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.sIJCCESS DESPERATELY NECESSARY"
The New York Herald" in All editorial on
the coming terrible campaign in Virginia"
says; =,
But five fsil in this campaign, that failure will
be ths greatest disaster in modern history
While it will not establish the existence of the
Southern Confederscy, it will proiract still more
this already desperate contest--put the end still
further away, AMI thus tend to rui Us tinGn-
cially, and throw US into state of anarchy from
which it is hardly possible TO conjecture how ~e
may come out. In view of the terrible evils that
may flow from such failure, it should be the
universal resolve of every man in the country
that nothing must be spared to insure ths sue
CESS Of this campaign, since success is 30 dsspe'
ratsly necessary.
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A,NLw TAIUE OF SoRGHuM-Tho inesti-
mablc value Of this production, says the
Lynchburg Virginiur," is only beginning
to be appreciated by cur people. 1t may met
be generally known that the grain or seed
constitute an excellent and prolific brcalsluf,.
il correspondent writing To NJ en- the subject,
from pationsbure. says: i had liity buslals
ot the seed which | r:.srd last year, and q
short time ago took six bushels to tho mill
and got it ground into flour, snd have been
using it in n.y family for brad for several
days. 1t makes really good loaf bread and
light rcls but still better bread in that way
it can't be best, if baked in the ordinary way
Of baking buckwheat cakes. Besides it makes
fins cLop for horses. hino is the red seeds"
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FE0s -. CossT.--A gentleman from Pen-
sacola say ttirty vessels were in the bsy
there. and -Hp,rts that during tho recent at
tack =. :oct PoseIl, thrss Of the enemy's
vra4cls were very seriously disabled, and are
undergoing repairs at Pensacola. II would
appear f:.u. this that Farragut is preparing
fer = .:.rr "on to Mobile" Recent Yankee
pene,. intimate that preparations are being
maie for another attack OH Mobile.
Or the 18th, one of the enemy's vessels
fred five shell and two round shot ut or into
Psscagouls, for amusement
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FROM TIE SOUTHWEST

DALTON, April 23.-The encmy's cavalry
captured twOnty-four Of our cavalry near
Spring Place yesterday, and killed the licu-
tenant in command. General Wheeler hear
ing Of it, ordered Colonel Roas to mako q
dash on their p:ckets in front Of Tunnel Hill
at daylight this moaning, Which resulted in
the capture Of thirty horses and killing iii-
teOu men. The enemy are reported quite ac-
tive at Cleveland.
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TIE PROGRESS TOWARD NEGRO Equal e
Moro SUFFRAGE AND M1scEGsNAr .o.T.--..
Washington correspondent OF til
go "Times" traces the succo5siv, :?
which the Administration party n advanced
from Abolition to Negro Equality, Nero
Voting and M;scogenation. They ere as fol-
lows:
LIST. The emancipation Of the slaves in The
District of Columbia. ID. The Emancipation
Proclamation, in which Mr.. Lincoln violated
the solemn pledges of his inaugural address.
Sd. The unlawful expenditure Of the public
money in large amounts, in the establishment
and support Of negro schools. 4:h. Tho adop-
ton of the policy Of raising negro aoldiera for
the Union armies. 5th. The practice Of en-
ticing able-bodied negro men 70 leave their
comfortable homes on tho farms in Kentucky
and Maryland, in order to induce them to en-
list. 9Th. Tho pr,ctico Of forcing the same
class of negroes away, for the samc purpose.
7th. Legislation by Congress giving the negro
soldiers the same pay and cmolumcnts IA
white soldiers. Sth The action of Congress
in compelling the street cars here TO carry
blacks, the same as white people. 9th. The
efforts in Congress to conhscate oil the Sou;ii,
ern estates and confer them on negroes and
Yankee adventurers indissriniaately. l0th.
The effort in Congress to sce to negroes the
same right to vote US is enjoyed by white peo
Mo
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THE AcCEPTAHCE.
prrppaprpo 4nril 10th

PETERSBURG, AprI I9th, IoO7.
My Dear Bennie: seat myself with great
pleasure to anawer your most welcome letter,
which calno to hand this morning. | am truly
glad tn hear from you, snd to learn that you
IRE we'll. = You ask me, Bennie, il
J would ooept your hand. will nor refuse
it, for ii such is your wish, it shall be my
pleasure to give my hand and heart in return
for yours If afford you any happiness by
giving you my hand, Bcnnie, I do it with
pleasure.
Be sure to come, aud bring tha young gen.
tleman you seoke Of in y,ur letter.
Good bye. my dear, and believe Inc,
Your true friend
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TRUCE BOAT FROM BUTLER

