazed in each aveng ing eye
Tie thought Of ds,scratsd graves
And some lose .;.ters desperate cry.
WILxINGToN, April Is.
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The Number OF Confederate Prisoners
Tue report of the IT, S. Commissary Gen.
OF Prisoners, accompanying the Secretary
of Wars report, shows that the number of
Confederate officers aud men captured by
the Federals siuce the beginning of the
war is
Que lieutenant general. major cener.
ais. 70 brlgadier generals, 186 eoione,s. l46
lieutenant colonies, 244 majors. 49,
captains, s,sl4 lieutenants. 16. 563 nou-
commissioned officers III, 1876 privates.
and 300 Citizens Ofthese they had ON
hand at the date Of the report %. 22e OFF,
GERS and men, among whom were Que ma
lor general and seven brigadiers. There
had been IN .soi rebels exchanged against
10, $3.50 Uuion men returned. The ox.-
changes of officers on both sides are com
puied at their eXehaogeallo value in nr;-
Yates Since he date 81 tho above re,o,r
there have been less Ian Que thousand ex.
changes. and very few captures on ei,b7r
side. The figures are. consequently APP
proxlnatelg correct, No statement hss
been furnished OF the number of nrjsoua.s
held by The Coaieclerates.
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q o o ID ~ - r e n II 8
T have removed my FRICTION MATCH MAN
UFACTORY, to the corner known as stBckle's
Corner" on Augusta street, opposite the dry
goods store of Mr.. Owen C. Morris, where hail
be prepared to furnish Matches by the Gross or
Box. These matches extensively used in
Stuunton and Richmond and thought to be fully
equal any sold in this market. | shall al
ways have supply on hand as tie manufactory
is kept constantly in operation.
Jan 26-Iyr D. K. BLACKBURN.
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ABE's Llsr.-When asked for news from
Grant Abe replied .'Gen. Grant reminds
me of the man who climbed pole and then
pulled the pole UP after him.
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OFFICE VA. CENTRAL RAILROAD,
R;aln,and Ian IL 1854

IRANGE of Schedule-On and after Friday,
~ January 18th, 1864, the Mail and Passenger
Train will leave Richmond daily for Staunton anu
intermediate points at O'Clock A. NJ. Returning
will leave Staunton at 6 As A II and arrive in Rich,
mond at o'clock Pm,
II e Accommod alton train between Richmond
nd Go, louisville is discontinued until further mo-
ce II D WHITC0AB, GenI Supt.
Jan Is, 1864.
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Stanton, May IL, 1868.


A CAR will leave Staunton every Friday morn
"a ing, to convey such supplies as persons may
desire to send to their friends In the army, in
charge of reliable person, who will see to their
delivery at a convenient point. Packages should
be delivered (plainly markedly on Thursday.
evening. Those who wish can deliver packages at
Fishersville and Waynesboro', which will also be
taken. Fl. NJ. BELL,
Nov. 20, '63-tf Maj. Q. M.
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CIR Gu T. "A II .
The Southern Literary Messenger,
For. 1864.

vIWlS long established well known journal Of lit
L .rature. having been recently purchased by
the Subscribers, will in future be conducted excu-
sivoly under their control. In all its departments.
both business and editorial, the MESSENGER will
be ander the management of an entirely new re-
gime, and the Proprietors sanguine of sue
cess In the future, which the Magazine has never
vet realized Ii their friends and the public shall
Yield them support worthy of important an
epterprixe. looking to the Advancement of the
highest literary interests Of the Confederacy.
Argument or appeal in behalf OF the Importance
ef an elevated teratue to our country, the absence
ef which has hither to made US almost by word
efreproach among older nations, and now
initiates against oul interests abroad, need not be
addressed to those whom this circular is designed
to reach.
Bat to tho attainment OF this great end som e.
thing more is necessary than mere verbal express
inns OF sympathy ard encouragement. The friends
81 Southern literature must foster the efforts Of
cur literary men tn secure for us a worthy posi-
ti,n in the world of letters.
We design the MESSENGER to be An enterprise
worthy of the support Of all classes Of our people,
We shall aim chiefly to secure for pages the
= productions of the highest order of genius and
scholarship, and ut the time such articles as
will contribute to the instruction and amusement
of the public at largo. To this end we shall give
our attention to and solicit contributions from
Southern writers in all the departments of Litera-
ture, Poetry, Romance, Review, Criticism, in
short, every subject whose prom is sufficient
10 entite 1t to notice will have its due share Of
attentlOn.
We earnestly solicit the assistance of our friends
throughout the Confederacy in the enlargement Of
our subscription list, which must be increased to
enable US to meet the heavy pee uniary outlay to
which we shall be subjected.
For the present the price of subscription will be
SIS for II months, So for 6 months. Orders must
be accompanied acsth the cash.
MIR. GEoRGB G. WBDDERBURN, formerly OF New
Orleans, of this city, will control the business
Interests Of the MESSENGER, and Mr.. FRANK H.
ALFniRSD, OF this city, viii direct its editorial
management. Communications connected with
the literary conduct of the MESSENGERS will be di-
vected to the editor: other communications should
be directed to the Proprietors.
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Richmond, Va.
gN All persons indebted to the MRssnKGnn
prior tothe 23rd day of December, 1853, will please
seait the amount due to
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THE REPORTERS DICTIONARY.
BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY.

