Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-03-18
NO. Il.
Late Mctlac5Al GSscWs.

GtSLS ASsrtlI2;EI3 As~ rs
Goll was yer} EXCITED on 'le 9'h IN
New York it said nt iis morning board 3.
1871 1873 Sales outside were made as
high as las. hut closed at 1869.
There Is great discomfort over ttc failure
of pli l.inco;n's late enterprises ''fhe Feb
raary expcd':o ns haze aea,lg ell miscafried
and the country is heccliiug alarmed and
Dissatisfied Lincoln is holding n grand
oounci. Of war, to devise measures for re-
t'ieylne his fortunes.
The Worlds correspondent says Grant is
in favor Of raising $50 600 ,neu for ano.h-
er attempt against Richmond.
! Gen, Crant.'s re3orsed to have said that
Sherman's expedition accomplished every
thing that Hras designed Tho IYoF7d ropu-
dates the idep.
Admiral Wilkes is to be eours rnartialed
for OBTAINING the Vanderbilt when it was
sent TO pursue the Alabama.
Congress will probably authorities Chase
to sell his gold, in order to bring down tho
present prida.
IHG UtC 4 eau SAcl GtoGtt " ~
Kilpatrick's failure, and make large lamen-
tation over Dahlgrcn, whose fate they hare
lear ed.
Cen Meade is on trial for his neck. for
his conduct at Gettysburg. Sickles is the
principal witness, and charges that Meade
wished to rua and given orders to do so /;
but that he (Sickles) brought on o fight
ocJ t},,,o forooE s4onJ
Grant is in Washington city. and has
been formally presented with lis commits
sion of Lieutenant General. One report
says lie is 10 supcrscde Halleck, another
that a grand council Of Yankee generals is
to be held. and Grant has come on at the
request of Lincoln.
y, Gilmore, Aboitionist, has been elected
Governor OF New Hampshire by 5000 ma
joriiy.
REGULAR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS TO BE
MADE HEREAFTER
| The friends of the Union prisoners in the
South will be gratifed Is learn that arrange
ments have been effected by which regular
exchanges of prisoners will be made here
after. The Government has gracefully re-
coded from its determination 10 force Gen
Butler upon the Confederates as the only
agent Of exchange, and have delegated that
5 authority.to Major Nlrlford, whose associa-
tons with Mr, Guild. the rebel commission
Ter, hare heretofore been pleasant as we'll as
dignifed The first exchange under tho
new regulation has already taken place.
f The dispatches from Chattanooga repre-
: sent that the Confederates arc pressing tho
, Federal lines ther3. Ihe yankees at last
confess having given up Tunnel Hill
Gen. Rosecrans has issued a speciol order
requiring all persons attending religious
conventions assemblies. synods, confereu-
ces, and other conventions held in his de-
partment, est. Louis. to take the most
9 stlngent oath Of allegiance, and any viola
! ton Of this order willsubject the assemblage
! to dispersion by any proves: marshal.
$ Gen.. Grant was officially presented with
Q his commission as Lieutenant General Tues
day. Vi the White House, by the President
in a grief speech, TO which Gen Grant as
briefly replied. Re has signifcd his desire
| to remain in the field in active service, and
[ it is now believed that he will not be re
tanned as General in chefin Gen Haleck's
r position. :.
), Basil Duke, one Of Morgan's men. passed
y through Philadelphia on his way TO Fort
: Delaware on Friday last, and was feasted at
! the Continental Hotel By his friends
. The Confederate guerilla. Capt Richard
/ son, en- ronte northward as a ,plisorer Of
. var, whilst attempting to escape was shot
. dead at Cave City, Ky, BY Caps. Stone,
. of the 18th Kentucky.
t In Tennessee The National Union Conser-
yative OineolnJ ticket has been successful
0 10 Memphis, over the Unconditional Union
i ticket.
The German Republican papers have
; hoisted Fremont's name for President. A
convention is called TO meet at Cleveland,
Ohio, on tho 10Th Of May, TO nominate him
formally.
Seward IS III st home with pheunomenia
I Grant has arrived in Wasfiugtor It is
lrumored that be is to take HalIeoN place.
lana Hooker reinstated rs commander Of the
Army Of the Potomac
The draft has been suspended
AT the intercession of Batter. Ijacoln
has pardoned Cincnnatus w Newton, of
Norfolk. one oftho electors from Virginia,
who voted for JEFF Davis for President Of
,, the Confederacy
: Fernando Wood is reported seriously III.
Arra!nging the Radicals.