PETERsBURG, April PA truce boat tcoln
Butler communicated with the FrenG. steam
er at City Point to-day. 1t tarried but ten
minutes ght brought no prisoners. A French
rourAr came Immediately to Petersburg ard
ha6teucd to Richmond
There is great anxiety here t. learn the
narticuiars
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..a,EsE FRAN TIKI UNITED STATES.
Baltimore ?a7era of thesttn inst, !urli-h
Tic annexed tcms Of newa: =


-uc RED RIVER ENrEEIrIaE.
~. I;.i,:ls, Evening journal publishes
letters from tho Red river expedition, giving
deiaiis 3f severe Federal reverse at Pleasant
Hill q Soto Parish, louisiana: The Fcdertl
cn7airy Of the third and fourth divisions of
the i3:h army corps, after hard-foaght bat
tic, were put to raut by the Confelera.cs,
with loss Of over two thousand men in killed,
wounded and missing. General Ransom,
commanding the cavalry, was wounded. The
cncmy lost heavily. The letters Of the
Journal" arc dated Ecote, April 10Th and
llfa '-t-
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The peers ia tho British .Houso Of Lords
have delivered Judgment in the Alexandria
case adverse 10 the Crown, and dismissed tho
appeal from tao judgements uf the courts.
& Mr. Stss:;sEl gksl wass: i'm! !lieaisd- IN. tie
M6zxiui c1nSpirsey nsaiEst the -RmpeTof Na-
pe:eon, has resigned bis position in the GOV
crnn.cnt.
Garb.lii was enthusiastically welcomed
by tho civil authorities ard citizana on his ur-
rival at Southampton. England, on the 4th in
stant.
The Courts Of London, Rome, Vienna, Ber.
lin, St. Petersburg, Spain and France have
agreed to recognise the Emperor of Mexico on
his accession. lie would shortly take his dc.
par;ure for Vera Cruz.
Ia the House Of Lords Earl Russell Incl,
dentallS referred to tho spurious report Of MIR.
Mallory, the Se1retary of the Confederate
States navy. and irtimated that he Was oEisir
nally led By Mr.. SewaFi to accept the report
as genuine. Bat, said the Earl, Mr. Seward
s.ates thar, having made further inquiry, he
finds it to have been altogether forgery.
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The wcll-knoEn spirituaiist D. D. Home.
~; in January last to Rome, apparently for
E,alth ard as student Of art. Before
issitn Was granted him to reside there,
I'D to deposit with the chief of the Inq',i-
~ It tho Vatican plodsa to this effect J.,
=. | Douglas Homo, do hereby solcmnly
tvc.are ard avnT tha. have not sold my soul
!e Devil, nor have I on any OCCASION. been
r-:nizGnt o. holding communication with tho
Evil Ono" lie pnblishes the certificate in q
ri ,at number OF the London Times" ns o
curiosity Of the l9th century.
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a tolegraphic line between St. Petersburg
and Irkutsk, 10 Liberia, has recently been
finished The di7tanac is over 900 miles
and letter formerly took hosnty:tour days
Jetussn tie tro places. Noav a mr$sagc rs
sent IN q title mare Naa seren AGurs
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PROMOTED.

gadierGcneral r. F. Itoke has been pro-
NOTED to the rank Of Major General, to date
from the capture Of Plymouth, y. c.
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TIE PROPOSAL.
DarHRY's RLpEF, Etpril Is,