In Press, and shoI tIv to be published, a Book
above title, prepared by the subscriber, who has
had nearly twenty years practice in Phono-
graphic writing having been at cne time employ ed
rs official Reporter in the United States SEN
ate and who has been for the last seventeen
,sonths, and is reporter of the Atlanta Intel
hgencer.
The Dictionary will contain indications by means
If simple nomenclature, for writing with Pho
geographic Letters, about 20, 900 words of the En-
Ehsh language, ninety ninety one-hundreths of
M ose in common the remaining words being
Easily written after these are learned.
Ia tho introduction to the Dictionary simple in
atruction will be given for beginn of the study
af AUTOBIOGRAPHY, wit autographed illustrations
prepared by one Of the best artists in the Confed
eracy. The object of the publication is to make
a srAxAR3 for Confederate Reporters, and to rem
der it passible for the much coveted and beautiful
Art of reporting to be learned even without the
did of teacher.
AS the work will be expensive, new type having
been procured expressly for it, only a small eGi-
ton will be issued. Those who desire copies ar
requested to send to the Author their orders
eaoe, fto oe recorded) accompanied with the
prico for the same, which will be SIS per COPY
The book, in paper cover, and suitable for use
will be sent to all subscribers, by mail, withou
additional expense.
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Aqgreqote.
A Voice from the Past.

In 1873 General WASHINGTON said: "To,
make aud extort money! in every shane
that can be devised, aud at the same TINA
decry Its value, seems to have become a.
mere business, an9 an epidemical disease.
calling for the iaterpostion of every good
man aud body Of men, SO it seems that
the progeny of which men complain SO loud
ly now are worthy descendants of their rev.
olutionary fathers. In 1779 he said ::
Nothing. | am convinced, but the depro-
citation OF our currency. has fed the hopes
of the enemy and kept the British arms in
America to this day. They do not scruple
to declare this themselves; and add, that
ICE shalt be our oecn conqa1ors. Cannot our
common country, America, possess virtue
enough to disappoint them ? Is the paltry
consideration of little pelf to individuals,
to be placed in competition with the essen
tial rights and liberties of the present GEN.
GRAFTON, and of millions yet unborn? Shall
few designing men, for their own aggran-
dizement, and to crafty their own avarice..
overset the goodly fabric We have been rear
ing at the expense of so much time, blood
and treasure? Shall we at last become the
victims of our own lust Of gain FORBID it
Heaven! = Z Again he saws.
LET vigorous measures be adopted; not to
limit the prices Of articles, for this, l be-
lieve, is inconsistent with the very nature
or things and impracticable in itself: but to
punish Spectators, ForestaYses aud Ea-
torttonsrs, and, above all, to sink the mon
ey by heavy taxes, to promote public and
private economy, and encourage manuiac-
lures. Measures of this sort, gone hearth
ly into by the several States, would strike
at once at the root OF Ill our evils, and give
the coup de grace to the British hope Of
subjugating this continent either by their
arms or their arts
How bitterly he felt the power of this
evil of money seeking during the reyolu-
ton may be realized, when such man as
WASHINGTON uses such language of indig-
nation as the following: 81 would TO God.
that some one Of the Spectators in the
currency ''most atrocious in each State,
was hung upona gallows, Eve times as high
as the one prepared by HAMAN. No pun
lshment, IN my opinion, is too great for the
man who can build his greatness upon his
country's ruin" Comment upon these ex-
tracts from the sayings of WAsHlsGroN are
unnecessary. We commend them to the
attention of our people aud our public meu
at the present time. They are the echoes
Of that great voice thatspoke not only wise
ly for his own day, but also for the times
in which we live-Richmond Christian
Adoocatc.