DaEwRV's BLUFF, april lS, 1864.
MI Dear -: You will pardon tho liber-
ty l take in calling you by this endeariug
name for | assure you that there ia none
other 90 dear to me. MUST confess that l.
love you. 10 all my waudcrings since the
commencement Of this war, have not met
with one who like you, could 10 engage my
affections. You cannot imagine how plea.
sanity the hours pass when in your sweet
r9m Seo my My besrt prompp me to
say that can never be happy without you,
and therefore ! offer You my hand and heart,
praying your acceptance. II you refuse me,
you will entail endless suffering on one who
lo7es you deyotedlys
] shall not be over until Sunday night, and
then shall be accompanied by Z young gen
tlemcn. In the meantime, be assured that
the timo will pass heavily until I again seq
you, Eyer your devoted lover,
BENJAMIN.
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4 CHILD CHARGED WITH MURDEa.-1n So.
vannah, Ga, last week, VIM. Cravcn, a child
eight years old, shot and killed Alice Cullen
a white child, aged thrco years, and Vir-
ginia, little colored girl. The Coronor's in
quest brought in verdict Of murder against
the boy, and ho was scnt to prison. The
"News" gives the following circumstances Of
the affair:
1t appears that the uuele Of William had
left loaded gun in his honse, which the lad
got possession Of, and with which ne threat
ened to shoot some ono. Between seven aud
eight o'clock on Wednesday night he aimed
tho gun at the above named children and d!s.
charged it. The gun was lceded With large
turkey shot, and the contents took effect in the
head of Alice, causing her death in about ten
minutes. Virginia, tile colored girl. was shot
in the side. and died on Thursday nornin:;
about three O'Clock. The occurrence TO-.
place in Robertsville, and police officer Byr2c
being in that ward Immediately entered ~
house, and found young Craven under n
in room, and took him in charge.
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able additiona to the national wealth. Thes :,
classes have in times like the present, to be
specially fostercd and adel-not to be dis
heartened By overwhelming taxes, no. inter,
Tered with by constant Interruptions. We
doubt not that the wisdom Of tho older men.-
bers, strengthened by experience, and ihc
Zeal of tho new members, fresh from the
wants and the wishes of the people, will in
hearty cooperation discrectly deal with a
power go terribly strong, that with touch it
can paralyzo armies and give life and strength
to great nation.
~~.aR.L--
CAPTURE OF A GUNBOAT-- OFFICIAL
DESPATCH.
i, The following official despatch was received
at the War Department yesterday:
DEHoPoLIs, Ala, April 23.
To Gen. S. CoopEE.
Brigadior General Writ Adams, command
lug cavalry, on tho YSzoo river, tclcgfaphs me
from Yazoo City, on 22l instant to this CT.
feet: ~ have thc honor 10 report the CAP
ture of gunboat to-day, near the city, while
lying near the shore. She was attac!ied by Il
section Of artillery an9,a detachment OF sharp
shooters under Col. Griffith, who drove the
men from the guns and finally the crew from
the boat. / removed her fac armament of
eight "a FOUNDER guns and the most valuable
stores, and had her burned to Tho waters
edge. The captain and pilot are prisoIors in
my hands, and number CT the crew Mig
casualties are small."
l.. Polk. Lieut. General.
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Il I!Mgu0 EnQunsr>
81. rYaaa Il ALhEGRE.

yoSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1864.
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=
A few Congressman on the train to
day entered into conversation about the
merits of a;Herent Generals in our army,
70 TIE course Of which one of them told
- the following story about Gen. Grant /;
"T knew Ulysses Grant when he was a
little boy. We used to 60 to school to-
gether, near Georgetown, Brown County.
Ohio. The boys usods to plague him
dreadfally about horse trade he once
- nsade. When be was about twelve years
aid, his father sent him a iow miles into
tho ce,,ntry 10 buy horse from man
nsped Ralstea. The old man told Ulys-
gsis TO dfFsr Ralston 6fty dollars at first; if
he woaldnt take that, to offer f;tyfv
dollars, ard to go as high us sixty dollars
ifnc less would make the purchase. The
Asiesbbyotic Major General startod off with
fhese Instructions fully impressed upon
h's mind, He called upon Mr. Ralston,
nud told him he wished to buy the horse.
"Hew much did your father tell you
~ TO give for him 7" was very natural in
qsiry from the owner Of the horse.
Z" Why" said Ulysses, he told me to
efcr youfiffv dollars, andifthat wouldn't
do, 10 give 6 ty-fve dollars, and il you
wouldn't T. ke less than sixty dollars to
give You that"
~Of course sixty dollars was the low
estigure, and Oh payment orthat amount,
tho animal became the property Of the
yuanS Napoleon"
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Aremas Wards T ,ast.

"Lsdies" sex l. t1rnia' to the buteful
"a temnls whose presents was perfuman the
fare ground II hoap you're enioyin'
yourselves, on this occasion aud the iem-
IA aid Use water, ov which you are drink
In, may not go agin you. May you al
lars DO as fare the sun--as brite as the
II ,aoon--and as buteinl as an army of
Onion ass-also plenty of good close to
ware.
IN ITO your fex--eommonly called, the
-oii 4 Plaair sex--we are indebted for bornin as
we'll as many other blessings in these low
crowns of sorrow. Sum poor spirited
az fools blaim your for the di6kilty in
IN the yardiu; bat l know are de
.sSs tcstfal set, aud when the apple had be-
es1N come ripe, I hev no dowt Adam would
h-v rugged cider press aud like as not
0EA went into big bust. an bin driven orf
anyway. fnre Erst mother was q lady,
ard awl dawters is ditto, and none but a
q, $50 bAafn euss vii say aword agin yue. Hop
m that no of trouble may ride
skross yore peaseful breasts, and / con-
eluled the remarks with the follerin' CEN
WOB timent: 9 =
s<Womcn-She is good egg
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Benedict Clay plaiutif, against Miehal Criss
Hannah Kelly aud others, came pending
in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe
County, Ohio.
Michsl Criss of Baltimore in the state of
maryland, Hannah Kelly of the same place
Mrs Wilson and Mr.. Wilson her husband.
Mrs KeDper and Mr. Ksmper her husband
Ars Brown eand Mr Brown, her husband of
the State of Virginia. And NJ. e. Ball John
". Ball, Anna G Ball, Kate Ball Thomas Ball
and Mary V Ross ofthe state of Texas, will
take notice that Benedict Clay filed on the
81 day of December 1868, his petition against
them in the Court of Common Pleas ofMonroe
County Ohio, stating that on the 1lth day OF
May 1857 the said Benedict Clay, purchased
from Kelly Ball & co., l-
The north west quarter of the south east
lnarter ofsection twenty FIVE in township two
of Range four, also the north east quarter OF
the south west quartz Of the same section
:ownship, and range also with Eight acres oil
the south side of the south east quarter of the
north west quarter ef the same section, town
ship and range also about Seven acres of the
east side of the north west quarter of the south
west quarter of the same section, township
AMI range, making ninety -four acres, more OF
less. .-.
And also, the siad Benedict Clay, says ht
has paid the purchas nony for said real estate
and prays The Judge of said court, to compel
making him deed for said premise E, said
Cause will be for hearing at the February tern
OF said Court, 1864.
BENEDICT CLAY
Dec. g. 1853 -6w
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ICommunicated.l
Public Meeting at Summer,
T field, O.

DEC. 18th, 1863.
A respectable number of the citizens of
Marion and Stock Township in Noble County
and Seneca Tp., Monroe County, Ohio, met at
Summerfeld; and on motion, ) muel Os-
borne was chosen Chairman and R, Calland
Secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated to be
to form society more especially to res rain
dogs and to protect sheep.
On motion. a committee of three was ap-
pointed by the Chair to draft constitution
and laws for said society said Committee r.
Calland J Massie, Thomas Horton. said Com
mittee would respectfully submit the follow
ing report -
WHEREAs. The wool growing interest is of
increasing vital Importance to our country.
in, that it furnishes a much needed commod-
ity; and,
WHEREAS, Wool growers have suffered loss
and hesitate to invest means i'll said interest
in consequence of the ravages and destruc-
tion made by dogs in killing and wUundinc
sheep Therefore, be it
Resolued, That We form ourselves into a
Society to be called the farmers club.
ARTICLE 2. The officers of this society shall
consists of a President, Vice President,
Treasurer and Secretary. who shall be elected
on the last Saturday of Deee,nber of each
year. Al
ARTICLE Sd. This society shall meet on the
last Saturday of each month a. such place
as the society may designate.
ARTICLE 4. The President shall appoint a
committee of three whose duty it shall be
to report at each meeting of the aforesaid
society the losses sustained in killing and
wounding sheep, aud any other matters of
interest to the Society.
ARTIoLE S. 1t shall be the duty of each
member to enforce the several laws to re-
strain dogs and for the protection Of sheep as
far as possible
! = Any male person over twenty one years
OF age subscribing his name to The foregoing
constitution and laws shall be member.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rssolued, That We earnestly recommend
that similar societies be organized though
out said Counties.
Resotred, That the proceedings of this
meeting be sent to the public journals of No
Bile and Monroe Counties requesting their
publ ica lion. ,-- E-l lDt1
The above resolutions were unanimously
adopted. ,t.lt rt
80 SAMUEL !. osroRNE. Chairman
\. CALlANB. Stc'y.
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Administrators Sale.


BY virtue of an order of the Probate Court
of Monroe County, Chic, the undersigned rs
ad administrators of John Slaught late of said
County, deceased, will offer for sale at pubic
outcry, on the premises, on
Saturday, January 80, 1864.
between the hours of ten o'clock a. and
4 o'clock p. m, on said day. the following
premises, situate in Monroe County, Ohio, to
wit:
The south west quarter of section twelve,
in township six, Of range six, excepting fifty
acres, beginning for the same at the south
west corner; thence east one hundred perches
with the section line; thence north eighty
perches parallel to the line dividing sec
tions twelve and eighteen; thence west paral
lei TO the line dividing sections eleven and
twelve, distance one hundred perches; thence
south with section line eighty pefches to the
place of beginning said tract containing one
hundred and eighty acres more or less.
Also, will be sold at the front door of the
Court House in Woo dsfeld on
Monday, february Isl, 1864,
the following described premises situated in
Monroe County, Ohio, to wit:
The south east quarter of the north west
quarter of section ten, township four anG
range six.
TERM S OF SAI.E-One-third cash in hand
one-third in one year. and one-thiri in tw,
years, witk interest on the deferred payments
to be secured to the satisfaction Of the un
dersisned.
JOHN p. FOGLE.
Admir-, of John Slaught.
January 6, ls63.-4w.
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Sherifs Sale.

James Denb0w, etal Order of sale on parti-
VS.. tion in Court Of Com
David N Rodgers etal monpleas N, c. o.
Is PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF the said
L Court to me directed, will offer for sale,
1t public auction, at the front door of the
Court House, in the town of Woodsfeld, on
the 9th day Of January, 1864
l, one o'clock P. ~. the following described
zeal estate situated in Monroe county, Ohio to
Wit. forty-two acres of land Oh the south
side of the south half of south east quarter
Of section twenty-five township six range six
IN Monroe county, Ohio.
Terms of sale, ons third of the purchass
money to be paid on day of sale, one third in
one year and one-third in two years, at six
per cent interest, with mortgage ON premises
sould to secure deferred payments.
GEO. w. CARROTHERS,
Sheriff, NJ c. 0.
Dac O 1862 1w
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scnsible.

'sess, Al exchange says the change in ladies'
attire is rapidly extending dresses
af1 akiSg the place Of long ones. This is a
sensible move, ana one we hopo to SEQ
fairly inaugurstod here at an early day.
i~-- Speaking of this great alteration of the
sEfashion,a witty spoiek' says
tk eThe fss hion tits with ladies fair
To lst their feet be seen
Neesweep the pavement with their dress,
And ths euttsrs olean-
This can he better done by those
= - who usethei- tr ,ou instead OF clothes -
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How ft II Thought tho P0lit-
fcai Cat May one Day
Iump. IS kkt& 20

Hon. John McKeon, in the course of
speech recently delivered in New York,
= made the following remarks:
I, Mr.. Sumner, standing in the, Senate
> ct the United States, made speech, in
which he said that the twin relics Of bar
barism were not Slavery and PolySamy,
81 = butOatholieity and Slavery. 1t is denied
20 that Mr.. Summer ever said so.s 1t is pub
itshed in the Congressional Glo5s, and is
reprinted in the Heroid, of this city
Born and educated Catholic, I confess
poor one, I see the coming storm, and
believe to-day that when the knife is
rsken from the throats of the Southern
peeplc il will be turned to the throat Of
every Catholic in the NORTH
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TIE SL4 YES or PRDJDDICE.
DEATH ROBBED OF HIS PREY

There are queer people in the world;
neople with the most absurd. unreasena-
bic, and inde(ensible predjudIces. For
example, We have met with individuals
who had morbid antipathy to anything
that was very extensively advertised,
no matter what might be its actual
claims to the confidence of the public
These excentrics looked with special dis
favor on advertised medicines. They
could not see, for example, in DIR. 1Iol-
lloways magnificent system of advertis-
ing, covering, as it does. all the mediums
Of publicity which the world affords, any
thing but gigantic scheme of mere spec
ulation. True, they could not sainsay
the testimony pouring In spontaneously
from the highest sources, in favor OF his
!lncomparable Pills and Ointment, but
still they shook their heads and muttered
sthumbug." OF course there is no pos
sibility of arguing with men who won't
reason. The best way is to let them
alone. Fortunately, such specimens of
atupiditv are few and far between in
this enlightened era. The general feel
ing is, that if thing is in itselfexceilent,
its virtues should be proclaimed to the
four winds of heaven, for the benefit
of mankind. Hence, the preclamatious
made by DR.. Holloway, through the en-
r tire newspaper press of the world, of the
, properties and operation of his remedies
meets with the coIdial approval of think
ing men. The value of the preparations
as specifics for the various internal ano
external complaints peculiar to different
climates, or common to the world at large
is conceded, not only by the masses, but
by governments, men of science, and can
: did observers in every walk of lite Can
such remelidies be too widely known
I'm possible = Gin Cotun,btan.
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A FRANK CoEfEssIos.- The New
Iofk Herald, which for week past has
heep running Gen, Grant for the Presi-
dency. says of President Lincoln, g
I'VE abandon homes: Ola Abe as a
hopeless case. We have pulled him, we
have praised him, we have helped, him in
ctery way, but can get no good out OF
him. To use one of his own homely sim
lies, he IL crooked stick. that cannot be
{ bent, and that will have to be broken